Americans Win Local Encounter in Belgium Front
The Americans gained a mile in Belgium during a minor clash with German forces east of Mount Kemmel. Units faced shelling while British allies weighed in. Brooklyn and New York volunteers showcased cool heads and scouting skill. An American sharpshooter eliminated eight machine gunners, then seized the gun. Key soldiers and reporters documented captures and prisoner plans amid the Flemish town billets and training camaraderie.
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Mount Kemmel
M. Torry
Ington Heights
Brooklyn
Terry
Cmmander
H. H. McCelllan
New York
Intelligence Department
McClellan
Kemmel Hill
Pascal Harrower
Lester Walsh
Eramus High School
William T.warren
Chelsea
N. Y
Robert Johnson
Albany
Flanders
Hnce
Men Abroad Must Enroll Before Registration Day
Washington September 3 Absentees under the new man power law must arrange to have their registration cards properly filled and certified before registration day. Provost Marshal General Crowder warns that an absentee should apply at the local board where they expect to be on registration day and mail the certificate to the board with jurisdiction over their permanent residence. Delays could cause serious inconvenience and absentees must act to ensure cards reach their boards by Thursday the 12th.
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Washington
Dione
Crowder
Ccal
Pershing Commends Ambulance Unit Heroes
General Pershing officially commends and congratulates Lieut. Owens former New York policeman Perry M. Mathis of Cincinnati and Stephens Dresser of West Quincy Me members of the Four university ambulance unit for heroic exploits and rescues It is gratifying to the commander to honor such men who risk their lives willingly for others in danger Miss Sarah Barry of Higganum nearly 90 was surprised by visitors including F Waterhouse Mrs O S buse Mrs E F Mott Mrs H Arthur Mott Mrs J P Clark and Donald Mc
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Pershing
Paris
General Pershing
Lieut
Owens
New York Poiceman
Perry M. Mathis
Cincin
Stephens Dresser
Westick
Foru University Ambulance Unit
Sarah Barry
Higganum
Barry
Pne
F. Waterhouse
Buse
E. F. Mott
Arthur Mott
J. P. Ge Clark
Donald Mc
Markers for Lebanon trip urge patriotic pilgrimage
Hartford notices printing windshield markers for a September 8 pilgrimage to Lebanon to visit historic shrines. Markers read En route to Lebanon Patriotic to Connecticut's Historic Shrine September 8 1918 and are distributed by war bureaus and town committees. A reverse notice urges refraining from gasoline use on Sundays while the trip is supported, with Father Jules Cabanel attending to speak for France.
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Hartford
Lebanon
Lebanon War Bureau
Connecticut
Connecticut State Council of Defense
United States Fuel Administration
Jules Cabanel
Blue Devils
Republi
France
Father Cabanel
America
French High Commission
Lafayette
Cotton Crop Forecasts Show Record Low Per Acre
Washington reports extreme drought and boll weevil damage cut yield to 145.2 ginned pounds per acre for August, with total production forecast at 11,137,000 bales despite large acreage. Conditions varied by region, especially worsened in Texas and Oklahoma. The 1918 dog days stretch from July 25 to September 5 with unusually low humidity.
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Washington
Bureau of Crop Estimates
Texas
Oklahoma
Crop Reporting Board
The
United States Department of Agriculture
Bureau
Middletown Happenings from Old Council Meeting
A 25 year old “Happenings in this vicinity” notes the Middletown Common Council nears action on appointing a new chief of police after Jedediah C. Chapman’s death. Other items include Labor Day store closings, vacation returns, a planing mill shutdown, a towing incident involving the U S City of Springfield, and local weather and agricultural notes.
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Common Council
Jedediah C.’Chapman
D. Luther Briggs
Seth Butler
Crescent Beach
Middletown
U. S
Springfield
Middle Haddam
A. M. Smith
New York
Ely
East Haddam
Clinton
Madison
Guilford
Edward Danforth
Hadlame
Eugene Phelps
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Belgium
Tabi
Conn
Sebastiano Adinoffe
Alex Abram
F. W. Beckwith
John Casey
F. M. Chapman
George Carrington
Garavelli Carino
A. F. Cummings
Mary M. Hall
EeRe Howe
Earl A. Johnson
Marie Manin
Leona McCarthy
Garnet Merriman
Saul D. Moody
C. F. O'Shea
Jennie Overton
Charles Pohlmann
Adelaide Smith
Chrisey Smythe
Frank Snow
Mae Tuttle
Mary Jane Wilson
T. H. Thompson
P. M
Globe Automatic Sprinkler CO
D’esplo Bidg
Hartford, Conn
Ww. C. Ellis
J. F. Connery
Main Street
Rome
Draiat
Grippen
Berieve
Magee National Range
Mager Furnace Co., Inc
Boston
Mass
Bacon Bros
St. Paul
Bunce Co
Portland
Middlefield
Cromwell
Brewer Co
Main & Washington Fruitery
Coukos & Levin
Full Informa
Tion
Jackson Co
Court St
A. E. Holmes
Arthur B. Jenkins
U. & and Foreign
Mutual Building
Seth Thomas
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