Genuine Break of German Line Reported in Front
Reported in Petrograd and by allied dispatches, a major German breakthrough is claimed near Ypres and along the Flanders front. The evolving moves involve French, British, and Austro German forces with disputed casualty counts and potential shifts toward the Saint river region as diplomacy and war aims intensify.
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SOY Associates
Cot
Miayy
Shyoko
Steenstraats
Frey
Ypres
Tal
Petrograd
Petor
Poland
Spust
Premrat
San
America
Norbing
Joe Tly
Tai
French War Office reports progress near Arras and canal
The French War Office states gains in the Hot Sas region with 70 advances and a held position along the canal. It notes the capture of a first German line, 145 prisoners, and four machine guns, while a northern attack near Arras is described as a complete failure.
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War Office
Todas
Sas
Arras
Tates
French German War Developments Report On Front Lines
A telegraphic report describes German and French activities in the western war theater. It notes German advances near the canal and Ablain including heavy fighting, British trench actions, and Allied repositioning to avoid losses. It mentions engagements near Arras, Peronne, Calais, and movements along the Niemen and upper Vistula fronts with numerous troop exchanges and patrols.
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Syte
Collowine
Dorilor
Guenstaate
Sestetdar
Tel
Sourley
Arras
Ablain
Apt
Perer
Calais
Niemen
Mir
Rayos
Shapit
Coylangs
Pita Gad
Vistula
Sember
Fragmentary note on siege and delivery timing
A damaged OCR fragment mentions a siege notification and delivery timing confusion. It references Berlin and a state department letter about arrival timing and Magh forces, with unclear names and dates due to garbled text.
Governor H D Hstheld Addresses Sutton Rally
Hatfield The Hon Alex Dulin returned Sunday afternoon to visit Mrs Dulin who is a patient in the local hospital. Dulin spoke about a mass meeting at Sutton courthouse Saturday afternoon where four thousand of Braxton county’s leading Republicans Democrats Progressives Socialists and Prohibitionists attended. The meeting, called by E G Rider county chairman of the Republican party, featured a receptive audience and two hours of state policy discussion. A resolution praising the governor’s tax and finance stance and Huntington platform principles was adopted amid cheers.
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Alex Dulin
Suttom
Dulin
Court House
Sutton
H Dhstheld
Braxton County
Rider County
Republican Party
Harrisburg Signs Film Bill Amid Debate On Vetoes
Governor Brumbaueh signed the Daix moving picture bill in Harrisburg on May 17, approving examination and regulation of films and related advertising. The act includes an examination fee pegged at a sum, while the cold storage act of 1935 was vetoed and a health and safety amendment for coal mine workers was deemed a wasteful imposition and vetoed.
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Na Awpoctaree
Harrisburg
Brumbaueh
Daix Moving Picture
Siper
Meeting of Monongah division railway officials at Parkersburg
A meeting of crackmen section supervisors and others from the Monongah division of the Baltimore and Ohio railway was held at the Chancellor hotel in Parkersburg. J. Seat of Graftons Mers presided. attendees included supervisors along the line between Parkersburg and Grafton. The session discussed duties and line efficiency and noted the recall of Bee for recent whiskey possession. Sheriff Stout arrested Bee after finding a whiskey bottle in his pocket at the county jail, with Bee to be arraigned before Magistrate Jackson Carter on Wednesday evening.
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Baltimore and Ohio Railway
Chancellor Hotel
Parkersburg
Graftons
Mers Fronvall
Parkerstars
Grafton
Rarpn Bee
Rif Ross
Maeistrate Jackson
Carter
St .Ternoop
Bee
Jin
Wilson Ill at Home After Illness in Mechanic Street Area
Walter Wilson of E K Davis Hardware Company remains very ill at his home on Mechanic Street. He has been confined to his home for over a week, threatened with typhoid fever, and will likely be unable to go out for some time. Many friends express concern.
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Walter
Wilson
E. K_Da# uis
Mechanic Street
Mighty Armada of Warcraft Gathers in New York Harbor
In New York Harbor a mighty armada gathers as officials report that 450,623 tons of British shipping, excluding warships, have been sunk or captured by German forces since the outbreak of the war.
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Warcraft
New York Harbor
President Wilson Reviews Atlantic Fleet Arrives by Mayflower
The Mayflower delivered President Wilson to New York Harbor where a noisy welcome greeted him as the Atlantic fleet and support ships anchored in the Hudson. Automobiles ferried the president and party to a reviewing stand before a naval parade of 250 to 60 marines and bands, with security tight and detectives posted throughout the city.
