Austrian Note Seized On by London View of Crisis
London observers view the Austrian peace note as issued under central pressure. Kaiser's nerves and a possible retreat plan for Germany are debated while Entente aims and Wilson-Lansing statements shape responses. Public opinion favors a clear joint reply to the note and warns against secret talks with Germany.
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British and French Clash Near St. Quentin Reported
Report notes British four miles from St. Quentin while French forces hold three miles from the city. The piece highlights the defense lines and mentions outer Hindenburg works having fallen according to official reports.
US replies to Austria on peace conference terms
Secretary Lansing released the United States reply to Austria-Hungary via the Swedish minister. The note states Washington will not join any conference until peace terms are clearly defined by the U S government, repeating the position and purpose already stated by the United States.
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Washington
Lansing
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Austria
WA. F. Rhengren
Department of State
Austria-Hungary
Bert Lansing
President's Reply Cheers Our Army In France
President Wilson's rejection of Austria's peace feeler spurs American troops in France who now fear any diplomacy could derail their fight to end Prussianism. The 18 September dispatch notes mounting zeal as doughboys imagine a decisive victory and view Austrian offers as useless.
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Edwin L. James
New York Times Company
France
Wilson
America
Austria
Germany
Army of 4 800 000 Aimed at in March Plans
Washington reports War Department seeks 7 9 billion extra this year to raise force to 4.8 million with 1.6 million more fighters. House and Senate convene to authorize funding and consider a consumption tax on luxuries to fund the Army drive.
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Washington
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House Appropriations Committee
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War Revenue
Senate
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Senate Committee
Nations
Nance Committee
March
All Cal
France
Allies to Pool Aviation Resources In War Effort
Paris dispatch reports Allied aviation chiefs including John D. French and Mr. Ryan coordinating with Winston Churchill to pool air power. They aim to unite British French and American resources to maximize front line impact and speed of deployment. The effort seeks quick results and closer coordination amid ongoing offensives.
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Charles BH. Grasty
New York Times Company
Paris
Ryan
Bac
Mr. Ryan
New York
John D. French
Winston Churchill
Ofensive
Ur Air Service
Bulgarian Front Crumbles as Allies Advance Ten Miles
London dispatch says Bulgarian resistance on the Macedonian front is weakening and Allied troops have advanced an average of ten miles. Fifty guns captured as the Bulgarians fought hard yet offered less resistance as the Allies pushed northward. German forces sent to aid the Bulgarians are also retreating.
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London
Associated Press
Saloniki
Draft and Air Service Openings Call for Men
Provost Marshal General Crowder announces vacancy calls for navy and Marine Corps via draft boards. Air service reopen invites candidates for commissions as pilots bombers observers and balloonists plus induction of mechanics. Navy calls start soon with Marine Corps to follow. local boards fill quotas with voluntary inductions or directed drafts.
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Marine Corps
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Army
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Naval
National Army
United States
Germans Admit We Defeated Them at St Mihiel
Amsterdam dispatch reports Frankfurter Zeitung telegraphing that the St Mihiel assault was a planned operation with heavy tank action. It notes over 1,000 armored cars engaged and paralleled French gains with German losses in prisoners. One division in its sector held against sixty large tanks and forty smaller ones.
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St. Mihiel
Amsterdam
Frankfurter Zeitung
West Front
Germans Route 18 and Macedonian Front Advances Reported
Serbian officials say Allied and Serbian forces repulsed attacks in the Koziak region and advanced across the Macedonian front. Grade schnitza and Starovina captured. 4,000 prisoners and 50 captured guns reported. Rumors surface of a larger autumn operation aimed at severing Turkey from the Central Powers and pressuring Bulgaria and Austria.
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Austria
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Me Sulphus Springs VA Waite Curative Water
Fragmentary OCR notes reference a curative water, possibly mentioning Me Sulphus Springs in Wyoming and Waite. No clear events, dates, or entities beyond scattered place names and a water remedy.
Allied gains on Macedonian front reach depth and prisoners
Allied forces forged about four and a half miles inward across a fifteen and a half mile front in Macedonia, taking more than 4,000 prisoners in two days. The War Office bulletin notes breaches widened and enemy fortifications captured, with divisions and massifs seized near Sokol Dobropolje Vetrenik and surrounding zones.
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Paris
War Office
Near East
Sokol-Dobropolje-Vetrenik
Sokol
Nantes Bay
Vetrenik
Chiem
Golo Bile
Zborsko
Law
Koziak
Early 20th Century Patent Remedy Ad Cites Brain Strain Relief
An advertisement promotes Horsford’s Acid Phosphate as a remedy for mental fatigue from overwork and worry. It markets itself to a broad audience, including those feeling strained by study or labor, with a tone typical of self care products of the era.
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Americans Build Strong Front Line in St Mihiel Sector
In France the American First Army pushes a new front two to three kilometers from German positions from Ronvaux to Norroy, capturing Fresnes and Haumont. German shelling persists behind their lines as air activity shifts. Lt Luke downs nine balloons over three days and daily prisoner captures continue.
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Edwin L. James
New York Times Company
New York
France
American First Army
St. Mihiel
Hindenburg
Ronvaux
Mandeulles
Pintheville
St. Hilaire
Haumont
Thiaucourt
Wainville
Hausont
Combres
St. Mihiek
Haudimont
Saulx
No Man's Land
Luke
British Regain Old Outpost Line In St Quentin Sector
British, with Canadian and other troops, advance along a sixteen mile front from Gouteaucort to St Quentin, recapturing the old outpost line and gaining ground west of the Hindenburg line amid heavy long range gun fire. About 3,000 prisoners reported as combat continues.
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New York
Gouteaucort
Savy Wood
St- Quentin
Holnon Wood
Hindenburg
Peiziéres
Epehy
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Leverguier
Hargicourt
St. Quentin
Hindenburg Line
National City Co Opens New Office on Fifth Avenue
The National City Company inaugurates a new office at 4 Fifth Avenue offering investment options. Details from the notice note par values and sales terms with emphasis on public offers and stock values.
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Fifth Avenue
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Thrift Stam
Germans claim breakthrough between Hargicourt and Rivulet
Berlin reports German forces have entered the area between Hargicourt and the newer Rivulet on the western front. The German communication states advances against the British as night falls.
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Berlin
Hargicourt
British push disrupts German lines near St May
British troops drive a deep advance northwest of St May and threaten the Hindenburg line as French forces attack to the south. Reports describe fighting behind advanced positions and German bombardment continuing on the battlefield.
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