Allied Forces Cross Vesle River seize Fismette in Picardy
The story notes another Vesle crossing with the village of Fismette captured northwest of Fismes. It reports British losses for the week ending Aug 7 at 9,860, German losses since July 15 estimated 300,000 to 350,000 with 40,000 prisoners, and Allied prisoner takings around 36,000 including 1,000 officers. It details gains east of Montdidier, Chaulnes captured by Australian and Canadian troops, and ongoing air and ground combat with German forces retreating toward new defensive lines.
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Vesle
Fismette
Fismes
Picardy
Montdidier
Chaulnes
Somme
British War Office
Albert
Amiens
Oise River
Compeigne
Somme River
Foreign News Roundup on War Developments
Reports from the front include Lieutenant Commander Schwieger’s death and advances in Russia Germany considers Moscow conditions. France’s Malvy leaves for Iran while Italian raids sink U boats and destroyers. Hoover named Honorary Belgian, Pershing commands the U.S. first field army.
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Schwieger
Louis J. Malvy
Interior
Paris
Iran
Spain
Vienna
Moscow
Pskov
Berlin
John J. Pershing
Williamson Thompson Dies in Seattle Lawyer's Death
William H. Thompson a Seattle lawyer and author is reported dead. The notice notes his professional standing and death details as part of the obituary item.
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William H. Thompson
Seattle
George M. Howard
Texas
United States Navy
New Orleans
Nebraska
United States Bureau of Crop Estimates
State Board of Agriculture
War Years Turn: White House Wedding and Shipbuilding Surge
The White House hosted its first war wedding as Miss Alice Wilson wed Rev. Isaac Stewart McElroy. In naval matters contracts were let for eighteen wooden car go vessels and sixteen wooden barges. Maine resumes shipbuilding amid wartime demand. Secretary Baker credits Allied gains to unified action while McAdoo backs an 80 percent war profits tax. Medical science reports an empyema remedy affecting army camps.
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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 in Denver
A water sports carnival is scheduled for August 18 at Washington Park in Denver. Cheyenne’s race meet opened before a fair crowd with betting and tours. Maj. James McKenna, ex Harvard athlete, was killed July 28 leading his men on the Marne near Villes-Fere. Julia Loser and Don Harker won the mixed doubles title at City Park links defeating Mac Meyer and Herman Clough in three sets. Perry McGillivray of Great Lakes naval training station won the Chicago river marathon swim in 33 minutes 44 seconds with Harry Laubis second in 35 minutes 18 seconds.
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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 WWI notes include battles and deployments
Reports detail Richard Outcast Jr. injured in France, Gen Otani to command Japanese action in Siberia, unfilled U S Steel orders, Fourth Liberty Loan Sept 28 to Oct 19, War Dept plans for a 25 to 30 million dollar French refining plant, an 18 billion dollar army bill forecast, Liberty bonds at 100.02, a deadly train robbery near Chihuahua, American troops in Amiens Somme fighting, and Red Cross postal guidance for captured soldiers.
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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
War era notes from Arizona towns and districts
A roundup of Arizona headlines reports a mining boom forecast for Hackberry, war effort drives fundraisers and stamps sales, sewer pledges, and railroad and road plans. It notes casualties and crimes, land and railway developments, university training, and a long skeleton find near Prescott.
Allies Gain On Somme In Picardy Drive And Prisoners
Allied forces push along the Somme and Oise fronts gaining Bray sur Somme Proyart and points north of Chaulnes Roye and Noyon while German losses mount with unofficial reports of about 40000 prisoners and 700 guns captured. A German gas attack off Smiths Island NC harms coast guard personnel and vessels.
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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 Pressure
Premier Lenine and Leon Trotzky reportedly fled to Kronstadt near Petrograd per Wolff bureau dispatch echoed in Zurich papers. American Ambassador Francis and allied diplomats left Moscow for Archangel after Bolshevik delays in releasing dispatches and press explanations.
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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 August air battles
The British air ministry issued an official communique claiming destruction of eighty German battle planes on August 9 and 10 with about forty two others reported driven down out of control. Thirty five British aeroplanes failed to report to base. Intense air fighting continued over the battle area.
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Zeebrugge
Admiralty
London
Germany
Lord Cecil
House of Commons
Belgium
British
Air Ministry
Prices for Metals in Western Mining and Oil News
New York Lead 8.05. Copper 25.62 14. Bar silver 99.5. St Louis spelter 8.20 8.32. Boulder tungsten contracts 60 pct 20.00 22.50 per unit 25 pct 12.00 12.50 10 pct 9.40 12.20.
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New York
C. St. Louis
Boulder
Colo
Ore shipments enabled from Ray to Hercules mill
The Trench mine has shipped another car of high grade ore. The Gunsight Gold and Tungsten Mining Company is organized at Ajo. Rail shipments from Ray to the Hercules mill at Ray Junction on the Gila river are now possible. The Flux mill at Patagonia has begun operating. A large stock of ore awaits treatment in the bins.
