Russians Push On in Lemberg as Czare Forces Attack
Russian troops under General Kal edin es in Volhynia advance twelve miles toward the Vladimir Volynski line in forty eight hours. Lutsk treasury seized. German reinforcements pour into Volhynia and Galicia to aid Austro Hungarians. Fierce fighting along the front near Pinsk marshes and Szechod Styr. Kolomea reportedly under Russian control as the Austro Hungarian position weakens northwest of Czernowitz.
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Pinsk
Szechod-Styr
Lutak
von Linsingen
von Bothmer
Vladimir Volinsk
Lemberg
Kolomea
Galicia
Czernowitz
Pruth
Tarnopol
Volhynia
Forces to be rushed to border in Carrizal clash
Reported engagement near Carrizal leaves seventeen American prisoners and deaths confirmed for General Gomez. Wounded on both sides taken to Villa Ahumada as details and casualty numbers remain uncertain. Generals Gomez and Carranza are cited, with Pershing awaiting official reports and commander responses reviewed at San Antonio.
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Gomez
Chihuahua City
Gonzales
Genovese Rivas
Carranza
San Antonio
Funston
Fershing
Carrizal
el Paso
Pershing
Code
Noted Aviator Immelmann Killed in Flight
Berlin June 22 Lieutenant Immelmann famed aviator reported killed in a fall from his aeroplane. He had by official counts shot down fifteen adversaries, with four wins first noted in October 1915 and the fifteenth in May. Decorated with the Pour le Merite, his record trails only Captain Boeltke who had eighteen machines to his credit at his death last week.
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Immelmann
Berlin
Bia
Leutenant
War Office
Boeltke
Drexel alimony award shocks English chancery court
Rita Armstrong Drexel, wife of Anthony J Drexel of Philadelphia, won a yearly alimony of 50000 in London after Justice Neville ruled English courts had jurisdiction. Drexel had contested this when the case began in 1915, but the court upheld jurisdiction.
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Anthony J
London
Rita Armstrong Drexel
Anthony 3
Drexel
Philadelphia
Justice Neville
Chancery Court
France
New Demand For Troops Near Pershing Prompts Call
Major General Frederick Funston asks the War Department to rush all available militia, especially cavalry, to the border after reports of 17 000 Mexican troops under General Jacinto Trevino converging on General Pershing’s forces. New York and Illinois cavalry are reportedly ready. Scouts say Mexicans are approaching El Valle and Namiquipa. Army officers warn against alarm.
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Pershing
San Antonio
Tex
Frederick Funston
John J. Pershing
War Department
Washington
Funston
New York
Illinois
Jacinto Trevino
Columbus
N. M
el Valle
Namiquipa
Bethlehem Steel offer to manufacture armor at cost
President E G Grace of Bethlehem Steel writes to Senator Tillman proposing to supply armor plate to the government at actual cost plus overhead, as determined fair by the Federal Trade Commission. He notes the naval bill contemplates a government armor plant costing 11 million dollars and offers to operate at cost with fair overhead for a designated period.
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Washington
E. G. Grace
Bethlehem Steel Company
Benjamin R. Tillman
Senate Committee On Naval Affairs
Federal Trade Commission
Grace
Senate
House
Bethlehem, Steel Company
United States
House to Arrest Marshall for Contempt by House
Washington reports United States district attorney H. Snowden Marshall of New York will be hauled before the bar of the House to answer contempt charges for criticizing the judiciary sub committee’s impeachment probe. The House sustained the charges 208 to 85 and he faces possible public censure. Impeachment may also be implied.
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New York
Washington
United States
H. Snowden Marshall
House
Judiciary Sub-Committee
Marshall
Hall's Catarrh Cure Ad Claim
An advertisement touts Hall's Catarrh Cure as a local and constitutional remedy. It claims internal and external action, praises a Toledo Ohio company, and promises testimonials and a 75 cent price with an accompanying constipation remedy. The copy cites a physician endorsement and urges readers to buy from druggists.
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Wail
Elestronics
Halls
F. J
Explosion Kills Five at Canadian Explosives Plant
In Parry Sound Ontario a major explosion and ensuing fire at a shrapnel factory housed in a large building destroyed the plant. At least five workers died and twenty were seriously injured. about seventy were present when the blast occurred. Cause undetermined. Also in Manchester Lord Derby predicted a sudden peace but noted the war would not end yet.
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Parry Sound
Ont
Canadian Explosives, Fid
Manchester
Lord Derby
Washington June 220 cont edition wartime diplomacy report
Reports from Washington indicate hourly updates on General Corryosa's next rep and American rejection of a recap of General Pershing's troops from Mexico. European diplomats press Carranza to avoid war with the United States as Entente allies seek to cut oil supplies to rival navies from the Tampico region.
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Washington
Uowaver
Carranza
United States
Entente
Netlans
Tampico Flolis
Gregory Gets Hughes Seat Appointed to Supreme Court
White House announces Thon as Watt Gregory of Astin Texas to be a justice of the Supreme Court to replace Charles E Hughes. Nomination will be sent to the Senate soon. John W Davis of West Virginia, current solicitor general, will be named attorney general.
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Supreme Court
White House
Washington
Thonas Watt Gregory
Astin
Texas
Charles E. Hughes
Senate
John W. Davis
West Virginia
Department of Justice
Auto Freight Collision Kills One Man In Allentown
A collision on the outskirts of Allentown between a car and a Philadelphia and Reading freight train results in Harry Nichollas dead and Martin Seifert critically injured with a fractured skull. Nichollas died en route to Allentown Hospital. Seifert is not expected to survive.
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Allentown
Harry Nichollas
Martin Seifert
Philadelphia & Reading
Varnish Stain Advertisement Listing Items and Prices
An old classified style listing promotes Jap-Enawel varnish stain in colors including Cherry Mahogany Walnut Dark Oak and Light Oak. It notes 13 pint cans 12 conte pint cans 20 conte quart cans and a price around 35 cents per item.
Paint retail prices across colors and sizes
In all colors Cherry Mahogany Walnut Dark Oak Light Oak gallon prices 61.25. Nineteen gallon cans 65c. Kalkomo and Moresco Cold Water Paint offered in 5 lb packages at 85 cents per package. Oil also offered at competitive prices.
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Kalkomo and
Moresco
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