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Newspaper
Boston Post
Location
Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
Sep 06, 1918
Page
10
A charming tale of real love facing obstacles as a couple navigates trials in a Sunday Post Magazine feature. The story highlights how affection endures despite complications and misunderstandings.
Allied observers report steady British gains across Flanders and the Somme sector with the Drocourt-Queant line shattered. German forces retreat behind their dugin lines while reinforcements gather near Moeuvres and Indhy en Artois, amid continued artillery pressure and grim casualty reporting from prisoners and letters.
Fires and explosions sweep multiple Sections including the area before the Hindenburg line from Bapaume to Cambrai as the foe retires. The torch appears to be used freely in these fighting zones.
British reports say German forces fortify the Hindenburg line before Douai and Cambrai to cover a retreat from the Vesle while Mangin drives toward Laon with American troops in an effort to trap retreating Germans. Foch eyes possible flank turns to shift the line and end the Belgian fight, as German morale and northern defenses stiffen.
Prisoners report German manpower shortages with drafts pulled from field bakeries and transport units. Letters from the front reveal dwindling company strengths and grim morale as retreat continues, while Allied planners foresee a bitter winter campaign ahead. Marie A. George, a Cambridge stenographer, dies from a car crash in Exeter Hospital.
The Chamber of Deputies reopened in Paris as Paul Deschangel praised Allied armies. Clemenceau urged Parliament to aid the victory of humanity, and the chamber voted to post both leaders’ speeches nationwide.
German artillery opened a new bombardment of Frapelle in Lorraine this morning, firing about 3000 shells including gas projectiles at the village recently held by American forces. The shelling continued into the afternoon with no infantry action reported.
In Portland, Maine, John F. Lee aged 50, a Boston and Maine brakeman, killed himself by inhaling gas from a rubber tube connected to a pipe in his lodging house room. He left a note pleading for relief from pain and requesting body delivery to City Hospital surgeons for research.
A naval reservist and Yeoman from the Boston navy yard die in a car collision. The report continues from the first page detailing the incident and individuals involved.
O'Brien a second class seaman and senior aide to the Boston yard commander dies when his light roadster collides with a dirt pile on Lafayette street near Hampton Beach. Two women passengers are badly injured. Miss Monahan dies of a fractured spine at Exeter Hospital. Miss George remains critical.
French and American forces push the German lines back along the Aisne and Vesle fronts from Noyon to Rheims, recapturing villages, crossing rivers, and threatening key junctions near Ham and La Fere. British gains extend near Messines and Ploegsteert as shells rain on American positions at Frapelle.
Max Miller piloting a mail plane from New York to Chicago landed in a field on the outskirts of Cleveland at 9 29 tonight. The craft was slightly damaged but the pilot escaped injury.
Official and unofficial returns in New Hampshire show Governor Henry W. Keyes leading Rolland H. Spaulding by 228 votes for the Republican nomination to the United States Senate. Official canvass to follow by the Governor and council. Councillors-elect Gosso Berlin and John H. Brown to be sworn in as canvass begins. Official results expected by Saturday or Monday.
In St Louis a draft board ruled a barber must quit his job and seek essential work while in Waterloo Iowa a board held newspaper reporters subject to the work or fight order. The piece notes players crave a clear, decisive ruling.
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