Haig Men Push Allied Assault Amid Peace Note Reply
Serbian and French troops press the offensive in colon ia advancing more than five miles and capturing over 2,000 prisoners with light Allied casualties. Forces move along a front of twelve miles, taking Gradesmten and the village of Monastir twenty miles east. A Jugo Slav division reaches Korlak as American, British, and French detachments push the Archangel front and St Quentin siege.
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Sey
Colonia
Grades Mten
Monastir
Jugo Slav
Korlak
Sorrila
Lorraine
France
Austria
Marshal Foch
Vosges
Rhine
Germany
Pravda
Archangel
St. Quentin
Petain
London
Pershing
Metz
Air Ministry
Metz-Sablons
Courcelles
Norroy
Moselle
Haumont
Doncourt
Abaucourt
St. Mihiel
London War Office
St. Mihiel Salient
Entraining Drafts Set In To Fill War Quotas
General Crowder orders three drafts totaling 142000 white men and 29000 Black soldiers to camps between Sept 25 and Oct 16 1918. States listed include Arizona Camp Kearny Colorado Camp Kearny Montana Camp Lewis New Mexico Camp Cody Texas Camp Travis Utah Camp Lewis Wyoming Camp Lewis. Also reports a Missouri wreck killing 25 soldiers and injuring 50 60. Lansing rejects Austro-Hungarian peace talks as Wilson notes.
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Crowder
Washington
Arizona
Camp Kearny
Cal
Colorado
Montana
Camp Lewis
New Mexico
Camp Cody
Texas
Camp Travis
Utah
Wyoming
U S Exposes Hun Plot and German Aid to Bolsheviks
The United States releases seven official documents alleging German funds paid Bolsheviks including Lenine and Trotsky to betray Russia and influence World War I. It claims German agents advised Bolsheviks, aided Petrograd defense, and steered Russian policy, amid other war news and labor strikes.
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Warlinetin
Lenine
Teotzky
Sarajevo
United States
Germany
Ane
Snerk Legecy
Judas
Trotzky
Petrograd
U S Blocks Hun Peace Scheme In Quick Rebuff
An Austrian peace proposal is rejected by the United States authorities in Lansing within minutes of receipt. The action halts any immediate plan for a negotiated halt to hostilities.
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Lansing
Wilson Rejects Austria Hungary Peace Proposal
United States rejects the Austro-Hungarian call for a confidential conference to negotiate peace. President Wilson's stance, reaffirmed by Secretary Lansing, states no negotiations or conference will be entertained without a clear American position. The reply echoes Wilson's Mount Vernon Fourth of July policy.
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Lansing
Washington
Austria
Wilson
Vienna
Foreign Office
Stockholm
United Sites
Germany
Sweden
Ehreneren
United States
Mount Vernon
Ruling in Mooney Case Denied by California High Court
San Francisco report says Thomas J Mooney sentenced to hang for a 1916 preparedness day bombing was denied permission to seek a writ of error in the US Supreme Court. Defense move in state courts seen as final. Also covers Lloyd George victory claim, Cardinal Farley deathbed report, Boy Scouts war stamp sales, and Crowder draft call for 29,016 black registrants.
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San Francisco
Thomas J. Mooney
California Supreme Court
United States Supreme Court
Machinists warned: waive exemption or lose jobs
President Wilson told Bridgeport machinists to return to work and accept War Labor Board wage awards or face a year out of employment. Draft boards will reject exemption claims based on wartime usefulness in production. The Smith & Wesson plant is to be government-run to ensure steady output amid strikes.
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Blow News Service
Washington
Bridgeport
Conn
Wilson
War Labor Board
War Department
Smith & Wesson Company
Springfield
Mass
War Labor
War Industries Board
Bulgarians Reopen Drive as Serbs, French Aid Seize Three Strongholds
A renewed Bulgarian push is blocked as the reorganized Serbian Army, aided by French forces, captures three key strongholds. The operation shifts control amid ongoing frontline pressure and strategic realignments affecting the theater.
Yanks Bombard Metz Pershing Victory Near Germany
Western Newspaper Union reports on Allied advances from the Meuse to Moselle, capturing Norroy and Wilhey, advancing on a 33 mile front toward Metz. Pershing cites strong German defenses and air battles while Austrian POWs condemn German relief efforts. With Maissem y and surrounding trenches taken, 3,300+ prisoners reported. 13 million men registered as classification begins.
