Russians Hold Off As Germans Press In East Front
German reinforcements push at Warsaw and along the Lublin Chelm railway while Austrians cross the Bug at Sokal. British analysts see some hope Russians may withstand the Warsaw push as heavy fighting continues in Kovno and Courland. In the Vosges Germans renew attacks on French trenches near Artois and Souchez with partial gains. Submarine raid sinks Emma, three Danish schooners, Maria, Neptun, Lena, Iceni, and Salacia. all crews saved.
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London
Warsaw
Kovno
Courland
Mackensen
von Mackensen
Lublin- Chelm
Bug
Sokal
Vosges
Artois
Souchez
Emma
Maria
Lena
Iceni
Circus for Kid Birthday at Greenwich Tent Party
In Greenwich Connecticut Adelaide Bre voort Close of Rockridge turned seven on July 27. Her mother Mrs EB B Close hosted a circus themed party with an 80-foot tent, performing dogs monkeys ponies pink lemonade peanuts candy chewing gum and brass band. Mothers and fathers attended in force.
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Greenwich
Conn
Adelaide Brevoort
Rockridge
EB B. Close
Adventists Expect Millennium Near Dalworth Camp
About eight hundred Seventh Day Adventists camped at Dalworth between Fort Worth and Dallas anticipate the second coming of Christ and the gathering of the Heavenly army in the skies as soon as the Allies capture Constantinople.
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Fort Worth
Tex
Dalworth
Here
Dallas
Christ
Constantinople
Diplomat Morris Nearing Release After Throat Operation
Ira Nelson Morris United States minister to Sweden is in a Chicago hospital after surgery to remove a cystic throat tumor. The surgeon expects Morris can leave within two weeks.
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S Thoat
Chicago
Ira Nelson Morris
United States
Sweden
Villa Consul Held for Recruiting Villista Army
Laredo Texas July 27 Manuel de Icaza Villa consul here was arrested by Deputy United States Marshal Walker charged with recruiting soldiers for the Villista army in violation of American neutrality law.
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Laredo
Tex
Villista
Fawa
Manuel de Icaza
Villa
United States
Walker
Cat's Funeral in Memphis for 23-Year-Old Pet
Tears flowed at the funeral of a cat named John Todd in Memphis Tennessee. The feline, owned by Mrs. Anne Habraught once a trapeze performer, lived 23 years.
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Memphis
Tenn
John Todd
Anne Habraught
Philadelphia
Dedicatory Exercises for Federal Experimental Creamery
Grove City Pennsylvania hosts dedicatory exercises for the government experimental creamery supervised by the Federal Bureau of Animal Industry.
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Federal Experimental Creamery
Grove City
Government
Federal ‘Bureau of Animal Industry
Dirigible Explodes At London Aviation Camp
London report states three killed and twenty injured when an army pistol exploded at Worm Heath aviation camp. Emergency crews rushed to the scene as wreckage scattered over the field. Investigators will probe cause of the blast and assess damage to the airfield facilities.
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London
Worm
Leelanaw Sunk By German Sub. Crew Saved Off Scotland
The American steamer Leelanaw, en route from Archangel to Belfast with flax, was sunk July 25 by a German submarine off Scotland. All crew escaped in their boats and were later brought to Kirkwall. The incident highlights disputes over the 1828 Prussian American treaty and its contraband provisions, as U S notes challenge Germany’s handling of detained contraband aboard neutral ships.
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London
Archangel
Belfast
Scotland
Kirkwall
Central News Agency
Washington
Leelanaw
United States
Germany
Prussia
British Count Unwed Men in England and Wales
Census figures show single men aged 18 to 35 total 3,032,000 and married men 1,933,000. For ages 35 to 40 single men are 234,000 and married men 1,002,000. Across ages 15 to 65 there are 11,100,000 men and 12,036,000 women, married and unmarried.
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London
England
Wales
British Vessels Sunk by German Submarine
The Grangewood of 3442 tons was sunk by a German submarine in the North Sea and all crew were rescued. The British trawler Gadwell has also been sunk.
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Lerwick
Scotland
Grangewood
North Sea
Gadwell
Campaign to prevent typhoid after Hastland disaster
Chicago Health Commissioner Robertson launched a drive to avert a typhoid epidemic. He urged survivors thrown into the Chicago River to receive anti typhoid vaccine treatment.
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Chicago
Robertson
Westinghouse to grant bonuses across departments
Springfield mass New England Westinghouse Company announced bonuses effective August 6 in addition to current wage scales. The new pay increases depend on length of service and apply to all departments of the large wartime munitions plant.
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Springfield
Mass
New England Westinghouse Company
Park Policeman Weds Couple in Park Ceremony
Evansville Indiana. The Rev E G Burdette formerly pastor of Twelfth Avenue Baptist now a park patrolman married William Armstrong and Miss Lora Duncan during a park picnic. Several onlookers attended the ceremony.
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Evansville
Ind
Burdette
Twelfth Avenue Baptist Church
William Armstrong
Lora Duncan
Cyclists Cross Country in Week Race Start to Delivery
A motor cycle relay race began in Washington D C to show cycle dispatch speed for war use and ended at Presidio army headquarters where the last rider delivered messages from President Wilson and the War Department to Maj H H Whitney.
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San Francisco
Washington, D. C
Wilson
War Department
Maj. H. H. Whitney
Presidio Army Headquarters
German Submarine Sinks French Vessel in Dardanelles Narrows
A Constantinople dispatch reports that a German U boat sank the French submarine Marlotte in the Dardanelles Narrows. The Marlotte’s crew were saved and captured by the Germans.
