Huns Advance Reach Marne in Early Champagne Push
German forces push into the right bank of the Marne on a ten mile front amid Champagne fighting. Paris reports indicate Rheims remains contested as Crown Prince forces extend toward Chalons and Compiegne while French resistance holds key centers. Cardinal Lucani pleads to spare Rheims Cathedral.
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Champagne
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Marnex
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Fereon Tardenoia
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Dormans
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Milles
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Petit Journal
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Add
Eucounter
President Lincoln Sunk by German Submarine in War Zone
Secretary Daniels announced that the American transport President Lincoln, 18072 tons, formerly Hamburg American Line, was torpedoed at 1040 hours and sunk an hour later while returning to the United States. Meager reports say few troops aboard, few if any casualties, and the ship remained afloat an hour after impact.
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Lincoln
United States
Daniels
Navy Department
Sims
U.S. S
Europe
Hamburg-American Line
Antilles
Tuxcayuia
France
Washington drives rebuilds under war limits
Washington clears the way for resumed road building with wartime controls, allowing new construction if certified necessary by the state Highway Commission. Army material movement coordination aims to improve fleet driving by officers as the nation adapts to war needs.
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Washington
United States
Foreigners Barred and Kronstadt Gas Attacks
Washington dispatches report serious disturbances in Switzerland blamed on Socialists and Juge-Slave, with foreigners barred from entering Austria. Kronstadt ports are seized per Pro-Vo. Gas drenches villages near Kiev as retaliation for peasant disorders in Ukraine. communities reportedly gassed. New Bedford wage increase of 15 percent announced by the Cotton Manufacturers' Association.
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Washington
Switzerland
London
Ukraine
Kiev
Petrograd
Daily Express
Adda
New Bedford
Maas
President Drives Rivet in Gunston Hall Keel Laying
President Wilson with Mrs. Wilson participated in the keel laying of the 9,000-ton freighter Gunston Hall for the Shipping Board in Alexandria Virginia. The couple assisted by guiding the final plate into place as workers formed the steel hull.
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Alexandria
Wilson
Gunston Hall
Shipping Board
Union
Attorney General Appeals for Public Aid in War Law Enforcement
Gregory urges Washington cooperation to enforce loyalty laws and war proclamations. A public letter addresses Jarge S. H. Howard of the Georgia Superior Court who feared loyal citizens might suffer from citizen surveillance and prosecution efforts.
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Washington
Gregory
Department
Induative
Jarge S. H. Howard
Georgia Superior Court
Finnish War Turmoil Reported by Russian Wireless
A Moscow dispatch claims the Finnish Civil War left 70,000 people jailed or mistreated, mainly Social Democrats, including 158 women executed in a single day. It alleges wholesale prisoner slaughter by Finnish troops with German aid, field courts condemning many to death after the war. The Finnish Protestants urge international action to halt this terrorism.
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London
Central Committee of
Finland
White Guard
Thenr
Social Democrats
Finninhs
Mercy
Sacred Guard
Board of Inquiry set for conscientious objectors
Washington announces a Board of Inquiry chaired by Major Richard C. Stodard to review all conscientious objectors. The panel includes Federal Judge Julian W. Mack and Dean H F Stone. Objectors will be segregated at Ft Leavenworth, with the board visiting camps housing detainees.
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Baker
Richard C. Stodard
Judge Advocate’s Office
Julian W. Mack
Chicago
H. F. Stone
Columbia University Law School
Ft. Leavenworth
Kaw
Board of Inquiry
Anti Loafing Proclamation Issued By Governor Whitman
Gov Whitman released the anti loafing proclamation stressing New York industries vital to the war effort require abundant labor for production and conservation of food supplies. The document outlines measures to ensure steady work and mobilize workers across key sectors.
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Albany
Whitman
Six Suspects Arrested In Warehouse Fire At Memphis
Six suspects were arrested in connection with a warehouse fire at John Wade & Sons in Memphis. The blaze destroyed a wholesale stock feed warehouse containing grain and sulphur valued at $150,000, suspected to be caused by an in flammable explosive.
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Memphis
Tenn
John Wade & Sons
Flags of Five Nations at Arlington Memorial
At Arlington National Cemetery the Marine Band led a procession of veterans families and diplomats as flags of France Great Britain Belgium Italy circled a large US flag in tribute to fallen soldiers. President Wilson attended with other prominent figures and a wreath from the president surrounded the graves of 2000 men. Senator Curtis spoke at the Memorial Amphitheater.
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Arlington
France
Great Britain
Belgium
Italy
United States
Wilson
America
Grand Army of the Republic
Army and Navy Union
Pennsylvania Avenue
Marine Band
Whfch
Curtis
Kansas
Artor
Mediation Plan Proved Failure in Western Union Dispute
The National War Labor Board, later the National War Labor Board, failed to mediate between Western Union Telegraph Co and its employees. A 7 to 5 vote found mediation unhelpful, with Western Union declining to accept the board’s principles or submit to its jurisdiction. A nationwide strike potential looms. Taft and Wabbs sought an agreement to channel employee requests, but the company rejected mediation and any further action.
