Meuse Argonne Offensive Continues Across Argonne Forest
In mid September 1918 American forces steadily widened the Meuse Argonne operation. Major units including First and Fourth armies advance against entrenched German defenses from Montfaucon to the Meuse, aided by French Fourth Army. By September 26 the offensive opened with heavy artillery and faced rugged terrain, dense woods, and strong fortifications as Allied columns pushed toward Montfaucon and the Sedan-Carignan axis.
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Fourth Corps
Dickman
First Corps
Liggett
Vigneulles
Twenty-sixth
HE. J. Blondlat
Second Colonial Corps
Hindenburg Line
Moselle
Eighty-second
Ninetieth
Meuse-Argonne
Haudlemont
Fresnes-en-Woeyre
Doncourt
Jaulay
Vandieres
Metz
Highthlandwehr
Commanders In Chief
Chateau Thierry
Amiens
St. Mihiel
Meuse River
North Sea
Verdun
Montfaucon
Cunel
Somange
Bois de Barricourt
Bois de Bourgogne
Meuse
Aire
Argonne
Hindenburg
Fourth Army
Argonne Forest
Mezieres
Brieulles sur-Meuse-Romagne-sous - Montfaucon- Grandpe
Vouziers-Rethel
Rethel-Ligny-l'Abbaye
Cote Dame Marie
Meuse-Moselle
Gouraud
Third Corps
Bullard
Thirty Third
Bell
Bois de Forges
Cronkite
Bois Jure
Dannevoux
Fourth Division
Hines
Eightieth
Septarges
Nantillois
Fifth Corps
Cameron
Johnston
Kuhn
Malan Court
Carignan
Sedan
France
Belgium
Ardennes Forest
Sedan-Carignan
Aire River
Romange
Traub
Vauquois
Cheppy
Charpentry
Very
Varennes
Alexander
The
Forgotten HEROES reveals Captain Derby’s bold British dispatch mission
The piece recounts Captain John Derby of Salem delivering the Patriots’ news from Lexington and Concord to London in 1775. He sailed secretly aboard the Quero, reached England after 29 days, and handed papers to Benjamin Franklin. Derby avoided Irish ports, faced Crown danger, and landed secretly back in America without charging his expenses.
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Lexington
Concord
London
John Derby
Salem
Dublin
England
Derby
Isle of Wight
Southampton
Benjamin Franklin
Massachusetts
Captain Brown
Sukrey
Brown
Captain Derby
America
Washington's Spies and Austin Roe's Brave Long Island Ride
Morton Pennypacker uncovers 150 year old papers detailing Washington's spy network in New York during the Revolution. Austin Roe carried messages from Brooklyn to Setauket and on to Woodhull, Brewster, and Tallmadge before reaching Washington. Roe's Newport ride and his role in recalling Major Andre reshaped the war, with wider impact on Independence.
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Washington
Astin Roe
Paul Revere
New York
Roe
Morton Pennypacker
Long Island
New York City
Robert Townsend
Nathan Hale
Austin Roe
Brooklyn
Setauket
S. 1
Abraham Woodhull
Woodhull
Caleb Brewster
Maj
Benjamin Tallmadge
Raul Rever
Newport, R. L
Whitestone
Newport
Graves
Rhode Island
Townsend
Brewster
Talmadge
John Anderson
Major Andre
Arnold
Mr. Pennypacker
Trumbull
L. P. Clover
Andre
Wontorn Newspaper
Tree Rings Pinpoint Date for Remote Pueblo Bonito
National Geographic expedition studies tree rings from timbers at Chaco Canyon to fix the age of the ancient Pueblo Bonito village. By comparing ring sequences with old stumps and trees, scientists aim to determine when this developed civilization thrived centuries before Europeans reached America.
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National Geographic Society
Southwest
Chaco Canyon
Pueblo Bonito
Washington
Dr Caldwell's Syrup Pepsin Aids Women and Children
An old family doctor recommends Dr Caldwell's Syrup Pepsin to help maintain regular bowels for women and children. It uses fresh laxative herbs and pure pepsin and is described as suitable for those with coated tongues or sallow skin. The ad claims it is a trusted laxative used by over a million women and available at drug stores.
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Dr. Caldwell
Church adopts box office plan in Fort Worth minister
Reverend R. B. Hooper of Fort Worth Texas uses a box office system at church services charging one dollar per attendee to hear him preach. He believes most people have money when they attend church but a collection plate is not the right method.
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Petain
St. Mihiel
R. B. Hooper
Fort Worth
Texas
Indianapolis News
That’s a Lot From the Kansas City Star
A short dialogue from the Kansas City Star highlights a cautious, formal exchange about an unpaid bill. The man confirms he contacted the debtor and reports excellent, reassuring feedback. The exchange underscores clerical diligence and financial concern.
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Kansas City Star
What It Means Vamping in Path Finder Magazine
An obscure note from Path Finder Magazine explains vamping as a gesture where holding a handkerchief to the nose signals love. The piece pairs a playful label with social cueing, labeling the act as a code of affection and the resulting mood of the “Victim” as love nodding.
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Pathfinder Magazine
Panacea cures and remedies spark stray quotes in old prose
An assortment of lines references a medicine's effects and folk remedies, noting a cough relief after spoonfuls and knee rheumatism rubbing, plus a quip about silver cleaning. A sentiment about the enduring song Happy Days Are Here Again and the value of a useful thought closes the snippet as a reflective musing.
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General Pershing
N Wnu
Epinonville
Thirty-fifth
Inttom
Forgotten Heroes ‘By
W. B. Cacowett
Doctors
purlock-Neal Co
Nashville
St Joseph's
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