Allies Break German Line in Picardy and Somme Gains
Western front reports praise Allied success as French forces seize key towns Chaulnes and Montdidier area while Australians and Canadians capture Chaulnes. British, French, and American units advance across a twenty mile front, inflicting heavy German losses with over 500 guns captured and 36 000 prisoners.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Vesle
Fismette
Fismes
Picardy
Montdidier
Chaulnes
Somme
British War Office
Albert
Amiens
Oise River
Compeigne
Somme River
War News Roundup From The Front And Diplomacy
Reports from abroad note the death of Lieutenant Commander Schwieger who commanded the submarine that sank the Lusitania. Paris sees exiled ex-minister Malvy leave for Iran. Italian air units drop manifestoes on Vienna with one returning safely. The German embassy at Moscow moves to Pskov. Pershing leads the first American field army. Lloyd George vows to fight to the end amid Welsh celebrations. Hoover awarded honorary Belgian citizenship. Italian submarines and a destroyer sink and damage U boats. A German destroyer is likely sunk by a Briti sh mine near Zeebrugge. Allied aircraft intensify actions against German towns. Final peace talks will consider Germanys levies on occupied territories. Belgium reports levies of 2.33 billion.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Schwieger
Louis J. Malvy
Interior
Paris
Iran
Spain
Vienna
Moscow
Pskov
Berlin
John J. Pershing
Russia
Copenhagen
Lloyd George
Neath
Herbert C. Hoover
Zeebrugge
Admiralty
London
Germany
Lord Cecil
House of Commons
Belgium
Miami
Florence Dunbar Sandigo
Gila County
United Verde Copper Company
Jerome and
Clarksdale
Prescott
Pinal County
Europe
Mary Kavanaugh
Flagstaff
France
Fred Schmidt
Rose
Tombstone
Phoenix Land Office
General Land Office
Washington
Tucson
Phoenix
Empire Ranch Country
Nogales
M. L. Collins
Mesa
George D. Woodhouse
Pearl Woodhouse
Florence
Alhambra
Cal
Pacific Electric Railroad
Federal Food Administration For
Arizona
University of Arizona
Cy Brome
Charles Yakimovich
Maricopa County
Kirke Moore
Jackass Flats
D. Scott
Scott
Seattle Lawyer William H Thompson Dies
William H Thompson a Seattle lawyer and author is dead. The report notes his career and contributions to law and letters, highlighting his prominence in local and broader circles. The obituary mentions his enduring impact on the Seattle legal community and literary scene.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
William H. Thompson
Seattle
George M. Howard
Texas
United States Navy
New Orleans
Nebraska
United States Bureau of Crop Estimates
State Board of Agriculture
White House Wedding As War Headlines Dominate
The White House witnessed its first wartime wedding when Miss Alice Wilson, a president's niece, wed Rev Isaac Stewart McElroy. Secretary Baker credits Allied gains in Picardy and Flanders to improved unity of action. Maine ships revive after wartime lull as shipbuilding returns. Treasury head McAdoo backs an 80 percent war profits tax. Medical science reports a remedy for empyema spreading in army camps last winter.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
White House
Alice Wilson
Isaac Stewart McElroy
Miss Wilson
Joseph Wilson
Baltimore
Picardy
Flanders
Marne
Baker
Secretary of the Treasury
McAdoo
Maine
Water carnival set for Washington Park Denver August eighteenth
A water sports carnival is scheduled for Washington Park in Denver on August eighteenth. Cheyenne hosts a race meet with betting and tours drawing a fair crowd. Major James McKenna, ex-Harvard athlete, was killed July twenty eighth crossing the Marne near Villes-Fere. Julia Loser and Don Harker won the mixed doubles title at City Park links Denver defeating Mac Meyer and Herman Clough. Perry McGillivray of Great Lakes naval station won Chicago river mile and a half race in 33 minutes 44 seconds with Harry Laubis second in 35 18.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington Park
Denver
Cheyenne
James McKenna
Harvard
Marne
Villes-Fere
Julia Loser
Don Harker
Mac Meyer
Herman Clough
City Park Links
Perry McGillivray
Great Lakes Naval Training Station
Chicago
Harry Laubis
St. Louis
Great Lakes
Notable World War I Updates From US Newswire
