Americans Make Gains on Eastern Argonne Front Near Chatel Chehery
American forces improved positions on the Argonne eastern edge, capturing Chatel Chehery and surrounding hills. They crossed the Aire in mist, stormed Hill No. 223 and Hill No. 244, and linked with troops from the left, restoring a battalion isolated for five days as the enemy retreated.
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Reuter
Argonne Forest
Chatel Chehery
Fleville
Apremont
Aire
Chatel Speirs
Argonne
la Viergette
Ginsest Chenery
Argoonne
Unripe Decision Warns of Humiliating Peace Reply
Walter Rathenau in the Berlin Vossische Zeitung foresees a negative Wilson reply and an unripe moment. He argues Lorraine and perhaps Alsace may be ceded, Danzig could be Polish port, and a 50 billion mark war indemnity looms. He calls for a civilian soldier defense ministry and rapid mobilization.
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Walter Rathenau
Berlin
Vossische Zeitung
Wilson
Lorraine
Alsace
Danzig
Belgium
France
Ministry of Defense
Corn Prices Fall on Chicago Board in Heavy Selling
Chicago October 9 price action shows a sharp decline as deferred deliveries and widespread selling push corn futures down. December contracts dip to 1.21 1/2 per bushel from 1.18 3/4, marking a 6 1/28 cent drop in overnight trading.
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Waterloo Red Cross Tender Aid During Influenza Epidemic
Waterloo chapter of the Red Cross passed a noon resolution tendering aid to public health authorities amid the influenza epidemic. A committee will coordinate nursing help with a chapter chairman, a doctor, a nurse from each hospital, and two nursing committee representatives. New Hartford Woman Dead From Influenza
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Red Cross
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New Hartford
Allied Forces Advance East of the Meuse in Verdun Area
American and French troops push east of the Meuse capturing Consenvoye Brabant Haumuny and Beaumont. Over 3,000 prisoners taken, 1,600 by French forces, with heavy mortars seized. Germano-German counterattacks repelled as Allied units advance near St Etienne Orteuil and Machault amid German gas and machine gun fire.
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Associated Press
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Pneumonia Toll Surges At Camp Grant In 24 Hours
Camp Grant reports 107 pneumonia deaths in the 24 hours ending last midnight and 1,500 cases in hospital. Total pneumonia deaths since epidemic began reach 702. 186 new influenza cases in base hospital on Monday and 171 on Tuesday as worries grow. Davenport and Rock Island plan emergency hospitals amid influenza spread.
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Waterloo National Guard Auldters Ready For Muster
The Waterloo national guard unit is complete with 103 men. adjutant general notified for muster officer. A regular drill meeting is planned for next Tuesday evening depending on quarantine stringency. roster lists many named members and ranks.
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Wilson T Abet
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Ronaple Baldwin
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New Teut Cabinet Outlined by Berlin and Cologne Papers
Berlin paper Germania reports Prince Maximilian as chancellor with Friederich von Payer Adolf Groeber Mathias Erzberger Philipp Scheidemann and Friedberg as ministers. Cologne Volkszeitung adds Karl Trimborn as interior minister. London dispatch notes wartime telephonists overwhelmed by marriages reducing staff and delays in answering calls.
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Friederich von Payer
Adolf Groeber
Mathias Erzberger
Tha
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Philipp Scheidemann
Herr Friedberg
Price
Cologne
Volks Zeitung
Karl Trimborn
Tenants Resist Rent Hike on Scully Lands in Illinois
In Illinois, tenants on the William Scully estate threaten not to pay a $10 per acre rent after a previous rise from $5 and $6. The estate, with vast holdings in Illinois, Nebraska, and the South, has resisted selling land. Tenants plan to seek allied support from other Scully lands, pursue redress in court, and consult the fund administrator.
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Ry Tie Associated Press
Get
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William Scully
Scully
England
United States
Illinois
Nebraska
South
Togan
Will
Fourth Liberty Loan may not reach goal in time
Treasury review warns the fourth Liberty Loan may fail to meet its goal at the current rate of subscriptions. Despite some strong local totals, nationwide figures lag behind the third loan as officials urge volunteers to double the third’s impact. Dallas district over subscribes despite drought, while Chicago and Illinois regions show notable gains amid mixed national results.
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Associated Press
Washington, D. C
Treasury Loan
Liberty Loan
Treasury Loan Review
Mwa
Federal Reserve Banks
Dallas
West Texas
Cleveland
Chicago
Ulinnis
Indiana
Michigan
Wisconsin
Chicana
Poles Swear In Commanders In French Ceremony
Gen Pole sworn in as commander in chief of the Polish army in France. The first Polish division, largely non Poles, took an oath to the entente. The ceremony featured Rev Father Jawiorski, Maj J L Coolidge, and Maj Francis Fronczak. Poles wore blue uniforms and the division includes cavalry artillery and hospital detachments supplied from the United States.
