Germans Hit French Lines in Wave Attacks on Chemin Des Dames
Paris reports indicate German forces attacked French troops along the Chemin Des Dames in waves last night, but French troops repelled the assaults southeast of Cerny. In Petrograd a heavy artillery battle rages in the Smorgon Krevo sector as the Siberian corps leads the fight and Russians push to gain mastery.
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Chemin Des Dames
War Office
Cerny
Petrograd
Smorgon-Krevo
Drawn by draft list hits stars and locals across states
The July 21 dispatch lists movie star Wallace Reid and many others among the first draftees. It notes dean Creamer, Brourno Lansing kin and son Rudolph EB. Black Jr among draftees, plus policemen, librarians and athletes in Seattle Tacoma Madison and San Jose.
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Los Angeles
Wallace Reid
Mary Pickford
Marshall Nellan
Bia
Roy Marshall
Claire DeWitt
Horace Davy
Neal Burns
H. B. Lull
Bruno Lessing
Rudolph EB. Black, Jr
Sam
Bruno Lansing
Army Will See Star Actors and Crack Boxers in Draft Camps
The war department outlines a broad entertainment and training program for 600000 draftees. Camps will host monster theatres with Broadway acts, film stars like Mary Pickford and Chaplin, vaudeville, and talent shows. boxing legends will teach ring arts. famous players and cue masters will hold exhibitions. YMCAs and Knights of Columbus halls rise. libraries and language courses will be offered. towns near camps expand with new amenities and a take-a-soldier-home campaign.
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George Martin
United Press
Washington
Sam
Raymond D. Foedyck
War Department Commission On
Twinkle Caruso
Farrar
John McCormick
Fritz Kremler
Paderewski
Mary Pickford
Chartie Chaplin
Douglas Fairbanks
Brigade of Vampires
Frank Gotch
Mike Gibbons
Johnny Kilbane
Tom Gibbons
Johnny Dundee
Frank Moran
Fred Fulton
Jack Dillon
Kid McCoy
Packey McParland
Jess Willara
Sam Langford
War Department
Willie Hoppe
Halle
Junction City
Kan
Fort Riley Cantonment
Citiens
Fire destroys Peninsula Rapid Transit plant in San Mateo
Fire at the Peninsula Rapid Transit Co. plant in San Mateo, California, caused about 150000 dollars in damage. Thirteen auto busses valued at six thousand dollars each, ten thousand dollars in tires and related paraphernalia, and the building were destroyed. The blaze began in the washing room and origin is unknown, with the Red Cross hospital and nurses' home nearby under threat.
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San Mateo
Cal
Peninsula Rapid Transit Co
Red Cross Hospital
Americans Playing Ball Series Abroad
In Rouen France on July 21 base Hospital No 4 Cleveland beat Base Hospital No 21 81 Louis 7 in the second game of the inter unit baseball series today.
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Hy Vested Prees
Rouen
France
Rbase
Cleveland
Base Hospital
Louis
Gold Medal Oil Capsules Ad Claims Health Boost
An advertisement touts Gold Medal Oil Capsules as a remedy for gout uric acid issues and digestive ailments. It promises rapid strength, claims to restore appetite, and offers refunds via the Owl Drug Co with 59¢ to $1.00 pricing and a Gold Medal box label.
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Salem
Owl Drug Co
Florence Upstairs Store Ad Says Women Call The Shots
A fragment from The Good Nook parodies old time phrases about wives ruling at home. The ad promotes SUIT COAT DRESSES and HATS at the Florence Upstairs Store located at Second and Union, implying modern fashion and crowd appeal.
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Florence
Second and Union
Red Cross Banks Placed On Auto Owners Cars
Red Cross donation buses are the latest street car strike novelty. Through Herman Chapin, banks were issued to 189 private auto owners Saturday morning. These autos have been carrying hundreds free each morning and night. Their passengers will be given a chance to drop transportation money into the Red Cross banks. The Red Cross officials stressed this was not intended as interference with regular jitneys.
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Red Cross
Herman Chapin
Jitneys to Run on Yesler Way for Picnic Crowd
Jitneys will operate on Yesler Way for the first time Sunday to serve picnic crowds crossing Lake Washington. Arrangements have been made for service on this route this Sunday. The Final B'rith picnic of the Heidesheimer lodge will be held at Fortuna Park.
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Yesler Way
Lake Washington
Heidesheimer Lodge
Fortuna Park
Blame J. W. W. For Tying Up Industry
W. W. influence is blamed for the complete tie up of the tungsten industry at Atolia on the desert. The Atolia operation supplies much of the tungsten material used in ships for the war.
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United Prere
San Bernardino
Cal
W. W
Atolia
Desert
Russian mob robs merchants' club in MOBCOW raid
Uniformed men raided the Merchants' club in MOBCOW on Thursday morning and robbed members of 20,000 roubles about $15,000. Delayed report notes the attack occurred amid a wave of organized crime.
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United Press
Mobcow
Big Merchants’ Club
Farmer Drives Holstein Herd Through Town
A young farmer in a modish roadster guides a herd of Holstein cows along a road in a leisurely evening milking scene as a traveling man comments on the softness of the ride.
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Auto Detroit
Pontiac
Drayton Plains
Fire destroys mill in Leavenworth incident
A fire starting in the engine room burned the Leavenworth Box Co planing mill and box factory on a Friday night. The blaze destroyed the mill and caused extensive damage to the plant in Leavenworth.
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United Prees
Leavenworth
Leavenworth Box Co
Exemption boards in New York struggle to post draft lists
Thousands of New Yorkers crowd exemption boards to learn their draft standing. Boards delayed by missing alphabets and serial numbers. Federal officials guard against tampering while police read numbers to anxious crowds. Women relatives wait hours to learn if their men are called in the first levy.
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United Preee
New York
Exemption Board
Portland jitneys go into history with bond ordinance
Portland officials enforce a new rule requiring a $2,500 bond on all jitneys. Jitney Drivers' union president Roosman calls the bond too high and says drivers cannot operate profitably under it. Police state drivers without bonds will be arrested. Sixty five for hire cars and taxicabs filed bonds by morning.
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United Prere
Portland
Seven Arrested After Mayor Gill Speeding Crackdown
Seven alleged violators of speed ordinances were arrested Friday after Mayor Gill ordered action to curb speeding by motorists.
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Gill
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