Polish Forces Report Crushing Bolshevik Defeat Near Dubno
Aug 25 reports from Copenhagen and London describe Polish armies driving Bolsheviks from the Dubno neighborhood with a pursuit along the Igumen Dortyn line. Ukrainian troops advance north of the city, while Bolshevik detachments retreat from the Black Sea fleet. Kolchak’s forces fall back toward the Orenburg Tashkent route as other fronts shift toward Turkestan.
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Copenhagen
Russia Center
London
Acvices
Petlura
Anikine
West
South i Asia
Denikine
Russia
Omsk
Turkestan
Ukraine
Miral Kolchak
Ural Cossacks
Orenburg-Tashkent
Samaria
Ita
Stanizas
Iper Don River
Bol
Migulinskaia
Sinn Fein executive to seek $25 million loan in U S
Aug 25 report notes Edward de Valera authorized to raise 1 25 million dollars in the United States with aim to increase the maximum loan to 25 million dollars. Also mentions a bank robbery in Newton Kansas with a $20 000 to $40 000 haul and robbers fleeing.
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Sinn Fein
Edward de Valera
United States
Kan
Tional Bank of
Newton
Réney
Liberty
Senator Dunham Injured In Street Car Accident
Aug 25. Senator Dunham of Florida was injured by a street car and likely will be laid up for a week after medical examinations. Also note a tariff proposal imposing 600 dollars per ton on crude tungsten salts at 1 dollar per pound for serro.
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Fletcher
Dunher
Florida
Atlanta lawyer Marvin Underwood named US railroad admin counsel
Marvin Underwood of Atlanta is appointed by Director General Walker Hines as general counsel for the United States railroad administration. He succeeds John Barton Payne of Chicago, who becomes chairman of the United States shipping board. Underwood formerly served as assistant attorney general.
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I. Marvin Underwood
Atlanta
Walker Hines
United States Railroad Administration
John Barton Payne
Chicago
United States Shipping Board
Mr. Underwood
Militia Arrives to Guard Hammond Steel Plant
Ten Indiana state militia companies deployed to Hammond to avert violence at the Standard Steel car factory where 1 500 workers are on strike. Entry to the plant was orderly with little disturbance as strikers once again protested for higher wages and shorter hours. Federal agents have been in Hammond, promising arrests of red agitators and possible deportations including several women active in unrest.
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Hammond
Goodrich
Lake County
Department of Justice
Train Bandits Take Mail in Nashville Robbery
Four masked bandits halted Louisville and Nashville passenger train No. 7 from Cincinnati to Montgomery between Columbia and Pulaski. They forced the engineer to detach the mail car and chased it, rifling the mail pouches while occupying the crew. Passengers were not molested. loot value unavailable.
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Nashville
Tenn
Louisville & Nashville
Cincinnati
Montgomery
Ala
Columbia
Pulaski
Carnegie dies worth fifty million in will
New York August 22 Andrew Carnegie died worth 50 million dollars according toone of his executors The will is to be offered for probate next week Carnegie named Home Trust Company of Hoboken New Jersey as executor without bond The will runs about four thousand five hundred words
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New York
Andrew Carnegie
Carnegie
National Labor Party to Convene November 22 in Chicago
The national convention of the newly formed National Labor party will be held in Chicago on November 22 with 2000 delegates from across the country expected to attend.
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Labor Party
Cleveland
National Labor Party
Chicago
Pershing Returns to Paris After Italian Tour
General Pershing commander in chief of the American army in France returns to Paris after visiting the Italian battle front and leading cities in that country.
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Pershing
Paris
General Pershing
France
Wilson defies Carranza demand on Mexican troops pursuit
Marfa Texas report notes four Mexican bandits killed by American forces after surrounding in an adobe blockhouse. President Wilson plans to continue pursuit, stating occupation not an invasion and troops return only when bandits are captured or killed or pursuit deemed futile.
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Marfa
Tex
Mexico
Leonard Matlack
Washington
Wilson
Carranza
Administration
United States
State Department
Bonillas
Lansing
Army of the United States
Eighth Cavalry
Department of Foreign Relations
Baker
Dimnet to Speak at Harvard on Lille Hospitals
Abbe Ernest Dimnet arrives in the United States as a Lowell lecturer at Harvard in October to raise interest and aid for crowded and impoverished hospitals around Lille. He is professor of English literature at College Stanislas Paris and writes fluently in French and English for the Catholic university hospitals at Lille.