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Trench
Gunsight Gold & Tungsten Mining Company
Ajo
Ray
Hercules
Ray Junction
Gila River
Patagonia
Oil and mineral operations report across Nevada Colorado and Colorado
Nevada and Colorado shale oil is produced by the Crane Boyle process at the University of Nevada with a testing plant stalled. Apex refinery Loomis produces crude oil and gasoline along with by products. Equ ity Oil starts removing a derrick at Wildhorse Valley Columbine well after a fire destroying a derrick. Boulder Valley well added to Mitchell Oil holdings with past substantial output. July ore shipments from Telluride total 106 cars with Smuggler Black Bear 14 to Durango 51 to Pueblo Tombay 25 to Durango and 16 to Pueblo. Silverheels in Park county reaches 13 764 feet and hosts rich placers. Cripple Creek United Gold Mines Company shipped 62 cars totaling about 2100 tons in July valued near 42000 dollars.
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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
Copper and zinc output and price fix in war period
Butte and Superior produced 11.5 million pounds of zinc in concentrates and 225 thousand ounces of silver in July. Anaconda Copper Company produced 25.4 million pounds of copper in July, with 25 million in June and 28.46 million in May. The 26 cent per pound price set by producers and the War Industries Board remains to November 1. Anaconda bought the Gambrinus and adjacent Corbin Copper property in Butte, with two fissures opened from Gambrinus toward Gangnon mine.
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Butte and Superior
Anaconda Copper Company
War Industries Board
Gambrin
Oil Strike At Aztec Sparks Mesa Verde Activity
Oil has been struck at Aztec in the Mesa Verde Company well at 800 feet. The well yields light oil high in gasoline with daily production around 200 barrels. Plans include covering the Mogollon mountain road with crushed quartz and expanding ore handling with new bins and tramway. Socorro Mining and Milling of Mogollon to start a 250 ton mill, boosting camp output by about 2000 dollars daily. Copper indications near Gallup to be developed, with ore samples rich in carbonates suggesting a potential commercial deposit sixty miles southeast of Gallup.
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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
Aztec
Mesa Verde Company
Mogollon
Mogollon Mines Co
Socorro
Gallup
Oil firm expands lands in Big Horn county
The Kansas- Colorado Oil and Refining Company adds 320 acres in section 23 township 49 range 91 west Big Horn county to its original 1,040 acres in Warm Springs near Thermopolis. The property has two wells yielding ten to fifteen barrels of high grade lubricating oil from 240 to 300 feet depth.
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Warm Springs
Thermopolis
Kansas- Colorado Oil and Refining Company
Big Horn County
Lydia Pinkham's Vegetable Compound Praised by Nebraska Mother
A McLean Nebraska woman touts Lydia E Pinkham's Vegetable Compound for health gains after childbirth. The letter claims the remedy helped with displacements inflammation irregularities backache headaches nervousness and the blues. It invites sufferers to write for personalized guidance from Lydia E Pinkham Medicine Co Massachusetts.
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McLean, Neb
Lydia E. Pinkham
John Koppelmann
R. No. 1
McLean
Nebraska
America
Lydia E. Pinkha
Newborn across the way inspires proud parent praise
A Denver Post piece quotes a new mother praising a neighbor's baby as a cherub with angelic features while her husband compares it unfavorably to their own infant. The exchange highlights playful neighborly envy and affectionate remarks around a newborn.
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Denver Post
Cuticura Remedies Promote Eczema Relief
An advertisement touts Cuticura Soap and Cuticura Ointment for distressing eczemas and fiery pimples. It offers free samples from Cuticura Dept X in Boston and lists Soap 25 cents Ointment 25 and 50 cents, with mail order availability.
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Dept. X
Boston
Farmer’s plan to buy books to run his farm
Self-Supporting quotes Farmer Corntessel expressing pride in self reliance. He jokes that his expected farmers income will cover the cost of books to learn better farming methods. The brief exchange frames a rural, self-educated approach.
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Farmer Corntessel
Feandrens Aepy-That Red Cross Bag Ad
A garbled ad note references Red Cross bags and groceries with a focus on clear white clothes. The fragment suggests a promotional item or charity related message but lacks complete details.
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Feandrens Aepy
Red Cross
Adv
Schwab Pranks German Spy With Torn Telegrams
Philadelphia editor recalls Charles M. Schwab outwitting a German spy in Chicago before the war. Schwab faked telegrams in a hotel library then watched the spy kneel to piece together the scraps, prompting Schwab to joke at the intruder’s expense.
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Charles M. Schwab
Philadelphia
The Way She Dressed Him
A Buffalo News item recalls a visitor asking a child what he wants to be. The boy replies he wishes to be a man but fears his mother wants him to be a lady.
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Buffalo News
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