British Seize Combles and More Towns in Somme Drive
British forces push along the Somme front advances south and west of Peronne, capturing Combles and Bullecourt while crossing the Somme River. Canadian troops attack German lines near Arras Cambrai and seize Le Transloy roads amid heavy fighting as Meld Marshal Foch front dispatches report steady progress against German defenses.
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London
Bapaume
Haly
France
Hindenburg
Bullecourt
Lys Salient
Blanders
Peronne
Arras
Scarpe
Bettween Hendecourt
Coubles
Balg
endecourt-le-Cagnicourt
Drocourt Queant
Mleocourt
War Office
Hendecourt
Les Gagnicount
Remy Aise
Meniecourt
Arras-Cambrai
Somme
Somu
Chapellette
Clery
le Transloy
Fleres
Ronchencourt
Geenmings
Mey
Wisconsin Food Administrator's Catechism
In this catechetical outline the Wisconsin Food Administrator answers questions on sugar and flour rationing, including monthly per person allotments, purchase limits for city vs country customers, and how to record sales. It covers canning certificates, public eating places, and methods for handling eggs and meats under wartime regulations.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sugar Distributing Committee
Madison
Wisconsin
United States Food Administration
Equity Societies
Nationwide push to ban German language papers in schools
The National Security League launches a countrywide campaign through a Committee on Foreign Language and Foreign Press to end German language teaching and publications. The plan emphasizes advertising boycotts, pressuring news dealers, and unifying the nation under one language amid wartime fears.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
National Security League
League
United States
Col
Charles E. Lydecker
The
College of the City of New York
Edward H. Clark
Security League
Yenest C. Brown
New York
Robert M. McElroy
Princeton University
Luydecker
Substitutes Pledge for Wheat and Flour Certificates
A farmer in De Bats is required to buy substitutes for rot six items exceeding eight pounds per person. He is asked to sign a voluntary pledge to use substitutes in the required amounts. The miller must keep on file all certificates signed by farmers. May wheat not grown by a person such as a landlord on shares exchanged for flour by millers. No.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Grain Corporation
S. la Selle Street
Chicago
Minis
Buk
Mil
State Food Administration
Alevatore
U. S. Grain Corporation
S. la Salle St
Ilinois
Henkels
Russel Mills
Kern's
Kern
Rock River
Millera
Nature Opens Inlet At Indian River After Storm
A recent storm created a 300 yard wide eight foot deep inlet at the mouth of the Indian River and Rehoboth Bay in Delaware, enabling passage for a two masted schooner. Farmers had tried for years to widen the channel to aid navigation, but Congress bills for jetties failed. Meanwhile fish swarm in calmer waters and new fiber containers promise fire proof packaging for foods and syrups, aiding canners during shortages.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Indian River
Delaware
Congress
Ego
Rehoboth Bay
Wisconsin State Fair Opens With Uncle Sam Aid
Milwaukee reports the 1918 Wisconsin State Fair opens at 9 am for six days of educational, aspirational and recreational exhibits. Federal support underpins displays from the U S Department of Agriculture Hoover and English war exhibits with the Jeckle band performing. Admission is fifteen cents, urging Americans to invest in Liberty Bonds or War Savings Stamps as part of a nation at war.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Milwaukee
Epeyes
Uncle Sam
U.S. Department of Agriculture
Hoover
Wisconsin
Europe
Herbert Hoover
Brothers Reunited in New York After Ten-Year Gap
In New York City two French brothers Rene and Marcel Humbert, long apart since the family’s 1915 emigration, met by chance at an outdoor meeting and reunited after ten years. Rene served with Pershing’s American army in France, Marcel with the Alpine chasseurs and later the Blue Devils, both now visiting the United States.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York City
Rene Humbert
Pershing
France
Marcel Humbert
Alpine Chasseurs
Nen
United States
Rene
Humbert
America
Marcel
Blue Devils
Americas
Army forms division for food conservation and farming
The army reallocates all food testing from the mess to a new Conservation and Reclamation division. This unit will classify and dispose of food wastes and oversee farming and garden work for camps and hospitals. Interned aliens, drafted men, conscientious objectors, and military prisoners will serve in this agricultural effort.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Division of
Reclama+tion
Army
Sea Calls To Our Country's Young Men
Henry Howard of the U B Shipping Board urges enlistment of American merchant mariners for wartime service. He portrays sea service as a sacred duty, linking seafaring duty to liberty, faith, and national effort, noting thousands of sailors will sail to strengthen the merchant fleet and train new crews for victory.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Henry Howard
U. B Shipping Board
Elife
Brothers of the Army
Loak
Joz
America
Re-Enforcements Poem From The Vigilantes Page
A rough historical verse by Mary Perry King proclaims re enforcements for liberty and country. It praises England France and Belgium and calls on towns and fields to join in defense. It frames readiness to serve by land or sea with manhood strength and loyalty.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mary Perry
Vigilantes
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Combles
Haig
Bath
City
Paris
Peronce
Riencourt
Ghihushua Cty
Sring
Mexico
Francisco Murguia
Cameron
Lancaster
J. Donald Cameron
Pennsylvania
Donegall Springs
Wisconsin Food Administrator’s
Wisconsin Food Administration
Madisoo, Wiaconain
Food Administration
Washington, D. C
Newedealera
Badger State
Tipperary
Tenbateges
Badger
England
Belgium
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