War News Roundup From Fronts Across Europe
Rome reports slight progress on the Trentino front against Austria. Sweden plans a protest to Berlin over sinking Swedish ships in the Baltic. Turkish forces attack near the Suez Canal with limited success. Petrograd says six Sereth river villages were captured. Meuse artillery remains intense with no clear winner. Zeeland sunk. crew saved at South Shields. Hindenburg forces advance along Stokhod and Volhynia fronts. Allied losses total about 350,000 since the Somme drive. Verdun sees fierce fighting with no clear edge for either side. Germans claim progress at Chapitre wood and Australian troops hold second-line positions amid heavy shelling. Numerous German counterattacks repulsed.
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Rome
Trentino
Sweden
Berlin
Baltic Sea
Suez Canal
London
Petrograd
Sereth
Meuse
Zeeland
South Shields
Lloyds
Marshal von Hindenburg
Stokhod
Volhynian
Somme
Paris
Verdun
Chapitre Wood
France
War era notes and royal appointments in early 1916 era
Reports list Baron Wimborne named lord lieutenant of Ireland and a planned royal tour with the queen after the war. Discharges and casualties include 116000 French soldiers and heavy losses near Mapimi Durango. Other items note typhus cure, quarantine in Cuba, and Casement’s execution in London.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Baron Wimborne
Ireland
Mapimi
Durango
Jacinto Trevino
Compean
Roger Casement
Pentonville
London
Great Britain
Dublin
Heat wave deaths surge in Chicago and regional updates
Four days of record heat contribute to nearly 1000 deaths in Chicago. Chas E Hughes to speak in Denver on August 26 then spend a week in Estes Park. Farmers State Bank of Florence Nebraska suburb Omaha robbed of 1000 by auto bandits. Partial returns show Kentucky delegation renominated 9 Democrats 2 Republicans. Six year old Margaret Murphy abducted by uncle D J Mullholland Cheyenne. Will Orpet aka Hammond hiding in Northern woods with mother and Grace Hyde in Donaldson Wisconsin report.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chas. E. Hughes
Denver
Estes Park
Farmers’ State Bank of
Florence
Omaha
Kentucky
Congress
Margaret Murphy
D. J. Mulholland
Cheyenne
Wyo
Washington Notes on Taxes and Policies in 1914
The census reports U S manufactured output at 24 246 323 000 for 1914. Senate finance committee backs lowering income tax relief to 2000 for singles and 3000 for families. White House denies responsibility for Senator Lewis statements amid Mexican policy debate. Exports compare unfavorably to prior year. Senate passes national park service bill and extends war risk insurance bureau life to Sept 2 1917.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
United States
Census Bureau
Senate
Finance Committee
Lewis
Illinois
Fall of
New Mexico
White House
Shafroth
National Park Service
Government Bureau of War Risk Insurance
House
Bloomer Girls Defeat Firestone Club 9–8 in Firestone Colo
The Bloomer Girls baseball team from Denver beat the Firestone Club 9 to 8 at Firestone Colorado. Lady Langer of the Los Angeles Athletic Club won the National AAU 440 yard championship at the New York Athletic Club meet in New York. The Alliance Nebraska circus crowd missed Jess Willard who did not appear in the regular program but performed in the concert. President Ball of the St Louis Americans offered a $5,000 bonus to the team if they finished first for a day and a suit of clothes to every man if they reach first division for three days.
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Bloomer Girls
Denver
Firestone Club
Firestone
Colo
Lady Langer
Los Angeles Athletic Club
New York Athletic Club
New York
Alliance
Neb
Jess Willard
Ball
St. Louis Americans
Union rail strike pressure and other statewide items
Union men seek to force 1700 railroads into a receiver by rejecting arbitration. A 65 foot whale died in Rockaway Inlet as tides fell. Catherine Breshkovsky arrives safely in Minussinsk. Hughes launches campaign tour from New York toward Denver Estes Park. Two Mexicans killed and a third wounded by Salt Lake police during a residence intrusion. Detroiter police fail to find killer suspects in a $34,000 paymaster robbery after 24 hours of searching surrounding area.
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Rockaway Beach
N. J
Charles E. Hughes
New York
Denver
Estes Park
Joe Martino
Frank Garcia
Salt Lake
Detroit
Late Market Quotations for Cattle and Hogs
Market quotes show steers and cows by feeding type with price ranges from 4.75 to 10.50 per unit. Veal calves and feeders offer 4.75 to 10.50, while hogs are listed around 9.00 to 9.40 and sheep lambs near 9.75 to 10.00. A fragmented notation reflects varied grading terms and regional price references.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lai
Hp Chuse Aid
Seeleig Rechione
Kideistesee
Buying Prices for Agricultural Products in Colorado and Nebraska
Price list shows upland and second bottom values for Colorado and Nebraska per ton, Timothy, Alfalfa, South Park, San Luis Valley, Gunnison Valley, Straw, Wheat, Rye, Idaho oats, Colorado oats, and corn products. Selling prices include Standard Colorado net at $2.60 per unit.
