Boy Born, Brakeman Fatally Wounded In Accident
Harry Greene, 27, head brakeman for Chicago Great Western on the Oelwein to Waterloo run, was mortally injured when he fell beneath a box car after throwing a switch near the west passenger station. His wife had just given birth to a boy less than 24 hours earlier in Oelwein.
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Oelwein
Harry &. Greene
Chicago Great Western
Waterloo
West
Chicago
Greene
St. Francis Hospital
Altho
Sean
Fate
Arthur Moore
Moore
Lesth
Russian Troops Leave France for Salonikt
The Overseas News agency reports from Swiss sources that except for one division, all Russian troops sent to the French front have been transferred to Salonikt in the straitened mobilization.
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Berlin
Salonikt
Canning Season Tales of Dobbin and Ties in Waterloo
A fragmentary notice describes Wineland of St. Louis visiting Waterloo with a horse buying firm. The aim is to purchase horses to be shipped to Missouri and then to France for meals for soldiers. It warns owners to secure halters and bits to prevent horses from being recruited.
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Terie
Wineland
St. Louis
Waterloo
Missouri
France
Nobhin
Fran
Entente Attacks From South and North Warfronts
News from Paris reports British forces advanced on the northeastern Macedonian front crossing the Struma about forty miles northeast of Salonika. They push toward the Bulgarian border after heavy artillery preparations attacking Nevolyen and Marabjaces as German and Allied lines trade hard blows on the Somme front with no regained ground.
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Paris
Struma
Salonii
Nevolyen
Marabjaces
France
Somme
Entente
Balkans
Satonik
Aegean
Bulgaria
Beres
Trouminian
Dobrudja
Turtukul
Silistria
London
Macedonia
Lake Ostrove
Vardar
Lake Gorgas
Germins
Ginachy
Germins Nso
Mouquet
Berny
Chaulnos Shaistria
Bicycle Bandit Attempts to Take Woman's Earrings
Mrs. T. I. Forhan fought off a man who attacked her near Locust and Second streets at about 9:30 p m Saturday night. The bicycle bandit tried to rip earrings from her ears and steal her purse but fled as neighbors pursued him toward Elmwood cemetery. The bicycle was abandoned in the street and later taken to police headquarters as officers search for the owner amid a spate of similar statewide crimes.
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T. l. Forhan
Second Street
Forhan
Locust
Second Streets
T. V. Malcolm
Minnesota
Wilson Goes to Sister Bedside in New London
President Wilson, accompanied by Edith Wilson and Secretary Tumulty, left the summer White House today for New London Connecticut to be at his sister Mrs Annie Howe's bedside. His engagements are cancelled for several days and the stay is listed as indefinite.
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Long Dranch
Jent Wilson
Wilson
Tumulty
White House
New London
Conn
Annie Howe
Civil War Vet in Germany Lacks Pension Due to Censorship
A Civil War veteran living in Darmstadt has not received his pension for months. The Overseas News Agency reports delays caused by British censorship as letters from the Washington state department accompanying pension checks have not arrived.
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Berlin
Darnstadt
Overseas
State Department of Washington
Fairbanks Opens Campaign Tour Through Missouri and Plains
Charles W. Fairbanks opened his speaking campaign in Springfield Missouri and will continue to Oklahoma City Tulsa Lawrence and Kansas City with a Sept. 15 speech in Kansas City. An advertisement for Smoke El Vovar Cigars is included.
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Chicago
Charles W. Fairbanks
Springfield
Oklahoma City
Tulsa
Okla
Lawrence
Kan
Kansas City
el Vovar
War End in August 1917 Predicted by Brusiloff
Interview with General Brusiloff, commander on the Galician front, discusses Roumania’s entry, Allied prospects, and the belief that the war’s outcome favors the Allies. He cautions against premature peace and suggests August 1917 as a possible end date for the campaign.
Jealous husband shoots wife then kills himself
Buxton police report Louis Hoffman killed his wife after suspecting infidelity then died by suicide. His daughter, a witness, said Hoffman found his wife with another man and shot her before turning the gun on himself in the late yesterday incident.
