Indiana News Roundup on Agriculture and War Efforts
National agriculture leaders warn food production must stay at current levels for two years after the war to avert European shortages and disease risks. Reports cover Indiana farms, sugar beet output, inflation, influenza impacts, new Fort Benjamin Harrison construction, and local relief efforts across multiple cities with notable figures such as George L. Christie and state officials.
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Lafayette
United States
George L. Christie
Christie
Purdue University
Washington, D. C
Satem
Nasby Morris
Foster Heacock
Heacock Fruit Company
Decatur
Holland- St. Louis Sugar Company
Indiana
Indianapolis
P. H. Wolford
Wolford
Fort Benjamin Harrison
British Drive to Gates of Valenciennes in Belgium
Paris reports French troops on the Danube at Vidin and Haig’s forces two miles from Valenciennes with major advances near Denain and Tournai. Allies push along the Scheldt canal and cross the Oise while American units gain near Bantheville and Bois des Rappes. Belgian towns like Bruges and Zeebrugge are secured as Ghent lies within seven miles of the line.
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Paris
Danube River
Vidin
Balkans
London
le Cateau
Amerval
Field Marshal Haig
France
Valenciennes
Denain
Haig
Tournai
Scheldt Canal
Bel ‘Ian Flanders
Ghent
Audenarde
Oise
Etreaux
Guise
Laon
Verdun
Bois de Ruppe
Bantheville Wood
Holland
Eccloo
Amsterdam
Belgium
Thielt
Grammene
Gothem
Wielsbeke
Courtrai-De
Selle River
Mangin
Marles
Serre
Bois Des Rappes
Bois Claibeciene
Buntheville
Bantheville
Zeebrugge
North Sea
Germany
England
Calaisis
Bruges
Heecoo
Meuse
Foch
Devnze
Scheldt
Havre
Courtrai
Roubaix
Turcoing
Kaiser
Albert
Elizabeth
Ostend
Antwerp
Army manpower totals reveal 23 456 021 in the U S
The war department reports America's registered manpower stands at 23 456 021. Of these 12 966 591 are aged eighteen to twenty and thirty two to forty five. Illinois has 852 131 registrations from four dates in 1917 1918. Provost Marshal General Crowder notes belated Texas news allows a final total to be set.
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Clinton
Miami Coal Company
Clinton Field
Miami Company
Indiauna
Keller Coal Company
Chicago & Eastern Illinois Railroad
Keller No. 5
Chicago, Terre Haute & Southeastern Railroad
Washington, D. C
Indiana
N. Maule
Richmond
Rachel A. Ward
Kokomo
Louisa Wachter
Bourbon
Lina Paget
Evansville
Sarah M. O'Neal
Portland
Mary A. McFarland
Hebron
Duranda A. Knotts
Wabash
Ellen Gannon
Fort Wayne
Louise Waldschimdt
South Bend
Patience A. Shoemaker
Fountain City
Sarah A. Pride
Orwell
Margaret E. Jones
Scottsburg
Mary E. Burlington
Montezuma
Margaret Co. Partello
Eliza Green
Eli Swalls
Terre Haute
Lewis Wildey
Indianapolis
State Board of Health
Marion County
R. M. Gilbert
Hammond
Hammond, Whiting & East Chicago
Oakhill Cemetery
Daniel Sekeley
John Krauck
Denes Gergley
Stephen Sose
Frank Sapp
Crawfordsville
Montgomery County
Darlington
Chicago
Cox & Cross
Cox &Cross
Cleve Cook
Indiana State Teachers’ Association
Board of Health
Lafayette—Councils of Defense
Express
Edward Burtis
Evansville Coffin Company
War Industries Board
Washington
America
War Department
Illinois
Crowder
Texas
Hungarian Premier Resigns Amid Austrian Acceptance
Emperor Karl of Austria has accepted the resignation of Hungary's Premier Wekerle, according to reports from Amsterdam dated October 16.
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Amsterdam
Carl of
Austria
Wekerle
Hungary
Red Cross Marks Eighteen Months of War Effort
The War Council reports the American Red Cross has grown from 486,194 members in 1917 to 20,648,103 annual members plus 8,000,000 Junior members by July 31 1918. Donations exceed 325 million dollars with 44 million in in kind relief. Women produced 192,748,107 surgical dressings and 10,134,501 knitted articles. The organization operates commissions in France England Italy Belgium Switzerland Palestine Greece and more.
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Red Cross
War Council
American Red Cross
Junior Red Cross
United States
Cross
National Headquarters
War Fund
America
France
Workers of the Red Cross
Home Service
the Red Cross
The
Europe
Army
Navy
Baker
Pershing
Ireland
Red Cross Commission
England
Italy
Belgium
Switzerland
Palestine
Greece
Russia
Siberia
Denmark
Serbia
Madeira
Asia
Army of Mercy
Way Council
WAR Council OF the American
Henry P. Davison
Washington, D. C
Good Friend in America praised by Italian officer
An Italian officer writes of gratitude to American Red Cross staff who cared for his ailing wife in a summer home in the mountains. He recounts receiving her letter describing her recovery and thanks Americans for their kindness. He says Italians have a good friend in America.
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American Red Cross
Gigi
America
Berlin Reply Is Confession Declares Kaiser Shorn of Power
Washington reports Germany’s wireless note on armistice terms as an awkward acceptance of Wilson’s terms. The note argues evacuation details should be set by military advisers, asserts German power basis for peace, denies naval atrocities, and announces a new German government backed by the people and Reichstag majority. SOLF.
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Washington
Wilson
Germany
London
United States
Reichstag
Solf
Ambassador Sharp Lays Wreath at Lille Statue
The American ambassador William G. Sharp laid a wreath at the Lille statue and left a shield bearing a tribute inscription from the United States.
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Lille
Paris
William G. Sharp
El_le
United States
Boston Lifts Grip Ban Resumes Daily Life
Boston returns to normal as schools theaters motion picture houses dance halls billiard rooms bowling alleys saloons soda fountains and other venues reopen after lift of restrictions on Oct 22.
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Boston
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State News
Goshen
John William
Oak Ridge
Goshen Shriners
Jacksonville
Fla
Fez
William
George W. Nicolas
Staley George
Elkhart Country Food Administration
Michigan
St. Louis Liberty Loan District
Kentucky
Mississippi
Missouri
Tennessee
City of St. Louis
Columbus
John Ryan
Mary Ryan
Ryan
Danube
Allies
U. .S. Army
Council
Red Cross Organization
Berlin
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