French and British Break Through 100 Mile Front
Allied forces push along a 100 mile front from Vimy Ridge to Soissons with three French and three British armies advancing. French capture Chaulnes and move toward Nesle and the Somme. British take Foucaucourt and clear Trones Wood as offensives along the Scarpe expand the breach beyond the Hindenburg Line.
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Vimy Ridge
Soissons
Somme
Licourt
Oise
Chaulnes
Nesle
Peronne
Foucaucourt
Trones Wood
Hindenburg
Limited men mobilize from Athens area for Sept. 3 departure
The thirty men qualified for limited service will leave on the regular train September 3. A list names 30 men from Athens, Nelsonville, The Plains, and surrounding townships plus substitutes. Athens county's six colored men report to Camp Custer, Mich., on September 1.
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Athens County
Ohio
Camp Custer
Mich
Grover Edward Dalton
Guysville R. D
McKinley Mack Hayes
Athens
Leslie Harvey
Coolville
Clay Christian
Nelsonville
William Clarence Matheny
Clarence McCarter
Glouster
Attacks Hit Red Cross Bathhouse Killing 23 in Belgium
German artillery shelled a Red Cross bathhouse and nearby buildings behind Belgian lines, killing 23 and wounding 60. The structures, clearly marked Red Cross, were struck about 11 a.m. Refugees including a little girl lost both legs. she told her mother she could still sew.
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Washington
Red Cross
Bath
Povice
Nebraska man patents hand worn vacuum cap for pitching curve
A Nebraska inventor develops a handheld vacuum cap to aid baseball pitchers in bending or curving pitches. The device fits over the hand and aims to alter ball spin, offering a novel approach to curveball control.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Nebraska
U S Bans Sunday Pleasure Driving East Of Mississippi
Washington Aug 28 United States Fuel Administration bans use of pleasure automobiles motorcycles and motorboats on Sundays east of the Mississippi to replenish gasoline supplies. Policy stays until stocks recover and exemptions apply for essential services and rural residents with no alternatives.
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Washington
United States Fuel Administration
Mississippi River
Regulations Issued For First Draft Registration
General Enoch Crowder announced rules under the manpower bill governing the first registration day for men aged 18 to 45. Federal marshals deputies and police are to stay ready to preserve order and aid registration officials. Officers will check lists and report unregistered individuals who can be registered.
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Washington
Enoch Crowder
Disorders Around Moscow Spark Counter-Revolutionary Tensions
A Despatch from Washington reports serious counter-revolutionary disorders near Moscow with clashes between workmen and Bolshevik troops and fires near villages. Peasant armies and German Ukrainian forces clash near Skvira as Ukraine’s railway strike continues. Russian bourgeois report desertion of factories as Germans withdraw. The Liberty Map in Cline’s window, created by J A Fulley of Bell Telephone, shows allied troop positions with routes toward the Rhine.
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Moscow
Skvira
Stockholm
Ukraine
Kieff
Cline
France
Rhine
J. A. Fulley
The
Bell Telephone Company
Scouts Hike to Buckeye Lake on Week-Long Outing
A troop of about twenty Boy Scouts from Athens, led by their scout master, rode a large motor truck loaded with camp gear through Lancaster on Monday afternoon en route to Buckeye Lake for a week of outdoor activities. The truck bore the message Buckeye Lake or Bust.
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Athens
Lancaster
Buckeye Lake
Puckeye Lake
Pust
Lancaster Eagle
Swiss Scientists Claim Synthetic Diamond Production Method
Swiss scientists of high standing announce a discovered process for making synthetic diamonds, asserting a breakthrough in diamond production. The claim emphasizes new methodology and potential applications across industry.
Jesse Grant Weds Again in Honeymoon After Divorce
Jesse R. Grant, youngest son of General Ulysses S. Grant, marries for the second time to Mrs. Lillian Burns Wilkins of Inwood New York. The couple is on their honeymoon after he obtained a divorce a few days earlier.
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Jesse Grant
New York
Jesse R. Grant
Ulysses S. Grant
Lillian Burns Wilkins
Inwood
N. Y
Nickel Deposits Found In Alaska With Further Exploration
Three nickel deposits have been located in Alaska and exploration continues to determine the size of two of them. Initial prospecting indicates valuable ore and the search will map extent, quantity, and potential production plans for the sites.
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Alaska
Subscriptions Update From The Athens Messenger
The War Industress Board orders no mailed papers to unpaid subscribers. The Athens Messenger will discontinue phone subscription orders. Renew before expiration to avoid missing issues and watch your paper’s label.
