Hour for Allied Offensive Near Paris Declared
Paris June 27 The allied hour of action is at hand as Briand returns from the British front and discusses the move with General Sir Douglas Haig. Italian General Cardona confirms the counteroffensive has begun and the Russian drive is part of the same effort. The Matin notes higher allied material supplies and a unified directive guiding operations on all fronts.
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Paris
Arm
Douglas
Cardong
French recapture trench section at Thiaumont Verdun sector
The war office reports French forces have retaken another trench section at Thiaumont in the Verdun sector. The battle for Fleury continues. Three allied aircraft dropped sixty five shells on German ships off the Belgian coast.
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Paris
Thiaumont
Verdun
War Office
Fleury
Austrian transports sunk at Durazzo by Italian ships
Italian warships entered Durazzo roadstead on the night of the 25th and sank two steamers of 5000 and 3000 tons loaded with arms and munitions. The ships returned to base without loss amid heavy enemy fire.
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Rome
Durazzo
Italians Drive Hard on Trentino Front
Reports from the front state Italian forces advance along the Trentino sector reconquering positions abandoned by the Austrians. They capture men arms ammunition and supplies while Austrians retreat. All Italy rejoices over the six week withdrawal following the Austrian offensive.
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Rome
Paris
Trentino
Italy
Russians Push toward Kolomea After Bukowina Victory
Petrograd dispatch reports General Brussiloff’s forces shifting focus to Kolomea as the Russians advance from Sniyaya toward the town. Kimpolung and Kuty’s capture opens the route to Kolomea with heavy Austrian resistance noted at Kimpelung and rapid Russian thrusts from Gurahumora.
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Petrograd
London
Pflanzer
Bukowina
Brussiloff
Kolomea
Lemberg
Kimpolung
Kuty
Letchitzky
Snnaya
Kimpelung
Gurahumora
Russian assault cuts off Pflanzer forces from Von Bothner
Russian military authorities say the assault completes the demoralization of General Pflanzer's troops, leaving them cut off from General Count Von Bothner's army group to the north. Von Bothmer's position is precarious with an exposed right flank and critics foresee a forced retreat along his front before Tarnopol.
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Pflanzer
Count von Bothner
von Bothmer
Tarnopol
Austro German breach on Russian front reported
London dispatch notes the Vienna official communique stating the Austro Germans have breached the Russian front in the latest operations. The report summarizes a breakthrough activity with no further confirmation of scope or location provided.
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London
Vienna
Why Suffer From Mioraine or Sick Headache
Dr J J Caldwell says this stressing disease does not shorten life and may not be curable. The article notes early use of anti headache remedies and suggests rest and tablets as relief measures.
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J.J. Caldwell
British Guns Batter Germans on Franco Belgi an Front
Berlin June 27. marked activity continued on the Franco Belgian front held by the British and the northern French line. Entente gas clouds were used and artillery fire on German lines was especially intense near the Somme.
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Berlin
London
War Office
Somme
Italians claim gains on Trentino front with fortress captures
The Rome war office says Italian forces driven back Austrians and seized Posina Arsiero and several mountain heights including Mount Fara Taverle Spitz Kesserle and Cima Della Latte with Calderia and Campanella crests. Berlin reports Russian positions southwest of Sukul in Volhynia shelled by General von Linsingen.
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Rome
Trentino
War Office
Posina
Arsiero
Fara
Taverle Spitz
Kesserle
Cima Della Latte
Calderia
Campanella
Berlin
London
Sokul
Volhynia
von Linsingen
State Troops Start for Texas Amid Farewell Demonstrations
New York National Guard units began moving toward the border with Browns ville Texas and El Paso. Connecticut Vermont and New Jersey prepared contingents with thousands of troops en route. Spectators flooded streets greeting officers with flowers as trains pulled out amid police cordons and patriotic displays.
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Connecticut
Vermont
New Jersey
Massachusetts
el Paso
Eagle Pass
Texas
Nogales, Ariz
Eanty
Biante
Jersey City
New York State
Peekskill
New York State National Guard
Whitman
Carranza Cavalry Concentrated Near Chihuahua City
Ten thousand Carranza cavalry have concentrated at Bus Tillos 70 miles west of Chihuahua, moved north in twenty trains. The force, formed mostly from veterans of southern Mexico bandit campaigns, is believed to shield Chihuahua City from a potential American expeditionary dash along the Northwestern railway.
