Western Front War Updates and Allied Demands
Reports from the period describe the Karnak sinking by a German U boat near Malta with troops aboard. Greek forces reportedly end fighting with entente troops at Athens while Petrograd cites promises to Russia over Constantinople and the Dardanelles. Teutons claim Rome-like gains near Bucharest with 2,800 prisoners and artillery, while Russians and Romanians counteroffensive push back and seize prisoners and booty. Premier Asquith signals a government reconstruction. Constantine yields artillery to the Entente after fighting with 200 casualties. Carranza’s forces regain Chihuahua City as Villa withdraws toward the mountains. London weighs a safer approach to Tarnowski von Tarnow’s new Austrian appointment, and Greece protests to the United States over neutrality commitments.
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Karnak
Malta
Athens
Asquith
Great Britain
King George
Constantine
Carranza
Chihuahua
Villa
Francisco Gonzales
Juarez
London
Washington
Tarnowski von Tarnow
United States
Greece
Notable World Events Highlight 1917 Dispatches
Overseas and European dispatches cover Polish Legion leadership, Welsh miners wage increase demand, Cologne papers oppose German annexation terms, French government credits reach 72.5 billion francs, Honolulu anti-vice arrests, Amsterdam civilian service bill passed, Pondicherry cyclone deaths, Dominican republic military rule proclaimed, Emperor Francis Joseph funeral in Vienna, and Chihuahua bandit loot threats amid Juarez sightings.
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Japan
Possen
Szeptycki
Cardiff
Cologne
Germany
Honolulu
Reichstag
Amsterdam
Berlin
Calcutta
Pondicherry
India
Dominican Republic
H. S. Knapp
United States
Santo Domingo
Emperor Charles
Francis Joseph Otto
Bulgaria
Bavaria
Saxony
Francis Joseph
Vienna
Chihuahua City
Mexico Northwestern
Juarez
Ozuna
Sauz
First Female President Elected by Texas Teachers’ Association
The Texas School Teachers' Association elected a woman as president for the first time in its history. Deaths include Judge William F. Cooper in Tucson and Monsignor F. N. Feurstein in Le Mars. Commutations alter sentences of Brewer and de Pretto to life in Utah. Coastwise shipping disrupted by a southern storm from Mexico to Vancouver. A federal census will measure pulp wood use in the United States. Arizona teachers propose daily Bible readings in public schools.
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The
Texas School Teachers’ Association
William F. Cooper
Pima County Superior Court
Tucson
Ariz
F. N. Feurstein
St. Joseph’s Church
Sioux City
Lemars
Harry Brewer
Frank de Pretto
State Board of Pardons
Salt Lake
Utah
United States
Federal Forest Service
News Print Manufacturers’ Association
Arizona Teachers’ Association
Arizona
Washington Reacts to Mexican Situation and Land Withdrawals
Washington officials track Villa activity abroad while awaiting Carranza’s reply to the Atlantic City protocol. Vienna reports Countess Tarnowska’s health forces her to forego immediate travel to the United States. In Colorado and Utah a land withdrawal actions could impact Green River oil prospects, and T R Watson, a bank president, is convicted of murder in Waco Texas for the shooting of banking commissioner John Patterson.
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Carranza
Joint Commission
Atlantic City
Villa
México
Penfield
Vienna
State Department
Countess Tarnowski
United States
Colorado
Utah
Green River
Wilson
Lane
T. R. Watson
Waco
Tex
Watson
John S. Patterson
Boxed reports from the sports world in brief
Jack Johnson is believed by authorities to be in the United States. Joe Stecher strengthens his wrestling title after defeating Charlie Cutler in Chicago. Strangler Lewis beat Pat Connolly in Butte in a two hour catch wrestling match. Bob Unglaub, Fargo Northwestern league manager and ex major league player, died in Baltimore from an accident. At Fort Collins sixteen Aggies players received varsity letters including Captain Shepardson and Captain elect Klemnedson.
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Jack Johnson
Pugilist
United States
Joe Stecher
Charlie Cutler
Chicago
Butte
Mont
Strangler Lewis
Louisville
Pat Connolly
Denver
Bob” Unglaub
Fargo
N. C
Baltimore
Fort Collins
Colo
Aggies
Shepardson
Klemnedson
Robinson
Johnson
Hutton
Rothrock
Hoch
Nichols
Dotson
Cuzzens
Loss
Adams
Gratton
Reid
Scott
Thompson
Funeral of Mrs Inez Milholland Boissevain Held in New York
The funeral took place in New York soon after the train arrived from California. Official returns show Wilson ahead in Rhode Island with 490 394 votes to Hughes 44 858, plus minor candidates.
