Bulgars Driven Back by Russians in Baltic and Danube Fronts
German forces push Russians back about a mile and a half near the Tial Swamp and Aa river area. 15 hundred Russians captured. A night assault yields a Bulgarian setback near Tultcha on the Danube estuary with a Bulgarian battalion largely destroyed. Austro Italian theater reports an Italian trench captured near Gordzin with 137 prisoners and three machine guns seized. Bombardments and raids continue. air activity high on the French front with losses on both sides.
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London
Riga
Kainzem
Danube
Tultcha
Bessarabia
Berlin
Petrograd
Gordzin
France
Germany has Plent y of Men Says Berlin Paper
The National Zeitung of Berlin quotes that German losses total about 2 000 900 and that enough forces remain to wage war for years. It suggests if total losses reach around 2 000 000 the receiver would still number 7 000 000 of the 9 000 000 who began the war and notes many young men have reached service age adding about 1 500 800 to forces.
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Berlin
National Zeitung of
Germany
Woman presides as Oregon House speaker for first time
In Salem Oregon a woman named Mrs Alexander Thompson presides over the Oregon House of Representatives becoming the first female speaker in the state's history. Speaker Robert N Stanfield retires after the session opens and hands the gavel to Thompson amid a brief shift in chamber dynamics.
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Salem
Ore
Oregon House of Representatives
Robert N. Stanfield
Alexander Thompson
Dalles
Stanfield
US to urge Carranza to protect foreigners in occupied district
As Pershing withdraws from Mexico an urgent American appeal will urge Carranza to safeguard foreigners in the zone held by U.S. troops for ten months. The worry focuses on Chinese supply Purveyors and other noncombatants amid humanitarian and financial motions tied to February receipts and homeless children relief.
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Washington
General Pershing
Mexico
United States
Carrinas
Denver
Calw
Rocky Mountain Lumber Sealire’ Asain Hon
Coat Defenses Fund Urged As Washington Debates Budget
Report outlines a proposed fund exceeding 846 million dollars to strengthen coastal defenses. The plan is tied to new income tax measures and includes roles for Mayor Polygo Wernyedey and other officials in guiding approval and implementation.
Fragmentary note on wartime permissions and prices
A garbled wartime fragment mentions permission to the bed, price details, and references to a government, war, and a pale Weer. The legible items are scarce, with names and places obscured making precise entities uncertain.
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Britond Barres
Gente
Landon
Memorial Arouses Mae of President Remarks on Military Service
President Wilson told a Maryland delegation that their memorial on universal compulsory military service hindered discussion. He defended ongoing efforts to strengthen national defense, while noting physical training is needed but not mandatory service. The exchange followed criticism of the national guard and border deployments.
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Washington
Wilson
Maryland League For Nation
Defenss
Randolph Barton
National Guard
Eemgrens
Proposal by Washington rail leaders for mixed board probe
The stairway brotherhood leaders draft a compromise to President Wilson proposing a mixed employee and employer board to investigate disputes instead of a strike or lockout. In Avon Illinois Patrick Riley, a vagrant who died of exposure, was honored with a public funeral as villagers closed shops for half a day and laid flowers.
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Washington
Brotherhood
Phureday
Wilson
Avon
Iil
Patrick Riley
Intense Cold Grips Paris and Southern Cities
France endures a severe cold spell with Paris recording 17 degrees Fahrenheit on Thursday. Frost covers southern cities including Marseille and Bordeaux as temperatures plummet.
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France
Paris
Mrs Ben Lindsey to Star in Series Based on Judge Lindsey Work
Mrs Ben Lindsey wife of the Denver juvenile court judge will soon star in a film series built around her husband's work in the famous juvenile court. The project centers on the court's methods and cases reflecting reform efforts and child welfare.
