World events in brief from the European front
Russian advances in Galicia push toward Lemberg with Mariampol taken and Stanislau captured. Italians seize Goritz and Gulf front villages as Austro-Hungarian losses mount. Doiran near Thessaloniki falls to allied forces while Turkish Armenia yields Bitlis and Mush. Paris Rome dispatches confirm major prison captures and strategic shifts as western and Balkan fronts heat up.
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Galicia
War Office
Petrograd
Mariampol
Hulicz
Lemberg
Stanislau
Fire Destroyed Hill Commission Plant in Peoria Wisconsin
Fire razed the Hill Commission company building and contents at Peoria Wisconsin causing about 380000 dollars in losses. Smoke filled Adams Street theaters and a panic followed with few injuries reported. President Wilson pledged federal woman suffrage support in a Denver address at a Jane Jefferson Democratic club banquet.
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Hill Commission Company
Peoria
Adams Street
Charles Evans Hughes
Wilson
Jane Jefferson Democratic Club
Denver
Cyl
Mexican War Update Ends Plot Against Chihuahua City
Gen Jacinto Trevino reports the arrest of leaders, former bandit chiefs, halting a bid to seize Chihuahua City. Amnesty grants to Madero family and property restoration are announced in New York via Francisco Madero Jr. Three bandits executed in Chihuahua for links to clashes with U.S. troops. Washington declares Carranza’s joint border commission proposal accepted with Secretary Lane leading the U.S. panel and Brandeis as adviser.
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Chihuahua City
Mex
Jacinto Trevino
Carranza
Madero
Mexico
New York
Francisco Madero, Jr
United States
Fort Hancock
Tex
Washington
Polk
Geenral Carranza
Lane
Louis Db. Brandeis
Supreme Court
Russians Reach Strypa Front Near Temhere and Zborov
London reports General Sakharoff’s right wing advances within 49 miles of Temhere after capturing Zborov on the Strypa. Left wing under General Letchitsky encircles Slalicz while taking Tustobaby, as Austro-German defenses delay the Russian advance.
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London
Zborov
Strypa
Sakharoff
Galicia
Zlota Lipa
Petrograd
Boehm-Ermolli
Teuton Sereth-Strupa
Zboroy
Zberov
Sereth
Berlin
Stanistan
Volhsynia
von Linsingen
Stobychna
Kovel
Volhynia
Morris youth shooter captured after sheriff pursuit
Guy O'Brien, who shot and wounded Miss Ida Torkelson of Morris, Ill., has been captured and is held in Kendall county jail at Yorkville. He was seized at midnight Sunday while trudging along a country road two miles west of Lee, Ill. Authorities feared farmers near Lee would lynch him, and transported him from Lee to Kendall county jail.
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Morris, Ill
Guy O’brien
Ida Torkelson
Yorkville
Lee
O’brien
Kendall County
Washington Senate Caucus Sets Revenue Bill Edits
The Democratic senate caucus in Washington hours of debate approves changes to a revenue bill increasing the stock license tax aimed at about 20 million dollars, trimming stamp taxes, and adjusting the net profit tax on munitions makers. President Wilson signs agricultural and military academy appropriations totaling 27.0 and 1.225 million respectively. War Department orders National Guardsmen to border readiness. Wilson seeks ratification of the Denmark West Indies sale treaty. Federal Reserve board nominees named with W. P. L. G. Varding as governor and Paul Warburg as vice governor.
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Democratic Senate
Washington
Wilson
Military Academy
War Department
Senate
Denmark
Danish West Indies
United States
W. PL. G. Varding
Federal Reserve Board
Charles S. Unmlin
Paul Warburg
Frederic A. Delano
British Destroyer Lassoo Sunk Off Dutch Coast
The admiralty reported that the British torpedo boat destroyer Lassoo sank Sunday off the Dutch coast. Six men are missing and two wounded after a possible torpedo or mine strike. A rumor in Copenhagen claimed a Swedish cruiser sunk a German submarine between Stockholm and Skårgård in line with Sweden’s order to fire on foreign warships in its waters.
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London
Admiralty
Stockholn
Skargaard
Copenhagen
Fewer Cases of Plague Reported in New York
New York health officials note a decline with 95 new infantile paralysis cases and 31 deaths in the last 24 hours marking progress in the epidemic response.
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New York
Health Department
Walker enters race for UMWA president against White
John H. Walker president of the Illinois State Federation of Labor announces his candidacy for UMWA president, leaving his Illinois labor post after three years. Walker, a Danville resident, has over twenty five years with the miners' movement and previously led the Tiujnvis Mine Workers for eight years.
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John M. Walker
Chicago
United Mine Workers of America
John H. Walker
Illinois State Federation of Labor
John P. White
Walker
Mr. Walker
Danville
Miners’ Organization
Tijiunvis Mine Workers
International Mining Congress
Belgium
Engineers to Form National Guard Regiment in Springfield
Gov Dunne said by Capt Allin that K. Engineer Company Springfield-Assurance will enlist in the National Guard. Col Henry A Allen, a former naval officer and Annapolis graduate, is expected to command the new regiment as a nucleus for a larger unit.