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Western Newspaper Union News Service
New York
Effforts
National War Labor Board
Western Union Telegraph Co
Taft
Carlton
Westurn Union Telegraph Co
Western Union Co
Srat
Taft-War Board
Wilson
Western Union
William Howard Taft
Frank B. Wabb
Waatart Union Company
Newcomb Carlton
Wiggin
Western Union Directors
National War Labor Board For Adjustment
British Warn Navy of U S Post in Expected Clash
Rear Admiral Gleaves warns that the United States has many first class battleships ready beside Britain’s fleet for a high seas engagement with Germany. He notes British heads ordered American ships given a post of honor in the anticipated battle. Washington reports the destroyer Ward launched at Mare Island after 47 days from keel, aided by a 400-man, round-the-clock effort achieving 84 percent completion.
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Gleaves
New York
United States
Albert Gleaves
Admiral Gleaves
Washington
Ward
Mare Island Navy Yard
California
New York Shipbuilding Company
Camden
N. J
Large counter revolutionary plot spreads through Russia
A Russian wireless message reports a widespread counter revolutionary plot across Russia linked to the mutiny of Czech Slovak troops. The Soviet executive on May 29 ordered partial mobilization of workers and poorer peasants in Petrograd, Moscow, and in the Kuban and Don regions. Eight New York cities report streetcar strikes with service halted due to wage demands being rejected by electric railway unions.
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Petrograd
Russia
Kuban
Don
New York
Albany
N. Y
Schenectady
Troy
Green Island
Waterford
Cohoes
Watervilet
Renselaer
United Traction Co
Schenectady Railway Co
Perfumery and Chinese Domestic Service Examined
The piece discusses shifting use of perfumery from bottles to boxes and the social reach of tobacco, then shifts to Chinese domestic workers noting that merchants and clerks live well in China. It highlights the cook as the pivotal servant, earning about a dollar and a half weekly, managing markets and taking commissions from merchants.
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Walter Raleigh
Nick 0
Teen
New York Timen
China
America
Clifford's Inn and Dickens Fellows in Old London
A London letter in the Christian Science Monitor notes Clifford's Inn as the oldest nos of chancery and discusses its survivial since 1909. The piece references the Dickens Fellow event held within its walls and contrasts the inn's traditional entrances with modern street life. It also includes scattered quotes on manners and decorum from various sources.
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Clifford's Inn
London
Jane
Mr. Baffin
John Hermon
Clifford’s Inn
Roaring Street
Cincinnati Markets Flour Hay and Grain Prices
Flour and grain prices across Cincinnati listing patent flour at 1.90 11.35 per unit, Timothy and clover mixes with varied lot prices, corn values for white yellow and mixed ears, butter eggs and poultry rates with creamery and prime egg grades, prohibition of alcohol in war zone, live stock price ranges for cattle calves hogs and sheep, and shipbuilding pressures noted on July 4 launch plans with Pacific Coast auctions and market responses to submarine threats.
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Paris
Washington
Pacific
Harley
Canadian Flier Kified In Midair Collision Near Leaside
Cadet Hector Strathy Miller of Toronto Ontario was instantly killed in a midair collision near Leaside aerodrome as two airplanes clashed overhead. The accident occurred during routine flight operations, with investigators expected to review control procedures and pilot actions to determine cause.
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Toronto
Philadelphia Woman Reports Health Recovery After Treatment
Mrs Worthline of 2342 North Taylor Street Philadelphia describes taking a week to see relief, continuing for three months, and now feeling fine able to eat without distress or nervousness. The letter cites a mothers’ Brera product as restoring a healthier condition.
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Philadelphia
Bushard
Worthline
North
Taylor St
Brera
Some Ups You Get Over the Wire Are Fakes
Dialogue note in The Name of It contrasts telephoney lines with real voice exchanges, labeling some telecommunication tricks as fakes. It reflects media humor on deceptive signals and the name itself hints at satire.
Peterson Bros. Ointment Promises Piles Cure
A testimonial from David A. Seymour of Buffalo claims Peterson Bros Ointment cures piles and skin diseases. The广告 asserts a 30 cent box will relieve bleeding and itching and invites refunds if unsatisfied, noting the product as a painless breakthrough.
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Peterson
Petenson
David A. Seymour
Parka
Burtato
Lero
Peterson Bros
Mistaken Identity Tale and High Road Adventure
A light mishap in a British W A A C story recounts a female recruit hopeful mistaken for a daughter by a grandmother host who welcomes the officer with tea and chatter. A high road crossing the Andes stands 17,000 feet above sea level in a Bolivia note. A wry line about love and a grass widow closes the snippet.
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Andes Mountains
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