May Cut Off U Boat Bases In Belgium War Update
German peace rumors, Russia's Kerensky republic move, and Allied offensives dominate the week. British forces push along the Menin road near Ypres while Haig targets Ruprecht of Bavaria and German U boat bases along Zeebrugge to Nieuport. Italy readies a new push on Austria as Russia reorganizes under Kerensky amid unrest. Government reports reveal German duplicity and a push to curb labor strikes as Wilson's administration mobilizes to sustain wartime production and food supplies.
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Edward v. Pickard
Belgium
Ypres
Menin Road
Field Marshal
Haig
Ypres-Roulers
Hollebeke
Austria
Trieste
Labach
Trentino
Aisne
Verdun
Germany
Berlin
Great Britain
Selers
Painleve
France
Alsace-Lorraine
America
Pope
Ofthve
The
Food Administration
Seaboard
Hoover
F. C. &. New York
War Industries Board
Congressional Conference Committee On
War and labor notes from the era on front lines and strikes
War updates from Sayura Paluta and Bar le-Duc report progress and bombardment. U S Steel wage rise on October 1 draws attention. A fog collision injures fifteen workers on an interurban line. A German submarine sinks a British destroyer near the Channel. A Detroit widow’s murder case draws attention as a crime note. Merchant ship convoying reduces submarine losses. Gold export proposals to Spain circulate as a policy item. Russian leadership changes noted with Kerensky era. A French war cross awarded for aiding wounded at Verdun. A Michigan man faces charges over a death and a Dewey era prophecy is recalled. A Great Lakes strike for October 1 looms among shipworkers.
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Thompson
Chicago
National Army
Algo
Philadelphia
Milwaukee
Oregon
Portland
Gomners
American Federation of Labor
San Iaancisco
Federal Shipping Board
New Orleans
New York
Ondotna
Od Te Fortes
Sayura Paluta
Julian Battle Front
Sys. A
Rome
Unite
Steal Corporation
Cenl
Ite
Cinton
Custer
Mich
War Office
Paris
Nea Bar le-Duc
Julia Mitwa
Hamtramck, Mich
Washington
Channel
London
Tto
Treasury
Spain
Geum Alexie Ius
Ener
Premor Kerensky
Eble
Concord
N. C
Germany
Admiral Dewey
Maunil
von Goetz
Imperial Navy
Lewis
Senate
Lake Lewnen
Great Lakes
Powers of Persuasion at Belfast Shipbuilders
Lord Pléite of Fortand & Wolff admired for remarkable business influence. Tales tell how he persuaded a Liverpool shipowner to buy a 10 000 ton vessel, leaving others baffled at the sales prowess. Amid industrial debates a playful crabbed exchange shows sharp wit and reinforcements.
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Lord Pléite
Fortand. & Wolff
Belfast
Liverpool
Weathered Forecasters and Foxy Nets In Headlines
A playful jumble hints at weather forecasters battered by chaotic forecasts and a quick, sly catch in a pun laden line. The snippet suggests media wordplay rather than a clear news event, with emphasis on weather and sly phrasing.
U S Soldiers Under Fire With the Britt Armies
In the field near the British line in France American troops come under German fire for the first time. Two soldiers are slightly wounded by shell fragments, while a contingent of the American army moves close behind the British line within enemy range. The wounded are proud among their unit, though neither earned medals.
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France
Pfield
Amer Fei Arby
Suffrage Wins In House Vote In Washington
Washington September 25 181 to 107 vote creates a house committee on woman suffrage. The item appears amid a broader market page with grain and livestock quotations, including wheat prices in jute bags and various hay cattle hogs and sheep price ranges.
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Washington
House
Chicago
Bent
Ihs
Furtive Flen Banter Prompts Odd Golf Prompt
A whimsical exchange features two flen creatures debating a golf game in a surreal setting. Sid the fist sen pops from a brown bear’s fore leg and invites the other to join a Short giate of golf. The second sen questions the locale before agreeing to play on the lynx.
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Sid
Sen
Coe
Burnum
Flen
Jack O’ Lantern
As Mitey Wise Understood It
A humorous snippet from the Indianapolis News discusses aviation terms and a punchy quip about monoplanes, biplanes, and hydroplanes as “machines from which” people fall, reflecting editor commentary on early flight jargon.
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Mitey Wise
Cuticura heals eczema and promotes daily use
An advertisement for Cuticura promotes Cuticura Soap with hot water baths and Cuticura Ointment to treat eczema and skin problems. It urges daily use to prevent rashes, offers free samples by mail, and includes an old humor quip about waking soldiers and a dating joke about women talking to men.
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Dept. L
Boston
Military figure praised as Tiger faces old age doubts
The noted military personage, dubbed the Tiger by French peers, remains in service past his youth. He was recently informed of a forthcoming marriage of six generals, and his biting remark questions the other man's courage with the line I suppose that he hasn't enough front to defend.
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Astoria
Chas. H. Fletcher
France
6 Geneya
Dr Kilmer Swamp Root Kidney Medicine Endorsement
Letter from a pharmacist praising Kilmer Co Swamp Root for kidney liver and bladder troubles dated Oct 3 1916. It urges readers to prove its benefits by sending ten cents for a sample bottle and a booklet of information. Large and medium bottles advertised in drug stores.
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Ian
Dr. Kilmer &Co
Binghamton
N. Y
Rogues Gallery Timber
An OCR fragment hints at a crime themed note discussing a culprit favoring one object, and an offender who never pardons. The text mentions partiality, complete attention to a task, and a reference to a “Cab” figure, suggesting a sensational or local crime column style without clear names or events.
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Musbind
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Geat
Buenos Aires
Russia
Kerensky
Republi
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Kaledines
Kerenstiy
Inidients
Council of Soldiers and Workmen
Council of Paasants
New Republic
Petrograd
Riga
Thi
Bernstorff
Congress
Wolf von Igel
Mrr. Lansing
Ively
Bucharest
What Is
Castoria
Carter
RTE
Gemma Bear
Luns Anys
Canada
Manitoba
Ews
Alberta
Ottawa
Mai
C. J. Broughton
W. Adame Sheety Chengo
M.V
Detroit
U. S
50Th Ave
Cicero
Kilmer
Binghamton, N. J
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