Allied Gains and German Retreats Reported in July War News
Western front dispatch notes July casualties totals and air combat results while detailing Italian front activity and French gains around Thillois Ville-en-Tardenois and Soissons. Foch trap closes as Germans retreat leaving abandoned guns and bodies. American forces seize Fismes and capture thousands of prisoners and guns amid widespread retirements beyond Amiens and Albert.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Rheims
Thillois
Ville-en-Tardenois
Dormans-Rheims High Road
Paris
Soissons
Aisne-Marne
Marne
Vesle
Pershing
Fismes
Amiens
Montdidier
Ayre River
Albert
Ancre
Allied Press Toward Victory as German Retreat Continues
Reports describe ongoing Allied pursuit of German forces, with Paris praising General Foch’s counteroffensive since July 18. Allies report ten American aviators captured along the Rhine are safe and interned in Baden and Aastate. Bonar Law states submarines are sunk at higher rates while seeking a 700 million pound credit in Parliament.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Thomas Francis Molony
Ireland
Poincare
Paris
Herbert C. Hoover
Germany
Berlin
Alfonso
Russia
Spain
von Holtzendorff
Wolff Bureau
Reinhart Scherr
Foch
Berne
Red Cross
Rhine River
Baden
Aastate
Washington
Andrew Bonar Law
House of Commons
Robbers Take 13000 From Lordsburg State Bank
Police move from Silver City to Lordsburg to pursue bandits who robbed the Lordsburg State bank of thirteen thousand dollars. Seattle offers free camping sites for tourists at Woodland Park to ease city crowding. Colorado delegates to a Nevada gold mining conference to be named at a Denver meeting urged by Governor Boyle will attend the Reno gathering August 12 to 14. Mrs Emmeline Pankhurst has become a speaker for the Labor Department division of information.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
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 Considers Metals Corporation Plan
A Senate Mines Committee meeting discussed organizing a corporation under President Wilson to buy and sell metals and minerals. Other dispatches report Austrian workers starving in Viennese provinces with a high death rate and coal shortages for winter. Prohibition around military and naval sites will extend to ten miles from camps and districts. President Wilson signals support for a heavy tax on war profits in the eight billion revenue bill.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wilson
Senate Mines Committee
Washington
Vienna
Schawel
Moravia
Baker and Daniels
House
Ways and Means Committee
Baseball Players Set to Leave Denver for Lincoln Nation
Clarence Lang catcher for American Beauty and Burns shortstop for Allisons will depart Denver for Lincoln on August 15 as part of the next draft squad. Johnson pitcher for Miles & Dryer will also leave for Lincoln. The American league schedule runs to Sept 2 with a World Series beginning Sept 3 or 4 after a Cleveland owners meeting.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Clarence Lang
American Beauty Nine
Burns
Allisons
Denver
Lincoln
Neb
Johnson
Miles & Dryer
Cleveland
Ohio
War News Briefs From Around the World
Cadet S W Rodgers of Brookline Mass killed in an aeroplane accident at Chanute Field Champlaign Illinois. Hoover and party escape German air raid on Boulogne as bomb hits private car windows. Nine crewmen from a lumber schooner land at Grand Manan New Brunswick after vessel sunk by submarine near Friar Island. Cotton rises six to seven dollars a bale in New York on August 3 amid war news and weather. Draft ages 18 to 45 urged in War Department manpower bill before Congress. US and Japan announce plans to aid Russia in Siberia with others approving in principle. Two Cleveland police shot and bandits in payroll robbery killed or wounded. $22,864 recovered after car wreck. Blancett seeks rehearing in murder case in Santa Fe. No new grounds presented.
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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 995 cents per ounce copper at 25.62 dollars per pound lead at 8.05. East St Louis lists spelter at 8.32 to 14. Boulder shows tungsten concentrates with 60 percent at 20.00 to 22.50 per unit, 25 percent at 12.00 to 12.50, and 10 percent at 9.40 to 12.20.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
East St. Louis
Boulder
Allied Push Drives Germans Back Near Vesle Front
French patrols crossed the Vesle at Bazoches and Jonchery as Allied forces hold the southern bank near Rheims. American troops fight in Fismes, capturing a German base amid heavy losses for Prussian guards. Germans retreat toward the Aisne with mounting Allied gains along the Vesle and Avre fronts.
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Paris
The
Vesle
Havas
Bazoches
Jonchery
Rheims
Muizon
Champigny
Fismes
Aisne
Soissons
Conde-sur-Aisne
St. Waast
Soissons- Rheims
Mesnil-St. Georges
Montdidier
Braches
Avre
Hargicourt
Courtemarche
Ancre
Amiens
Quartz mill to drop stamps at Prescott and ore booms
A new quartz mill will soon drop stamps at Prescott. Washington Arizona mines at Kingman are now in operation. A large tonnage of ore is produced at Kay mine in Turkey. Oil reportedly struck in a water well near San Simon. Home Oil Company at Holbrook reaches about 500 feet. First carload of ore shipped from Silver King at Ray to an El Paso smelter.
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Prescott
Kingman
Kay
Turkey
San Si
Silver King
Ray
el Paso
Arizona State News highlights mining and development in 1918
Prescott opens a new tuberculosis hospital and Mesa streets pave plans, while Tucson hosts an Army Mechanics school. Douglas to Bisbee road graded. Apache Oil at Holbrook drills. New Cornelia flotation plant at Ajo starts. Jerome Grande and Nelson developments. Gold Roads at Oatman expands output. copper, manganese and tungsten projects active statewide. Manganese push by Phelps Dodge. Libel case at Bisbee prison. State Fair offers free trips and scholarships. wage boosts in Verde district avert strikes. Oats acreage up 11,500 this year. arrest in Avondale for assault.