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Springfield
Assurance
Dunne
Benjamin C. Allin
Illinois Engineer Corps
National Guard
Henry A. Allen
Naval
Annapolis
School Board Appeals Case Reaches Supreme Court
Carlinville deputy circuit clerk Anton Seibert prepares copies of records in the Virden school case appealed to the Supreme Court. Dr William Sariver and others opposed the township high school tax assessment. Judge Burton sustained objections and the school board appeals. Hoopeston three shifts begin at three canning plants, the nation’s largest, to process 15 000 acres of corn due to ripe crops and labor shortages.
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School Boardh
Carlinville
Anton Seibert
Virden
Supreme Court
William Sariver
Burton
Hoopeston
United States
Clergyman Sued After Wagon Collision in Freeport
Freeport reports Rev. Jacob Groff, one armed, is being sued by Ezra Darling and his son Charles grave diggers for 10000 dollars each for injuries after a wagon they rode in was struck by an automobile driven by the clergyman.
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Freeport
Jacob Groff
Ezra Darling
Charles
Motor Racer Injured at Galesburg Fair
R E Hilliard of Fort Wayne Indiana was seriously hurt during a motorcycle race at the Galesburg district fair when a bursting tire hurled his bike into a fence. He suffered three fractured ribs and other injuries.
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Galesburg
R. E. Hilliard
Fort Wayne
Ind
Hilliard
Toothpick Found in Appendix During Surgery
Surgeons at a Danville hospital removed Mrs. J Pearson’s appendix after she grew violently ill and failed to improve. A toothpick was discovered inside the organ during the operation.
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Danville
J. Pearson
Gessle
Ind
State Aid Committee Redirects Funds to Dirt Roads
The Fulton county board of supervisors budgeted 22 000 for this year to repair dirt highways instead of building permanent roads. In other news, I J Slater, 21, son of Mr and Mrs George Slater, died in Tientsin China while serving with Company A 13th Infantry U S A. The body will be sent to Pekin.
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Canton
State Aid
Fulton County Board of Supervisors
China
Pekin
George Slater
I. J. Slater
Tientsin
Thirteenth Infantry
Large Watermelon Crop at Sandridge This Year
This year's watermelon crop on Sandridge ripens two weeks earlier than usual due to six weeks of heat and will be one of the largest harvests there. Sandridge melons are shipped to all parts of the United States.
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United States
Oat Yield Report From Local Farms
The highest oat yield this year came on Fred T. Davis’s farm where a 15 acre tract averaged 86 bushels per acre. Near Mount Morris several fields averaged 76 bushels per acre.
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Fendota
Maois
Fred T. Davis
Mount Morris
Copperhead Snake Found In Bananas At Clark Grocery
A two foot copperhead snake dropped from a banana bunch at Clark grocery store and was killed by two men nearby. The venomous reptile prompted alarm among shoppers as workers disposed of the carcass.
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Clark
Nine French Soldiers Capture 113 at Somme Fort
In a bold Somme operation nine French soldiers led by a second lieutenant breached a field fort held by 113 Germans. After three officers charged the dugout, German defenders prepared to retaliate until six French comrades arrived, neutralizing the threat and marching the entire garrison to the rear without loss.
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Somme
Biaches
Young Author Seeks Clarity on Story Writing Profits
A curious question from a hopeful writer asks if there is real money in crafting stories. The dialogue hints at uncertainty about revenue paths in literature and publishing.
The Exception Saphedde Joke Sparks Teasing
In a light moment Saphedde jokes about a girl not taking a joke provoking playful banter with Wlubdub who retorts that she is engaged to Saphedde. The exchange hints at social pressures and humor among friends.
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Mush
Bitlis
Armenia
Hamadan
Persia
Goritz
Saloniki
Doiran
Sereth River
Alexis Kuropatkin
Higa
Manchuria
Turkestan
Londyn Trow Petrograd
Kryplin
Stanslau
Nadvorna
Victor Emanuel
Duke of Rosta
Austria
San Martino
Boschini
Rome
Corfu
Exchange Telegraph Company
Athens
Constantinople
Echo Belge
Amsterdam
Kntterbeek
Brussels
Austria-h Hungary
Conference Committee of the Railways
Big Four Railway Brotherhoods
White House
United States Board of Mediation and Conciliation
A. B. Pustnikoff
International Manufacturers’ Sales Company
Southern Cambria Traction Company
Echo
Brookvale
Johnstown
Bainbridge Colby
Theodore Roosevelt
George W. Sehneider
St. Joseph, Mich
Michigan State Pardon Board
St. Joseph
Lizzie Merrill Palmer
Detroit, Mich
Palmer
Newark
Helmar
Halicz
Tustoba
Vienna
Free Skinner Mfg.co
Omaha
USA
Gargest Macaromi
America
Absorbine, JR
W.f.young
Temele
Masa
Hoyt
Othard
Larga
Redd
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