War progress and battles across allied fronts in Europe and Middle East
Allied and American forces report gains in Metz area and St Quentin defenses. American troops occupy Ammersweier Alsace while Siamese forces with a general reach France. Allenby advances 60 miles in Palestine. Nazareth captured with 18,000 Turks taken and war stores seized. Italian troops join Balkan push against Bulgarians and allies in Macedonia.
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Russia
Ammersweier
Alsace
Colmar
France
St. Quentin
Metz
St. Mihiel Salient
Soissons
Chemin Des Dames
Allenby
Palestine
River
Jordan
Nazareth
Macedonia
Serbia
Careful living urged as nationwide drive this week
Government urges careful living to cut waste across food fuel clothing labor and transport. Striking I W W calls miners back to work in Butte during a federal labor inquiry. House committee approves an 8 billion revenue bill with a 10 percent oil and gas tax cut. War industries board may regionally assign Colorado Wyoming Utah and New Mexico per Pueblo convention pledge.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Butte, Mont
Federal Department of Labor
House
Ways and Means
National War Industries Board
Colorado
Wyoming
Utah
New Mexico
Colorado Manufacturers’ Association
Pueblo
Air transport marks first use of air route for duty in Illinois
War Department reports soldiers under orders for duty were carried by air in Illinois. Railroads earned $135,699,000 in July, $40,000,000 more than July 1917. Senate attack on Secretary Lane over California oil lands is denounced as unjust. Germany's war plans alleged six weeks before Sarajevo assassination. Federal food administration enforces one spoonful of sugar per meal.
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War Department
Illinois
Senate
Lane
Thomas
Colorado
California
Myers
Montana
Public Lands Committee
Americans Killed In Clearing Hospital Hit By Shell
Reports from the war front note heavy casualties among Americans and allies. Americans killed in a clearing hospital strike, train collision deaths near Dijon, and various combat losses abroad. The dispatches include names of killed in action and rising casualty tallies as U.S. and allied actions continue.
Arizona State News Highlights Local War and Industry
Arizona reports 216 men to Camp Kearny as part of a national call, a smallpox vaccination mandate for schoolchildren, mining growth in Santa Cruz and Patagonia, and a surge in rifle wastage reclamation in Tucson. Several killings and a fatal bull attack affect Border and community life, with loans to farmers totaling $581,911 and a pardoned convict from Cochise County.
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Tombstone
Arizona
Camp Kearny
Cal
Henry Haught
Chandler
Miami
Mongollons
State Board of Health
Jerome
Verdé
Rochin
Agua Prieta
Theodore Orantes
Comisario
el Tigre
Nacozari
Arizona Fair Commission
Phoenix
Tucson
Camp Cody
N. M
Arizona Rare Metals Company
St. Marys Road
Thomas Farrell
Cochise County
158Th Infantry
Hunt
Sam
Nash Martinez
Granite
Prescott
Young Martinez
Santa Cruz County
Patagonias
Santa Cruz
Employers Duty in Classification under Selective Service Act
Pro vest General Crowder urges employers to actively aid deferment determinations for registrants. He notes boards will evaluate questionnaires but need third party claims. Employers must balance individual cases with national needs and the shifting labor market during the emergency.
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Crowder
Selective Service Boards
Army
Navy
Army Baseball Championship Result and Week’s War News
Camp Pike defeated Camp Funston four to two at Little Rock to open the two game series for the Southwest army baseball title. The weekend featured racing in Columbus and a Capital City trotting win by June Red for a $3,000 purse. An eight man golf exhibition at Brae Burn saw Yeoman Brady and Jesse Guilford beat Chick Evans Jr. and Bobby Jones three and two. Government wheat policy, Liberty loan, and I O O F leadership changes are noted alongside influenza deaths at Camp Devens and Newport. War Mothers of America organization formed at Evansville. The Navy and Marine draft will supply needed volunteers.
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Camp Pike
Camp Funston
Little Rock
Ark
Columbus
Ohio
June Red
Capital City
Yeoman M. J. Brady
Boston
Jesse Guilford
Massachusetts
Charles
Chick) Evans, Jr
Chicago
Bobby’”’ Jones
Atlanta
Brae Burn Country Club
Newton
Mass
Camp Devens
Ayer
Fourth Liberty Loan
Henry V. Borst
Amsterdam
N. Y
St. Louis
Wilson
House
Navy
Marine Corps
War Mothers of America
Evansville
Ind
Second
Population forecast for New York to 1905
A September 8 1860 Scientific American article presents a forecast by a municipal statistician showing New York’s population rising to 5,257,493 by 1905, a figure close to the census at that period.
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New York
Scientific American
Thi Common Council
Optimistic Thought
A concise reflection noting that mastery of one science eases learning of others, highlighting the cumulative nature of knowledge and the motivational boost from initial progress. The idea implies interlinked disciplines and the value of foundational study for broader understanding.
French Push to Oise River and Siberian Gains Reported
Paris dispatch reports French forces reaching the Oise river between Vendeuil and Travecy south of St. Quentin as Allied troops press the German line. In Siberia the Japanese seize Blagovestchensk and Alexievsk while 2000 Austro German troops surrender.
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Paris
St. Quentin
Oise
Vendeuil
Travecy
War Office
British Drop Fifteen Tons of Bombs Reported
London announces that on September 21 British aviators dropped fifteen tons of bombs on enemy objectives in a coordinated air raid.
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London
House Passes Day Law From War Prohibition Rider
Washington reports the House approved national prohibition for the war period effective July 1 by a 134 to 27 vote, attaching to the emergency agricultural appropriation bill. The measure heads to conference to resolve Senate and House differences on items.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
House
Senate
Woman Seeks Relief After Years of Ills in Iowa
Mrs Lizzit Courtney of Oskaloosa Iowa credits Lydia E Pinkham s Vegetable Compound with easing years of weakness and pain The letter urges other women with displacements irregularities inflammation backache and nervousness to try the remedy and seek guidance from Lydia E Pinkham Medicine Co Lynn Mass.
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Oskaloosa
Iowa
Lydia E. Pinkham
Lizzit Courtney
8Th Ave
West
Mrs. Coes
Lemon Freckle Lotion Recipe and War Car Bodies Boost
Squeeze two lemons into a bottle with three ounces of orchard white to make a cheap freckle sunburn and tan lotion. Massage into face neck arms and hands to fade freckles sunburn and tan and brighten skin. The lotion is claimed harmless. Australia’s war era motorcar body production also grows substantially.
Ten smiles for a nickel ad tease
An old classified line advertises a cheap promotion promising ten smiles for a nickel and urges readers to buy Red Cross Bag Blue with a pitch about white clothing and attractive appearance.
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Dan
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Berlin
Arizona State News
Western Newspaper Union News Service
Arizona State Phoenix
Frank Whitworth
55Th Infantry
Nogales
Hame
Roanoke
Holbrook Field
L. M. Harrison
Bureau of Crop Estimates
United States Department of Agriculture
H.A. Smith
Guayule
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Mesa
Berta Jane Edwards
J. N. Edwards
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