Allied Push Seizes 10000 Prisoners In Picardy Offensive
French and British forces press across Picardy as Haig reports over ten thousand German prisoners taken and heavy gun losses in the St Quentin area. French troops advance foot by foot across the Malmaison plateau while aiming to envelop St Quentin and Cambrai with renewed pressure on the Chemin-des-Dames corridor. Serbian cavalry reaches Polsha as the Macedonia drive expands twenty five miles, with forces moving toward Prilep and other rail centers amid a broad Allied push.
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France
Picardy
St. Quentin
Cambrai
Gauterncourt
Epehy
Haig
Malmaison
Chemin-les-dames
Laon
St. Go
Polsha
Prilep
Liberty Loan prizes reward top subscribing communities
Washington reports 240 communities with the best subscription records to the fourth Liberty loan will earn the right to name one Navy ship or a tank being built for the government. Announcement of the plan was unofficially revealed by the Liberty Loan Bureau.
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Liberty
Washington
Inderhursihiy
Liberty Pon Pumtorey Bureau
Evacuation of British Forces From Persian Front Reported
Baku falls to Turkish forces as British troops evacuate north Persia amid instability among Armenian units. Statement cites attacks by Purkes in August as the cause for the withdrawal and the withdrawal was described as a mile tee cstary action.
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Baku
London
Ling Hoon
Persia
Mile Tee Cstary
Ap Menian
Purkes
German Editors At Copenhagen Rally Voice War Aims
German editors in Copenhagen discuss American policies and Austrian war debts in a report tied to Peregu Recretary Balfour and the allies pursuit of the Central Powers. The piece notes aims to destroy the central powers and redraw territories in the ongoing global conflict.
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Copenhagen
Conte
Peregu
Balfour
McAdoo Favors Rate Increase Amid Rail Revenue Plans
The Washington director approves a projected rise in railway rates to fund government finance measures. The move targets additional revenue of 2.07 million dollars, with the plan shaping the broader state revenue strategy and institutional oversight.
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Washington
McAdoo
Amierican Railway
Tate Estate
Army Contract Fraud Charged in New York
A group linked to army contracts totaling 50.7 million was arrested in New York on charges of fraud. The Department of Justice led the operation, targeting employees and individuals connected to the scheme.
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New York
Rowemaide
Resenwasser Mpartiers
Lavorporibed
Long Bend
German Effort Now Defensive Amid New Hindenburg System
Clipped and defensive lines emerge as German forces adjust to a revised Hindenburg system. Fronts southwest of Metz show indications of a more cautious stance, with troops employing a wholly defensive posture as the new arrangement takes hold.
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Secon
Hindenburg
Fined on Sedition Charge in Federal Court
Prince Hopkins and three California residents pleaded guilty in federal court to espionage act violations. They paid a total sum of $45,000 in fines after the plea, with the case highlighting sedition charges and related penalties.
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Prince Hopkins
California
Pines
Washington declares rout of Huluvelan forces in Macedonian theater
An official Saloniid communique released Thursday announces a decisive victory over Huluvelan forces in the Macedonian theater. The statement, made public through Serbian hendianetores, confirms the strategic outcome and signals a turning point in the campaign.
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Washington
Saloniid
Yankee airmen bomb trains in St Mihiel assault
American aviators in France executed daring low level attacks during the St Mihiel operation. Despite poor weather and near to ground, they targeted transport trains on the Vigneulles Thiaucourt corridor, disrupting German withdrawal with precise drops and machine gun fire.
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France
St. Mihiel
Vigneulles
Thiaucourt
St. Benoit
Portland Shipyards Take 300 Western Laborers
Three hundred men from middle western states arrived to work at the Columbia River Shipbuilding yards in Portland. They form the advance guard of a planned 8000 manpower surge to address a serious shipyard labor shortage.
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Portland
Oore
Columbia River Shipbuilding Company
British appointee named special representative in America
Lieut. Col. G. Woodward has been appointed by Great Britain as special representative of the ministry of information in America.
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Col. G. Woodward
Great Britain
Ministry of Information
America
Soldiers Killed in Wreck Near Springfield Missouri
Twenty five soldiers were killed and between sixty and one hundred were injured when a freight train and a troop train collided head on one mile east of Murfield Missouri.
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Springfield
Muralhfeld
Major General Wheaton Dies in Chicago at 80
Major General Lloyd Wheaton US 8th Army died September 17 after an operation. He was 80 and retired from active service in 1902. He served in the Civil War and the Spanish American War.
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Chicago
Lloyd Wheaton
US 8. A
United States Rejects Austro-Hungarian Peace Feelers
Washington stated that the United States and its co-belligerents would not entertain a conference on peace. Secretary Lansing released the official reply shortly after receiving the Austrian note, reaffirming the clear terms the U.S. would accept and denying any negotiations. The swift response aimed to prevent misleading newspaper speculation and deter any thought of negotiated peace.
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Washington
United States
Germany
Sweden
Eckengren
Lansing
Amsterdam
Austela
British POWs Arrive Weak After Detainment in Bulgaria
Geneva reports eighty British soldiers including seven officers released from a Bulgarian unit arrive in town in severe condition. Observers note their suffering surpassed that of allied prisoners in Germany and Austria. One officer says the country is starving due to foodstuffs exploitation by Germany.
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Geneva
Bulgaria
Germany
Austria
War Excess Tax Approved by House in Washington
The House approved all principal provisions of the new war revenue bill on Wednesday with minor amendments. The process moved quickly, two clerks relaying readings as the measure progressed through debate and final passage.
