French Advance Beyond St Quentin Reach Four Miles
Paris reports French troops pushing east of St Quent in nearly four miles through multiple villages. South of the Oise in St Gobain Setviais captured with prisoners taken. Along the Ailette and Aisne French and Italian forces drive Germans back past the Oise canal near Chemin des Dames.
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Paris
St. Quentin
War Office
Oise
St. Gobain
Set‘vais
Ailette
Aisne
Chemin Des Dames
Oise Canal
Allies Push Fronts Across Europe and Palestine
Allied forces drive north through Palestine and surge on fronts from the North Sea to Verdun. British advance along the Selle river and capture Le Cateau while American units clean up on the Meuse front. German reports claim withdrawals and heavy losses as tanks and infantry press forward toward Cambrai and Solesmes.
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Palestine
North Sea
Verdun
Macedionia
France
Belgium
DixiMude
Armentieres
Lens
Cambrai
Wuards
Bohain
Vaux-Andigny
Selle River
St. Souplet
Solesmes
le Cateau
Avenines
Rieux
St. Martin
Scheldt Canal
Etrun
Caudry
Rouvrey
Amens
Burlin
London
Argonne Forest
Pines Ridge
Meuse River
German War Office
Argonne
Berlin
St. Quentin
Scranvillers
Esnes
Rhineland
le Chateau
Berthy Busigny Bohain
Champagne
St. Etienne
Ornes Ridge
Meuse
Cornay
Aire
Sommerance
Romagne
Cunel
Sivry
Beaumont
Get
Associated Press
Fresnoy
Estourmel
Igniel Les Frisettes
Scheld River
California Syrup of Figs advertisement warning label
An old style child laxative ad urges mothers to use California Syrup of Figs for constipation in children and fevers. It touts gentle, thorough relief within hours, notes the product’s safe taste, and warns to avoid counterfeit fig syrups while directing buyers to California Fig Syrup Company.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
California
Califhrnia Fig Syrup Company
Decoy Plant Built To Hinder Allied Arms Shipments
Bridgeport Projectile company funded by Germany in 1914 used to buy up pow der, antimony, and hydraulic presses for large scale munition manufacture. The venture aimed to hinder American rivals and contract with allied governments while disguising as a loyal American concern. German funds financed land, buildings, and machinery, with guarantees and large contracts later canceled and funds returned to Germany.
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Siated
Chorge W. Heathey
Bridgeport
Tauscher
Garvan
Mr. Patner
Atr
Germany
Bridgeport Projectile Company
Aetna Explosives Company, Inc
Guaranty Trust Company
Ticonderoga Sunk After U Boat Attack With 250 Aboard
Report details a U boat attack that left about 250 aboard the Ticonderoga presumably dead except for 20 who reached shore. Seventeen American soldiers from a horse detachment survived aboard the sole intact boat after shelling disabled the others. Survivors say a raft with five wounded men drifted away after attempts to tow it failed. The exact torpedo time and location remain unclear due to censorship.
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Ticonderoga
Siconderoga
Atlantic
Navy Department
British Air Superiority Drives German Retreat Near Cambrai
Reported air raids overwhelm German positions despite bad weather. Bombing and machine gun fire decimate troops and fleeing transports. Allied air power is driving the Germans north of Cambrai and southeast of the Suippe toward withdrawal as British and advancing American forces close in.
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Cambrai
Suippe
President Wilson Urges Patriots Not to Relax
President Wilson warns Americans to keep full subscription to the Liberty Loan campaign saying the nation faces a critical time. He emphasizes that any relaxation would cause tragical damage to the country and the world as the greatest exercise of national power continues.
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Wilson
Washington
Woodrow Wilson
First American air raid signals new global role
The article details a large scale Allied bombing raid using De Havilland bombers with Liberty engines, aided by French and possibly British planes, in what is described as the first independent American air force operation behind German lines. It notes a 32 ton payload, questions about equipment, and promises of future, broader air campaigns including Berlin. The piece also covers President Wilson urging full oversubscription to the Liberty loan, with daily targets and district progress.
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de Haviland
United States
Pershing
Germany
Berlin
Liberty Loan Drive Boosts Connecticut Efforts
Women’s committee runs a Liberty bonds booth at First Bridgeport National Bank while four Mitchell Field planes from Mineola plan a Tuesday flyover over Connecticut to drum up support. Local factories report high subscriptions with Salts Textile employees receiving a $50 Christmas bond bonus and Corinthian lodge boosting Fourth Liberty Loan totals reaching past 1,000 per member.
