Kaiser Plans State Entry In War Push Near Warsaw
London reports a sequence of major battles northwest and south of Warsaw as Austro German forces press the Russian line. Russians retreat to river positions but fight hard to stem the onslaught while Wilhelm signals a potential Polish capital entry. Battles rage along the Vistula Bug corridor and Lipin region with shifting fronts near Ivano rod and Vladisalow.
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London
Warsaw
William
Posen
Baltic
Shavli
Narew
Novogorod
Rozan
Teutons
von Woyrsch
Ivangorod
Vladisalow
Vistula
Bug
Lublin
von Macken- Ben
Archduke Joseph Ferdinand
Spanish noble is arrested in Chicago case shocks Denver
Jacques Mendoza, a Spanish nobleman described as a language teacher and interpreter in Denver, was arrested in Chicago on a Mann Act charge for transporting Mrs. Ruth Curran to Chicago on May 29. He was arraigned before U S Commissioner Lewis F Mason and held on $5000 bond. Mrs Curran was committed to the Chicago Refuge for Girls as a witness.
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Chicago
Illinois
Jacques Mendoza
Denver
Colo
Colorado Society of Denver
Ruth Curran
Lee Curran
Colorado City
Mendoza
United States
Lewis F. Mason
Pawnbroker Robbed and Killed in Denver
Denver jewelers H. Solomon 65 a pioneer pawnbroker was found in the rear of his store with his head crushed by a hammer during daylight robbers escaped with watches jewelry and diamonds valued at 16000 Solomon died in a hospital.
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Denver
Colorado
H. Solomon
Solomon
Fire at West Tennessee Hospital for the Insane
Nearly every building at the West Tennessee Hospital for the Insane in Boliver burned on July 21. The blaze endangered many lives and caused an estimated loss of 50000 dollars.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Boliver, Tenn
West Tennessee Hospital For the Insane
Parle Journal Sold for Four Million Four Hundred Thousand
The Paris paper Parle Journal has reportedly been sold by the Letellier family, longtime owners since its founding twenty years ago, to a syndicate for 4 400 000 dollars.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Parle Journal
Paris
Letellier
Memphis Congressman T A Sisson Blood Transfusion For Son
Memphis Tenn Congressman T A Sisson underwent a blood transfusion for his nine month old son in a life saving effort. Physicians report the infant’s condition is critical and that the outcome remains uncertain.
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Memphis
Tenn
T. ‘A. Sisson
Teutons Closing In On Warsaw From East Front
London reports the Austro German armies sweeping through Russian Poland and toward Warsaw, claiming towns fallen and 60,000 Russians captured. Berlin says forces are within ten miles of the capital. Petrograd confirms enemy advance along Riga and Shavli and other points on the front.
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London
Poland
Berlin
Warsaw
Petrograd
Riga
Shavli
Grunhof-Zagary-Krupy
Reims Bombarded as Paris War Office Reports
The war office statement notes artillery actions in Artois with no infantry fighting. Reims was violently bombarded resulting in civilian deaths.
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Reims
Paris
War Office
Artois
British Capture Trench Near Hooge in Ypres Sector
Field Marshal Sir John French announced that after successfully exploding mines west of the Chateau of Hooge, our troops occupied about 150 miles of the enemy trenches near Ypres. The report was sent to the war office.
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Trench
London
Sir John French
War Office
Chateau of
Hooge
Ypres
Lynchings Reach 84 in First Half of 1915
Tuskegee Institute chief Booker T. Washington released a count of mob killings in the United States for the first six months of 1915. The tally shows 84 men lynched since January 1, including 24 black men and 10 white men, with Georgia accounting for about a quarter of the total. Six of the black victims and one white victim were charged with assaulting women.
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New York
N. Y
Tuskegee Institute of Alabama
United States
Booker T. Washington
Georgia
Asquith Seeks New War Credit Vote
London premier Asquith seeks a fresh war credit totaling 150 million pounds sterling from war loan funds. This increases the overall war financing to over 3 billion dollars as the conflict widens.
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Asquith
London
Prize Court to Condemn Large Cotton Shipments
London announces a ruling that a large portion of American cotton shipments held up by England will likely be condemned by the prize court. The decision reflects the government's indicated stance on wartime maritime seizures and economic controls.
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London
England
Auto feud ends in fatal shooting at Beacon
In Bannerman Charles Shuster called a car owned by Charles Kowatch a filover. Kowatch shot Shuster dead after the insult in Beacon New York. Police reported Kowatch surrendered and case awaiting investigation.
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Beacon
N. Y
Charles Shuster of
Bannerman
Charles Kowatch
Windstorm Kills Two as Tent Falls at York Event
Severe winds wreck a hhautauqua tent at Dallas town near York Pennsylvania killing two persons and injuring fifteen. More than seven hundred people were under the canvas when the structure collapsed.
