Fog Shrouds Moselle Front As Allied Forces Press
Front reports American troops advance along the Moselle while British and French push from the Aisne to Macedonia. Serbian counterattacks in Bulgaria slow but the Allied line claims gains north of Chevreuse as German resistance stiffens.
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Mosello River
Bulgare
Vershing
Ald Ralfwig
Bont-Amewenn
Pagny Sur Meneihe
Macedonia
Marshal Pueh
Momrery
Hanerver
Willie
Camnon
Ceutesbites
Petnin
St Quentin
Mangin
Meccae
Trapped in Burning Plant Fire Kills Several Workers
Report from a burning textile plant describes nine injured and at least several fatally harmed as workers attempt to escape. The blaze trapped girls in a carding room while flames cut off exits and many bodies were found after the heat and smoke.
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Amerenn Hulton Company
Rome
France to Fight On Glemenceau Delivers Stirring Reply
France pledges continued resistance as Premier Clemenceau speaks to unsettled peace talks. The premier rejects weakness amid Austrian Hungarian tensions, asserting resolve and urging unity as critical deadlines approach.
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Miler Glemenceau
Pranew
Austria Hungary
Niger
France
Rebels Attack Power Plant Sparks Citywide Alarm
Mangin era lines and Allied forces press forward amid blurred battlefield notes. Reported strike on a key power plant disrupts Mesien City, with crews scrambled to restore electricity as frontline clashes continue near the front.
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Mesien
Sas
Italian Captain Tells How He Halted Retreat at Tagliamento
New York reports Captain Guardabassi of Perugia recalls the nightmarish retreat during the Tagliamento defense in 1917. He describes rallying troops at the Latin bridge under rain and panic, shouting to deny Austrian cavalry and prevent a rout. His leadership helped stabilize the Third Army and earned a silver medal.
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New York
Calle Wesenge
America
Tanllamento
Lationna
Guariabassd
Lan
Guardabass
Latisana
Third Army
Capitan Guardabnet
Pe Ulla
Italy
Tagliamonte
Rome
United States
Guardaburst
Tagliamenta
Latinoo
Une
Trian
Guardabassi
Titian Grenadier Guards
Grenadier Guards
Captain Guardabas al
Captain Guardabass
Paris
Metropolitan Opera Company
Social
Ife
500000 Captives Freed in Swiss War Exchange
Berne reports over 500,000 prisoners freed or exchanged via Switzerland during World War I. The international effort, aided by the pope and Red Cross, organized prisoner information, food relief, hospital trains, and broad repatriation terms for wounded, severely disabled, tuberculosis, and civil prisoners.
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Berne
Switzerland
Bund
International Bureau of Information
Geneva
France
Germany
Austria
Italy
Swiss Federal Council
Swiee
Etd
International Red Croms
International
Maret
Eforts
Leves Federal
Bet
Geremny
Belgium
Government grants family protections for service members
The government offers three forms of support for service members and their families. Enlisted personnel receive a base pay allotment to a wife and children, plus family allowances from 5 to 50 dollars monthly. Additional voluntary allotments may extend support to parents and other dependents, with possible extra allowances beyond 50 dollars in certain cases. Death or disability compensation ranges from 20 to 100 dollars monthly, with specific rules for widows, children, and dependents. Government Insurance provides life or total disability protection, with premiums around 0 to 7 dollars monthly for a 10,000 policy, available within 120 days of service entry.
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Washington
United States
Kentucky Politician Assassinated in Breathitt County
Elijah Roberts a Breathitt county game warden and a Wading Republican politician was assassinated while traveling a rural road in Kentucky. Bloodhounds have been dispatched to track the killer. A separate report from Margaville California notes M Onsenbriggen a rancher contracted anthrax during a cattle epidemic in Butte and Glenn counties.
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Kentucky
Lexington
Elijah Roberts
Breathitt County
Margaville
Cal
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Leslie Elliott
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Nelson, David E
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