War progress and world news report across fronts
Western Union notes Turkish victory in Mesopotamia and British setbacks at Ypres. Nicholas escapes Tobolsk. Bolshevik moves in Ta manovka and Kaluga. Norway reports 5000 sailors lost. Monclova captured by Gutierrez faction. Armistice talks set for Dec 17 to Jan 14. France and Belgium see little action. Champagne and Chemin des Dames see repelled attacks. American railroad workers injured by bombs. German air raids kill and threaten columns. Austro German forces press on Italian lines between Brenta and Piave. Caprillo hill falls to enemy advances.
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Nicholas
Russia
Tobolsk
Ypres
William
Tamanovka
Kaluga
Reuter
Petrograd
Norway
Christiania
Eagle Pass
Tex
Gutierrez
Champagne
Chemin Des Dames
Brenta
Piave
Caprillo Hill
San Lorenzo
Western Christmas Seals Drive Gear Up Across Far West
The Red Cross Christmas Seal drive prepares in Western states. In Concord North Carolina Gaston B Means is acquitted of murdering Maude A King. The Chicago Designers Association declares an edit for attire. William F Moorhead aged 80 is pardoned from Jefferson City penitentiary by Acting Governor Crossley. A fire at Judge Wells ranch near Phoenix Arizona destroys 640 tons of baled alfalfa and its storage warehouse. The War Emergency Food Survey will begin soon with over 750 000 questionnaires to be mailed to collect a national food resources inventory.
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Red Cross
Concord
N. C
Gaston B. Means
Maude A. King
Chicago
Chicago Designers’ Association
William F. Moorhead
Jefferson City
Crossley
Judge Wells Ranch
Phoenix
Ariz
United States
Congress
War Notes and Policy Moves From Washington
About 1,200 Germans under Wilson’s alien enemy proclamation have left the District of Columbia. The Shipping Board reports plans to train 58,000 men to man merchant vessels under construction for the government. Maj. Gen. Hugh L. Scott recommends reorganizing the War Department, creating a sound general staff, and universal military service. London hosts an inter-allied council as Crosby of the Treasury heads the assembly, aligning with McAdoo’s plan to bind allies economically. The Federal Farm Loan Board asks Congress to authorize purchase of 100 million dollars of farm loan bonds now and another 100 million next year to bolster the market.
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Hugh L. Scott
London
Inter-Allied Council
Crosby
Treasury
McAdoo
United States
Federal Farm Loan Board
Congress
Prominent Democrats Arrested in Petrograd Amid War Turmoil
Officials report several constitutional democrats detained in Petrograd while Olga, daughter of former Emperor Nicholas, is seriously ill in Tobolsk. Reports also note large Austrian war loan subscriptions and wartime actions across Europe and Russia.
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Petrograd
Tobolsk
Siberia
Olga
Nicholas
Aviator Joe Higgins to leave for training camp after commission
Joe Higgins, famed Holy Cross athlete, has earned a commission from the Plattsburg training camp and will pursue aviation duty. Also noted is the sale of Braden Direct, a top pacer, to L B Brown for breeding use in New York. Tim Ryan, ex Denver Western League pitcher, enlisted in the U S Army in Denver. James W Corrigan of Cleveland announces an absolute dispersal sale of Wickliffe thoroughbreds and racers at Kingston Farm and Churchill Downs after the war.
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Joe Higgins
Holy Cross
Plattsburg, N. Y
Braden Direct
James H. Elsspass
L. B. Brown
Denver
Mr. Brown
New York
Tim Ryan
Colorado
United States Army
James W. Corrigan
Cleveland
Lexington
Kingston Farm
Wickliffe
Churchill Downs
Spreckels Attacks Food Administration Over Sugar Shortage
Charges by Claus Spreckels, president of the Federal Sugar Refining Company, before a Senate committee claim the food administration is responsible for the sugar shortage. Hoover attacks Spreckels in reply.
Arizona State News highlights from western paper
Summary of Arizona items: Agua Prieta fire destroyed the custom house, Benson oil prospecting continues, Somerton chamber organized, Douglas November building permits 5940 dollars, Yuma council awarded street contracts, Camp Funston troops well housed, Phoenix had fifteen fires and 1555 dollars in losses, nearly 20000 auto licenses issued bringing 109000 dollars, injuries in Lower Gold Gulch Bowie, Breen resigns as disbursing officer, Pan-American ostrich farm sale near Phoenix, no Jeremite indicted, gauge 18 inch opened at Jerome, Mormon church plans for Arizona Indians, Ward elected Jerome Miners Union president, Sommerton town formation abandoned, Somerton lands rented at 30 dollars per acre, McCorkle and Orr bound over on whisky theft, Hooks promoted, cost of arizona army quota 26158 dollars, 3472 men sent, Old Dominion Copper Co. operating at Globe, November copper production about three million pounds, Pima cottonseed restrictions, two thirds of eggs to be sold by Jan 1, Mountain States Telephone improvements planned in Tucson, third officers training camp at Fort Bliss or Fort Sam Houston, Salt River Valley Egyptian Growers change name to Arizona Cotton Growers, Calumet & Arizona Mining copper production November 8.05 million pounds plus 1.4 million pounds sulfuric acid, cattle range conditions in central Arizona drought.
