Progress of Allied Advances and Demobilization Across War Fronts
Reports from Brest to Paris detail Allied occupation of bridgeheads, French and American troop movements, and the armistice terms. Demobilization accelerates with daily discharges, while new copper and mineral fields emerge in the western states. President Wilson's Paris visit and broader European unrest accompany a wide array of military, political, and economic updates.
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President Wilson
Brest
New York
Mayence
Mainz
Coblenz
Cologne
Odessa
Russia
Paris
Sebastopol
General March
Washington
War Department
Arizona state news highlights from Globe to West Point cadet
Bids call for Globe public building at 125000. Eagar mills 30 barrels flour. San Simon plans canning factory. influenza costs dip into state funds. Lane backs farm plans for veterans. Osborn widow dies in Phoenix. Copper Queen to reemploy. Oil drilling near Holbrook active. Leadville Mining resumes ore shipments. Governor attendance at Annapolis governors meeting. Whipple barracks hospital delays. Bowie drilling rig planned. Coulter concedes defeat. Tombstone highway work nearly ready. Globe mine accident fatal. Mining Congress urges copper stake in cabinet. Casualties list includes Morris Igo Fisk Junge. Sgt Sanders returns from Funston. Influenza ban lifted in Bisbee. Copper production exceed 1917. Ah Fee shot in Clarkdale. Chin Len Juan suspected. Peanut acreage in Salt River valley grows to 1000. Jerome shooting aftermath unclear. Ajo cooperative pays 41000 in dividends. William Goodman named West Point cadet.
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Fairbank
Tucson
San Simon
Arizona
Lane
Bisbee
Phoenix
Sidney P. Osborn
Copper Queen Company
Leadville
W. M. Holmes
Courtland
Annapolis
Whipple Barracks
United States Oil & Refining Company
Bowie
Fred T. Coulter
Thomas Campbell
Campbell
Earl Neumeyer
Inspiration
Globe
American Mining Congress
Joseph Smith Morris
Mesa
William Igo
Turner
Richard Irwin Fisk
August A. Junge
Pearce
Jesse Sanders
Tombstone
Camp Funston
Funston
C. T. Smith
J. E. Curry
Ah Fee
Lucille Fee
Clarkdale
Chin Len Juan
Cottonwood
Salt River Valley
Jerome
Lee Ong
Ajo
New Cornelia Company
The
Mining Corporation
Colorado Tightens Liquor Law On December Seventeenth
Western Union News Service reports Colorado’s new dry law took effect at midnight. The Horton system allowed two quarts for medicinal use, Finch amendment limits to four ounces with prescription. Governor Gunter proclaimed enforcement after statewide certification.
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Denver
Colorado
Gunter
James R. Noland
American Railway Express Company
Stout Street
New York City
Blind Benefit Association of Colorado
Western mining and oil news price report
Denver metal prices list current bar silver at $1.01, copper at 255 cents per lb, lead $7.05, spelter $8.12, and tungsten concentrate units ranging from $17.00 to $22.00.
Arizona Mining News Highlights November Copper Output and New Strikes
Arizona production reports show New Cornelia Copper Co output at 3,264,000 pounds in November, with October and prior November figures higher. State total copper for 1918 estimated at 829,000,000 pounds, up from 700,090,000. A rich gold strike near Quartzsite opens up, with one ore sack valued at $500. Other notes cover potash value in Park county, ore shipments from Ironclad hill, and oil leasing by Carter Oil Co of Oklahoma near Roggen.
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New Cornelia Copper Company
Shattuck-Arizona Copper Company
Arizona
Yuma County
New Water Springs
Brimly
eJohnson
Hudson
Joe Parker
Golden Queen
Mutual Co-Operative Mining Company
Kokomo
Silver King Group
Niggerhill
Breckenridge
Park County
Hartsell
Howard
Mary McKinney Mining Company
Ironclad Hill
Anaconda
Colorado
Cresson
Gold King Group
Silverton
Gold King Extension Mining Company
Boston Capital
W. Z. Kinney
Record U S Winter Wheat Crop Seen At 765 Million Bushels
Washington reports the largest winter wheat crop in U S history with 49,027,000 acres sown, up 16 percent from last year. The Department of Agriculture forecasts 765,000,000 bushels next year, aided by high crop condition and larger rye planting at 6,820,000 acres.
