Germany adds reserves in St Quentin battle front
Allied gains continue as German general reserves push into the St Quentin front. Byng and Rawlinson’s British forces seize Lefatelet while Debeney advances east of St Quentin and Berthelot reaches from Vailly to Berry-au-Bac. Gouraud nears Vouziers, within six miles of a key base, as Armentieres and Lens retreat accelerates. Belgian coast threatened as Allied pressure grows.
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Associated Press
Paris
Qol
Germany
St. Quentin
Byng
Rawlinson
le Fatelet
Debeney
Oise
Berthelot
Reims
Aisne
Vailly
Berry-au-Bac
Gouraud
Foe
Champagne
Vouziers
Challerange
Aragonne Forest
Armentieres
Lens
Bethude
Ostend
Escault
Buttehdorf
Flanders
Draft Cards Stolen Reported in Slackers Plots
Minneapolis dispatch details a plan to steal draft registration cards and sell them to slackers. Victims say strangers offered drinks then stole cards. sheriff Otto Langum and the justice department search for suspects. Additional guard members swell the National Guard roster to 85. 35 papers remain to be processed.
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Minneapolis
Department of Justice
Otto Langum
Department Ac Justice
Tinel
Membreis
Society notes reveal active Waterloo female clubs and events
Elite circle entertained by Mrs Marie Troutman and guests including Mrs Arthur Sohner. Mrs BE L Nutt hosted 27 Social Band members. W E Robinson hosted El Deen Club for noon luncheon. BE L club met at Mrs William F Heitter’s with guests O’Neill and Lester Miller. W C T U program discussed with 9 delegates to Perry State Convention Oct 8–11. Garden class to clean plots. birthday party for Miss Marbeth Bellis. Miss Viola Perry and Private Eddie Poad wed at church. St Mary’s Sewing Circle 48 members. marriage licenses listed. Red Cross workers sought for upcoming Dairy Cat show. Indian summer weather noted at 74 degrees.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Marie Troutman
Arthur Sohner
BE. L. Nutt
Mmes. Sheek, Carey
Frank Asquith
Lincoln White
W. E. Robinson
el Deen Club
Hospital For
Des Moines
time_Co. BE. & L
William F. Heitter
Mmes. O'Neill
Lester Miller
W. GC. IT. U
Waterloo
Willard Hall
Myrtie Barr
Perry
Waterloo Union
Ruth Hill
Allied War Efforts Drive German Lines Back in France
Allied offensives across the Western Front push the German line east of St. Quentin, with Haig’s forces breaking the Indenburg defenses and British cavalry and tanks moving into open country. Lille remains contested as Ostend and Bruges hold, while Reims nears liberation as French and American units advance toward the Krimhild-Steelung perimeter.
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St. Quentin
Marshal Haig
Ilindenburg
Devai
Reims
Berthelot
Champagne
France
Gouraud
Grand Pre Gap
Argonne Forest
Kriemhild-Steelung Line
British Near Lens Rail Line In WWI Update
British forces pursuing retreating Germans have reached the railway east of Lens and advanced along the sector between Oppy and Mericourt. Haig reports gains from Vandin-le Vieil to Houp lines, with captures and repulsed counterattacks near Gouy and Le Catelet. Local fighting northeast of Epinoy and south of Beaurevoir also noted.
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London
Lens
Haig
Oppy
Mericourt
Vandin-le-Vieil
Wing Jes
Berclay
Fournes
Houplines
Leauehart
Gouy
le Catelet
Cam’ Brai
St. Quentin
Sequebart
Beaurevoir
Cambrai
Epinoy
Biaches St. Vaast
Arlenx
Flaly
Conestaing
Jiakian
War Office
Rass2
Warwickshire
Asiago
Mers
Havre
Flanders
Paris
Wrench
American Flierg Bomb 14 Enemies Towns in Day
British and American forces drive through open country near Cambrai and Laon as German positions weaken. British and Belgian advances push from Lens to Mericourt and near Lille. French and American troops seize Blanc Mont and Medeah farm east of Somme Py, while Albania reports Austrian retreat and Turkish minister resigns.
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Kaiser
Quentin
Cambrai
Laon
Foch
Lille
Lens
Mericourt
Betaween
Armentieres
Bois Grenier
Flanders
Silient
Mores
Ghent
Lille Salient
Deule Canal
Reims
Suippe
Berthelot
Gourand
Somme-Py
Blanc Mont
Medeah Farm
Orfeuil
Bemont Chateau
Aisne Canal
Champagne Siljient
Albania
Durazzo
Ships Built In September Outpaced 1915 Totals
One hundred sea going vessels were completed in American shipyards in September, including 46 steel and 4 wooden ships, totaling 301 433 gross tons. Non sea going vessels added 7 037 gross tons. The September output surpassed the entire 1915 fiscal year. Nine months ending September 30 showed a combined 1 357 ships and 1 722 730 gross tons.
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Associated Preas
Washington, D. C
Martin Turnipseed Critically Ill at Cedar Pass Home
Cedar Falls Oct 4 Special Martin Turnipseed junior partner at the law firm of Martin and Turnipseed is critically ill with pneumonia following Spanish influenza He fell ill last Friday after a Sunday school advertisement mention notes a consultation yesterday and another today with little hope for recovery The item notes local Sunday schools invite attendance in Waterton
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Martin
Cedar Falls
Martin Turnipseed
Martin & Turnipseed
Turnipseed
Soldier Charles J. Smith Died in France of Diphtheria
Private Charles J. Smith of supply company No. 312 Q M C American Expeditionary Forces died of diphtheria Sept 11. He enlisted December 1917 and had been in France since June. He was 27. His father August Smith of route 5 Waterloo and sister Mrs Pred R Willard of 227 Conger St survive along with other relatives. He formerly worked at Iowa Dairy's office and later Scane's clothes shop before enlistment.
