Allied Victories Surge as German Retreat Deepens Front
July war report shows British casualties 67,291 and Allied planes down 844. French and American forces recapture Soissons and Thillois near Rheims, closing the Aisne Marne trap. Fismes and other towns fall to Allied advance. German retreat across the Ayre and Ancre fronts continues amid scorched fields.
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Rheims
Thillois
Ville-en-Tardenois
Dormans-Rheims High Road
Paris
Soissons
Aisne-Marne
Marne
Vesle
Pershing
Fismes
Amiens
Montdidier
Ayre River
Albert
Ancre
Allied Pursuit and Global War Updates from Paris to Berlin
The German retreat continues with Allied forces in hot pursuit. In Ireland Lord Justice Mo lony is named lord chief justice. Hoover visits Paris for a luncheon hosted by President Poincare. Germany plans to raise flour to 200 grams and begin a meatless week on Aug 19. King Alfonso invites the late Russian emperor’s family to stay in Spain until war’s end. Admiral von Holtzendorff retires, with Admiral Reinhart Scherr set to succeed. Paris reports credit and supply concerns as Foch’s counteroffensive unfolds. Ten American aviators captured on the Rhine are healthy and interned. their details are sent to Washington. Bonar Law notes higher submarine sinkings as Parliament prepares to adjourn with a 700 million pound vote.
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Germany
Berlin
Alfonso
Russia
Spain
von Holtzendorff
Wolff Bureau
Reinhart Scherr
Foch
Paris
Berne
Red Cross
Rhine River
Baden
Aastate
Washington
Andrew Bonar Law
House of Commons
Bank Robbery Prompted Manhunt From Silver City To Lordsburg
Police officers left Silver City New Mexico for Lordsburg to help pursue bandits who robbed Lordsburg State Bank of thirteen thousand dollars. Free camping sites for tourists are offered by Seattle Washington in Woodland Park due to crowded city conditions. Gold mine operators will meet in Denver to name Colorado delegates to a Nevada led gold mining conference in Reno on August 12 13 and 14. Mrs Emmeline Pankhurst English militant suffrage leader now speaks for the Labor Department division of information.
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Silver City
N. M
Lordsburg
Lordsburg State Bank
Seattle
Wash
Woodland Park
Denver
Colorado
Boyle
Nevada
Reno
Emmeline Pankhurst
Labor Department Division of Information
Senate mines committee weighs metals corporation plan
The senate mines committee discussed organizing a Wilson controlled company to buy and sell metals and minerals. Austrian workers face starvation with high death rates and a Vienna convention delegates warn of coal shortages for winter. Prohibition rules extend to ten miles around military camps and naval districts. Wilson seeks heavy tax on war profits as Congress drafts an eight billion dollar revenue bill.
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Wilson
Senate Mines Committee
Washington
Vienna
Schawel
Moravia
Baker and Daniels
House
Ways and Means Committee
Denver baseball figures head to Lincoln for draft
Clarence Lang catcher for American Beauty and Burns shortstop for Allisons will leave Denver for Lincoln Nebraska on August 15 for the next draft squad. Johnson pitcher for Miles & Dryer also departs for the same destination. The American league schedule runs to September 2 with no changes and a world series to begin September 3 or 4 after a Cleveland owners meeting.
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Clarence Lang
American Beauty Nine
Burns
Allisons
Denver
Lincoln
Neb
Johnson
Miles & Dryer
Cleveland
Ohio
War news brief from August era on accidents and alerts
Cadet S W Rodgers of Brookline Mass killed in aeroplane accident at Chanute Field Cham paign Illinois. Hoover and party escape worst aboard private car during a German air raid at Boulogne. A nine man crew from a lumber schooner land at Grand Manan after sinking by submarine between Friar Island and Grand Manan. Cotton rises seven dollars per bale in New York on Aug 3 amid war news and weather and demand signals. Draft ages 18 to 45 urged by War Department plan to Congress. US and Japan plan extending aid to Russia in Siberia with others agreeing in principle. Two Cleveland police shot one payroll bandit killed or wounded and money recovered after bandits’ car wreck following payroll theft. Elbert Blancett appeals hanging decision in Santa Fe Supreme Court. No new grounds offered.