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Abbe Ernest Dimnet
United States
Lowell
Harvard University
Lille
Abbe Dimnet
College Stanislas
Paris
Catholic University of Lille
Germans and Yanks Clash at Neufahrwasser
A Danzig dispatch says encounters between German and American sailors near Neufahrwasser four miles north of Danzig wounded several civilians and one German seaman after a dance hall quarrel. The disturbance continued in the streets as sailors returned to the destroyer Hale.
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Copenhagen
Neufahrwasser
Danzig
Hale
Bill to curb immigration and deport wartime draft dodgers
Washington reports two bills introduced by Chairman Johnson of the house immigration committee. One would suspend all immigration for two years. The other would deport aliens who used first papers to avoid wartime military service. After suspension, admissions would require a passport or a written declaration to become a citizen.
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Washington
Johnson
House Immigration Committee
United States
Finn Envoy Presents Credentials in Washington
Armas Herman Saasinmoinen became Finland's first provisional minister in Washington when he presented his credentials to President Wilson on August 22.
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Washington
Armas Herman Saasinmoinen
Finland
Wilson
U S Farm Course for Australians in California
One hundred Australian soldiers stranded in England will land in New York on August 29 and proceed to the University of California for a course in agriculture as part of a U S farm program.
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U. S
New York
England
University of California
Cloudburst Causes Heavy Damage in Connellsville Area
A cloudburst in the Connellsville coke region floods mines and washes away buildings. Street railway and railroad tracks are affected, with damage exceeding $100,000 in Uniontown and surrounding areas.
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Uniontown
Connellsville
Repeal of Daylight Saving Act Becomes Law
Washington reports the senate sustained the house to override President Wilson and repeal the daylight saving act. The 57 to 19 vote makes the repeal effective after clocks fall back to standard time in October. Farmers and unions argued loss of farm labor due to the one hour shift.
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Washington
Senate
House
Wilson
Congress
Wilson Seeks Speedy Ratification Of League Covenant
President Wilson reports to the Senate Foreign Relations Committee on the peace treaty and League of Nations covenant. He explains interpretations should not become part of ratification and outlines the roles of the council and U.S. power, including limits on military action and obligations.
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Washington
White House
Wilson
Senate Foreign Relations Committee
George Washington
Senate
Phillimore
Lansing
United States
League Council
Lodge
Japan
Shantung
Borah
Fall
League
Congress
League of Nations
Esmiittee
Austria
Kungary
Turkey
Bulgaria
Germany
Vpuaris
Senator Lodge
Poland
Great Britain
France
Italy
Commission
McCumber
Seven Bandits Are Killed Following Tampico Raid
Carranza authorities in Tamaulipas report seven Mexican bandits involved in the Tampico raid on the United States cruiser Cheyenne have been captured and executed. The official dispatch to the Mexican consul here notes the bandits possessed sailors’ property.
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Galveston
Tex
Cheyenne
Tampico
Carranza
Pueblo Gonzales
Mende Fierro
State seeks injunction against five leading packers
Jackson Mississippi August 22 The state revenue agent asks chancery court for a perpetual injunction to bar the five leading packers from doing business in the state. A statutory penalty of 5000 dollars a day is requested if the injunction is violated.
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Mississippi State Revenue Agent
Big Five
Jackson, Miss
Chancery Court
State Revenue Agent
Iowa auctioneers open two-day ethics conference in Mason City
In Mason City Iowa on August 23 professional auctioneers gather to discuss traditions and ethics licensing of auctioneers and possible legislation to regulate the trade over a two day meeting.
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Mason City
Iowa
Ships Return to Owners After Government Service
Washington August 23 The American passenger liners Finland Kroonland and Louisville St Louis will be released from government service once repair surveys are completed All have served as transports during the war period and await return to their owners
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Washington
Finland
Kroonland
Louisville
St. Louis
One Common Tongue in War Hospitals
An American Red Cross nurse in a French army hospital recalls a single word spoken by sick and wounded soldiers across languages. The word Mutter in German, mere in Dutch, moeder in Dutch variant, madre in Italian, and mother in English, reveals a universal plea for comfort amid suffering.
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Red Cross
Bird Rebuked Marguerite In Quiet Domestic Scene
Marguerite recalls being scolded by her mother to stay still during a tense domestic moment. The line captures a stern parental rebuke and the young girl's sense of restraint within a private family setting.
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Marguerite
Canary interrupts tale as Marguerite scolds bird
A mother speaks and Marguerite, perched on a chair, shushes the canary with a commanding finger wag, insisting the bird stay quiet while her mother talks.
English Surgeon in Civil War
Sir Charles Wyndham, the famous English actor, served as a surgeon during the American Civil War, contributing medical care in battlefield conditions. The noted performer combined stage fame with frontline service in the conflict.
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Charles Wyndham
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