Russians Check German Advance Threatening Lemberg
British observers gauge Russian despatches claiming Austro German forces threatening Lemberg have been checked. Russians report heavy losses to Teutonic troops at the Dniester and along Galicia as reinforcements move south from Mikolaiv to Rovatyn. Italians near Trieste and French on the western front show limited progress amid counterattacks.
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London
Russia
Lembere
Ias
Dniester
a.Zorawna
Russian War Office
Lemberg
Galician
Bukowins
Mikolaiov
Robatyn
Tondon
Baltic
Tries Tac
Chile
Austria
First Big Battle Won By Austrians In Italian War
Cologne dispatch from June 11 reports the first major engagement with Italy occurred near the Tronzo river. Austria gained the advantage as Italian forces attacked Gorizia Gradisca and Monfalcone, with their advance halted by Austrian flank fire.
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Colocs
Germany
London
Cologne
Gays
Russian War Office recounts Dniester river victory
An official War Office report from Petrograd dated June 11 states Russian troops repelled a major enemy crossing on the Dniester. The aftermath lists capture of seventeen cannons forty nine machine guns and about four thousand seven hundred officers and men. Prisoners include an entire company of Prussian Fusilier Guards.
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Pwesee
Fussilier
French Armys West Front Advances Report
Paris reports a continuing German front retreat with the French Army extending gains east of the labyrinth and capturing trenches. The official statement notes progress south of the line and the capture of 160 prisoners and machine guns from several trench positions.
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Cary Amaccra
Paris
Isby—rinth
Aras
Henurerne
Mort
Teachers Select Next School Year Board Members
The Coal district board of education has tentatively chosen teachers for the upcoming school year. The board will meet on July 5 to legally select and modify teaching staff, with Emory S. Betes among the named members.
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Coal District Board of Education
Emory S. Betes
NOT ON PAROLE MEN FROM PRINZ EUGEN INTERCEPTED
Lieutenant Brauer and crew members from the German commerce raider Prinz Eugen left the ship before internment and did not return to Norfolk navy yard. Officials report they are believed to have left the county. Investigations by special agents are underway at the Justice Department request following Collector Hamilton's briefing.
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Washington
Brauer
Prinz Elle
Friedrich
Norfolk Navy Yard
Hamlton
Norfolk
Treasury Department
Department of Justice
Hamilton
Braner
Thierichens
Newport News
Horses in Stampede Triggers Wide Rural Destruction
Three thousand horses escaped from a stockade at East Alton during an electric storm and rampaged through East Alton Benbow City and Wood River causing extensive damage. They delayed two Chicago bound trains as French and British army officers and local stablemen joined the roundup. James Chessa of East Alton gathered fifty horses in his barnyard.
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Wet Associates Press
Alton
East Alton
St. Louis
East St. Louis
National Stockyards
James
Chessa
West Virginia University Drops Latin and Greek for Arts Degree
Morgantown reports a radical change in arts and sciences entrance requirements. Latin and Greek are removed from bachelor of arts prerequisites and the bachelor of science degree is abolished. The BA will be awarded to students who may have taken no Latin or Greek courses. In Parkersburg, W S Radecker resigns as secretary of the Board of Commerce to join the Muskogee chamber of commerce July 1.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Morgantown
West Virginia University
College of Art and Sciences
College of Arts and Sciences
Parkersburg
Scott Radecker
Parkersburg Board of Commerce
Muskogee, Okla
Chamber of Commerce
Bark sunk off southwest coast of Ireland by submarine
A schooner named Express was torpedoed and sunk by a German submarine. The crew were landed at Liverpool. Reports in morning papers list the first ships torpedoed, with Bark unmentioned by name among them.
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Ireland
Queenstown
Lst
Express
Liverpool
Police Seek Ownership of Suspected Car in Trolley Incident
City police seek information on ownership of a car bearing state license S2 while alleged to have passed a trolley car as passengers were discharged at Monticello Ave and East Main St. The Stealer one peeps Episcopal church holds Sunday school at 2:20 pm with Rev A M Bemmond. Frank Smith found guilty by criminal court jury of violating the prohibition law but awaiting sentencing.
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Beime
Pasengers
White
Monticello Avenue
East Main Street
Episcopal Church
Milford Road
A.M. Bemmond
Frank Smitt
Jrcy
County Agent Zinn Addresses Farmers in Bridgeport
Bridgeport June 11 County agricultural agent W D Kinn of Clarksburg spoke to local farmers on the lawn of Plavyius B Davisson. He urged purchase of a limestone crusher to obtain lime cheaply and discussed meadows farming practices including phosphoric acid, grazing, three year rotations, and lime topdressing. He promoted silage and tenant housing to attract labor and a committee was formed to study the crusher proposal.
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Bridgeport
W. D. Kinn
Clarksburg
Plavyius B. Davisson
Jeffries
Zinn
Redemption of intrastate fare coupons for West Virginia 1915
Coupons redeemable for passenger fares paid in excess of two cents per mile for intrastate travel in West Virginia between May 1 and 6, 1915. Redemption via difference per mile at selling station or mailed to the Baltimore and Ohio Railroad passenger traffic manager for prompt refund. Passengers urged to forward coupons promptly.
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West Virginia
Baltimore and Dio Railroad
Baltimore
West
Virginia
Bay 1
Trafic
Clash between Villa and Angeles raises risk of open hostilities
Reports from Galveston dated in June state serious differences between General Villa and General Angeles threaten to trigger fresh clashes within the Constitutionalist forces. Each commander accuses the other of daring actions and of ordering retreats amid a quarrel following the Leon battle.
