Bolshevik War Claims Hit Archangel Front
Reports from Archangel describe a Bolshevik counter revolution gaining ground with allied support, as guards seize island batteries while propaganda planes drop leaflets. American, British, and French officials were briefly detained then released for their safety, amid new orders to wipe Bolshevik control and restore municipal governance and war effort.
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Podle Oscor
M. Tcherin
Lenine
Tcherin
Gesia
Archangel
Zemstovs
SUL
Unified U.S. Forces Created by General March Order
Washington Aug 9 a sweeping general order from General March consolidates every element of the army into one force abolishing regular army national guard national army and reserve distinctions for all purposes. It merges branches eliminates all insignia restrictions and allows transfers and commissions across branches with promotion rules fully centralized while noting the regular army as a peace status entity.
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Washington
Army of the
United States
Happenings in This Vicinity 25 Years Ago
A snapshot of local life notes 25 years back. Peach yellows crisis leads to tree culling ordered by Connecticut official Josiah Hubbard. School funds reduced for East Long Hill. Flying machines doubted yet future promise rumored. Hamburg’s flag rush harvests exceed prior records. Banks face coin shortages. Rhodes Ivory Key factory closes near Essex depot. Sheriff Brown family vacationing at Westbrook. Summer shifts people to shore for cheaper living. Ten tents cluster at Poverty Island. Largest watermelons sell for 25 cents. Four barges load stone at Cromwell Freestone Quarry. Peaches abundant, cheap, high quality. Hastings returns from Madison vacation. Rev. Hart at Old Saybrook. Middle Town to Hartford river dredging. A. O. H. excursion by City of Richmond tomorrow. Municipal building proposals advertised. Chief Jedediah Chapman funeral held at Methodist church. interment in Westbrook.
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Josiah M. Hubbard
Connecticut
Board of School Visitors
East Long Hill
Bly and & Huntley
Hamburg
Rhodes Ivory Key
Essex Depot
Sheriff Brown
East Hampton
Westbrook
Poverty Island
Freestone
Cromwell
George Hastings
Madison
Prof
Hart
Old Saybrook
Middletown
Hartford
City of
Richmond
Jedediah Chapman
Francis William Bird Dies After Operation at 37
Francis William Bird of Boston died at Massachusetts General Hospital after surgery for a nasal issue followed by pneumonia. He was 37, son of Charles Sumner Bird, and formerly owner and publisher of the Boston Evening Record. He graduated from Harvard in 1904 and Harvard Law School in 1905.
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Francis William Bird
Boston
Massachusetts General Hospital
Charles Sumner Bird
Boston Evening Record
Harvard
Harvard Law School
Rain Storm Breaks Heat Wave in New Haven
Relief from a multi day heat wave arrived this afternoon as a violent electrical storm swept the area near New Haven. Temperatures dropped perceptibly and a heavy rain cooled streets and rooftops.
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New Haven
Waterbury Boy Killed in Action Two Local Soldiers Die
Waterbury reports Corporal Hugh Mellon of Company A, 102nd regiment killed July 23 in France. Decorated twice for bravery, Mellon received the French Croix de Guerre and the Distinguished Service Cross within weeks. Also noted are Privates Joseph Smith and Joseph J. Shugrue, fellow Waterbury men killed in action.
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Waterbury
Hugh Mellon
102Nd Regiment
Mary Mellon
Mellon
France
Joseph Smith
Joseph J. Shugrue
Vinol Credited With Restoring Strength in Jackson Ill
Mrs G H Lamson of Jacksonville describes how Vinol helped her recover from a weak run-down condition. She says after a week she felt like a new person and can now care for her baby and manage housework. The agency cites Vinol as a constitutional remedy with beef and cod liver peptones iron manganese peptones and glyserophosphates.
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Jacksonville
Ill
Vinci
G. H. Lamson
Woodward Drug Co
Hartman Drug Co
AlFour Makes Statement on German Policy
Secretary Balfour urged a policy shift by Germany before any nation can accept her. He warned the abyss between the allies and the central powers would widen without change. He asserted little chance Germany would join a peaceful society of nations and cited risks of returning colonies and rearming.
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Germany
London
Balfour
Aceful Society of Nations
Afn
Major Rau of 102nd Infantry Killed in France
The obituary tribute recalls Major Rau born in Germany who served with the 102nd A. S. Infantry and died in France while fighting for liberty. It urges Americans to honor his sacrifice by proving worthy of citizenship and reflecting the courage of those who give their lives for country.
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Rau
A. S. Infantry
Germany
France
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