War Update Across Fronts as Allied Forces Advance
Reports from Western fronts describe French capture of Travecy near the Hindenburg line and French air attacks around Metz. British troops take Vermand Attilly and Vendelles with progress near St Quentin while German gains near Armentieres and La Bassee are noted. Archangel troop landings aid Russia. Pershing’s forces push on a 33 mile front as Metz guns engage. Foch presses offensives along Laon while St Mihiel salient collapses revealing Franco American strength.
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Travecy
Metz
Air Ministry
Vermand
Attilly
Vendelies
St. Quertin
Flanders
Armentieres
la Bassee Canal
Helsingfors
Petrograd
Oise
Paris War Office
Havrincourt
Gouzeaucourt
Archangel
Russia
Pershing
Marshal Foch
St. Mihiel- Salient
Laon
St. Quentin
War Office
Holnonwood
Trescault
la Bassee
St. Mihiel Salient
World war era briefs touch on battles and travels
Explorer Stefansson travels from Dawson to Victoria while Lieut Nungesser nets a forty four victory. German aims to wreck Soissons architecture as St Mihiel line is pushed past Norroy Jaulay Xammes St Benoit Hattonville and Herberville. An empress and four daughters reportedly murdered by Bolsheviks per London press. Melville Stone lauded in Rome as Italo American friendship shown. Cecile Healy killed on Somme after leading 500 swimmers to capture Mont St Quentin. A troopship with 2800 American soldiers torpedoed but all saved and beached. Peace talks urged by Vienna with neutrals notified. Ed Barrow plans France move if war end nears.
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Mangin
Soissons
Carl Peters
Germany
Brunswick
Clemenceau
St. Mihiel
Echo de Paris
Norroy
Jaulay
Xammes
St. Benoit
Hattonville
Hannonville
Herberville
London Daily Express
Russia
The
Press of
Rome
Melville E. Stone
Associated Press
Cecile Healy
Somme
Paris le Journal
Mont St. Quentin
Peronne
Holy See
Vienna
Amsterdam
Beer Price Rises to 10 Cents a Glass in Chicago
The report notes beer now costs ten cents per glass in Chicago. It also covers allied wartime matters including Red Cross support for captured American nurses and cotton consumption figures for August and the year ending August 31. It mentions the death of Henry A. Robinson in Colorado and the espionage act case against Eugene V. Debs with concurrent ten-year sentences.
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Chicago
American Red Cross
Henry A. Robinson
Fort Collins
Colo
Albany County
Wyo
Eugene V. Debs
Moundsville
W. Va
D. C. Westenhaver
Cleveland
Ohio
War Department lists 166 POWs in German camps
The War Department announced 166 American soldiers are prisoners of war in Germany, including four captains and twelve lieutenants. Lieut Harold H. Gile of Colorado Springs is at Camp Karlsruhe. General Pershing sent greetings to the 442,000 strong American Boy Scout army and thanked them for their support. The draft register lists about 13,000,000 men aged 18 to 45. The War Department seeks seven billion dollars for next year’s military operations and the Treasury issues another 600 million in treasury certificates. Provost Marshal Crowder said the Sept 32 registrants aged 19, 20, and 32 to 36 will be the first called.
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Germany
War Department
Harold H. Gile
Colorado Springs
Colo
Camp Karlsruhe
Pershing
New York
Congress
Treasury
Treasury Department
Crowder
Metz
Washington
Douglas
Fred T. Colter
Democratic Party of
Arizona
Apache County
Fred Sutter
Sidney P. Osborn
Samuel P.bradner
A. E. Cole
David F. Johnson
Supreme Court
Alfred Baker
Col
A. C. Baker
Wiley E. Jones
A. S.hawkins
Mrt
Simons
Frances Munds
St. John’s
Silver King
Training 8000 men in thirty six free schools for merchant marine officers
Edward N Hurley announced that over 8000 men have trained in thirty six free schools run by the United States Shipping Board to qualify as officers in the American merchant marine. The war news includes plans at Metz and a focus on fortifications and action by Pershing and Baker.
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United States Shipping Board
Edward N. Hurley
Late market quotations for cattle and feed
Market table shows buying prices for upland cattle in Colorado and Nebraska per ton, with ranges from 23.00 to 24.00. Hay prices cover prairie, timothy, and alfalfa per ton in multiple regions, plus South Park and Gunnison Valley figures. Grain items list oats and corn products with buying and selling prices, and bundled feed items include gluten, bran, and Hungarian patent flour by sack or hundred pounds.
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Colorado
Upland
Nebraska Upland
Nebraska
South Park
Colo
Tomes Couime
Metal Prices Report from New York and Boulder detail leads and tungsten rates
Lead at 38.05. spelter in East St. Louis delivery 9.00 at 9.12 percent. Bar silver 1.01. copper 26.62. Tungsten concentrates priced per unit 24.00. Boulder rates show 60 percent 20.00 at 22.50. 24 percent 12.00 at 12.50. 10 percent 9.40 at 12.20.
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New York
East St. Louis
Boulder
Colo
New York Cotton and Live Stock Prices Reported
New York cotton prices show October at 34.80 December 34.05 January 33.80 March 33.70 May 33.58. Chicago live stock quotations list hogs top 20.75 butchers 20.15 to 20.60 light 20.25 20.60 packing 19.40 20.10 rough 18.50 19.25 pigs 18.75 19.25. Beef cattle range 17.00 19.20 good to prime. other grades listed. Sugar prices in New York Centrifugal 6.055 and various refined grades noted.
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F. B
Denver
Nie
Colorado
Colo
Renee Tomes
New York
Chicago
Kansas City Produce Price List Snapshot
Kansas City Missouri market notes Butter creamery at 49c and 4444c packing with 37c eggs Firsts 40c seconds 86c Poultry prices list Hens 24c roosters 18c springs 25c and broilers 25c reflecting local wholesale rates.
