Allied offensive gains strength as German resistance weakens
Paris dispatch reports ongoing Allied gains with Berthelot’s army joining the push along the Vesle. Belgian left advances threaten Lys river crossings at Warneton Comines Courtrai and Menin while British guards control two crossings. German center shows desperate resistance as French and American forces press near Cam brai St Quentin and Le Cateau amid Balkan-ward concerns.
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Associated Press
Paris
Berthelot
Vesle
Lys
Warneton
Comines
Courtrai
Menin
Plumer
Escaut
Oudenarde
Tournai
Lille- Roubaix-Toursoing
Gouraua
Monthois
Challerange
Apremont
Grande Pre
Argonne
Cambrai
St. Quentin
le Cat Fet
Bularia
Bulgaria
D. Thomasson
Ardennes
Dutch Limburg
West
Right Ways to Hun Lands Insisted by Balfour
Balfour argues that a League of Nations cannot operate until France and Belgium regain full sovereignty and Germany is transformed. He warns that victory and a comprehensive reform of the international order are prerequisites for lasting peace and a true collective security system.
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France
Europe
Belwhim
League of Nations
Wweucton
Germany
British Break Hindenburg Line Near Cambrai Onslaught
Allied forces push through the Hindenburg line from Cambrai to St. Quentin with British, Belgian, and French units advancing. Bulgaria surrenders unconditionally, railroads seized for Allied use, and Turkish moves hint at further collapses as weather hampers fighting. American units press toward the Meuse and Argonne while Allenby nears Damascus as Beirut operations unfold.
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Cambrai
Hindenburg
St. Quentin
Vendhuile
le Catelet
St.Quentin
Levergies
Belgium
Albert
Joncourt
North Sea
Bulgaria
Greece
Serbia
British advance near Cambrai in October war update
British forces pressed toward Cambrai seizing Proville and Tilloy as Haig reports continued encirclement. Vendhuile north of St Quentin falls. Levergies captured. French fronts push from Aisne to Vesle with many prisoners and guns taken. Belgian and allied progress reaches Roulers and the Lys river area. Serbian and Bulgarian fronts show divisions and retreats with French cavalry at Uskah.
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Eest
Belgium
France
Albert
Noulers-Menin
Roulers
Cambral
Crevecoeur
Cambrai
St. Quentin
Hindenburg
Lehaucourt
Aisne
Ailette
Vesle
Reims
Braund
Champagne
Gouraud
Argonne Forest
Rai Qral
Meuse
Berlin
Turkey
Bulgaria
Allenbe
Damascus
London
Marshal Haig
Proville
Tilloy
Field Marshal Haig
Vendhuile
Prench
Paris
War Office
Chempi
Binarville
Conde-les- Audry
Suippe
Argonne
Bulg Tendon
Lund
Charevo
Serbia
Uskah
Veles
Death Toll From Dublin Easter Uprising 1916 Figures
Newly released official casualty figures from the Easter uprising show 116 soldiers killed and 67 wounded in Dublin, 16 policemen killed nationwide with 29 wounded, 10 civilians dead in Dublin and eight elsewhere, plus 2,217 civilians wounded. About 2,343 arrested, 271 tried by court martial with executions implied, and 1,547 interned. Government grants total £742,928 for destroyed buildings and more than a million pounds for stock and fittings.
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Dublin
Voting plans formed for soldier ballots nationwide
Des Haines reports that a commission will finalize plans to conduct the town soldier vote across the United States. A preliminary meeting Saturday drew Governor Harding, Attorney General Hayner, and party chairmen Rawson and Reynalds to discuss using absent voters laws and Civil War era statutes. Multiple commissions may be named to reach all camps. Also, Marius Rosenwald, Chicago overseas rep for the Jewish Welfare Board, was discharged from a Camp hospital in Tours after a pneumonia illness.
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Des Haines
United States
Harding
Hayner
Charles \. Rawson
J. W. Reynalds
JT. Rosenwald
Tours
Marius Rosenwald
Chicago
Jewish Welfare Board
Tosenwald
Cattle Congress Opens With Record Attendance at Waterloo
A new opening day attendance record was set as 5200 people passed through the gates of the Dairy Cattle Congress in Waterloo. Weather was cold and cloudy, with many children admitted free. The day featured a horse show, music from Waterloo Military band, Van Doren’s orchestra, and the Suwanee River quartet, plus a Canadian war exhibit and the war exposition drawing crowds. The Iowa State Dairy Association’s forty second annual convention also began in conjunction with the congress with a program at 10 a m and 2 30 p m sessions, addressing dairy herd management and the dairy industry amid wartime conditions. Honors were awarded in Brown Swiss and Ayrshire classes to multiple farms from Michigan Wisconsin Racine and Ontario. A shippers meeting on a Waterloo to Cedar Rapids rural water express line was planned for the Commercial club that evening.
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Dairy Cattle Congress
Jack Frost
Waterloo Military Band
van Doren
Suwanee
Iowa State Dairy Association
Waterloo
F. W. Court
R. C. Thompson
Peter White
Massilion
Ja. D. J. Murphys
Waukon
H. H. Kildee
Iowa State College
Mich
Hall Brothers
Painesville
W. QO. Bobart
Bozeman
Mont
James van el Lima
Wis
H. Per Y
Vo‘gers
Wall Brothers
Edgar L
L. S. Marshall & Sons
Edgar J
Rsh
Lord Rosebery
Adam Seitz
Waukesha
Cavalier’s Netheral
Seit Pion Bull
Cavalier Crali
Ownell Hs
C. Court
St. Paul
Brown
Hugh Gran Pelt
Ayrshires
Chamberlain's Cough Remedy Promoted by Mothers in Missouri
A historical testimonial touts Chamberlain’s Cough Remedy as effective for coughs colds croup and whooping cough. Mothers report it pleasant to take and safe for children with several families in Chillicothe Missouri endorsing its use for years. The note claims the remedy contains no opium or other narcotics.
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Chamberlain
Win
Chillicathe
Sloan's Liniment Promises Quick Pain Relief
An old advertisement promotes Sloan's Liniment for external aches and stiffness. It claims fast, soothing relief for back cramps, sore muscles, and strained sinews without rubbing in, urging readers to ask their druggist for it as a clean, convenient, economical remedy.
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Sloan
Make Your Own Cough Remedy With Pinex Syrup
Homemade cough syrup blends 21cameos of Pines with sugar or molasses to yield a pint bottle of stronger relief than ready-made brands. Pinex, a Norway pine extract concentrate, is promoted as fast acting for coughs, bronchitis, whooping cough, and asthma, with directions to consult a physician and a money-back guarantee.
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Pinexr Co
Wayne
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