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Buxton
Louis Hoffman
Hoffman
King Constantine Accepts Allied Demand to Dissolve Reservist League
London dispatch reports Premier Yaimis held talks with King Constantine after which the cabinet met. The Allied demand to dissolve the Reservist League was accepted, Athens under martial law with patrols and guards, and garrison strength increased by 1500 minutes. Disturbances at the French legation in Athens described. four shots fired with no injuries. Russian attempts to capture Halicz on the Dniester thwarted by Hindenburg’s forces.
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London
Reuter
Athens
Yaimis
Constantine
League
Saloniki
Legation
Paris
Halidaz
Berlin
Halicz
Dniester
Galici
Lemberg
Radar
War Office
Count You Bothmer
Ford Files Answer in Navy League Suit
Henry Ford, through counsel, filed in the District of Columbia supreme court his answer to the 100000 dollar libel suit filed by the Navy League of the United States. He does not retract the statements but says he believed they were true as published nationwide and unchallenged. He states he accepted service voluntarily despite advice to the contrary.
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Washington, D. C
Henry Ford
District of Columbia Supreme Court
Navy League of the United States
League
Ford
Conter
Boy Plays With Gun Kills Brother in New Liberty
Fred Wenzeel, 6, was shot and killed by his 12 year old brother Flerman while playing with a loaded shotgun kept for a supposed marauder suspected of poisoning stock. Family had recently lost a stallion to poisoning and feared repetition. Authorities reported the gun was loaded and left within reach as children played.
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Davenport
Fred Wenzeel
New Liberty
Flerman
Shersun
Reporting delivery issues and redelivery contact numbers
If the paper is not delivered by the stated time contact Loy or the carrier. Call 3330 for a replacement copy and after 6 36 call Tel 2 for assistance.
New York Street Traffic Tied Up By 750000 Labor Threat
New York and vicinity faces a potential general strike as 750000 labor men threaten solidarity action. Subways and elevated lines in Manhattan and the Bronx slow or blocked while surface systems show heavy disruption. Samuel Gompers avoids comments as union leaders warn readiness to call out workers within six hours. Traction officials cite increased traffic from surface line shutdowns as cause. locals blame road employees leaving. Miners to Walk Out Kansas City. miners demand new biennial wage contract and threaten a 6 pm strike if refused.
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New York
Trafic
Manhattan
Bronx
Boroughs
Westchester County
Samuel Gompers
American Federation of Labor
Ion Wen
Hhat
Kansas City
Southwest
Maine Vote Seen By Both Amid Record Balloting
In Hosten Massachusetts on September 11, a statewide vote drew a record turnout for a full state and national ticket. Republicans claimed a lead of about 7,000 votes, while Democrats expected roughly 3,000. The race for Congress appeared settled with Daniel McGillicuddy, the Democrat, likely to be re elected.
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Hosten
Mass
Yvietary
Daniel McGillicudy
Verdun Battle Enters New Stage French Gain
French forces at Verdun have gained ground as the 202 day battle moves into its final stage. German troops have been pulled from Verdun to the Somme front, with French advances yielding over 10 000 prisoners a score of cannons and many machine guns. East of the Meuse, Germans prepare a last-ditch effort to hold Forts Vaux and Douaumont.
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Verdun
Jhow
Somme
Verdm
Meuse River
Vaux and
Dowanrmont
Bishop Lewis Addresses East High Students On School Plans
Bishop Lewis from Shanghai spoke at East High auditorium outlining ambitions for orchestra, chorus, debating and athletics this year. Coach Join Skien gave a brief outlook on East’s athletics, with debating highlighted and strong student interest.
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High School East
Join Skien
East
Bishop Wilson
Lewis
Shanghai
China
Chicago House Urges Women to Weigh Bread under Watch
Chicago housewives were urged to weigh bread bought as officials from the city department of weights and measures and the U S district attorney and state attorney collaborate with the Chicago city council in an investigation of bakers for short weights and anti trust law violations.
