New Oregon Hospital Planned in Silverton Area
Silverton will build a municipal hospital, with planning and funding details emerging as local officials push forward. Other notes include August 16 start for planking near Huron and reports on tax shifts, rail crossings, and industrial activity across cities like Albany Portland and Coos Bay.
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Rilverton
Hurene
Welly Dodele
Oregon
Albany
Portland
Compton
Grisly Mountain
Prineville
Astoria Marine Iron Works
Southern Pacific Company
I. Alahton
Divide
Lane County
AP Howe, Jr
Arras Lace
France
Brownsville
Northwest
WK. Newell
Washington, DC
Karl Withycombe
Withycombe
Basem
John H. Burgard
Multnomah County
A. R. Bartlett
Astoria
Public Service Commission
Presbyterian Synod of Oregon
Ihe
Eugene
General Assembly of the
Presbyterian Church
Charles Ziegler
Boniface
Albuquerque
el Paso
Marshfield
Coos Bay
George A. Minn
Governor Engineers
Public Service Comminaion
Hillabore
North Coast Power Company
Brown
Oregon City
Armies Aim to Kill as Many as Possible in Frontline Fighting
Washington reports that Allied and German forces in the Bobcons Hil area are focused on killing as many enemy troops as possible. General March notes a greatly flattened salient reducing hopes of large enemy advances. The Rainbow Division and the 24th Regular Division are active at Foreen Tardenois, Seray, and Clerges amid ongoing casualty tallies.
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Washington
Geserm! Wareh
Wtaft
March
434
Rainbow
Foreen-Tardenois
Seray
Clerges
Pershing
Increase in Number of Rejected Men at Camp Lewis
Camp Lewis Washington reports July draft rejections for physical reasons averaging 123 per cent of men examined at the mustering office. Rejections are higher than June’s 122 per cent. Officers cite boards exhausting available close in men and many recruits not meeting, but hoped to be credited back to their boards. Physical standards remain similar to June except minimum height cut to 60 inches and minimum weight to 110 pounds.
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Camp Lewis
American Lake
Wash
Allied Forces Press German Retreat From Marne Front
French and American units push along the Marne driving back German forces in a retreat that concentrates troops at two pivots near Rheims and Soissons. Germans abandon positions in pockets as Allied patrols advance, while French troops hold newly won ground east of Oulchy-Château. A Zurich dispatch says Duke Adolph Friedrich of Mecklenburg Schwerin accepts the Finnish crown.
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Fere-au-Tarde Hols
Chateau Thierry
Rheims
Soissons
Marne
Remy
Finland
Paris
Adolph Friedrich
Mecklenburg Schwerin
Zurich
le Journal
Coast Leads Shipbuilding in United States Growth
Washington reports a large expansion in U S yards with 115 fully equipped and 44 partially complete, 37 steel yards up from war start, wooden ship yards active, and 118 yards complete distributed Pacific coast 48 Atlantic 38 Great Lakes 16 Gulf coast 16. In London, Irish question debate ends in defeat for Irish adherents. John Dillon suggested referring Ireland to Wilson, but Asquith notes such a task cannot be undertaken then. The German counterattack on the Soissons Oureq front drives back Americans from Clerges and forces French withdrawal from Begneu.
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Washington
Ame
United States
Pacific Coast
Atlantic Coast
Great Lakes
Gulf Coast
Ingest Wilson
London
House of Commons
John Dillon
Dillon
Ireland
Wilson
House
Asquith
Soissons-Oureq
Clerges
Fereeh Tardenole
Begneu
Australians Capture German Trenches Near Amiens
Australian troops seized two lines of German trenches along a two mile front east of Amiens on the Bray Corbie road. The operation yielded 100 prisoners as stated by the war office.
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London
Bray-Corbie Road
Amiens
War Office
Australian Troops Enter Morris Region Front Positions
London reports Australian forces crossed into German positions in the Morris region on the Flanders front and took 40 prisoners, according to the war office.
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London
Morris
Flanders
War Office
Germans Lose Shells to American Army Front Near Epernay
German ammunition dumps were found in the Pere and Mix area as Franco American forces push an offensive on the Alsa Maran front. Officers believe the German plans for a major drive toward Epernay may be thwarted. Large shells were scattered along the northern Marne edge, with cord wood like stacks observed. Class One ammunition stocks are nearing exhaustion, with Congress facing possible extension of Graft ages by Labor Day.
