Frango Americans Reach Aisne River Front
Allied forces report advance from the Vesle to the Aisne with German retreat from Chauny and ongoing operations near the Lys. American cavalry crossed the Wesle toward the Aisne as 110000 German prisoners are cited, with 40000 captured by Americans and French.
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Aisne River
London
Lys
Chauny
Paris
Oise
St. Quentin-la Ferre
Picardy
Wesle
Aisne
New York to Chicago postal air service opens flight
Max Miller launched the first New York to Chicago postal air route from Belmont Park at 7:09 AM, carrying 7000 pieces of mail. An accompanying aircraft piloted by Edward Gardner and mechanic Radeler met with a minor skid incident. Gardner delayed flight for repairs. Miller aims to reach Chicago by 5 PM with a return trip planned Saturday.
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New York
Max Miller
Belmont Park
Chicago
Windy City
Miller
Edward V. Gardner
Radeler
Gardner
Lock Haven
Danville
New Registrants Called Under New Manpower Act
Washington announces September 12 as the registra tion day for new selectives under the Manpower Act to fill October calls. Pro vost Marshal General Crowder reports 2,006,442 inductees into the army as of September 1 and notes no fixed date for the national lottery, but October 2 remains a possible target.
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Washington
General Crowder
Crowder
Army
Marshal Foch congratulates Stamford Mills workers
On September 5 the Stamford Mills staff who met Marshal Foch last Saturday for pledging 100 percent labor during the war received a cable from him praising their courage and resolve and thanking them for their support. The message also expresses gratitude from comrades at the front and sincere thanks.
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Foch
Ord
Stamford Mills
Marshal Foch
American delegation arrives in Rome aboard battlefront
Sept 5 dispatch from the Italian embassy reports the American diplomatic delegation visiting the battle front has arrived in Rome. Tomorrow the visitors will be received by the Italian parliament.
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Paeses
Rome
Gton
Battle Front
Transport Reaches Russia Amid Allied Refit
Washington reports another Italian transport with fighting contingents for operations in Russia has arrived safely. Official Rome dispatch received at the embassy this afternoon confirms the arrival and ongoing combat readiness.
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Russia
Washington
Ital- Gen
Rome
First Senator Registers for Draft Enrolment
Washington September 5 The first U S senator to register under the draft law is Senator Henoi Nevada who enrolled by mail He is 44 years old and active in public service as a legislator This historic registration marks a formal compliance by a senior member of Congress with the new wartime requirement.
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Washington
United States
Henoi Nevada
Opening World Series Opener Cubs and Red Sox at Comiskey Park
The Cubs and Boston Red Sox opened the World Series at Comiskey Park Chicago on a damp field with rain threats. Babe Ruth homered in practice and both lineups tested a soggy infield as Vaughn and Killifer faced Ruth and Agnew in the batteries.
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Comiskey Park
Chicago
Cubs
Boston Red Sox
Red Sox
Mitchell
Dixie Walker
Nick Carter
Babe Ruth
Boston
Joe Buch
Vaughn
Douglas
Cubs’ Claws
Mitchel
Killifer
Ruth
Agnew
O’day
Hildebrande
Klein
Owens
Keep Our Boys Alive War Effort Call
The Philadelphia Public Ledger urges a nationwide war production push to save American lives and aid allies. It argues the surplus age must bolster shipbuilding and industrial effort, likening it to Hog Island efficiency and a decisive coup de grace to end the war quickly.
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Philadelphia Public Ledger
Hog Island
Lord Milner
France
Italy
Mr. Ford's Candidacy Analysis in Detroit Free Press
The piece notes waning enthusiasm for Mr. Ford due to pacifist views and anger over his son's exemption from military service. It argues Ford failed to win Michigan voters and criticizes the president for intervening in a state matter.
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Detroit Free Press
Ford
Michigan
United States
The Weaker Sex: Mrs Tate Kills Rattlesnakes
Mrs Sarah Tate wins the creek’s rattlesnake duties after her horse steps on one seven-rattle snake. next day a ten-rattle snake hides under a wagon and she kills it with a stone.