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New York
Hudson River
United States
Dent
Wilson
Washington
Atlantic
New_York City
Marine Corps Band
Baltimore
Cliens Committee
Damage suit over injuries from bad road in Sardis district
Elijah Gain sues the county court for 209 dollars for personal injuries after a spring wagon hit a ditch on a defective Sardis district road. A non suit was entered in I M McWhorter et al versus Baltimore and Ohio Railroad Com. Ro Lo Silcott versus Arthur S Bull shows a judgment of 26 dollars and 87 cents.
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Elijah Gain
Sardis
Gain
I. M. McWhorter
Baltimore and Ohio Railroad
Lo Silcott
Arthur
Theft of Wire Charges Heads to Trial in Mount Clare
Constable Reuben J. Bartlett arrested Charles White of Mount Clare and brought him to the county jail. He served two warrants on Dorsey White, two county prisoners, both charged with stealing $12 worth of copper wire from the Byron Coal Company at Mount Clare. Warrants issued by Magistrate R. Edward Kidd's court. They will be tried at 3 o'clock Tuesday evening in that city.
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Reuben J. Bartlett
Charles White
Mount Clare
Dorsey White
Byron Coal Company
R. Edward Kidd
Audit of Thompson affairs under way in Uniontown
Accountants audit J. V. Thompson of Uniontown Pennsylvania to prepare a certified statement of affairs for closing a $20,000,000 loan. West Virginia holdings are being investigated with county clerk certified property sheets. Wetzel and Marshall counties completed. Monongalia Harrison Doddridge and others to be covered next week under W H Conaway for receivers.
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J. V. Thompson
Uniontown
West Virginia
Roested
Wetzel
Marshall
Monongalia
Harrison
War Bonus Strike Shuts Mines in Black Country
Thousands of miners in the Black Country walked out on Monday over a dispute on a war bonus. The Black Country spans parts of Staffordshire and Warwickshire near Birmingham and Wolverhampton, causing significant disruption to local mining districts.
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Landon
Black Country
Stadfordshire
Warwicckshire
England
Birmingham
Wolverhapton
State approves funds to pay cattle destruction costs
May 37 report notes immediate steps by the sanitary board to reimburse destruction of cattle and property due to foot and mouth disease. The bill provides 125000 carried in the act, with prior payouts totaling around a million dollars, and a comparatively small sum anticipated for the upcoming appropriation.
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Garrissurg
State Dive Smock Sanitary Board
Sovermor
Another Octibreak Official Dispatch Details
An Associated Press report from London notes an official despatch received Monday from Lis- detailing events in Deadeid via the British capital. The fragment suggests a diplomatic update or reaction to a recent incident with limited readable specifics.
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Associated Press
Deadeid
London
Lis
County agent Zinn logs six meetings last week
Zinn reports six meetings with 240 farmers attending and plans four to six meetings weekly visiting twenty to forty farms. He notes strong support for demonstrations to grow alfalfa soybeans corn and improve meadows and pastures. Dem onstrators already appointed. meetings set Saturday or at the county court room in Union Bank building with Clarksburg Board of Trade HQ.
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D. Zinn
Heenan and Davis Clash in West Dike Street Fight
Newton Heenan was fined $6.60 and Herbert Davis was held guilty when arraigned before Mayor G. Horton in police court Sunday morning on a charge of fighting. The pair were arrested by Officers Davisson and Ours on West Dike Street Saturday night.
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Newton Heenan
Herbert Davis
G. Horton
West Dike
Aent
Davisson and
Ours
Miss Marie Taylor Recovering After Surgery At Local Hospitals
Miss Marie Taylor underwent an appendectomy at two local hospitals on Monday morning. She is resting as comfortably as possible this afternoon and is reported to be recovering. Her parents, Mr and Mrs George Kosex, reside at 351 West Day Street.
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Marie Taylor
West Dai Street
George Kosex
Wireless message on steamer Chiro Mara mystery
A late May wireless message reports the steamer Chiro Mara with no details given. The vessel is due in Yokohama tomorrow and its owners deny any port of call.
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Aby Associated Press
Torso
Chiro -Mara
Chiyo- Mara
Yokohama
Chivo 3Fara
Massacre Report From Van Provokes International Alarm
A despatch from the Russian consul at Urumiah dated March 25 reports that six thousand Armenians have been massacred in Van Armenia by Turkish and Kurdish forces. The Armenians are said to be defending themselves but require urgent aid as the assault continues and international concern rises.
