War Progress and Armistice Echoes Across Frontlines
Western Newspaper Union reports on ongoing hostilities and political shifts. Turkish offensives in the Caucasus, German advances and retreats in Dvinsk Four de Paris and Minsk, and Lenine Trotzky accepting peace terms are noted. British air raids, Russian evacuations, and Jericho’s strategic importance are highlighted amid persistent front artillery activity.
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Caucasus
Dvinsk
Monchy-Le-Preux
Four de Paris
Argonne
Berlin
Western Front
London
Pskoff
Petrograd
Polotsk
Minsk
Toul
Jericho
Palestine
War Office
Diverse wartime notes from a Dublin desk and abroad
Obituary reports Sir Henry Blake’s death at Myrtle Grove Youghal County Cork. Shipping news notes sinkings and flights include the Mar Carpio’s loss to a submarine and Miss Demise Kalimeri as a pioneering female seaplane pilot. Other items mention espionage centers in St Etienne, Polish questions in the east, improving Egyptian crops and telegraph dispatches from Petrograd.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sir Henry Blake
Myrtle Grove
Youghal
County Cork
Ireland
New York
Cork
Demise Kalimeri
Paris Figaro
St. Etienne
Department of
Loire
France
War Gov Seizes Wheat and Beans From States
The government commandeers six hundred thousand bushels of Colorado wheat and about 30 million pounds of California white beans for war needs. Ham Clark UPI cofounder dies of heart disease at his Chula Vista home. A referendum on water power and federal action is sent to 985 Chamber of Commerce units. Four Ninety-first division soldiers at Camp Lewis face charges of mutiny and treason against officers and comrades.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Colorado
California
United States Army
H. B
Ham) Clark
The
United Press Association
Chula Vista
Cal
Chamber of Commerce of
United States
Camp Lewis
Tacoma
Wash
France
Arizona Cattle Growers’ Association
Nogales
Howard Smith
Camp Kearny
Kingman
Globe-Miami
Raymond Barnes
Arizona Oil and Refining Company
Chino Valley
Bear
Walter Travis
Midland City
Gila County
Grand Commandery of
Arizona Knights Templar
Tucson
Arthur S. Hulet
Phoenix
George J. Roskruge
Grand Recorder
Verde Tunnel & Smelter
Jerome
Clarkdale
H. DeWitt Smith
United Verde Mine
Wilson Fixes 1918 Wheat Price at 2.20 a Bushel
President Wilson announced a wheat price of 2.20 per bushel at Chicago for 1918. The War and Navy departments report 1.3 million service rifles available for the U S Army. Select service movement began to camps with 74,206 men 66,023 white 8,183 negroes. The Federal Reserve Board will review any municipal bond issue of 100 000 or more before sale. Shipbuilding shows potential progress as labor disputes ease with Carpenters Brotherhood settlement in prospect.
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Kiev
Great Britain
Poland
Petrograd
Vyatka
Vologda
Vladivostok
Lucia
Gulf
Harrison
United States
Rizal
Philippines
America
Wilson
Chicago
United States Army
Baker
Federal Reserve Board
Brotherhood of Carpenters
Shipping Board
Requiem Mass for Terry McGovern held in Brooklyn
A requiem mass was said for Terry McGovern at the Church of St. John the Evangelist in Brooklyn New York. Interment followed at Holy Cross Cemetery. The Denver YMCA first team won the state volleyball title at Pueblo for the fourth year running with Grand Junction second and Pueblo tied with Colorado Springs for third. J S Elmer of Eau Claire Wisconsin placed second in the Bowling Congress tournament in Cincinnati with 663, seventeen pins behind leader C Wagner of Newark New Jersey.
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Terry McGovern
Church of St. John the Evangelist
Brooklyn
New York
Holy Cross
Denver Y. M.A
Pueblo
Grand Junction
Colorado Springs
J. S. Elmer
Eau Claire
Wis
Cincinnati
Ohio
C. Wagner
Newark
N. J
Arizona State News Highlights From Park Field to Oil Frontiers
A civilian flight instructor and two cadets die in a Park Field collision near Memphis. Arizona reports on wheat prices and a potential flour shortage as farmers await government pricing. Spanish ship Mar Caspio sinks amid U boat activity, with multiple sinkings in weeks. McAdoo mobilizes Boy Scouts for thrift stamp drive. Indian reservation tensions erupt after draft evaders arrested. Chicago area wages probe notes heavy drinker districts and Red Cross liner Florizel is lost in a blizzard. Western News Service with March events, local fires, Governor candidates, cotton crops, manganese response, mine accidents, vaccines, and war-time civic updates across Arizona.
