Deaths from Pneumonia Claim College Guardians and Local Residents
Two more pneumonia deaths strike College: Miss Clara Bell Hollyfield head nurse and August H. Saunders private. Hollyfield's burial slated in Waco with local pallbearers. Saunders to Navasota for Masonic funeral. Also reported are child Frank Noto and Mrs D C Demaret, plus four African American residents dying of pneumonia.
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College
Clara Bell Hollyfield
The
College Hospital
August H. Saunders
Company 46
Miss Hollyfield
Waco
Physicians and Surgeons Hospital
San Antonio
Curtis Sanitarium
A. M. Curtis
Corsicana
P. and 5
Otto Ehlinger
Chase
Ehlinger
Camp Travis
Weatherford
W. H. Porter
Mineral Wells
Flora Hollyfield
Chicago
Saunders
Navasota
Enoch Robbins
D. Saunders
Evacuation of Belgian coast by German forces progresses
Amsterdam reports German evacuation of the Belgian coast continues. Lines between coast and frontier are being removed. Knokke stores and nearby factories have been set ablaze or mined to speed destruction.
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Associated Press
Amsterdam
Knokke
Oral arguments ordered in Sapp murder case
Submission of an oral argument was ordered in the case of E. E. Sapp sentenced to 99 years at Bryan Texas for the murder of his wife in Liberty County. Sapp is now in the Brazos County jail.
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Associated Press
Austin
E. E. Sapp
Bryan
Texas
Liberty County
Sapp
Brazos County
Red Cross Mobilized to Fight Spanish Flu Epidemic
Washington reports mobilization of the American Red Cross to combat the influenza epidemic. Nurses will be enrolled, hospital supplies deployed, and volunteers sent to homes where mothers and housewives are ill. Surgeon General Blue urges school and public meeting closures where outbreaks occur.
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Washington
American Red Cross
Public Health Service
State Board of Health
Red Cross
The
Camp Dodge
Iowa
Camp Funston
Kan
Camp Meade
Lee
Grant
Sherman
Ohio
British admire Wilsons reply to Maximilian
In London diplomatic circles President Wilson’s reply to Prince Maximilian’s peace proposals is seen as clever and logical.
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Wilson
Maximillian
Associated Press
London
Prince Maximillian
St Andrew’s Episcopal Church Remains Open
Rev H B Mc Jamison states St Andrew’s Episcopal Church will not close. He says the order to close churches was hasty, urging continued prayers and that the church stays open for the sick and dying. The rector emphasizes prayer, comfort, and the holy communion for all.
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H. B. McC. Jamison
St. Andrew's Episcopal Church
Church of God
St. Andrew's
Paradise
Hugh B. McC. Jamison
Reactor
Polo Now Commands Entire Polish Army
General Polo, once an Austrian captain who battled Russia in 1914, was sworn in as commander in chief of the Polish army. The ceremony in France was witnessed by a Polish division, about 80 percent of whom were Poles from the United States, who pledged allegiance to the allies.
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France
Polo
United States
Heavy fighting on Cambrai St Quentin front continues
Anglo American forces press on at Cambrai and St Quentin with persistent night fighting. British artillery hammers the enemy as German guns fall to capture, while large numbers of prisoners flow to rear at Cages.
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Associated Press
St. Quentin
Cambrai
Germans Unveil New Explosive Type Used by Luftwaffe
Paris reports a new light weight highly effective incendiary bomb used by the Germans in recent days. The only defense against fires is isolation as water worsens the blaze due to the bomb’s chemistry. A single airplane can carry about 200 bombs.
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Associate Press
Paris
Verdun Push Gains Ground as Allied Forces Capture Prisoners
General Pershing reports American and French troops pressing the Verdun front. An advance on both sides of the Meuse yields over 3000 German prisoners. Cornay is captured amid continued drives in the Argonne forest.
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Associated Press
Washington
Verdun
Pershing
Meuse
Cornay
Argonne Forest
Hindenburg Line Ruptured as Allied Advance Surges
Paris dispatch reports the Hindenburg Line breached on the first day of the new offensive. French troops attacked south and east of St. Quentin, seizing the German defenses between Harly and Neuville St Vaast and pushing toward the north as a major battle rages from Escaut to the Meuse.
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Associated Press
Paris
Windenburg
Escaut
Meuse
St. Quentin
Harly
Neuville Stamand
Quota Progress in Brazos County Liberty Loan Drive
Brazos County nears completion with $112 400 raised toward a $315 600 goal as two weeks remain. Bryan crosses $100 000 in subscriptions amid a Giddings sale of about $15 000 while Judge Maloney urges full support and individual donors are listed with varied amounts from $20 to $20 000.
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Brazos Co
Bryan
Brazos County
Giddings
J. T. Maloney
Millican
Wellborn
Steele Store
Edge
Metana Tees
Explosions in Perth Amboy Tied to Enemy Agents Letter
Washington reports evidence from government operatives that a letter predicting the Gillespie shell loading plant explosion in Perth Amboy New Jersey was signed M Heinie and sent to a contact in Sonora Mexico. Investigators question the letter's authenticity while pursuing possible enemy involvement.
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Associated Press
Washington
Gillespie
Perth Amboy
N. J
M. Heinie
Sonora
Mexico
Department
New Jersey
Second Division Bore Brunt of Recent Fighting
The second American division bore the brunt of hard fighting in the Champagne district. It includes the fifth and sixth regiments of marines, ninth and twenty-eighth infantry, and the fifteenth, sixteenth and nineteenth artillery units.
