Americans Advance After German Retreat Across Vesle Aisne Lines
American forces on the Vesle and Aisne fronts pressed northward after German troops fell back from the Vesle and the Marne region. Doughboys crossed rivers, swam, and forded shallow stretches while patrolling toward Juvigny plateau and Rheims. German rear guards offered stinging but costly resistance, with masses of enemy bodies left on the field as artillery and air support harried their withdrawal.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
H. G. Wales
Doughbous
Vesle
Doughboy
Paars
Perles
En Fismettes
Soissons
Magneux
Aisne
Juvigny
Rheims
Conde
Vailley
Marne
Ile
Labor Strong for War Tells Britain of American Spirit
Samuel Gompers, head of the American Federation of Labor, told British leaders in Derby that American labor would not prolong the war but will not shorten it if it means militarism and a new war. He praised the British government for self rule to the Boers and urged real freedom, noting less action in many nations.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Gompers
Derby
England
Amer
Samuel Gompers
American Federation
Labor Congress
South
Stamford wedding links local church families in Sept
In Stamford Miss M Margaret Dy, longtime St Johns Church organist, wed Michael Pining formerly of New Britain. The ceremony at St Johns linked prominent local families and Rev. Jameson, pastor, noted the couple's ties to the parish. Also reported were notices of a local resident in the military and a war department update on assignments.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Stamford
Amford
M. Margaret Dy
St. John’s Catholic
St. John’s Church
Michael Pining
New Britain
Rev
Jameson
St. John's
Aerial Activity on Lorraine Front Battle Report
American air operations over the Lorraine front include downing two German planes and a burning craft. Recon planes fought ten Pfalz and Fokker fighters as bombers hit Briey Conflans Metz rail yards with over four tons of explosives. Lieut. von Winkle Todd is reported missing after a August 12 loss.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
N. C. Parke
France
Lorraine
Boche
Pflot
Briey
Conflans
Metz
Strohn
Pont A Mousson
Woevre
Longuyon
Dommary
Barancourt
Briey-Conflans
Lieut
von Winkle Todd
Record Coal Output Reaches New Weekly Peak
Washington reports anthracite coal production for the week ending August 31 at 1,806,121 gross tons, the highest weekly total this calendar year. The gain over the prior week was 100,000 tons, and 214,369 tons more than the same week in 1917. Of the total, 1,202,812 tons were prepared and pea sizes and 603,309 tons steam sizes. The average daily output was 301,109 tons, the first year this week above 300,000.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Fuel Administration
American Soldier Killed in Apache Attack at Angers
In Angers France two American soldiers Private Wilcox and Sergeant Rawdon were attacked by Apaches on a dark street Saturday night. Wilcox died from two stab wounds to the heart while Rawdon sustained a neck wound and survived. Apache fighters were cornered in a house after a battle by Angers police and captured. The town mourned Wilcox at his funeral as citizens deplored the loss of the young soldier.
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Paris
Angers
France
Wilcox
Rawdon
Angels
German Alien Caught In Raid At Grand Central
A German enemy alien who did not register as Buch or for selective service was captured in the Grand Central raid. He recently arrived from Bridgeport, Conn, and stated he is a 29-year-old draft man. Also detained was James F. Tucker from Boston who had a class A registration card but carried a Boston shipping board letter warning desertion if not reporting by September 2.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
Grand Central Terminal
Bridgeport
Conn
Grand Central
James F. Tucker
Boston
Shipping Board
Danbury Division Created for New York New Haven & Hartford
The new division of the New York New Haven and Hartford railroad is named the Danbury division. It will cover Danbury to Waterbury Hawleyville to Shelton Bots tam to Bridgeport Litchfield to Hawleyville Danbury to Pittsfield Van Dausenville to State Line and Brookfield Junction to Hawleyville Junction. The Central New England railroad remains a separate division headquartered here.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New Haven Road
Danbury
Disabled Soldiers Landed From AEF Home
Washington reports 37 sick and wounded members of the American expeditionary forces were landed home during the week ending August 30 and sent to base hospitals for reconstruction treatment. This follows 423 brought home the previous week, according to Surgeon General Gorgas.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Gorgas
Eight Hour Law Suspended for Government Construction
President Wilson issued an executive order suspending the eight hour law for government construction work in Boston Baltimore Detroit New Orleans San Francisco and Savannah. The order cites emergent conditions for the early portion of the projects and directs payment of time and one half for overtime beyond eight hours daily.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Wilson
Boston
Baltimore
Detroit
New Orleans
San Francisco
Savannah
Sub Treasury Report Shows Week's Bank Gains
New York September 5 the sub treasury reports a $107000 gain from banks on Wednesday with a cash net rise since Friday totaling $1222000. The text also adds a cryptic line about confession and learning.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Treasury
New York
Sub-Treasury
Revenue Bill Features Details Tax Schedule For 1918
The 1918 income tax allows exemptions of 2000 for married men 1000 for single men and 200 per dependent. Normal tax is 12 percent with 6 percent on taxable incomes up to 4000. Telephone messages 5 to 10 cents tax. Sightseeing auto gross receipts taxed 10 percent. Taxi firms with three or more cabs pay 5 percent. Tobacco alcohol and beer taxes double. Theatre tickets taxed 2 cents per 10 cents, exemptions below 7 cents. Dues taxed 20 percent over 10 dollars yearly. Direct taxes on manufacturers nearly double. Autotraffic taxes 5 percent and film exposure tax 5 percent.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Toacco
