Repulsed Hun Counter Stresses Allied Offensive Advances
British French and American forces push toward the old Hindenburg Line taking towns and villages. British report 75,000 prisoners as French reach near La Fere and St. Quentin. In Flanders British press toward Armentieres while storms hinder operations. Despite rain allied gains widen around Cambrai and Hesbecourt as German resistance stiffens.
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LA Fere
ST. Quentin
Laon
Hindenburg
Aisne
Glennes
Havrincourt
Canal du Nord
Cambrai
Hindenburg Line
Gouzencourt
Hesbecourt
Roiel
Paris
Foch
Dark Days Past Haig Reports Progress in France and Belgium
London reports Field Marshal Haig praising past hardship and urging resolve as British and French forces push along the Hindenburg line and cross canals. Germans counterattack near Cambrai is repulsed while Allied gains near La Fere St Gobain Vicinities widen the front with captures including Liez fort and several small towns.
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London
Field Marshal Haig
France
Payson Ripley Found Dead in Office with Bullet Wound
Payson Ripley superintendent of the Southern Kansas Division of the A T and S F Railway and nephew of E P Ripley was found dead in his Chanute office with a self inflicted bullet wound. He had been ill for two years, was married with three children, and formerly lived in Boston. He was appointed superintendent in 1910.
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Chanute
Kans
Payson Ripley
Southern Kansas Division
A. T. & S.fl Railway
E .P. Ripley
Road
Ripley
Boston
Hoover declines action on Kansas wheat shipment
Secretary Hoover telegram says wheat from Kansas should not be curbed now as 18 million bushels lie in elevators and 16 percent unthreshed. He believes millers may be unduly frightened and prefers shipments to large grain centers, not held at unrecognized terminal points. Also notes travel of Mr Levi Fory and daughter to Warsaw Missouri for relatives visit and Mrs Wells to visit son in Georgia.
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Levi Fory
C. W. Wells
Kenneth
Warsaw
Quarterly Five Hundred to Leave Student Soldiers
A brief item notes five hundred students will depart in a quarterly movement. The report hints at an early chance for action but provides few concrete details or dates.
University Senate Orders New Barracks for Army Training Unit
The University Senate voted that all student soldiers be housed in new barracks for the student Army Training Corps. Fraternity houses will not be used. five hundred students will be enrolled, with Dean F J Kelly heading educational work and Captain Bruno T Scher overseeing military and school operations. Chancellor Frank Strong announced four term terms with fall start dates and initial physicals and inoculations for typhoid and smallpox.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hundres
student army _ training corps
Bruno T. Scher
University Senate
War Department
Scher
Senate
Kelly
Frank Strong
F. J. Kelly
Georges C. Shaad
D. L. Patterson
ALT. C
C. C. Williams
John Shay
Chancelllor Strong
Wheat Exodus Spurs State Crisis In Kansas Mills and Livestock Feeds Threatened
Topeka Sept 10 Reports from state agriculture correspondents to J C Mohler warn of a wheat export surge draining Kansas of 12 009 000 bushels raising fear of shortages for flour mills and livestock feeders. Mohler appeals to Hoover for federal action as elevators hold about 14 460 004 bushels awaiting shipment and only a quarter of the crop remains for feed, seeding, and other needs.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Topeka
Kan
State
Boal of Agriculture
J. C. Mohler
Mohler
Fierbert Hoover
National Food Administrate
Washington
Actio
Mohter
Mohler Hinds
Mr. Mohter
Kansas
University faculty meeting discusses transfers to professional branches
A university meeting attended by about one hundred faculty members including C. W. Green of Kansay Crize and Toward Hech, former governor and current state board of administration member, weighed transferring boys into professional branches of the university organization.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
University
C. W. Green
Kansay Crize
Hech
State Board of Administration
Milling Crisis Warns of Famine Flow
The mills struggle due to storage shortages as vast wheat stocks remain unsold. Reports indicate significant grain is moving to the eastern seaboard, with some standing idle awaiting shipment. Prompt cutting and action are urged to prevent shortages for farmers and to stabilize the state’s supply.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Syvistmas
Reunion by whistle unites brothers from Lawrence
Brothers from Lawrence Wert in Kaner share a whistle code used at a Signal Corps school. Lieut. Harry Aisent of the 214th Signal Battalion learns his brother Corporal Roy Zips is also at the same school, prompting a crowd and a note to the draft board. Carders at Camp Funston await assignment, with potential for training at another camp.
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Brothé¢rs
Lawrence Wert
Kaner
Ai Signal Corps
Hoy Mel
Lawrence
Pranes
Charles Enis
Tho Inpi Street
Harry Aisent
214Th Signal Battalion
Prince
Signal Corps
Corporgal Roy Ziezenns
Res
Dimey
Thneelves
Avhar
Sean H
Roy Zipsith
France
Riesetts
Focal Draft Board
Carders
Camp
Carder
Camp Funston
Funston
Chicago W Roster and World Series Game Report
Unclear telegram style notes recount Chicago World Series game details with terse batter and pitcher references. Mentions unofficial sources, player names, and a municipal painting contract of 2600 dollars amid scattered local updates and moves of individuals between Ottawa and Toyoka.
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Chicago
Chicats
Faugihn
Killifer
Sostun—Jones
Renew
Schans
Parker's Big Shows at Topeka and Hutchinson This Week
Parker presents large shows in Topeka and Hutchinson this week as part of a fair circuit. The scheduled performances emphasize entertainment and crowd appeal for local audiences.