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Chicago
City Department of Weights and Measures
United States District Attorney
States Attorney
German War Loan Urges Clergy to Invest Funds
Berlin in September. Archbishop Bal dour of the archdiocese of Gnegen Posen instructed clergy to invest the funds of their parishes in the new German war loan. The Overseas News Agency says Wiesbaden municipality has subscribed 20,088 marks to the loan.
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Berlin
Baldour
Archidoecese
Gnegen- Posen
Wiesbaden
Fire destroys Ferguson store in Marshall County loss pegged
Fire early today gutted the general store of A. T. Idge & Co. at Ferguson, Marshall County. Loss estimated between 7000 and 8000 dollars with about 4700 dollars insured. Cause under study, preliminary notes suggest spontaneous combustion in sawdust within the homehouse attached to the store.
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Marshalltown
A. T. Idge & Co
Ferguson
Tolguruapo Reports First Snow of Season at Searsville
Denver Clo Sept b1 Cole Padhe notes the season's first snow fell at Searsville today, with the weather bureau confirming precipitation since last night totaling about one inch. A mild 5¢ elgar accompanies the brief report.
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Tolgurapo
Leadvelle
Denver
Clo
Searsville
Beamen Come Back On Omms In Great Force
British and French forces push in the Balkans and on the Somme as German and Bulgarian troops clash across multiple fronts. Romanian fortress Silistria falls with 21,000 prisoners. Italian troops seize a key Austrian position on the Tren tino front amid ongoing battles across Europe.
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London
Balkans
Hepwtrania
Herlin
Silistria
Danube
Turtukai
Dobrudia
Berlin
Budapest
Reusbaner Av
Ravumania
Poion
Dobrudja
Bulgaria
Rouimania
Bularia
Ene Valley
Trentino
War Office
Grommd
Posina vi
Quebec Bridge Collapse Ends Haunting Railway Dream
The central span of the Quebec bridge collapsed into the St Lawrence River as 90 workers stood nearby. Forty years planned and 17 million spent, the cantilever span sank 200 feet, with 25 dead feared, while spectators and dignitaries watched from ships and shore.
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Quebec
Quebec Bridge
St. Lawrence
Shere
Halifax
Canada Northwest
Canada
Dominion Cabinet
Europe
New York
Federal Railway Department
Ralph Modjeski
Chicago
C. (. Schneider
Wilson sermon attack by cousin shocks St Louis church
In St Louis today Rev S H Woodrow, a cousin of President Wilson, condemned the child labor law in a sermon at Pilgrim Congregational church. The preacher tore into the S hour law as a menace to free government, delivering a sharp attack from the pulpit.
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St. Louis, Mo
Wilson
Pilgrim Congregational Church
S. H. Woodrow
Pershing's Scouts pursue Villa in Santa Clara canyon
Pershing's Scouts in chase of Francisco Villa report penetration of Santa Clara canyon seeking the marauder band without success. General Pershing notes belief Villa may be near San Andres about 35 miles west of Chihuahua City. This marks the first distant operation in weeks, with natives in the traversed section denying sight of Villa.
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San Antonio
Tex
Mexico
Santa Clara Canyon
Francisco Villa
Funston
Pershing
Villa
San Andres
Chihuahua City
New Austrian Note Awaited at Capital
Washington Sept. 11 Secretary Lansing said another communication from Austria Hungary regarding the attack by an Austrian submarine on the American oil tanker Petrolite was expected shortly. The state department has been informed the new note is under preparation but its probable tenor is not yet known. The United States demanded an apology punishment of the submarine commander and reparation.
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Washington, D. C
Lansing
Austria--Hungary
State Department
United States
Hughes in Syracuse greeted by large crowd audience
N. Y. Sept. 11 Charley K Hughes was welcomed at the station by a big crowd. He reviewed a long parade of automobiles. His principal speech was delivered at the state fair grounds this afternoon.
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Syracuse
Charley K. Hughes
State Fairgrounds
Price Wins Dice Bet, Walks Free From Magistrate
Samuel Price, halted by police after being near a craps game, faced Magistrate Imber who offered a dice duel for freedom or jail. Imber rolled a four, Price rolled a six, and Price walked away a free man after a brief arraignment in Philadelphia.
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Philadelphia
Samuel Price
Imber
Price
Sam
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