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Berlin
Constantinople
Mittag Zeitung
Marlotte
Dardanelles Narrows
Masked Robbers Hold Up Train Auditor Near Fort Gibson
Two masked men robbed the auditor of St. Louis Iron Mountain and Southern passenger train No. 15 near Fort Gibson. The robbers obtained about $25 in cash. Authorities awaited fuller reports on the incident and suspects.
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Muskgee
Oklahoma
St. Louis
Iron Mountain
Southern
Fort Gibson
Fire on Italian Seaport Bombardment
An Austrian cruiser and four destroyers bombarded the Sinigaglia Pesaro Railway along the Adriatic coast and shelled the town of Fano between Sinigaglia and Pesaro, disrupting Italian rail and coastal areas.
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Rome
Sinigaglia Pesaro
Adriatic
Fano
Sinigaglia
Pesaro
Baron Michelham Offers Prizes for Airship Destruction
Baron Michelham offers five thousand dollars to British airmen for each of the first ten dirigible balloons destroyed in the air. The prize is awarded for air battles where the airships are shot down or destroyed while aloft.
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London
Baron Michelham
Huerta Charges El Paso Home Violated by Federal Agents
El Paso reports charges that his home was violated without scruple by federal agents. General Victoriano Huerta sent a message to Chief Justice White of the United States Supreme Court requesting guarantees for his home and family in the future.
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EL Paso
Tex
Victoriano Huerta
White
Supreme Court of the United States
Smallpox Patient Shot to Death in Middletown NY Incident
A Black man named William Hicks, held at Orange County farm as an eight patient with smallpox, was shot and killed while allegedly making an attack on an attendant. The event occurred in Middletown, New York, and authorities are reviewing the circumstances of the fatal confrontation.
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Middletown
N. Y
William Hicks
Orange County
Indian's Annapolis Strong Man
DuQuoin TN as the result of a physical test Russell Smith son of Prof George W Smith had been declared to be the strongest student in the naval academy at Annapolis He scored 7365 pounds on a weight test.
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Annapolis
DuQuoin
Russel Smith
George W. Smith
Naval Academy
Arrest of Passenger on False Passport Charge
Charles Raynard, a passenger aboard the Holland American liner Rotterdam, was arrested by British authorities on board the vessel for traveling with a false passport while in Falmouth England.
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Falmouth
England
Charles Raynard
Rotterdam
French Conduct New Raid Against German Lines
Paris reports French aviators conducted another daring raid inside the German line. The war office announced they bombarded the military station at Nantillois near the Meuse River, achieving success.
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Paris
War Office
Nantillots
Meuse
Veterinary Doctors Convene in Springfield Meeting
The Illinois Veterinary Medical Association gathered at the Leland hotel in Springfield with over two hundred fifty attendees. Dr. O. B. Dyson spoke on state legislation affecting cattle imports and disease eradication, praising Illinois laws as among the nation's best.
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Springfield
Illinois State Veterinary Medical Association
Leland Hotel
BH. L. Shanley
Ottawa
State Livestock Commission
R. W. Story
Princeton
O. B. Dyson
Illinois
State Board of Health
J. H. Crawford
F. N. Rowan
W. J. Martin
Alverson
Prasler
McKillup
Welch
Gleason
Scott
Glendenning
Holmes
State Board of Examiners
A. C. Worms
State Laboratory
H. R. Schwartz
D. M. Campbell
A. T. Peters
Peoria
L. A. Merllat
Chicago
W. Holmes
State Game Farm Ceases to Exist in Illinois
Springfield reports the Illinois state game farm at Auburn has been closed after Governor Dunne vetoed the appropriation. Thousands of birds once housed there are removed, and equipment will soon vanish. State fish and game commissioners supported the economy move, deeming the farm a financial burden and superfluous.
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Springfield
Illinois
Ilinois
Auburn
Dunne
Fish and Game Commissioners
Fie
Illinois Baptist Changes Duquoin Pastor List
Dr FE Grand editor of the Illinois Baptist Bulletin reports multiple pastor changes across Illinois. Resignations occur at First Baptist Cairo and Free Will Baptist Johnston City. Benton's pastor Meads ends service for evangelistic work in Chicago. Easton and Deer Park see calls and resignations. Pontiac Dixon Dixon and Mount Carroll shifts noted, with Vermilion college sponsorship discussed.
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Easton
A. L. Lotkett
Deer Park
W. T. Paulin
Firat
Baptist Church
Pontiac
E. O. Bradshaw
Dixon
Chicago
George
Gi Fetter
Tall
Mount Carroll
Thomas
Craig
Moline
South Dakota State
Vermilion
City Power Limits Cigarette Prohibition Rule
Judge A Frost in Rockford ruled the city may regulate cigarette sales but cannot ban them outright. The decision clarifies local authority while leaving room for licensing and age restrictions under existing law.
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Rockford
A. Frost
Free Seas Stand Tense Note From Washington To Berlin
The United States delivers a formal note to Germany insisting the high seas remain free and neutral rights protected. It condemns German submarine actions and urges a scrupulous observance of international law, seeking cooperation to curb hostile acts against neutrals and to address losses like the Lusitania. The note emphasizes shared aim for freedom of seas and justice for neutral citizens.
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Washington, D. C
Germany
Foreign Office
Berlin
Gerard
Department of State
United States
High Seas
Great Britain
Lusitania
Note to England protests against interference with commerce
Washington issues a new note to Great Britain protesting interference with commerce. The brief dispatch signals tension over trade restrictions and seeks clarification from London on maritime policy.
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Washington
New. m
Great’ Britain
Merce
Deryeen
Ipa
United
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