Menaced Russians Now From Windau to Riga
The war update reports German advances threatening Riga and Windau as the Teutonic alliance seeks control of a Baltic naval base. Warsaw evacuation questions intensify amid Austro German gains across the Bug. Meuse front actions continue with heavy German losses and a hopeful note on coal strikes from the mines.
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Warsaw
Riga
von Hindenburg
Macken- Ben
Kraenostey
Searles
Paris
Meuse
Child Buried After Brief Illness in Rosetsout
Funeral services for four month old Josephine Ruben child of Mr and Mrs Toney Ruben of Rosetsout were held at the Ruben home Tuesday morning with burial in Holy Cross cemetery.
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Josephine Ruben
Toney Reben
Rosetsout
Ruben
Buriel
Holy Cross
Italian cruiser Giuseppe Garibaldi sinks after submarine attack
Rome. July 20. Details from an official statement on the sinking of the Italian cruiser Giuseppe Garibaldi by an Austrian submarine near Cattaro. The attack followed raids on Gravosa and nearby facilities, with survivors reported and several ships, depots, and rail links damaged.
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Ameast
Rome
Cruiher
Giuseppe Garibalti
Chese
Cattaro
Gravosa
Giappane
Giuseppe Garbaldi
Tong
Sevenieenth
Triest
Visbhle
Por
Primiano
Monfalcone
Bart
Gran
Italian War Forces Make Gains in Cadore and Tolmino
Despatches reported by Tribune indicate Austrian forces have advanced five miles in Cadore and retreated positions north of Tolmino and San Lucas. Italian troops reportedly recaptured two positions near Tolmino amid the ongoing conflict.
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Geneva
Phe
Tribune
Cadore
Caria
Dave
Tolmind
San Lucas
German successes along battle line claimed in official statement
An official German report claims successes along the front from the Baltic to Bukowina, with the German Army of General Gallwitz said to stand strong near Warsaw and Windau cited as a captured point. The report notes German progress against Allied forces and strategic positions along the line.
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Guieral
Enior
Bicycle Rider Jis Hurt In Collision In Salem Street
A bicycle collision on Main and Waller streets Salem injures Kenneth Ritter son of Mrs Jafie Ritter and rider William Fowls. Ritter suffers a broken leg above the knee and a minor leg cut. The automobile from Clarkburg driven by Strojider and Roberts remains blame free. Early Tuesday the youths were reported progressing well.
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Salem
Main
Waller Streets
Kenneth Ritter
Jafie Ritter
William Fowl
Young Ritter
Young Powers
Clarksburg
Messrs
Strojider
Roberts
Local society notes from Bridgeport and surrounding towns
Mrs Martha Daugherty of Clarksburg and Mrs McNemar of Morgantown visited friends in Bridgeport. Dozens of locals, including Miss Cora Chorpening, Mr and Mrs Scott Heckert, and Ralph Jones, hosted or visited relatives. Vanessa Willis, Aubrey Barnes, and numerous households hosted guests, and a luncheon at 2 o'clock honored Miss Kath leen Warner and other guests.
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Bridgeport
Martha Daugherty
Clarksburg
Mire
F.M. Gardner
McNemar
Morgantown
John Moore
Martha Kester
James Harmon
David A. Jones
Hastings
Cora Chorpening
Sarah Chorpening
Scott Heckert
B. C. Teter
Buckhannon
Masten Chester Ocheltree
Vandalia
Ralph Jones
Sabra Sutton
Jennie Gunn
Simp Bon
Reymour Bartlett Ls
Peter Wilson
Boothsville
Kelso Pell
Clarkaburg
Clark Pell
Valerie
Robert Willis
Roy Peshak
Harter Stout
West Milford
Nathan Boring
J.H. Saurborne
Roane County
Aubrey Barnes
Meadowbrook
Brgl
Stout
Isadore Stout
Dale Stee Elizabeth Warner
Pauline Jou
Arrangements Made With Local Firms to Handle Farm Supplies
Stores from Lumberport Dola Salem Lost Creek area plus Harrison county firms Mesars Hedges Oyster Michael Brothers Westley Steele and Lost Creek Food Co will supply seed rye commercial fertilizer and cutaway harrows to farmers. More dealers hoped to be added soon to broaden availability.
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Mesars, Hedges and Oyster
Lumberport
Michael Brothers
Dola
Westley Steele
Salem
Lost Creek Food Company
Lost Cress
Harrison County
New Vote of Credit Introduced in Parliament
A new vote of credit of 750000001 was introduced today in the House of Commons. The second supplementary vote will raise the total actually appropriated by Parliament for war expenditures to 9236090000. W Ralaton Shaw of war offshore is in London on a business mission.
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London
House of Commons
W. Ralaton Shaw
Ershore
Frank's condition after attack at Milledgeville prison farm
In Milledgeville Georgia on July 20 physicians attending Leo M Frank reported he had a restful night and his condition was good despite the throat wound from an attack at the prison farm. He can take nourishment but is restrained to prevent falls. At 9 am his temperature was 100, pulse 80, respiration 20. He was moved from the prison hospital to a private room.
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Milledgeville
Leo M. Frank
Frank
Franks
County Agent Zinn reports solid farm interests
County Agent Zinn toured Elk and Grant districts last week visiting thirty farms and four meetings with about 140 farmers in attendance. He notes growing interest in cover crops for corn and rye for hay, with seed rye to be used extensively in Harrison county. He predicts at least seventy five silos will be built this season as time crushers are purchased or negotiated. Meetings upcoming in West Milford July 20 Good Hope July 21 Burnside school July 22.
