Yankee Troops Win Praise At Chateau Thierry
London dispatch lauds American bravery at Chateau Thierry with praise from a French general for boosting morale. Reports cite steady machine gun fire on streets, 1000 German casualties, and Americans crossing to the north bank under fire to reach the next bridge. Captains Mendenhall and Wakerine and Pvt Mangold highlighted for fearless conduct.
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Chateau Thierry
London
Daily Mail
France
Chateau Thier- Ty
Marne
United States
Luneville
Toul
Montsec
Cantigny
Paris
Jaulgonne
John R. Mendenhall
New Rochelle
N. Y
Corp
Jules Mangold
McDonald
George Wakerine
Yank Doc Honored by British Regiment in France
A British letter from London praises Lieut. C. T. McCarthy, medical officer of the Ninth Essex, as one of the first Americans in France to win the Military Cross. The Yank doc is lauded for front line care, bravery, and daily acts of kindness during Albert fighting and severe shelling.
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London
England
Ninth Essex Regiment
C. T. McCarthy
France
Yank Doc
Albert
I Am For Germany Tar and Feathers Incident
In Vicksburg Mississippi W M Wilkerson declared support for Germany saying invasion of the United States would occur in two to three years. A mob removed him from a train, tarred and feathered him, and he was jailed for the remark.
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Vicksburg
Miss
Germany
United States
W. M. Wilkerson
Three Holstrom Brothers Serve in War Effort
Mrs. P Holstrom of Conway Street in St Paul has three sons in service. Enoch Holstrom, Cornell graduate, served in France with engineers and survived a near miss while earning a promotion. Harry, 22, hunts submarines at sea, Ben, 20, in aviation awaiting orders. All are graduates of Mechanics Arts High School. two attended Cornell.
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St. Paul
Minn
P. Holstrom
Conway Street
Sam
France
Enoch Holstrom
Cornell University
Harry Holstrom
Ben Holstrom
Mechanic Arts High School
Hays honors Gross family with five star silk service flag
In Hays Kansas a silk service flag bearing five stars was presented to Mr and Mrs Anton Gross at a packed theater. Five of their eight sons are in the Army with one more to join. Martin serves in the 137th Infantry John is in France with heavy artillery Theodore at Jefferson Barracks Paul sailed for France and Jacob is at Camp Greene North Carolina.
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Hays
Kan
Anton Gross
Gross
Sam
France
Martin Gross
137Th Infantry
John
Theodore
Jefferson Barracks
Paul
Jacob
Camp Greene
N. C
Ether cures man by medical ether anecdote
At Camp Gordon Atlanta a Georgia negro selectman with a lifelong spinal deformity reportedly regained straight posture and normal movement after a light ether dose. He recalled being deemed crippled before the treatment and then, semiconscious, appeared cured, claiming the meds had fixed him quickly.
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Camp Gordon
Atlanta
Idaho Sheep Shearers Seek Sixty Dollar Day
Boise reports sheep shearers earn forty dollars daily with a push to raise to sixty. J B Whitson cites state council of defense complaint. Sheepmen allege a statewide shearer cartel. current rate is fifteen cents per head. Machines let a worker shear from thirty to three hundred sheep daily. bosses receive board pay, raising cost to about twenty eight cents per head.
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Boise
Idaho
J. B. Whitson
State Council of Defense
Boys Sleep in Haystack With Eggs After Short Road Trip
In Albany New York Thomas Farrell eleven and Frank Redmond nine answered spring’s call and wandered six miles from home. They were found sleeping in a haystack clutching six eggs.
German Prison Camps Hold American Prisoners Across 27 Sites
The American Red Cross reports 27 German prison camps holding Americans, with Tuchel near Danzig as the main camp for captured U S personnel. Red Cross notes 231 men accounted for at start of June, receiving weekly food, clothing, tobacco, and comforts via Berne warehouses, while reserves in Berne or transit cover 22 000 prisoners for six months.