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Colorado Upland
Nebraska Upland
Colorado
Nebraska
Timothy
South Park
Choice
Colo
Idaho
Standard
Eggs graded and counted in Denver market
Items list eggs by grade and packaging from Denver with net and case counts. No. 1 net F OE Denver figures 22 23. No. 2 net F OE Denver 16 17. Case counts show new cases less commission 5.35 6.35. Misc items list case counts 5.25 6.25.
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Denver
Prices for fruits and dairy products in Colorado
Listing of butter and creamery notes with grade statements and prices for apples, blackberries, cherries, peaches, and raspberries from Colorado markets. Prices shown per box or crate, with ranges for some items.
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Colo
Grocery Price Highlights from Local Market List
A fragmentary price sheet lists produce and staples with per unit costs. Items include carrots at 1.50 per dozen, lettuce at 20 to 30 cents per head, peas at 6 to 7 cents per hundredweight, and potatoes around 1.65 to 2.25 per unit, with Colorado origin notes.
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Howl
Corr
Colo
Market Prices for Metals and Concentrates
Miscellaneous markets list prices for speler and copper casting in Denver and New York lead. Bar silver quoted at 4 3/4 cents. Boulder Colorado tungsten concentrates priced 20 to 30 dollars per 60 per cent unit. Crude ore sixty per cent 20 to 22.50 dollars, twenty five per cent 12 to 13.20, ten per cent 8.80 to 10 per unit.
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Denver
New York
Boulder
Colo
Kansas City Market Prices Report
Kansas City produce and dairy quotes show 28c for firsts at the Kansas City Butter Creamery, 26c for seconds, 23c for packing, and 21 a fraction c. Eggs firsts at 22 14c. Poultry prices list hens 16c roosters 104c and broilers 21c.
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Kansas City
Market Report Butter Eggs Poultry Prices and Varieties
Butter Creamery Chicago dairy product prices list 24% 28440. Eggs Firsts and ordinary firsts quoted at 23 23%c and 22 22%c mixed at mark. Potatoes Virginia barreled 2.60 2.65 Virginia 85 90c Missouri and Kansas Ohios 75 85c. Poultry Fowls 17 17%c springs 18 21c.
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Chicago
Virginia
Missouri
Kansas
Ohios
Springs
Sign Peace Pact Carmen's Strike
A labor dispute at Carmen's plants ends with a peace pact and tentative settlement. Negotiations reached a breakthrough with management and union representatives agreeing to terms aimed at averting further strikes.
Philadelphia Walkout Yields Right to Organize for Men
The New York area strike ends after directors of the New York Railways Company and the Third Avenue Railway vote to accept a settlement plan proposed by Mayor Mitchel and Oscar Straus. Employees gain the right to organize and wage disputes will be arbitrated with negotiations to start by August 20.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
Greater
New York Railways Company
Third Avenue Railway Company
Mitchel
Oscar S. Straus
Public Service Commission
Philadelphia
Amalgamated Association of Street and Electric Railway
Philadelphia Rapid Transit Company
U. S. Board
Washington
Board of Mediation and
Industrial Strife Must Stop Speech by Hughes in Detroit
Charles E Hughes, addressing about forty Detroit manufacturers employing roughly 100000 men, congratulated them on aid to workers welfare. He warned that US democracy will not tolerate ongoing capital and labor strife and urged workers be seen as fellow humans, not mere economic units.
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Hughes
Detroit
Mich
Charles E. Hughes
United States
Decree Ends 10 Percent Import Duty on Imports
Mexico City issues a decree removing the 10 percent extra import duties added in 1913. The measure takes effect on November 1.
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Mexico City
French Drive Routs Germans At Somme Front
Paris reports French troops captured a line of German trenches between Hemwood and the Somme and gained ground south of the Thiaumont work. One hundred twenty prisoners and about ten machine guns remained in French hands.
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Paris
Hemwood
Somme
Thiaumont
Nicholson Unity Sought in Denver County Assembly Vote
The Nicholson faction at the Republican county assembly in Denver directed the El Jebel Temple delegation to vote as a unit for Samuel D. Nicholson in the state assembly for governor.
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Denver
Nicholson
Republican County Assembly
el Jebel Temple
State Assembly
Samuel D. Nicholson
New York Cotton Futures Rise on Middling Spot
The market reports New York cotton futures higher across early trading with middling at 13.85 cents. October contracts trade around 13.66, with December 13.89, January 13.96, March 14.12, and May 14.24 cents.