Publicists Visit Europe to Learn War Outlook
A 13 member group of U.S. editors and publicists led by F W Kellogg and J M Thompson arrived in London to tour British war works, French battlefields, and the grand fleet. The visit aims to gain insight into the war situation for American readers, mirroring a Canadian delegation's tour.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
U. S
London
F. W. Kellogg
San Francisco
Call and Post
J. M. Thompson
New Orleans
Dominion of Canada
Messrs. Kellogg and Thompson
Ellery Sedgwick
The
Atlantic Monthly
Boston
Mass
Albert Shaw
Review of Reviews
New York City
Edward Bok
Ladies’ Home Journal
Philadelphia
Alfred Holman
the Argonaut
Mark Sullivan
Collier’s Weekly
Dr. Wheeler
Public Opinion
Charles Hanson Towne
McClure’s Magazine
L. W. Neiman
Milwaukee Journal
Richard Oulihan
New York Times
Duncan Clark
Chicago Evening Post
Charles van Hise
University of Wisconsin
Platinum Administrator Named as War Office Moves
Director of the Mint Raymond T. Baker was named platinum administrator by Secretary McAdoo and designated the New York assay office to receive and receipt for the metal under a government commandeering order. Manufacturers’ stocks may be seized. individuals are advised to give platinum jewelry to the Red Cross, which will sell the metal to the government for war use.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Baker
McAdoo
Washington
Mint
Raymond T. Baker
New York
Red Cross
War and Navy Departments
Veterans at Camp Devens veterans assigned for duty in mass
Sept 4 to Sept 5 1975 non commissioned officers with gold service stripes Meritorious service in France assigned by War Department to Camp Devens Massachusetts seasoned veterans have returned to the US Peace Talk Brewing in Vienna Berlin next week German chancellor von Hertling and Austrian prime minister Hussarek to meet for possible peace offensive Spain mediating sought Amsterdam reports say To Pay Bonus weekly Wilcox Crittenden Co will pay 10 percent bonus each payday not quarterly starting September 1
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Camp Devens
Mass
France
War Department
Amsterdam
Count von Hertling
Baron Hussarek
Vienna
Berlin
Spain
Times
Wilcox, Crittenden & Co., Inc
Foley's Honey and Tar Relieves Chronic Coughs
A Virginia reader cites 15 years of bronchial cough relief after using Foley's Honey and Tar. The letter claims one bottle stopped the cough and it has not returned, praising the remedy as more effective than others. Sold everywhere.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Foley
R. F. Hall
Mabe
Johnson Attacks Draft Round-Up In Senate Debate
Washington reports Senator Johnson of California denounced the New York draft round-up of about 40 000 purported registrants as terrorism. He likened it to extrajudicial measures in the French Revolution and urged loyalty over suspicion, challenging comparisons to militarism in Berlin. A resolution to probe orders for the raids was introduced, despite disavowals of responsibility by the justice department and the provost marshal general.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
New York
Department of Justice
Johnson
California
Senate
Chamberlin
Military Affairs Committee
Germany
United States
Senator Johnson
New York City
Calder
Sherman
Illinois
Berlin
NewYork
Senator Smooth
Utah
Senaor Alder
Kirby
Arkansas
Kaiser Says God Still With Him Over Retreat Message
The Kaiser assures Germans that they have unanimously chosen to devote all strength to defending the fatherland and its Kultur against enemy attacks, declaring that God will continue to aid them as the German retreat on the western front is explained in Dresden papers.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Kaiser
London
Dresden
Happenings in This Era 1893 Hartford News
The Connecticut Board of Pardons sits reviewing petitions from 88 prisoners. Labor Day races draw crowds to Hartford. A coal barge docks at Cromwell, and the Nauticus carries coal to port. Tobey visits Springfield. Iron frame glassing over a cellar-way at C R Lewis. Park and Vine streets seek electric lights. Park avenue and other civic items discussed. Fire department parade funds approved. Water street old line confirmed. A large box barge nears completion at Gildersleeve yard. A Middletown bank accident injures none. Baptist church excursion to Block Island scheduled. Thirty thousand women and girls in Austria contribute to army work.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Connecticut Board of Pardons
Hartford
Cromwell
Frank Tobey
Springfield
Nauticus
Charter Oak
C. R. Lewis
Common Council
Park and Vine Streets
Lawn Avenue
Fire Department
Frank S. Hills
Water Street
Hubbard Bros
Gildersleeve Ship Yard
A. B. Calef
Middletown National Bank
Elijah H. Hubbard
The
Baptist Church
Block Island
Neutrone Prescription 99 Promises Quick Rheumatism Relief
An old time drug advertisement touts Neutrone Prescription 99 as a fast acting remedy for rheumatism. It claims to penetrate muscles and joints, cleanse the kidneys and liver, purify the blood, and strengthen the body. Available in 50 cent weekly treatments or one dollar large bottles through Hartman Drug Co. Middletown Connecticut and other druggists.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hartman Drug Co
Middletown
Connecticut
Seth Thomas
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Ohio
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Fourth Avenue
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Th Temple
Gibbons Hotel
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Rotterdam
Free
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Main Street
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