New Thrust Is Carried Out To Scare Bulgars
United Press war analysis from New York on September 18 predicts a major Balkan spring offensive against Bulgaria aligned with Western fronts. The piece notes Macedonian operations aim to secure spring jump‑off points and warns Bulgaria against diverting troops to the western front. Ferdinand’s health declines amid battlefield retreats as Kaiser whets sounds for a broader assault.
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New York
Balkan
Bulgaria
America
Germany
Macedonia
Balkans
Europe
West Front
von Hindenburg
Sofia
Czar
Ferdinand
Kaiser
Rhine
Military Ball Planned at Armory This Saturday
Members of the non com school for and cooks at Camp Lewis will stage a military ball at the Armory Saturday night.
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Armory
Non-Com School For and Cooks
Camp Lewis
Twelve Soldiers Die In Train Wreck Near Marshfield
Twelve soldiers and two crew members died in a collision between an eastbound troop train and a freight near Marshfield Missouri. Thirty eight soldiers were injured and two train crew members remained unaccounted for. Wreckage was cleared as officials withheld names until a full casualty list could be released.
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ST. Louis
Marshfield
General Office
Frisco Lines
Bolsheviki Recapture Kazan Amid Front Moves
Bolsheviki troops have recaptured Kazan, according to dispatches. Siberian forces are retreating in good order as the current front positions shift across the region.
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Kazan
Peking
Siberian
Gompers Visits Birthplace in London Ghetto
Samuel Gompers toured his birth house and childhood lanes in London's ghetto. A chalked SAM greeted him as women and children cheered the Labour leader, who recalled leaving for America in 1863 at age thirteen. A local woman claimed to remember his first voyage abroad.
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Gompers
London
H. FE. Bechtol
Newspaper Enterprise Association
Samuel Gompers
Sam
Sam Gompers
America
War Industries Board limits furniture manufacture
The War Industries Board issued an order restricting furniture production in the United States as of September 18, affecting manufacturers and suppliers nationwide.
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Washington
The
War Industries Board
Portugal Plot Discovered Aims at Portuguese Leaders
A plan by several officers and non commissioned officers to attack the Portuguese president and government was discovered. The plot would isolate those seized in Lisbon and the government took control of railways telegraphs telephones and waterways.
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Lisbon
Broadway Beauties to Entertain Yanks
Paris hosts a real American show titled The Follies of 1918 opening soon at the Marleny theatre on the Champs Elysees. It features a jazz band American chorus girls and comedians for soldiers on leave from the front.
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Paris
Marleny Theatre
Champs Elysees
Costs to Maintain a Yank in Foreign Duty
The War Department reports yearly overseas costs for a soldier at 423.47 dollars and 327.68 dollars for a domestic assignment. Initial equipment runs 115.40 dollars in the United States with an extra 42.41 dollars for overseas items.
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Washington
Department of War Statistics
United States
German gunners chained to their first line guns in Amiens drive
Lieut. Gary of Peoria reports seeing three German machine gunners chained to their guns in front of Amiens during the Picardy drive. One was dead, two wounded, with ankle chains to the gun bases. Gary, an American in the Allied line, was wounded and later treated in Dartford hospital.
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Yankee
BR. I, Gary
Peoria
Amiens
Gary
National
U. S. Army Base Hospital
No. 37
Dartford
England
France
Lieut
H. E. Bechtel
London
Embargo Orders on Seattle Port Exports and Imports
The United States railway administration imposes embargoes on all exports through the port of Seattle until 2,573 carloads are shipped. The embargo covers grain imports and eastbound lumber to points east of the Mississippi River to unclog congested terminals.
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Seattle
Mississippi River
FiveYearOld Boy Killed by Pet Bear
SOLON MILLS IL Sept 18 Jimmy Brennan five is dead after a pet bear attacked while the boy was with its food. His mother flung herself on the animal to reach the body and was seriously hurt. The bear had been the boy's play mate and obeyed when the boy appeared. It crushed and clawed him and stood guard until farmers killed it.
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Solon Mills
Jimmy Brennan
Jimmy
33 Injured in Trolley Crash in Los Angeles
A Garvanza car collided with a Main Street corner car at Main and First in Los Angeles early today injuring 33 people. Many were women and several were hurt seriously. At the receiving hospital officials said all the injured will live.
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Garvanza
Main St.ear
Main
First Sta
What This Date Brought in War
On September 18 in various years: 1917 General Verkhovsky warns Germany that Russia is mobilizing for battle. 1916 French forces push toward Combles. 1915 Hindenburg nears encircling Vilna. 1914 Sir Gilbert Parker states peace will come only after allies reach Berlin.
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Verkohysky
Germany
Combles
Hindenburg
Vilna
Gilbert Parker
Berlin
Baker to Succeed La Violette at Queen Anne Church
Rev. E L Baker of Bellingham is succeeding Rev. Francis W La Violette as pastor of the Queen Anne Methodist church La Violette who recently returned from France where he did Y M C A work will go to Bremerton
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E. L. Baker
Bellingham
Francis W. la Violette
Queen Anne Methodist Church
la Violette
France
Bremerton
Farley Dies at 76. Noted Catholic Cardinal
John Cardinal Farley died at his home in Mamaroneck aged 76. His body will lie in state at St Patrick's Cathedral, then lie in Green Acres before New York cortege proceeds for funeral and burial Tuesday. He was born in 1842 in Armagh, educated in Ireland and the U.S., ordained in 1870, became cardinal in 1911, and wrote life of Archbishop McCloskey.
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New York
John
Cardinal) Farley
Mamaroneck
St. Patrick’s Cathedral
Green Acres
Knights of St. Gregory
Cardinal Farley
Cardinal Varley
Hammerston
Newton
County Armagh
Ireland
St. Marcartamn’s
St. John’s
Fordham
St Joseph's Seminary
Troy
American College
Rome
New Prighton
Staten
Archbishop McCloskey
Little Girl Falls From Alki Bridge
Edith Barker a 3 year old girl fell about 20 feet from the Alki bridge Tuesday afternoon and rolled 30 feet down the ravine. She sustained a fractured skull and is slightly improved at Providence hospital Wednesday. Daughter of Mr and Mrs A Barker of 3015 Colbust she is expected to recover as physicians think.
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Alki Bridge
Edith Barker
Providence Hospital
A. Barker
Colbust
Two Justices Press for Equal Pay for Women Teachers
Two more letters addressed to the school board challenge its refusal to grant women high school teachers the same pay as men. Writers Read M. Whitehead and John B. Wright, both justices of the peace, advocate equal compensation.
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Read M. Whitehead
John B. Wright
Justices of the Peace
Grade Teachers Club Endorses Nina O Buchanan for County Superintendent
The Grade Teachers' club with 800 members unanimously endorses Miss Nina O Buchanan for county superintendent of schools, signaling strong support from educators for her candidacy.
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Nina O. Buchanan
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United States Railway Admin
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Farley
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