British Forces Break Through on Western Front as Prisoners and Guns Pour In
Dispatches from Condon report Allies forging ahead with success on the western front. French headquarters say French troops entered St Quentin in the afternoon. In September British forces took 66,300 prisoners and 700 guns, with thousands of machine guns, adding to August and September totals of 123,018 prisoners and 1,400 UIMOS, while inflicting heavy enemy casualties.
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France
St Qunetin
London Papers View Belgium Defeat as German Setback
London reports consider Belgium’s foes a sad blow to Germany and warn Austria is in a dire position. The piece says if Turkey delays peace, dismemberment and collapse of German influence will follow.
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London
Belgium
Germany
Ausia
Turkey
Local Sales Advertisements Highlight Upcoming Auctions
Local notices list several upcoming sales in the next two weeks. The Cay sale is set for Saturday, the Jentz sale for Tuesday, Whitten verger and Valentine sale east of Claypool, and Johno Clucker with an October 16 sale. FI. D. Haywan sale slated for Saturday October 12.
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Lhen
Claypool
Johno Clucker
FI. D. Haywan
Seward Township Red Cross Drives Second Hand Clothing
On Thursday Sept 26 1918 the Seward Township Red Cross collected 848 garments for Belgium relief. The assistance chairman Mrea J Foreman thanked the community for its generous response and noted the garments would be sent to relief efforts.
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Seward Township
Red Cross
Belgium
Mrea
J. . Foreman
Embroidery Club Gathered at Mrs Summe Home Friday
Members of the embroidery club were entertained last Friday afternoon at the home of Mrs Mabel Summe. The visit featured needlework discussions and friendly socializing in a home setting.
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Embroidery Club
Local News Highlights From Wabash And Surrounding Homes
Mrs. Thomas McCormick returned to Wabash after a week with her daughter Mrs. J W Herverda. The Snyder baby Mary improves from illness. Letters to servicemen are urged. Various locals include T Ritteshouse, Lela Grossnickel from Detroit, Hazel Bloom visiting, Rev Blocker with Noble Herverda, and George Brown signaling a Reward. Connections to Warsaw and Camp Custer noted.
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Thomas McCormick
Wabash
J. W. Herverda
Letter from Crown Prince Villie mocks American soldiers
The writer, posing as Crown Prince Villie, ridicules American troops and their language, asks for German armaments and protection, claims Germans are superior fighters and runners, and complains about Belgians and the Rhine as he urges a return to Belgium. He blames Belgians for resistance and requests speeches to intimidate Americans.
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Rhine
Marne
Indiana
Bell Mit der Kaiser
Furdhermore
Mac
Paps
Belgium
Deutschland
Eder
Crown Prince
Villie
Gordon Gresso Enters College
Gordon Gresso and his parents traveled from North Manchester to the college area. The board at Wabash placed him in class one among 18 to 21 year old registrants before he chose to enter the military school at Urbana Illinois. He left Tuesday for Urbana while Mrs. Gresso remains with her parents in the area.
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Gordon Gresso
North
Manchester
Gordon
Wabash
Urbana
Illinois
Victoria Reading Club Hosts Monday Meeting
Members of the Victoria reading club gathered Monday night at the F. M. Jaques home. The Mazda class of the M. I. Sunday School was entertained at the I. J. Gemmer home last Wednesday evening.
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Victoria Reading Club
Mazda
M. I
I. J. Gemmer
Mrs Margaret Paulus Visits Detroit Grandson Roscoe Ladd
Mrs Margaret Paulus is in Detroit Michigan visiting her grandson Roscoe Ladd and his wife. She will be away for several weeks.
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Margaret Paulus
Detroit, Michigan
Roscoe Ladd
Linen Week Linen drive for French hospitals encouraged
This notice urges sending towels sheets napkins and handkerchiefs to the Red Cross for French hospitals. Do not send worn or old articles. Emphasizes sturdy linen over fine textures to aid wounded soldiers.