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New York
Irish Girl Sergeant Joins Serbian Regiment at Toulon
Miss Flora Sandes an Irish woman in the Serbian army has arrived at Toulon en route to rejoin her regiment after a holiday in Ireland.
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Paris
Flora Sandes
Toulon
Ireland
Arizona State News: Dated Events Across the Territory
A long list of Arizona happenings from Oct 3 to Oct 6 includes Grand Canyon meetings with New Mexico bankers, State Fair plans in Phoenix, Bisbee and Chloride mining news, Somerton cotton mill, a big Labor Day in Miami, and fires, floods, and legal cases. Notable items cover a $40,000 Tucson grain elevator, a $100,000 Douglas ice and cold storage plant, water depth at Roosevelt, and a deadly lightning strike at Sahuarita.
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New Mexico Bankers’ Association
Grand Canyon
Phoenix
Gold Roads
Tucson
Old Empire
Chloride
Teresa Martinez
Sahuarita
Arizona
Flagstaff
Douglas
Hassayampa
Prescott
Pioneer Smelting Company
Shattuck
Bisbee
Miami
Deception Gulch
Jerome
Denison Woman Credits Pinkham Remedy For Recovery
Mrs G O Lowery of Denison Texas says after two years of severe female trouble she was revived by Lydia E Pinkham's Vegetable Compound. She details daily chills hot flashes dizziness and near collapse before three doses sparked improvement and full recovery. She urges others with female ailments to begin treatment promptly.
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Denison
Texas
Monterey Street
Denison, Texas
Lydia E. Pinkham
Lightning Strikes Jail During Storm
A local exchange jokes about the jail being struck by lightning during the recent storm. The remark notes the jail as a fitting target for a sudden bolt and reflects on the unusual weather event.
Red Cross Bag Blue Advertises Superior Bleach Product
An advertisement promotes Red Cross Bag Blue as a superior cleaning product that performs better than liquid blue and is available from any grocer. It emphasizes its effectiveness and broad availability.
Why She Worried Over Coal Claim 800 Years
Dialogue shows two women reacting to a newspaper claim that engineers say coal reserves in New Castle could last 800 years. One mocks the certainty while the other suggests seeking prophecy to outlive such a span.
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Newcastle
Red Rough Hands Healed by Cuticura Soap and Ointment
An old advertisement touts Cuticura Soap and Cuticura Ointment as soothing remedies for red rough and irritated hands. It recommends hot soaks, drying, and a night treatment with the ointment, plus a free mail sample by postcard to Cuticura Dept. L Boston. Sold everywhere.
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Dept. L
Boston
Curtain Misstep Upsets Country Aunt at Theater
A man guides his wealthy rural aunt to a revue but the curtain rises before the dancers are dressed. She seizes his arm in the lobby and denounces the scene as disgraceful for poor performers. She calls the mismanagement disgraceful.
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Union News Service
Winnipeg Paint and Glass Company
Li Yuan Hung
Yuan Shi Kai
Pedro Solis
Villista
Carranzas
Chihuahua
Serbia
Amsterdam
German Food Regulation Board
Cuba
Secretary of Sanitation
Havana
Korea
Wilson
Russia
Duke of Devonshire
Canada
Western
SPORT
Ubs
Lincoln Ry “Ae
Des Moines
Sioux City
Ee Ween
Wichita
Eee
Topeka
Sete Ewes
St. Joseph
Minussinsk
Siberia
Catherine Breshkovsky
Alice Stone Blackwell
Western Newspaper Union News Service
Denver Markets
HAY and Grain Market
Carload Price
Hay
D. P
S.ccctec
Metal Market
NEW York Company and
ION
Tative Settlement
Gotham
Western Newspaper
Mexico
Fleury
Pozieres
Tarnopol-Lemberg
Galicia
Kermanshah
Persia
Arizona State News
Parker
Somerton
Bisbee Fire
Roosevelt Reservoir
Charles F. Williams
Yuma
Salt River
Samuel
Isaac Appel
Pioneer
Jose Francisco
Indian Oasis
Santa Fé
Association of Secretaries of Commercial Organizations
West Texas
Southwest
Phelps, Dodge & Co
Copper Queen Consolidated Mining Company
D. M. Lacey
Tombstone
Maldonado
H. G. Murphy
Woodbury Copper Company
Superior
No. 2
Shaft
United Eastern
Oatman
Arizona Eastern
Southern Pacific
James G. Alden
Fourteenth Infantry
Max Findlay
Lyle Cooke
Thumb Butte
Union Pass
Eunice Wingo
Harry E. Kirk
St. Luke’s Home
Lydia Pinkham
Dean
J. T. Sandoval
Doan
Steve
Foster-Milburn CO
Buffalo
N. Y
Boratory
Berkeley
California
One Remedy Co
Dept
Dearborn St
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