Balloon Observers and War Industry Grow Amid War News
The article details how air balloons with parachute jumpers are used for observation and defense, praising observers and pilots. It covers recruitment and training, British enlistment options for foreign subjects, and the expanding U S war industry including guns, munitions, and emergency rations. It notes labor boards, shoes reclamation experiments, carbon from nut shells, and Red Cross food shipments to allies, plus army training efforts and student participation.
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Worthington Upton
Sam Hoon
Hullown Nf
Alephine
To Shear Sheep by Machine and Market Waste Potatoes
Machine shearing enables quicker work for novices while a reliable firm handles wool sales. A cheap machine costs more than 12 dollars and yields more wool after cleaning. The reader notes large potato waste in the United States and calls for use in bread making, urging belief in eventual improvement.
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United States
Foch Aims At Metz In New Allied Drive On St Mihiel
Allied forces led by General Pershing push a major attack on the St Mihiel salient with French support, tanks and heavy artillery breaking German defenses. hundreds of prisoners taken as the drive advances toward Metz, while Germans halt retreat on the Hindenburg line and prepare new defense lines eastward.
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Metz
Picardy
Hindenburg
Edward W. Pickard
Pershing
St. Mihiel Salient
Hocks
Vilage
St Mitte
Hine
Mets
Delvers
Eid
Mure
Marshal Foch
Peary
Marcel Hutto
Boho de Paris
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Laon
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Auber
Tenyn
Oise
Utter
Mite
St. Gobuin
Lion
Chemintes Limes
Snion
Amertenna
Thie
British airmen fight well in recent fighting
Dramatic reports praise British aviators. One scout downed a two seater after engine trouble forced a return to earth, then escaped enemy fire and saved his gear before abandoning the wounded craft. Another pilot and observer, separated by engine trouble, dived back to British lines after a ten time wound, while a lone scout used a spin to outflank and blow apart an enemy machine in flames.
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Uncle Sam
Ench
Inter
Stehl
Fokker
Hin
Gravor Gaisis Thwarted By Second Marne Failure
A terse war dispatch notes Gravor Gaisis failing to influence events at the Second Marne as German strategists acknowledge campaign collapse. The report emphasizes Allied pressure and the turning point in the theater shaping the broader conflict.
German peace offensive and delaying strategy analyzed
The analysis argues that Germany seeks a diplomatic delay and victory by exploiting a peace offensive while Allied armies fight in France. It warns that without a decisive military action, German proposals are extensions of war tactics and could force negotiations around the table, risking a later German advantage.
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Kuehlmann
Burian
The
Marne
Foch
France
Two Two and American Troops Saved by Destroyers
Washington reports the torpedoing of the British liner Persie with about 200 American troops aboard in the war zone on September 6. The ship was torpedoed while overtaking carrying transports after engine trouble. destroyers aided rescue. Naval officers deem the convoy system a miraculous safeguard with only 291 deaths from over 100,000 American soldiers shipped overseas.
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Mit Vernon
Kronpring
Europe
Whiel
America
Washington
British Admiralty
Way Department
Teek
Osmald
American Troops Arrive at Archangel in Northern Russia
Washington announces that American soldiers have landed at Archangel to aid allied forces in restoring order in northern Russia. General March, the chief of staff, authorized the statement while the exact number of troops remains undisclosed and it is believed they originated from English training camps.
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Washington
Archangel
Russia
March
Staf
New Record Set for Mail Carrying Between Cities
The Aero Club of America announced a Chicago to New York air mail flight by Edward V. Gardner establishing a new record. The maiden run completed the route in under 20 hours, the fastest time between the two cities.
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New York
Edward V. Gardner
Chicago
Aero Club of America E
Parable of the Talents in a Sunday School Lesson
A devotional study explains the Parable of the Talents from Matthew 25 and 61, noting unpreparedness when gifts are unused. It discusses distribution based on ability, faithful use leading to reward, and the dangers of hiding talents. Also outlines the Kingdom subjects' characteristics and calls for diligent, faithful use of God given gifts.
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Heth
Jess Christ
Mutt
Bentivides
Ayer
Govl
Spr
Hut
Christ
God
Timothy
Attorney General Gregory Takes Responsibility for Raids
Washington reports Attorney General Gregory assumes full responsibility for recent raids in New York and nearby cities. He pledges continued roundups but notes no soldiers or sailors will be used to make arrests. In a public letter to President Wilson he calls certain practices illegal without his authorization.
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Baron Murlan
Wilson
Uniston
America
Hutter
Washington
New York
Gregory
Wan
Senate
Education From the Bible in a Morning Business
A fragmentary note on teaching the Bible to make it the best moving business of life. The writer reflects on early Bible knowledge shaping taste in literature and regards Bon-Buskis as a valued editor.
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Bon—Buskis
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