Record Crowd Foretells Cubs Red Sox World Series Game
In Chicago the crowd was forecast at about 85,000 for the third game of the World Series between the Cubs and Red Sox. Mays to start for Boston and Hendrix possibly for Chicago as both teams seek to secure a series edge before heading to Boston for remaining games. Attendance and charity contributions were highlighted with projections near $20,000 as war-time donations.
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Associated Press
Chicago
Sept
Craighead
Cubs
Boston Red Sox
Chicago Cubs
Boston
Fred Mitchell
Hendrix
Red Sox
Pata
Ed Barrow
Wai
Barrow
Mays
Tyler Ine
Joe Bush
August Herrmann
Thair
National Baseball Commission
Thomas
Great Lakes Naval Training Station
Serries
Hooper
Shean
Strunk
Whiteman
McInnis
Abe Scott
Agnew
Oohcago
Flack
Hollacher
Paskett
Merkle
Deal
Killifer
Fenway Park
Igiorence Graver
Boston American League Baseball Club
New England
Veterans Teach New Draft Men at Atlantic Port
Two hundred American army officers who served on the French front arrived at an Atlantic port to be assigned to camps for training newly drafted men. The same steamship also carried 208 sick and wounded soldiers.
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Atlantic
France
Vario
Pick Your Own Class in New Draft Crowder Makes Up Questionnaire
A draft questionnaire outlines six classes for registrants, detailing who is primary or dependent for support, including Class 3 and Class 4 groupings. The document lists occupations and scenarios affecting deferments and exemptions, summarizing who is fit or deferred under early 20th century selective service rules.
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Crowder
Senate Passes Day Bill with No Roll Call
Washington Sept 7 The emergency agricultural appropriation bill with a national prohibition rider passed the Senate last night without a roll call. Five wet votes stood against dry provisions while many members were paired or absent. The measure would halt most beverage production after May 1 and sales after June 30, with limited export and medical exceptions. Newark Sept 7 Christian W Feigenspan condemned the sudden federal order on beer as war policy but said Brewers Association members will comply to support the war effort.
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Newark
N. J
Christian W. Feigenspan
United States Brewers’ Association
Associated Press
Washington, D. C
Senate
Brandegee
Connecticut
Gerry
Rhode Island
Phelan
California
Pomerene
Ohio
Ransdell
Randall
House
Heavy Casualties Among Iowa Troops in Rapid Fighting
In Des Moines a letter from Major C. Worthington reports an Iowa battalion reduced from 1,200 to about 900 men after ten days of fighting ending August 3. The unit included Co. A Winterset, Co. B Des Moines, Co. C Creston, Co. D Centerville, and the Des Moines machine gun company. most losses were wounds.
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Des Moines
Iowa
C. &. Worthington
Lafayette Young, Sr
Winterset
Creston
Centerville
Martin for James Seat: Kentucky Governor Appoints Martin
Frankfort Ky Sept 7 Gov AL O Stanley announces appointment of George Brown Martin attorney of Catlatsburg to fill the unexpired term of the late Ollie M Ames ending March 4 next The governor is the party nominee for the full term for which Senator James was nominated at the statewide primary last month
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Associated Press
Frankfort
Alo
Stanley Today
George Brown Martin
Catlattsburs
United States
Ollie M.ames
Stanley
James
Bishop Chatard Dead
The Right Rev. Francis Silas Chatard, bishop of the Indianapolis diocese, died in Indianapolis after a lingering illness. Born in Baltimore on December 13, 1934, he led the Roman Catholic Church in the region. The death follows long service and will be noted in church records and obituaries.
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Indianapolis
Ind
Francis Silas Chatard
Aingering
Baltimore
Early Settlers Meet at Black Hawk County Park
The Black Hawk County Early Settlers association held its annual meeting at Chautauqua Park. A smaller turnout due to threatening weather attended a noon dinner and program with remarks by Shermin T. Mears and Lenora Shanowles and community singing led by Paul Davis. The roll of deceased members listed many naming Waterloo and surrounding communities with dates in 1917 and 1918, noting long histories since mid-1800s.
