War front reports show fierce actions across Europe
Intense artillery battles continue in Flanders. Germany and Turkey plan to retake Bagdad while Russians and Rumanians yield ground north of Fokshani. British ships sunk. torpedoed vessels total rises. Haig’s forces advance near Hoge as Canadians hold Lens trenches. German forces fail near St Quentin and along the Aisne. Fighting persists in Galicia Bukowina and southern Moldova.
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Flanders
Bagdad
Fokshani
Haig
Belgium
Hoge
Crown Prince
Rupprecht
Bavaria
Lens
St. Quentin
Aisne
Galicia
Bukowina
Moldavia
Foreign News Roundup From War Era Dispatches
Reports include Sinn Fein gains in Kilkenny by election, Canada’s war outlays near 850000 daily. Japanese naval units join Allied efforts in Europe. Archduchess Hedwig to wed Count Bernhard Zu Stolberg Stolberg. Russian mission backs pacifist stance except one. Conference talks planned among Spain Sweden Norway Denmark Netherlands.
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Kilkenny
Canada
European
London
Vienna
Archduchess
Hedwig of
Tuscan
Bernhard Zu Stolberg-Stolberg
Mankato
Minn
Eastern Front
Russia
Spain
Switzerland
Holland
Denmark
Norway
Stockholm
Sweden
Westminster
Taft’s Condition Improves Amid National News Briefs
A roundup of varied items: former President Taft shows improved condition. A plot to corner canned tomatoes is uncovered. Thomas Wardall of Seattle born 1815. Mrs Lavinia Steward dies at Oracle summer home. Riots erupt in Kansas City rail strike as workers attack cars. IWW raid and bonfire in Oakland. Bisbee Arizona flood causes $50,000 damage and wrecks cars.
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Taft
Thomas Wardall
Seattle
Lavinia B. Steward
Oracle
Ariz
Kansas City Railways Company
National
Oakland
Cal
Industrial Workers of the World
Bisbee
Peace Resolution Introduced in Senate Amid War Tax Debate
Senator LaFollette introduces a peace resolution in the Senate while debate on revised war tax measures continues in Congress. Reports say coal prices rise signaling profiteering and wheat flour price controls will be announced soon. Hoover named food dictator. Hopkins nominated assistant interior secretary. Army strength set at 300,000 with possible Sept 4 call for 200,000 new troops. McAdoo to seek a $6 billion bond issue in Congress.
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LaFollette
Senate
Congress
Herbert Hoover
United States
Seldon G. Hopkins
Cheyenne
Wyo
Wilson
Interior
Bo Sweeney
War Department
National Army
McAdoo
Late Market Quotations From Western Union News Service
Grass steers bring 9.00 to 10.5 cents per pound with good to choice quality. Cattle prices show cows at 6.00 to 7.00 for grassers and canners 4.50 to 6.00, feeders and stockers 6.00 to 8.60, and hogs and sheep ranges listed with lambs 18.50 to 14.00 in spring. Wethers and yearling wethers quoted 9.50 to 11.00 respectively.
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Tacdcus Closste
Seevecengeseeseess F
Teedakees
Reese
Missionary Duckworth Family Among City of Athens Mine Victims
The Rev Arthur Duckworth his wife and six Denver children died when the steamship City of Athens struck a mine off Cape Town on August 10. The family had lived at 2838 High Street Denver and were en route to India to resume missionary work after a year’s leave. Twelve others perished including four crew and five Americans.
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Denver
Arthur Duckworth
Cape Town
Africa
Athens
India
Duckworth
Ethel
Rosalind
Edith
Martha
Scoville
High Street
Viramgam
Christian Missionary Alliance Board of New York
Metal Market Prices From Western Mining and Oil News
New York lead spot 11l. bar silver 82 1 2 cents. Copper casting 27.12 1 2 dollars. St Louis spelter 8 42. Boulder tungsten concentrates 60 per cent 17.00 per unit. Crude ores 60 per cent 15.00 25 per cent 9.40 12.00 10 per cent 8.70 10.00 per unit.
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New York
Boulder
St. Louis
London
Polo star Devereux Milburn joins Plattsburg camp list
War Department names Devereux Milburn among officers' reserve corps trainees for the second Plattsburg camp in Plattsburg New York expected to begin August 27. Other items note Don Harker defeating Scott Townsend in Denver with proceeds to the Red Cross, Katherine Stinson racing with Barney Oldfield at Sheepshead Bay, and Pike's Peak auto races canceled due to war work.
