War News Roundup From Fronts in Europe and Asia
Allied forces advance on multiple fronts in France Belgium and Lorraine as British American and French units push toward the Chaulnes Roye line and seize villages including Outtersteen Damery wood Frapelle and Ribecourt. American actions near the Somme and Aisne connect battles while Bolshevik and Archangel conditions shift in Russia and Baku changes hands for the Allies. Air combat yields heavy German losses with 339 German planes downed or missing in a week.
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Villers-les- Roye
St. Aurin
Armancourt
Chaulnes-Roye
Damery Wood
Avre
Marshal Foch
Aisne
Somme
Frapelle
Archangel
Vologda
Baku
Persia
Bagdad
Caucasus
Albert
Amiens-Roye Road
World War News and Sports Highlights From Global Fronts
Reports detail Darmstadt attack by Allied air forces and a vast 130 mile railway opened behind the French front. Gen Boehn named to command on the Somme. Romania suffers over 800000 deaths since August 1916. Roosevelt visits Paris. Russia forms a government with Tchaikovsky as foreign minister. London riots over rice costs. Nagoya arrests rise. Wheat in France up 25 percent this year. Dupetit Thouars sunk by a submarine. London women streetcar conductors strike for equal pay. Washington park hosts first water carnival. DePalma wins Sheepshead Bay Sweepstakes. Cheyenne meet features multiple winners. Richards and Tilden win national doubles in Boston.
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Darmstadt
Grand Duchy of Hesse
Germany
Hans von Boehn
Somme
Romania
Great Britain
Theodore Roosevelt, Jr
Clemenceau
Paris
Roosevelt
Russia
M. Tchaikovsky
Nagoya
Japan
Dhaka
France
Dupetit Thouars
London
Washington Park
Denver
Ralph DePalma
Sheepshead Bay Speedway
New York
Ralph Mulford
Resta
Frontier Park
Cheyenne
Vincent Richards
William T. Tilden
Philadelphia
Beals C. Wright
Fred B. Alexander
Longwood Cricket Club
Boston
Mirlo Sinks Off Cape Hatteras. Nine Crew Drowned
Reports from Beaufort North Carolina indicate the British tank ship Mirlo was torpedoed by a German submarine off Cape Hatteras with nine drowned. The Industrial Workers of the World were found guilty on conspiracy charges after a one hour Chicago trial. All men aged twenty one between June 5 and August 24 1918 must register by August 24. British and Canadians in the U S may enlist voluntarily until Sept 28 before being drafted. ages 20 to 44 are affected.
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Mirlo
Cape Hatteras
Beaufort, N. C
Industrial Workers of the World
Chicago
United States
Mexican oil tax decree modified averting entente crisis
President Carranza modifies the oil tax decree easing tensions with the United States and entente allies. A report from Uruguay confirms wheat crop damage from smut totaling 2.5 million dollars. Bulgarian and Turkish ministers arrive in Berlin from Moscow per official dispatch. Treasury plans three Liberty Loan campaigns within a year aiming at five billion dollars each, starting Sept 28 to Oct 19.
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Mexico
United States
Carranza
Russia
Berlin
Moscow
France
Uruguay
Uruguayan Department of Agriculture
International headlines and notable incidents of 1914
The estate of Gottfried Krueger of Newark is taken over by the alien property custodian. Prado, a Villa spy, is executed in Chihuahua City’s penitentiary plaza after a court martial. Senator Jacob H. Gallinger dies in Franklin New Hampshire. The U.S. and Britain push Mexican President Carranza over oil land decrees. Spain to seize German tonnage in retaliation for outrages. A million dollar Catholic publicity endowment is proposed in Chicago. Wilson issues aliens control law regulations and departure orders. President and Mrs. Wilson vacation in Manchester Massachusetts amid pleasant weather. Four wounded in a pistol battle as robbers loot the Bank of Greeley Kansas.
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Gottfried Krueger
Newark
N. J
Jesus Prado
Penitentiary Plaza
Chihuahua City
Prado
Villa
Martin Lopez
Consuelo
Bachimba Pass
United States
Jacob H. Gallinger
New Hampshire
Franklin
N. H
Great Britain
Carranza
Spain
Germany
Matthew J. W. Smith
Denver Catholic Register
Catholic Press Association
Chicago
Wilson
Congress
State Department
Manchester
Mass
Mixed Market Prices for Metals and Livestock From Chicago Exchange
Mongo of figures from Boulder and Chicago show tungsten concentrates copper and silver quotes, plus lead and spelter prices. Chicago livestock offers hogs cattle veal lambs and ewes with varying grades and bucketing, while grain and provisions list corn oats rye barley timothy lard and ribs with quoted ranges.
