Russians Seize Six Villages and Front Shifts Across Europe
London reports the Russian war office saying six villages along the Siret and Gratiorie rivers south of Brody were captured in northern Galicia amid broader fighting on the Somme Verdun and Carpathians fronts. British and French lines show mixed gains and losses. Turkish fronts see Allied pressure and Ottoman counteractions. Serbian forces claim Remil on the Macedonian front as Allied troops engage across the Balkans.
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London
Russian War Office
Galiloa
Soreth
Gratiorie
Hrody
Hottye
Nehting
Numerius
Berlin
Bereth River
Chapitre Wood
Verdun
Argonne
Stokhod
Zarecze
Thiaumont
Asiatic
Turkey
Kialkit- Chia
Ognut
Maii
Bitlie
Bit Petrograd
Aramnet
Suez Canal
Arsa
Bonzo Rlgers
Pasubio
Lugano
Tower Cordevole
Rome
Salonten Bay
Remil
Spies in Canal Zone Drive Demand to Tighten Laws
Washington reports administration will ask Congress to augment statutes banning improper acquisition of military and naval plans and fortifications. Several world powers are suspected of probing the Panama Canal defenses, including a Japanese power launch near Panama Bay seeking a pearl fishing permit.
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Congress
Washington
Panama
Panama Canal
Geesel
Panama Bay
Value of U S Manufactures in 1914 Census
Washington reports total value of manufactures at 24,246,325,000 for 1914 with a 17.3 percent rise since 1909. Capital invested reached 22,790,880,000 and persons employed totaled 8,265,426. Salaries and wages rose, while proprietors and firm members declined.
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Washington
United States
Census Bureau
Hughes at Detroit Opens Campaign Tonight
Republican presidential nominee Charles E. B. Hughes arrives from Niagara Falls and plans two speeches in Detroit. He will not speak until late evening after a strenuous day of campaigning.
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Detroit
Charles EB. Wighes
Hughes
Niagara Falls
Threatening Note Sent to Irma Little In East Liverpool
A note threatened to blind Mrs Irma Little wife of George Tittle a wealthy steel manufacturer. She was attacked last week in her apartments by an unknown man who threw acid on her arm. Police suspect the writer of the note is the assailant.
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East Liverpool
Ang
Mra
Irma Little
George Tittle
Vis
Line
Ayatnat Mra. Little
AUTO STALLS ON TRACK KILLING THREE ON TRIP
In Algoma Wisconsin on August 7 Mia John Matzke and six others attempted to cross a fast freight track. The car stalled on the rails and was struck, killing three and wounding three others. They were taken to Green Bay for hospital care with poor recovery prospects. The party was en route to Lake Michigan in a pleasure trip. The occupants included Mrs Matzke two sons Philip and Martin Mrs Howard Schmidt Mrs Marie Pusek and Miss Anna Matuks. Attacked by Grampa Elyria Ohio August. Gustin Bartlett a 26 year old machinist in Cleveland drowned at Vermilion while swimming at Linwood Park.
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Algoma
Wis
John Matzke
Green Bay
ADV
Lake Michigan
Mra. Matzke
Philip and
Martin
Howard Schmidt
Marie Pusek
Anna Matuks
Grampa
Elyria
T.gustin Bartlett
Cleveland
Linwood Park
Senate Finance Committee Divides Over Income Tax Exemption
Washington report on the Senate Finance Committee vote to cut the Income tax exemption in the revenue bill. Democrats await country reaction as protests arise in caucus. Leaders aim to finish review for caucus and Senate action within ten days. the bill seeks substantial revenue and faces naval construction delay concerns.
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Washington
Senate Finance Committee
I T
Wilson
Sixty-fourth Congress
Finance Committee
Senate
House
Seven Bodies Recovered After Waterworks Tunnel Explosion
In Cleveland AU seven workers were pulled from the waterworks tunnel, buried under mud. Rescue teams recovered two identified as William Leinstein, a miner, and Thomas Clark, a wringing engineer, with seven more bodies still entombed in the tunnel.
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Cleveland
William Leinstein
Thomas Clark
Seven Hurt In Explosion At Local Plant
Seven men were injured in a powder explosion at the Recording and Computing Machine plant. Three workers were seriously burned and several others sustained burns or bruises while in the fuse department. Authorities are investigating the blast and its cause.
