British Forces Break Through German Lines At Somme Front
Allied artillery and tanks spearhead a dawn assault along the Somme and Avre fronts. British infantry drive to Noslith defenses and advance past Chinilly, with reports of captured German guns and prisoners arriving. Weather aids the advance as French and British share gains and anticipate further counter‑attacks.
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Visiere-Aux- Arables
Java
Bararl
Marlmacourt
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Norch
Somme
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Chinilly
Lancourt
Morrascourt
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Ince
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Tapidig
Forlowell
Ancre
Nowih
Prines Rupprscht
Fruit acid harms stomach says Chicago doctor
A Chicago doctor warns excess fruit acid disturbs the stomach causing cramps and diarrhea. He recommends taking 4 neutral powder after meals, labeled as Cave's Stomach Powder, to stop fermentation and provide quick relief. Advertised product details prompt readers to obtain three ounces from a druggist.
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Chicago
Births Report From July Listings
Birth notices list numerous families with baby genders and dates in July. Entries include Robert A. and Verna A. Doxey Shaw with a girl, Tullan B. Gelner and Elizabeth Moyes Gelner with a girl, and Violet Johnson with a boy, among others, at various addresses.
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Robert A
Verna A. Doxey Shaw
Pacific Avenue
Pather
Tullan B
Elizabeth Moyes Gelner
Jeferson Avenue
Birl. Wittisns € F
Violet CS. Johnson
Washington Avenue
Percy D
Mary G. Hart Nayis
Pir John Thoms
Margaret Neal
Orchard
James and
Vicglmia Buel
Park Avenue
Julian E
Elizabeth Mayes
Jefferson
Violet Johnson
Washington
Terey
Mary G. Hall
Iowa Recalling Work or Fight Order for Nurses
Waterlog Iowa August 2 reports the Waterloo exemption board recalled the Work or Fight order. Letters misissued on Tuesday caused clerical errors. The secretary of the war department says the order did not intend to apply to newspaper reporters or mechanical workers.
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Iowa
Asere
Waterloo Focal
Huand
Woman Saved From Suffering by Lydia E. Pinkham Medicine
West Plains Missouri resident Miss Cora Lee Tall shares how monthly cramps indigestion and fatigue vanished after using Lydia E Pinkham Vegetable Compound. She credits the remedy with relief and possibly saving her life and urges others to try it with a note to write for special advice.
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Lydia E. Pinkham
Weat Plains
Weat
Cora LEE_T
West Plains
Mia
Hal
Call Made for 130207 Men to Entrain This August
The provost marshal general announced orders for 130 207 white registrants from 43 states and 30 217 black registrants to entrain August 20 24, totaling about 400 000 called in August as part of the current military program. The Navy and Marine Corps will suspend reenlistments pending draft legislation, with the War Department coordinating selective service regulations to fit new age rules.
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Washington
Marenal
District of Columbus
Camp Bunstan
Kan
Nebraska
Camp Zlatge
Iowa
Baker
Daniels
Wilson
War Department
Eivil
Deniels
Marine Corps
Navy
Marine Corps Haae
Army
Worl Department
Mice Closed For Violating Orders In Evanston
State Food Administrator temporarily closed the ralls at Lyman Wyoming for alleged sale of waste flour insulani tites up to 50 pounds without a substitute. Purchasers told to take flour to the Wyoming hospital for the insane. state to pay, proceeds about 165 dollars to be given to the local Red Cross. No definite action against the hall owner.
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Evanston
Wea
Aus
Theratien
T. C. Cleranan
Lyman
Wio
Eyatston
Historic ground scene of battle near Amiens and Morlancourt
The report details a major Allied offensive south and east of Amiens and Morlancourt with Australians, Canadians, and French pushing into German lines. Heavy artillery, rapid advances, and large prisoner and casualty figures follow as the drive threatens key rail junctions and channel ports, while Germans defend and attempt countermeasures along the Somme front.
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Frors
Atiek
Tarpriac
Hatterins
Carcaidians
Lagon
Allick
Thursiay
Balite
Germain
Villers-Brolonneuu
Brameriile
Muutdidier
Murlancourt
Mourlancourt
the Albert
Kou Urilish
Aca
Helms
Alana
Aisne
Chemin Des Dames
Montdbller
Koeuil
Hupprecht
Awlens
Sixteen American Boys Prisoners Named by War Department
The War Department released the names of sixteen American boys held as prisoners of war in Camp Karlsruhe Germany. Among them are Major Harry M. Mrown and First Lieutenants Carlyle Rhodes Joseph Mellen Herbert D. Smith Henry Lewis and others. Aviator Clarence Shoninger address not known Privates Edward Sune Henry H Betroit and Jerry A. Brown are noted. Private Brown died in Darmstadt hospital Germany. First sale provisions report Walter Pino enrolled in naval aviation school at MIT.
