American Writer in Trenches Story of Poison Shells and War
Percival Gibbon writes in Collier's about German explosive shells at the front, the ghastly wounded in Guzow and the wounded in the Russian Red Cross hospital, and the sensory horror of shellfire. The piece blends battlefield reporting with reflections on artillery, fear, and the human cost as seen by a journalist noted for enduring front-line observations.
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Europe
Percival Gibbon
Collier's
Melville
John French
Nikolai Nikolaievitch
Wola Shidlovska
Zyrardow
Grodish
Teresin
Blone
Warsaw
Guzow
Alexander Sabansky
Russian Red Cross Society
John Bass
Bass
London Dispatch
Berlin
Danzig Bay
Petrograd
London
Pruth
Dniester
Nicholas
Poland
Vienna
von Linsingen
Zlota Lipa
Galacia
Forest of
Lepetre
Paris
Dardenelles
Pers
Ian Hamilton
Dardanelles
Gallipoli
J. P. Morgan & Co
W. J. Bryan
President Diaz Dies in Paris After Long Rule
Porfirio Diaz former president of Mexico died in Paris at 7 p.m. local time with his wife Senora Car men Romero Rubins and their son Porfirio Diaz Jr. at his bedside. His death follows a rapid decline after weeks of frail health, with family noting a likely age related illness. Diaz’s death ends a era as colleagues and exiled officials lament the absence of Mexican leaders who aligned with his regime.
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Paris
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General Diaz
Senora Carmen Romero Rubins
Porfirio Diaz, Jr
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Col
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Senora Rincon Gallardo
Diag
Hin Awietante
Joso Yves de la Monteur
London
Francisco de la Barra
Guillermo de Landa
Federal District
Biarritz
Washington deficit widens amid wartime to 1914 figures
Government dispatch notes a 35,864,581 deficit in the current admin year against a 34,000,000 surplus a year earlier. Receipts were down due to war induced customs declines, while disbursements lagged. Treasury shows an 82,025,716 net balance, with potential ten million more in ten days, suggesting no bond issue soon. A colonel, a male resident of Ken’s lucky.
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United States
Washington Dispatch
Department of Commerce
LMS
Argenti
McAdoo
Treasury
Government reports 12.5 million cotton crop possible
Washington dispatch notes a prospective 12 1/2 million bale cotton crop for the season based on June 25 acreage, projecting a 22 percent decline from last year and 31 915 000 acres planted. Conditions improved in several states though Atlantic coast crop deteriorated in June.
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Texas
Arkansas
Oklahoma
Virginia
North Carolina
South Carolina
Florida
Alabama
Mississippi
Tennessee
Missours
California
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