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Kansas City
Minneapolis Grain Prices Report
Minneapolis grain prices show barley at 86% cent with 1.01, rye at 1.60, bran at 29.31, corn at 1.60, oats at 68, flax at 4.05. Market notes reflect modest changes and daily fluctuations across cereals and oilseeds.
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Minneapolis
Market Prices for Hides and Pelts Listed in Notice
A historical market list shows prices for bulls and stags hides, salted hides, horsehides, dry pelts, wool pelts, butchers and mur- pelts, and various grades including No. 1 green salt hides. The document records per pound and per item pricing, with adjustments for quality and weight.
US Rejects German Peace Feelers in Unified Stand
Washington reports the United States rejects the Austro German peace proposal and will not negotiate. Secretary Lansing states the U S position is aligned with the co belligerents and reiterates the terms outlined by President Wilson in Mount Vernon. The prompt reply aims to counter any suggestion of negotiated peace and underscores the nation's firm wartime stance.
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Washington
United States
Germany
Sweden
Ehrengren
Lansing
Wilson
Mount Vernon
Serbian army and French forces seize Bulgarian positions near Saloniki
The official Serbian report from Saloniki says a revamped Serbian army with French help captured three Bulgarian fortifications Teak Vetrenik Dobropolje and Sokul after a two and a half year hold. In Metz region American and German guns clash as Americans push two miles on a 33 mile front Norroy and Wiley near Metz fall under American control. American air activity increases as forces advance along the Meuse Moselle front. Boy Scouts report over 17 million dollars in War Savings Stamps sales in New York.
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Washington
Saloniki
Teak
Vetre*nik
Dobropolje
Sokul
Metz
Germany
Meuse
Moselle
Norroy
Wileey
General Pershing
Verdon-Etain Road
Abaucourt
Vilecy
Draft Call Seeks 29016 Negro Registrants for Army Camps
Provost Marshal General Crowder issued a draft call for 29016 negro registrants from 33 states qualified for general service and to entrain for national army camps Sept 25 27. The list includes 31 men from Wyoming to Camp Lewis.
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Washington
Crowder
Wyoming
Camp Lewis
American War Secretary Baker Arrives in London
London reports Secretary of War Newton D. Baker has arrived in the city on Monday after a stay in Paris. He travels from Paris to London as part of his international duties and diplomacy with Allied partners.
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Baker
London
Newton D. Baker
Paris
Arizona mines boosted by labor from Mexico and local raises
Oatman and Globe district mines report labor and wage boosts as new ore bodies and mills come online. Shipments from Silver King show potential above $200 a ton, while Duncan and Roosevelt districts push manganese and copper production. Labor Day costs and political races frame the mining economy.
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Clifton City
Silver King
Superior
Globe District
Fluorspar
Duncan
Pearce
Central Butte
Mossback
Oatman
Lydia E. Pinkham Remedy Praised by Oregon Farm Woman
Mrs D M Alters of R R 4 Oregon Illinois says Lydia E Pinkham's Vegetable Compound restored her health after organic troubles that left her unable to work on her small farm with 600 chickens. She credits the remedy and urges other women to try it and contact the Lydia E Pinkham Medicine Co. for advice.
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Oregon
Ila
Lydia E. Pinkhams
D. M. Auters
R. R
Ill
Lydia E. Pinkham
One Lack He’s a Man of Iron
Baltimore American notes a remark about a man described as of iron yet not well tempered, reflecting a sharp local aside on character.
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Baltimore American
Cuticura Soap and Ointment Advertisement
Soft clear skins are promised with Cuticura Soap used with hot water each morning and night. Pimples should be smeared with Cuticura Ointment. Free samples offered by mail to Cuticura Dept X Boston. Soap 25 cents, Ointment 25 cents and 50 cents. sold by druggists.
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Dept. X
Boston
That Singer’s Notes Prompt Curb Call in Baltimore
A Baltimore letter cites a public complaint about a singer's guttural notes and suggests they should be curbed. The brief item also mentions Red Cross Bag Blue laundry product and its advertising line claiming whiter clothes, noting grocery ads and other promotional copy.
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Baltimore
Hardly What You Expected A Christmas Proposal Tale
A woman anticipates a marriage proposal as a visitor and her husband arrive. The man explains he cannot paper the dining room and kitchen for less than $15. The scene unfolds in a tense parlor encounter with two men and a wife listening. The Indianapolis News voice frames a domestic vignette with humor and restraint.
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Christimas
Indianapolis News
World’s People Show Similar Faults Across Borders
From a broad view the quote suggests human commonality in error. It argues that criticizing one individual mirrors criticizing many, highlighting shared flaws that span nations and cultures.
Defective memory undercuts two man’s originality claim
The remark notes that originality in dual collaborations often suffers when one partner cannot recall prior ideas or steps. It suggests memory gaps can undermine joint creativity and fairness in shared credit.
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157Th Infantry
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Ramon M. Valdez
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Committee On Public Information
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Walter Off
Galway Castle
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O.B. Denver
Carlead Price
Iedo
Auc Lagmire
U.5
Boy Scouts
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Boy Scouts of America
Arizona State News
Oatman Mines
Mexico
Harshaw District
Ray-Hercules
Roosevelt
W. J. Mitchell
Tucson
Mowry
Inspiration Copper Company
Arizona Binghamton
Prescott
Humboldt
Grand Gulch
Kingman
Superior & Boston
Globe
Salt River Valley
American Eagle
Parker
Ft. Huachuca
Charleston
Yuma Valley
Angus MacKay
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MacKay
Thomas E. Campbell
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