Germans Lose Initiative in Second Year of War
New York reports that Germany has gone on the defensive as the Entente powers gain the strategic upper hand in the war’s second year. The piece chronicles German failures in the West and successes by Russia and the Anglo-French forces, with notes on conscription, costs, and global economic effects.
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New York
Germany
Belgium
France
East Prussia
Serbia
Montenegro
Verdun
War Council
Joseph Joffre
Trentino
Teutons
Lord Kitchener
Russia
Great Britain
Poland
Lublin
Cholm
Warsaw
Ivangorod
Serock
Lomza
Siedlce and
Sokolow
Kovno
Novogeorgievsk
Ossowiec
Kovel
Brest-Litovsk
Olita
Lutsk
Brody
Grodno
Dubno
Pinsk
Vilna
Riga
Roumania
Tarnopol
Czartorysk
Illuxt
Austria
Reichstag
Roger Casement
Irish
Sinn Fein Society
Dublin
Skaggerrak
High prices cited for Carranza currency in Mexico City
Thomas Randolph of the National Bank of Commerce says a Brownsville, Texas letter reports extravagant prices in Mexico City for using Carranza currency. He notes retailers allegedly set steep tags like 6500 for a suit and 64000 for a Panama hat to curb exchange and drive U.S. gold outflows.
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St. Louis
Mexico
Thomas Randolph
National Bank of Commerce
Brownsville
Tex
United States
Western mining and oil notes show July Cripple Creek output rise
July Cripple Creek district produced 84 900 tons with gross bullion value of 1 185 405 dollars while dividends totaling 210 000 dollars were paid by Victator Portland Golden Cycle. Ore values averaged 13.96 dollars per ton with various assay results from Oatman Kingman and Chloride districts.
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Cripple Creek
Vindicator
Portland
Golden Cycle
Colo
Portland G.m.colo
Cripple Creek Ore Shipments Signal District Activity
A good grade ore has been mined and shipped from the Rose Nicol shaft at Cripple Creek. Leases on the Mayflower group near Silverton are viewed as key to district development. Despite tungsten market dullness, Boulder offices show optimism. Philadelphia capitalists visit Kirke White Germania Belcher Mines on Quartz Hill. Gold Brick No 7 from United States Gold mine at Sugar Loaf sent to Denver mint, worth over $5,000. Leases in promising ground are in demand as shipping lists grow the camp’s output.
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Cripple Creek
Mayflower Group
Silverton
Boulder
Philadelphia
Kirke- White
Germania
Belcher
Quartz Hill
United States Gold Corporation
Sugar Loaf
Denver Mint
Oil and gas strides reported near Raton and state leases
The report confirms an oil and gas strike southeast of Raton. It notes Savanna Copper Company paid stockholders 52,409 dollars or 35 cents a share for all outstanding stock in Burro Mountain Copper Company. Chino Copper Company profits reach about 4.6 million dollars for the year through May. The New Mexico Petroleum and Gas Development Company secures a lease of 560,000 acres in several counties for oil exploration with a 10 percent royalty, twenty wells to be drilled within two years, and a 50,000 dollar bond.
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Paris
England
David Liloyd- George
Great Britain
House of Commons
Asquith
Erzerum
Black Sea
Trebizond
France
Bukowina
Volhynia
Galicia
Russia
Verdun
Teutons
Transylvania
Somme
Savanna Copper Company
Burro Mountains
Burro Mountain Copper Company
Chino Copper Company
Hurley
Santa Rita
New Mexico Petroleum and Gas Development Company
Chaves
Torrance
San Miguel
Lincoln
Santa Fé
Oil strike near Sheridan boosts Big Horn field output
Oklahoma prospectors drill on the Corfield tract north of Basin and report strong results. The Lamb Drilling Company’s third gas well for Big Horn Oil & Gas is estimated to produce about 7,000,000 cubic feet per day.
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Oklahoma
Sheridan
Corfield
Basin
Lamb Drilling Company
Big Horn Oil & Gas Company
Head Hunters Busy in Solomon Islands War Time
Natives in the Solomon Islands capitalize wartime disruption to raid coastal villages. A mountain tribe seized 26 heads in one raid with little chance of punishment as colonial forces were slow to respond.
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Solomon Island
Tropics
Europe
Solomon Islands
Vancouver
Sydney
N.S. W
Human Limits Breathe Not at Seven Miles High
A report states that a person cannot breathe at an altitude of seven miles above ground level. The claim emphasizes the extreme atmospheric conditions and the necessity of supplemental oxygen for high altitude environments.
Love’s Labor Lost If It Seeks A Union
A witty note on relationships facing workplace realities. The line suggests romance may thrive only when it becomes a union of effort and commitment.
Imitation Pearls and Detecting Them
Clever imitation pearls are made by filling thin glass bulbs with fish scale nacre or by coating inside bulbs with a 10 percent gelatin solution that is partially dried before adding sodium phosphate and continuing drying. The imitations resemble real pearls but reveal their falseness at the sealed bulb site.
Contempt for Crowd Seen As Cause of Giddiness
A historical quotation notes that height does not cause dizziness. instead, looking down with contempt at the crowd below makes some men feel giddy. The line suggests pride and scorn as factors in perceived vertigo.
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