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South Toucher Cor
Dayton
Wash
Chronicle
Sarah Tate
Pettycae Mt
Tate
Funeral notice for Mrs Carr at 92 Lincoln Street
Attention Pythian Sisters attend the funeral of our late sister Mrs Carr at sister s home Mrs Hugh Hast, 92 Lincoln Street, at 2 o clock Friday afternoon.
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Carr
Hugh Hast
Lincoln Street
Adv
Pretty Woman Held As Spy Suspect
Five metropolitan district residents face warrants after a raid that netted Mrs. Margaret Voorhies and 40 other spy suspects. She, born in Germany and resident of 536 West 111th Street, is questioned about films found in her apartment and her lavish finances. The hunt for the army officer she allegedly accompanied continues.
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New York
Margaret Voorbjies
Germany
Long Island
Bomb Planned for Labor Day Parade in Chicago
Federal building bomb plot aimed to kill hundreds during Labor Day parade. Foreknowledge led to dispersal of operatives among marchers and 3,500 federal soldiers grouped around the federal building. Authorities cite strong evidence as they investigate the plan.
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Chicago
Federal Building
Fort Sheridan
Railroad Conference in New York Discusses Eastern Unification
Director General McAdoo and a group of federal managers and district directors met in New York to hear reports on the unification of the eastern railroad system under the United States railroad administration. He declined to discuss contemplated work.
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New York
William G. McAdoo
United States Railroad Administration
Tabriz Details Still Scarce Reported by Sweden
Washington reports from Sept 5 that Sweden says Turkey cannot confirm details of the alleged seizure of the American hospital by Cossack forces amid long communication blocks. Evacuation orders were issued if occupied and the Turkish commander is warned Americans must not be molested.
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Tabriz
Washington
United States
Busir
Woman Shoots Herself In Cumberland Home
Cumberland Md Sept 5 coroner orders probe into death of Mrs Goldie M Kunkle whose body was found with a bullet in the brain by Benjamin Moreland who summoned neighbors The woman reportedly shot herself after learning he planned to change boarding houses Her husband is said to live in Cleveland Ohio
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Cumberland
Goldie M. Kunkle
Benjamin Moreland
Moreland
Jugo Slavs Spuin Advances Refuse Conference
The Jugo Slavs and Czechs in Austria Hungary refuse to confer with Premier Husrek over financial matters. They demand attention to persecutions of their nationalities and decline attendance at a Vienna conference, according to the Neue Freie Presse via Agence Radio.
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Agence Radio
Berne
Austria-Hungary
Husserek
Austria
Vienna
Neue Freie Presse
May Reestablish Liquor Zones Resolution Passes Senate
A joint resolution to empower the president to re establish zones around munition plants mines and shipyards where no liquor may be sold manufactured or distilled was presented in the senate by Senator Kellogg of Minnesota and adopted by a virtually unanimous vote.
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Washington
Senate
Kellogg
Minnesota
To Set Clocks Back Again In Daylight Saving Plan
Washington announces daylight saving changes. On the last Sunday in October clocks will be set back one hour and railroad schedules will reflect the time change. In March the time will be advanced one hour under the daylight saving plan.
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Washington
Interstate Commerce Commission
Germany buys Russian provinces claim shocks readers
A Stockholm dispatch to the state department reports Vorwaerts claims the Soviet sold northern Russian provinces to Germany for an undisclosed price. The report, dated September 5, notes the surprising transfer amid shifting wartime alliances.
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Germany
Washington
Stockholm
State Department
Vorwaerts
Army Construction Program Expansion Report
Washington September 5 The army construction division has 323 operations under way since April 1917 and 153 more in prospect. The program, with an estimated total cost, was announced as 1 083 766 1918.
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Army
Washington
Republicans Favor Recapture Clause in Water Power Bill
Washington reports Republican lawmakers unified against the administration plan to use net investment as the basis for govt recapture of a privately developed water power site. The Ferris substitute failed 96 to 71, largely along party lines, with Democrats split. Leaders vow to press changes before final House vote, while the president is expected to veto if the net investment provision remains.
