Allies seize Thiepval and Gueudecourt as German forts fall
British forces capture Thiepval and Gueudecourt in the west while advancing to the Zollern redoubt. French troops push beyond Fregicourt toward Morval and dominate German fortifications. German casualties are heavy. over 1,200 taken prisoner by the French and more than 1,500 by the British with large booty. German losses also reported on the eastern front with Austro German forces retreating in Transylvania. Raids by Teutonic aircraft cause many deaths in England and Romania. Greece remains tense as Venizelos travels to Crete amid talk of a pro entente shift and a possible war declaration.
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Gueudecourt
Lesboeufs
Sir Douglas Haig
Zollern
Courcelette
Paris
Petrograd
Berlin
Vienna
Volhynia
Galicia
Carpathian
Vulcan and
Starduk
Transylvanian Alps
Sofia
Amzarech-Pervels
Dobrudja
England
Bucharest
Romania
Greece
Venizelos
Crete
Athens
Obesity Advice Promote Air Time and Oil of Kerein
An old advertisement counsels weight loss through fresh air and oil of kerein capsules. It warns obesity harms health and urges readers to breathe outdoors, monitor weight, and take one capsule after meals plus one at night, claiming harmlessness and digestive help.
Bulgarian War Office Report From Fronts in Macedonia and Dobrudja
Sofia dispatch summarizes Sept 25 actions on the Florina front with artillery duels on Kaimakealan height and Struma, noting incendiaries at Doi ran and a failed left bank Struma assault east of Orleak. It reports Dolnakavadjevo's enemy casualties and Danube quietness with Romanian front success near Amzarech Pervele as troops advanced north.
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Sofia
London
War Office
Florina
Macedonia
Kaimakealan
Vardar
Doiran
Struma
British and French claim gains in Somme sector
The War Office report says combined British and French forces seized Combles and Morval, repelled heavy German counters near Morval and Lesboeufs, stormed Gueudecourt, drove Germans back, and captured Thiepval and the Zollern redoubt with strong trench defenses. The advances over two days are described as highly significant.
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London
War Office
Combles
Iregicourt
Morval
Lesboeufs
Gueudecourt
Thiepval
Zollern Redoubt
Austrians Fail to Hold Monte Cimone Summit
Rome reports Austrians unable to consolidate the Monte Cimone summit after relentless artillery fire in the Astico area and near Monte Cauriol. Allied counterattacks at Monte Sief repulsed with heavy enemy losses. bombs dropped on Grigno and Cismon. one man killed, several wounded. Romanian statement notes repulses in Transylvanian fronts and an incendiary Zeppelin raid on Bucharest.
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Rome
London
War Office
Astico
Monte Cimone
Vanoi
Monte Cauriol
Monte Sief
Pescosta
Corvara
Gader
Gorizia
Grigno
Cismon
Brenta
Bucharest
French Forces Seize Combles and Advance North of Fregicourt
Paris dispatch reports the French and British have captured Combles east and south of the railway, with vast munitions and 100 wounded left behind. French troops also took a wood north of Fregicourt and much of ground between it and St Vaast wood east of the Bethune road. 1200 unwounded prisoners and 30 machine guns counted. A Zeppelin over Calais dropped 20 bombs elsewhere.
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Paris
London
War Office
Somme
Combles
Fregicourt
Morval
St. Vaast’s Wood
Bethune Road
Calais
Steamer Bufjord Sunk. Crew Safe, Lloyds Report
London report from Barcelona states the Norwegian steamer Bufjord of 1489 tons net has been sunk. The crew were landed unharmed.
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London
Lloyds
Barcelona
Jordan Marsh Store Notes On Fabrics And Goods
The article highlights fabric trends and displays at Jordan Marsh across multiple floors. It mentions cretonnes for varied uses, scrap books in the upholstery area, new skirts in odd stripes, tiny hemmed colored handkerchiefs, lace and shadow lace sets, Latin linings, velvet or velour yardage, and new Horsman Indestructible Dolls appealing to children, with Scintiline fibre silk in lace for delicate fashion use.
Combles Falls to Anglo-French Forces Amid Troop Advances
In ongoing action on the Somme front the town of Combles is now in Anglo-French hands. French troops report capturing over 1200 unwounded German soldiers and finding 100 wounded in Combles, with munitions stores seized. Zeppelin raids over England killed 38 and injured 125 Sunday and 36 killed with 27 wounded Monday. Berlin and Paris confirm enemy retreats from Vulcan and Sturduk passes as Russians envelop. Doiran in Macedonia burned after Anglo French artillery fire. Thiepval and Gueude court taken by British forces as German positions collapse.