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Paris
Herbert Hoover
Boulogne
Grand Manan
N. B
Friar Island
Gran Manan
New York
Southwest
Congress
War Department
Washington
Russia
Siberia
United States
Japan
Cleveland
Ohio
H. J. Walker Company
Santa Fe
N. M
Elbert W. Blancett
Clyde Armour
Supreme Court
Prices for Metals in Western Mining and Oil News
New York reports bar silver at 9.95 cents per ounce copper at 25.62 dollars per hundredweight lead at 8.05 dollars. East St. Louis lists spelter at 8.3214 dollars and Boulder tungsten concentrates with 60 percent at 20.22 to 50 per unit and 25 percent at 12.50, 10 percent at 12.20.
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New York
East St. Louis
Boulder
Allied pursuit drives Germans back on Vesle front
Paris reports heavy losses for the German army as Allied forces press south of the Vesle near Rheims. French patrols cross the Vesle at Bazoches and Jonchery while Americans fight fiercely in Fismes, capturing a German base. Germans retreat toward the Aisne with major matériel losses and strong Allied advances along the Vesle and Avre.
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Paris
The
Vesle
Havas
Bazoches
Jonchery
Rheims
Muizon
Champigny
Fismes
Aisne
Soissons
Conde-sur-Aisne
St. Waast
Soissons- Rheims
Quartz mill to drop stamps at Prescott spans mining push
A new quartz mill will soon stamp at Prescott. Washington Arizona mines at Kingman are now operated. Kay mine at Turkey yields large tonnage ore. Oil reported in water well near San Simon. Home Oil at Holbrook reaches 500 feet. First ore carload shipped from Silver King at Ray to El Paso smelter.
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Prescott
Kingman
Kay
Turkey
San Si
Silver King
Ray
el Paso
Last Chance
Mogollon
Arizona State News Highlights Territorial Growth and Mining
Prescott opens a new tuberculosis hospital and Mesa streets plan advances. Tucson hosts an Army Mechanics school while Douglas Bisbee road grading proceeds. Holbrook hosts drilling at Apache Oil and New Cornelia flotation plant at Ajo starts. Jerome Grande and Nelson developments, Wildflower ore bodies opened at Prescott, and Dixie Mines gold output eyed at Oatman. Copper output figures. Phelps Dodge manganese push. new bureau director. oil rigs reach Holbrook. various court actions and state fair scholarships noted.
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Douglas-Bisbee
Holbrook
Apache Oil Company
Ajo
Jerome-Grande
Prescott
Florence
Dixie Mines
Patagonia
Tax Commission
Arizona
Phelps Dodge Corporation
Dean G. M. Butler
Arizona College of Mines and Engineering
Arizona State Bureau of Mines
Flux Mining Company
Bisbee
Salt River Valley
G. A. Nabors
Phoenix
Black Bess
Calumet & Jerome
Frank J. Vaughn
State Penitentiary
Western Copper Company
Patton Group
Jerome
Rich ore finds and steady mining output across Colorado districts
Reports from the San Juan belt near Ouray and Monarch camp above Salida note rich ore shipments to Pueblo smelter. Ward district claims yield good ore while Caribou hill Belcher mine shows rich ore. Iron Mask mine near Breckenridge operates steadily amid broad placer gold production in Breckenridge district. Central City and Cripple Creek show sustained mining activity with notable tonnages and values. Colorado Central mills near Georgetown complete improvements and place ore in bins. White River well near Meeker targets deeper sands after drilling oil saturated sand.
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Guadalupe
San Juan Belt
Ouray
Monarch Camp
Salida
Pueblo
Ward
Belcher
Caribou Hill
Iron Mask
Breckenridge
Shock Hill
Central City
Gilpin County
Gilpin-Eureka
Cripple Creek
Colorado Central Mills
Rock House
Leavenworth Cafton
Georgetown
Clear Creek County
White River
Meeker
Miners Call Off Shorter Day Demand in Butte District
In Butte the executive committee of the miners’ union asked members not to strike as talks with John D. Ryan of Anaconda Copper Mining Company continued. No additional demands were made and employment levels remained unchanged at the mines.
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Butte
Miners’ Organization
John D. Ryan
Anaconda Copper Mining Company
First San Juan Basin Oil Well Finds Oil At 800 Feet
The first commercial well in New Mexico's San Juan basin, thirty five miles south of the Colorado line, was brought in. Oil encountered at 800 feet depth is estimated to yield 100 to 200 barrels daily, with high gravity oil and an eighteen foot sand interval.
