Italian Alps Campaign The Adamello Front War Report
An Associated Press correspondent describes the Italian Army on the Adamello crest 11 500 feet high. Alpine troops in white, fixed bayonets, and heavy artillery manhandled up cliffs reveal unprecedented mountain warfare. Birds sing amid artillery, and new Italian guns aid pushes on Monte Kuk and Monte San Michele amid steep sacrifices.
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Associated Press
Adamello
Virgil
Italy
Adamelle
Alps
Mont Blanc
Jungfrau
Monte Rosa
Europe
Arctic
Cadorna
Isonzo
Adriatic
d'Annunzio
Coldi Lana
Alpine
Monte Kuk
Monte San Michele
Trade union congress backs price regulation and shipping ownership
A London special trades union congress of 600 delegates representing about 3,000,000 workers approved a plan to regulate food and fuel prices via a government department with powers to commandeer and distribute goods and fix freight rates. It also backed government ownership of merchant shipping and urged wage increases to uphold living standards, plus a 40 percent boost to old age pensions during price peaks.
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London
Special Trades Union Congress
Congress
Kitchener Story and Doctor Jokes From Papers
A Brooklyn man recalls a Kitchener origin tale where an engineer speeds a bridge project to meet the great soldier and is lightly chided to shave first. The tale, shared with humor on Kitchener, reflects neatness and wit. The Boston Transcript adds a doctor joke about indigestion advancing a medical student.
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Kitchener
Brooklyn
Ireland
Brooklyn Eagle
Sunday school picnic and dances anchor city social scene
The Los Angeles Heights Church children enjoyed a Brackenridge Park picnic while civic social life buzzed with the St Anthony roof military dansant featuring Fort Sam Houston officers and local civilians camp members. Guests include Miss De Rugeley Pearson and Effie Graff of Del Rio. The Ernst–Anderson marriage was celebrated at St Mary’s with guests from Arkansas and Texas.
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Los Angeles Heights
St. Anthony
Fort Sam Houston
San Antonio
Andrew Louis Ernst
Stuttgart
Ark
Jessie Marie Anderson
Beaumont Way
St. Mary's Catholic Church
E. J. Carrier
Charles H. Stevens
Houston
Sophie Carlson
Beaumont
Arkansas
Ernst
New Orleans
Ocean Springs
Miss
T. B. Baker
St. Anthony Roof
Susan Gilfillan
Austin
Mildred Nelson
Kansas City
Robert L. Ball
W. L. Gilfillan
Colin Campbell
Kathleen Timolat
Jeanette Hagelstein
Hazel Hutchins
Eleanor Barclay
Abbel Moore
Alice Partee
Stella Cook
Christie Moore
Constance Ball
Lindsey Shropshire
Hellmanns honored at fortieth wedding anniversary
A surprise party was held Monday night at the home of Mr. and Mrs. Paul Hellmann to celebrate their fortieth wedding anniversary. Sixty or more guests attended, with refreshments and dancing enjoyed by all.
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K. A. Huth
Paul Feille
Henry Colley
D. Huth
Pauline Feille
Rose Henrietta Colley
George Huth
William Feille
The Primal Lure at Strand Theater Last Show Today
William S. Hart stars in The Primal Lure a drama of the far Northwest where a misjudgment of a woman who loves him nearly costs their happiness and lives. Also on the program a Keystone comedy The Love Comet and acts by The Valdos Anita Osgood Seabury and Price and Dollie's Dollis with a toy shop tale.
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Far Northwest
William S. Hart
Strand Theater
Angus McConnell
Hudson Bay Company
Lois le Moyne
McConnell
Valdos
Anita Osgood
Seabury
Price
Dollie
Dollis
Unmerciful park pursuit ends with mercy plea
An elderly stout woman confronts a rough tramp stalking her in the park on a hot day. She threatens to call a policeman, but the man pleads for mercy saying they are the only shady spot in the park. The exchange ends with no arrest.
Inmate Admits New Identity Amid Laughing Visitor
A witty asylum scene features an inmate declaring his name as Andrew Carnegie, while a visitor notes that his name was Theodore Roosevelt on a prior visit. The inmate explains the Roosevelt name came from his first wife, adding a humorous twist to the encounter.
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Andrew Carnegie
Theodore Roosevelt
Lachange
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Osko
Een
Padshon Mis
Emecace
Moshon Mfg. Co
Chicago
Joske Bros
Mr. Frazer
Mr. Fraser
Christian Merald
Hertzberg
Gunter
Nadine Face Powde
Amilion
National Toilet Company
Paris
Tenn
PABST
Texas
Dansant
John M. Steinfeldt
St. Mary's
Judge
Winchester Kelso
de Rugeley Pearson
Richmond
Effie Graff of
del Rio
Bishop
Mrs. W. T. Capers
Colorado
West End
Henor
Merry Maids’ Musical Club
Strand
Princess
Our
Blum’s
Ers
Putnam
Gabardines
Palm Beach
All
Annette Kellerman
Neptune's
E. Houston St
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