German Losses Heavy Near Verdun and Somme Fronts
Paris reports heavy German losses as French forces repel attacks along the Somme north quarry and La Maisonette south of the Somme. On the Verdun front, French detachments advance south of Thiaumont and repulse two German efforts at Mleury amid ongoing artillery clashes.
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Paris
Somme
Hem
Mans
la Maisonette
Verdun
Thiaumont
Mleury
Vaux Chapitre
Chenots
Faith in Gard Ner Holds Amid Wine Party Gossip
Chicago church members stand by Rev. Gard Ner after reports linked him to a Detroit roadhouse wine party and a hotel bill dispute with Miss Agnes Russell. Police say the woman claimed the Detroit meeting. parishioners dismiss the gossip as unfounded and vow support.
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Chicago
R. H. F. Gardner
Detroit
Gairdner
Anna Stearns
Kansas City
St. Martin's Episcopal Church
Agnes Stearns
Rev. Gairdner
Mrs. McCarthy
Agnes Russell
Rev Gairdner
H. L. Geddes
St. Martin’s
Hughes dives 2800 feet into Leonard mine as campaign stunt
Helena August 12 Gov Hughes plans a mining descent into the Leonard copper mine at Butte with wife present but not joining. He uses data to attack Democratic inefficiency and recalls his New York Life probe fame while a Billings audience funds his trip. He ridicules Democratic eras and pledges scrutiny of government.
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Perry Arnold
Unite _reee
Helena
Mont
Hughes
Leonard Copper
Butte
New York
Noted Surgeon Dr. John B. Murphy Dies
Mackinack Island Mich August 12. Dr John B Murphy of Chicago a surgeon of world renown and well known in Seattle is dead Saturday. He had come here for an outing and had been in poor health for several months following his partaking of poisoned soup at Archbishop Mundelein banquet at the University Club in Chicago last winter. He had made several visits to Seattle most recently in 1911 as guest of the King County Medical Society.
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Mackinack Sland
Mich
John B. Murphy
Chicago
Seattle
Archbishop Mundelein
University Club
Murphy
King County Medical Society
Stefansson’s Boat Arrives in Nome for Supplies
Stefansson's power boat Gladiator reached Nome for supplies. Stefansson's son was expected on Bank land to meet Capt. Louis Lane on August 5, according to the report.
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Nome
Stefansson
Gladiator
Louis Lane
Gillies in Prison Threatens Death by Own Action
John F. Gillies, charged as a looter of the state industrial insurance fund, was assigned to a penitentiary cell in Walla Walla. Shabbily dressed, he claimed to be a scapegoat for superiors and has threatened suicide several times, arriving with two traveling guards from Key West, Florida.
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Walla Walla
John F. Gillies
State Industrial Insurance Fund
Gillies
Key West
Fla
Balkan Drive to Wait on Harvest
Mail advices from a European capital say the Allied Balkan offensive likely won’t start before September 1. Heat makes daylight ops in the Balkans inadvisable, and Romania’s harvest will be finished by then with former soldiers ready to join the field with the allies. No doubt you don’t know it, but Dr Bridges is a dentist in Youngstown, Ohio.
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New York
Balkan
Balkans
Romania
Poindexter Read Out Of Party? Tacoma Speech Recalls 1910 Clash
In a six year old recount from Dreamland, Senator Poindexter recalls party leaders once sought to expel him from the Republican ranks. He defends his independence and affirms a need for officials to act freely without secret boards, urging voters to decide if the state remains progressive and republican or democratic.
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Brandeis
Lam
Louis D. Brandeis
Dreamland
Poindexter
Republican Party
Tacoma
Walker
Rome
Grand Opera House
Sen. Poindexter
Roosevelt
Taft
Facta
Washington
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