Italian War Office reports retreat and gains north of Idrielle road
An official Italian war notice says the enemy began retreat north of the Idrielle road under sustained pressure. It lists captured positions including Castel Gamberto Sreistre Mount Longara Gallio Asia go Cesuna and Monte Cengio as pursuit continues vigorously.
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Tino Disco Te Cay
Lise
Idrielle Road
Castel Gamberto
Sreistre
Mount Longara
Gallio
Asiago
Cesuna
Monte Cengio
French Capture Part of German Trench in Verdun Sector
Paris dispatch reports a night attack that took a portion of a German trench between Fumin and Chevoaat in the Verdun area. An attack west of Iamount was repulsed while a heavy artillery duel rages west of the Meuse. Berlin confirms pronounced Allied artillery activity from La Basse canal to the Somme.
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Paris
Fumin and
Chevoat
Verdu O
Iamount
French War Office
Meuse
Berlin
London
la Basse Canal
Somme
War Office
Bukovina Crownland Occupied as War Advances Reported
Petrograd reports the occupation of all Bukowina crownland after the capture of Kimpelung at the Carpathians foot. More than 2,000 prisoners taken. Russian forces push along the Pruth toward Kolomea and hold Kilikhof and Tolokhof villages.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Petrograd
London
Bukowina
War Office
Kimpelung
Carpathians
Pruth
Kolomea
Kilikhof
Tolokhof
German High Command Reports Key Western Front Fighting
The official German army statement from Berlin cites important fighting activity in the western theatre along the British front and the northern French line for the past two days.
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Berlin
London
Germans Press Lutsk Salient As Russians Advance Toward Kovel
Heavy fighting continues west of Sicel on the eastern front as Russians press toward Kovel. German forces report successes near Zaturze with 11,000 Russian prisoners captured and heavy losses. London dispatches note the Lutsk salient developing into the greatest battle of the Russian front with Germans massing to defend the Kovel junction.
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Berlin
London
Sicel
Kovel
Ice
Zaturze
Lutsk Salient
Petrograd
Svidniki
Washington weighs mediation as Pershing reports fire clash
Officials probing mediation options as Ignacio Calderon seeks Lansing interview on U S role. Captain Morey recounts Carrizal fight to bolster a restraint stance, while Juarez reports halt on shipments to General Pershing's forces as Mexican embargo widens.
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Pershing
Lewis Sydney
Morey
Carrizal
Germans launch reserves halted by Russian offensive
German reserves were hurled back by the Russians who have turned to the offensive. German prisoners on the French front report Russian gunfire as an inferno comparable to Verdun.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Verdun
Fifth Band Concert Tuesday P M Fine Program Is Arranged
The fifth public band concert of the season will be Tuesday in Bienville Square. Drago's concert band will perform a dance oriented program for children with police instructed to warn boys from railing seating and tripping dancers. The schedule includes marches One Step Fox Trot and the finale National Emblem among selections such as Signal From Mars Laddie Myosotis and America I Love You.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bienville Square
Drago
The
Chamber of Commerce
Mars
CNN
Myosotis
Hamlin Rifles
America
Saba
Wien
Board Tax Equalizers Hear 600 Cases In Second Week
The equalizers began the second week of sessions at 9 am with over 550 cases heard last week and more than 50 today. Reductions were granted for properties on Reed Avenue Bayou la Barre Palmetto George streets and others as hearings continue through the week and into August. Notable reductions include Mrs H O Austin W E Tew Cora S Cawthon H Snow Josie M Kopf Mary T Neinreither and Andrew Glennon with property values trimmed at several locations.
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Equalization Board
Bush
James K. Glennon
W. K. Syson
Tacon Place
H. O. Austin
Palmetto and
George Streets
W. E. Tew
Bayou la Barre
Park Place
Cora
Cawthon
Reed Avenue
Hamilton
H . Snow
Josie M. Kopf
North Conception Street
Mary T. Neinreither
East Marine
South Augusta
Andrew Glennon
Elmira
Chatham
Mallory Line Vessel Not Delayed by Strike
Mallory Line workers strike over wage demands but do not delay the steamer Sabine which sails at daylight. Non union longshoremen loaded the ship as police kept watch. The union seeks time and a quarter for night work and extra holiday rates affecting about 150 to 175 workers.