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Ben Lindsey
Judge Lindsey
Denver Juvenile Court
Redistributed Federal Aid Sparks Rural Health Debate
A garbled OCR note references apportionment of funds for a rural area and distribution under federal and state law. The text implies Thursday actions or hearings related to funding and health services in a rural district.
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Pont Eoade
Earthquake Strikes Balk Lands In Archipelago Collapse
Reports from Advlerdam cite a tremor in the Balk archipelago caused casualties and hundreds injured. A rebel stronghold reportedly collapsed amid the quake and firefighting efforts continue as rescuers search for survivors.
President Wilson Calls for Peace League and Concert of Power
President Wilson urges creation of a world peace league and a concert of power led by the United States. He argues lasting European peace requires collective security, shared doctrine, no entangling alliances, and American participation to safeguard liberty and order.
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Washington
United States
Congress
Wilson
Senate
Adama
Madison
Europe
Monroe
Hose
Navy official duties and health quarantine report
Fragmentary note mentions Admiral Benson and navy boards, plus a Payson Utah smallpox outbreak. It references health officials declaring quarantine and a general board role, with unclear dates and names.
Naval Battles in the North Sea Reach New Combat
Two small naval engagements near the Dutch coast and off Zeeland pitted British light cruisers and torpedo boats against German destroyers. One German destroyer was sunk, another British destroyer was struck and later sunk by its flotilla. Reports cite several German ships sunk or damaged with casualties. Dutch notices add to the tally.
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London
North Sea
Hrntish Lght
Zeeland
Holland
Ymuiden
Japanese Diet Dissolved by Emperor in Coup
Tokyo reports the emperor dissolved the house of representatives after Premier Terauchi took a drastic step. The move ends the chamber before any vote of no confidence in the ministry could occur.
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Tokyo
House of Representatives
Terauch
Potatoes and Hi-Petnies Appear in Aurora Market
The report notes potatoes priced at six a bushel and hi-petnies offered at six per bushel in Aurora. The new display items were said to attract more interest than ordinary articles of commerce.
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Aurora
Aearliclva
Cold Weather on Battlefields Report Frost in Europe
A wartime dispatch notes freezing conditions across central Europe with frost reaching 16 degrees Fahrenheit 4 degrees below zero. The report attributes the chill to advancing winter fronts affecting military movements and supply lines.
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Uartiers
Europe
Gerwin Nepapere
Kant Prasein
Peace conference urged to include labor in treaty talks
The group called for British representatives at the peace conference to include substantial parliamentary labor voices and back an international league to enforce peace as urged by the US president. It also backed free trade with protections, and urged government food procurement and distribution plans and domestic production controls.
Border Fight Near Ruby Draws Apache Troops and Cowboys
A Friday clash at Ruby Arizona between armed Mexicans said to be de facto government troops and fourteen men from troop E Utah cavalry aided by six Arizona cowboys over cattle from Arivacmy Land and Cattle company left no American casualties. Several Mexicans were wounded and carried away by their comrades.
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Tucson
Ariz
Utah
Arizona
Ruby
Arivacmy Land & Cattle Company
Socialists press Wilson and call for quicker peace
In Paris the eighty nine socialist deputies urged the government to back President Wilsons senate address and press belligerents toward a speedy peace. In New York a factory operator was jailed for fire safety neglect amid an incident that killed nine women and four men at a Brooklyn shirt factory. Supreme Court Justice Kapper sentenced Samuel Barkin to two and a half to five and a half years for involvement in the case.
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Paris
Chamber
Wilson
Senate
New York
Supreme Court
Kapper
Samuel Barkin
Ging Sing
Barkin
Brooklyn
Judge Shot Down in Subway Attack at Station
Judge James Damron of the circuit court was shot and seriously wounded late Friday night by an unidentified man as he walked with another through the subway at the Norfolk and Western railroad station.
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Williamson
James Damron
Circuit Court
May
Damron
Norfolk & Western Railroad
Bishop de la Mora Released to Cross Border
On U S representations Bishop de la Mora of Zacatecan condemned to death for aiding Villa was released without trial and will cross the border.
