Allied Forces Advance Amid War News From Front and Home
Reports from the war front describe American troops in Lorraine near Frapelle advancing under heavy bombardment while British and French forces push near Roye and the Oise valley. Air battles yield 329 German aircraft losses. Italian and allied efforts seen around Soissons, Merville, and the Avre front. Domestic items note the Grand Army encampment in Portland and a legal filing in Denver.
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Lorraine
Frapelle
Roye
Lussigny
Oixe
Solasonn
Avre
Mirshal Foch
Alane
Somme
Outtersteen
Morris
Albert
Amiens-Royo
Geeman
Lyx
Armen- Aferes
Merville
Hlands
Matz
Oise
Dominat Tre
Thiercourt
Pimpres
Olno
Noyon-Comptegn
Germans Change Opinion of Yanks
Foreign reports allege German outrages on British prisoners are public evidence with affidavits from captured soldiers. Swedish consul requests a ship to Petrograd to transport 200 from Russia. US Congress visit to Rome greeted by Admiral Resfo. Maj Theodore Roosevelt Jr crutches after wounds. Northern Russia forms government with Tchalskowaky as president and foreign minister. Archduke Joseph replaces von Hoetzendorff as Austrian mountain army commander. Dupetit Thouars sunk by a German submarine. 13 crew missing. Japan food disturbances rise. Osaka and Kobe see violence and arrests. Baseball features include Christy Mathewson’s return and a strong trap-shoot score by SLC athletes. Births in Germany dip. mass registration for 21st birthday men. Wilson issues aliens control act. petroleum price stabilization planned. war casualty totals updated.
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Moscow
Petrograd
Russia
United States Congress
Rome
Resfo
Great’ Britain
Maj
Theodore Roosevelt, Jr
Clemencénu Tr” Vitis
Maj. Roosevelt
M. Tchalskowaky
Ludendorff
Japan
Osaka
Prs
Kobe
US Army Dispatch Riders Accelerate War Effort in France
The article details American dispatch riders in France delivering orders by motorcycle under shellfire. It notes the riders’ selection for skill and calm, paired operations, and a nationwide network ensuring rapid, secure communications for divisions, brigades, and regiments. It also covers broader wartime conservation measures and labor policy changes impacting production and immigration.
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France
Pony Express
Western Plains
Lee
Watering Plants: French Botanist Finds Drop by Drop Best
A French botanist who studied vegetable growing determined that a steady drip of water yields better growth for wart x as plants than periodic drenches. He found that an uninterrupted drop by drop supply optimizes water reception and plant development.
Thoughtty Moralist Guide Prompts Self-Reflection
A fragmentary phrase shows a figure called the Moralist urging self examination. The odd dialogue hints at themes of inner guidance and introspection in a cryptic style.
Reflection on happiness and others in Birmingham
A fragmented quote questions happiness and thinking of others while a pessimistic person laments others owing him money, casting a gloomy mood. The Birmingham Age-Herald is cited.
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Buch
Birmingham Age- Herald
Mystery Reader Echoes From The Boston Transcript
A fragment recalls a tense moment where a professor surveys a yellow cube a waiter brought. The phrase hints at a cryptic exchange and a sense of unease surrounding an ordinary object.
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Boston Transcript
Western Front and Ostend Air Raid Report Attacks Rise
The dispatch cites American air raids against German submarine bases at Ostend beginning August 15 and notes French General Mangin driving German forces back along a broad front from Bailly to Soissons. Allied gains include advance along the Lys salient and near Roye, with over 8,000 Germans captured and heavy pressure on German positions from Arras to the Scarpe. Martial law declared in Petrograd after food riot deaths and injuries.
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Union News Service
London
Flanders
Ostend
Soissons
Aisne
Oise
Ois
Roye
Ieras
Lys
Mangin
Bailly
Scarpe
East
Et. Arras
Haig
Scarpe River
Fampoux
Merville
Vierhoek
Couronne
L'Epinette
Estaires
Tha
Lagsigny
Beyvraignes
Somme
Noyon
Vesle
Nervous Breakdown Helped by Vegetable Compound
Miss Fie Kellry of Newark credits Lydia E. Pinkham's Vegetable Compound with curing her nervous breakdown. She states the remedy addressed the root of her trouble, restoring her to a healthier condition and ending her nervousness.
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N.J
Eician
Pinkham
Fie Kellry
Newark
Lydia E. Pinkham
Colorado to Furnish 843 Men Registrants for Fort Riley and Camp Lewis
Colorado registrants are to entrain for Fort Riley and Camp Lewis from Sept 1-3 under Provost Marshal John Hyans. Calls total 843 men, including 500 white and 43 colored for Camp Funston Fort Riley and limited service group Cc, with 300 white for Camp Lewis and general service. Maj. W A Spangler notes Washington aims to place remaining class 1 registrants into active service before the big registration.
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Fort Riley
Camp Lewis
Denver
Colorado
John Hyans
W. A. Spangler
Washington
Camp Funston
Kansas
Lmited
American Lake
Wash
Ferocious Pride and Family Quips Echo in Arkansas Scene
A rugged speaker from Rumpus Ridge Arkansas boasts about American soldiers fighting as fierce as ring tailed catamounts while a Gap Johnson figure laments his fourteen children squabbling over candy. A Kansas City homecoming remark and a woman’s secret about a new dress hint at regional speech and social quirks.
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Rumpus Ridge
Arkansas
Germany
Gap
Johnson
Kansas” City
Rfar
Crowder Expects 158 800 to Register for Military Service
Washington August 21 revised estimates from the provost marshal general show 158 600 young men who have turned 21 since June 5 should register for military service on August 24. About half are expected to enter class one for immediate call to the colors. State estimates for Saturday’s registration include Arizona 391 Colorado 2348 New Mexico 486 and Wyoming 328.
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Crowder
Washington
Arizona
Colorado
New Mexico
Wyoming
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West High School
Salt Lake City
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Kentucky
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Spilin Hash
Plyge
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Jacob—H. Gill
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Wilson
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J.W. Smith
Denver Catholic Register
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Fortieth
Eighth
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Chateau Thierry
Thlmanns
Rocourt
Epaux
Mtuna
Boise de Belleau
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Medical Research
Mineola
S. 1
Medical Research ‘Laboratory
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Con‘servation Division
War Industries
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Levi Strauss & Co
San Francisco
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Enright
Hay
Francis Rogers
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