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Devereux Milburn
War Department
Plattsburg, N. Y
Officers’ Reserve Corps
Don Harker
Colorado
Scott Townsend
City Park
Denver
Denver Red Cross
Katherine Stinson
Aviatrix
Barney Oldfield
Sheepshead Bay
Oldfield
Ralph de Palma
Louis Chevrolet
Colorado Springs
Officers’ Training Camp
National Army
Market price sheet highlights Colorado and Nebraska agables
F O B Denver listing shows buying and selling prices per ton for upland hay prairie hay timothy alfalfa South Park Gunnison Valley and straw. It includes wheat oats corn chop and potatoes with ranges for fruit like apples cherries gooseberries raspberries and strawberries.
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Denver
Colorado Upland
Nebraska Upland
Neb
Colo
South Park
Gunnison Valley
Cts
Copper Activity and Tax Valuation Report for Arizona Mines
Molybdenum in large quantities is reported in the Wallapai region with high grade at Kingman. New Cornelia Copper Company purchases Ajo Consolidated Copper Company property. Douglas smelters produce 21,500,000 pounds of copper in July, about a million less than normal. Consolidated Arizona Smelting Company enlarges Humboldt smelter, to be finished by November 1. Arizona mine valuations will add 158,743,373.57 to state wealth this year, total valuation 330,631,994.76, up from 171,888,616.19 in 1916.
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Wallapais
Kingman
Ajo Consolidated Copper Company
New Cornelia Copper Company
Douglas
Consolidated Arizona Smelting Company
Humboldt
Arizona
State Tax Commission
Miners Seek Higher Wages Across Montana and Wyoming
About 3,000 coal miners in Montana petition for wage increases. Wyoming District 22 miners press for parity with Montana rates. Copper output at Anaconda Copper Mining drops in July to 12 4 million pounds from June 20 4 million and May 28 4 million, reflecting labor frictions in Butte. General Petroleum plans expand Wyoming holdings including Rispin interests, acquiring Salt Creek and Lusk field stakes with Producers Texas Big Indian and others involved.
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Butte
Anaconda Copper Mining Company
General Petroleum Company
Wyoming
Wyoming-Montana Development Company
Rispin
Salt Creek
Lusk Field
Niobrara County
Texas
Big Indian
Bisbee residents vow support for deportation acts
New York exemption board case sees a third arrest and one board removed. Lavish entertainments planned for a Japanese mission. A collision occurs as a U S submarine meets an excursion steamer in Boston harbor. Over five thousand men have joined British and Canadian forces in the U S through the British recruiting commission. Conditions in Syria and Palestine are described as the worst possible by a refugee reaching New York. Local copper mine strike in Globe Arizona claims its backbone is broken per Loyalty League president.
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New York
United States
Boston Harbor
British Recruiting Commission
Syria
Palestine
American Committee of
Armenian and
Globe
Ariz
George R. Hill
The
Loyalty League
Flint Hides and Pelts Price List
A historical price listing details dry hides and pelts for Flint, including per pound rates for dry hides at .37 and .39, salt hides, horsehides, wet and green salted categories, and various pelt grades such as bull and stag, buck saddles, and glue hides. It notes weights per pound thresholds and price adjustments for cured versus green hides.
Hoover proposes controls on wheat flour and bread supply
Washington Herbert C Hoover food administrator outlined plans to regulate wheat flour and bread including penalties for hoarding and a cap on storage. The program targets mills elevators and term international price stability with licenses required for large capacity plants. Chang Won to join U S Army in Pueblo as first Chinese recruit reported locally.
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Washington
Herbert C. Hoover
Food Administration
Hoover
Chang Won
U. S. Army
Pueblo
United States Army
Mackensen Captures Pantziu in Romanian Front
Berlin reports Field Marshal von Mackensen has captured Pantziu a rail junction in southern Moldavia after a hard defense by Russo Romanian forces. In Flanders Anglo French forces prepare for another assault as German efforts to hold the Ypres salient continue. British airmen repel two German raiders while Berlin confirms two German planes lost. The American bark Christiane sunk off the Azores by a German submarine.
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von Mackensen
Entente
Tecutchieu
Ailles
Berlin
Pantziu
Moldavia
London
Flanders
Ypres
England
Amsterdam
Christiane
Azores
Shippers Name Santa Cruz Near Ophir Loop
Dispatch from Idaho Springs notes Consolidated Mines Company plans a 100 ton mill this fall at the old Yukon group near Alice. Colorado oil output in 1916 totaled 197235 barrels, down 5 percent from 1915. Copper in Browning claim at Boneyard Park opens widely, hailed as state’s largest. A monster lead, likely Rudge, cut in Camp Bird tunnel near Yellow Rose, Ouray district, shows wider walls and higher gold values.
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Santa Cruz
Ophir Loop
Wickman and Fantone
Telluride
Idaho Springs
Consolidated Mines Company
Alice
Colorado
Florence
Browning
Boneyard Park
Custer County
Camp Bird
Yellow Rose
Ouray
Markets in Brief Copper and Tin Prices Mixed
Miscellaneous markets report copper for September and fourth quarter at 26.50 to 27.00 dollars per unit while tin stands at 68.75 dollars per unit bid. Bar silver quoted at 8 dollars 2 and a half cents. Boulder tungsten concentrates at 60 percent 17.00 per unit. Crude ores 60 percent 15.00 to 12.00 and 10 percent 8.70 to 10.00 per unit.
