Allied Forces Push Front Northwest of Chateau Thierry
American troops on the front northwest of Chateau Thierry repelled a German assault at midnight. French forces recaptured Lacro Hospice near Locre, restoring their original line while British front activity continued with shelling and local gains. The Allied drive extended seven miles to Dammard, driving the German line back and securing positions along the Clignon river. The Bouraesches le Thiolet sector saw two violent German assaults repulsed with heavy losses, with American marines in action along this line.
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Locre
Mont Rouge
Lucre
Chateau Thierry
Clignon
Dammard
Fankee
French War Office
17 Iowans In Casualty List Today Waterloo Man Among Wounded
The casualty list names 17 Iowans with Lieut. Chester F. Wright of Waterloo severely wounded. Others include privates and sergeants from Adair Carlisle Corwith Des Moines Dubuque Hampton Indianola Lake Mills Lorimor Mason City Winterset and more, with Wright living at 722 Fourth Street West in Waterloo and linked to Northwestern University.
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Chester F. Wright
Fourth Street
Waterloo
Lieut. Wright
Northwestern University
Chicago
France
Engineering Department
Aviation Corps
Ella Wright
Florida
G. C. Snowden
Adair
William M. Magerreil
Carlisle
Glen G. Wickliff
Corwith
Joseph M. Escher
Council Bluffs
Ivan D. Sweeney
Des Moines
Willis T. Chester
Walter N. Oleson
Dubuque
John L. Mathis
Harry E. Lewis
Hampton
Pershing report honors Flannery for Marne rescue feat
Gen Pershing's communique releases the Croix de Guerre to Lieut William F Flannery for swimming the Marne on June 3 and saving a wounded French soldier. Separate London report notes sobriety gains. British liquor board cites arrests dropping from 1913 to 1917 in major cities.
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Washington, D. C
Pershing
William F. Flannery
Marne
London
Associated Press
Eiquor Control Board
Birmingham
Liverpool
Manchester
Glasgow
Guttenberg Rename Restored to Prairie-la-Porte in Iowa
The town of Guttenberg in Clayton county is no more and has become Prairie-la-Porte. City council acted on a citizens petition to revert to the original French name. The community previously adopted the name after a German association from Cincinnati colonized the town.
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Dubuque, Ta
Guttenberg
Clayton County
Prairie-la-Porte
Fron
Cincinnati
Warines Heroism Triggers Marines Enlistment Rush
News from New York reports the marked advance of U S Marines against Germans at Pi cardy spurring an unprecedented influx of enlistment applicants. The central recruiting station was filled throughout the day with many duty officers reassigned to manage the surge.
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New York
SaAa
United States
Picardy
Soldiers of the Sea
Dollar to Rupee Exchange For Indian Soldiers Paid
Treasury report states about 62,000,000 silver dollars were melted into bullion under the silver bill and most were shipped to India. The United States now uses rupees and British Indian coins to pay Indian soldiers, converting American silver into foreign exchange for importers in India.
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Washington, D. C
India
United States
Treasury
Boy Drowns in Creek at Lanyon Fort Dodge Report
In Lanyon near Fort Dodge a boy, described as Axel Rood's only son, drowned last night as Rick Creek swelled from heavy rains. The boy’s age is given as 417 years in the report.
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Fort Dodge
Butrick
Axel Rood
Lanyon
Allied and Japanese moves in France and China
Reports from the American Expeditionary Forces in France discuss possible German attacks in the Woevre and around St Mihiel, with Montdidier and Chateau Thierry areas likely to see more fighting as US troops hold Cantigny gains and prepare for hard battles. Japanese official denial refutes rumors of Chinese railway and fortress control, police restructuring, or other expansive nationwide authority under a China Japan pact.
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Frese
France
Metz
St. Mihiel
Woevre
Bar
le Duc
Verdun
Marne
Bar le Duc
Montdidier
Cantigny
Chateau Thierry
Associated Press
Tokid
Jelfare
Japan
China
Y M C A huts proposed to rival saloons in industry
Springfield reports that modified Y M C A huts used in war zones could substitute for saloons in industrial districts. The idea, presented at a North American Employed Officers conference by Charles R. Towson of New York, envisions soft drinks, lunch counters, billiards, music, newspapers, and sociability to improve conditions.
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Springfield
Mass
Association of Employed Officers
Young Men's Christian Association of North America
Charles R. Towson
New York
Meal With Bread Is Pieless One in Quaker City
In Philadelphia on June 8 toast diners faced an odd restraint as two ounces of bread meant the customer had reached their wheat allotment and could not be served pie. Restaurant operators explained the rule came from the federal food administration enforcing a two ounce wheat flour cap per patron.