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Alsa-Maran
Pere
Mix
Epernay
Toreata
Marne
Wouse
Washington
German denial on Field Marshal von Hindenburg death
Amsterdam reports an official German headquarters communique denying rumors of Field Marshal von Hindenburg’s death. The statement confirms he is alive and in good health.
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Hindenburg
Amsterdam
von Hindom Dure'e
Markets and World News Mixed from Portland and Amsterdam
Portland markets show priced grains hay butter and poultry figures with per ton and per unit rates. Amsterdam reports German Field Marshal von Eichhorn and adjutant killed by a Kiev bomb while Washington notes over half of 1918 draft registrants expected to be class one for military service.
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Ukraine
Amsterdam
von Eichhorn
von Dreasier
Kiev
Washington
Crowder
Allied Troops Press German Lines On Marne Front
Allied patrols crossed the Ouroy to seize Fereen Tardenois, a major German supply base. Crown Prince forces retreating along the Marne face relentless pursuit by French American forces in the center and by French British flanks. Cavalry tanks and air bombardment disrupt rear guards as German lines crumble under continuous attack.
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Marne Front
Ouroy
Fereen-Tardenois
Courtship Reflections Echoed In Curious Column
A fragmented reminiscence about courtship appears in a colonial era column. The reader recalls a playful exchange about cooking choices and a stuttered reply, hinting at social manners and moral tones of the time.
Americans Defeat German Divisions in Heavy River Battle
The veteran American division held the north bank as German forces pressed from Bergy to Seringes et Nesion. Germans sought river crossing while Americans fought in water and mud, with several casualties including drownings, but "two of their best" guardsmen and officers faced the onslaught with stubborn resolve.
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Americas
Trots
Mesod Agele
Sergy
Ourea
Crown Prince
Germany
Fourth Guards
Berarjaue
Guarde
Tavarians
Bergy
Seringes Et Nesion
U S Sends 1.25 Million More Across Oceans to War Fronts
Washington reports 1 250 000 American troops are bound for rest battle fronts abroad and 1 260 000 now reaching Italy. July overseas transports may hit a record 300 000 as Baker and March discuss manpower with the senate military committee. The Fourth and Fifth American corps grow with new Ninety first division units under Folts at Camp Lewis.
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Willamette and & Natit
Oregon Ciy
Met
Tarvey Wellh
Oregon Insurance Rating Brew
Portland
James N. McCune
Burea
Hie Erne Cornell
Juanita Marker
Grants Pass
Banger Foint
Takilma
Whdle
Josephine County
State Tax Commission
Warren
Oregon
Inn
State Liven Sanitary Board
Klamath
William Thomas Neagle
Medford
M. Nakayama
Den
Dick Baker
North Portland
J. F. Smith
Seaside
B. Anderson
Columbia River District
United States
Orhoce Canyon
W. V. Harpeham
T. M. Davis
Good Roads
McKenzie Pans
Eugene
Mitchell
Blue Mountains
Prineville
J. A. Churchill
Multnomah
Clatsop
Coos
Wasco
Fifth
Oregon Regiment
Oregon National Guard
Willy Jama
Withycombe
Astoria
Air Torts
New Bulle
China
Washington
France
Italy
Americas
Baker
General March
Senate Military Committee
Ameritas Corps
March
Pitth
Frederick Steinman Folts
Camp Lewis
American Lake
Wath
Fifth Army Corps
Omar Bundy
Field Signal Corps
Turkey Breaks Relations With Germany Over War Spoils
Constantinople reports severed ties between Germany and Turkey as anger grows after last week's events. Germany sought the cruiser Hamidieh as compensation for the Breslau, the former German ship sunk at the Dardanelles while under Turkish flag.
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London
Germany
Turkey
Constantinople
Copenhagen
Exchange Telegraph Company
Hamidieh
Dardanelles
Government Helps Wheat Growers With Treasury Funds
President Wilson allocates 5 million dollars from the treasury to aid western wheat growers harmed by harsh leases, winter billing, and drought affecting crop provisions.
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Washington
West
Wilson
Treasury
Agricul
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Job D. Ryan
Uncle Sam
General Harbord
Ryan
Don
Linas
Paria
Soringon-et-Nesles
Oulehyle-Château
Ned
Seattle
Ourcq
Bulgaria
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