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Carranza
Chihuahua
Columbus
N. M
Bustillos
Chicity
Mexico
Chihuahua City
Kenny Company Offers Full Pay to Recalled Baltimore Workers
The Baltimore branch manager of the C. D. Kenny Company announced that all employees recalled to militia service would receive full salaries. Payments will be issued on either a weekly or monthly basis.
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C. D. Kenny Company
Baltimore
Lutsk Salient Near Svidniki Bridge Front Line Update
Report notes Lutsk salient near the Svidniki bridge head as a key target on the road to Kovel. The Times records conflicting reports with Petrograd claims, and says German reinforcements enable easy strengthening of lines, complicating Russian positions in this theater.
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Lutsk
Svidniki
Kovel
Petrograd
Kidney health with hot water and Anuric claim
An advertisement urges using hot water before meals and Doctor Pierce's Anuric to flush uric acid from the blood amid winter fatigue. It promises relief from rheumatism lumbago and swelling by prompting kidneys to resume normal function after a few days of treatment. The notice directs purchases from a local druggist or a trial package.
Tax Assessment Reductions Across City Properties
The Item reports the largest rush of session time with numerous property assessments cut or adjusted. Citizens including M. Kelson Lucy Layton Kesiah Fort John Gale Nellie McBride and others receive reductions on houses and lots across Elmira Warren Savannah and other streets with several parcels unchanged or denied.
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Clay
Congress
North State
East
Lawrence
M. Kelson
Davis Avenue
Hamilton
George C. Vestal, Sr
West Lafayette
North
Jefferson
Lucy A. Layton
West Charles
Kate Kosminsky
Franklin
Conti Street
Kesiah
A Malone
Warren
Texas Streets
Elmira
Scott Streets
Delaware
H. Pillans
H. M. Jarvis
Wilmer
James N. Lynch
Texas
South Conception
Nellie McBride
Augusta
Savannah
Cedar Street
M.C. Lingle
Orangeburg
Mary E. Cypret
Cedar
George Brown
Wilkinson
Susan E. Curtin
Claiborne and
Earl
Christina A. Verneuille
St. Michael
Joachim
E.A. Wilson
Park Place
Louisa Riley
Claiborne
Poe
J. L. Sheridan
Northwest Re
J. McQuillen
Dearborn
Naves
F. W. Clayton
Big Creek
Catherine P. Nan
Palmetto
Our Alley
visitors in Mobile at the Battle House
Mr. and Mrs. 8. W. Hamm of Chicago Illinois are visitors in Mobile and stay at the Battle House. H. A. Smith, a lumber agent for Mobile and Ohio Railroad at Meridian Mississippi, is in Mobile on a short business trip.
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8. W. Hamm
Chicago, Ill
Mobile
The
Battle House
H. A. Smith
Mobile and Ohio Railroad
Meridian
Miss
Crow meat and fat proposed as wartime food and fat source
In Frankfort on June 27 Dr. Adolf Schnee urged Germany to start systematic crow hunting to feed troops and harvest fat for soap and lard. He notes young crows are plentiful in May to July and that older birds yield fat under the skin and around organs. meat could be pickled and eaten after processing.
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Frankfort
Germany
Russia
Adolf Schnee
Schnee
Dr. Schnee
Property Assessments In Tax Roll Shows Reductions
A fragment lists multiple properties with reduced assessment values, including T. W. Kyser properties in Warren near Texas from 660 to 600 and Julia Hallot near Bloodgood from 700 to 480. Other entries mention Isabel la Reese and C. Hu Dege with lowered amounts, amidst scattered street names and locations.
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Pang”. Chatham
Selma
T. W. Kyser
Warren
Texas
South Cedar
Abraham Butlin
Davis Avenue
Lerette
Julia Hallot
Bloodgood
Lawr
Isabella Reese
West of
C. Hu Dege
Ale Scott
Charles A
Conception
U S May Declare War on Mexico Soon
Discussion in Washington centers on a possible war declaration within two days or less as lawmakers debate a resolution reaffirming the administration stance that action is for defense, not territory. Mexican officials expect General Carranza to free American prisoners regardless of diplomatic replies, a view not officially confirmed by the State Department.
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U.S
Mexico
Carranza
State Department
Delay in break in relations favors swift action by army
The article notes daily delays in a likely break in relations benefit swift military moves. Border forces held back regulars, suggesting time limits might have appeared in Lansing's notice. Efforts focus on evacuating Americans from Mexico, now under 1,000, with Secretary Daniels saying refugees can reach the sea coast. The Atlantic fleet will stay out except in exceptional cases. Lansing blocked mediation talks with Bolivia, saying nothing is subject to arbitration, while Carranza had accepted mediation in principle.