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Inez Milholland Boissevain
New York
California
Rhode Island
Hughes
Wilson
Hanly
Reimer
Benson
Cripple Creek Ore Output and Silver Market Prices
The Western Mining and Oil News reports Cripple Creek district ore output for November at 75 623 tons with an average value of 16.54 and gross bullion of 1 251 356. Detailed bullion totals show Golden Cycle 38 000 tons at 19.00 valuing 772 000, Portland Colorado Springs 11 333 at 19.85 valuing 233 969, Smelters 4 550 at 56.00 valuing 250 250, Portland Cripple Creek 18 700 at 2.51 valuing 45 937, Isabella Mines 2 640 at 3.00 valuing 7 920, Worcester-Rubie 400 at 3.20 valuing 1 280. October dividends paid total 152 000 with Cresson Consolidated 122 000 and Golden Cycle 30 000.
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Cripple Creek
Golden Cycle
Colo. City
Portland
Colo. Springs
Denver
Pueblo
Isabella Mines
Cresson Consolidated
Golden Cycle Mining and Milling Company
Arizona mining activity shifts as ore yields rise across districts
The Oatman Combination drifts continue in both directions on the 500 foot level while the Windsor mines in Globe’s Pioneer district are described as a second Magma. The Old Dominion smelter at Globe produces about 45 tons of copper daily. Cobrita mine near Salome to be expanded to full production. Stockton hill depth drilling by Arizona Butte Mines finds promising ore 330 feet in. Silver Bar Mining stamps resume after six months of prep under new management.
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Windsor
Pioneer District
Globe
Old Dominion
Cobrita
Tank Pass
Salome
Arizona Butte Mines Company
Stockton Hill
Silver Bar Mining Company
Old
Imperial Guard Company
Tombstone
Sunnyside mine and Cripple Creek area see renewed activity
The Sunnyside mine at Hureka continues to produce and ship substantial tonnage and will be listed among winter operators. Mines in the Silverton district show record activity with twenty shipments during the week. Engleville mine near Trinidad plans quick reopening. United Gold Mines Company, with 400 acres, now on a dividend basis and likely to stay long. Alma district in Park County, once dormant, now thrives shipping about 300 tons monthly valued at $100 or more per load.
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Sunnyside
Hureka
Silverton
Engleville
Trinidad
B. J. Matteson
United Gold Mines Company
Cripple Creek
Park County
Alma
Mining Camp Scholle Emerges in Valencia County
Scholle in Valencia county rises as a new mining camp in the southeast corner of the county. The Carlisle mine at Carl isle in Grant county reopens with a sizable workforce. Socorro Mining and Milling Co. reports a clean-up of 820 pounds of bullion and two and a half tons of high grade concentrate from 2000 tons of ore. The International Co-Operative Holding Co. forms at Las Cruces with $250000 capitalization and is quietly seeking options on Mexican properties. Chino Copper Co. at Santa Rita reports good results from new ground drills. South of the Hearst pit two acres show an ore body 300 to 500 feet thick averaging copper content between one and one half and one percent.
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Scholle
Valencia County
Carlisle
Grant County
Socorro Mining and Milling Co
International Co-Operative
Las Cruces
Mexico
Chino Copper Company
Santa Rita
Hearst Pit
Conroy Mine Reopens Near Kemmerer Amid New Oil Efforts
Leasers have reopened the Conroy mine near Kemmerer after a year of closure. The recently formed Bonnie Belle Oil Company plans spring drilling, while Lincoln county records show numerous new oil leases filed with the county clerk.
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Conroy
Kemmerer
Bonnie Belle Oil Company
Lincoln County
Night Market Livestock and Grain Prices Report
Readable excerpts show cattle and hog quotes for hay fed and grassers with steers, cows, heifers, and veal calf categories. A separate hay and grain market lists Denver carload prices, including timothy alfalfa oats wheat corn bran flour eggs butter and fresh fruit and vegetables with per ton and per hundred weights.
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Fai Bog
Tie Ance Sereih
Tolfoi
Copper Casting Prices Fall in Mixed Market Quotations
Mixed metal market shows copper casting quotes sliding by 30.62 dollars with commodity prices fluctuating across listed ranges. Traders monitor demand and supply signals in a cautious session.
Cotton Market Report from New York
The cotton market listed futures in New York with December at 20.20 cents per pound, January 20.35, March 20.53, May 20.75, July 20.76, and October 18.57. Middling upland reported at 20.45 cents.
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New York
Chicago Grain and Provisions Prices Listed
Chicago market notes show wheat No. 2 red at 1.74 dollars, No. 3 hard 1.7142 1.74, corn No. 2 yellow 91 91 3 4 c, No. 4 yellow 88 89 c, No. 4 white 88 89 c. Oats No. 3 white 58 54 c, standard 58 54 55 c. Rye No. 2 1.51, barley 90 c 1.25, Timothy 3.00 5.50, Clover 12.00 17.50, pork 28.50, lard 17.00, ribs 18.87 14.50.