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Washington
House
Wounded Soldiers Returned From Expeditionary Force
The War Department reports 884 sick and wounded American Expeditionary Forces soldiers landed in the United States during the weekend ending September 18, with 447 landed in the preceding week.
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Washington
United States
War Department
American made planes push in Liberty powered drive
American made airplanes driven by Liberty motors played a key role in our efforts, featuring De Havilland designs and biplanes from wartime production.
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Liberty Motors
Mr. Mittel
de Haviland
Food Scarcity Prompted Berlin Council Debate
Socialist members of Berlin's city council raised the food question amid war end talk. A speaker noted the issue in piously quoted terms, saying the war's end would not end scarcity. The report cites Tele grant as a source for the council session remarks.
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Ameterdiin
Yauthlpad Council
Berlin
Five Great Armies Will Gross Ocean
Washington hears from General Murch that five fully equipped American field armies are to be organized in Europe by mid 1919. Most will head to France, with possible deployments to Italian and Macedonian fronts if needed. War Department plans foresee 4.8 million men in total, with 2.7 million drafted by July, plus expanded air service and equipment to support the European deployment.
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Washington
Europe
House Military Committee
Murch
United States Army Staff
France
War Department
Austria
Turkey
Germany
Baker
Italy
General March
March
House Committee
Air Service
FOGH NIBBLING AT THE GERMAN LINE
American troops push toward Vandleres on the Moselle as Serbians and French advance in Macedonia. British forces tighten around St Quentin while Petain’s men struggle for the St Gobain forest, taking prisoners amid heavy opposition.
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France
Pershing
Vandleres
Moselle
Pont-Amousson
Pagny-Sur-Moselle
Macedonia
Marshal Koch
Westerm
William
Flanders
Gradeshitsa
St. Quentin
Petain
St. Gobain
Cladel
Treaty Signed With Denmark In Washington
Tynish American commercial and shipping agreements formed after negotiations between the war labor board and the Danish mission in Washington were completed and signed on Wednesday. Similar treaties have been made with European neutrals except Holland.
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Denmark
Washington
War Rude Board
Holland
Trapped in Newark Button Plant Fire Claims Many
Newark New Jersey eight girls a boy and a man died trapped in a cloak room on the top floor of the American Button company plant as flames engulfed the building. Another girl died leaping from a window while nine others were injured many fatally. Lower floors' workers escaped. Fire exits and stairways were cut off forcing panic to the top cloak room where bodies were found.
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Newark
N. J
Tuesilly
American Button Company
Promotion for Waller to major general in Marine Corps
Brigadier General Littleton W. T. Waller earns promotion to major general in the United States Marine Corps in recognition of gallant service in Haiti and in France.
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Littleton W. T. Waller
United States Marine Corps
Haiti
France
France to Fight on With Clemenceau Address
The French premier Tromley Clemenceau delivered a defiant speech urging continued wartime resolve. The chamber rose to acclaim the address as one of his most eloquent and inspiring, with cheers throughout the deputies and unanimous approval to publish the speech across France.
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France
Austria-Hungary
Tromley Clemenceau
Costly Gifts Scored San Francisco Defense Council
The executive committee of the defense council adopted a resolution Wednesday opposing the giving of useless or extravagant Christmas presents and put the stance on record.
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San Francisco
Atace Council of Defense
Peace Demonstration Expected in London
An Amsterdam dispatch to the Exchange Telegraph reports a peace demonstration may occur in London when the telelistag convenes, echoing the July 1917 protest.
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London
Bertin
Telelistag
Amsterdam
Exchange Telegraph Company
Marigin's Army Gains Ground in Fierce Combat
Troops push forward south of St Gobalt forest amid heavy fighting with German forces as French officers describe a natural citadel they have fortified over four years. Key commander Mane gli leads brave units in one of the war's notable actions.
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Platens
Manegli
St. Gobalt Forest
War trophies on loan drive tour reaches Chicago crowd
War trophies shown in Chicago thrilled nearly two million people across two weeks at government exposition. Two exhibition trains now carry the displays on a wartime tour through the seventh federal reserve district.
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Chicago
Chicnko
Seventh Federal Reserve District
Congress Asked for War Funds to Expand Military Program
The war department requested Congress provide 7.247 billion dollars in addition to prior estimates to finance the enlarged American military program for the upcoming year. The request underscores a wide expansion of defense spending and the fiscal measures awaiting legislative action.
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Congress
War Funda
Washington
War Department
Duesday
Heed Call of Wild Beckons a Lucky Man
A Milwaukee Journal piece describes a city worker who escapes the urban grind. He daydreams beside rivers and woods, imagines brook trout, campfires, and pine scent, then leaves by noon to chase the wild, returning with a renewed smile and independence as his own boss.
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Wilds
Milwaukee Journal
Italian Sandbag Shields Redefine War Gear
A Wide World Magazine writer lauds Italian innovation in trench warfare with superior body shields. Infantry shields come in one and two man designs, built to cover the head and vital organs, featuring eyeholes and a firing loophole. The two man shield supports wire cutting operations, enabling protection while a partner operates a cutter.
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Wide World
Mis jumbled ad note hints at gendered insult theme
A fragmentary ad line reads as a sharp insult about a city girl's complexion and strawberries in a box, reflecting a coarse, gendered marketing quip. The text blends teasing imagery with a casual consumer-tone remark, offering little clear event or structure.
Burial Customs Beneath Old English Churches
The article describes how English church burials occur in varying sites. Some graves lie in soil, others in open yards, while many churches use crypts beneath the floor. Crypts may be single large vaults or divided into small sections walled on all sides.
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