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Cons
Women's Committee
Tirst Bridgeport National Bank
Mitchelfield
Mineola
L. T
Connecticut
Liberty Loan
Connecticut Woman's Liberty Loan Committee
Milford
Orange
New Haven
North Haven
Wallingford
Meriden
Berlin
Hartford
Orient Chapter
Order
Eastern Star
Corinthian Lodge
A. M
Liberty
Salts Textile Company
Three Hun Bases Are Bombed by Aviators
London reports that on October 19, Allied air squadrons attacked retreating German forces at Mons Valenciennes and Lille, destroying railway junctions. Ninety one German aircraft were downed with nine shot down out of control. nine Allied airmen are missing.
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London
Hare
Mons
Valenciennes
Lille
Waterbury Reports 500 New Influenza Cases and Deaths
Five hundred new influenza cases raise Waterbury total to 3,050 with about ten deaths reported today. The update reflects a continuing surge and health officials warn residents about transmission risks.
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Waterbury
Pape's Diapensin Promises Quick Digestive Relief
An old advertisement touts Pape's Diapensin tablets as instant relief for stomach upset, belching, acids, indigestion pain, heartburn, flatulence and dyspepsia. It claims digestion problems vanish after taking one tablet and notes the product is inexpensive at drug stores.
Rule on Overtime Hours and Pay Across Factories
A wartime wage policy prohibits forcing workers to take overtime or Sundays for higher pay. Overtime limited to no more than two hours beyond eight per day, with pay at time and a half for excess and double time on Sundays. Awards issued to Averican Locomotive, Masen Machinery, and United Engineering for standard eight hour days.
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Ness
Corbin Ts
Vow Nay
Averigan Locomotive Company
Schenactady
N.Y
Masen Machinery Company
Waunton
Mass
United Engineering Company
Youngstown
Ohio
Exac
Destroyer Survives Torpedo Attack During Rescue
The U S Destroyer Sterrett dodged two torpedoes while rescuing about 380 people from the Hirano Maru after it was torpedoed in bad weather. One survivor died ashore. Survivors included passengers in first cabin Louis Young Durment Ashlecn T H Butler and Fred J Harsch. About 22 Japanese crew were saved. The Hirano Maru was built in 1908 at Nagasaki and owned by Nippon Yusen. The Sterrett then hunted the submarine with depth charges and gunfire.
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Sterrett
Young
Louis Durment
Ashlecn
T. H. Butler
Fred J. Harsch
Nagasaki
Nippon Yusen Kabushiki Kiisha
Tokyo
Ruin of Cambrai Most Ruthless
Destruction in Cambrai shows scattered fires and explosions as houses burst into flames. The town hall bishop police and other buildings are blown apart while the cathedral remains standing in ruins.
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Cambrai
Bishop's Police
Remember Hun Crimes Urges Strong Peace in Auburn Speech
Secretary Lansing warns on wartime justice during Auburn Seminary centennial address urging mercy with justice in shaping postwar peace. He stresses discrimination between the ignorant and intelligent and between the responsible and the irresponsible while urging universal Christian ideals and reconstruction. The crowd of college leaders applauds as he calls for spiritual supremacy in the coming peace.
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Auburn, Wol
State Ag
Die
Auburn Theological Semis
Lansing
Lansings
Wilson
Germany
Somr
Europe
State Armory
United States
Canada
Fire and smoke engulf a European city during a siege
Chancel and belfry loom as wires lap the base while smoke thickens over fallen walls. German engineers try to corral the blaze by dynamiting buildings but flames flare near soldiers. Father Thiez of St. Tryon refused to flee to aid a dying woman two days earlier and now tends civilians sheltering in cellars.
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Thiez
St. Tryon
German government accepts peace proposals says Wolff Bureau
Oct. 10 The Wolff Bureau reports the German government accepts the peace offer in principle. President Fehrenbach’s note explains the chancellor’s reply to Prince Maximilian’s proposal, while the Reichstag has approved the offer and awaits further official text.
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Amstisa Daa
Wolff Bureau
Ber
Lin
Wilby
Son
Maximilian
Reichstag
Lowing
Fehrenbach
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