Astonish French Zouaves with daring advance in sightings
North of the Vesle to the Aisne plateau American forces push after German withdrawal while observers note reduced resistance. French Liberte lauds a Texas unit for a bold debut charging machine gun nests and bayonets, though an officer urged restraint to avoid excess.
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Veste
Villers-en-Prayeres
Aisne
Fismes
Bazoches
Fismette
Vesle
la Liberte
Tenry-Sorny
Mer
Texas
American flyer Van Winkle Todd Missing in Action
Lieut. Van Winkle Todd of the American aviation forces is reported missing in action after his aircraft was shot down in enemy lines on August 12 during operations in France.
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Lieut
Winkle Todd
France
van Winkle Todd
Webster and Army Roster Mention in 1889 Infantry Sale
Fragmentary OCR notes Brig Gen F D Webster and a clash involving infantry and cavalry in 1889. References to Webster’s path from Mississippi and a wartime era context imply a military or biographical notice without clear dates or full details.
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Webeter
Sud
Artillery Cover the Vesta with Allied Forces Push
American artillery supports the pursuit of the enemy as supplies rush forward for crossing the Oise and Allies canal network. The pressure north of Soissons grows as American and French forces move eastward in a flanking maneuver.
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Vesta
Frenes
Alane
Oise-Alane Canal
Chemin Con Dames
Soissons
British Embassy Search Triggers Moscow Outrage
London reports say the British consulate in Moscow faced a raid linked to Savinkoff and Filonenko. Forty primarily British nationals were detained. Attache Francis Cromie was fatally wounded tackling Bolshevik soldiers, while Captain Cromie allegedly killed three attackers before dying. France warns of possible further outrages at Petrograd embassies.
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London
Moscow
Central News
Petrograd
Amsterdam
Pranda
Savinkoff
Filonenko
Foreign Office
Troops Reach Near Loan As Front Advances
Paris dispatch reports Gen Mangin's troops closing on Loan nine to ten miles away. French units have reached the Aisne front and the capture of Hara is anticipated as forces press forward.
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Paris
Mangin
Loan
Aisne
Hara
Wires Busy Block Press Messages From Fairfield
An unusual government matter is said to be under telegraph wires serving Fairfield today. Messages from Chicago are unable to come through as business is adjourned.
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Taro
Weil Es Poli
Telegraphic news delayed by new government ruling
A 1918 letter from the Western Newspaper Union to The Daily Journal explains that day and night press telegrams now have priority and full rate messages may be delayed. Journals must accept all messages even if late as refunds will not be possible for late bulletins.
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The
Journal
Fairfield
Iowa
Western Newspaper Union
Speed Selective Service to Send Men to Camp Next Month
Washington reports Gen. Enoch Crowder urges immediate acceleration of the selective service machinery to mobilize men ages eighteen to forty five. Questionnaires will precede the drawing, boards must classify quickly, and process steps aim to reduce card return and serial-number assignment to ten days. Potential October 2 drawing discussed once serial lists are complete.
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Washington
Enoch Crowder
National Selective Service
Crowder
General Crowder
Hoover Confers With Aids On New Food Program
Washington reports Herbert C. Hoover, food administrator, conference with federal officials from all states to map wartime conservation measures. He outlined Europe trip findings and sought input on wheat and meat rules sugar distribution flour pricing mill feeds and cottonseed products. Reports from across regions praised food saving progress.
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Washington
Herbert C. Hoover
Chileites angered by attempted destruction of interned ships
In Santiago on September 6 authorities report German crews tried to blow up their interned vessels in three Chilean ports. Dynamite damaged machinery as crews acted at once. Troops were dispatched to guard the ships and prevent further depredations.
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Santiago
Chile
Germans Plan Large Retreat With Concrete Defenses
Amsterdam Sept 5 The Echo de Belge reports German forces are building massive concrete fortifications about fifty miles behind the front as they retreat toward Belgium. Construction activity centers near Tournai Lourenth Chievres and Mons.