Fire destroys assay office at White Oaks in New Mexico
The Wildcat Leasing Company assay office at White Oaks twelve miles northeast of Carrizozo was destroyed by fire. In Mogollon district July tonnage reached about 12 000 and yielded nearly 6000 pounds of gold and silver. Phelps Dodge reports first half earnings above 15 million with 34 a share and 14 a dividend. Copper output from the firm's smelters nears 97 million pounds, including custom-ore products. Lincoln Oil rigs ready to drill in Hagerman area. Mexola Petroleum sets a well near Dayton with first oil at 840 feet and hoping for paying quantities at 940 feet.
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Wildcat Leasing Company
White Oaks
Carrizozo
Mogollon
Phelps-Dodge Corporation
Lincoln Oil Company
Section 11
Hagerman
Mexola Petroleum Company of Oklahoma
Dayton
First
Chicago market prices for hogs cattle and sheep
Hog prices show a new high for bulk at 15.80 to 16.75 with several classes traded near those levels. Cattle quotes range from native beef at 7.90 to 14.35 for western steers, with stockers and feeders at 5.80 to 9.25 and cows and heifers at 4.40 to 12.00. Sheep values list wethers at 7.50 to 10.80, ewes at 6.50 to 9.25, and lambs at 9.25 to 14.85.
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Chicago
Price of Flaxseed Quotes from Duluth Market
Flaxseed prices from Duluth are $3.30 for September October and November deliveries. The futures-like quote shows steady value across the three nearby months.
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Duluth
Market Report on Butter Eggs Potatoes and Poultry in Chicago
Butter creamery prices at 9c for creamery butter with receipts at 10 083 cases. Firsts 31 32c and ordinary firsts 27 29c. Eggs higher with varied pricing at 27 32c. Virginia potatoes priced by barrel 4 50 to 5 50, Minnesota bulk 1 35 to 1 50, home grown 1 40 to 1 50. Poultry fowls 18 to 21c, springs 21 to 26c.
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Chicago
Virginia
Minnesota
Springs
Market Prices For Butter Eggs And Poultry
Kansas City butter creamery prices listed for firsts and seconds with packing at 33 1/4 cents. Eggs show firsts at 30 cents and seconds at 24 cents. Poultry prices include hens 16 cents roosters 13 cents and broilers 16 1/0 cents.
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Kansas City
Increase Wheat and Rye Acreage Plans Announced
Washington announces nation-wide conferences to raise winter wheat to 47,337,000 acres and rye to 5,131,000 acres to meet next year’s needs. Agriculture secretary says plans will unfold without disturbing corn and other crops. Agriculture staff and college experts will attend alongside state commissions and councils of defense.
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Washington
Secretary of Agriculture
Department of Agriculture
State Commissions On Agriculture
State Councils of Defense
Casper Oil Company Expands Oil Field Operations
A Lander report notes Casper Oil Company plans larger scale work in the Thirty three Mile field as prospectors depart for the Red Desert to locate lands. Roxana Petroleum Company of Tulsa Oklahoma receives Wyoming charter with capitalization set at eight million dollars.
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Casper Oil Company
Thirty Three Mile
Lander
Red Desert
Roxana Petroleum Company
Tulsa
Okla
Wyoming
Woman credits Lydia Pinkham remedy for relief
Mrs Nellie Phelps of Fulton New York reports long struggle with female weakness ending in full recovery after using Lydia E Pinkham's Vegetable Compound Doctors had said only operation could help but the remedy proved effective She urges other women with similar symptoms to seek guidance from Lydia E Pinkham Medicine Co for free advice.
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Nellie Phelps
R. A. Rider
R.F.D. No. 5
Fulton, N. Y
Lydia E. Pinkham
English as She Is Spoke Clarifies Wartime Slang
A St. Louis Post-Dispatch response explains American soldiers intent to “can the Kaiser” means decorating the German emperor with hardware. The piece notes British editors misunderstand the phrase and that Americans plan to expose all bets and calls when Kaiser first meets action, signaling a sharper grasp of English wartime slang.
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London
Europe
Nix
St. Louis Post-Dispatch
Gallant Dissuasion Dialog
A humorous exchange warns Miss Emily about going as a missionary to cannibal tribes. He notes danger from misunderstood kindness and suggests the heathens might see her as sweet enough to eat.
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Emily
The board of health and fatalism in a quip
A wry remark contrasts a man’s blamed failure on fate with a board of health that runs on three square meals a day. The line suggests humor about daily routines and outlooks in a newspaper style aside.
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Board of Health
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