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Boulder
Colo
New York
East St. Louis
Aear
Chicago
Kansas City Produce Price Listings
Kansas City Mo Butter Creamery prices per pack firsts 42c seconds 40c Eggs firsts 38c seconds 32c Poultry hens 25c roosters 18c springs 26c broilers 27c Prices listed for Kansas City area produce and poultry.
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Denver
F. O . Enver
Colo
H. H
Kansas City
New York Cotton Prices Reported
New York cotton futures quoted for October at 30.47, December 29.96, January 29.83, March 29.90, May 29.838 with middling price at $3.35. Market values reflect ongoing trading as growers and merchants monitor shifts in the commodity.
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New York
Market listing for hides and pelts prices
A fragmented market notice shows prices for hides pelts and skins. Entries include salted hides at 16c per lb, dry pelts and wool pelts with varied quotes, butcher shearlings and murrain shear lings, green salted hides and buckskin pieces, and rough price notes across Nos. 1 and 2 lots with fluctuating values.
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Cs Sk
Murrain
Foch Takes Roye and 3000 Boches Morsa in Morssain
Offensive report notes French general Foch seizes Roye and captures about 3000 German troops at Morssain, signaling a shifting frontline in the campaign.
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Foch
Roye
Boches
British and French Forces Strike Deep in Northern Front
British troops after capturing Outtersteene ridge beat off a fierce counter attack near Merris and took over 500 German prisoners. Allied gains push the front from Lassigny to the Oise valley with villages and rail hubs falling, while German positions west of Roye and around Soissons retreat.
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France
Outtersteene Ridge
Merris
Lys
Armentieres
Merville
Matz
Oise
Lassigny
Thiescourt
Pimprez
Noyon-Compiegne
Soissons
Carlepont
Fontenoy
Aisne
Roye
Somme
Washington draft plan orders 18 to 19 year olds last
Secretary of War Baker told the House committee that 18 to 19 year olds would be drafted last under the new man power bill. He said 19 to 36 year olds would be placed in early first call classes and that extension to 45 aims to win the war within twelve months. Provost Crowder called on eight states to provide 5,709 white grammar school age registrants for general service. entrain Sept 1 with voluntary enlistments cut off Aug 26.
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Washington
Baker
House Military Affairs Committee
Crowder
Hughes Will Leaves Over Five Million to Widow and Kin
The will of Col William Edgar Hughes, Denver capitalist, filed in Dallas Probate Court, bequeaths more than five million dollars to relatives and employees. Mrs Annie C Hughes is principal beneficiary and, with Mrs Annie Clifton Hughes, named executrixes without bond. The bulk of the estate goes to the widow, the granddaughter, and three great grandsons.
Police search for Cecil W. Mc Clure in Bessie Ramey murder case
Denver police conduct a city-wide search for Cecil W. Mc Clure suspected in the murder of 30 year old Bessie Ramey. The investigation aims to locate the suspect and bring him to justice.
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Denver
Cecil W. McClure
Bessie Ramey
Riots Sweep Japan Amid Rice Prices Protests
Soldiers deployed in major Japanese cities to back police as mobs clash over alleged rice price grievances. Rioting stems from rice riots that began a week ago with attacks on rice shops and calls for lower costs. Farmers allegedly hoarded 120,000,000 bushels of rice as protests grow.
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Tokio
Japan
Nogales to Get New Oil Plant in Arizona News
The report lists multiple Arizona developments including an oil plant planned for Nogales, curfew bells in Jerome, wage rates for Jerome carpenters, and various wartime efforts. It notes mining, education funding, bond and tax movements, and incidents across the state with several named towns and individuals.
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Nogales
Jerome
Newark Woman Recovers From Nervous Breakdown
Miss Kelly of 476 South 14th Street Newark describes a three year battle with nervous breakdowns and daily headaches. After using Lydia E Pinkham's Vegetable Compound from a friend she felt better from day one and is now able to work, endorsing the remedy.
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Newark
N. J
Lydia E.pinkham
Miss Kelly
14Th St., Newark
Lydia E. Pinkham
That Pot of Beans
Veterans recount trench life with a vivid memory of a shell striking a pot of beans left to cool. They describe raids and the deaths of Enright and Hay, and a cook’s meal ruined by shellfire, producing a rain of beans and no supper.
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Enright
Hay
Francis Rogers
Prominent Arkansas Resident Praises Soldiers Fight
A Rumpus Ridge figure in Arkansas extols American troops battling Germans as ferocious, likening them to ring tailed catamounts. He recalls family life back home with fourteen children quarreling over candy from town.
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Rumpus Ridge
Arkansas
Gap Johnson
Kansas City Star
Woman’s Secret About Dress Recycled Into New Garment
The remark suggests any woman can guard a secret about her dress, noting that a new outfit can simply be an old garment remade. The line implies fashion reuse and discreet self presentation without naming individuals or events.
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