Allied advances push toward old Hindenburg line in WWI update
Western front action reports heavy Allied progress from Arras to the Somme with captures of Le Sars Le Barque Bray Thiepval Grandcourt and Lassigny. British air efforts claim 462 German planes down in fortnight while 594 tons of bombs hit German targets and four British planes lost. Chinese dispatch reaches Mukden as Vladivostok support grows.
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Bapaume
le Sars
le Barque
Bray
Thiepval
Grandcourt
Bapaume-Albert Road
Hindenburg Line
Somme
Mametz
Mametz Wood
Martinpooch
la Sars
Lassigny
Chiry-Ourscamps
Noyon
London War Office
World War and Society News Snapshots
Reports from the era include the sinking of the British steamship Diomed by a submarine off Sandy Hook. Buenos Aires meat sales supervision. Finland’s arrest total reaching 32,701 by Aug 19. Sweden’s 1917 population at 5,800,847 with 43,281 year rise.
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Diomed
Sandy Hook
Buenos Aires
Finland
Sweden
Alaska
London
Yorkshire
Fire destroys Canton business block in unknown origin blaze
A Canton Ohio fire of unknown origin swept a business block causing damages estimated at 1 500 000 dollars. The incident is part of a string of economic and safety events across the region including construction and transportation topics.
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Canton
Ohio
St. Louis Investors
White River
Utah
Colorado
Wyoming
New Mexico
Denver
Ralph Millenteen
Moab
Forest Service
United States Army
Millenteen
Paradox
Colo
H. Y. McBride
Artesia
N. W
Draft calls issue for 186,773 men to entrain for camps
Four draft calls issued by Provost Marshal General Crowder require 186,773 men to entrain for training camps between Aug 30 and Sept 6. Congress moves on the man power bill extending drafts ages to 18 45 and a war tax measure. Secretary Lansing signs treaty on Americans in Italy and Italians in the United States. Three marines killed and one wounded in Santo Domingo clash with bandits Aug 13.
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Crowder
House
Congress
Lansing
Italy
United States
Seibo
Santo Domingo
Marine Corps
Sinking of three American vessels reported by Navy Department
Navy Department announced the sinking of three American ships in foreign waters by German submarines. The report accompanies other wartime notes including a call for 300 women auditing clerks in Washington and progress on gun carriage plant production.
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Vladivostok
Red Guards
Simbirsk
Volga
Moscow
Hamburg Nachrichten
Sixth Army
Marne
Fismes
Navy Department
Washington
Arizona State News highlights and regional developments
Arizona reports include a Mormon temple planned for Mesa and a near complete Holy Angels church in Globe. Miners win relief from labor shortages, wage talks for Jerome carpenters, and a 1150 foot shaft at Gadsden mine. Other items cover peach shipments, a Mexican prisoner escape, and state tax reduction to 39 cents per $100.
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Holy Angels
Globe
Oatman Mines
Jerome Carpenters
Gadsden
Arizona
British Launch New Drive North of Arras Pressing Bapaume
British and French forces push along a front from Arras to Soissons capturing Monchy le Preux Guemappe Wancourt and Fevreuil while advancing near Bapaume and Roye. French report over 600 prisoners with German losses exceeding British casualties as Haig’s offensive tightens around the Hindenburg line.
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France
Ancre
Soissons
Haig
Arras
Scarpe
Coreul
Monchy-le-Preux
Guemappe
Wancourt
Mory
St. Leger
Fevreuil
Bapaume
Thilloy
Albert
Somme
Fresnoy-les-Roye
St. March
Roye
Bullecourt
Hindenburg
Vosges
Allied Triumph Near as Clemenceau Praises Allied Unity
Paris telegraphs Premier Clemenceau praising the councils and Marshal Foch as the Allied staff to turn current successes into a decisive enemy collapse. He says recent victories show the fortune of war favors the Allies and that liberation from oppression will be the harvest reward and universal cooperation the goal.
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Paris
Clemenceau
Foch
M. Clemenceau
Denver Soldier Shoots Wife Then Kills Himself
John Boynton a private in the quartermaster corps at Camp Sherman Denver shot his wife after a quarrel and killed himself. Military police found his body during an arrest attempt. Mrs Boynton was reported to be able to recover.
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Camp Sherman
Chillicothe
Ohio
John Boynton
Denver
Quartermaster’s Corps
Chief Justice Archambault of Quebec Dies
Sir Horace Archambault chief justice of Quebec died of heart disease Sunday in Montreal. He served in the high court and his passing leaves a vacancy in the province's judiciary.
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Quebec
Montreal
Sir Horace Archambault
Western mining and oil news prices for metals
Western mining and oil notes show tungsten concentrates at 60 percent valued $20.00 to $25.00 per unit and 25 percent at $12.00 to $12.50, 10 percent at $9.49 to $12.20. Lead in New York at $8.05, spelter $8.87 and copper at $25.62 to $25.64, bar silver at $1.01.
