Italian Forces Drive Forward Along Piave River
The Piave line sees Italian counterattacks driving toward the river’s Fan area. Austrian forces retreating to the north and south, many bridges destroyed, and Austrian supply lines cut. Italian air power gains control as Allied aircraft boost operations against the swollen Piave. Prisoner reports indicate Austrians starve while Italian troops press the offensive.
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MRED WOMAN DROWNS NEAR Cedar Grove
Mrs. Mary Felder, 87, of Route 15 Cedar Grove near Canada, drowned in a milk cooling tank yesterday evening. Coroner rules accidental drowning. Grandson Nick Felder found her body at 6 pm after she was last seen at 5 pm in the fields.
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Mary Felder
Peter Felder
Cedar Grove
Canada
William Van Zanten
Nick Felder
Mra. Felder
Sheboygan county
Maximum War Savings Club of Sheboygan County Forms
A local drive promotes a Maximum War Savings Club in Sheboygan County Wisconsin where members pledge to buy 1000 dollars in War Savings Stamps to bolster the 1918 quota of one million dollars. The letter urges high participation, lists signatories, and appeals to business leaders to showcase 100 percent membership.
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Sheboygan County
Edward Hammett
WISCONSIN
MAXIMUM WAR SAVINGS CLUB
SHEBOYG GOUNTY
America
United States
War Stamp Meeting Set for Tonight
A gathering of the Liberty Loan and War Chest committees is scheduled for tonight at 8 in the Association of Commerce room to organize for the War Stamps campaign. All committee members are urged to attend and Mrs. Harry Thomas requests National League for Woman's Service members join. Secretary McAdoo, in Washington, has been ordered to a ranch in the west due to throat trouble and rest is advised.
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Liberty Loan and War Chest
Association of Commerce
Harry Thomas
National League for Woman's Service
ARy United
Washington
McAdoo
Press urges families to mail front news coupons
The Press asks relatives of servicemen in France to fill and mail the news coupons published in the paper immediately so information can be relayed when front news arrives. It expresses surprise at the small number who have completed the task.
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Marne
France
Wisconsin Roll of Honor list of seventy three names
The War Department released a casualty roll totaling seventy three names with seventeen killed in action nine died of wounds seven died of disease two died in aeroplane accidents one died of accident or other causes thirty two wounded severely four wounded (undetermined) one missing in action. Names include J. B. Owner from Mattoon Wis and R. A. Hanson from Shell Lake Wis among those listed for killed in action and Bissecker of Mondovi Wis among those who died of wounds.
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Washington
war department
J. B
Mattoon
Wis
R. A. Hanson
Shell Lake
Wounda
Bissecker
Mondovi
Conference May Shape Prisoner Treatment and Exchange
Washington officials reported mixed responses from gangs to a proposed Bern conference on prisoners. Inquiry continues and a conference may be arranged to discuss prisoner treatment as well as exchange.
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Washington
Sheboygan High School Class of 1918 Commencement Tonight
The 1918 graduating class of Sheboygan High School holds commencement at the Opera House this evening at 8 o clock. The program includes the orchestra under Theodore Winkler, salutatory by Beulah Dewey, class oration “The New Era” by Max Wester, a class solo by Aurelia C Hintz, memorial by Amanda Artman, class poem by Luella Johann, declamation by Elvira Fenn, Girls Glee Club number, alumni scholarship by Jerry Donohue, valedictory by Mable Pestlen, and closing songs with the whole class.
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Sheboygan High School
Opera House
Fros
Theodore Winkler
Beulah Dewey
Max Wester
America
Aurelia C. Hintz
Amanda Artman
Tharles W. Holbrook
Lueilie Johann
Elvira Fenn
Nonagenarian Louise Mueller Dies in Sheboygan Hospital
Louise Mueller aged 91 died at St Nicholas hospital where she resided. Born February 23, 1827 in Germany, she was widow of Jacob Mueller. Funeral from St Nicholas hospital with Requiem High Mass at Holy Name church and burial in North Side Catholic cemetery. She leaves 10 survivors.
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Louise Mueller
St Nicholas hospital
Germany
Jacob Mueller
St. Nicholas’ hospital
Holy Name church
North Side Catholic
Rioting in Vienna Sparks Bread Ration Protests
An Amsterdam telegraph report says Vienna saw serious rioting as mobs looted bakeries and pelted the premier’s residence and part of the Hofburg. Cavalry rushed to restore order and martial law may be proclaimed amid bread ration reductions.
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Associated Press
London
Vienna
Amsterdam
Hofburg
mesasge
All American Gas Attack Drives Heavy German Losses
June 20 report from Lorraine describes a coordinated American gas and artillery assault. American projectors and heavy shelling drenched German positions near Toul sector, with Germans suffering heavy casualties and retreating under American machine gun fire. Five American bombers later struck Conflans railway facilities, returning safely after aerial encounter.
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United Press
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Picardy
Field Marshal Haig
Flanthenul
Picardy front
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Lens
Givenchy
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La Bassee canal
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Bole de Montmare
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Leideprey
nea ehella
Conflans
Verdun
Government 10 Regulates Threshing Charges Nationwide
Washington reports the food administration acts to curb threshing fees amid rising costs as harvest begins. Hoover organizes county threshing committees to set fair rates, with fees varying by region from 8 to 18 cents per bushel and licensing of machine owners under a new threshing division.
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Washington
food administration
great wheat belt
Hoover
Texas
Oklahoma
Kaness
Missouri
Iowa
Minnesota
Ilinola
Montana
Dakotas
Western Union Raids Tackle Night Letters Charges
Government agents seized Western Union offices in Baltimore Philadelphia New York Washington and Boston to gather evidence of alleged competition with the post office by handling night letters. The charges claim the firm accepted night letters by wire and delivered them by messenger at rail stations, sending thousands of letters via express routes for weeks.
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United Press
Washington
Rabie
Western Union
Baltimore
Philadelphia
New York
Boston
post office department
Eastern Wisconsin street cars switch to single door entry
Eastern Wisconsin Electric Company street cars begin using the motorman's door for both entry and exit. Patrons board through the front door only for admission and fare collection. Raymond H. Smith, vice president, says the change follows the railroad commission’s proposed single‑door plan.
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Eastern Wisconsin Electric Company
Raymond H. Smith
pany
S&CEs
railroad commission
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