Fair Week Postponed for Seven Days in County Fair Plans
The Parker Big Shows, shown at State Fair Topeka and Hutchinson, shift to Lawrence for Sept 23 with three county fair days Sept 25 26 27. Shows face Tulsa contact, then confirm appearance. Athletic stunts by Narry Crum and H W Boltz promise baseball games rivaling world series. Chamber group urges merchant displays and free admission. Capt F B Rice drills military detachments and Haskell Institute plans a 4 pageant. Premium books are out at banks, chambers, and newspapers.
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Parker
Topeka
Hutchinson
Law_rence
Woodland Park
Evans
Leavenworth
Lawrence
Tulsa
Nere
Carnival
Narry Crum
H. W. Boltz
Dougas County
BK. L. Charlton
Wm. la Coss
L. M. Flory
Chamber of Comnever
F. B. Rice
Haskell Institute
Chamber of Commerce
First WWI Draft Call to Include 19 20-Year-Old Registrants
Washington Sept 10 Provost Marshall General Crowder announced the first call to the Colors will include men aged 19 to 20 and those in the 21 to 36 classes. Questionnaires will go to registrants in the specified ages with local boards to classify them for October inductions. Young men 19 and 20 may join the student army training corps but the corps authorized strength is 150 600 while total resistants will be over 806 000.
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Washington
Crowder
Ct Ss
Student Army Training Corps
ELDEXKKIN IN LAWRENCE VISITS OLD FRIENDS
Feener Pastor of Plymouth Church in Lawrence visits old friends while Dr Elderkin, formerly at Chicago, works with Chicago Theological Seminary to raise a 750000 dollar fund for eastern scholastic support. The effort marks a first Kansas Congregationalist appeal. Earl Bowersock joins naval reserve after serving at Great Lakes. Churchill of Baldwin drives a new Maxwell from Banker.
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Feener
Plymouth
P Peable A. Dedecin
Neemo
Kansas
Earl Bowersock
Great Lakes
Naval Reserve
K. TC
Weather Forecast Notice
Generally fair conditions persist tonight with warmer temperatures expected Wednesday across western and northern portions. The outlook signals gradual warming, with light winds and no precipitation forecast in the short term.
Birth record requests spark county inquiry in Douglas
City Clerk Brooks searches for birth certificates amid multiple requests from men claiming Douglas county birthplaces. Some draft age men seek proof of birth, citing fathers Henry and Izabeth Green, with one applicant born November 24 1885 on a Lawrence farm in Patterson New Jersey. Brooks cannot locate records and invites former residents with knowledge to respond. A real estate sale in Champ Reach Estate also noted, plus Judge John W Clark named delegate to a national anti slavery group event in Washington DC with a negroes church after.
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Brooks
Douglas County
Frank D. Brooks
Meéhein Dudley Reeves
Antoine Avenue
Detroit
Mich
Henry
Izabeth
Green
Cata
William Ottwell
Fayette Street
Patterson
N. J
Hee
Lawrence
John W. Clark Wagtas
Laf Dow County
America
Washington, D. C
Ninth Street Baptist
Kansas City Mayors Protest Tax on City Bonds
Mayor L Kreeck reports Kansas City officials oppose a Kitchin amendment retroactive tax plan that would tax municipal bonds and incomes from city projects. They warn such measures would depress bond sales, hurt municipal credit, and set a dangerous federal precedent.
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George L
Creek
Kansas
US City Commission
Isaacs
Congress
Kitchin
L. Kreeck
Rotary
Treasury
McAdoo
The
Liberty Rifle Peach Report From Camp Perry School
Earl Cafferty of Kansas National Guard reports Liberty Isle as peach while attending Sun Arms Firing School in Camp Perry Ohio with fifteen peers for a three week course in rifle practice. He notes new enlistees are focused from morning to night as part of Kansas team training.
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Sun Arms
Camp Perry
Liberty Isle
Peach
Earl Cafferty
Ohio
Kansas National Guard
Caffe
Lawrence
Mi Bers
Kansas
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Fere
St. Gobain
Servias
Briquetiay
Petzin
St. Gebain
Laffaux
St_ Gobain
Crozat
la Fere St. Quentin
Bissigny-le- Grand
Etreillers
Roupy
Liez Fort
Liez
Tin
Soissons
Jwho
Aries
Arras
Rheims
Ludendorff
Gonxzeaucourt
Haig
Flanders
Neuve Chapelle
Armentieres
Marshal Haig
War Office
Liex
Oise
le Fere
Remigny
Mendescourt-Lizeralles
Clastres
Seiaicourt-Le-Grand
Crozat Canal
Friangle
Etreviller
Humbert
Mezieres
DEA
Albert
Nayon
la Fe
Fresnes
Ailette River
Harisis Aq Mois
Servais
Fargniers
Leiz
New Barracks
Dean F. J. Kelly
Army
Vuestional
Agricture Forsees Futur Trouble
Hoover
Whistle
Canute Funston
Wiil
Durst
Cone
Evera
Ottawa
Toyoka
Parker's
Premum Books
Eldexkkin
K. Be Churchill
Baldwin
Charles P. Banker
Sir Thomas Trove
Champ Reat
Stevenson
County
Liberty Rifle
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