Western Front battles and German losses in France
Reports from London and Rome describe heavy fighting in northern France with Allied forces pressing at Meuse heights and Peronne while German losses mount. Belgians disrupt rail links near Mons Brussels as Western Front operations continue with no decisive breakthrough.
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London
Bielostock
Russia
Petrograd
Morning Post
France
Aiane
Meuse
Rome
Electinde
Carpathians
Hungary
Cracow
Preemysi
Marcon
Berlin
Aight
Lokal Anzeiger
Rheims
Lokal Anseiger
Belgium
Exchange Telegram Co
Blankenburghe
Blerghes
Mons
Brussels
Rival Armies Edge Toward Each Other In West Front
Telegraphed dispatches from Bordeaux and Petrograd describe near trench contact as Allied forces including French British Turks and Moors engage Germans along a 120 mile front near St Quentin and Tergnier. German center weakens while air reconnaissance notes German gunnery accuracy and a captured spy explains fire.
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Parle
Rivera Oise
Alane
Woevre
Peronne
Cross &Y
Bordeaux
Times
Paris
St. Quentin
Belgium
Tergnier
Commissariat
Mumunition
Probable murder case linked to Valley City confession
Chief Swanson reports a confession by Mrs. Frank Thayer to a murder last summer near Valley City. She describes Ed Barthelmey and another man dragging an elderly North Dakota homesteader from Moorhead, drugging him, and killing him near a railroad bridge before dumping the body in the river, with river dragging planned for more clues.
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B. H. Swanson
Ross
Fargo
Frank Thayer
Valley City
A. M. Ross
Casselton
Ed. Barthelmey
Hope
Goodland
Minnesota
Barthelmey
Chief Swanson
Ball Park
Thayer
Moorhert
Barthelmew
Moorhead
Landman
Mapleton
Ater
Dave
Page
Chief Swanson Still Fishing for Missing Man
Officers press on to locate any clue about the man said to be murdered and cast into the river near the north bridge. Chief Swanson shows signs of wavering if the person involved did not cooperate with him to push the case forward.
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Swanson
Vordy
Indy
Bismarck Girls Travel to Valley City Normal
Nine Bismarck young ladies depart for Valley City to enter Normal College. Ruth Nichols Gertrude Mount Dorothy Lincoln Helen Register Isabel McGillis Margaret Gustafson Esther Semling Margaret Jones Flora Murray and Bessie Hanks join the group, with Lincoln and McGillis and Hanks leaving Tuesday. They expect to form a close colony and share many good times in Caley City.
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Bismarck
Valley City
Ruth Nichols
Gertrude Mount
Dorothy Lincoln
Helen Register
Isabel McGillis
Margaret Gustafson
Esther Semling
Margaret Jones
Flora Murray
Isabel MrGillis
Miss Lincoln
Miss MrGillis
Carranza May Resign and Bloodshed Prevented
Reports from Mexico indicate a bid for peace as Villa urged Carranza to resign in favor of Calderon. Conflicts near the front continue with movements by Maytorena and troop realignments, while European fronts report German retreat and Soviet movements.
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Carranza
Washington
Villa
Mexico City
Constitutionalists
Fernando Calderon
Quarterly Conference Favors Return of Rev Vermilya
The Methodist church held its last business meeting with Superintendent Macnamara in chair. Reports showed healthy overall growth, higher membership, and strong finances. The group favors reappointing Rev Vermilya to the field, with plans for a potential church addition and a likely successful next year.
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Methodist Church
Macnamara
Vermilya
Vermitya
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A.C. Thurkelson
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Wille
Willie
Sam
Naco
Sonora
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Itarbide
Sinatroa
Tarnow
Przemysz
Sanok
Jaroslav
Colonjok
Foreign Office
East Prussia
Suwalki
Grajewo
Times-Record
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Pocket Books
Middlewest Loan and Trust Company
N. Duk
Frank White
Melvin Lee
Mason
J. E. Jones
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