Sinking of the America at Pier Raises Inquiry
Washington officials say no lives were lost in the sinking of the 11,000 ton liner America formerly Hamburg America liner Amerika. The ship, 669 feet long and 74 feet wide, was interned in the US since the war and used in transport service. Navy officials expect a naval court of inquiry after preliminary reports deemed the incident accidental.
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America
St. Paul
Hamliner
Harland & Wolff
Bellm
United States
Hamburg
Washington
Atlantic
Navy
Naval
Cotton Census Report Shows September Cotton Use Decline
Washington reports September cotton consumption exclusive of linters at 490,779 running bales in 1918, down from 522,389 in 1917. Public storage and compresses hold 2,970,718 bales in 1918 versus 3,575,786 in 1917. Imports and exports figures are given with notable shifts. spindles active around 33.5 million in both years. Officers with ratings below 45 points may be disqualified unless they improve, per War Department rules.
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Washington
Ters
War Department
Glass of Salts Cleans Kidneys
A health advisory urges flushing kidneys with mild salts to remove urinary waste. It recommends drinking water and using four ounces of Rad Salts, taken as a tablespoonful in water before breakfast to stimulate kidney activity and relieve back pain.
Allies Gain Six Miles in Flanders Front Breaks German Line
Allied forces push 6 miles in Flanders while British fleet shells Belgian coast. About 10,000 prisoners reported as German base at Roulers falls. Allies threaten Zee Brugge base and advance toward Courtrai, Douai, and Vervins. Frontline across northern France and Belgium shifts as German defenses collapse.
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Flanders
Belgian
Roulers
North Sea
Ostend
Belgium
Zeebrugge
Courtrai
France
Lille Douai
Lissonne
Vervins
Vevins
Hirson-Guise
Douai
Asfeld
Aisne
Serre
Barre
Ypres
Allies push in Flanders front drives past four miles
London reports the Second British army with Belgian and French forces advancing about four miles on land and sea and air. Roulers port captured, eight thousand German prisoners taken, and allied lines near Courtrai and Denain. The drive spans a twenty mile front, threatening the Ostend coast and opening a route toward Lille and Valenciennes.
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London
Flanders
Roulers
Courtrai
Rolleghem
Capelle
Ledeghem
Moorselle
Menin
Gelle
Nooglede
Gitsbere Plateau
Beveren
St. Joseph
North Sea
Ostend
Lille
Denain
Valenciennes-Cambrai
Valenciennes- Metz
Anglo-Belgians Push Ahead on Flemish Front
Anglo-Belgian forces advance within two miles of the German base at The Lille-Thourout railway, with Belgians and British near Menin. In the Laon sector French troops push toward the Handing line west of Rethel as resistance grows. A temporary pause in big Cambrai front operations is noted.
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London
Flanders
Lille-Thourout
Menin
Laon
Rethel
Cambrai
Happenings in this vicinity 25 years ago October 14 1898
A weather filled issue flags rain and a near hurricane while detailing local events. horse races in Moodus, harvest supper at Portland M E church, dynamite unloaded at Cromwell docks, Wesleyan- Amherst game score, dedication of Kensington M E church with historic figures, price debates over meat, tugboat repairs, quarry work changes, and regional trade movements.
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M. E
Kensington
C. 8. Harrington
J. Pegg
D Jr
Middletown
Hartford
J. Warren Coulston
Dutch Point
New York
Essex
David Hale
Roger Kennedy
Causeway Bridge
Crowder speeds up new draft work in 19- to 36-year-olds
Washington reports a rapid pace in Crowder’s conscription program for men aged 19 to 36 who registered Sept 12. Local boards have doubled completed classifications and physicals, with 83 boards over the top. Iowa leads with 15 boards finished. Indiana and Wisconsin reach 60 percent of classification work. Spanish influenza cases rise in New York with 4,925 new infections and 322 deaths. overall health notices and an unrelated Florida ad fragment follow.
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Washington
General Crowder
Iowa
Indiana
Wisconsin
Rhode Island
New York
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Rover
Cotton Census Report
Finland
High Commission
Stock- Frenchholm
Prince of Hesse
Helsingfors
Federal Reserve District
Ae Seem Soday
Ekerie
Emperor Carl
Austria
Wekerie
Hungary
Toronto
Ont
British Explosives Corporation
Trenton
Chicago
Liberty Loan
Treasury
Crowder
Foley
P. Berry & Sons, Inc
Hartford, Conn
New England
Sono
Middletown Liberty Loan Committee
The
Goodyear Rubber Company
Germany
Dr. Solf
Kultur
Wilson
Foch
Prussia
Russia
North America
Picardy
Verdun
F. “Brewer Cr
J Wala
Court Streets
Sam
Liberty Loan Committee of
George Redford
the City Savings Bank
Conn
Main St
Liberty
Louis M. Schmidt
Rome
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