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York
Dallastown
Here
Princeton Week at Panama Exposition
San Francisco Princeton University graduates and students join nationwide attendees celebrating Princeton Week at the Panama Exposition marking a university showcase with alumni and undergraduates gathered in a regional fair setting.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
San Francisco
Princeton University
Ben-Allah Afloat in Indian Ocean Fire Rages
A late dispatch reports the P. and O. steamer Ben-Allah afire in the Indian Ocean. Help is being rushed to the vessel as authorities coordinate rescue efforts and firefighting.
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London
Ben-Allah
Indian Ocean
Woodworth Elected President General of SAR
Newell Woodworth of Buffalo New York was elected president general of the Sons of the American Revolution in Portland Oregon.
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Sons of Revolution
Woodworth
Portland, Ore
Newell Woodworth
Buffalo, N. Y
The
Sons of the American Revolution
Congressman's Move to Private Sanitarium In New York
Congressman Richard Wayne Parker, once committed to the county hospital for the insane, will be transferred to a private sanitarium. This marks a relocation of the public case to a more secluded facility pending further treatment arrangements.
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New York
Richard Wayne Parker
Kaiser Promises To Share Europe With Germanic Armies
Russians leaving Warsaw as London loses hope that the city can withstand the German pressure. Allies advance in Turkey as Kaiser William reportedly telegraphs that he has paralyzed Russia for at least six months and is near a decisive Western front blow, according to Petrograd. The telegram cites the Kaiser’s sister, the queen of Greece.
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London
Turkey
Morning Post
Petrograd
William
Greece
Evacuation of Warsaw Ordered as Fronts Press Forward
London reports from the Morning Post Budapest corre spondent that Russians order the gradual evacuation of Warsaw. Generals Von Hindenburg and Von Mackensen drive the northern and southern ends, encircling the city while Grand Duke Nicholas bears a heavy burden since war began. British press in Dardanelles notes June 28 advance gave them another mile of the Gallipoli Gulley Ravine.
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London
Morning Post
Budapest
Warsaw
von Hindenburg
von Mackensen
Nicholas
Dardanelles
Gallipoli Peninsula
Dr De Courcey Cleared in Carrollton Racial Case Acquittal
Dr D De Courcey was acquitted by Squire Mc Mahon after being arrested with Jim Hickman and Charles Lockrage on charges by two white girls Pearl Cummins and Myrtle Cole. The three defendants faced September grand jury with $1000 bail for the Negroes.
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Carrollton
Ill
D. de Courcey
Jim Hickman
Charles Lockrage
Pearl Cummins
Myrtle Cole
Squire McMahon
Alumni Campaign Seeks $1 Million for Michigan Union
In Ann Arbor the University of Michigan announced a drive among its 35,000 alumni to raise 1 million dollars to endow a building for the Michigan Union, a student organization.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ann Arbor
Mich
University of Michigan
Michigan Union
Montenegrins occupy Gralovo after victory over Austrians
Dispatches to the Tribuna report Montenegrin troops seized Gralovo following a severe engagement with Austrian forces. In Adrianople, fifty Turkish officers in the garrison were executed for fomenting an anti German conspiracy.
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Rome
Gralovo
Lumber rate ruling by ICC hits southern territory
The Interstate Commerce Commission ruled lumber and related commodities as charged in a large southern and southeastern territory were unreasonable. The decision also upheld the cancellation of elevation allowances on grain and seeds for domestic use at Kansas City and other points.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Interstate Commerce Commission
Kansas City
Train kills two men at crossing near Valparaiso Indiana
Valparaiso police say a stolen automobile struck by a steam engine at a crossing near Valparaiso killed two men, Ross Brady of Boone Grove and his companion Morris. The incident occurred as the engine rapidly moved through the crossing.
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Valparaiso
Ind
Ross Brady
Boone Grove
Morris
Steel Mill Resumes Work in Wheeling District
The Riverside plant of the National Tube Co in Wheeling West Virginia brought workers back as the last idle steel mill in the Wheeling district restarted operations signaling renewed activity in the regional steel industry.
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Wheeling
W. Va
Riverside
National Tube Co
Jitneys Drive Out Car Lines in Charleston
The Charleston In- Hitney competition faced a setback as the Public Service Commission considers discontinuing traffic on two railroad lines after the company claimed it had ceased operating.
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Charleston
W. Va
Afterurban Railroad Co
Public Service Commission
Nashville Gunboat Ordered to San Domingo City
The gunboat W Nash ville was ordered from San Juan Puerto Rico to San Domingo City at the request of the state department over concerns for foreigners safety after a transfer from San Juan.
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Nashville
Porto Rico
Washington
San Juan
P. R
San Domingo
State Department
Salaries Held Up Over Damaging Injunctions
In Springfield, many state employees were told they must work without pay assurance due to injunctions in Sangamon county court. State Treasurer Russel reported 21 guards were asked to resign but chose to continue working, while auditors and other offices faced similar pay uncertainties. No hearing date set yet.
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Springfield
Secretary of State
Andrew Russel
Sangamon County
Fayette S. Munro
John Fergus
Chicago
Brady
State House
Adjt
Frank S. Dickson
Russel
State awards $990000 for good roads in 1915-16
The state highway commission distributed 990000 among 102 counties for good roads work in 1915-16 under the good roads law. Each county receives an allotment specified by the statewide program.