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San Juan Basin
New Mexico
Colorado Line
Denver
Warilda torpedoing sinks hospital ship amid Atlantic toll
British hospital ship Warilda torpedoed in a Monday morning attack with 600 wounded aboard. Death toll estimated between 105 and 130 plus several women nurses. Seven Americans aboard, two officers and five enlisted men, accounted for. German submarines now active at Virginia coast sea lane and Canadian waters, sinking vessels and destroying fishing craft.
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Warilda
Washington
Atlantic Seaboard
Virginia
O. B. Jennings
Canadian
Oil activity rises near Shoshoni with two new wells
Shoshoni area expected to become a hub for oil interests in central Wyoming as Center Oil completes a Standard rig in Alkali Butte section 19. Warm Springs field adds another producer. Woods Petroleum Well No. 6 yields strong early flow and could settle at 200 barrels.
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Center Oil Company
Warm Springs
Wyoming
The
Woods Petroleum Company
Colorado Midland railroad stay blocks track tearing
District Judge John W. Shearer barred the owners from tearing up the Colorado Midland tracks while the junking case proceeds as the Supreme Court granted a stay of execution. The ruling prohibits dismantling but does not restore service on the line.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Denver
Colorado Midland Railroad
John W. Shearer
Colorado Springs
Supreme Court
Midland
Mothers Endorsing Pinkham Remedy For Prepartum Relief
Mitchell Indiana resident Mrs Pearl Monyhan credits Lydia E Pinkham's Vegetable Compound with easing neuralgia during pregnancy and restoring strength. She reports gain in health after three bottles and says her seven month old baby weighed 19 pounds at birth. The letter cites testimonials sent to Lydia E Pinkham Medicine Co Lynn Massachusetts praising maternity benefits.
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Pearl Monyhan
Mitchell
Ind
Lydia E. Pinkham
Cross Bag Blue Promises White Clothes On Wash Day
Slogan style note claims Cross Bag Blue makes clothes whiter than snow on wash day and urges shoppers to buy at all grocers. Also quotes happiness as getting something desired but unexpected.
Watch Your Skin Improve with Cuticura Ointment
On rising and retiring gently smear the face with Cuticura Ointment. Wash off Ointment in five minutes with Cuticura Soap and hot water. For free sample address Cuticura, Dept. X, Boston. At druggists and by mail. Soap 25, Ointment 25 and 50.
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Cuticura
Dept. X
Boston
Old Lady and Willie Hibrow on Punishment for Lies
The narrator recalls varied responses to children who tell lies, ranging from parental threats and corporal punishment to confinement in cellars or beds and light psychological practices. The tone contrasts traditional views with modern dubious methods in a humorous yet cautionary manner.
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Willie Hibrow
Senator Sorghum Defends Campaign Ethic in Local Debate
In a Nowise Playful exchange Senator Sorghum insists he did not treat campaigning as a game. He argues that entering a campaign means staying vigilant and not giving opponents enough room to call it politics or not.
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Nowise
Senator Sorghum
Girl Wins Heart With Beau Knot Humor
A playful quip notes how a girl tames a young man's affections by captivating him with charm and wit. The line imagines heart strings tangled into a lighthearted knot of romance.
Crowded Argument: Loud Talk Overshadows Reason
Opinion that volume obscures logic surfaces as a social critique. Ainsley Brown argues calm, evidence based debate yields clearer conclusions while others favor rhetorical force. The piece surveys communication tactics and their impact on public discourse.
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Potsdam Palace
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Estes Park
Dunravan Ranch
S. W. Rodgers
Brookline
Mass
Chanute Field
Champaign, Il
Western Newspaper
Yankees
Wvestern Newspaper Union News Service
the Aisne
Chemin Des Dames Battle Front
Mesnil-St. Georges
Braches
Avre
Hargicourt
Courtemarche
Home Oil Company
Arizona State News
Western Newspaper Union News Service
Mesa
Army Mechanics
Tucson
Gold Roads
Oatman
United China Oil & Refining Company
Globe
St. Louis
Holbrook Field
Hopi Oil Company
Old Dominion
Willcox
Tombstone
Cochise County
Agricultural Extension Service
University
Hywell Davies
Verde
L. M. Harrison
United States Department of Agriculture
Smith Holloway
Jack Lantrip
Avondale
Montana
Lincoln Oil
East
Boston Hill
Stevens Company
Shoshoni
Court
Kilmer
Dr. Kilmer & Co
Binghamton, N. Y
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Harold Somers
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Willie
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