World War News Flashes and Political Tidings Abroad
Reports from Petrograd, Berlin, and London detail Russian advances in Galicia with 3,000 prisoners, Italy ending a 1891 treaty with Germany, and German U boats renewed activity in the English Channel. Verdun sees French gains, Zeppelins bomb London, and U.S. views on woman suffrage are clarified.
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Petrograd
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Berlin
Italy
Germany
Mexican commission named to discuss border issues
Mexico announces three commissioners Luis Cabrera Ygnacio Bonillas and Alberto Pani to negotiate with the United States on border questions. General Carranzi proposes a broader scope for the joint commission and the plan was delivered to the U S state department by Eliseo Arredondo the Mexican ambassador designate in Washington.
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Washington
Itarry A. Wheeler
Chicago
Chamber of Commerce of the
United States
Carranzi
State Department
Eliseo Arredondo
Mexico City
Mexican Foreign Office
Luis Cabrera
Ygnacio Bonillas
Alberto Pani
Mexico
Washington Hopes to Avert Great Railroad Strike
Optimism runs through administration circles as plans develop to prevent a major railroad strike that could halt interstate commerce. Reports say talks involve Secretary Lansing and Denmark’s Minister Brun, while Britain readies measures against potential trade reprisals and policy shifts.
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Washington
Hughes in Detroit Addresses Welfare Workers and Suffragists
Charles E. Hughes opened his Detroit campaign with two crowded meetings amid cheering crowds. He met welfare workers suffragists and factory employees at Dodge Cadillac plants and spoke on labor issues industrial cooperation and postwar competition. He reiterated support for the federal suffrage amendment and urged industrial preparation and harmony between labor and capital.
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Mich
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Woman's Party
Dodge Automobile Plant
Cadillac
D Hughes
Athletics
Tigers
Sam Crawford
Nap Lajoie
Hughey Jennings
Ty Cobb
Connie Mack
Hughes
United States
Italy reports big gain on Isonzo front
Rome reports the Italian army made its greatest single advance of the war on the Isonzo by taking nearly all Till No or. The war department says Italian forces repelled counterattacks and took 3,600 prisoners along with ammunition and guns captured in Sunday fighting.
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Italian War Department
Isonzo
Till No. Or
Manly Rejects Prohibition Platform Plank
Indianapolis Tad. Former Governor J Frank Manly, a Prohibition candidate for president, will not support the platform plank endorsing initiative and referendum. He spoke at his home after official nomination notification by Robert H Patton of Illinois, chairman of the Prohibition national convention in Saint Paul.
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Tad
Aus
J. Frank Manly
United States
Plink
Robert HH. Patton
Ilinois
St. Paut
Pershing Reinforces Namiquipa Forces in Mexico
General orders show Sergeant Frank Baker of the quartermaster corps transferred from Columbus to Namiquipa to relieve Sergeant Z P Tillman. Namiquipa lies 160 miles from the U S border, indicating continued American presence in the region.
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Mexico
Washington
Aug. S
Pershing
Namiquipa
Frank Baker
Quartermaster’s Corps
Columbus
Z. PL. Tillman
Theater goer leaves curtain misstep amid protest
A visitor escorts his wealthy aunt to a revue but she pulls him from the theater praising the curtain rise for dressing delays. She decries the miscue as disgraceful and complains that the performers were not dressed when the curtain lifted.
Auto Market Aims For Grand Growth Says Uncle Pennywise
Uncle Pennywise proclaims the auto business could be grand as everyone saves to buy a machine. The Louisville Courier Journal notes the playful outlook on widespread vehicle ownership.
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Pennywise
Louisville Courier- Journal
Saskatchewan and Manitoba Dairy Outputs Rise in 1915
Saskatchewan reports a sharp rise in cooperative creameries butter output by 1 500 600 pounds and emphasizes quality gains with Saskatchewan butter favored in external markets. Manitoba's 1915 dairy year shows butter up over 1 000 000 pounds, cheese and creamery butter increases, total product value over 427 000 dollars, and growing dairy exports across Canada.
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Saskatchewan Dairymen’s Association
Saskatchewan
Manitoba Department of Agriculture
Manitoba
Red Deer
Alberta
Calgary
Cardston
Creamery
Canada
It Takes More Than a Visit from His Wife’s Mother
A wry adage contrasts domestic meddling with personal autonomy. The quip notes a man’s happiness hinges on his own affairs and cautions against provoking trouble or interrupting a man’s private concerns.
Imitation Pearls and Church Sermons
Clever imitation pearls are made by filling glass bulbs with fish scale nacre or by coating inside with gelatin and sodium phosphate then drying slowly. The imitations resemble real pearls but reveal the sealed bulb spots. A minister’s voice may fill the church and fall to fill the pews.
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