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Charles J. Smith
American Expeditionary Forces
War Department
Smith
France
August Smith
Waterloo
Pred R. Willard
Conger Street
Iowa Dairy Company
Scane
River Pollution Charge Hearing Today Faces Nuisance Claim
Preliminary hearing in State vs. Citizens Gas and Electric Co. opened in municipal court this afternoon with Ed wards Longley Ransier Smith for the company and County Attorney E J Wenner prosecuting. Nuisance charge cites plant refuse polluting Cedar river waters.
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State
Citizens Gas &, Electric Company
Edwards, Longley
Ransier
Smith
E. J. Wenner
Ihe
Villages Burn as Bulgars Retreat in Macedonia
Civilians die and villages burn as retreating Bulgarian forces fall back through Macedonia. Bodies found in ruins indicate civilians slain amid advancing Allied forces. Socialists in Sofia demand peace negotiations and better ties between Balkan peoples. A German military mission moves into Sofia to safeguard rail routes, while Bulgarian deserters near Sofia are repelled by Bulgarian troops.
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Swonski
Macedonia
France
Belgium
Basel
Narod of
Sofia
Bulgar
Paris
William
Neueste Nachrichten
Munich
Safla
Zurich
Iowa Hogs Population Seen Soaring in October and November
Reports to United States Food Administrator Deems show Iowa counties average over 140000 hogs each, with total state hogs likely exceeding 14000000. Six counties provide detailed figures: Marshall 173504 Ida 130016 Delaware 118841 Greene 94066 Montgomery 84500 Cerro Gordo 33073, plus Wapello estimated at 61577. The census aims to aid wartime pork supplies, with Deems requiring county totals by week’s end.
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Iowa
Ida
Marshall
Delaware
United States
J. F. Desms
Food Administration
Partin
A. ©. Johnson
Ida Grove
L. Mathews
Manchester
Delaware County
L. C. Abbott
F. A. Moscrip
Marshall County
C. H. Barber
Cerro Gordo
Chas. G. Cockerill
Greene County
J. C. Bryant
Montgomery
Greene
Fred H. Hall
Ottumwa
Wapello
Washington
British advance beyond Beaurevoir reported in breaking lines
Regiments entering the front from Flanders and Verdun are identified as part of the breakthrough. Air reports indicate British troops have pushed about 6000 yards past the Beaurevoir line. Machine gunners reportedly moved through the breach toward the Hindenburg defenses aboard motor buses, some double deckers once used in London streets, closely following cavalry.
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Flanders
Verdun
Beaurevoir
London
Clothes Control by U S Being Prepared for by Retailers
Washington October 4 retailers take steps toward war board price and distribution control for apparel. A committee was named to confer with the net industries board on distribution and price limits. Only 30 cases were referred by Waterloo Service League to the judge advocate court amid broad loyalty to the fourth liberty loan drive.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
U.S
Associated Press
Washington, D. C
War Industries Board
Retail Dry Goods Association
Net Industries Board
Equalization Board
Service League
Waterloo
Judge Advocate Court
No Cause for Alarm in Waterloo City
No epidemic of Spanish influenza exists in Waterloo says city health officer Dr D G C Huntoon. He outlines precautions including reporting cases, possible quarantines if needed, and requiring food handlers to prove freedom from social diseases. About 300 cases reported. isolation hospital at times full. campaign to combat social disease continues.
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Waterloo
D. GC. Huntoon
Hintoor
Huntoon
Illinois Central Band Fills Breach at Dairy Cattle Congress
Camp Grant and Camp Dodge bands could not appear at the congress but the Illinois Central band stepped in. The group has delivered excellent programs both afternoon and night. The Illinois Central shops master mechanic granted permission for band members to perform when their services were needed.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Camp Grant
Camp Dodge
Dairy Cattle Congress
Illinois Central Band
Illinois ‘Central
Oh The Charm of Beauty Calcium Wafers Ad
An old advertisement touts Stuart's Calcium Wafers as a remedy to pimples blackheads and skin blemishes by cleansing the blood. It claims impure blood causes unsightly skin and promises a clear complexion once toxins are removed. Price is 50 cents per package.
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Stuart
A. Stuart Co
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Chester Cadwallader
Nome Gardens
Marbeth Bellis
Helen Pfeffer
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St. Mary's
St. Mary's Sewing Circle
Mmes
George D. Beckner
Mitchell
Ain Ventas Tee
Anna Madsen
Orlin Tundel
la Porte City
St. Francis Auxiliary
Atinenbanea Terloser
M. Halley
Belle Plaine
Seedsmore
Congress
Red Cross
AML
Atk Woods
A. P
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Istange
Corfu
Mediterranean
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Lys
Arr
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Siang
Official War News
Persia
Thei
Constantinople
State Department
Teheér
Palestine
Baku
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Amsterdam
Darazo
Rome
Wang & Miller Shor Co
Waterton
Atg
The
Hawkeye State
Britton
Hindenbure
TN City
Ony
W. C. Kelford
Burton Avenue Baptist Church
Lee Withers
John Poffenberger
Edward Bohenstigel
D. B. Henderson
I. C
I - State
Paul Davis Dry Goods Co
Stinehart
Icery
Cash and Delivery
Hershey
Dunham's
Vampbell
Hale
Vangloff Bros
Borden's
Ats
State House
E. & S. Market
East Fifth Street
Marsh-Place Building
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