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Washington
Saloniki
Teak
Vetrenik
Dobropolic
Sokul
Metz
Germany
Meuse
Moselle
Norroy
Wileey
Pershing
Verdun-Brain Road
SWITCH WIVES AND ALL ARE PLEASED
New York reports a tangle of separations and remarriages among four Rockville Centre residents. Elbert Wendell Verity Jr and Ruth Edna Frost divorce, Henry E Frost divorces Ruth Edna, Natalie Crane Verity wed Henry Frost, and Elbert Verity Jr wed Ruth Edna Frost. The pair were once close neighbors with intertwined marriages.
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New York
Ebert Wendell Verity, Jr
Henry E. F
Rockville
Long Island
Ita
Ube
Natalie
Ordne
Yediy
Ruth Edna Frost
Aes Vas
Henry E. Frost
Elbert Wendell Verity, Jr
Henry EB. Frost
Natalie Crane Verity
Verity
Thieves Strip Man At Sixth and Market Streets
In St. Louis at Sixth and Market streets a man named Arthur Zaye was awakened early by his own robbers who left his suit and underwear on the curb. He had his money shoes hat cuff links and watch stolen and alerted the police after discovering the theft at about four in the morning.
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St. Louis
Arthur Zaye Ark
Sixth
Market Streets
Lightning's queer freaks on San Francisco Peak ordeal
Alonzo Wells and George Dible relate a dramatic climb up San Francisco Peak in a hailstorm and lightning. The pair were hospitalized after a strike near the Sierra Club register. Dible lost two teeth, clothes burned, shoes torn, and a blue streak marked his leg while Wells had clothing torn from his body.
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Flagstaff
Afiz
San Francisco
Alonzo Wells
George Dible
Sierra Club
Dible
Wells
Convict Escapes Ohio Penitentiary via Wire and Wall
Harry Meyers, an Ohio Penitentiary trust y, escaped by sliding 40 yards on a cable from a shop area and dropping onto Chestnut street. Serving an indeterminate burglary sentence from Pickaway county since 1915, he was paroled after one year, violated parole in 1917, and was recalled. He worked in the prison power department at the time. This is the first penitentiary escape since June 1913.
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Columbus
Harry Meyers
Ohio
Prayer for boy’s recovery from aunt at family vigil
A prayer delivered by the boy’s aunt sought his early recovery and to teach him a lesson after an indiscreet act, as his father was expected to arrive soon. The message conveyed hope for healing and guidance.
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Pitteourga, Ra
Late Market Quotes and Grain Prices Displayed
A dense late market summary lists buying prices for hay and grains across Colorado and Nebraska, including upland hay at 23.00 to 24.00 per ton and Timothy and Alfalfa ranges. It covers oats, corn, gluten feed, bran, and various beans, with pricing in bulk and sacks. The report mentions dairy, poultry, fruits, vegetables, hides, wool, and byproducts, noting discounts, regional suppliers, and market terms.
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C. B. Denver
Colorado
Upland
Booth Park
Guuninon Valley
Eee
Trs
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Union News Mersice
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Rio Janeiro
German Insurance Companie
Jera
Marshfield
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Iowa
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S. M’elroy, JR
Isaac Stuart McElroy
Presbyterian Church
White Sulphur Springs
W. Va
Alice Wilson
White House
Japan
U. S
Russia
Kaiser
Kerensky
House
Paris
Helsingtora
Thions
Gr Samuel Evans
Sir Samuel Evans
British Prize Court
Brighton
Havana
el Mundo
Crown
Galway Castle
U.S
Hamn Laws Service
Viennas
Hitest Peer Feler
Lloyd George
Manchester
England
League of Free Nations
Cardinal Farley
Mamaroneck
N. Y
Carolinal Farley
Boy Scouts
W. S
Boy Scouts of America
Kruppa
Essen
Geneva
Daily Express Telegraphs
Berlin
Alege
John J. Pershing
Missouri
Francis Scott Key
Illinois Bank
Laramie
Wyo
Henry A. Robinson
Fort Collins
Albany County
Amoy
Peking
Fu-Chow
Gorgas
The
Daily Express
Baker
Newton D. Baker
Amnesic
Leodon
Lady Willingdon
Willingdon
Lord Brassey
Freeman Thomas Willingdon
Bombay
George
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Union News Service
Maissemy
Field Marshal Haig
Oise
War Office
Vauxal-ton
Cellessur-Aisne
Denver
Colorado Springs
John W. Rowan
Luther McManhill
Capitol Hill
Cone Worama
America
Jeaneeys
Uotations
Denver Market
Ungstey
Reumery
Potawes
Chicago
Eure
Voultey
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