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Zinn
Elk
Grant
Harrison County
Tve
West Milford
Good Hope
Tuly Burnside
West Virginia Wesleyan AD Reports Thanksgiving Game Ready
H A Bransbury athletic director of West Virginia Wesleyan College said all arrangements for the annual Thanksgiving Day football game against the state university team are complete and contracts will be signed on Wednesday after a Tuesday morning business visit.
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H. A. Bransbury
West Virginia Wesleyan College
Stateniversity Team
Wesleyan
Shameless is Waste Of Forest Resources
LOCATHO Ranem Chicago July 20 R H Downman president of the National Lumber Manufacturers Association cites a federal trade committee statement of industry conditions. He says a long period of demoralization, vanished profits, and forest price declines have unsettled lumber markets since 1907. Exports, war impact, and halted building in 1914 worsen the scene, with bankruptcies rising as prices and scales fall. Downman backs his figures with data from commercial agencies and forest service reports.
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Locatho Ranem
Chicago
R. H- Downman
National Lumber Manufacturers’ Association
Downns
Dodge Cars Sold In Carloads At Standard Garage
A West Virginia note reports carloads of Dodge cars unloaded at the Standard Garage last week sold to eager buyers. Five more carloads expected in two weeks, with Standard Garage praised as Dodge’s chosen local representative. The Dodge Brothers’ six-to-one hundred horsepower car at 785 dollars features full equipment, including electric lighting and starting, one-man top, roomy interior, and streamlined design. Left-hand drive and center control noted with emphasis on comfort and durability.
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Dodge
Shon B. Smith, Jr
Standard
West Virginia
Dodge Automobile Company
Standard Garage Company
Niran Bates
Pope
Dodge Brothers
Theffort
Dino
Opeb
Jerdesiog
British steamer Palleh Prince hit by Lowther Range collision
July 2 report states the British steamer Palleh Prince was struck by the Lowther Range collision. One crew member drowned while the rest were landed at Barry today.
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Loxdon
St Barry
Wilsons Outline Of His New Note To Germany
Report on President Wilson’s forthcoming note to Germany regarding American rights at sea after the Lusitania sinking. Cabinet discussions indicate no immediate threat of a hostile move. no new response yet announced, with uncertainty over references to Allied orders.
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Wilsons
Aule
Germany
Mericaparove Fk
Apts
Dean Trey
Early marriages cited as breeding immorality by speaker
San Francisco July 20 contrary to popular beliefs the testy marriages are particularly conductive to morality L Radfigid of Chicas told the International Parity Congress that early marriages lead to moral decline citing bio data of great men and urging a campaign of education to stop child marriages while not demanding universal delay to age 25 or 30.
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San Francisco
L. Radfigid
Chicas
Confucius
Buddha
Moses
King David
Jesse
Seo
Solomon
Kknickerbockéra
Gressen
Professor Earl Sheets to Speak on Cattle Feeding
Morgantown based Prof. Earl Sheets head of animal husbandry at the state university will lecture at the courthouse on July 24 on cattle feeding. He will share station test results on silage Timothy and clover hay and grain and compare feeding in barns and open feed lots. A Harrison county product, he urges a large farmer turnout.
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Earl Sheets
Morgantown
The
State University
Court House
Sheets
Harrison County
Adamston Merchant W Jackson Dies After Illness
Adamston merchant W Jackson, aged 67, died Monday night after six weeks of illness. He operated a grocery business for twenty years and is survived by his widow Susan, three sons W T James J and W D Jackson, and two daughters Mrs Olisabeth Seaton and Mrs Henna Yost. Funeral plans not completed. burial likely in Gold Fellows Cemetery.
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W. Jackson
Mis
Olisabeth Seaton
Henna Yost
Adamaton
Big Auto Racers at Norwood Park Meet Set
Edmund Denham of Norwood Park announces a July 51 auto race meet at Norwood Park under the Motor Racing Association of Pennsylvania. The program features 14 events with top drivers and high power machines, prize money for best decorated cars, a parade on Oak between Sixth and Main, and a judging panel including Mayor G. Hite.
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Edmund Denham
Norwood Park
Motor Racing Association of Pennsylvania
Nor [Wood Park
Afernoon
American Automobile Association
West Virginia
Greyhound
Charles W. Johnson
Uniontown
Salontown RI
al Spencer
Charleroi
Williiam Potanberger
Thie Cer van Die Wither
TFP
Hones
Manster
Hite
SHO FIRED NAW YORK STRIKE HITS SPECIAL PLANTS
On July 20 a large work stoppage disrupted Standard Oil plants in Beyonc and Tidewater with about 6 000 workers out. At the Beyonc state Hook facility violence occurred as police made six arrests while crews pressed for a full work stoppage affecting production.
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York
Bttandard
Collpany
State
Polite
Europe
Strike at Remington Arms and Aviation Company
Bridgeport workers walk out at noon amid strike action. About 1000 Tad and Tachiniste Sean led the walkout as union leaders pledged they would not return. A mass meeting was planned for later in the day.
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Ser
Bridgeport
Jui
Tachiniste
Sean
Tlg
Remington Arms and Aviation Company
Isbor
Unclear Cigaret Stub Fire Suspected in Washington Incident
Fragmentary report notes a small blaze near a pier in Washington as investigators weigh cigarette stub and match causes amid a broader discussion of incendiary material and a linked naval department assessment. A separate Charleston item mentions street construction extending urban traction lines toward Montremeny with planned new bridges and fourteen pay ruins.
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Charleston
Duffield
Syatsim
Montremeny
Qabin
French Air Squadron Returns to Colner in Upper Aa War Report
A fragment from the war office notes a French squadron bold in a patrol over Colner the capital of Upper Aa. The text is garbled but indicates a renewed air activity with aircraft and possibly a returned mission.
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War Office
Noqn
Dore
Colner
Upper Aa
Aan
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