Bolsheviks Hold Onega Strongly and British Concede
British war office confirms Bolsheviks hold Onega west of Archangel strongly. An American MC A representative reports British captives from the Russian mutiny are well treated in Vologda. Bolsheviki recapture Vladimirovka but retreating toward Kamanship. They claim Tcheliabinsk area gains with 4,000 prisoners, 0 machine guns, armored train, and 22 miles eastward advance after five days of fighting led by Admiral Kolchak.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Associated Press
London
War Office
Onega
Archangel
M.C. A
Vologda
Kamanshin
Russia
Vladimirovka
Kamanship
Fee
Tcheliabinsk
High living costs blamed on hide market by dealer
Minneapolis August 7 Mayor Meyers committee hearing evidence from W J Burnett manager Northwestern Hide and Fur Company. He says packers control the hide market and set outrageously high prices after government control ended January 1. Burnett notes his firm profits from rising hides while the public bears the cost and warns of potential losses if the market falls. He also urged federal action as a national peril in a telegram to the federal trade commission.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Minneapolis
J. E. Meyers
W. J. “Burnett
Northwestern Hide and Fur Company
Burnett
Federal Trade Commission
Last Night's News in Brief Across World Capitals
King George receives the order of merit from Premier Lloyd George. Wilson says Uchida frank statement should clear misunderstandings about Shantung. Roumania cannot recognize Hungary ultimatums, per peace council. Troops reach Budapest. protests mount over vocational training boards. U S oil interests accused of pressuring war stance on Mexico. Treasury credits raise allied total to 9.66 billion dollars.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ndon
George
Csuion
David Lloyd George
Washington, D. C
Wilson
Mret
Viscount Uchida
Fajian
Shantung
Paris
Supreme Council
Nicholas Misu
Fs 3
Hungary
Penhagen
Vienna
Budapest
Federal Board
New York
United States
Mexico
Board of Foreign Missions Af
The
Presbyterian Church
Washington
Treasury
France
Greece
Building Permits Filed For Remodeling and Heating Projects
A list of building permit records shows multiple citizens and addresses in the area. Projects include heating plants at several homes and small remodels or garages on Third and Fourth avenues, with costs ranging from fifty to twenty three thousand dollars. One entry notes a garage at 3509 Third Avenue West and a reroofing job at Commercial and Fifth. The document ends with an unrelated note about a Washington convict seeking a food position in a bank.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
A. Marsh
Crystal Theatre
Ae ‘My
Scane
Third Avenue
Seaga
Mra. Flath
Fourth
West
William Lantz
Grant Ave
J ‘Nue
W. Greenberg
Logan Ave
Mag
Patare
Ceiaee
G. Swettzer
Third Avenue West
Yennoy
Foster
Ocott
Sherman
Ayvenue
Petat
Theddore Smith
Summit
1000 Shop Men at Oelwein Weigh Strike Action
In Oelwein the 1000 or more workers at the C G W railway shops await national officers guidance before a strike vote. Rumors of a walkout persist but workers plan to stay on the job unless instructed by headquarters. The article notes delays in decisive action from Washington.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Qelwein
C. G. W. Ralway
Ciites
The Sneak at Crystal Theatre and Peppy Polly at Palace
The Sneak presents a tense sequence with Rhona trapped by a rejected lover in Gladys Brockwell’s photoplay, showing at Crystal Theatre. Dorothy Gish stars in Peppy Polly at Palace Theatre with Richard Barthelmess, an unusual plot about marriage license obstacles interrupted by a reform school matron, plus a two part Gale Henry comedy and Gaumont News. Traffic carriers’ 1915 gross receipts show a $5 million rise over 1917 totals.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Rhona
Gladys Brockwell
Crystal Theatre
Dorothy Gish
Paramount
Polly
Palace Theatre
Miss Gish
Richard Barthelmess
Dorothy
Gale Henry
Gaumont
Oelwein News Highlights Canteen Service and Local Projects
The Red Cross canteen reports July service to over 7 000 stag soldiers passing through Oelwein to Camp Dodge and other plants with 900 served yesterday and 700 today. Eller and Giller win a contract for a new city laundry building costing about 14 000 dollars on First avenue, fireproof brick and stucco with space for future expansion. Reunion at city park lists attendees from multiple towns. Miss C Arabella Wood resigns as city librarian. Mrs Bryant named as successor. Oelwein Hospital leaders Beedy take charge. Lieut R W Conard visits homeafter overseas service and armistice memories.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Red Cross
Oelwein
Camp Dodge
Palnts
Lanny
Eller and Giller
First Avenue
Miss Wood
C. Arabella Wood
Bryant
Illinois
Colfax
Library Board
First Avenue Forth
First Street North
Charles B. Beedy
Oelwein Hospital
Reedy
West Union Hospital
R. W. Conard
129Th Infantry
Camp
Dodge
Henry R. Cobb
Oelwein Iowan
W. J. Conard
Northfield
Minn
Charles
Lieut. Conard
Lieut
Conard
Verdun
Argonne
University of Edinburgh
Uniform insignia query in United States officer tradition
A fragment discusses Sam Browne belt and its acceptance by authorities in the United States. It notes debate over wearing the belt as a mark of a commissioned officer and its introduction into U.S. military practice.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sam Browne
Liberty
United States
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Britain
Kolchak
Brier
Juan Vox
Reey
D. C
Amfan
Oscar Hammerstein
Lenox Hill Hospital
New York City
Hammerstein
Oelwein City Park
A. C
J. IL. Meyer
Timmerman
Castalia
C.H
Damond Meyer
Pastotle
Taj George Englehardt
Luana
Lester Meyer
Waucoma
Shaffer
Roland
West Union
T. H. Meyer
Minden
Net
F.C. Weil
Theodore Well
Blairstown
J. P. Meyer
Fred Meisner
Carrie Meisner
Bluader
Bay State Milling Co
Winona, Minn
C. I. Barclay & Son, Distr
Waterloo
Cedar Valley
Cedar Falls
J. £. Bailey
Cedar Falls, Fa
Frisat
Tom Moore
D. W. Griffith
Susie
Tomance
Call of the
Wild
Iowa
Squeec
Black Hawk Tire
W. 5Th. St
E. 5Th St
Paramount Pictures Present
Cp A
Eppy Polly
Gaumont News
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