Taken Up As An Astray Collie Dog
Collie about 9 or 10 months old, taken up as an astray. Owner may reclaim by calling at 733 North Fifth Street, proving property, and paying for this ad.
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Newspaper
Quincy Whig
Location
Quincy, Illinois, United States of America
Date
Jul 06, 1917
Page
9
Collie about 9 or 10 months old, taken up as an astray. Owner may reclaim by calling at 733 North Fifth Street, proving property, and paying for this ad.
Reports state Venice has been prepared for the more than 30 air raids by Austria. Venice observation station microphones are said to detect the aircraft as they departed from Trieste, about 60 miles away.
Foreclosure style notice details an executrix sale of Charles H Williamson property in Adams County Illinois. Describes East Half of South Ten Acres and undivided half in Lawn Dale addition with right of way exclusion. Auction set for July 1 1917 at 2 pm at Quincy courthouse. Includes dower interest and deed after court approval. Adjourned notices reference public expenditures and bridge bids.
Secretary Baker explains the war department censor will temporarily oversee French and American dispatches about troop movements. A new, faster method is planned once Gen Pershing’s headquarters are fully organized in France, with 24 hour coverage and orderly delivery to Washington. Baker cites lack of formal legal authority but says the Secretary of War can act for soldier protection. The Pershing setup is expected to also cover French publication of U.S. troop moves.
July 6 at Fort Sheridan III candidates for army commissions staged a trench assault reenacting the Allied offensive in Flanders. Explosions lifted dirt as Americans charged across open ground to drive the foe from emplacements. Officers watched closely as trainees perform under simulated warfare, with barbed wire entanglements and wooden barricades reinforcing the trench lines.
Paris reports deputy Albert Lebrun said France will largely divert colonial resources for wartime needs. He cited Senegal Ivory Coast Dahomey Gabon and Indo China as sources of palm oil peanuts coffee tobacco paper pulp cotton and fibers with potential to reduce imports and bolster domestic industry.
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