New German Defensive Tactics Shift Across Front
British dispatch details a major shift in German defense along the French and Belgian front. German lines abandon long trenches for dispersed fortified shell-hole outposts protected by barbed wire and concrete chambers. Observers note heavy use of machine guns and rifles from these nests, with Lens and Langemarck cited as key examples. The piece also recounts a Somerset officer and 72 prisoners capture near Langemarck as an instance of the evolving warfare.
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Lens
Ihs
Langemarck
Bamerset
Somersets
Lee
Seena
War Measures Before Congress in Aug Session
Washington plans a swift extra session with a war tax bill bond authorizations and a new budget. Key measures include a 2 006 000 000 war tax, 7 509 000 000 in bonds, 2 000 000 000 in certificates, and a deficit bill between 6 and 97 billion. Senate action, trading with the enemy, Webb export, and other minor bills loom. passage expected this week.
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Washington
Congress
House
Webb
Senate
Benste
Victor Murdock
Kansas
Corega Holds Teeth Firmly Today For Comfort
Corega promises firm tooth fixation easing sore gums and preventing plate looseness. An advertisement from The Marshall Drug Co and Kla Wholesaler touts Corega Chemical Co samples, dental supplies, and druggist availability across regions.
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Corega
Jonas
Aleo
Marshall Ire Co
J. W. Clark
Dror Btore
George F. Care
Ensign Lurox Co
Movsea
Kla
Sampterum Corega Chemical Co
Clareland
German war aims frame peace terms in Rathenow speech
Amsterdam reports General Ken Liebert's Rathenow address quoted by Deutsche Taog Zeitung who says Germany will not sign peace before securing the Flanders coast a colonial empire and maritime base. German press critics warn the remarks may prolong the war, Vorwaerts noting even pan Germans fear a future clash.
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Amsterdam
Ken Liebert
Rathénow
Prussia
Deutsche ‘Taos Zeitung
Flanders
Barce
Liebert
Vorwaers
Germany
More Prisoners for Fort Douglas
The 200 sailors of the German cruiser Geyer will be brought to Fort Douglas for interro gation sometime during the week. A detachment has left the prison camp for San Francisco to escort them and are expected to arrive Wednesday or Thursday. These com ing will increase the population of the fort. The Germans were arrested at Honolulu when they attempted to burn their ship, imprisoned near Honolulu harbor, later transferred to San Francisco.
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Geyer
Fort Douglas
San Francisco
Arite
Honolulu
Car run wild kills and injures in Dover street crash
Dover England August 29 a crowded street car ran wild down a hill wrecking at street foot. Fifteen people killed and forty injured including officers and soldiers. Wreck caused by brake failure and wrecked headquarters. Port Angeles Washington August 20 national guardsmen disrupted Industrial Workers of the World headquarters throwing rioters and papers into the bay. Corporal Egan arrested amid investigation. Married women workers’ status has doubled to the latest gear in labor scene.
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Dover
England
Coldlera
Port Angeles
Waeb
National Guardamen
Xian
Pope Proposals Stir German Peace Debate in Reichstag
Aug 20 Copenhagen reports show Pope Pius XII peace notes becoming a political fault line in Germany. Annexationists press critics, while moderates back the papal effort. Vienna says press argues halting armament alone sustains the empire, and observers warn papal plans could upend Central European alliances.
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Copenhagen
Germany
George Bernhard
Berlin von Aece Zeitung
Mathias Ersberger
Vienna
Roverment
Haly
Austria
Count von Reventlow
Tages Zeitung
Ho Ayers
Sara the Unt Mann
Incendiary Fire Damages Armour and Company Complex
Fire at Armour and Company facilities in Round Lake Lake County destroyed the fee houses and burned freight cars and a large stock of ice. Estimated losses exceed 259000 dollars with freight cars valued at 50000 dollars and ice stock valued at 75090 dollars. The superintendent Frank Sanderson and theGre were linked to the blaze, which started in a dozen places and quickly grew out of control.
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Chicago
Fee Houses
Armour and Company
Round Lake
Lake County
Astirmates
Lee
Frank Sanderson
Air Fights On The West Front In Series Of Engagements
Allied airmen harassed German positions from the trenches to rear areas as French and British squadrons claimed many enemy aircraft shot down or forced to land. Lafayette units supported French operations, while German attempts to raid Allied air patrols largely failed. Elsewhere Russians repelled Teutonic advances in Moldavia and Vilna, and fronts around Lake Narocz saw German assaults broken by Soviet bombardment.
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London
Elrcren
Selzarte
Tinteh Borer
Elgaeen
Rumania
Rugala
Vilna
Grozechil
Moldavia
Lake Naroe
GOLD MEDAL Haarlem Olt Capellies Advertised Cure
An advertisement touts GOLD MEDAL Haarlem Olt Capellies promising to cleanse kidneys and bladder, expel poisons, and improve breath. It claims government-verified purity and imports from the Netherlands, urging readers to buy at once with a money-back promise.
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Haarlem
Venice Bombing Damages Historic Site Skies Over Italy
Austrian planes bomb Venice injuring and damaging the civil hospital and parts of St Mark's School, the Doges tombs, and the Saluta John and Paul church. One third of the ceiling collapsed, with debris causing casualties among patients. The event highlights the vulnerability of cultural landmarks during wartime.
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Weaterao Lds & Junk
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International Brotherhood of Bookbinders
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