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Chicago
Arizona State News Roundup of 1920s Events and Incidents
March 5 7 annual convention notices for cattle growers at Obe Bisbee poultry show Jan 6 7 at Bisbee and Arizona Federation of Women’s Clubs at Globe Roy Hamblin killed at Chloride two Mexican laborers die near Flagstaff mining exhibits and copper strikes Jitneys banned on Lowell Main Street VP Marshall to spend holidays in Arizona Retimbering at Roosevelt Lake Copper Co tunnel State fire marshal office advocated Banking license issued to Copper Belt Merchants and Bankers Coyotes out winter in Cochise County Pool hall owner exonerated in Globe Assay offices flood with samples in state Brick clay plant planned near Globe Flossie copper vein near Republic mine Johnso n Jerome Consolidated Copper formed Winter baseball league Mohave Needles Glory Hole Bonanza ore shoots Amarillo driver killed at Phoenix race Drennan Mechanician killed Arm strong minor injuries Oil lands north of Del Rio relocated Copper strike strike at New Cornelia Ajo 100 mile homesteader John Bowman 100 miles from Phoenix Globe Flagstaff Winslow normal schools land lists Tombstone death of James J. Smith brother of Senator Mark Smith.
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Roy Hamblin
Chloride
Flagstaff
Mining Congress
Lowell
Arizona
Copper Belt
Miami
Cochise County
Mortie Graham
Globe
Felipe Lopez
Tucson
Phoenix
Southwest
A. W. Roberts
John Bowman
Bowman
Young
Winslow
Gila County
State Land Commission
United States Land Office
Normal Schools
School of Mines
Yavapai
Mariposa
Conconino
Pima County
Frankfort
James J. Smith
Mark Smith
Lecturer Reveals He Married His Cook After Kitchen Questioning
After addressing a woman's cooking club, a famous lecturer faced probing questions about his household. When pressed about his cook, he praises her economy, pies and soups, neatness, and disposition. A mistress of the house quips about marriage, and the lecturer confirms he did marry the cook.
Skinner Macaroni Ad Promises Nutrition and Economy
Advertisement touts Skinner's Macaroni and Spaghetti as tasty and nutritious for children. Claims it builds bone and muscle, calms nerves, and is economical. Promotes a free cookbook from Skinner Mfg. Co., Omaha, Nebraska sent to mothers.
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Skinner
Skinner Mfg. Co
Omaha
Nebr
Adv
Preparedness Talk Between Johnnie and Mother
Johnnie asks for a crutch while the mother questions the need. He replies it is good to practice in case of injury and future use. The exchange highlights early planning for emergencies and practical foresight.
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Johnnie
Mimma
Red Cross Bag Blue Advertises at Grocers
An old classified style ad urges readers to ask for Red Cross Bag Blue, a product claimed to make beautiful white clothes, and notes it is available at all good grocers.
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Red Cross
Election Bet Warns of Gallon of Molasses
Mr Erastus Pinkly quips about a man forced to eat a gallon of molasses with a toothpick as his election bet. Pickaninny Jim replies with a curt confirmation that the toothpick slows the work but the molasses is worth it.
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Mr. Erastus
Pickaninny Jim
Systematic Flattery as a Cause of Winning at Love
A brief essay notes that one system of winning at love relies on flattery. The idea is presented as a methodical approach to influence affection and outcomes in relationships.
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Union News Service
Vancouver
B.C
SPORT
el Paso
Geo. Bell, Jr
City
Tuarez
International Bridge
Woman’s Trades Union League of
Philadelphia
Joan
Bess London
Charmion K. London
Syria
Port Said
American Committee For
Armenian and
Western Newspaper
St. Louis
Boulder
New Mexico
Wyoming
Western Newspaper Union News Service
Winia Cas
Colorado Upland
Nebraska Upland
Nebraska
South Park
Choice
San Luis Valley
Gunnison Valley
Idaho
Standard
Ics
Eins
Derver
AIEOC
Ois
Os Cee Springs
F. O
Springs
Aeil
Metal Market
Arizona State News
Arn— Cattle Growers’ Association
Obe
Bisbee Poultry and Pet Stock Association
Bisbee
of Arizona Federation of Women’s Clubs
Thomas R. Marshall
Roosevelt Lake Copper Company
Flossie Mining Company
Republic
Jerome Consolidated Copper Company
S. T. Bentley
First View
Jerome
Mohave County
Needles
Cal
Oatman
Glory Hole
Drennan
Amarillo
R. B. Armstrong
Armstrong
Yavapai Oil Company
del Rio
Douglas
New Cornelia Copper Company
Ajo
ULL “ Househol
Peruna
Columbus
Ohio
Percy
Reggie
Parcel Post Map
Bolles & Rogers
S. 13Th St
Aweeks
Pac
Grogeea
Watson E. Coleman
Wash
Remedy Co
Dearborn St
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