Allies Drive Beats German Verdun Fight in Somme Push
In the first 13 weeks of the Somme offensive French and British forces recaptured 245 square kilometers of French terrain, surpassing Verdun gains by 15 kilometers. Allies seized 62,000 prisoners, 245 cannons, and over 1,000 machine guns as German positions from the Ancre to Chaulnes fell before heavy artillery and infantry assaults.
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London
Somme
Verdun
Killen
Teutons
Ancre
Polot
Chaulnes
Miners Vote On Wage Hikes In Washington District 10
Nearly 6 000 United Mine Workers of America in district No 10 will stop work Saturday night while a general ballot is taken on accepting latest offers from operators in the wage dispute. The action was agreed Friday at the Labor temple, covering all Washington state mine workers. A 5 percent wage increase is sought, but operators would raise only certain classes of labor essential for mine safety during suspensions. Workers not needed for safety will remain in the mines.
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United Mine Workers of America
District No. 10
Labor Temple
Lewis Defends Wilson Record At Progressive Rally
The speech by Senator Lewis praised Wilson era reforms and nonpartisan tariff measures while blasting wartime prosperity as false. He argued old economic theories are dead, cited foreign trade gains, and defended federal reforms like child labor laws and the Federal Reserve. Col. Otto Case introduced him. prior to Lewis, Dr. J B Brown and others urged speakers.
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Hughes
Republican Party
Wilson
Lewis
Congress
McKinley
Theodore Roosevelt
United States
Germany
France
Clearing House
Col
Otto A. Case
National Guard
Col. Case
Ellis
Lloyd George Seeks Knockout War Strategy in Britain
Rome newspapers and officials applaud Lloyd George after his United Press interview declaring Eni will press the war to a knockout. The stance is seen as a warning to the United States against peace overtures, with Vatican concerns and German peace reports also in view.
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John H. Hearley
U. P
Rome
Germany
Bethmann-Hollweg
Giornale D'Italia
David Lloyd George
United Press
Eni
Lloyd George
United States
Gerard
Washington
Wil
Son
Vatican
British Hold New Positions Near Thiepval After Severe Rain
British troops improved positions at Btuff redoubt north of Thiepval and repelled German counterattacks at the Hessian trench amid heavy rain. Shelling south of the Ancre continued as Haig’s forces advanced, while French gains north of Rancourt were limited by weather and a British raid south of Neuville St. Vaast succeeded.
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London
Eng
Thiepval
Haig
Ancre
Deutremont
Levers Village
Paris
Rancourt
Neuville St. Vaast
Poor Lo Is Not Poor Any Longer
HIAWATHA Kan Sept 30 Indians passing through for Sac and Fox festivities arrive in large numbers riding in motor cars. Many come from Oklahoma to attend tribal events and appear prosperous overall.
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Hiawatha
Kan
Oklahoma
Meeting prompts calls for Hanson and Brown decline
After a session, Ole Hanson the progressive candidate for U S senator in 1914 was urged to speak but declined along with Brown. Following the gathering Sen. Lewis was escorted to the Biks club where N la a Hfe member presented him with a gold membership card.
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Ole Hanson
United States
Brown
Hanson
Sen
Lewis
Biks
Club
Hfe
Civil War shell found near Averasboro, Duke area
Dr PF JR Ruff reports finding a war era shell along the Averasboro scene in Duke North Carolina. He examined the exposed iron piece and confirmed it as a shell from the Civil War.
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Duke, N. C
PF. JR. Ruff
Averasboro
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