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Red Cross
Racy the Boys with Bonds by Geraldine Farrar
Famous soprano Geraldine Farrar attends a theater box party honoring six Chateau Thierry heroes. Some veterans lack limbs or suffer poison injuries yet display hopeful spirits as the audience reflects on sacrifice and the need for funds to win the war.
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Geraldine Farrar
Chateau Thierry
Ruth Stemm Weds William B. Morgan of Peoria
Goshen papers report the marriage of Miss Ruth Stemm daughter of Mr and Mrs W W Stemm of Goshen to William Bruce Morgan of Peoria Illinois The Stemms are well known in the area Mr Stemm was born and raised on a farm southwest of town
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Goshen
Ruth Stemm
W. W. Stemm
William Bruce Morgan
Peoria
Walter Tridle Returns Home From Martinsville Sanatarium
Walter Tridle, treated for rheumatism at the Martinsville sanitarium, was brought home to his east of town residence last Saturday. He endured the trip well and shows marked improvement. His wife Mrs. Tridle kept vigil with him during the stay.
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Martinsville Sanitarum
Loyal subscribers pay up under War Board order
The article notes an excellent response from loyal subscribers who prepaid in response to the Government Industrial War Board order. It mentions delinquent subscribers who were given due notice and names will be cut off for failure to pay back subscriptions.
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Government
Industrial War Board
War Board
Every Able Bodied Citizen Duty and Humanity Work
A universal call urges every able bodied citizen to join the fight for humanity or contribute to its work. The statement frames civic duty as active engagement in conflict or service for the common good.
Food Regulations Hit Rye Wheat Mixes And Prize Violations
Officials enforce sweeping flour rules with penalties for rye and wheat mixtures and substitutions. Samuel Kuntz and Jerome Chevillot lose prizes at the Fort Wayne Liberty Garden fair after violations. they pay 100 dollars each to war benevolence funds as penalties. Harris and Dixon and Eli Emil stores in Indianapolis closed a week for excess sugar and wheat flour profits. Hoover telegram praises county food administrators for service and urging continued support.
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Samuel Kuntz
Jerome Chevillot
Fort Wayne
C. Barry Tolan
Harris & Dixon
Eli Emil
Indianapolis
Herbert C. Hoover
United States Food Administration
Indiana
Fort Wayne Grocer Boycotted For Shortages
Max Himmelstein a Fort Wayne grocer accepted a dollar for a bushel of tomatoes he did not deliver and ignored warnings from the food administrator. He is ordered to stop selling sugar or flour until after the war ends.
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Max Himmelstein
Fort Wayne
Britling Cafeteria Fined For Sugar Violations
The Britling Cafeteria in Louisville Kentucky faced a $1000 penalty for serving excessive sugar and violating wheat flour substitute regulations as part of a regulatory action by authorities.
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Britling
Louisville
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Summe Bro’s
Silver Lake
Ira Leckrone
Silver Lake, Ind
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Warsaw, Ind
Chas. A. Rigdon
Warsaw
J.R. Norman
Grand-Aid Co
Ft. Wayne
Ind
Rager & Jontz
Triumph
National Medical Institute
Milwaukee
Wisconsin
Condon
Alles
Record Job Printing Department
Mary
Charley Snyder
T. Ritteshouse
Enert
Lela Grossnickel
Detroit
Sue Decker
Snnyder
Hazel Bloom
Wikhart
S. B. McIxrill
Wm Dahlem
Blocker
Noble
Bluffton
Fred Borne
Wife
H.G. Groninger
Mario
South Pleasant Church
My Place
George Brown
E. Jones
H. B. Ferverda
Leesburg
Jesse F. Lynch
Disko Phone
Oil Brown
Oliver Typewriter
Georgia Martin
L. D. Underhill
Bennie Drudge
George Newhouse
T. A. Jontz
Camp Custer
Michigan
Russel (Brown) Jontz
Sanatarium
Walter Tridle
Puta
Ed Ray
Loafe
Commercial State Bank
John&. Rowland
Official Food News
Harry O E. Barnard
Jefferson Street
Hamburg
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