British Push North of Ancre Front Captures Prisoners
London reports Haig announced a 4:45 am British attack along the Ancre Somme front with 2000 to 3000 German prisoners taken. Achiet-le-Grande changed hands amid ongoing fighting. six divisions identified, with several gaps in lines near Albert Bray and the Hindenburg line noted.
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Ancre-Somme
Haig
London
Achiet-le- Grande
Ancre
Naig
Bomive
Somme
Lowell Mellitt
Phance
Albert
Bray
Bynes
Hindenburg Line
Niet
Arros Albert
Cherer
Catting
Perth
Areck
Rapunie
Bapaume
Cyclone devastates Tyler Minnesota town and 31 dead
Florence Minnesota reports 31 bodies recovered as cyclone demolishes Tyler in western Minnesota. Businesses wrecked and relief efforts underway with aid requested from state officials. Home guard units ordered to Tyler with supplies, while the chamber of commerce plans to send relief goods.
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Florence
Minn
Tyler
Weeter
Minnesota
Hishi
BT. Paul
W. H. Stork
Freedom’s Honor Roll casualty notice
Fragmented OCR note honors soldiers who served and suffered, mentioning casualties and death in a ceremonial remembrance. Names and specific details are obscured, but the piece reflects a tribute to servicemen and their sacrifices.
Casualties Reported In Action In Wartime
Fragmentary notes indicate soldiers killed in action and wounded in various engagements. Names such as Jack BK Taylor and locations like Weiser and Tati appear among scattered references, with uncertain spellings and incomplete dates.
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I Gotton
Euin
Walitily
Jack BK. Taylor
Weiser
Tati
146th Field Artillery Medal Honor After Battle in France
The 146th Field Artillery, including James Sturaiy and James Pewler from this city, earned a medal for distinguished service while in heavy combat with German forces. The battalion, amid intense fighting near Borin, drove the enemy from villages and woods, enduring brutal shellfire as soldiers described one of the war’s bloodiest moments.
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146Th Field Artillery
HMNS
James Sturaiy
James Pewler
Thin City
Majie Weyraven
Frank D. Bigler
Walia
Battallen
Borin
Ely
Unema
Porteriny
Grace
Allies Establish Russia Council For Aid Effort
Washington dispatch reports Allies forming a Russia relief council to coordinate daily increasing aid through the Red Cross. Archangel entente marked, with representatives from United States, United Kingdom, Japan, France and others to direct evacuations and supplies via Vindivostok and Archangel routes. Additional troops and a French orchestra arrived as relief efforts expand.
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Washington
Lites
Archangel
Amine
Ander Francie
Asind
M. Mateurida
Jupin
M. Ragnall
Japan
France
Titbes
Russia
Czecho-Slovate
Vindivestal
Attempted raid on Paris foiled in morning air raid
Paris reports a German air raid over the city was frustrated by French defenses. In Washington, Secretary Baker backs flexible work extensions for May workers and favors a possible baseball league arrangement depending on local board decisions.
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Paris
Parie
Nlepianen
Parle
Washington
Baker
Mayers
Allied drive nears decisiv e Paris sector gain
Aug 24 report notes Allied forces have captured prisoners in Paris sector advances. The record cites numbers such as 100,000 prisoners captured since the start of operations, with July 74 referenced in relation to the offensive.
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Echode
Paris Rays
Wis
French Cross Ailette River as Front Lines Advance
Paris reports French forces crossed the Ailette river on a wide front and pressed toward Couchy and La Quincy Bayer, advancing about nine miles in five days with German units retreating along the Oise-Aisne front. French gains stretch from Lassigny to Soissons as they threaten Manicamp and Divette river zones. fighting continues with shifting positions and air of cautious advance. A note ends with local social detail about Mrs Dunn and relatives visiting Union and Hot Lake.
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CRGE
Lassigny
Soissons
Oise-Aisne
Paris
Ailette
Divette River
Manicamp
Noyon
Aue
Ixlay
Suissons
St Mont-Aix- Hois
la Quincy-Bayer
Ville
Phewiver
Lasigny
Noeven
Divette
Sempromy
la Quincy
Guards at Warehouses Issued Night Orders
Oregon Mill Police detail guard duties for warehouses with sentinels posted at posts. Guards must patrol, prevent fires, keep distance from warehouses, and follow army regulations on challenges after midnight. Officers will inspect posts, halt suspicious runners, and protect property at all costs.
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WV. Keeker
Oregut Mill Police
Guardian
Cuania
S P.m
Cluirde
President Wilson to speak at Labor Day meeting
In Chicago on Labor Day thousands will hear President Wilson both in person and by telephone. A telephonic system will carry his voice to every home with a telephone, using loudspeakers outside the hall and large antennas on nearby boxes to reach the crowd gathered for the Labor Day event.
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cHirac
Wilson
Chinaso
Chicago
Romania’s toll tops eight hundred thousand dead
Paris reports that Romania’s toll in the war since August 1970 exceeds 690000, about one percent of the population. The study notes higher misery and mortality from war, famine, disease, and starvation than in other nations, based on a Rimini army analyst’s work.
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Paris
Ramania
Lihamisee
Duerig
Gol Kh. Rossetti
Rimini
Captive Thrawles Big Toll From German Sub Attack
A battered trawler Tri mpl scrast by a German submarine off the Canadian Atlantic coast. It is reported sinking six fishing vessels nearby, with details scarce and authorities probing the incident.
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Ave
Germie
Unclear county quota nudged for bond issue plan
The text notes a county may be asked to take 3 million in Fourth Liberty Loan bonds and compares quotas to the Third Loan. It mentions Unmewilia county and changes to short time certificates, now offering four per cent tax certificates.
Service Men of Nation to be Thanked
Washington Aug 20 A Senate resolution to tender thanks to the army and navy of the United States for gallant service in the current war was introduced by Senator Jones of New Mexico. The resolution notes valor, energy, and the goal of right and justice, and directs the secretary of war and secretary of the navy to send copies to all American fighting men.
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Washington
American Congress
Army
United States
Senate
Semetor ‘Jones
New Mexico
Jones
Congress
United States Army
Mrs M'Can to Speak in Pendleton Direct From Washington
Mrs M'Can brings a message direct from Washington to Pendleton on Monday September 2. She travels as a representative of the Committee on Public Reformation and will discuss women’s work and the Reconstruction effort. The meeting will be hosted by local women’s groups and the talk will cover Allied war aims and the role of women in society.
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Mrs. M’can
Washington
Pendleton
Beinz
Martha Wilson
Mopdar
Detedeer
Metant
Qhadier
Merwn
Englend
Atlantic
Ponteen
Brglend
Sr Arther Dearean
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Leies
I Yontorday
St. Paul
Howe
Priconeraof
Mike Lable
Batterion
Kent
Eure
Wwe
Genenst
Russ Council
Vladivostok
Red Cross
John de Gandt
Mre
Fiwart Farday
Flot
Felicia
Mise
Violet Dunn
Union
Hot Lake
C. M
Roumania
Sac Ren Hie le
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