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Amsterdam
Belgium
Echo de Belge
Tournai
Lourenth
Chievres
Mons
Brig Gen A Hero Jr Conferred by Navy Ceremony
Fragmentary text notes a brigadier general honored in a ceremony linked to a military branch and personnel, with scattered references to individuals and a formal recognition event. Details are unclear due to damaged transcription.
Bomb outrage at federal building kills four in Ada
Investigators pursue multiple leads as threats and letters tied to officials are reexamined. District Attorney Clyne vows action against those connected, while officials question if the explosion targeted a specific occasion.
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Federal
Charies
Clyne
Kenesaw Mountain Landis
Post Office
Wilson
Chicago
Bolshivik Envoy Litvinoff Held Under Arrest in London
British authorities announce preventive arrest of M. Litvinoff the Bolshevik envoy in London his secretary and another staff member. The British government also releases all British representatives in Bolshevik Russia allowing them to travel to the Finnish frontier unmolested.
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London
Evening News
Maxim Litvinoff
Brixton
M. Litvinoff
Russia
Americans Exit Russia for Finland Under Allied Mission
American consuls allied mission members and civilian refugees who recently left Russia on a special train crossed safely into Finland. The report came from Consul Haynes at Helsingfors dated September 3.
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Russia
Washington
Finland
Haynes
Helsingfors
Roosevelt visits wounded son in Newport News
Col. Theodore Roosevelt arrives in Newport News to see his son Captain Archibald Roosevelt, who has been invalided home and ordered to the convalescing hospital at Camp Stuart located there.
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Archibald
France
Newport News
Theodore Roosevelt
Archibald Roosevelt
Roosevelt
Camp Stuart
Hertling: crown and dynasty at stake in franchise reform
Amsterdam reports Chancellor Hertling told the Prussian upper house constitutional committee that the franchise reform question bears directly on protecting the crown and the dynasty. He asserted his honest conviction that the issue jeopardizes the monarchy.
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Amsterdam
Hertling
Turkey Protects Americans in Persia Move
Turkey ordered its Persia forces commander to prevent any harm to Americans. The Turkish foreign ministry told the Swedish envoy that the American consulate at Tabriz would be evacuated and the consulate and hospital turned over to American authorities.
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Washington
Turkey
Persia
Constantinople
State Department
Stockholm
Tabriz
Anthracite Coal Production Tops 1.8 Million Tons
The week of August 31 saw the largest anthracite output of the year at 1,806,121 tons, up 100,000 tons from the prior week, per the Fuel Administration in Washington.
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Washington
The
Fuel Administration
Socialist Paper Suspended in Paris for 24 Hours
Paris report says the socialist evening paper L Heure was suspended for 24 hours following a request from American general headquarters. The suspension affected other papers including Le Figaro as part of the same action.
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Paris
L'Heure
the Figaro
Boston Wins First Opening Battle in World Series
Boston Red Sox beat Chicago Cubs to open the World Series on a strong start. Pitching and timely hitting propelled the Sox to a decisive early lead as fans celebrated the franchise’s championship pursuit.
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Red Sox
Cubs
Red Sox Win World Series Opener At White Sox Park
Boston takes a 1 0 edge in the 1918 World Series as Vaughn shuts down the Cubs offense. Dave Shean earns a run with a first inning walk and Stuffy McInnis drives in the other on a single. Ruth goes hitless in his first at bat while Scott turns a key defensive play in the seventh.
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White Sox Park
Red Sox
Oiiminiz
Waugh
Ruth Sise
Boston
Cubs
Shean
Vaugha
Kooper
Merkle
Vaughn
Strunk
Bill Killefer
Mitchell
Holly
Charley Pick
George Roche
White Sox
Whiteman
Meliinis
Fred Thomas
Babe Ruth
Paskett
Dave Shean
Comiskey Park
George Paskett
Scott
Everett Scott
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