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Bureau of Prisoners
American
Red Cross
Tuchel
Danzig
Berne
Army
Navy
Germany
Red Cross Relief Committee
Prohibition Bill and War News From Europe
World briefing reports a soldier killed in Michigan air practice, another injured, and a fatal mine blast in Minnesota. Congress considers an $11 million emergency agricultural bill tied to a national prohibition measure. War updates outline Allied advances in Flanders, Soissons, and Villers-Cotterets, with British and French gains and Hindenburg losses. Paris and Rome note unrest in Austria Hungary and German political alarm as diplomacy continues.
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John T. Boyle
Selfridge Field
Mt. Clemens
Mich
Allen B. Ebey
Senate
Washington
Congress
M. A. Hanna Company
Virginia
Minn
Frank P. Lennart
France
Chicago
Belleau Woods
Lennart
Wilson
Mount Vernon
War Department
Crowder
Arizona
Illinois
Flanders
Soissons
Bethune
Hazebrouck
Villers-Cotterets
von Hindenburg
Nieppe
Piave
Capitoline Hill
Caffarelli Palace
Germany
Rome
Austria
Austria-Hungary
von Kuehlmann
Reichstag
Amsterdam
Count von Hertling
London
Nicholas Romanoff
Russia
Dwinsk crew reaches Shelburn after torpedo attack
A Gloucester fishing schooner brought 24 members of the crew of the troop ship Dwinsk to Shelburn Nova Scotia after the ship was torpedoed without warning by a German submarine on June 18. The same dispatch notes German foreign minister von Kuehlmann faces retirement following his Reichstag remarks denying hopes of victory and criticizing Allied moves. It also reports a second national draft lottery fixing the order of the last draft class with Major Billy Welborn conducting the capsule draw at the Senate office building.
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Washington
Shelburn
N. S
Herr von Kuehlman
Reichstag
von Kuehlmann
Germany
Esthenia
Livonia
America
Kuchlmann
France
Senate
Billy’ Welborn
Unsightly Underwear Exhibition Criticized by Editorial
An editorial denounces displays of black and colored underwear as fostering bad taste and decadence. It characterizes the exhibition as extreme and unappealing, citing green Chinese embroidery, black nightgowns with scarlet serpents, and purple knickerbockers as examples of absurd fashion.
Puritanical Spirit Shapes Attire Debate
A fragment argues against body garments that defy the era’s stricter Puritan norms. The remark underscores a cultural push for modest dress reflecting intensified moral standards.
Guimpes Made Simply For Plain Tailored Suits
Guimpes described as simply made as possible resembling men's shirt bosoms with narrow Draits and small rows of buttons. They are designed for wear with plain tailored suits.
Hungarian Deputy Claims Italian LossesExceeded Austrian Figures
Amsterdam reports Dr. Kerle the Hungarian parliamentary figure, citing Italians taking 12,000 prisoners versus 18,000 claimed by Austro-Hungarians. He says 60,000 Italians were captured over time, adds both sides suffered heavy dead and wounded, and blames supply and ammunition issues during Piave operations.
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Amsterdam
4 Kerle
Zrinsky
Noes
Mier
Howe
Alexander Wsly
Acros
Piave
Strike Issued Against W U Telegraph Company
Chicago official J Konenkamp, president of the Commercial Telegraphic Union of America, announces a strike call against Western Union Telegraph Company effective 7 a m eastern time on Monday July 8. The grievances include reinstating over 800 locked out workers and enforcing a National War Labor Board decision dated June.
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Chicago
S. J. Konenkamp
Commercial Telegraphic Union of America
Western Union Telegraph Compaty
West Union Telegraph Co
Wilson
Western Union Teleeral Company
Western Union
Fitional War Labor Board
Tillman Paralyzed as Cerebral Hemorrhage Strikes Senator
Washington reports Senator Tillman severely affected by a cerebral hemorrhage with complete paralysis on his left side. The attack occurred Thursday after a Senate session. prognosis is unfavorable due to prior illness and age as family members race to his bedside.
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Washington
Tillman
Senate
Eminent Socialist Debs Arrested in Canton Case
Eugene V. Debs and a socialist group figure arrested in Canton Ohio on June 16 in a federal case. U S Marshal Charles W. Lapp and Marshal Charles Boehme led the arrest over alleged offenses connected to Debs, charged on ten counts in the federal docket.
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Cleveland
Ohio
Eugene V. Py
United
United States
Charles W. Lapp
Charles Boehme
Debsne
Canton
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