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Springfield
State Highway Commission
Dunne Chooses Delegates for American Mining Congress
Governor Dunne selects a large list of delegates to the eighteenth annual American Mining Congress in San Francisco September 20 to 22, 1915. Names include Frank Warrington, John H. Walker, James F. Morris, David Ross, Harry H. Devereaux, A. J. Moorehead, Walter Nesbitt, Joseph Pope, Joseph Randall, and many others from Springfield, Belleville, Chicago, Danville, Glenwood and more towns.
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C. Robert Solsberg
C. M. Moderwell
Frank Peabody
T. J. O’gara
Glen W. Traer
Chicago
Thomas J. Reynolds
Collinsville
J. W. Starks
Georgetown
Thomas H. Devlin
Assumption
W. T. Morris
Duquoin
James Lord
Farmington
R. J. Wilson
Marissa
John Tuttle
Harrisburg
Thomas Clayton
Bloomington
Hugh Murray
Mount Vernon
C. F. Lynch
Danville
Illinois Lawyer, 71, Is Dead
Benton. John A. Treece, seventy one, died from complications of diseases. He served as state's attorney at Franklin county from 1880 to 1884.
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Llinois
Benton
John A.treece
Franklin County
Annual Illinois Methodist Conference Set for Springfield
Springfield Methodists anticipate the Illinois annual conference September 8 to 13 at First Methodist Church led by Bishop McDowell of Chicago. Delegates will elect nine ministerial and nine lay representatives to the 1911 general conference in Saratoga Springs. Plans include lodging for 700 on the Harvard plan and Afternoon talks by Dr. Ball and W F Sheridan with an educational banquet to host 500 guests.
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Springfield
Illinois
McDowell
Chicago
Saratoga Springs
N. Y
Harvard
Doctor Ball
If School of Theology
Garrett Biblical Institute
Evanston
W. F. Sheridan
Epworth League
Illinois Party to Visit Panama-Pacific Fair
Governor Dunne and family travel from Springfield to Chicago and on to San Francisco for the Panama-Pacific Exposition. The party includes state officials such as James J. Brady Francis J. Blair Lucey and others. United States Senator James Hamilton Lewis cannot accompany due to Washington duties. The group boards the Chicago Milwaukee and St Paul line after meeting Chicago officials.
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Dunne
Eileen
Mona
Geraldine
Maurice Dunne
William L. Sullivan
Springfield
Chicago & Alton
Chicago
San Francisco
West
Chicago, Milwaukee & St. Paul
United States
James Hamilton Lewis
Washington
James J. Brady
Francis J. Blair
Illinois bank resources rise by 27 million in June
State Auditor James J. Brady reports Illinois state banks total resources at 935,664,921 on June 24, up 27,160,800 from April 30. Deposits reach 763,075,397, up 20,059,256. real estate loans rise 1,304,438. collateral loans up 8,229,943. time certificates increase 6,666,677. Savings deposits fall 1,013,388. Cash and due from banks total 206,459,029, up 12,364,224. Capital and profits total 159,876,434, up 5,158,987. Reserve ratio to deposits, including due to banks, is 27.30%.
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Springfield
Minois
James J. Brady
Three Waterway Members Named by Governor Dunne
Three members of the Illinois water ways commission were named by Governor Dunne before his departure for the Panama-Pacific exposition. Samuel Alschuler of Aurora was named chairman, Edward J. Kelly of Chicago is an engineer for the sanitary board, and Samuel J. Drew of Joliet completes the trio. The other two members will be named on the governor s return from the West.
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Illinois Waterways Commission
Dunne
Samuel Alschuler
Aurora
Edward J. Kelly
Sanitary Board
Chicago
Samuel J. Drew
Jouliet
Alachuler
Commission
West
Loungers Play Shoe Poker On Broadway Corners
A New York World note describes shoe poker among idle young men in the Broadway theatrical district. Players pick five shoes from groups of passersby. a five-shoe set wearing lace-up front shoes makes a straight, while boots in neutral colors beat that. Third group with two front lacing pairs and three side-facing pairs yields a full house and tops the others.
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Broadway
New York World
Court Admits Error in Insurance Case Over Fire Fraud Allegation
An Arizona court addressed a case to recover the value of a quartz mill burned in which the former foreman testified the plaintiff admitted setting the fire for insurance. The judge dismissed his remark as inadvertent and instructed the jury to disregard it, emphasizing the jury are the judges of evidence and credibility.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Arizona
Council For the Insurance Company
Colonel Brown
Monument Built by Postum Replaces Coffee Health Myth
An Illinois man describes himself as a monument built by Postum after he quit coffee. He suffered dyspepsia constipation headaches and indigestion, found relief after using Postum as directed, and credits improved appetite digestion sleep and strength to leaving coffee. Postum is promoted in two forms with calculations of cost per cup and a prompt to read The Road to Wellville.
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Postum
Illinois
Postum Co
Battle Creek
Mich
Wellville
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