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Douglas-Bisbee
Holbrook
Apache Oil Company
Ajo
Jerome-Grande
Prescott
Florence
Dixie Mines
Patagonia
Tucson
Gold Roads
Oatman
United China Oil & Refining Company
Globe
St. Louis
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
Agricultural Extension Service
University
Hywell Davies
Verde
Rich ore finds and mining activity across Colorado fields
Reports from several districts show continued ore production and exploration. Monarch camp ore shipped to Pueblo smelter. Ward district claims producing good ore. Belcher mine on Caribou hill yielding rich ore. Iron Mask mine near Breckenridge actively operated. Breckenridge placer beds delivering gold. Gilpin-Eureka mine at Central City steady. Cripple Creek district July output 96 710 tons valued at 912 110 with 9 43 per ton. Colorado Central mills near Georgetown completed with 200 tons in bins. Georgetown tunnel ore samples over 300 per ton. White River well near Meeker drills deeper sands for oil test.
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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 Back At Work In Butte District After Run Contact
In Butte Montana the miners’ executive committee reported no new demands on companies in the district and mining properties continued to operate with typical employment. The committee, which had pressed John D. Ryan of Anaconda Copper Mining for a six hour day and $6 scale, urged members not to strike at this time.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Butte
Miners’ Organization
John D. Ryan
Anaconda Copper Mining Company
First San Juan basin oil well hits at 800 feet
The first commercial oil well in New Mexico's San Juan basin near the Colorado line has been brought in at 800 feet. Reported to yield 100 to 200 barrels daily, the well shows high gravity oil and an eighteen foot sand interval. Drilling continues day and night at the Lincoln site while ore packing uses many burros from the Last Chance mine at Mogollon. Manganese iron ore from Boston Hill shipped by Stevens Co. in Silver City finds strong east factory demand with orders for at least 30,000 tons.
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East
Boston Hill
Stevens Company
Silver City
San Juan Basin
New Mexico
Colorado Line
Denver
British Hospital Ship Warilda Sunk Off Coast
Early Monday torpedo attack sank the British hospital ship Warilda with 600 sick and wounded aboard. Death toll estimated between 105 and 130+ including several women nurses. seven Americans among the casualties. German submarines active at two Atlantic points off Virginia coast and Canadian waters, sinking vessels including the O B Jennings.
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Warilda
Washington
Atlantic Seaboard
Virginia
O. B. Jennings
Canadian
Oil activity rises near Shoshoni with new wells
The town of Shoshoni becomes a focal point for central Wyoming oil. Center Oil Company completed a Standard rig in section 19 of the Alkali Butte field. Warm Springs field in Wyoming reports another producer. Woods Petroleum Company Well No. 6 is declared among the field’s best and may yield about 200 barrels daily.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Center Oil Company
Warm Springs
Wyoming
The
Woods Petroleum Company
Colorado Midland railroad stays track tearing ruling
District Judge John W. Shearer barred the owners from tearing up tracks while the Midland junking case is heard. The Supreme Court granted a stay but did not restore railway service.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Denver
Colorado Midland Railroad
John W. Shearer
Colorado Springs
Supreme Court
Midland
Mothers to Be Use Lydia E Pinkham’s Compound
Mrs Pearl Monyhan of Mitchell Indiana testifies to relief from neuralgia during pregnancy after three bottles of Lydia E Pinkham's Vegetable Compound. She gained strength, performed housework, and reports her seven month old baby weighed nineteen pounds. The Lydia E Pinkham Medicine Co reminds readers of health benefits during maternity.
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Pearl Monyhan
Mitchell
Ind
Lydia E. Pinkham
Cross Bag Blue Ad Promises White Clothes On Wash Day
An advertisement touts Cross Bag Blue for wash day, claiming clothes will be whiter than snow and noting it is sold by all grocers. The copy ends with a generic quote about true happiness arising from unexpected wishes.
Watch Your Skin Improve With Cuticura Ointment
Advertises Cuticura Ointment and Cuticura Soap for skin care. Recommends applying Ointment on rising and retiring and washing off in five minutes with hot water. Provides free sample address in Boston and notes soap and ointment prices.
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Cuticura
Dept. X
Boston
Old Lady Debate On Punishment For Fibbing Boys
A Quaker-like elder discusses what becomes of boys who tell fibs, noting parents may threaten hellfire, use corporal punishment, or confine children in small spaces. Some face humbling bedtimes or light psychology lessons, while others emphasize belief in a personal devil.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Willie Hibrow
Senator Sorghum on Campaign Ethics in Nowise Playful
In a quip filled exchange from Nowise Playful, Sorghum denies politics was a game. He says his campaign work left no time for partisan games or chance to misrepresent the other side.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Nowise
Senator Sorghum
Beaux knot seals girl’s hold on young man's heart
A playful note on romance describes a girl who catches a young man’s affection and binds it with a clever phrase, exaggerating the idea that love can be a knot tied with charm. The quip riffs on flirtation and social flirtation norms of the era.
Loud talk dismissed as poor proof in debate
A brief item notes that volume does not substitute for evidence in public argument, as opponents argue the louder speaker rarely produces better reasons or facts.
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Chanute Field
Champaign, Il
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Wvestern Newspaper Union News Service
the Aisne
Chemin Des Dames Battle Front
Home Oil Company
Arizona State News
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Mesa
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Hopi Oil Company
Old Dominion
Willcox
Tombstone
Cochise County
L. M. Harrison
United States Department of Agriculture
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Jack Lantrip
Avondale
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Lincoln Oil
Last Chance
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