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Black Hawk County
Chautauqua Park
Shermin T. Mears
Lenora Shanowles
Paul Davis
Early Settlers’ Association
Pioneers and Residents of Cedar Falls County Died 1917 1918
An obituary summary lists Cedar Falls and Waterloo residents who died in 1917 and 1918, naming ALMON V BUTTERFIELD, LYDIA YIOOPNAGLE, ALONZO VAUGHAN, ANNA VAN SAM, J. N. HURD, BARNEY SMITH, MARTHA CHASE, CHARLES BOEHMLNER, WALTER A BRYANT, NELS OLSEN, MRS B S ROBINSON, HENRY HN, MRS CHARLES BOEHUSSLER, MRS CATHERINE FISHER, MRS HENRY STILES, MRS JULIA PIERCE, MRS SARAN PHHILPOTT, MRE ROBERT SIMPSON and others with deaths in Waterloo Cedar Falls and nearby towns. The list notes birthplaces, years, and death dates across 1917 1918.
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Jane Stubbs-Lamb
Waterloo
McCoy
Los Angeles
Cal
Robert Brown
Watering
Benson Grownover
Hudson
Maelala Ellis
County
Blackwell
Okla
Mary Elizabeth Park
Mary L. Call
Long Beach
Mary Holtz Turner
Tulta Schneider
Sterling
Neb
A. JT
A. J. Reber
Mary E. Goffrett
Russell M. Dewey
W. 4. Branigher
B. J. Rodamar
C. H. Gay
J.C. Gates
Charles E. Phifor
Old Maident
Jacob Lellig
Atrre
Turpening
Elizabeth Strayer-Harrison
Seeet
Uee
Galvin L. Kungseey
Watene
Lardriaw J. Naylor
John Q. A. Hanna
Nis
Texas
George W. Hanna
Black Hawk County
Laverne
Michael Herriasn
Albert Wittum
August Callies
Valentine Schtel
Ella EB. Stores
WM. Gardner
Milton
Pierce
Lutitia Ragan
I. Conger
Watertag
John Baker
Philo E. Brainard
Talbert F. Place
Sylva Raub
D. Lansing
Martha Cumatings
Kleinefelter
James L. Robertson
T. L. Benedict
Martin Stark
Susan E. Myers
Chicago
Sarah J. Jenkins
Ag Alyred E. Cordell
Wats Ge
Isso
Murray
Henrietta Borchers
Jama
Marion
A. Sutton-Wilson
Clade Th Eighmey
le T 'Bahr
la Porte City
J. W. Krapfel
Barclay
Isse
Prederick Kraft
Cha
Syed S.horn
Aime
Irert
A. C. Burtnobur
David Magem
Lester Tawnalitp
Dunkerton
Almon V. Buttervield
Raymond
Ester Millard
Nicholas Keiderling
Iowa
Lucy Harden
Ange Arias
Lydia Yioopnagle
Ghio
Alonzo Vaughan
Dallas
Ore
Cedar Falls
Anna van Sam
Dubuque
J. N. Hurd
Barney Smith
Martha Chase
Charles Boehmler
Cedar Walls
Aga
Walter A. Bryant
Cedar Falla
Nels Olsen
M. Mornin
Co. AH. Northway
Robinson
Charles Boehussler
Julia Pierce
Saran Prhilpott
Robert Simpson
Cedar Fells
Oklahoma
U S Dead Abroad to Be Buried at Home at End of Conflict
Washington dispatch reports that American war dead abroad will be buried temporarily overseas with marked graves. Identified bodies will be later moved to home soil, per war department agreement articles on overseas transport of sick and wounded.
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U.S
Washington, D. C
War Department
Army
Navy
Jsick
British Casualties for Week 20 640 versus 14 484
In the week ending today total casualties among British forces reached 20 640, up from 14 484 the prior week. Breakdown shows 378 officers and 3 628 other deaths, plus 1 034 officers and 15 607 wounded or missing.
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London
Italian Countess sponsors 9600-ton steamer Place
Countess Macchi di Cellere, wife of the Italian ambassador, sponsored the American steamer Place at the federal shipbuilding plant in Kearny New Jersey. The 9600 ton vessel, named for an Italian river where armies halted a German Austrian drive, was launched today with ceremonies marking the occasion.
