29 Sep 1916
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Newspaper
The Nome Daily Nugget
Location
Nome, Alaska, United States of America
Date
Sep 29, 1916
Page
1
The Reichstag president extols Germany from Kaiser to peasant for military and economic strength while opponents fail to predict dissent. Allied forces push toward Bapaume with two lines aiming to trap the city, as British and French units press operations near Combles and Le Sars.
International News Service reports labor leaders expressing disappointment at low union member interest in the sympathetic strike. Garment workers and Hebrew associations have not joined, with optimistic estimates under two hundred thousand participants. Car men have shown little interference. traffic remains normal as crews await broader action. A Bangor Creek update notes a 17 mile trek in 3 hours 15 minutes, claimed as a trail record.
London reports the destruction of the British ship Second by a submarine, marking eight British vessels sent to the bottom by submarines in twenty four hours. Madrid confirms the sinking of the British steamship Roddam, three thousand tons, off Vilenen in the Mediterranean, with survivors reaching shore.
General Joffre, commander in chief of the French forces, sent a telegram congratulating General Haig and the British on their late brilliant victories on the western front.
Dispatch from Rome reports Greece seeks assurance that allies will grant territorial concessions offered during the Silen tka occupation before Greece decides to join the Allies. A delay in Greece’s decision may follow if the promise is not clear. Dream theater to present Woman and Wine with William Elliott headlining.
London dispatch reports Greece to decide fate of its future course as Constantine and his council meet to determine whether Greece will decline war with Bulgaria and possibly join the side of the Entente, amid revolutionary unrest on several fronts.
The United States appoints an accredited representative to Britain who sails from New York for London to raise with the British Foreign Office the blacklist and interference with U S mails. He will report to President Wilson and Secretary Lansing and seek a satisfactory outcome for American interests.
Villa defeats Carranzistas in battle and occupies Culishuiriachic with Villista recruits flowing in while Carranza loses influence in Chihuahua. Martial law in Eagle Pass due to desertion fears, Peraldi imposes order. Local ads promote Republican ticket, chicken dinners, fishing camp trips, and a Pictorial Review Nugget edition.
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