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Quaker City
Philadelphia
Sood Administration
PRESS VITAL TO WIN WAR DECLARED BY HURLEY
Edward N. Hurley, chairman of the United States Shipping Board, told a Hotel La Salle banquet that patriotic newspapers and magazines are indispensable to victory. He praised Charles M. Schwab as a master shipbuilder and urged full, fair disclosure of facts to inform the people. He contrasted U S press openness with German propaganda and warned that reliance on deception weakens national spirit.
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Chicago
United States
Edward N. Hurley
United States Shipping Board
Audit Bureau of Cii Wation
Association of National Advertisers
la 'Salle
Hurley
Charles M. Sehwah
Ping Board
Victor
Germany
Allies urged to spell out victory in Russia and Austria
The Daily Express argues for a concrete allied victory message to the Russian and Austrian Slavs. It urges translating self determination into clear terms and presenting the declaration with US and European allies signatures to bolster credibility.
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London
Russia
Daily Express
United States
Vast 1917 Ice Trust Charge in Chicago
State's Attorney says large ice producers used a fake shortage to raise prices. Between 40 percent of 1917 ice production sat idle in ice houses, amid a grand jury probe into the Chicago Districtive Association, the alleged ice trust.
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Chicago
Trust
Homne
Grant
Chicagos Districtive Association
Soralied ‘Ice Trust
Ice Agsarianion Themerives.t
Vienna Burgomaster Calls for Parliament in Turbulent Speech
The Vienna burgomaster Dr Welskirchner in a conciliation speech denounces treason and ingratitude, urges a parliament as the only platform for free speech. He warns the bureaucracy and military encroachments and calls for a united front against Slav treachery.
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Amsterdam
Vienna
Weiser Zeitung
Bremen
Welskirchner
Fairbanks Dies at Vermont Home Head of Scale Firm
Henry Fairbanks longtime vice president of EB. and T. Pair Lanks and company scales died at his Fairbanks Vermont home. An ordained Congregational minister he later taught at Dartmouth before joining the family firm in 1868 founded by his inventor father Thad Fairbanks.
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Fairbanks
Vermont
St. Johnsbury
Henry Fairbanks
EB. and
T. Pair Lanks and Company
Dartmouth College
Andover Theologies
Congregational Church
Dartmouth
Thad Fairbanks
Huns Fire On Refugees From Airships Raze Soissons Churches
Bishop of Soissons, now in Paris, reports German air raids during a recent offensive. He says 100 churches were razed and at least 190 other buildings demolished, with Soissons Cathedral severely damaged. He accuses Germans of systematic pillage and violence against civilians including women and children on country roads.
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Soissons
Pridas
Paris
Jeountry
Navy eyes U boat threat as Vinland torpedoed near Virginia
Reports say a German U boat may have been captured or sunk off the Virginia coast by a United States destroyer. The Vinland, a Norwegian steamer of 1,193 tons, was torpedoed near Cape Henry and sunk after air raids. nine hours earlier the Harpathian had been sunk. Bombs used in the Vinland attack.
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Mickey
Atlantic
Virginia
United States
Washington, D.C
Navy Department
Vinland
Virginia Capes
Cape “May
Miss Wester
Virginia Coast
Boats Used at Reaching Home in Iowa City Floods
Iowa City records the worst Iowa river flood in 50 years with overflow filling Tracy streets. Boats are used to reach homes as washouts damage infrastructure, estimated at 380000 dollars including 20000 to the electric light plant. Three ice houses destroyed, 9000 tons of ice lost, bridges unsafe, river crested and begins to recede.
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Iowa City
Iowa
Tracy
City
Delivery Notice Clarifies Missed Paper Responsiblities
An OCR fragment notes instructions for reporting undelivered newspapers by 6 30 p m and a compensation offer of 30 cents per copy with a phone contact to reach the office. The text references carrier error and delivery responsibility.
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Bouresches LE Thiolet
Hautevesnes
Chateau Thier- Ty
Lacre
Cda
Poiluless
W. J. Flannery
Liquor Control Board
Warines
Chanedé
U.S
Kaiser Pact
Far East
Field
UKASE
Martin la Venga
Havana de Cigar
Coward
Thickey and Rescuer
Olavg
London Paper
Martin
Havana
NAVY
Ars
Harpathian
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