From deep ocean lantern fish to early American assembly
The article blends science notes on phosphorescent lantern fish models in the National Museum with reports on wrecking experiments in South Chicago, early colonial assembly in Virginia, a webbed air-breathing spider, Maxim gun costs, pneumatic tire growth, and early motion picture history. It also notes energy use in urban rail, a California pole with acorns, 1765 parish accounts, a seaside wedding tale, and various curiosities.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
United States National Museum
Fool
Open battle as Allied forces press German retreat toward Meuse
Anglo American armies near St Quentin report German prisoners saying the enemy retires toward Valenciennes and then the Meuse. Hard fighting expected to the prepared line, across open country ideal for whippet tanks armored cars and cavalry. British enfilading fire near Cambrai tightens the retreat.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
St. Quentin
Valenciennes
Meuse
France
Cambrai
Senate ready to answer Republican attack on Wilson peace note
Washington reporters say administration leaders prepare a unified response in the Senate with Benster Hitchcock likely delivering the chief reply to a potential Republican challenge over President Wilsons peace note to Germany. A White House source notes Wilson acted on knowledge not available to Congress, predicting weeks of developments will prove his approach a master stroke.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington, D. C
Wilson
Senate
Germany
Benster Hitchcock
Foreign Relations Committee
White House
Prince Maximilian
Congress
German Army at End of the Rope
Paris reports General J M G Malleterre, Temps critic, describes front lines as exhausted. He says the German high command seeks an armistice to retreat and regroup, evacuate invaded territory, and buy time to reform before Berlin rejects Allied terms.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Paris
J. M. G Malleterre
The
Temps
Lorraine
Berlin
Austrian Officer Joins the Allies
General Pole, formerly an Austrian captain who fought Russia in 1914, was sworn in as commander in chief of the Polish army. The ceremony occurred with the First Polish Division present, and the unit pledged allegiance to the Entente. Pole and several men defected from Austria last winter escaping via Murmansk.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Associated Press
France
Polo
Pole
Hussia
Murmansk
Soldier Gardens Harvest Big Crop At Camp Dix
Soldiers at Camp Dix Wrighteton NS harvest from a 400 acre demonstration garden planted by the national war warden commission. Crop values include 200000 euros of sweet corn 480000 pounds of potatoes 481000 pounds of hay and 60000 pounds of string beans. A field of broom corn is shown for reclamation service use and the harvest signals large war department plans next year.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Camp Dix
Wrighteton
NS. J
National War Warden Commission
Honner
Reclamation Service
War Department
Death of 19-year-old in 80 foot fall at frame building
An 19-year-old, son of Mia Mary Lareon of Spencer, Ja, died after an 80 foot fall from a frame building while moving for birds. The incident is linked to a wartime claim about Treves being the oldest town in the German empire.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Spencer
Herford Larton
Mia
Mary Lareon
Spencey
Bulding
Treves
German Empire
Grocery stores halt sale of beer in New Orleans
More than 100 grocery stores in New Orleans will stop selling beer after manufacturers discontinue beer. A. A. Larose, secretary of the New Orleans Retailers Association, says about half of the city’s 9,000 groceries are tied to saloon revenue.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New Orleans
A. A. Larose
Hetalloneers’ Association
Laross
Oul
Chile
Allied Wedge Drives 5 Miles On St Quentin Front
British American and French forces push along a 20 mile front between St Quentin and Cambrai. The assault advances one to two miles with five miles of penetration, capturing Brancourt and Premont. American units from North and South Carolina and Tennessee fight a stubborn defense of enemy machine gun positions. A German tank counterattack recaptures Niergnies and Seranvillers but tanks are neutralized and villages retaken as rain gives way to clearer skies.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lowell Mellett
United Press
France
St. Quentin
Cambrai
Brancourt
Premont
Lewis’ Wild
North Carolina
South Carolina
Tennessee
Hey
Niergnics
Seranvillers
Busines
Lene
John DE Gandt
Paris
St.Quentin
Ares
Dobain
T, Quentin
Busigny
Bohain
Champagne
Machault
Rheims
de Prench
Maison
Argonne Forest
Suippe River
Alene
Lancon
Montholp
Aire River
Grandpre Pass
American Soldiers Bayonet Germans in Savage Hand Fighting
A Memphis lad recalls trench fighting in France with bayonets and close quarters as German rear guards resisted fiercely. American troops took thousands of prisoners while British lines also captured many. prisoners reported rumors of peace but had not heard official orders.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
France
Memphis
Kalger
Lost Battalion Reaches Line After Harrowing Forest Siege
Haggard and famished troops of the Lost Battalion reached American lines north west of Verdun after being surrounded in the Argonne forest for over four days. Major Whittlesey led the group as they drove back German forces, with one wounded lieutenant returning unscathed amid the relief ascent.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Verdun
Argonne Forest
Whittlesey
Governor of Turkey Will Talk Peace in Athens
A London dispatch from Athens dated September 26 says Rahmi Bey the Smyrna governor is to arrive that night to discuss peace. The defection of Smyrna threatens Turkish resistance in Asia Minor and could allow Allied forces under Allesby and Marshall to advance toward the southern gateway of Constantinople.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Turkey
London
Athens
Rahmi Bey
Smyrna
Asia Minor
Allesby
Marshall
Constantinople
Teutons Massing as Berlin Begs Mercy
Paris dispatch reports German armies bracing for desperate resistance as Berlin hammers on with a truces plot avoidance. Field artillery short, troops massed with trench mortars howitzers and high velocity guns at key points to halt Allied advances in the east.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
William Philip Simms
United Press
Paris
Berlin
Nto
Fluna
Russia
Ukraine
East
Spanish cabinet resigns as Maura steps down in Madrid
In San Sebastian Oct 3 Premier Maura and his entire cabinet handed in their resignations to King Alfonso. The move aims to relieve congestion and clear street curbs by closing shops at fixed hours, improving orderly hours across the city.
