Haig Masters Retreat In Major War Front Action
British and French lines hold against German assault along the Somme in late March 1918. Haig praised for a masterly withdrawal. American engineers praised for gallantry in convoy and transport tasks amid heavy bombardment and counterattacks. The front reports fierce fighting near Albert and Perronne with German efforts repelled.
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Haig
Ater
Germany
Cambrai
Meir
Canbral
Frees
Treavy
Peronne
Bopinme
Woalete Withinrawal
Ie Cone
Nesle
Ham London
Reuters
Tritish
Neste
Ham
Rth
Petrograd
Wilson
Haig Washington
President Wilson
Marshal Haig
Somme
Berlin
Fermen Somme
Offielst Genien
Teaugiume
WAR Department
Washington
United States
March
Eliefof Rgf
Frances
Dourhes Mare
Meinsit
Pading
Nesles
Guiscard
London
Farmers Of Arkansas Oppose Birdmen Inirmmins
In Toon March 2, farmers condemn airborne military craft raising alarms about aircraft noise and potential threats to livestock and crops. The report notes tension over aerial tests near Athitiens on the Mississippi River and mentions tensions at a local airfield with authorities sealing pins and continuing training.
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Memmins
Toon
Fieieh
Vehity
Crete
Neeeo Esborers
Athitiens Aero Ue
Menger
Milltary Aviators Labia
Vark Field
Merphil
Disorder and fines in town court results
Judge Doughty imposed 25 days and a $50 fine for disturbing the peace after a late night incident. Jose Merena received 30 days for a poker game disruption. Other locals faced penalties for disturbing neighborhood calm and related offenses amid a tense community scene.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Devi of Chom
Hadomoney
Vile Green
Charles Dick
Large Muslin Bandage Class Reported By Redross News
Myre Taber and Mrs Gheen led a sizable session on muslin bandages on Saturday with Miss Brennan and Miss Hansel supervising teachers and the P E B O society. 160 abdominal bandages were completed and packed, plus substantial refu- gown shipments and box packing by a large volunteer committee.
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Myre
A. D. ‘Taber
J. B. Gheen
Brennan
Comirh
Excelman
Cormich
Thompson
Pratt
Mason
Hun
Tes
Pormal
Pennock
McGahen
Griswell
Hurley
Mentz
Henferean
Job Flenderson
Tanmbs
Taber
Alexander
Misses French
Thoranson
Hansel
Steniie Leberski
Shaansen
McNemees Mesers
AD. Taber Vudel
Urown
Mitchell
Local notices and town updates amid wartime dispatches
A chaotic but earnest town bulletin reports Bertha Hale recovering, Cantwell返回ful on duty, Fulton vs Willard fight results, and a county warden vacancy. Sheriff Harris heads to Denver seeking Feniseh. Independent plans a public bulletin board for rapid news. A train send-off honors Joe McNiinut departing No. 19. town mourns John Bett with uncertainty over his fate in Europe aboard the Western Front.
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Joe McNiniit
Henner
Hla
Joe
Khan
John Bett
Kithet
Weateen
Europe
Inet
World War Tales and Home Front Notes
A mixed wartime digest reports on an American field encounter with a German air raid threat, plus London air shelter builds for Edmont on and a quirk on varnishing shoe soles to endure gas and rain. It also notes Swedish pro German propaganda claiming American soldiers commit suicides amid submarine fears.
Winnemucca Girls Defeat Elko 38 to 11 in State Title
Winnemucca defeated Elko 38 to 11 in a state basketball final at Winnemucca High School gym. Erma Hoskins led the winners with strong shooting as Winnemucca claimed the championship amid a large city crowd and festive attendance.
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Winnemucca
Elko
Winnemucca Hide School
Chiles
Erma Hoskins
Elka
Adele Clinton
Dorothy Middleton
Agnes Riddell
Pearl Bryant
Nevada Butler
Julia Wines
Nettie Gardner
Josephine Reid
Humboldt Star
Plunder and lynching amid war time tensions
Amid reports of unrest overseas and domestic fear, violence erupts as shops are plundered and proprietors faced with mob lynching. The piece also notes harsh wartime conditions for Swedes in America and political leaks about the American embassy in Budapest.
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Ameri
Luxburg
New York
Britheh Capital
Budapest
ST. Louis
A. H. Lichty
Central Department
National War Work Council
Young Men's Christian Association of the
United States
London
Clara Kimball Young Divorced by Husband
In Los Angeles on March 24 the film star Clara Kimball Young won a divorce from James Young a Hollywood motion picture director. They married in 1910 and separated in 1917 in New York. She did not appear in court. her only opposition was a denial of desertion.
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Los Angeles
Clara Kimball Young
James Young
Hollywood Notion Picture
New York
Young
Artillery Drives Two German Tracked From Sector
American artillery wiped out two enemy lines in the Tonl sector near St Baus. The first line and communications trenches near the town were shelled with effect. Billets at North Boqueteau were occupied as the enemy positions near the front were abandoned in places.
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Kidder
France
Associated Press
United States
Aser-geant
Bowie
Hww
Mance
Tonl
St. Baus
Boqueteau
Book Drive For Men In Trenches In Belgium
The drive to send five tons of books monthly to General Pershing's forces in Europe is under full swing in New England. Local libraries collect and deliver books daily at New England headquarters in Boston. The national goal is two million books.
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Boston
Fiy
General Wershing
Europe
New England
Dances Jig At 102 In Wisconsin
102 year old Mare Tom Edwards of Viola Crawford county dances a jig and hurdles a chair with ease. He credits longevity to a carefree life avoiding worry alcohol and tobacco and a fondness for candy persists.
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Loctosse
Wis
Mare
Tom Edwards
Viola
Crawford County
Wile
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Liecourt
Bris
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Noyen
Oize
Paris
Mire
Haa
Long
Uoton
Oscar J. Streeter
Fates
Pioneer Bldg
Parmers
Arkansas
Redross News
Bertha Hale
Orn
Chas. A. Cantwell
J Willard
Fred Fulton
County Tome
Doe Harris
Erning
Denver
Feniseh
Independent
Inerrae
Inilentias
World Film Corporation Presents
Carlyle Blackwell and
Evelyn Greeley
The
Telegraph
Ious
Edmeonton
Charee
Enel
Kaiser Missulla
Mont
Ko R. Feneku
School of Forestry
University of Montami
Stockholm
Sweden
America
Nya Daglige Adelanda
Belgium
Carson News
Sizurd
James Dysart
Hike
Supreme Court
District Court of
Elko County
Anne Varnes
John Winter
Parys
Dysart
Ewer
Welch's
Sunset Grocery Company
Fifth Street
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