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United States Aviation Training School
Park Field
Memphis
Tenn
Minneapolis
Giraldo
Ceferino
Duca di Genova
Goshute
Gold Hill
Utah
Jim Clover
Chicago
Elbert Beeman
Wilson and Company
Alcock
Red Cross
Florizel
St. John’s
N. F
New York
Halifax
Cape Race
Monarchy for Russia chiefs named amid peace talk
Western Newspaper Union News Service reports from Amsterdam and London that German and Allied leaders discuss peace terms. Count von Hertling says Russia accepted German peace conditions and seeks a quick end to hostilities. Berlin claims General Brukevitch named commander in Russia and dictator orders troops to fight to the last.
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Union News Service
Amsterdam
Reichstag
Count von Hertling
Wilson
United States
England
Havre
London
Germany
Russia
Petrograd
Grand Duke of Hesse
Riga
Alexandria
Czarevitch
Brukevitch
Krylenko
Berlin
Ensign Krylenko
Senate Passes Loyalty Resolution Condemning La Fallette
In Madison Wisconsin the State Senate approved a loyalty resolution with an amendment condemning Senator La Fallette for his wartime stance by a 26 to 3 vote.
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Senate
la Fallette
Madison
Wis
State
Americans Raid German Line in Chemin Des Dames
An American patrol with French troops penetrated into German lines near Chemin Des Dames, capturing two German officers, twenty men, and one machine gun with no American casualties. Belgian reports note German attempts repelled at multiple points and intensified artillery activity around Dixmude. Bolshevik forces have occupied Rostov amid ongoing street fighting in Petrograd.
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France
Chemin Des Dames
Paris
Dixmude
Rostov
Petrograd
Forty-Four Survivors Rescued From Florizel Wreck
Boat crews from the Newfoundland steamer Prospero rescued forty four survivors from the Florizel wreck off Cape Race as the death toll rose to ninety two. Among the rescued were seventeen passengers, with two of twelve women and none of four children saved.
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St. John’s, N. F
Red Cross
Florizel
Cape Race
New Peace Terms Demand War End by All Sides
A Russian government wire says Germany will renew peace talks with broad terms. Both sides must declare war ended and evacuate zones east of Brest Litovsk. Livonia Esthonia and other regions would be occupied by German police until stable. Russia would demobilize, release political prisoners, and resume treaties with Turkey and Ukraine.
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Union News Service
London
Germany
Brest-Litovsk
Russia
Dvinsk
Courland
Austria-Hungary
Livonia
Esthonia
Ukraine
Finland
Turkey
Black Sea
Baltic Sea
Arctic Ocean
Berlin
von Kuehlmann
Wilson Proclaims Wheat Price Support to Stabilize Market
President Wilson issued a proclamation to curb farmer agitation for higher 1918 wheat prices. The government will guarantee a price in principal markets, continuing the 1917 level of $2.20 a bushel at Chicago. Prices range from $2.00 at Spokane to $2.28 at New York.
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Washington
Wilson
Chicago
Spokane
Wash
New York
American Women No Slackers
Promote the vigor of women through Dr. Pierce's Favorite Prescription. The ad argues women can take up work in France and England and cites benefits of the tonic for overwork, debility, and female health. It invites readers to consult at Dr. Pierce's Invalids' Hotel in Buffalo for advice and a free book.
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France
England
Dr. Pierce
The Fighting Spirit and Red Cross Bag Blue Ad
A front line soldier theme contrasts serious rigor with light hearted resilience noting Harper's Magazine commentary. The piece urges readers to avoid missing the Red Cross Bag Blue ad promoting bright white laundry with a call to ask for the product at grocers.
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Harper’s Magazine
Minnies
Lizzies
Red Cross
Meeting the devil before day quote questioned by Adams Enterprise
A correspondent asks who authored the saying meeting the devil before day the Adams Enterprise reports the editor’s reply. The editor jokes that they are unsure and recall that they may have uttered it after dodging a kerosene lamp on an 8 a.m. stairway.
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Adams Enterprise
That bride is a peach and a lemon pair up
The dialogue from The Variety presents a playful exchange naming a bride as a peach and contrasting her with a lemon. It highlights a witty contrast between two partners described in lighthearted terms.
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