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Lansing
Mexico
Daniels
Navy Department
Calderon
Bolivia
Carranza
Mexico withdraws troops from Bachimba and San Geronimo
In a formal statement from Mexico City on June 27 the de facto foreign office said it would not reveal when General Carranza would reply to the last American note. It announced American troops had withdrawn from Bachimba and San Geronimo in northern Chihuahua and that General Trevino ordered Mexican forces there not to allow Americans to re-enter.
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Mexico City
Carranza
Washington
Bachimba
San Geronimo
Chihuahua
General Pershing
Namiquipa
Trevino
Alabama Signal Corps May Leave Tonight
Captain W. H. Screws commands the mus ter at Montgomery where four thousand men pitched tents during a rain storm. Visitors are barred on camp grounds and few rejections are reported as guardsmen show fine physical condition. It is expected the signal corps will be ordered to the border as Captain Screws reports readiness to General Wood.
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Montgomery
Ala
W. H. Screws
United States Army
Alabama
Plot story told in Tauscher trial in New York
Details of alleged German conspiracies describe plots to invade Canada with an armed force and to dynamite targets along the Canadian American border. Horst von der Goltz testifies that von Bernstorff objected to invasion plans while Franz von Papen allegedly organized dynamite schemes to panic Canadians and disrupt munition shipments to England.
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New York
Canada
Hans Tauscher
Mme. Gadski
Horst von der Goltz
Welland Canal
Sepember
Tauscher
Wolf von Igel
England
von de Goltz
von Papen
Baltimore
St. Paul
John Ryan
Buffalo
von der Goltz
Ryan
el Paso
Texas
United States Army
Galveston
War goods in pawn shops seized by U S authorities
Laredo Texas June 27 United States authorities seized arms and ammunition from pawn shops and hardware stores and placed them in the customs house pending further action.
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U. S
Laredo
Tex
Progres sive Party Endorses Hughes for President
Chicago reports the Progressive national committee voted 32 to 6 to endorse Charles E Hughes for president, with nine abstentions. The panel also opposed adding a third ticket and chose to name Vicar Murdock of Kansas to replace Eldore Roosevelt who declined the ticket.
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Chicago
Progresive National Committee
Charles E. Hughes
Progressive National Committee
Vicar Murdock
Kansas
Eldore Roosevelt
Hughes Receives Progressive Backing in Telegram
Charles B. Hughes Republican presidential nominee announces acceptance of Progressive support and attacks the current administration. He releases a letter to Colonel Roosevelt praising his influence on national spirit and urging full aid, expressing a wish to meet soon.
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New York
Charles B. Hughes
O. K. Davis
Progressive National Committee
Progressive Party
Hughes
Roosevelt
Armed Mexican Shot and Killed Near Progreso
Near Progreso, Texas, a detachment of the Third Cavalry fired on two armed Mexican men who failed to halt. One was killed, the other wounded and believed to have escaped into Mexico. The incident occurred tonight about forty-one miles west of Brownsville.
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Brownsville
Tex
Third Cavalry
Progreso
Mexico
Orpet Murder Trial Details Relations With Marion Yonker
Waukegan June 27 jurors hear testimony in the Orpet murder trial about his relationship with Marion Yonker former sweetheart. Attorney Potter questions include Orpet’s actions after her death and a cyanide chemistry reference as the case probes motive and events surrounding the September automobile ride and notes from Marion.
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Waukegan
H. Orpet
Ae Donnellys
Marion Kert
Potter
Orpet
Otto Peterson
Helm
State
Madison
Mr. Potter
Celestia
Mar
David R. Joslyn
Marion
Mr. Joslyn
Marian
Railway to pension and retire workers
In St. Augustine Florida it was announced that the Be oust Railway Company will retire workers at age 70 starting July 1 next. Employees with at least ten years service receive a pension equal to a percentage of salary times years of service. An employee earning $100 monthly after twenty years would get $40 a month in pension.
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ST. Augustine
Fla
Concess Omnes
Tre Tive
Unclear Mexican Reply Hinted Through Ambassador Arredondo
Report from Mexico City notes no official reply from Carranza or U S authorities yet. Acknowledgment of the American démarche is expected to pass via His Excellency Arredondo the Mexican ambassador in Washington. No details on the reply have been disclosed.
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Carranza
Mexico City
Washington
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