Haig claims 10,000 German prisoners in advance push
Allied dispatch reports over ten thousand German prisoners taken and more than 60 guns captured in operations northwest of St Quentin and near the Somme front. British and French exchanges describe heavy fighting around Moehys Treseaalt and Couzeauvoert with local advances and repulsed counterattacks. Air activity includes seven hostile planes downed. four of ours missing.
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Gonzeaucourt
Woehy
Treseaalt
Moehys
Couzeauvoert
Gauche
Atile
Auchy-les-La Mussee
Winchaete
Neuve Chapelle
Norh
Xpres-Coiinesenna
St. Quentin
Airplane Crashes Near Ridgefield in Clouds
An Army air plane from Miner Field, Illinois, vanished in clouds and crashed near Ridgefield. The craft struck soft ground, suffered wing and engine damage, and one crewman was injured. Observers and local Bradley street workers aided the scene as rescuers dispatched from the aviation field.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Army
Miner
Mt List
Lewishorn
Ridgefield
Draft Status Affected By October 4 Recruiting Campaign
Draft status remains tied to October 4, with women signed by the United States Employment Service ensuring parity for men. Committee chairmen urge support for married women joining the workforce for patriotic reasons, noting many have little prior work experience and will not earn enough to support themselves. They stress encouragement over fear of maternal dependence.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wenn Inbor
Ander Way
United States
Tiny
Dr Adams Brings Message To Munitions Workers
John Douglass Adams, recently returned from Europe, spoke to the Remington Arms and Union Metallic Cartridge foremen their wives and friends at Wish School Auditorium. He urged workers to share in wartime sacrifices, saying soldiers at the front and workers in the rear are in the same war and must not let the others down.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John Douglass Adams
Chute
Europe
Remington Arms
Tnion Metallic Cartridge Works
Wish School
Strike Halted In England After Negotiations
London reports that no settlement was reached between striking railway workers and their employers, averting a nationwide railway walkout. A government commission will study equal pay for men and women, while weekly wage increases were tentatively proposed for workers over eighteen.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Londhd
London
Stelle
Chadisgotte
Entertaining Grange hall sketches planned this Friday
The Grange committee of Grange with Airs, chairman, arranged an event at Grange hall for Friday evening featuring two sketches 80 Minutes for Refreshments and This Is So Sudden. The cast includes Howard J. Wakeman Clinton PN lor Pierson Dunham Wenneth Banks Jarriet Hut and others in the first sketch while Margaret Winchester Chace Dalley Catherine Winchester Elboel Merwin and Kate Perry star in the second. A font rehearsal was held last evening and dancing will follow.
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Smi Meng
Speciel
Sylvis
Thea Greenfidle Tiberty Chorus
Umnham
Marion ¢. Dunham
J. Herbert Holton
Neypent ’ Hill
Clifford Panks
Czecho Camp at Stamford Night Prober Aroused
Night prowler incident at Czecho-Slovak camp in Stamford led to panic and arrests. Guards totaling 29 and 109 scouts from nearby areas detained, with some wounded and others relocated to national headquarters in New York. Recruits will depart for the western front after officer arrivals next week.
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Janes Atewilliams
New York
John Garrett
New Haven
Tur Mharles
Henry McWilliams
John Carrett
Naw York
Stamford
Amaipouud
Alaris
Anthonyer
Coop
Vosyka
Tar Tata
Bossi Hte
Ooko
58 Missing in Loss Of British Steamer
LONDON, Sent 19 4 Tritish armed boardlnog Steamirer was tor yed acal and sunk by a cees sub marine on September 12, the Trit ish el intenlly announced today fifty-night members of the crew are missing.
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London
Cees
Patent medicines raise caution over cures and patent rights
The piece warns intelligent readers against patent medicines and asserts doctors should oversee treatment rather than drugstore remedies. It notes the opposition by regular physicians to patent medicines as interference with medical hygiene and mentions Uncle Sam granting the first patent two years earlier and various wheel-related patents, reflecting ongoing inventor interest in wheels and tires.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Los Angeles Times
Allied Labor Men Back Wilson Fourteen Points Support
London report states the Inter bed Tahor conference unanimously backed Wilson's fourteen points through a report by the international relations committee. It warned against any settlement compromising global democracy and urged workers to reject terms that threaten Russian freedom while cautioning against intervention. Samuel Gompers said American labor backs the allied stance and supported adopting the report as the best option.
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London
Vonmitton
Wilson
Asc
Toe
Ny Poten
Ameria
Russia
S Smuel Gompers
U. of L
James Ramsay MacDonald
Labor Next
Gompers
United States
Great Britain
Hhe
Machine Gunner Suffers Finger Injury at Armory
John Martin, 17, of 116 Crewe Street, member of the Connecticut State Guard Machine Gun company, was severely cut when his right index finger was pinched in a trap at the armory on Many Street. Dr Krank Gavlas sewed the finger and he was taken home from emergency hospital after the accident occurred late yesterday evening.
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John Martin
Crewe Street
Oergency Hospital
Krank
Gavlas
Connecticut State Guard
The Grant Monument Contracted For In Washington
The Grant Monument in front of the capitol was contracted August 10, 1908 with a five year completion target. Extensions were granted as work progressed. Architectural work is finished, cavalry and artillery groups stand at the ends, Tor lamps in place, equestrian statue remains to be installed on the central pedestal. Total authorization by Congress is 240000 dollars, plus 10000 set aside for design and exchange.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Grant
General Grant
Capitol
Washington
Flongress
Six Weeks Old Babe Abandoned In Broad Street
Six weeks old foundling alarmed Fred Rowe near Beers building in Broad Street shortly before 11 oclock at night. Dr. Frank E Gavlas of the emergency hospital took the infant to St. Vincents hospital for care. The baby, a girl, was well clothed and likely left there briefly. Police have not located the mother but expect to in time.
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Fred Rowe
Beers
Broad Stree
Frank EF. Gavlas
Themergency Hospital
St. Vincent’s Hospital
Rowe
Brow Street
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Somme
Paris
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Tandon
Isselawala
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Varess
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Roussos
Margicourt
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Margicourte
Pontenet
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Bellenglise
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Beli-Ans
Coal & Wood Forever
I. Ie
Bridgeport Kerodex Co
Col. John and
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Kerodex
Fairfield County
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Maloney
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Owler
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Jo~oteph
Carroll
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Aliss Carroll
Ogents School For Girls
Philadelphia
Heat of the Piss
Doerr & Carrol Horse Company
Fowler
New York Sun
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Uncle Sam
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American Defense Society
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da Azz
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