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War Industress Board
Sugar glut in Japan and British Isles sparks shipping pause
Tokyo dealers fear Java sugar will flood markets as Batavia and Sourabaya stocks push prices down from 8.25 to 3.10 a picus. With Japan paying high prices, ships from Yokohama to San Francisco and Seattle may be diverted to carry sugar to prevent waste of canning fruit and space.
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Tokio
America
Europe
Far East
Java
Batavia
Sourabaya
Japan
Yokohama
San Francisco
Seattle
Fire Sweeps Castern Town in Amusement District
A deadly blaze swept Castern Town in the amusement district of Revere Massachusetts this morning. One man is believed killed as flames raged at nine o clock. Fire chief Clarence Borden was reported missing and aid reached from Lynn Chelsea Winthrop and nearby towns.
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Revere
Mass
Clarence Borden
QUICK RETURN SOUGHT BY THE DRAFT BOARD
Judge J. M. Wood announces arrangements to aid registrants in filling out questionnaires mailed by the Local Board. Those needing help should report to T. L. Morgan in the courthouse basement and return forms promptly.
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J. M. Wood
Legal Advisory Board
T. L. Morgan
Court House
McAdoo to Inspect New England Railroads and Canal
Director General McAdoo plans a week long inspection tour of New England railroads focusing on the New York New Haven and Hartford system and the Cape Cod Canal. He will convene federal managers to discuss improving coal movement and operations.
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Washington
McAdoo
New England
New York, New Haven & Hartford
Cape Cod Canal
Railroad Administration
Mexicans Fire On And Kill Yankee Troops At Border
Washington reports indicate an early border clash at Nogales on the Arizona Mexico line left two American service members and a civilian dead. Officials note a strong patrol and readiness to prevent further incursions, with more full advices awaited.
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Borde
Washington
Nogales
Arizona-Mexico
War Department
Ford Gas Fire Damages Car in Wheaton Incident
A Ford machine owned by W. Willbur Rogers caught fire in front of Wheaton Crooks Hardware. Rogers says a boy kept filling the tank until it overflowed though the engine was not running. Front seat damaged, left side body searched, rear seat scorched. Fire extinguished by extinguishers. Car not insured.
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W. Wllbur Rogers
Wheaton Crooks Hardware Company
Rogers
Senate Passes Manpower Bill With Work or Fight Clause
Washington D C Aug 28 The manpower bill to draft men 18 to 45 was approved by the Senate with a modified work or fight clause and moves to conference with the House. The bill delays 18 and 19 year olds from the firing line until an emergency, though they will be drafted for training in the United States. Senator Overman said War Secretary Baker authorized the statement.
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Washington D. C
Army
Senate
House
Senator Overman
Baker
United States
Overman
Ollie M James of Kentucky Dies in Baltimore
United States Senator Ollie M James of Kentucky died at 6 35 this morning at Johns Hopkins Hospital Baltimore after months of stomach trouble his condition became critical in recent weeks though he remained hopeful of recovery until the last hours
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United Press
Baltimore
United States
Ollie M. James
John Hopkins Hospital
Kentucky
James
Stolen Fords linked to local dealer in Coolville case
Police trace a scheme of stolen Ford cars sold by Howard Brashear of Coolville. Several owners and insurers identified vehicles taken from Columbus and Athens County as Brashear’s sales. Ed Devnne and Henry Ralston identified stolen Fords bought from Brashear, with buyers like Fred Briggs and J W Davis implicated.
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Athens County
Athens
Devnne
Linden Heights
Columbus
Fred Briggs
Coolville
R. D
Brashear
Henry Ralston
Grove City
J. W. Davis
Vandrehoof
Davis
Spanish Spy Executed for Aiding Teutons
Madrid resident Manuel Menanda was sentenced by a military court for trying to inform the enemy about American troop movements and camp locations. The Aug. 28 report from Paris notes the harsh punishment reflecting wartime crackdowns on espionage.
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Paris
Manuel Menanda
Madrid
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Fred S. Ferguson
Bazeuches
Fismes
Babeouches
Fismette
Bois du-Diable
War Office
London
Haig
Foraker Chaple
Athens R. D
Gilbert D. Preston
George David Auer
Trimble
Hugh Tearance King
Buchtel
Herbert Francis McCalley
Albany
James Isaac Palmer
Poston
Earl A. Miller
John Ralph Buck
John Francis Naughton
Wiliam Henry McMahon
James Douglas Hunt
R .d
Bernard Oscar Bowers
Pete Sam Bachus
Fred Worden
Clarence Sullivan
Bucntet
Allen Raymond Kresge
John F. Gleason
Don Homer Kenney
James Chute
John Soloman Gillespie
Tutes
Emory Birdsell Montgomery
Stew
Luster Sickles
Charles Edgar Grosvenor
U. S
United Preba
Berlin
Athens Messenger
Castern
M’'Adoo
Teuton
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