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Associated Press
France
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Cepiesa
Polo
Russia
Murmansk
Father Jawiorski
Pittsburgh
Gen. Pershing
J. L. Coolidge
Robert Haverick
Sharp
Francis Fronczak
Buffalo
Red Cross
United States
Champagne
Mortuary notices for Mrs W J Heinz and Mrs Angelina Klein
Mortuary notices report Mrs W J Heinz of Waterloo died yesterday at 3 30 p m after a two day influenza illness while caring for her husband and children. Surviving are her husband six children aged one to six her parents four brothers two in army service and seven sisters Burial will be in Catholic cemetery Eagle township Also obituary notice for Mrs Angelina Klein nine miles south of Waterloo died at 5 am today after cancer treatment in Minneapolis A nephew Henry Sehmidt resided with her Funeral arrangements pending and a funeral later at Eagle Center Saturday at 10 am
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Carnot Dunham
Unsam
W. J. Weenz
William J. Heinz
Waterloo
Heinz
Mathias Milter
Eagle Township
Angeline
City in Brief Notes From Cedar Falls and Waterloo
Local notices report Cedar Falls residents with colds, a Waterloo visitor in the Kroft family, and new drivers joining a fuel company's local union. School district No. 7 closes due to pupil illness. quarantine affects church meetings. One motorist and one vagrant appear before Judge Birdsall. An influenza patient, T. I. Perrin, is out after three weeks. Miss Mary Little resigns to take a railroad job in Duluth. The Spectator, West High’s new monthly, debuts soon with Cecil Gorman's inaugural address. Mark Humphrey sells his electrical business and returns to a farm. Knights of Columbus postpone initiation. The Hesperian society plans a program. Clara Belle Wilson editor, Robert Easley business manager. Mrs. Flint learns of John Mitchell’s Camp Bevier death. others report local heart disease. Citizens Gas & Electric plant begins dual-stack operation. police log notes no prowlers. War relief officer Winset to Chicago for medical orders. Marine Kentzelman recovering from influenza and has a rare rifleman medal. Cedar rival dam height increased, aiding mill power. Mrs. McNulty’s husband ill in an eastern camp. Red Cross nurse Jane Canine reports waning epidemics. National Guard drill proceeds, but muster awaits lifting of the public-gathering ban. Government contracts prompt Matt Parrott & Sons to ship grain-elevator ledgers. Plaza Theatre tickets for a benefiting show at 14th Street. Kame and date to be announced. hold tickets.
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Duluth
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Clara Belle Wilson
Robert Easley
Mark T. Humphrey
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Arthur Colby
John Mitchell
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Col. C. W. Cotton
Matt. Parrott & Sons Company
Plaza Ost
Refused to Serve as Soldier, Gets 25-Year Sentence
Benjamin J. Salmon, a Denver Socialist, convicted by a general court martial on charges of desertion and distributing pacifist propaganda, sentenced to 25 years at hard labor in Fort Leavenworth, after addressing an open letter to President Wilson about the draft. He refused to serve as a soldier at each assignment.
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Associated Press
Camp Dodge
Benjamin J. Salmon
Denver
Fort Leavenworth
Kan
Salmon
Wilson
Fort Logan
Colo
Camp Punston
Red Cross Seeks 950 Army Kits From Waterloo Chapter
The Waterloo chapter of the American Red Cross calls for nine hundred fifty army kits in a central division quota. Work starts immediately and all local women are urged to contribute at the shop for as much time as they can spare.
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RED Cross
Waterloo
American Red Cross
Impudence in Australia view of peace bint
Melbourne hosts a large gathering in the town hall to celebrate allied victories in Bulgaria Palestine and the western front. Press voices condemn the peace offer as a brazen trick and warn that German talks are a hopeless irritant while the Vatican semiofficial comments demand evacuation of invaded territories before any armistice acceptance.
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Associated Press
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Palestine
xKome
Gorberrs D'Itali
Vatican
Armies at End of Strength Warn From Paris Front
Gen. J. M. G. Malleterre, a Tamp military critic, writes from the front that German forces are exhausted and the high command hopes to salvage them. He says an armistice with evacuation of invaded territory could let German troops withdraw, buying time to reform before Berlin rejects Allied terms.
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J. M. G. Malleterre
Alsace-Lorraine
Berlin
Lemon Juice Whitening Lotion Advertisement
A vintage ad promotes mixing lemon juice with Orchard White to create a cheap bleaching lotion. It claims to reduce tan redness sallowness sunburn and windburn while making skin clearer and rosy white. The ad asserts the product is harmless.
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