Nearly 10 000 Hun Prisoners Captured In Day Fighting
Allied forces report about ten thousand German prisoners captured in a day of fighting across multiple fronts. The tally reflects intensified battles and large captures as operations continued with heavy enemy resistance.
Pershing 3 Men Capture Gornay In Allied Advance
Washington reports that American and French forces captured Gornay and liberated four villages while taking more than 3,000 prisoners in ongoing operations east of the Meuse. The drive includes Consenvoye Brabant Haumont and Beaumont with villages overrun on both banks of the Meuse.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
DD. C
Gornay
Pershing
Meuse
Argonne Forest
Boils Des Caures D'Haumont
Consenvoye
Brabant
Haumoent
Beaumont
Misa
Ois
Bony Pales Gaylayest
Airplane disease alarms parents in Los Angeles report
In Los Angeles a new illness labeled airplane work alarms parents who mistaken it for mumps but see it as a playful hazard keeping children from school. The condition is traced to aviation and balloon schools in southern California where frightened observers began noting symptoms after looking at planes and balloons. Washington reports 1480 American soldiers prisoners in Germany, plus 220 Americans detained elsewhere and 61 officials held in Constantinople.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Los Angeles
Cal
California
Pienen
Washington
Germany
Pershing's Blows Forcing Teutons Out of Argonne
The Allies push along a 30 mile front from Cambrai to St. Quentin with Haig reporting Canadian forces capturing Ramillies near Cambrai and prisoners rising past 8,000. French American units drive toward Champagne and Suippe while Argonne battles harden amid heavy artillery.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pershing
Teutons
Argonne
John DE Gandt
United Press
Paris
Cambrai
Laudendorff
Byng
Rawlinson
le Cateau
Champagne
Suippe
Juniville
Maehaull
Argonne Tre
Rheims
French Victory Reported in Regional Match
A brief note from the Northeast desk records a French win at a regional event. Details are sparse due to OCR quality but the item confirms a successful result attributed to French participants.
Franco American gains free Verdun and push on Meuse front
Allied forces under the American First Army report breaking German lines east of the Meuse and near Verdun. French and American troops advance about two miles on a seven mile front, capture positions near St Pierre and Autry, and take over 1,200 prisoners. British and French units also break through Hindenburg defenses, with heavy bombardments and continued fighting along the Oise and Armes fronts.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Fred 8
Ferguson
United Press
Meuse
Argonne Forest
Paris
Champagne
St. Pierre
Autry
St. Quentin
Fontaine Uterie
Bellecourt
Reuvroy
Also Mentioned on This Page
ATER
Paul W. Yeoman
Walett
Crook County
Wyo
South
Chicago
Saya
America
George Yeardley
England
Jamestown
House of Burgesses
Amerca
British Isles
Hiram
Li Hung Chang
China
Denmark
Hmithe
Dunlap Company
Dublin
Ireland
Henry Heyl
Philadelphia
Electric Railway Journal
Hanford
Gun Joaquin Light and Power Company
Electrical World
Falmouth
Henry 8
Thrasher
Portland
Elwell
Ansious
H. L. McCann
Aurora
Haxel Adame
Sulvania
A. J. Gray
Clef
Si- Ling
Aristotle
Fivat
Europe
Kittredge
Augusta
Areh
Soldier Gardens
Varia
Mureel Huwna iv
Echo de Paris
St. Quentin-Cambrai
Haig
Ramillies
Reiuillies
Escast Canal
Forenville
Valincourt
Busseny
Cambral-St.Quentin
Ihe
Euges
Theims
Cgermanes
Sulppa
Sulppe
Euippe
Aisne
Berry-Au-Baec
Foch Fias
Champagna
French War Office
Arnes
Oise
Harty
Neuville-St. Aramand
Aky
Armes
Mrancourt
Berata
Villert Outreaux
Benes
Niergnies
le Petit
T Oelook
Bavaria
Herne, Oot
Bavests
This is just the beginning! Our collection holds over 300 years of history, including rare newspapers, obituaries, marriage records, birth records, and so much more—most of which you won’t find anywhere else!