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Boulder
New York
Old Dominion Smelter Output and Chino Copper Q2 Results
July output at Old Dominion reached 2,533,000 pounds while June output was 3,368,000 pounds. Chino Copper’s second quarter showed improvement over Q1 with net operating profits and miscellaneous income totaling 1,916,513 dollars, up 792,259 from Q1, and a surplus of 1,046,533 dollars versus a 180,716 dollar deficit in the first quarter.
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Old Dominion
Chino Copper Company
Colorado Mines and Oil Developments Across State
Multiple mines and oil wells in Colorado advance activity. Brownlow mine resumes near Fairplay after eighteen years idle. Lennox coal mine south of Milner to receive new equipment. Germania shaft on Little Mountain sinks deeper. Gilpin-Eureka near Central City expands. Emerald Oil near Rangely brings in a well. Iron Mask mine at Breckenridge ships two carloads of lead carbonate weekly. Baxter and Sullivan mines at Ward reopen under L S Brock who plans a flotation mill. Colorado Central Mines new ore treatment plant at Georgetown ready to ship concentrates. Cripple Creek district reports 688967 tons of ore sent to mills in first seven months of 1918 valued at 6555287.58 dollars. Kiowa county well shows high grade light oil at 690 feet enhancing new commercial field prospects.
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T. O. Phillips
Goat Camp
Duncan
Cochise County
State Board of Equalization
Cochise
Arizona
New Mexico
Sonoita Creek
Blue Bell
Binghampton
Mayer
Jack Newton of
Bisbee
New York City
Brownlow
Fairplay
Lennox Coal
Milner
Germania Group
Little Mountain
Breckenridge
Gilpin-Eureka Mines Company
Central City
Emerald Oil Company
Rangely Field
Colorado
Iron Mask
Baxter and Sullivan
Ward
L. 5S. Brock
Wayneburg
Brock
Colorado Central Mines Company
Georgetown
Cripple Creek
Rush Creek Oil Company
Allied and
Shiloh Oil and Refining Companies
Kiowa County
Copper zinc company manganese output hits nine thousand tons
Utah Bay China and Nevada Cop per Companies report July production totaling 36 032 162 pounds down from 40 193 028 pounds in June. Butte Copper Zinc Company President Seligman says July manganese output exceeded 9 000 short tons, the largest yet. He notes Ma Adoo freight rate cuts on manganese ores will benefit the company.
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Utah
Bay
China
Nevada
Montana Power Company
Seligman
Butte Copper Zinc Company
Ma Adoo
Mines and Milling Developments Across New Mexico
Mogollon Mines Co. continues moving ore from upper dumps as value remains high. Western Molybdenum Mining Co. expands from Colorado into Taos county New Mexico, near Red River with permission to mine. Oaks Company ponders tram installation to central shaft and Socorro mill area to resume shipments. Bounds and Rice near Separ station develop a large fluorspar deposit with ore analysis showing 92.30% calcium fluoride, 1.50% silica, and 0.15% iron, suitable for open hearth steel.
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Mogollon Mines Co
Western
Molybdenum Mining Company
New Mexico
Colorado
Red River
Taos County
Mogollon
Oaks Company
Socorro Mill
Socorro
Bounds and Rice
Grant County
Separ Station
Midwest Refining grows holdings in Colorado oil fields
The Midwest Refining Company nears completion on a Salt Creek pipeline and has taken over Eureka Oil Company acreage in the Wild Horse Park district southwest of Pueblo. It acquired additional parcels totaling about 1,560 acres and plans a test well, marking the Midwest’s first Colorado venture.
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Midwest Refining Company
Salt Creek
Eureka Oil Company
Wild Horse Park District
Pethwest
Pueblo
Midwest
Joy of Motherhood Inspires Ellensburg Letter Ad
Ellensburg Washington woman credits Lydia E Pinkham's Vegetable Compound with restoring health after long illness and helping to bear a child. She urges other women with functional disorders to try the remedy and seek advice from Lydia E Pinkham Medicine Co in Lynn Massachusetts noting 40 years experience.
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Lydia E. Pinkham
Ellensburg
Wash
Belek Red Cross Brings Joyful Aid to Laundress Efforts
A cheerful note praises Belek Red Cross for helping laundresses with better lighting and supplies, noting improvements over previous methods and widespread satisfaction among grovers.
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Grovers
Vermin Attracted by Food How to Keep Ants and Roaches Out
Food scraps invite ants and roaches to homes. Store food in ant proof metal containers or ice boxes and clean up spills promptly. Keep cake bread sugar meat and similar items away from living areas to reduce nuisance. Ensure drawers are free of odor and food fragments to limit attraction.
quoted exchange about pursing forces near crown prince
A dialogue depicts a king learning that advancing enemy troops are in contact with rear guards and within three weeks of reaching the crown prince’s location. The tension highlights a perilous pursuit and imminent danger to royal figures.
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