War Front Advances and Captures Across Europe
Military dispatches report Russian volunteers seize Novorossiysk as Canadians push at the Arras-Cambrai line, Australians advance toward Dompierre, and French troops reach Ham. British forces seize Combles and Bapaume while Haig’s men cross the Somme. large German prisoner totals and rising casualties accompany a broad Allied advance. Western and foreign fronts show continued gains, with notable political and social shifts amid wartime measures.
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Dompiere
Somme
Suzanne
Ham
Breuil
Sensee
Field Marshal
Haig
Bullecourt
Hendecourtles-Cagnicourt
Clery-sur-Somme
Combles
Peronne
Bapaume
British War Office
Cambrai
Scarpe
Mangin
Soissons
Crouy
Cuffies
Chavigny
Ailette
Coucy
Chaupny
Champs
Doast Wood
Praast
Villette
Mannheim
Royal Independent Air Forces
London
Gleaming
Lunenburg
N. S
Dories
St. Pierre
Miquelon
David Lloyd George
Samuel Gompers
American Federation of Labor
England
Gompers
Western Front
How to Answer Registration Card Questions Instructions
Registrar and registrant guidance for completing a registration card. Explains order of questions, ink writing, spelling names, and handling spaces and checks. Covers personal details, citizenship status, birth date, race, native status, occupation, employer, and nearest relative with example formats.
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Woodward Ayre
Detroit
Wayne
Mich
Jonesville
Smith County
Draft Registration Process Calls for National Loyalty
The text urges citizens to register for military service as a recruitment of manpower, framing it as a nationwide duty and a demonstration of loyalty and patriotism. It quotes Woodrow Wilson on the duty to register and support the war effort.
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Woodrow Wilson
Registration Rule for Selective Service in 1917 Law
All males aged eighteen to forty five must register by the date set by the president unless exempted by prior registration under the May 18 1917 act or May 20 1918 resolution, or as officers and enlisted personnel of the regular army navy marine corps naval reserve forces in service.
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Congress
National Guard
United States
Reserve Corps
Navy
Marine Corps
Naval Reserve
Force
Marine Corps Reserve
Call to Register Early in the Wartime Draft Drive
The message urges citizens to volunteer spirit and register promptly as 13,000,000 men will register to form a larger army. It stresses going prepared to give vital personal facts and to answer the registering board without questions.
Volunteer Spirit Guides Selective Service Registration
The text proclaims the volunteer spirit of Americans will respond to the government order to register thirteen million men aged eighteen to forty five. It stresses readiness and quickness of action as the nation sets this task and urges voluntary participation.
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America
Arizona State News Highlights War Efforts and Local Industry
Arizona reports include a 2640 unskilled labor quota for wartime, 61 state owned autos, and roles for Light fair on Oct 11 12. Cap Rock manganese discovery, Douglas army camp upgrades, and elevated copper output in Miami and Green Cananea. Local tax rates, price controls, and public defense measures accompany mining accidents and court rulings.
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Arizona
Home Oil Company
Chino Valley
Cap Rock
Mesila
Bisbee
Higgins
Grain Corporation
The
Food Administration
National League To Enforce Peace
Tucson
Graham County
State Council of Defense
Tatum Gandy
Willcox
Cochise County
Camp Lewis
Wash
Camp Kearny
Cal
Camp Bowie
Tex
Douglas
Greene Cananea
Robert Beasley
J. C. Beasley
Upper Lowell
Warren
Pray
Clarkdale
Ray
McHuen
Wilson
Hayden
Fort Huachuca
Hereford
Stark
Allwood
Prescott
William H. Sawtelle
Virginia
San Francisco
Sawtelle
Frank Sronce
Tombstone
Florence
Cheney Co. Partner Swears Oath In Catarrh Claim
Frank J. Cheney declares he is power partner of F J Cheney & Co a Toledo Ohio firm and that a sum of one hundred dollars will be paid for any case of catarrh cured by Hall's Catarrh Medicine. Notary W Gleason attests on December 6. Hall's Catarrh Medicine is taken internally and acts on mucous surfaces. Druggists 75c. Testimonials free.
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United States
Alaska
Hawaii
Porto Rico
Spanish
Spain
U. S
State of Ohio
City of Toledo
Lucas County
Frank J. Cheney
F. J. Cheney & Co
Toledo
Hall
W. Gleason
Ohio
Song For All Able To Hear
An Exchange meditation on how music speaks differently to people. Masters praise complex studies while simple hearts savor humble tunes. Some hear only money or praise, but true listening reveals a song in every phase of life for those with ears to hear.
Three proofs that the earth is round
A humorous exchange from Boys' Life sketches how a boy names proofs that the earth is round, citing a teacher and parent. The fragment emphasizes common sources for belief rather than scientific evidence.
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Willie
Government orders $145 million in meat in Chicago
The United States government directed a large meat purchase totaling 145 million dollars in Chicago. Officials said the deal supports supply for federal programs and may influence regional markets.
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United States
Chicago
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Black Sea
Novorossysk
Kiev
Hendecourt
Arras- Cambrai Road
James P. Goodrich
Indianapolis
Ind
Denver
Wyoming
Cortez
Colo
War Department
Richard C. Hughes
Ralph A. Judson
Cody
Jesus M. Cordova
William D. Haywood
Leavenworth
Kan
K. M. Landis
Colorado
Washington
Labor Department
Maurepas
War Industries Board
New York
Burleson
Petit Parisien
Rome
Sherman Fisher
C. W. Phellis
Lakewood Country Club
Phellis
Jack Dempsey
Army of Shipbuilders
Philadelphia
Dempsey
Frances Moffatt
M. A. McLaughlin
House
Ways and Means Committee
Senate
Henderson
Nevada
Senate Mines Committee
South Carolina
Nat G. Dial
United States Senate
Cole L. Blease
J. F. Rice
Dial
Blease
National Fraternal Congress of America
Department of Labor
Baltimore
Nicaragua
Honduras
Fred T. Coiter
Naturalization Court
Great Britain
France
Italy
Scotland
Austria-Hungary
Germany
Arizona State News
Western Newspaper Union News Service
Miami
Pearce
Board of Supervisors
Sear
Lee & B.jaler
Lydia E. Pinkham
Parcel Post
Dr. Kilmer & Co
Binghamton, N
J. H. Wilson
Saddlery CO
Kodaks
Eastman Kodak Co
Denver Photo Materials Co
616Th Street
Oxford
Ondern
Union Depot
Chicago News
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