Reports recount Richard F. Outcast Jr being injured in a French air accident. Gen. Otani chosen to command Japanese action and lead allied Siberian forces. US Steel unfilled orders total 8,883,801 tons as of July 31. Fourth Liberty Loan prep begins Sept 28 through Oct 19. War Dept approves a $25–$30 million French refinery plant. Rep. Kahn forecasts an $18 billion Army bill for 1919–20. Liberty bonds trade at 100.02 on Aug 9, highest price. Train attack near Conseulo Chihuahua kills 26 of 50 guard and 70 other casualties. American troops fight in Amiens Somme area aiding British advances. Instructions warn captured soldiers to contact Red Cross in Berne.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Richard F. Outcast, Jr
Buster Brown
France
Gen
Kikuzo Otani
Japan
Siberia
United States Steel Corporation
War Department
Representative Kahn
California
Cleveland
Ohio
League of Republican Clubs
Liberty
Stock Exchange
Mining boom foreseen in Hackberry district war era
Arizona dispatches from the Western Newspaper Union list a predicted mining boom for Hackberry, details on Red Cross fundraising in several towns, war effort measures, road and railroad plans, and local crime and public notices. Notable items include a forty acre sale at $420 an acre near Yuma and state budget figures for Maricopa County.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Western
Union News Service
Hackberry
Garces
Red Cross
Bakerville
Yuma
Mesa
Maricopa County
Arizona
Allies gain on Somme as logs Proyart and 40000 prisoners taken
Allied forces push from the Somme to seize Bray sur Somme and Proyart while the French gain near the Oise. British and American troops report heavy German losses with about 40000 prisoners and 700 guns captured. Gas discharged from a German submarine off the mid Atlantic coast injures six at Smiths Island.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Middle Atlantic
Coast Guard
Smith’s Island
N. C
Navy Department
Sixth Naval District
Penistrone
Sydland
New England
George’s Banks
Somme
Oise
Bray-sur-Somme
Proyart
Fourquescourt
Chaulnes
Roye
Gury
Lassigny
Noyon
Trotzky Flees With Lenine From Bolshevik Control
Premier Lenine and Leon Trotzky have fled to Kronstadt near Petrograd per a Wolff dispatch printed in Zurich papers, as allied diplomats including Ambassador Francis withdraw to Archangel after Bolshevik interference. The note asserts continued Allied support for the Russian people against the common enemy.
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London
Lenine
Leon Trotzky
Kronstadt
Petrograd
Wolff Bureau
Berlin
Zurich
Havas
Paris
Vologda
Russia
Francis
Archangel
Moscow
British destroy eighty German planes in air war
The British air ministry reported destruction of eighty German battle planes on Aug 9 and 10 with about forty two others driven down out of control. Thirty five British aircraft failed to return to base as intense air fighting continued over the battle area.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
London
British
Air Ministry
Metals and ore prices listings from Western Mining and Oil News
New York lead at 8.05, copper 25.6214, bar silver 99.5. Spelter in St. Louis 8.20 to 8.32, tungsten contracts in Boulder 60 percent 20.00 to 22.50, 25 percent 12.00 to 12.50, 10 percent 9.40 to 12.20.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
C. St. Louis
Boulder
Colo
Gunsight Mining Company organized at Ajo advances ore shipments
The Trench mine shipped another car of high grade ore and Gunsight Gold & Tungsten Mining Co is organized at Ajo. Rail shipments from Ray to Hercules mill at Ray Junction on the Gila river are now possible. Flux mill at Patagonia has begun operating and a large stock of ore awaits treatment.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Trench
Gunsight Gold & Tungsten Mining Company
Ajo
Ray
Hercules
Ray Junction
Gila River
Patagonia
Oil and mineral progress update from Nevada and Colorado fields
Nevada and Colorado shale oil is produced by Crane Bodine process at the University of Nevada testing plant. Apex refinery Loomis yields crude treatment and high grade gasoline with byproducts. Pueblo reports Equity Oil Company removing a derrick from Wildhorse Valley well, after a fire damaged it. Boulder Valley well added to Mitchell Oil holdings. Telluride ore shipments total 106 cars in July, Cripple Creek production around 2 100 tons worth about 42 000 dollars. Silverheels peak at 13 764 feet with rich placers near base.