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Combles
Frecicourt
Bethune
Paris
England
Berlin
Vienna
Bucharest
Romania
Doiran
Macedonia
Sofia
Manajow
Galicia
Thiepval
Hohenzollern
Gueudecourt
London
Bomb Attacks Kill Sixty in Bucharest as War Rages
Officials report a Bucharest bombing by Teutonic-air squadrons killed sixty and wounded many more two-thirds of them women and children. A Zeppelin strike at night killed five children. The battles continue on the Jiu Valley and Dobruja fronts as Romanian forces resist attacks.
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Bucharest
London
Teutonic
Jiu
Dobrudia
Transylvania
Berlin War Office Reports Front Line Battles Across Europe
The German war office reports on September 26 a series of attacks and combats on the Western Front near the Ancre and Somme, Eastern theatre near Manajow and Borguny, Transylvania near Hermannstadt, and Balkan fronts with airship and aerial activity over Bucharest.
Four Year Old Boy Missing for Three Weeks
Wilfred Laris four year old son of Louis Laris of 57 Liberty street Lynn has been missing since Sunday September 3. He was staying with relatives of his mother at 174 Hold street Lowell when he disappeared after leaving his grandmother's home to buy candy. He has not been heard from by his parents.
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Wilfred Laris
Louis Laris
Liberty Street
Lynn
Hold Street
Lowell
Four Killed in Latest Zeppelin Raids Across London
London reports show 74 killed and 152 injured in two Zeppelin raids Sunday night and Monday night after report revisions. Military damage described as slight.
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London
Casualty Corrections After Night Raid On September Airships
Official statement updates casualty figures from Sundays raid noting 38 killed and 125 injured with 56 killed and 27 injured previously reported. It identifies Zeppelins L-32 and L-83 as the airships shot down, one destroyed by aircraft and the other forced to descend in Essex after damage from gunfire. A Zeppelin also skirted the south coast before heavy fire drove it away.
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Lst
London
Essex
Austrian Statement on Rumanian Front Battles Near Hermannstadt
The war office reports on September 26 that Romanian forces conducted a wide encircling drive causing evacuations at Vulcan and Szurduk passes. Fighting brews near Nagy Szeben with Austro Hungarian and German troops pressing, while Tran sylvania fronts see action in multiple sectors and a Croatian landwehr repels attacks after fierce combat.
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Vienna
London
War Office
Vulcan
Szurduk
Nagy-Szeben
Hermannstadt
Transylvania
Szekely-Udvarhely
Oderhellen
Landwehr
Archduke Charles Francis
Bukowina
Rumania
Hungary
Dorna Watra
Fronts and Skirmishes Across Galicia and Italian Theatres
In Galicia the Russo Romanian advance is frustrated as German troops defend the Sudova district and Perpelniki area. A Russian Farman aircraft was forced to flee near Vatyn. In Italy strong artillery bombardment hits the Carso plateau and Fleimstal front with Italian actions at Cossaccio and Gerdinal Coltorondo. An Alpine unit on Concanegal ridge is captured. Armistice offers for Cimone wounded are refused.
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Galicia
Sudova
Perpelniki
Vatyn
Svininsky
Vladimir Volynski
Carso
Fleimstal
Cossaccio Work
Gerdinal-Coltorondo
Concanegal
Cimone
British Army Officers Held at Ellis Island Inquiries Begin
Major Arthur S. Humphreys and Lieutenant Hugh Levick Jr of the British Army were detained at Ellis Island under a Washington order to hold enemy soldiers entering the U S They faced a special inquiry panel and the report was sent to Washington They and Humphreys wife were housed in the commissioner's rooms while awaiting a decision officials said Canada was their destination
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New York
Arthur S. Humphreys
Hugh Levick, Jr
Ellis Island
Washington
United States
Canada
Howe
Major Humphreys
State Department
Immigration Bureau
Felt Like a New Person East Ship Harbour
Mrs Martha DeWolfe from East Ship Harbour reports relief from constipation and headaches after using Fruit-a-tives. She notes dramatic improvement after one box and recommends the product. Available 50c a box six for 2.50 trial 25c, from Fruitatives Limited Ogdensburg NY.
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Martha Dewolfe
Fruitatives Limited
Ogdensburg
N.Y
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