Allied Armies Press 120 Mile Front as Belgium Cleared
Allied troops push along a front exceeding 120 miles from the North Sea to the Oise driving retreating Germans. British Third Army drives south of Valenciennes while Americans seize Grand Pre and advance near the Aire river. Ostend Lille Douai Zeebrugge fall. Zeebrugge Meisty and Ghent Bruges canal crossed as Belgians close on the Dutch border.
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North Sea
Oise
Valenciennes
Lille
Reuter’s Limited
Grand Pre
Aire River
Argonne Forest
le Cateau
Selle River
Solesmes
St. Python
Germany
England
Ostend
Douai
Zeebrugge
Wassigny
Sambre-Oise Canal
Rejet
St. Souplet
Ghent
Polish independence proclaimed as Warsaw reports victory
Reports from Vienna and Paris note Poland's independence proclamation in Warsaw. Other items include British troops entering Tourcoing near Lille and Gen Mangin's emotional entry into Laon with cheers for liberators.
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Poland
Warsaw
Tourcoing
Lille
Deaths and leadership changes in early 20th century figures
Jerome Dreyfuss, convicted in 1914 of bank fraud, dies in Chicago. Kurt Grunwald of Denver elected vice president of a merging International Soil Products Exposition and International Farm Congress in Kansas City. George A. Smith wins presidency with Andrew Kimball and E. E. Benson as vice presidents. W. I. Drummond named expositions manager and board secretary. Influenza deaths surge in northern Mexico hindering burials. Robert E. Fitch, Wyoming pioneer and G A R leader, dies in Laramie.
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Jerome Dreyfuss
Denver
Chicago
Kurt Grunwald
International Soil Products, Exposition
International Farm Congress
Kansas City
George A. Smith
Salt Lake City
Andrew Kimball
Butcher, Ariz
E. E. Benson
Olympia
Wash
W. I. Drummond
Board of Governors
Mexico
Robert E. Fitch
Wyoming
Department of Colorado
Grand Army of the Republic
Custer Post
Laramie
Wilson urged to fix minimum wheat price at 2.46
President Wilson faces calls to set a 2.46 dollar per bushel minimum for No. 1 Northern wheat with Chicago delivery. The War Department extends the Red Cross follow up system to report minor casualty details from abroad. The Austro-Hungarian note is answered with a demand that national aspirations be satisfied by the people themselves. The House agrees on three day recesses from Oct 28 to Nov 12 and again after Nov 12 until the war revenue bill passes. British cavalry occupies Tripoli and Homs in Palestine operations report.
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Wilson
Chicago
Red Cross
The
War Department
Department
Austria-Hungary
House
Senate
Kitchen
Tripoli
Beirut
Homs
Damascus
Palestine
Empire
Reichstag
Germany
Belgiums bill for indemnities
Belgians discuss compensation demands for war damage as Nelson faces hardship and a Chicago story questions the former lightweight champion’s fortunes. A nationwide sports carnival is endorsed by President Wilson for the week of November 11 to 18. The War Work Council aims to raise 170.5 million dollars to aid troops. The Colorado Kennel Club opens Denver headquarters for the American Kennel Club beach show on November 7 to 9 with entries closing October 31. Denver fanciers pledge a premier event.
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Nelson
Chicago
Wilson
United States
United War Work Council
Colorado Kennel Club
Seventeenth Street
Denver
Stop Notes Lick Hans Turkey Now Seeks Bar Gain For Peace Reform Moves
Western Newspaper Union News Service reports Belgian officials itemize German wartime claims totaling about 1.92 billion dollars including 1914 local fines and 1914-1916 war levies. Deportation of 1,750,900 Belgian workers to Germany is noted. Poindexter proposes no talks with Germany until unconditional surrender. Turkey reforms propose free port at Constantinople and dismantling Dardanelles fortifications with regional autonomy plans.
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London
Germany
Belgium
Turkey
Amsterdam
Constantinople
Weser Zeitung
Bremen
Maximilian
Reichstag
Party of Union and Progress
Dardanelles
Arabia
Syria
Armenia
Palestine
Mooney to Seek Supreme Court Writ for New Trial
Maxwell McNutt, counsel for Thomas J Mooney, announced in San Francisco he will travel to Washington to petition the U S Supreme Court for a writ of certiorari to secure a new trial. The rest of the items reference various unrelated 1918 era notes.
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Maxwell McNutt
Thomas J. Mooney
San Francisco
Washington
United States Supreme Court
Mooney
Cardinal Gibbons
Great Britain
France
Italy
Nebraska
Lincoln
Minnesota
State Capitol
St. Paul
William
Munich Post
Swaebische Tagwacht
Frankische Morgenpost
Germany
Field Marshal
Haig
Bohain-Le Cateau
British War Office
British Allies Break German Lines Along Selle River
Allied forces smash through German positions north of Le Cateau and seize over 3000 prisoners. British gains hold on heights between the Selle and Harpies rivers, threaten to outflank the Moral forest and cut the Valenciennes to Avesnes rail link as Belgians advance toward Ghent and central forces move toward the Scheldt.
