French Officer at Camp Lewis Urges United Fight Against Hun
Seret Paul Mirat of the 156th French infantry tells Americans trenches are key and predicts Germany near defeat. He recalls Somme horrors and praises U S troops for powder and steel. vows France, Britain, and America will whip the Hun together.
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Bomb Threat Disrupts Audiences at Chicago Opera
Suspected German agents planted an incendiary bomb in the Auditorium during Dinorah. Conductor Cam panini halted the scene with The Star Spangled Banner as 2,200 spectators stayed calm. Fire Chief Corrigan smothered the device, and authorities seized the bomb while two mystery men and a German usher vanished.
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Chicago
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Cleofonte Campanini
Mme. Galli Curci
George C. Hixon
Eral
Othere
Cantoring Battalion
Corrigan
Lewis Sammies Dig Trenches Daily at Camp Lewis
Soldiers at Camp Lewis Tacoma spend days digging trenches using picks and shovels. In morning marches, they locate a spot, dig a narrow trench, brace it with brush, and then fill it before returning to perform the same routine tomorrow.
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Tacoma
Orly
Greene gets bid to Victoria hop ball
Maj. Gen. H. A. Greene and staff received an official invitation from Gen. RE. G. KB. Leckie at Victoria to attend a ball at the Empress hotel in Victoria. The event honors the Duke of Devonshire, governor general of Canada.
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Canada
Gold Medal Haarlem Capsules for Back Pain Relief
A vintage advertisement touts Gold Medal Haarlem Capsules as a daily cure for backache with claims of relief tomorrow. It emphasizes Holland origin from Haarlem labs, warns against imitations, and urges purchasing from reliable druggists with money-back assurance.
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Furuseth Opposes Labor Involvement in War Debates
United Press reports Seamen's International Union president Andrew Furuseth urged labor to avoid meddling in war policy at the American Federation of Labor convention. He cautioned labor not to hate, and opposed active participation in open convention debates, saying labor nations had no voice in starting the war and must share responsibility for it.
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United Press
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Pro Germans Fail to Fire Forests in Coos County
Ny United Preas Leased Wire reports two wardens in Marshfield say pre German firebugs failed to start fires in Coos county forests. Over two weeks they found 12 ignition spots but none spread due to improper starting methods.
Americans Honored by France Roll of Fame
United Press dispatch from France reports a French general inscribed fifteen American soldiers on the roll of fame marking the first regular American army troops to earn the honor on French soil.
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United Reas
France
Haig claims another successful blow near Passchendaele
Field Marshal Haig reported late yesterday that his forces struck around Passchendaele and captured portions of the enemy main ridge north of the village. They also took a fortified farm and made prisoners.
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United Press
London
Haig
Passchendaele
Dual Nation Plea Again Stirs China
Dispatches from Peking report renewed calls for dividing China into north and south regions after the resignation of Premier Tuan Chi Jui. The plainspoken note indicates ongoing political strife and regional secession sentiment continuing to unsettle national leadership.
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United Press
TORIO
Tuan Chi Jui
Peking
Nichi Nichi
Visit Camp Lewis Tomorrow
The notice invites readers to visit Camp Lewis, billed as the largest training camp in the United States, urging the public to tour the camp where about 60,000 soldiers are stationed. It references travel connections from Tacoma and Indian apelis with steam and electric cars.
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Camp Lewis
United States
Russian Civil War Rumors Escalate Across Moscow and Petrograd
Russian reports say 6000 Slavs killed during revolution and Bolshevik advances threaten the Provisional Government in Moscow while Kerensky forces are described as penned up in the Kremlin. Rail workers threaten a nationwide strike, risking rail halt, famine, and disrupted munitions as fighting shifts between Bolsheviks and authorities.
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Petrograd
Russia
Maximalists Strengthen Russia Front as Kerensky Flees
Reports from Haparanda say thirty thousand Letts who joined the Maximalists turned the tide against Kerensky's forces at Keren sky, greatly strengthening the Maximalists in Russia. Kerensky was reported to have fled, trying to join General Kal edon.
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Kerensky
Haparanda
Russia
Kaledon
British Forces Close On Turkish Band Near Jerusalem
British troops moved to Abussheh ridge five miles southeast of Ramleh and reportedly wiped out nearly 800 Turkish troops as they closed on Jerusalem. In Olympia, Frank J. Richards received a pardon from acting Governor Louis F. Hart after a five year sentence for attempted blackmail.
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London
Jerusalem
Abussheh Ridge
Ramieh
United Preas
Olympia
Frank J. Richards
Louis F. Hart
Richards
Poilus whoop er up as they go to Italy to fight
French troops left for Italy with high morale after months in trenches. Eyewitness account describes their energetic march into a village, quick departure to trains, and eager chatter as they packed gear for a 60 hour journey. German prisoners watch the bustling departure.
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