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Associated Press
France
Champagne
Allen Postpones Football Game
Allen academy postpones the football game with Celvert due to many grippe cases. Ticket holders may use their tickets at the first game of the season, with practice to resume after the illness subsides. Allen plans strong teams and promising games in Bryan this fall.
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Grippe
Allen Academy
Academy
Celvert
R. N. Blackwell
the Athletic Association
Allen
Bryan
Caldwell defense council faces tax roll scrutiny
The Caldwell Texas defense council is summoning citizens to show cause why they should not subscribe the allotted amount after a comparison with the tax rolls. So far no one has failed to appear with expectations. The county will raise its quota.
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Defense Council
Caldwell
Tex
Herman M. Hughes Dies in Dallas Leader of North Texas Wholesale Grocers
Herman M. Hughes, president of the North Texas Wholesale Grocers Association, died in Dallas last night of Spanish influenza contracted while serving as division chairman of the Liberty Loan Committee.
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Associated Press
Dallas
Herman M. Hughes
North Texas Wholesale Grocer’s Association
Liberty Loan Committee
Wilson’s Diplomatic Move Traps German Heads
Washington officials assess President Wilson’s adroit communication to the German chancellor as a potential trap if the peace proposal from Maximilian was not sincere.
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Associated Press
Washington
Wilson
Maximillian
Will of the people to guide Bulgaria's new king
Basel Oct 9 The will of the people of Bulgaria will guide the new ruler King Boris. The new king read this statement at a dinner with Bulgarian cabinet members.
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Associated Press
Basel
Bulgaria
Boris
Americans Capture Artillery Batteries in Action
With American forces on October 9, U. S. troops alone captured two field batteries and a battery of heavy artillery. German reinforcements arrived, but their fatigued troops add only to the confusion within the enemy ranks.
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Associated Press
U. S
Towns Burned as German Retreat Advances
Quentin reports German forces began burning towns well east of the front line. Maretz, located between Clary and Bohain, is in flames as retreating troops set fires during the advance.
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Associated Press
St. Quentin
Maretz
Clary
Bohain
Haig Announces Fall of Cambrai After British Attack
London reports Cambrai captured by British forces with eight thousand prisoners taken. Allied lines push south of Cambrai as American and French troops advance near Verdun and Rheims. Lost battalion freed after four days in Argonne forest. survivors near exhaustion.
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London
Cambrai
Paris
Argonne Forest
Verdun
Meuse
Charney
Cinsen
Forenville
Walincourt
Watson Motion Overruled by Supreme Court
The Texas Court of Criminal Appeals overruled the motion for a rehearing in the case of T. R. Watson who is serving a 99 year term for the killing of banking commissioner John S. Patterson in Teague.
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Watson
Supreme Court
Associated Press
Austin
Court of Criminal Appeals
T. R. Watson
John S. Patterson
Teague
Wilson Watches Allies Progress on Western Front
President Wilson studies a large war map as allied troops advance on the western front. German prisoners indicate a retreat toward the Val and Meuse lines with many German forces already withdrawing in France.
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Associated Press
Washington
Wilson
Valenciennes
Meuse
France
Plane brings piano from London to Paris for test
Paris Oct 9 One of the new allied bombing planes arriving from London demonstrates cargo capacity by transporting a full sized upright piano. The plane can carry six persons and substantial bombing material.
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London
Paris
Associated Press
Kitchens Captured by Our Troops at Verdun
With the Americans at Verdun on October 9 Associated Press reports ten rolling kitchens once aiding the German front are now rolling behind American lines. The devices were captured during the French and American push through the Argonne forest.
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Associated Presa
Verdun
Argonne Forest
Allies threaten Bohain as front lines push near key junction
On the Cambrai St. Quentin front Allied forces are in open country and pressing toward Bohain a vital road and rail hub. American troops advanced to within two miles of the town last night reinforcing the push for the German held area.
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Associated Press
Paris
Cambrai-St. Quentin
Bohain
Swiss Balloon Burned in German Air Raid
Geneva reports German planes attacked a Swiss captive balloon yesterday. The aircraft set the balloon on fire and Lieutenant Ruby, aboard the balloon, was burned to death.
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Associated Press
Geneva
Ruby
Confusion in German lines as Allied forces press advance
Report by Associated Press from the Anglo American front notes great confusion within enemy lines. British armies faced at least 29 divisions, with many identified and engaged since August. Terrain is strewn with dead and broken equipment as prisoners reveal lack of awareness of armistice plans.
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Associated Press
Valencianes
Hindenders Line Records Severe German Losses at Front
German divisions were wiped out in a furnace like retreat with heavy losses to the German army. Paris reports say Ludendorff may have delayed the retreat risking only remnants. North of the Arnes the Germans failed to regain ground, suffering heavy losses and more than 600 prisoners taken.
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Associated Press
Hindenders
Ludendorff
Germany
HMS
Paris
Arnes
Japanese Father Kills Self to Free Son for Duty
An elderly Japanese man, ill and reliant on support, committed suicide so his soldier son, ordered to Vladivostok, could serve without worry, the war office announced.
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Self
Germans Counter Attack On Suippe River Front
London reports German troops mounting heavy counter attacks along the Suippe river front in the Champagne district, stalling French advances and preventing significant progress.
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Associated Press
London
Suippe
Champagne
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