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Galveston
Tex
Villa
General Angeles
Leon
Prohibition Incident Ends With Officer Firing Near Elk Creek
Deputy J Walter Bee, state prohibition official, arrested William Flannigan at Baltimore station. Flannigan fled toward Elk Creek bottom near Pinell's livery barn as Bee fired several shots to stop the suspect, who then halted.
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William Flannigan
J. Walter Bee
Prohibition
Hannigan
Elk Creel Bottom
Pinell's
Baltimore
Mr. Bee
Fevolver
Mr Bee
Forfeits Filed In Disorderly Conduct Case
Bond of 6.60 each forfeited by Helen Marble and Moylen for failing to appear in police court to answer a disorderly conduct charge. They were reportedly engaged in an affray on Pike street hotel when Officer Joyce intervened. The motive behind the disturbance remains unclear.
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Helen Marble
Italian forces capture Piocken near Austrian frontier
Italian troops seize Piocken near the Austrian border ten miles from Leibach as the front line shifts. The capture threatens Austrian communications and is seen as significant in the ongoing frontier conflict. John Doe alias Bob alias Hugh Madison, a colored man, stands trial in the criminal court for violating the prohibition law.
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Treinsbruge
Geneva
Paris
Jane
Piocken
Austria
Leibach
Insbuck
John Doe
Bob
Hugh Madison
No Comment From London On American Note In Morning Papers
London papers show no mention of the American note or its reception and carry no comment on the broader situation. The record notes a lack of coverage in the morning editions.
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Berl
Xia
London
Newpapers
Gun explodes injuring Flemington resident Samuel Reed
Samuel Reed, a married Flemington resident employed by Pitts Valley Coal Company, was badly injured when a gun exploded during a hunting accident. The Creech-block struck him in the forehead, fracturing the skull and burning his face and eye, with eyesight likely lost in the affected eye. A Grafton physician stated Reed’s condition is not favorable.
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Grafton
Samuel Reed
Flemington
Hey
Reed
Dutt
American Ambassador Delivers Note to German Foreign Office
Berlin reports Ambassador Gerard presented an American note at the German foreign office. The note follows customary delays and signals ongoing diplomatic communications after the telegram from London.
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Berlin
Gerard
Genarr Faeeign
Financier Josiah V Thompson Visits Clarksburg Trip
Uniontown Pa financier Josiah V Thompson toured the region in a large touring car visiting Clarksburg Fillmont and other cities. He spent a night at a local hotel and returned to Uniontown with companions A Ho Whitechurch Julian Kennedy R Crawford WG Tsidley and R M2 Hite on Friday.
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Josiah V. Thompson
Uniontown
Merit Areare
Clarksburg
Fillmont
A_ Ho Whitechurch
Julian Kennedy
Pittaburs
RC. Crawford
Pittsburg
Tsidley
Carmichaels
Hite
Fairmont
Warrants Dismissed in Prohibition Case at Traders Alley
Warrants charging violation of the prohibition law by linking whiskey in Traders alley against J W Moore and Everett Moore of Richwood were dismissed Thursday night in Magistrate Re Kida's court. The defendants attended criminal court as witnesses. warrants were sworn out by T J Jones. Mattie Hinton, also known as Mattie Smith, paid a $6.60 fine in police court Thursday evening for forfoitering in the streets.
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Traders Alley
J.W
Everett Moore
Richwood
RE. Kida
T. J. Jones
Mattie Hinton
Mattie Smith
Otter Sherman Goon
Gordon
Expert safe cracking at Chicago Dairy Store
Police report an expert crew entered a Chicago Fourth Street dairy store by a rear window Thursday night and escaped with seven dollars. The safe remained largely intact with the cash register showing four dollars untouched, and detectives continue to investigate the burglary.
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Chicago “Dairy
Ross F_ Stout
Ssf
Epen Amd
Inrithie
Fines Imposed for Gambling Charges in Silverton Police Court
Joseph Bomse and Gordon were fined 11.60 each after police court proceedings in Silverton. They faced charges of peddling within city limits without licenses. Sommers was arrested on gambling charges following Bomse and Slivercom's complaint.
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Joseph Bomse
Aia A
Washington City Note Delayed as German Message Considered
Washington officials report no word from Ambassador Gerard on the American note to Germany. They assume the ambassador’s messages are again delayed in the mission and expect the communication to be laid before the foreign office today.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Waite
State Department
Gerard
Germany
Bedin
Nesmaiges
Foreign Office
Italian March assault near Gorizia reported in Laibach dispatch
A Laibach despatch dated June 9 describes Italian forces advancing on Gorizia with heavy artillery exchanges. Austrian artillery countered as the battle pressed forward with casualties and hospital strains amid men reported wounded and beds filling.
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Geneva
Paris
Laibach
Gorzia
Austria
Gortia
House Burning in Whiteash Sparks Tension
A fire at a house in Whiteash has escalated local tensions as authorities investigate the incident and residents mobilize in response to the blaze.
Local Man Weston Siam Arrested Over Forgery Charge
Police detain Weston Siam on forgery allegations after an incident near a western street. Authorities report promissory notes and questioned signatures as part of the investigation.
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Weston Siam
Poilesay
Undefined historical notice merge snippet
The readable text shows a fragment about transfers of shares between parties named Parker, Jane H. Marietta and Stute and a Camden entity. The context and complete facts are not clear from the fragment.
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Parkersburg
Jane H. Marietta
Camden Kan
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