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Nano
Ane
D. S. Palk
Tally
Comrming
Auye
Jonder
Wreck damages 500 feet of track near Newark
A passenger train passed a switch at Newark and a freight train derailed, destroying 500 feet of double track on the Pennsylvania and Baltimore and Ohio lines. The accident halted traffic for a time and caused extensive damage to cars and infrastructure.
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Newark
Pennsylvania
Baltimore
Onio
Chinaman Beaten Near Courthouse on Lakefront
Police found Ais Tee Loek, a Chinese restaurant worker, badly beaten and dying on the lawn behind the courthouse at the lakefront. Authorities suspect rival tong members were involved. he died at the scene. Frances Bokutein, widow of a local man, would have been 101 this week after contracting pneumonia and a cold.
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Clevelant
Ais Tee Loek
Neers
Rival Tong
Cincinnell
Frances Bokutein
Ynetmonia
General Sharpe Denies Secondhand Equipment to Ohio Guard
Washington August 7 Brigadier General Henry G Sharpe acting quartermaster general of the army denied vigorously the charge that unserviceable or secondhand gear had been allotted to the Ohio National Guard. He insisted the records show complete equipment has now been sent to the Ohio guard.
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Ohio National Guard
Washington
Henry G Sharpe
Army
Reculir
Privosiers
Sharpe
Pensions and public notices in Ohio headlines
Civic and labor groups in Columbus drafted a bill for noncontributory old age pensions at twenty dollars per month with revenue from fortunes rather than taxes. Officials named include George W. Compton, Arnold Bill, Frank E. Bell, and Carl Bratin. Also reports on liquor licensing board activity, a Columbus attorney’s death, a farmer’s suicide near Magnetic Springs, a show boat fire in Cincinnati, and drownings in Licking and Ohio rivers.
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Columbus
Alex
Ohio
Hartman Hotel
Columbus Ame
Vyoth
Kenora
George W. Compton
Arnold Bill
Cleveland
Frank E. Bell
Cincinnati
Carl Bratin
Live Stock and Grain Prices Across Markets Aug 7
East Buffalo and Cleveland reports show cattle prices for steers cows and bulls, with varied ranges by market. Chicago Pittsburgh Cincinnati and Toledo listings note prices for calves sheep and lambs, while grain quotes include wheat corn and mixed feeds, reflecting a broad agricultural market snapshot.
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East Buffalo
Oalves
Moen—Renney
Sheen and Lamtim
Wetherm
Chicago
Ave
Wentern
Wlewkers
Cleveland
Inmhs
Pittsburgh
Aum
Choice Fit Pteem
Dutcher Ateers
Holfers
Cincinnati
End of Car Strike in Sight in New York
Mayor Mitchel, with cooperation from Oscar Straus, held talks with street railway representatives and employees. Interborough announces a $1 daily wage increase to roughly 12,000 workers as settlement proposals move to ratification. Surface traffic has been disrupted. subways and elevated lines see increased use.
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New York
Oscar Strauves
Street Railway
Interborough Company
Mitchel
Coopers Ton Otcar S Nims
Referco
Anid
New York Railways Company
Stonts
Shonts
New York Railways
Mahon
Interborough Rapid Transit Company
Interborough
Progressives in California back Wilson on reelection
In San Francisco on August 7 President Wilton Wilnhant, as keynote, was indorsed by a conference of California Progressives. The meeting completed the Woodrow Wilson Progressive league organization and planned campaign participation for the president's reelection. Francis J. Heney of Los Angeles was elected president of the group.
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San Francisco
Wilton Wis
California
Woodrow Wilson Progressive League
Francis J. Heney
Los Angeles
United States
Eight Persons Injured In Auto Accident On Springboro Pike
Dayton Ohio eight persons were injured when seventeen year old Max Roskhan was stung in the eye by a bee losing control of an automobile and the machine turned over on the Springboro pike near Dayton. Roskhan suffered a compound fracture of his left leg. Edward Brody, twenty one, sustained a compound fracture of his left thigh.
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Dayton
O. Am. T
Max Roskhan
Springboro Pike
New Dayton
Roskhan
Edeward Brody
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Grencview
General Assembly
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Harles C. Jewitt
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Ohio River
John Boast
Licking River
Boston
Wrotthin
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Dalaine Wasnert
Dalaine
Toledo
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