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Washington
United States
Department of Agriculture
Holland Hands Kaiser His Hat
Amsterdam reports that William II, former German emperor, has refused to leave Holland despite official protests. The Telegraaf says his departure would greatly please the Dutch government and reduce potential difficulties for the country.
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Amsterdam
William Hohenzollern
Telegraaf
Holland
Copper output drop and ferro manganese plant closure at Great Falls
November copper production fell about 6,000,000 pounds from October. Anaconda Copper Mining Company’s ferro manganese plant in Great Falls began Oct 12 and closed without selling any production due to the war ending and lack of market. Experiments pursue calcium carbide and a calcium carbon and nitrogen fertilizer for the West.
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Great Ferro
Anaconda Copper Mining Company
Great Falls
West
Salvador President Ill in Salvador City Hospital
Washington dispatch reports Salvador President Melendez is seriously ill. No further details on condition or duration provided.
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Washington
Melendez
Salvador
Wilson Made Citizen of Paris
President Wilson was made a citizen of Paris at a Monday city hall ceremony. He spoke in reply to greeting and said a love of right led the United States into battle beside France.
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Andrew Bonar Law
Glasgow
David R. Francis
Russia
Paris
Wilson
Lansing
Baris
Brussels Chamber of Commerce
Zeeland
Maastricht
Lloyd George
Petrograd
Kronstadt
Moscow
Kemp
London Times
Ottawa
Seed Purchasing Commission
United States
Alberta
Saskatchewan
Prague
National Assembly
Czecho-Slovakia
Camberwell
Labor Party
United Kingdom
Labor
France
Brest
Smyrna
Manganese Output at Boston Hill Mines in November
New Mexico figures show 1780 wagon loads of manganese ore passed Silver City scales in November. Two firms shipped 200 cars, a figure representing about three weeks of output. Payroll for the two months exceeded 30000 dollars, not including officers salaries.
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Boston Hill
Silver City
Poland Severes Relations With Berlin
Warsaw telegram reports Poland severed diplomatic relations with Germany, sent to Berlin from Warsaw.
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Poland
Berlin
Amsterdam
Germany
Warsaw
Oil firms report wells in Wyoming fields exceed 150 barrels
The E. T. Williams Oil Company strikes a well in Salt Creek section 16 expected over 300 barrels. A deep test is planned for Thornton Upton to probe deeper sands. Glenrock Oil Company brings in its thirtieth well in Pilot Butte with 150 barrels initial and marketing 1,400 barrels a day in the district.
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Wyoming
E. T. Williams Oil Company
Salt Creek
Thornton-Upton
Glenrock Oil Company
Pilot Butte
Western Canada offers wealth from fertile prairie lands
The piece urges farmers facing high costs or unsatisfactory returns to consider Western Canada’s prairies in Manitoba Saskatchewan and Alberta. It cites high yields and record prices for wheat beef and mutton, noting low taxes on improvements, good schools and climate, and easy marketing, portraying settlement as a path to secure futures.
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Canada
Western
Manitoba
Saskatchewan
Alberta
Canadian
Chicago
James Wishart
Portage la Prairie
Moose Jaw
Coaldale
Barons
Western Canada
Ladders Helped Take Grand Pre In Final France Push
Colonel Alvord W. D. Anderson reports his regiment the 312th Infantry with the 309th and 315th Infantry brigades rushed the walled town of Grand Pre in France using ladders and modern siege tools. After four counterattacks they mounted the 12 foot walls on the fifth effort and captured the town.
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France
Alvord
W. D. Anderson
Three Hundred and Twelfth Infantry
Observing fellow condemns insanitary spit remarks
An observer blasts hygiene lapses calling out a man who spits out whatever he thinks, labeling it unsanitary and asking why health inspectors don’t intervene.
Change of Countenance and a Facetious Feller
A facetious speaker quips that once a girl clears the age of faces at boys she begins to make eyes at them. The remark captures a playful social observation about changing behavior and youth interactions.
Odd Foods Lizard and Alligator Proposals Stir Taste Debate
The piece notes lizards and alligators as new food options. It mentions lizards are popular in the Bahama islands while Florida alligators have a reputation for being delicious, contrasting with American appetites.
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United States
Bahama Islands
Florida
Zoological Notes Raises Humorous Paradox
A Cincinnati Exquirer quip notes the oddity that a woman can be a perfect cat yet be terrified of a mouse, reflecting on temperament and humor in everyday life.
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Cincinnati Exquirer
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