Arras Under Fearful German Shelling Cathedral Destroyed
Paris reports Arras is being systematically battered by German shells for two days. The city shows fires in sections as residences and large buildings are wiped out, while forts remain largely intact. The war office notes 150 yards of Le Pretre forest trenches captured and gains near Fontanelle in the Vosges with hundreds of prisoners.
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Paris
Arrac
Altho
War Office
le Pretre Forest
Fontanelle
Vosges
New Peace Proposals Offer Serbia Territory in Albania
Rome July 9. Austria and Germany presented new peace proposals to Serbia via the Nish correspondent of the Giornale dItalia. The offer included Albanian territory with an Adriatic outlet if Belgrade would accept terms of peace immediately. Serbia refused.
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Rome
Serbia
Austria
Germany
Nish
Glornale Ditalia
Albania
Adriatic
Allay Fear From Decaying Bodies in France
Paris reports that fears of a cholera outbreak from heaps of decaying corpses on the Northern France battlefront have been assuaged by a parliamentary hygiene committee. Prof Legroux of the Pasteur Institute confirmed the finding stating the odor from cadavers annoys soldiers but they are not a danger.
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Paris
Fesra
France
Parliamentary Committee On Hygiene
Legroux
Pasteur Institute
Boast Visits Big Chief In His Tepee
A playful scene from an Ingersoll watch feature shows the King dismissing visitors with a fat hand and sleep orders. In the tepee, the pageant notes horses, longhorns, and squaws as royal snores rise above the camp amid dog barks and chatter.
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Boast
Big Chief
Ingersoll
Madison Roundup to Open Saturday at Madison Park
Shrine week events begin Saturday at 2 p m with 20 daily attractions featuring daring horsemen ropers and wild horse races. The program includes stagecoach hacks bareback riding saddle horse races steers and Indian relay events across the half mile track at the Madison park arena.
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Madison Park
Indiana
Madison
Hermes
Barro
Thief
Madison Park Race Track
Liner Minnehaha Quarantined After Explosive Fire
The liner Minnehaha, carrying 15,000 tons of explosives, put into Halifax at 10:45 after an explosion in her hold. The ship was held at the quarantine station and no one ashore was allowed aboard. Investigators consider the possibility that Frank Holts planted a bomb in hold No 3 among munitions and other cargo.
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Halifax
Frank Holts
Austrians Launch Thousands of Floating Mines
The report from Rome indicates Austria has begun deploying thousands of floating mines in the Adriatic Sea. The information arrives amid ongoing tension in the region and potential maritime hazards for Allied ships.
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Romf
Adriatic
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