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Mallory Line
Sabine
Hegro Labor
Mobile
Pensacola
Port
Mallory
General Ricaut Removed for Failure to Attack Americans
LAREDO Texas June 26 It was unofficially reported that General Alfredo Ricaut commander of the northeastern Mexico border patrol was removed and General Emiliano Nafarrate reinstated now at Tampico The change was said to stem from Ricauts failure to attack American forces pursuing bandits on June 17.
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EL Paso
Texas
Mexican Northwestern Railroad
Juarez
General Pershing
Casas Grandes
Mexico
Laredo
Tex
Carranza
Alfredo Ricaut
Emiliano Nafarrate
Tampico
Ricaut
Nebraska to Rush All Troops at Once
Adjutant General Hall received orders from the war department to rush all troops to the border at once. The Fremont signal corps and the first battalion of the Fourth regiment entrain today. The field hospital corps of Lincoln entrained last Sunday night.
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Lincoln
Neb
Adjutant-General Hall
War Department
Fremont Signal Corps
Field Hospital Corps of
Enlisting Fireman to Get Job Upon Return
Thorvald Hansen previously left Fire Company No. 8 to enlist in the army and will retain his position on return. At a mass rally in Bienville Square he was among the first to speak as recruitment continued. Commissioner Laz Schwarz announced the department would keep firemen on the rally.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Thorvald Hansen
No. 8
Hansen
Bienville Square
Laz Schwarz
Fire Department
Lyon Manuf Co Beauty Pie Ad Near Brooklyn
An impressionistic ad note from a printed page touts beauty pie products from Lyon Manufacturing Co located at 42 South Street Brooklyn. It highlights easy beauty gains and sales rhetoric aimed at customers.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lady Ie
Lyon Manuf. Co
South Street
Brooklyn
Gayles Sentenced Seven Months in County Court
Levy Gayles was sent to seven months on a county road for abusing Deputy Sheriff George Mills and resisting arrest. The inferior court heard the case after Gayles was charged with abusive conduct and spent time in the county road.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Levy Gayles
George Mills
Arest
Alleged Robber Sent To Jail Without Bail
Jessie Lewis was held to city court without bail by Judge Chamberlain after arraignment in the inferior criminal court. It was shown he held up and robbed Francis Bussey and stole her pocketbook and $2.50.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jessie Lewis
Chamberlain
Lewis
Inferior Criminal Court
Francis Bussey
Pier head at Battles to be finished by July 4
The pier head at Battles, Alabama, will be rebuilt by July 4. The contract for the rebuild was awarded by W. B. to Jett-Maths city.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Battles
Ala
Jett-Maths ~ City
W. B
Virginia Troop Chief Appointed for Richmond Duty
An order directs the lieutenant of the department to proceed to Richmond to take command as chief officer for Virginia troops.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Virginia Camp
Newport News
L Lsutenant
Richmond
Virginia
Masonic and fraternal lodge meetings listed for Mobile area
Today schedules include Lodge No 40 meeting at 8 pm at Ma sonic Temple of Eagles Mobile 880 and 761/2 Dauphin street. A F and A M Mobile meets 7 30 pm at Ma sonic Temple. Other unions and associations gather at Central Trades Council Hall and Lyric Theatre for mass meetings and public sessions.
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Ordock
Pythian Een
Moose Hat
Masonic
Mobile
A. F
A. M
Masonic Temple of Eagles
Mobile Aerieve
Dauphin Street
Mobile Dam
Ore
Union Lodge
Oda Felton
Brotherhood Boilermakers and Iron Local
Central Trades Council
Association of Plumbers
Comatpaca
Central Trades Hall
United B of Carpenters and of America
Independent Order of Beavers
Beavers
County Commissioners
Mobile Hibernians
Farewells for Ten Mobile Soldier Boys at Depot
Crowds gather Sunday as fathers mothers and families from nearby towns bid farewell to Jim Will Bob Sam and Zeke from Mobile’s battalion. The departure overshadows other events and soldiers receive support from sweethearts and rural communities.
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Parks and Other Places
Jim
Will
Bob
Sam
Zeke
Mobile
Mobile County
Mobilization of First Regiment Heads Toward Mexican Border
Crowds gathered around the armory as recruiting continued into Sunday night. The Mobile contingent of the First Regiment prepared ten first class coaches five freight cars and a flat car for departure with trains set to leave at 5 30. Recruits signed up through the night with at least fifty men enlisted from Sunday evening to midnight. Dabney Berrey of Albright Wood’s drug store joined the sanitary corps as regimental pharmacist.