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Washington
House
Wilson
Ferris
Oklahoma
Democratic Congressional Committee
Congress
Railroad Wage Increases Authorized by Administration
Washington Sept 5 Federal railroad wage orders grant monthly raises of 25 dollars for monthly paid workers and 12 cents an hour for hourly workers effective Sept 1. The measure affects about 1 000 600 employees including clerks station staff engineers boiler washers and shop and warehouse workers with eight hour days and time and a half overtime. A new grievance system and promotions based on ability and seniority are provided with minimums set across many job classes and a cap of 250 dollars monthly.
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Washington
Railroad Administration
German Crown Prince interview quotes U S prisoner
In Amsterdam dated September 5 the Crown Prince is quoted saying many Americans do not know what they fight for. He recalls asking an American prisoner about the war’s purpose and receiving the reply The question Where is Alsace returned Its a big lake.
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Amsterdam
Alsace
Lake
Letter Conflicts With Report From Stamford
Stamford on September 5 a wire to the parents of John R. Tobin, cook in battery B of the 56th artillery, Co. A, C, stated he was severely wounded in action on July 17. They hold a July 27 letter in his own handwriting saying he was well and are puzzled by the discrepancy.
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Stamford
John R. Tobin
56Th Artillery
Co. A. C
Draft Treaty With Greece Reaches Senate Briefing
Washington September 5 a draft treaty similar to that with Britain Canada France and Italy has been negotiated with Greece, members of the senate foreign relations committee were informed this afternoon. A man never realizes how high a fence he can jump until he is badly hurt.
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Greece
Washington
United States
Great Britain
Canada
France
Italy
Senate Foreign Relations Committee
Americans in Flight From Russia
Americans flee Russia amid growing Bolshevik tension. Consuls in Helsingfors and Stockholm report 40 consular officers, 40 YMCA workers, 25 National City Bank staff, 2 Red Cross officials, and 15 others traveling by train from Petrograd toward Haparanda, expected around September 4. British embassy attack and Cromie killing noted. Americans not molested so far.
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Washington
Russia
State Department
Helsingfors
Stockholm
Petrograd
National City Bank
Red Cross
Haparanda
Moscow
Poole
Francis Cromie
Morris Plan a Success in Middletown
The Middletown Morris Plan, begun January 1918, reports eight months of service with 221 loans outstanding totaling 26800 dollars. Loans aided bill payments after death or illness and financed coal, home repairs, automobiles, stock for merchants, mortgage reduction, furniture, clothing, livestock, and fertilizer. Officers include Willis E. Terrill president and E Kent Hubbard vice president. directors list prominent names. Ernest A. Inglis serves as general counsel.
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Middletown Morris Plan Company
Middletown
Willis E. Terrill
Howard H. Warner
E. Kent Hubbard
Harold S. Guy
Ernest S. Davis
Robert W. Rice
Eleanor G. Acheson
Arthur L. Allin
Ralph J. Atwell
James H. Bunce
Dale D. Butler
George A. Craig
Harold 8. Guy
Frank K. Halleck
Edward W. Hazen
Joseph Merriam
Willis
War and Religion Shapes of the Returning Soldier
A Omaha Bee piece contrasts army chaplains shaping faith through war with a Northwestern Christian Advocate view that tobacco and boxing undermine moral gains. It notes soldiers return with simpler beliefs, ready to teach faith, and foresees a new church born from war, while families of leaders praise sons in service.
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Omaha
Tobacco Trust
Stock Quotations From Richter & Company Market Report
Stock market opened irregularly but soon gained strength with most issues rising. United States Steel common recovered losses to trade around 1143-4, Reading regained falls, Texas Company advanced to 159 1-4, and Marine preferred eased to 102. Copper and oil shares led late buying as American Smelting and Anaconda climbed. market closed irregular with several leading names in long supply and steel common slipping to 113 3-4.
