HUSCIAN DRIVE UNEXPECTED BY THE AUSTRIANS
A war dispatch from near Kolki, Russia, describes the rapid Russian advance with 10,000 prisoners and the Austrians retreating under fire. It notes Austrian defenses along a wooded line, elaborate trenches, and surprisingly comfortable officers quarters including a birch garden altar and a piano found in a captured trench.
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Kolki
Russia
New York
Kaledin
Bobrikoff
Klevan
Styr
Olyka
Lutsk
Greeks Urged to Appeal to the King in Wartime Cry
The account describes war conditions behind enemy lines with Austrian and Russian movements. It notes orderly Austrian occupation, intact villages, rustic parks, and gardens, and contrasts with German prisoner treatment. The writer praises Austrian conduct and laments bitterness seen in German warfare.
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Germany
Like Old Times at the Stile with Ruined Silence
In twilight shadows two longtime parted lovers meet by an old stile in a memory filled scene. Mary and Randy or Sandy exchange affectionate lines recalling youth as an aeroplane hums above and the moment rekindles their emotions.
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Mary
Randy
Sandy
Dodson's Liver Tone Promises Relief From Biliousness
A vintage advertisement touts Dodson's Liver Tone as a safe, all vegetable remedy to replace calomel for biliousness and constipation. It alleges calomel harms bones and claims one spoonful will clean liver and bowels, restore vigor, and keep the family well.
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Dodson
Venizelos Urges King to Ready Army for Possible Rupture
In Athens a crowd of 50,000 cheered former premier Venizelos who urged a deputation to the king to support the government and mobilize the army for a possible rupture of existing conditions. He praised Premier Zaimis, urged neutrality with the entente, and warned elections should not be used for political gain.
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Army
Athens
London
Venizelos
Constantine
Alexander Zaimis
Liberal Party
Army Officers Receive Transfers and Resignations
First Lieutenant Leonard C. Scott of the Medical Reserve Corps is relieved. Resignations accepted include Second Lieutenants Hawthorne C. Geer and Barre W. Rowland. Major Ernest B. Gose retires as lieutenant colonel. Austin M. Prentiss granted ten days leave. Glover Jr. transferred to Thirty-second Infantry. Roberts to Montgomery to organize National Guard cavalry. Powell Clayton reassigned to Sixteenth Cavalry. Seth W. Cook, attached to aviation, to proceed to San Diego.
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Leonard C. Scott
Medical Reserve Corps
Hawthorne C. Geer
New York National Guard
Barre W. Rowland
Iowa National Guard
Ernest B. Gose
Infantry
Austin M. Prentiss
Ordnance Department
G. Barrett Glover JR
Twenty-fifth Infantry
Thirty-second Infantry
Thomas A. Roberts
Cavalry
Montgomery
Ala
National Guard Cavalry
Powell Clayton
Sixteenth Cavalry
Seth W. Cook
Eleventh Cavalry
San Diego
Man a Slave to Fashion in Modern Dress Conventions
The Chicago Tribune argues modern fashion enslaves individuals to rigid norms. It contrasts summer wool and summer furs, noting women’s dress is more flexible than men’s, and jokes men would demand voting rights if dressing were a franchise test.
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The
Chicago Tribune
Indian Relics Found by Klamath Historical Group in Lava Beds
Klamath Falls Calif residents J. C. Rutenic A. C. Yaden Floyd Brandenburg and George Snyder members of the Klamath Historical Association return from a ten days research expedition in Modoc county lava beds. They collected pipes stone war hammers dishes grinders seventy five arrowheads ten spear heads several knives eleven mortars and over a hundred pestles along Tule Lake shore now being drained by the U S reclamation service. Esperanto noted as a playful aside about language of love.
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Klamath Falls
Cal
J. C. Rutenic
A. C. Yaden
Floyd Brandenburg
George Snyder
Klamath Historical Association
California Line
Modoc County
Modoc
Tule Lake
United States Reclamation Service
Lost River
Klamath River
Thieves Target Silverware and Personal Goods Citywide
Thieves active on weekend nights entered several homes across Porter Alamosa Sts and St Charles St, taking silverware including oranges and grape fruit spoons, salad forks and coffee spoons, plus cigars and a pistol. Other losses included linen from 110 Alamosa, jewelry at 715 St Charles, a Ford car stolen from 314 South Presa, and a watch from Captain Dan Morgan Smith of the Seventh Illinois Infantry.
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O. C. Guessaz
Porter Street
George F. Connor
Alamosa Street
George C. Shupee
Gideon Meier
St. Charles Street
Rev. A. L. Wolff
South Presa Street
Dan Morgan Smith
Seventh Illinois Infantry
Emigration Down in Ireland in First Half of 1916
Irish emigration for January to June 1916 fell further from 1915, with 3073 emigrants, 988 fewer than the same period last year. Men accounted for the drop while female emigration rose by over 600. One hundred fifty two emigrants prepaid passage to America. Ulster sent the most, Munster the least.
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Associated Press
Dublin
Ireland
America
Ulster
Munster
U S Food Surplus Shown Despite Blockade Warnings
The Chicago Herald cites a National Chamber of Commerce report asserting the United States could endure a blockade without starving, since food production has surged 200 to 3000 percent over half a century. Wheat up 560 percent and corn 270 percent, rice 8000 percent, oats 475 percent, and potatoes 250 percent.
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Chicago Herald
United States
National Chamber of Commerce
Committee On Statistics and Standards
South
The Family Commander
An evening party scene shows Dodge asking about a striking woman named Mrs. Moore. Keller explains she does not earn her status. her husband earns it, but she commands a large gallery.
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Dodge
Keller
Peary's Daughter Plans Aviation Study To Aid Coast Patrols
Admiral Robert E Peary, famed North Pole discoverer, has a rival in aviation within his family. His daughter Miss Knighta Peary announced plans to study aeronautics to help establish aerial coast patrol stations on the Atlantic and Pacific coasts. She was born in Greenland during her father second North Pole attempt and was named Anighto meaning Snow Baby.
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Robert E. Peary
North Pole
United States
Knighta Peary
Aeral Coast Patrol
Atlantic
Pacific
Miss Peary
Greenland
Anighto
Anthropology Studied in Camps
Vienna reports that the Austrian prisoner of war camps offer a rare chance for anthropology students. Prof Poech of the Academy has 148 plaster casts of heads from polyglot prisoners. Among Russian prisoners alone, at least fourteen distinct races of divergent type have been identified.
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Vienna
Poech
Academy of Sciences
Lee Caldwell’s Sudden Return Stuns Family in St Louis
A man named Lee Caldwell arrived in St Louis after a strange journey and chose to sleep wherever he happened to be. His mother recalled that Lee was always prone to doze in odd places, even while standing.
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Caldwell
St. Louis
William Caldwell
Lee
Man Rides 300 Miles Sleeping on Train Roof
Lee Caldwell, 20, of 1453 South Second Street, rode from Chicago to St Louis on a sleeper but slept on the roof of a Pullman car. He woke in the Union Station yard to police, saying he went to Chicago for work but lacked lodging money.
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ST. Louis
Lee Caldwell
South Second Street
Chicago
Chicago & Alton
Union Station
Caldwell
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