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Apex
Loomis
Pueblo
Equity Oil Company
Wildhorse Valley Oil Company
Columbine
Wildhorse Park
Boulder Valley
Mitchell Oil Company
Telluride
Black Bear
Durango
Tombay
Park County
Cripple Creek
United Gold Mines Company
Zinc and copper output in Montana region and Gambrinus mine activity
Butte and Superior mines produced 11.5 million pounds of zinc concentrates and 225 thousand ounces of silver in July while Anaconda Copper Company yielded 25.4 million pounds of copper that month. Copper prices sit at 26 cents per pound through November under a War Industries Board price fixing agreement. Anaconda also purchased Gambrinus and adjacent Corbin Copper holdings in Butte, with two fissures developing from the Gangnon mine area.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Butte and Superior
Anaconda Copper Company
War Industries Board
Gambrin
Oil Strike At Aztec Spurs Mesa Verde Work
Oil at Aztec in the Mesa Verde Company well is light and high in gasoline. Daily production is estimated near 200 barrels as crews prepare to cover the mountain road to Mogollon with crushed quartz. Socorro Mining and Milling Co starts a 250 ton mill near Mogollon, adding about 2000 dollars per day to camp output and promising lower costs. Nearby copper prospects near Gallup show red, carbonated ore with commercial potential sixty miles southeast of Gallup.
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Aztec
Mesa Verde Company
Mogollon
Mogollon Mines Co
Socorro
Gallup
Oil firm expands Warm Springs holdings with Big Horn area acreage
The Kansas-Colorado Oil and Refining Company adds 320 acres in section 23 township 49 range 91 west Big Horn county to its 1 040 acre Warm Springs property near Thermopolis. Management reports two wells yield ten to fifteen barrels each of lubricating oil from 240 to 300 feet deep.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Warm Springs
Thermopolis
Kansas- Colorado Oil and Refining Company
Big Horn County
Lydia E Pinkham's Vegetable Compound Praised by McLean Reader
Mrs John Koppelmann of McLean Nebraska endorses Lydia E Pinkham's Vegetable Compound for relief of functional disturbances and health restoration. The ad touts over forty years of use and invites women to write for special ailment suggestions from Lydia E Pinkham Medicine Co.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
McLean, Neb
Lydia E. Pinkham
John Koppelmann
R. No. 1
McLean
Nebraska
America
Lydia E. Pinkha
Newborn Across the Way Described as Heavenly Cherub
A proud mother praises her neighbor’s baby as a delicate cherub with angelic features while her husband compares it unfavorably to their own child, sparking a lighthearted exchange near a cribsides in Denver Post gossip.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Denver Post
Cuticura Soap and Ointment Advertise Relief
A Cold War era style ad touts Cuticura Soap followed by Cuticura Ointment for eczemas and skin distress. It offers free samples from Cuticura Dept X Boston and lists soap and ointment prices 25 cents and 50 cents.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dept. X
Boston
Farmer Corn tessel Plans To Buy Books From Farm Profits
Dialogue shows Farmer Corntessel acknowledging reading about agriculture and aiming to earn enough from his farm this year to purchase books that will teach him how to run it. The exchange highlights self education as a path to improved farming.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Farmer Corntessel
Feandrens Adv Selling Red Cross Bag Blue Clothes
A brief ad promotes Red Cross bag blue and white clothing at grocers. The message is unclear and fragmented, yet signals a sale or promotional display tied to charitable aid.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Feandrens Aepy
Red Cross
Adv
Schwab Tricks German Spy With Torn Telegrams
Philadelphia editor recalls Charles M. Schwab outwitting a German spy in Chicago before the war. Schwab created fake telegrams in a hotel library and the pursuer, on hands and knees, gathered the torn scraps, prompting Schwab to laugh and mock the German.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Charles M. Schwab
Philadelphia
The Way She Dressed Him
A Buffalo News piece notes a visitor asking a child what he will become. The boy replies he wants to be a man but believes his mother hopes he grows up to be a lady.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Buffalo News
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