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Cawthon Hotel
Dabney Berrey
Albright & Wood
St. Francis and Royal Streets
Sanitary Corps
Enlistments Reported for Sunday Afternoon Units
Sunday afternoon enlistments list multiple names across Sanitary Corps Company E Company M Machine Gun Company and the regimental ranks. Notables include William Dukes Emile M Baumhauer James W Braddy Peter Holt Byron Allef and W H Williams with Ww P Schurch Alonso Wen and Eugene B Eastburn among machine gunners. Ernst H Bick a Mobile boy named regimental sergeant major by Col F M Maddox.
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Sanitary Corps
William Dukes
Emile M. Baumhauer
Francis J. Reed
Joseph W. Bodely
James F. Vaughn
Daphney Berry
William Howard
Cook
Leslie J. Richard
Stuart Cochrane
Caro
James W. Braddy
Peter Holt
J. E. McAlister
J. J. McGuire
Byron Allef
Frank Naylor
Francis Lynch
A. J. Williams
W. H. Williams
Ww. P. Schurch
Alonso Wen
William N.wigfield
Leslie H. Burnette
Amos L. Johnson
Percy Lee Sadler
John A. Graham
Eugene B. Eastburn
Ernst H. Bick
F. M. Maddox Sunday Arereoes
Virtual embargo on Mexico planned during tense relations
Washington reports a virtual embargo on US Mexico commerce is planned by the administration pending relations. Customs inspectors have halted border shipments since Saturday and arms and ammunition have been barred for weeks. The plan would extend prohibitions to block goods potentially used in military operations against the United States.
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Washington
United States
Mexico
Honorary Captain Receives Toast From MG Company
Mr Taylor, named honorary captain of the Machine Gun Company, delivered a short talk to the unit. He attempted to thank the members but broke down in tears, saying words could not express his gratification. Lieutenant Davis offered a response and urged the men to remember Col Taylor as the greatest friend the company has.
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Taylor
Mr. Taylor
Colonel Taylor
Lieut. Davisoh
Col. Taylor
Funeral for Raymond Emmett Tyrrell Held at St Patrick’s
The funeral for Raymond Emmett Tyrrell, who died last Saturday from an accidental revolver discharge, was held Monday at 10:30 am from 350 Broadgood Street. Services followed at St Patrick’s Church at 11. Rev Father Henry officiated with Rev Father John W. Dunne present. Burial was in Catholic cemetery with Mapleamp Woodmen of the World pallbearers.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Raymond Emmett Tyrrell
Broodgood Street
Father Henry
St. Patrick's Catholic Church
John W. Dunne
St. Matthew’s Church
Messrs
Patrick Collins
Thomas Collins
Moxey Coster
Arthur Clarke
A. J. Willett
William Barkman
Mapleamp, Woodmen of the World
Public Health Sayings and Typhoid Death Rate Note
The text references public health ideas about daily routines and complexion, notes the typhoid death rate cut since 1900, and claims pneumonia kills many Americans yearly. It mentions localities, a flyless town, and a cesspool draining well as ominous imagery.
Yellow Streak Tied to Guardsmen Who Refused Oath
About 140 Maryland National Guard members in camp at Laurel refused the three years reserve oath. Several were banded together and their uniforms marked with yellow then marched through company streets while comrades shouted see the yellow streak in them.
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Baltimore
Maryland National Guard
Laurel
Fourth Alabama Troops Ready to Move to Border
Mobilization began in Montgomery as troop trains arrived. The Fourth Regiment is expected to be ready to move to the border within the week with over three thousand men in camp.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Alabama
Montgomery
Ala
Fabretta Fined for Speeding in Down District
John Fabretta was fined 10 dollars on Monday by the recorder for violating the speed limit. He was driving an auto truck in the down district at more than 15 miles per hour.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John Fabretta
Fabretta
Down
Roosevelt Urges Progressives to Back Hughes Split
The national committee met with Matthew Hale presiding in Murdock's absence. Four options discussed included a third party ticket, substituting Hughes for Roosevelt, endorsing Hughes, or not endorsing any candidate. John M. Parker cited Roosevelt's lack of support for Hughes and suggested retiring from the ticket if a central or western replacement seemed best.
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Party
Matthew Hale
Massachusetts
Victor Murdock
Kansas
R Vel
Hughes
Roosevelt
Progressive
Progressive Party
John M. Parker
Louisiana
Decla
Parker
United States Supreme Court
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