04 Sep 1918
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Newspaper
Boston Post
Location
Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
Sep 04, 1918
Page
1
The Boston Post argues worry over the draft future health money and health matters harms people and prevents resolution. It claims calm confidence defeats fear and encourages readers to avoid anxious thinking amid wartime concerns.
Reports from the British front indicate German retirement is faltering under the combined British and French pressure from Ypres to Soissons. Haig’s forces hammer the Drocourt Queant line as more than 10,000 prisoners are taken in two days, signaling growing German disorganization.
Lieutenant Mark King, signal officer of West Infantry, returns from France eight days after battle with no sleep. Other 101st officers back on brief leave as lines hold.
Right hand pitching ace of the Red Sox set to duel Bush as Boston faces the Chicago Cubs in the first game of the World Series. The matchup highlights a pitchers’ duel with both teams chasing the championship.
Organization men win in New York as Keyes leads in primaries. The report notes Keyes strongest among party supporters while NY results indicate momentum for allied groups.
British forces take Queant the southern anchor of the Wotan Line and advance along the front. French and American troops gain ground from Flanders to Soissons as Germans retreat under heavy artillery fire.
A local event shows lights on at 7 45 tonight. Attendance details and locations are not provided in the brief OCR fragment.
Lieutenant Mark A. King, regimental signal officer, directs wire stringing operations in No Man's Land as part of frontline communications work.
On the eve of the Ps series with many critics predicting Fred Mitchell led Cubs as champions the Boston Red Sox stand calm and unconcerned about the task of winning the baseball title.
Critics from both leagues highlight Boston's missing power punch and Chicago writers place faith in a clearer offensive spark to change the club's fortunes.
Luigi Curci sues Charles L. Wagner and Homer Samuels alleging alienation of affection and seeks 250000 dollars in New York. Mme Galli Curci obtains a writ of replevin for furnishings in her apartment and posts a 34000 dollar bond to cover potential damage.
Haverhill officials ordered the burning of one hundred German text books found in the High School to contain German propaganda. The school committee acted tonight citing safety and ideological concerns as the reason for destruction.
Manchester N H Sept 3 Governor Henry W Keyes leads the Republican nomination race in a triangle for the U S Senate based on returns from nearly all of the state Eugene E Reed leads the Democratic race for Hollis seat ahead of Albert W Noone Reed is a former congressman from New Hampshire Noone is a Peterborough manufacturer Warren Whitman and Smith mentioned as contenders for the governorship race in the report
With returns from 264 of 294 wards and towns Governor Keyes has 8144 votes while former Governor Rolland H Spaulding trails with 7842 and Rose Crans W Pillsbury publisher of Manchester records 2689 votes. Reed earns 1798 and Noone 936 in the same tally from the same locales.
On this date in 1914 German forces crossed the River Marne and the Soa gunboat Speedy was sunk in the North Sea. The past year saw German air raids on London, a submarine attack on Scarborough, and casualties among Americans in France.
The forecast calls for Wednesday unsettled conditions with occasional local showers in Boston and surrounding areas. Thursday should be fair with moderate southerly to westerly winds.
Washington reports the recognition of the Czecho Slovak nation by the U S government. The action aligns with Britain France and Italy and may influence the postwar balance, shaping demands on Germany and Austria Hungary at the peace table.
State Department officials say the first effect is to open supplies of war materials to Czecho-Slovak armies opposing German and Austrian forces in Siberia and southern Russia. Financial help could follow though no request has been made. officials expect it. Proper funding could enable a stronger offense and reestablish an eastern front with needed equipment and morale.
An advertisement promotes Horsford’s Acid Phosphate as healthful and agreeable in taste. It claims to refresh and invigorate, presenting a medicinal tonic for headaches and general malaise.
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