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Karlsruhe
Germany
War Department
Harry M. Mrown
Cultatreel
Ban Dirge
Val
Carlyle Rhodes
Terre Tile
Ind
Joseph M. Mellen
Garden City
Love Island
Herbert D. Smith
New York City
Henry Lewis
Germantown
Caxton VW
Tehenare
Tele of Pines
West Indies
James K. Duke
Washington, D. C
Tiorgn BE
Ratteman
Nashville
Tenn
Robert Growning
South Minneanatis
Minn
Girwood L. Metinnald
Bust
Town
Fictond
Warold
Mac Chesney
San Jose
Cal
Alfred T. Strong
Sioux Crown
Rowen H. Tucker
Fost Worth
Texas
Clarence Shoninger
Edward
Sune
Beaton
Maes
Jerry A. Brown
Unlumbua
Ohio
Darmstadt
Lawyer Admits Sedition Talk Amid War Trial
A Chicago lawyer testifies as organizer in a FW conspiracy admitting he spoke against conscription. He claims not to oppose the draft but warned soldiers to resist and lumber barons to rob. Other defendants recount activist roles with the Ming Workers' Union and Phoenix and Salt Lake affiliates.
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Chicago
Stanley J. Clark
Ancksonvill
Texas
Ariz
United States
Grover H. Peery
Leen
Salgorly
Ming Workers’ Union No. 800
Pheonix
Aria
Balt Lake
Bla
Arigona
Josh Summer
Derry
Enlargement of the U S Army Policy Debated
The article reports on a new program to enlarge the U S Army including changes to recruitment and equipment. It notes recommendations from military leaders and the wartime council, with plans for a broader appropriation bill to accompany a rate-age measure and to go to Congress.
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Eadenston
Verraliies
Aubusson
Congress
Children need protection during the war in Ogden
Mrs. Katherina L. Kateely, president of the Ogden Drama Club, resigned a dress on a talk titled Man and Women Power versus Child Labor at Saycounel Theater. The audience found it one of the most instructive Ogden programs, urging society to curb child labor through better methods and harnessing women’s power. She noted millions sacrifice for home, yet child labor persists, and proposed government employment offices as a remedy.
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Katherina L. Kateely
Ogden Drama Club
Saycounel “Theater
Ogden
Enteniy
Tons of Beef Shipped in June
Washington dispatch reports June beef exports from the United States reached 92 170 000 pounds with about 40 percent sent to the United Kingdom France England and Belgium. The three year prewar monthly average was 1 068 000 pounds. Pork exports for June totaled 169 998 000 pounds with 3.3 percent to the four Allies. The prewar monthly average was 415 567 pounds. The note mentions bacon consumption restrictions linked to Allied supply needs.
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Washington
Food Administration
United States
United Kingdom
France
England
Belgium
Engin
Hale accused of German propaganda work in 1916 Romania mission
Testimony in the attorney general inquiry identifies William Dayard Hale as head of German information in the United States in 1916. He traveled from Germany to Romania with a passport claiming official German foreign office business. The witness, a newspaper correspondent, says Hale arranged secret shipments via a Scandinavian liner to the United States at $300 per trip, with duplicating code material.
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New York
William Dayard Male
Fhla
Germany
Rumania
German Foreign Office
Ho Winta
Corre Npordent Witnne
Demity
Hecker
Itale
Unte
Dethmann Trollweg
Foreign Office
Berlin
Hato
Nice
Pleward
Copenhagen
Slabey Boxer Enlists for Navy Reserve Duty
Lew Tendler, a top lightweight contender, to enlist in the naval reserve at League Stand per manager Phil Glassman. Tendler will serve as boxing instructor and trainer during reserve active duty.
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Priladelatita
Aue
Lew Tendler
Henry Geanard
Collet
Neval
Phil Glassman
Ile
Borlna
Nervous weakness touted as nerve food remedy
An advertisement extols a nerve tonic, claiming bitro-phosphate and thirotheopbyte restore strength, vigor, sleep, and appetite. It targets thin anxious people, promises rapid gains in weeks, and asserts safety for the weakest patients.
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