Foch strikes back as French seize Thillois near Rheims
Paris dispatch says General Foch begins counter blows and French capture Thillois three miles northwest of Rheims. Germans push toward Rheims and near the Marne as Allied reserves enter action. British posts defend Festubert and surrounding sectors.
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Paris
Foch
Thillois
Rheims
Marne
von Kinck
Soisgons
Aylette
Comcy le Chateau
Oise
War ’ Office
Noyon
Soissons
London
Arras
War Office
Valere-Bretonneux
Abert
Festubert
Daily Chronicle
The
Chronicle
National Decoration Day speech at Confederate Cemetery
Capt James Bodley, superintendent of the National Cemetery, spoke to a large New Orleans crowd on Decoration Day about the Confederate and Union dead. He recalled his brother Will, buried in Baton Rouge, and urged honoring all veterans alike under government care.
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National Cemetery
Louisiana
United States
James Bodley
The
Col
John McBillroy
Washington
Dixie
Brother Will
Winchester
Grand Old Frederick
Virginia
Scott
Louisiana Cavalry
Baton Rouge
Confeder
Battle Zones Linked Up Near Marne River
Germans now reported to be only three miles from the Marne where they met disaster in the fall of 1914. Over 100000 Americans in Anglo French reserve are in Pi cardy and expected to give a good account of themselves.
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Picardy
Marne
Paris
Och
Aisne
Soissons
Rheims
Louveigne
Tie Marne
Feré-en-Tar
Hektoh Hartge
Vezilly
Chemir-des- Dames
Marne River
Winchester Boy Hurt in France
Winchester friends report Major Andrew B Drum of the Marine Corps was in a serious motorcycle accident near a French village while on duty. He sustained a severe leg fracture and will remain in a hospital for several months before resuming service.
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Winchester
Andrew B. Drum
France
Drum
Army
National Cemetery
A. B. Drum
Marine Corps
Pershine
Pershing
Drums
Duffey Named Second Lieutenant in Winchester Home Guards
At a Winchester meeting Pro f. Hugh S. Duffey was unanimously elected second lieutenant to fill the vacancy from Lieut. T. Russell Cather’s resignation. Duffey will depart mid June for the Virginia Military Institute in Lexington for a two month military training course.
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Winchester Home Guards
Hugh S. Duffey
T. Russell Cather
Camp Lee
Duffey
Virginia Military Institute
Lexington
Winchester Cold Storage delivers pure ice to customers
The Winchester Cold Storage wagon is back on the streets serving patrons with sanitarily pure goods. Call either Phone to place an order and have the wagon deliver in style.
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Winchester
Eberts Garage Announces Sunday Closing Hours
The garage will close from 10 a.m. to noon on Sundays due to proximity to a church and worship hour disturbances. No business will be transacted during this time. H. W. Ebert successor to Derminer's Garage.
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H. W. Ebert
Rummage sale for District Nurse Association at Bell building
A rummage sale will be held in the Bell building on June 6 to benefit the District Nurse Association. People may leave clothing and furniture with Mrs H D Fuller or at the Bell building. Proceeds aid tubercular patients and community health. Lost gold watch and chain on Valley Ave near Mr Stouffer's. Reward. Morton Harloe 101 W Hart St Ip tt
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Bell
District Nurse Association
H. D. Fuller
Valley Ave
Sixth of June Observance to Honor Confederate Dead
Winchester prepares a large Confederate Memorial Day program on the Sixth of June with Rev. F. M. Richardson as orator. The procession forms at Market Street at 10 and proceeds to Stonewall Cemetery with Boy Scouts patrolling streets and assisting traffic control. The ceremony includes floral decorations by the Ladies Memorial Association and the Daughters of the Confederacy and features speakers, veterans, and local organizations.
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Winchester
Ladies’ Memorial Association
Richardson
F. M. ‘Richardson
Braddock Street Methodist Episcopal Church
South
R. Gray Williama
J. Lacy
Presbyterian Church
Stonewall Cemetery
Mecca
Memorial Association
Daughters of the Confederacy
Market A
Market
Pics Cadilly
Main
Corto
Cork
White
Baker Chamblin
J. W. Larrick
Huge Ammunition Dump Blown Up by Americans
The memo reports a large US action described as blowing up an enemy ammunition dump. It notes Americans calling 300,000 men for a draft on June 24 to train for fighting, with six thousand from Virginia and five days of camp movement.
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Washington
Selective Service
War Department
Virginia
Clage 1-A
SITY AMES ON ROLL OF HONOR
Washington May 31. There were sixty names on the overseas casualty list published today by the War Department. The list records fifteen killed in action, six died of wounds, eleven died of accidents, four died of disease, and fifteen were severely wounded.
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Sity Ames
Washington
War Repairtbment
Wetton
Paris Bombarded on Corpus Christi Day
Eighteen people were killed and wounded in yesterday’s bombardment of Paris during the Corpus Christi feast. The attack coincided with German long range guns opening fire as celebrations continued.
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Paris
Yester
Local man on torpedoed ship rescued in France
Charlee W Brubaker of Company B 58th Infantry, son of Rev and Mrs E W Brubaker of North Main St City, was aboard the Moldavia when sunk by a German submarine in the English Channel. Fifty six in his company died. he escaped, was rescued, and landed at a French port. Brubaker had worked for the Goodyear Co Akron Ohio before training at Camp Sherman Chillicothe Ohio and marching through several camps to Camp Merritt New Jersey.
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Phe
E. W. Brubaker
Ladies Memorialis Association Seeks Cemetery Work Changes
The Ladies Memorialis Association requests all persons who previously trimmed different lots in Stonewall Cemetery to arrange changes for this year. Special Saturday items include candy at 39 cents per pound and 80 cent offers. People's Drag Co. lp.
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The
Ladies Memorialis Association
Stonewall Cemetery
People’s Drag Co
Germans Mass Troops To Recapture Cantigny At Great Cost
From France reports describe German forces massing to recapture Cantigny despite heavy losses. Lieut Meyering of the infantry receives a bravery decoration as Eddie Rickenbacker, a former racer now an ace, shoots down enemy planes and saves a comrade during combat.
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Cantigny
Lieut. Meyering
Eddie Rickenbacker
Fortimer Motor
Fells
Afro Pirates
Myering
France
Eadie Rickenbacker
James Meissen
Meisser
Togo
Water and Sewer Tax Notice for June 1918
Water and sewer tax must be paid by June 1 1918 to avoid penalties and possible disconnection. The notice issued by T BARR city official urges timely payment to avert pipes being shut or penalties assessed.
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We. T. Barr
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Red Cross
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