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Selle River
le Cateau
Selle
Harpies
Moral Forest
Valenciennes
Avesnes
Belgium
French Flanders
Denain
Ghent
Scheldt
Tournai
Yanks Down 18 Planes in Day Sky Victory
American aviators northwest of Verdun claim another day of air combat with Lieut. Cleveland McDermott of Syracuse, New York helping bring down three German planes on October 18. The tally rises to eighteen German aircraft defeated by McDermott and allied pilots as he repels further attacks by five Fokkers.
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Verdun
Lieut
Cleveland McDermott
Syracuse
N. Y
Lieut. McDermott
Arizona State News Special Nov 11 16 Highlights
Arizona state items report the Phoenix fair and influenza impact across Globe Jerome Bisbee Prescott Nogales and Miami. Victims and officials include Geo Williams Ellen Dial Carl Hayden and George White. Encounters involve bonds loans and embezzlement with multiple court actions and a Y M C A building plan in Nogales.
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Western Newspaper Union News Service
Phoenix
Pirtleville
Geo. Williams
Globe
Ellen M. Dial
Safford
Carl Hayden
U. S. Army
Nogales
Ward Wheeton Young
France
George ©. Golden
Episcopal Church
Fort Whipple
John Scarber
Bisbee
Yavapai
Jerome
Miami Globe
Warren
Muckers
Michigan
John O. Dunbar
Dunbar
M. B. King
Magdalena
N. M
Arthur Bean
Paul McCurray
White Mountains
Bean
King
K. P
Miami
J. O. Mullen
Tempe
A. Gilbert
Ry Coulter
Pearce
W. B. Nash
Hayden
J. Knox Kent
C. W. Disney
John D. Lopez
Mesa
Grand Lodge
Knights of Pythias
Grand Domain
Arizona
Grand Temple of Pythian Sisters
Grand Temple
Lonor
Pythian Sisters
Drake Hayden
Gillespie
Summers
Prescott
Thompson
Allison
Sackman
Bate
Stewart
Grand Press
Mover
State Board of Health
German Note to Wilson Denies Demands and Announces New Government
Berlin rejects Wilson's peace terms as irreconcilable with German honor and negotiates a path to peace. The note outlines evacuation, armistice details, and asserts a new German government with universal direct suffrage and Reichstag support. It states the people back reforms and party leaders, and calls for neutral commissions to clear charges.
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United States
Reichstag
Food prices rise in September 1918 United States
Washington reports from the United States Bureau of Labor Statistics show a 4 percent rise in all food prices from Aug to Sept 1918 with only two of twenty eight items declining. We see large gains in butter eggs pork chops and ham and a 14 percent year over year rise. From Sept 1912 to Sept 1918 overall food prices climbed 72 percent with most items up 56 percent or more. Bacon pork chops potatoes flour all up over 100 percent.
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Washington
United States Bureau of Labor Statistics
United States
No Bargaining for Terms Emphasized by British Mayors
London reports the Daily Telegraph published messages from over fifty English and other towns' mayors. The messages reflect a united resolve to resist peace talks and demand no compromise with the foe.
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London
Daily Telegraph
Woman credits Pinkham's Compound to avoiding operation
Mrs A W Binzer of Black River Falls Wisconsin says Lydia E Pinkham's Vegetable Compound saved her from an operation after a lengthy struggle with organic troubles and pain. She urges other women with inflammation ulceration or nervous irregularities to try the remedy and write Lydia E Pinkham Medicine Co. Lynn Mass for advice.
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Black River Falls
Wis
Lydia E. Pinkham
Eau Claire
A. W. Binzer
Stick to a Trade Says Editor in Job Rich Times
A Kansas editor argues against aimless job hopping in times of plenty. The Portland Oregonian notes some avoid sticking to one line of work, risking inability to build a career. Ambition is good but changes must be for real improvement, not fashion. Employers suffer losses from aimlessness in labor markets.
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Kansas
Portland Oregonian
Remembrance Echoes of Protest and War Voices
A girl at a news stand recalls protesters opposing U S chemical use in war. A veteran hotel clerk responds recalling how those people acted, saying they would not be satisfied until gas turned on was then blown out.
Time and Fame in a Philosophical Parable
The quoted exchange shows a man reflecting on popularity and fame as the star notes. A year later the man claims admiration and envy, then another year passes and he faces universal contempt, with the star attributing the sequence to time.
Silent Partner Speaks Up In Firm’s Quiet Strategy
In a surprising shift, the silent partner breaks silence to outline strategic pivots, naming the firm, its investors, and upcoming initiatives while underscoring shared goals and long term stability.
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Athens
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