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Asy Tne Acattsdic
Washington, D. C
Macchi di'Cellere
United States
Federal Shipbuilding Plant
Kearney
N. J
Italy
Red Cross Hospital Bombed in France No Casualties Reported
German aircraft struck the Red Cross hospital south of Soissons with eighteen bombs. All patients had been moved to nearby caves before the blasts and no injuries occurred among patients or attendants. Nurses were praised for evacuating and sheltering patients during the raid.
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Red Cross
Associated Press
France
Soissons
Cavne
Tho
City in Brief: War News and Local Notices
Miss Pearl Goingss visits Boone. Rudy F. Stary arrives over Beas. Mrs. Thomas Crozier visits daughter in Liberty. Mrs. Speicher notified of overseas husband. Lieut. Althouse arrives overseas. parents informed. Lieut. Blair on three day leave. Sacred Heart Mass times changed. Byerly family returns from Minnesota. Mrs. Clemens to Fort Leavenworth to visit son. Sister of Mrs. Downing dies in Sacramento. Contagious diseases reported include mumps and whooping cough. Welly reaches Italy for Y M C A work after six days at sea. McMahon named Red Cross nurse. Baker family visiting Gilley home. Corp. J. A. Cook arrives overseas. Fire and police commissioner meeting Sept. 19. Lawrence Nauman’s overseas arrival. Loveland on leave. Soldiers’ mothers prayer meetings planned. Neil Dobson operated on for military service. Miss Katherine Miller to Chicago and Louisville for winter. Court cases against Powel and Meyer continued for a week.
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William ©. Speicher, Jr
John Althouse
Straight from the Shoulder on Republican Loyalty
The Chicago Tribune notes the Democratic slogan offers patriotism to mask partisan struggle. It argues no Republican should doubt the party’s loyalty or its vigor in supporting the president’s proposals and national welfare through victory measures.
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Chicago Tribune
Congress
Mob Surrenders to Mighty Music
United Press correspondent Joseph Shaplen describes the Russian revolution’s ebbs of joy and despair. He recalls Petrograd mobs smashing wine cellars and palatial rooms, then shifting to mass demonstrations with red banners, music, and revolutionary tension as Mozart’s Requiem plays in the palace. Mrs. John W. Robinson is framed as tax collector of Boston New Jersey.
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Joseph Shaplen
United Press
New York
Petrograd
Camarilla
Winter Palace
Altho
Smolny
Crarina
Lart
Kouts
John W. Robinson
Boston
N. J
France
Republicanism in the west defends loyalty and duty
The speaker argues that loyalty to the republic must endure amid southern power shifts and partisan pressures. Westward Republicans claim their historic service, vigilance in trench volunteering, and insistence on continued influence in national politics and government responsibilities.
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Buchanan's
Miss Pearl Goingss
Boone
Rudy F. Stary
Mrs. L. Stary
Beas
Thomas Crozier
North Liberty
Mrs
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W. R. Clemens
C. R. Clemens
Fort Leavenworth, Kan
AL Asquith
Park Avenue West
Oren Family
Mill Street
H. B. Welly
Liverpool
Margaret McMahon
Red Cross Nursing Service
Mmes
J. W. Baker
H. H. Baker
Eagle Grove
George Gilley
Mrs. Gilley
Clare Cook
Corp. J. A. Cook
Co. D
Camp Dodge
L. Nauman
Lafayette Streat
Lawrence D
64Th Infantry
7Th Division
Waco
Tax
Sergt
Lester IG. Loveland
Gamp’ Sheridan
Ala
W. D. Loveland
Janesville
Tawa
J. D. Hagle
Chastnut Street
A.W. Peverill
Moir Street
Harry Beebe
Bil Sixth Street
Neil Dobson
W. A. Dobson
Alta Vista Avenue
St. Francis Hospital
Katherine Miller
A. F. Gates
Mr. Gates
Charles Ricker
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O. R. Powel
Henry Meyer
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