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London
Van
Armenia
Urumiah
Persiz
Insurance policy changes debated by Brotherhood of Locomotive Engineers
In Cleveland on May 27 the insurance committee presented proposals to the general convention. A key change would set the payout at 20 percent of policy face value if death occurs within six days of joining, or 60 percent within ninety days. Grand Chief W. S. Scone said further progress is expected this week.
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Cleveland
Brotherhood of Locomotive Engineers
Insurance Committee
General
Brotherhood
W. S. Scone
Western Maryland Railway Withdraws Tariff Increase
Charleston March 37 The Western Maryland Railway Company notified the public service commission that it withdraws its tariff proposing a passenger rate increase of two cents per mile and asks for a continuance of the hearing. The commission will enter an order granting the request.
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Wareciaa
Charleston
Western Maryland Railway Company
Public Service Commission
Rate Case Aims at Three Cent Passenger Fare
The Norvolt and Western retired Monday formally acknowledged the joint challenge to fix a three cent passenger rate. Attorneys for the Baltimore and Ohio railroad were granted a continuance to argue their case tomorrow on the three cent passenger rate.
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Charleston
Marai
Norvol and Western
Jari Gon
Public Service Commission
Baltimore and Ohio Railroad
Greek King In Ill Health Keeps State Affairs Idle
A recent dispatch from Athens reports the King of Greece has a severe cold that worsened into a heart concern. He has been indisposed for over a week and is not expected to attend to state business for some time.
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Athens
Greece
Revolution in Trieste as women clash with guards
A riot in Trieste by a crowd mainly of women, whose men are at war, attacked the governor’s palace area. They burned an Austrian flag and a portrait of the emperor. The governor sent guards to restore order as women resisted. The dispatch reports forty seven women killed and over 300 injured.
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Rome
Paris
Triest
Baron von Friessekin
Erencis Josephs
Austria
Prisce
Sendarmes
Transylvanian arrives safely after war zone detour
The Cunard steamship Transylvanis reached Greenock Scotland at dawn after leaving New York for Liverpool. The voyage was redirected to avoid German war zones, though Liverpool had been the intended destination and the ship arrived safely.
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Greenock
Scotland
Liverpool
Eng
Cunard Line
Transylvanis
New York
Calm Returns to Lisbon After Turmoil and Rioting
Absolute calm is restored in Lisbon as the Portuguese capital resumes normalcy after days of unrest. The Almirante Reis sinkings, an ultimatum demanding resignation, and shelling losses are noted. Civilians sought weapons at the arsenal museum while guards and officials faced attacks. several government buildings were damaged.
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Jay Annocntes
Paris
Lisbon
Tate
Almirante Reis
Serbor Gunha
Madeira
Jemes Cesiro
Arcllery Museum
Isres
Reputlian
Allen Pays Fine in Glen Elx Police Court Case
Richard Allen colored paid a fine of 6.60 dollars in police court Monday morning charged with being crank and beating his wife after officers Sims and Joyce responded to a call from neighbors who heard cries. Bonds of 1150 each were forfeited by two individuals for failing to appear in court.
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Glen Elx
Sanday Mieht
Richard Allen
Allen
Omcers Sims
Joyce
Booth
Howard
Sims
Howe
Doorizes Meet of Tau Temple A Regular No 163
A fragment notes a meeting of Tau Temple A Regular No 163 of the Dramatic Order of. The text hints at fraternal or lodge activity and a scheduled gathering two members quoted, though details are incomplete.
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Tau Temple
Bores on Calias After Raid and Seizure Report
Fragmentary note reports authorities raiding a location and seizing two war-related items directed to a theater director. Details are unclear but imply enforcement action and a transfer of contested material. Names, places, and dates are not legible in the text.
Real Awakening in Hameton Campaign Sparks Mighty Power
A chaotic OCR recounts a religious revival in Hameton with a Sunday flood of enthusiasm. Sixty-seven converts in two weeks. Sunday witnessed large attendance, marked by a morning service and a strong afternoon rally. Leaders and attendees included professionals and elders, with plans for a decisive next meeting.
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Jon
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Mayflower
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Zinn
Farm Bureau
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Davis
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Gregian King
Transylvania
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Tabernacle
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Stechodive Episcoy
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