German Attacks Repulsed Near Verdun and Meuse Front
Paris reports French forces repulsed three major German infantry assaults in the Verdun sector and along the Meuse. Artillery duels and mine explosions shaped the fighting with limited infantry action on the right bank while French counterattacks reclaimed breached trenches near Apremont and Col Sainte Marie.
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Paris
Verdun
Saya
War Department
Apremont
St. Mie
Oisn
Alene
St. Marden
Argonne
Imine Mehhring
AG Haute
Ehevauches
Meuse
Col Sainte Maré
Ypres Salient Bombarded As British Report Details Actions
British statement notes heavy shelling of southern Ypres Salient from hill 609 and near 1500 yards north for about three hours. Town of Ypres shelled in morning and back area southward. Trenches north of Menin Road subjected to intermittent fire all day. A Fokker crash near Habourdia is reported. a trench line remains contested with ongoing artillery actions opposite Frilu.
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Lamion
Ypres Salient
Ypren
Menin Rozd
Diaumont
Ancre
Lytesa
Tery
Fox
Fril
Idle Land Plan Aims To Cure Unemployment In Houston
A Congressional proposal by Representative Crosser would create free land colonies in American tracts held by the federal government. The plan envisions a fifty million band fund to seed colonization with a commission valuing land by colony and a board including Secretary Wilson and Secretary Lane to oversee the project. The aim is to reduce idle labor, stimulate thrift, and provide a safety valve against unemployment by distributing land for cultivation and settlement.
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Houston
Congress
Robertment
Crosser
Ohio
Colonizin rRaes
Wilson
Department
Isbor
Lane
Nathan Hawkes Called by Death
Nathan Hawkes of B14 Seventeenth Street died yesterday morning at home from liver cancer aged 67. Born in Essex Hog land he came to Utah in youth joining the Mormon church and lived in Staterville Ogden Idaho. Survived by wife and children Mary Howse Martha Wirlek Clarence Amanda David and Vens Hawkes. Body taken to Larkin & Sons mortuary for viewing tonight and tomorrow 9 to 11 a m funeral at 1 p m in the Blatergite ward meeting house.
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Nathan Sawkes
Seventeenth Street
Mr. Hawkes
Essex
Hogland
Utah
Staterville
Slnes
Ogden
Idaho
Mary Howse
Martha Wirlek
Clarence
Amanda
David
Vens Hawkes
Larkin & Sons Mortuary
Blatergite Ward Metting House
Amusements and Chautauqua Listings at Local Theaters
Listings show Orpheum and Alhambra offerings including Cat e of Hearts and The Evil Thereof with dates 7 to 11, Norma Talmadge Children in the House and Elitey alte Teacher, plus Oracle The Girl Who Feared Daylight with Mary Fuller. Lyceum features Winnifred Greenwood in The Trail of the Thief. Chautauqua week runs June 11 to 17 between Washington and Adams with social and fraternal society notices and church meetings.
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Orpheum
William Farmom
Alhambra
Chautauqua
Washington
Adams
Germans Report Little Progress Near Verdun
June 11 dispatch from Norlin reports continued violent artillery fighting on both sides of the Meuse north of Verdun. German official statement notes three more cannon and seven machine guns added to their gains on the river bank as the western theater remains stubbornly contested.
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Norlin
London
Meuse
Verdun
Meure
World War I Front Reports Mixed Enemy Progress
Reports from western fronts describe German forces breaching a French trench and capturing an officer along with seventeen men. Eastern theaters note German recon detachments advancing into Russian positions, destroying works and returning with over 100 Russians and a machine gun. Balkan theater has no noteworthy updates.
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Markich
Colma
Krevo
Balkan
Two Vessels Sunk by Mines Off Stockholm Archipelago
London June 11 The Norwegian steamer Prosper Hla struck mines and sank with the first officer believed to be the sole survivor. She left Newport News May 20 bound for La Pallice France. Built 1912, 4237 gross tons, 364 feet long. The Vara, Swedish steamer, sank after collision with a German minefield. crew saved. Paradia listed with 1806 cross fans. 266 feet long, built Sunderland 1882.
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London
Prosper Hl Baa
Newport News
la Fallice
France
Drammes
Norway
Sandhamp
Stockholm
Vara
Delex
Paradia
Sunderland
Fragmentary World War Era Quote Found in Stalls
A distant voice in a New York World excerpt proclaims weary relief with the line Thank heaven hes dead while reflecting a theater setting from a wartime context.
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New York World
Mary and Joe in a Turbulent Love Tangle at Work
In a chaotic scene from a Toronto newspaper, Joe faces a stern ultimatum from his employer over repeated Friday and Saturday absences for football. Amidp tears and gossip, Mary Ann confronts Joe about a secret engagement, revealing a dawning plan for a future together as Mary pleads for understanding and a second chance at work.
Traveling through a new country as a strange lodging tale unfolds
A narrator describes moving through unfamiliar lands and a night of tense, vivid impressions. In a rough inn with thin walls and dim partitions, he endures a rolling sequence of disturbing sensations. Moments of strangulation fear interrupt a fantasia before silence returns.
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Boon
Hatel
Atilly
Language Confusion Story On A Yankees Englishman Exchange
A witness notes a comic exchange where an American and Englishman spar about sniping and speed of speech. The tale shifts to a Liverpool to Yeaton journey as the Yankee asks if the man was seen. The dialogue ends with a quip about sighting the other vessel near Boston harbor.
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Liverpool
Yeaton
Boston Harbor
Atrang
Leveling Things in a Childs Late Playground Return
A father recalls promising to discipline Jackie for staying out late after dusk. Jackie admits the promise and the father reiterates his plan to enforce it, noting the boy’s fatigue and the breach of curfew. The exchange centers on accountability and parental authority in a domestic scene.
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Jackie
Father
Tada Bey
A Waveless Beach and a Father Child Moment
A fragment from a Boston Globe style column describes a mother and a baby near a beach scene. The caption humorously notes the baby’s reaction to waves and a carpenter’s impatient remark about time while an apprentice listens. Read the Classified Ads.
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Hoston Globe
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Habourdia
Robert Cross, ER
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Nathan Hawkes
Marthe Society
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C. Bigelow
Knights of Columbus
Royal Neighbors
Masonic Federation
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Rick
Mary Ann
Abe
Grestadlen
Jar
Srain
Mary
Dasa
Mari
Mia
Toronto
Fapress
Phewl
Hert
Browning Bros
Ogden Standard
Ogden, Utah
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