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New York
United States Steel Common
Reading
Texas Company
Marine Preferred
Anaconda
Mexican Petroleum
Common
I Point
Steel
Union Pacific
Southern Pacific
Grain Market closes mixed on Sept 5 in Chicago
Chicago on Sept 5 reports grain and pork and lard futures with corn higher by a quarter to one cent, oats up a quarter to three eighths, while provisions retreat. Specifics show Sept corn 155 5-8, Oct 157 1-2, Nov 155 3-8 to 34. oats Sept 70 7-8, Oct 72 1-2, Nov 74. pork Sept 42.45, Oct 42.70. lard Sept 27.09, Oct 26.78. ribs Sept 24.20, Oct 24.47.
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Chicago
Metal Prices Report From New York and East St Louis
Lead prices remained unchanged while spelter held steady. East St Louis spot prices for September 9 ranged from 9 to 914, with October 9 to 914, and November December quotes from 899 to 920.
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New York
St. Louis
Otober
Unnecessary Death of Babes in War-Torn Montreal
Montreal’s infant mortality is the continent’s highest, not fate but drains and filthy tenements. Sanitary science urges action in large centers to improve living conditions, food, and ignorance to give babies a fair chance at becoming useful citizens in a healthier environment.
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Montreal Gazette
Montreal
Expulsion of Senator Vardaman Claimed by Nation
The Boston Transcript notes Mississippi’s senator Vardaman is blamed for public disgrace and argues his removal from public life is deserved. It states his wartime conduct and record were humiliations to his state and nation, labeling him a noisy nuisance in Congress. It adds a closing critique about business women focused on neighbors.
German Plot to Destroy Interned Ships Off Chile
New York reports say German crews attempted to destroy interned ships at Chilean ports Corral Valparaiso and Antofagasta. The act drew sharp Chilean outrage and prompted precautionary measures by the government while authorities reassess the cabinet.
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New York
Committee of Public Information
Corral
Eses
Sebara
Sisak
Redophis
Chilean
Miss Dyer Returns From Vacation At Sugar Hills N H
In town, Miss Ethel Dyer, a clerk at the pei depot, has come back from a vacation spent at Sugar Hills New Hampshire. A new service flag was hung on Main street replacing the faded old banner. The old flag bore 450 and the new 750 with 17 gold stars. Dr A J Campbell received a letter from his son Arthur in France dated August 1 recounting a July 15 battle. the telegram from the war department said his son was wounded July 28. Dr Campbell later learned in a letter dated August 17 that his son was gassed July 28 and in a base hospital, now doing duty there.
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Ethel Dyer
Pei
Sugar Hills
N. H
Main Street
A. J. Campbell
Arthur
France
War Department
Fire In Vessels Hold At Atlantic Port
A steamer arrived with a fire in the forward hold after hours of fighting by the crew. Fire tugs rescued all aboard and extinguished the flames. The ship carried sugar and tobacco. cause of the blaze is unknown.
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Atlantic
Heavy Mail From Abroad Delights Relatives In U S
Relatives and friends across the country report heavy mail from overseas. In New York the volume is large, and at Middletown post office the arrival of letters from the front brings much rejoicing among the local community and families awaiting news from service members overseas.
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New York
Middletown
Card of Thanks from Hutchings Family
We extend heartfelt thanks to all who aided us during the illness and death of husband and father and to those who sent flowers. Mrs. Henry Hutchings and Family. Critics are misanthropes who throw stones.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Henry Hutchings
Middletown Tax Levy Notice and Probate Court Notices
Legal notice details tax collection dates from October 1, 1918 to November 1, 1918 with office hours and collector William J. Kieft. Probate court order appoints sale of estate real estate for John J. OConnell and Thomas OConnell with hearing date September 11, 1918. Estate of William B. Kelley notice of sale of land on Hill Avenue with terms announced at sale. Estate notices list Leo B. Santangelo, 205 Main St, Town, Conn.
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Middletown
William J. Kieft
Curtiss
Bacon
John J. Oconnell
Thomas O'Connell
Midletown
Guardian Ravine
Curtiss S. Bacon
District of
William B. Kelley
The
Durant
Hill Avenue
Leo B. Santangelo
Main St
Iown
Conn
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