Allied push across Meuse fronts gains ground
News reports describe Allied and American advances along the Meuse front in France with German retreat and heavy fighting. Americans seize wooded heights south of Beaumont as Sedan battles intensify and Austrian front collapses under Entente pressure.
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War Office
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Entente Front
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Ger
Republicans Sweep Nation As House Gains Lead
Republicans win control of the House by a solid margin and sweep state contests. Michigan, Idaho and New Mexico races determine Senate control as Democrats lose several seats. Kansas yields wide GOP victory with Allen and Capper leading, while Missouri and Ohio show big Republican margins. Prohibition battles intensify with several states turning dry or staying dry.
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Henry J. Allen
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Congressman Ayers
Columbus
Ohio
Prohibition
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California
Franklin Hichborn
California Anti-Saloon League
New Orleans
Louisiana
Minneapolis
Minnesota
Drinking Water From Dew on Gibraltar and England
Summary notes a method where drinking water is gathered from dew using earth pits filled with straw and clay covering, observed on Gibraltar and in parts of England. Included is a personal anecdote about breakfast mush and a child preferring a brown piece over a rusty one, as quoted from the Chicago Tribune.
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Rock of Gibraltar
England
Chicago Tribune
Bees as Weather Guides
A brief note explains bees as weather guides. In wet mornings bees are sluggish and inactive, while in bright or fine days they are active and lively, signaling good weather ahead.
Portugal Digs Little Coal Among European Nations
Portugal produces only 22 000 tons of coal annually the smallest total in Europe. In contrast New South Wales mines about twice that amount and Spain's production is higher than Portugal's.
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Portugal
New South Wales
Spain
Bigamist Bride Confesses to Ontario Marriage Case
Laura Reeves, 22, says she learned after the fact she had wed Lyman Barnes in Ontario following a drunken ride. Barnes, held by provost guard, faces desertion charges while Reeves worries about her two children Henrietta and Virginia and her past marriage to William Blundell.
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Henrietta
Virginia
Blundell
Barnes
New York Midnight Supper Club Draws City Night Owls
A Columbus Circle restaurant becomes a late night haven after 2 a.m. as fashionable revelers, officers, cabaret workers, and tourists mingle over waffles and eggs. The scene features glitzy attire, cigarettes, and a taxi parade departing as dawn approaches.
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York
New York
Columbus Circle
John D. Rockefeller
Emporium
Army
Navy
Lulu Lightfoot
Tottie Coughdrop
Beatrice
Remarkably Quick Ending of Love's Young Dream
Anna Maurer, a vaudeville star, told Justice Sellers that her husband Dick, a Detroit bellhop, had hopped out of her heart and she was cured. She accused him of stealing $25 from a hotel guest and mistreating her as their marriage spiraled. Dick was jailed for investigation.
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Anna Maurer
Sellers
Anna
Richard
Detroit
Love in a Movie House Code Messages in Lantern Light
A Chicago era item describes a theater projector operator secretly courting a neighbor. He uses initials scratched on lantern slides to send endearing codes to the girl, signaling affection while they meet after shows for a walk home.
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Robert Leatherlings
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