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Carranza Goares
Washington
United States
de la Mora
Zacatecan
Villa
Baltimore shipping board member resigns after brief tenure
Baltimore’s Bernard N. Baker resigns from the United States Shipping Board after a short appointment. The move follows late June reports that he joined the board only a few days ago.
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Baker
Villa Again Located and War News Drifts
A garbled dispatch notes aVilla found near Chihwahua City about twenty miles from Valle in Wey north with thousands of men supporting a peace plan. It cites Dr Widett Bulgarian minister to Britainland stating Mulgaria backs President Wilson’s belligerent stance. Bar Silver rises and New York silver futures gain as markets react to war demand and Europe’s pressure. The record reflects Inez May’s heavy European demand.
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Chihwahua
la Junie
Chihwahua City
I} Valle
Berlin
Widett
Ieter
Bwitnerland
Oversene
Mulgaria
Wilson
Europe
Nevada and Oregon News Roundup From Early 20th Century
Prohibition bill introduced in Nevada legislature. Fireskill destroys a Portland hotel killing three men and injuring a fourth. Night school for aliens organized in Kemmerer Wyoming. Oregon Senate urges national woman suffrage amendment. Nevada faces fuel famine closure risk to schools. Good Springs Nevada church donation and building plans. Puget Sound Steamshipmen strike ends. Nevada Assembly records two billless sessions. Madison River logs redirect NP rail route through Helena. Nevada highway board proposes 150000 dollar appropriation with two mill tax. Evans-Sontag gang leader Shira Evans committed to Multnomah County poor farm at 70. Lyon County Nevada starts Spanish War veterans post. Nevada lower house approves semi monthly payroll measure. Vega mine flotation machine inspect by Mexican minister Villaloba. Severe cold freezes Madison River overflow, cutting Butte transit. Local court cases include embezzlement plea by Difford Thomas. Navy enlistment deficiency funding pending legislative approval. Walter Dixon confesses to Ely market safe robbery. Elisha Williams sues over dog injury on railroad track. Harry Sainis killed by rock slide. Hurry Stathes limbs lost in Eureka plant accident. Oregon legislature considers parity for American wives in boarding houses. old ban on shipmasters’ crewing costs discussed. Baron Jones dies in Eureka at 87 after Nevada residence. Ex-convict B. J. Clark escapes Oregon penitentiary, recaptured, then escapes again amid public outcry.
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Haseen
Nevada
Portland
Kemmerer
Wye
Oregon Senate
Congress
Good Springs
Bishop Hunting
Seattle
Inez
Puget Sound Steamboatmen's Association
Nevada Assembly
Madison River
Northern Pacific Railroad
Helena
Butte
State Highway Board
Shira Evans
Evans-Sontag Gang of Outlaws
California
Multnomah
Oregon
Lyon County
Senate
Senor Gumaro Villaloba
A. H. Jones
Belmont Mill
Logan
Three Forks
Northern Pacific
Walter Dixon
Wionemucca
Ely Meat Company
Elisha Willams
Southern Pacific
Cumas Station
Nev
Harry Sainis
Froaen
Eureka
Nevada Consolidated Copper Company
Hurry Stathes
Name Company
Orague Inc
Jslature
Furbide
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Carranza
Funda
Polygo Wernyedey
Piowney Minster Kilt
Tolladion
Lin Neal
Feaney
Mae
Brothe
Mrs
Eland
Lenin Ron Nalivee
Balk
Melcy
O Ticipateh
Mason
Opyrights
Peace League
Baye
America
Benson
Viation
Dewey
Navy General Board
Payton
Payson
Munday
Baltimore
Samuel L. Richards
Sing Sing
Boies Penrose
Boies Penross
Pennsylvania
Wilbon
Jone
Mee Jones
B. J. Clark
Mpokane
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