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Fred S. Breen
Flagstaff
Arizona
Cashion
Phoenix
John Scarbuerer
Midland
Tex
Prescott
Jerome
Ward
Mesa
Timothy A. Riordan
United States Food Administrator
Mountain States Telephone and Telegraph Company
Tucson
Roy I. Burgess
Fort Bliss
Fort Sam Houston
Military Department
University of Arizona
Salt River Valley
Egyptian Growers’ Association
Tempe
Arizona Cotton Growers’ Association
Calumet & Arizona Mining Company
Douglas
Phoenix Weather Bureau
Public service reserve called to speed war shipyards
The United States Department of Labor launches a public service reserve to recruit skilled and semiskilled workers not currently in war production for shipyards and factories. William E Hall oversees state directors and local groups to rapidly shift labor while protecting civilian jobs and meeting urgent war material needs.
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Washington
United States Public Service Reserve
Department of Labor
Department
Shipping Board
William Edwin Hall
Public Service Reserve
United States
Hall
Reserve
Army
United States Public Reserve
Reserve officers camp critics call attendees slouchy
A letter from Adjt. Gen. Henry P. McCain to President Wheeler describes many college men at the Presidio reserve officers training camp as mentally and physically slouchy, a factor in failing to obtain commissions.
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Reserve Officers’ Training
Presidio
San Francisco
Adjt
Henry P. McCain
Washington
Benjamin Ide Wheeler
University of California
Arizona mining and oil activity reported in Western mining and oil news
Prices for tungsten concentrates and crude ores are listed. Arizona copper output is expected around 750 million pounds this year. A B Jones property in Bowie area begins development, Gold Ridge in Dos Cabezas hosts a large gold and silver ledge, and a Holbrook test well advances the oil exploration near Bowie and Benson.
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Arizona
Argus Gold & Copper Company
A. B. Jones
Bowie
Dos Cabezas
Gold Ridge Mining Company
Benson
Holbrook
Mining activity and ore finds stir southern Aspen belt prospects
The French Gulch Dredging Company's boat works in big pay gravel near Breckenridge. Promising claims in Dailey district Clear Creek county are being developed by H. A. Butler. Mutual Co-Operative Mining Co. ships from Komo Gold Hill and Lee Hill. Molbydenite mills at Climax and Buffehr's spur due to run by February. Iron Mask mine on Shock Hill produces heavy lead-sulphide ore over $100 per ton. Isabella vein at Buena Vista yields $8.40 to the ton and over $100 in gold per ton in assays. Koko ore body nine feet thick with two carloads daily to Globe smelter. Aspen belt predictions near Highland district look promising.
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Breckenridge
H. A. Butler
Dailey
Clear Creek County
Mutual Co-Operative Mining Company
Kokomo
Gold Hill
Lee Hill
Climax
Buffehr
South Park
Iron Mask
Shockhill
Isabella
Buena Vista
Michigan Mining & Milling Company
Globe Smelter
Denver
Lead production in 1917 first half falls from 1916 levels
The U S Geological Survey reports that desilverized lead output in the first six months of 1917 totaled 152 231 short tons, down from 316 469 tons in all of 1916. Domestic soft lead including desilverized amounted to 124 292 tons versus 235 759 tons in the prior year.
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United States Geological Survey
United States
Oil firms expand in New Mexico and copper output hits record
Great Western Oil Company of Enid Oklahoma buys part of the Ar esiaBrown well acreage while the Great Western Oil and Refining Company of Roswell and the Al hambra Silver Mining Company of Silver City are incorporated. Fayette A Jones asserts big NM oil potential. Chino Copper reports 21,887,496 pounds of copper in concentrates for the quarter, with a daily average of about 10,500 tons and a record total ore treated of 966,000 tons.
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Great Western Oil Company
Enid
Okla
Ar*esia
Great Western Oil and Refining Company
Roswell
Alhambra Silver Mining Company
Silver City
New Mexico
Fayette A. Jones
Socorro School of Mines
Chino Copper Company
Pipeline Companies Booming As Oil Field Activity Grows
Reports say Gipsey Oil plans to move headquarters from Kansas to Casper while Northern Pipe Line adds a $4 extra and Cumberland Pipe Line doubles annual disbursements. The note signals strong profits for pipeline firms serving long lived fields, with Rawlins field remaining busy through winter.
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Rawlins
Gipsey Oil Company
Kansas
Casper
Northern
Cumberland Pipe Line
Greater Efficiency and Rising Profits in Western Canada Farming
The article argues for shifting to low priced fertile lands in Western Canada to boost grain yields and profits. It highlights wheat yields of forty bushels per acre, prices above two dollars per bushel, and land costs of 15 to 25 dollars per acre. It notes tax exemptions, improved rail rates, and a high return on investments like four thousand dollars yielding 50 to 100 percent profit.
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Canada
Western Canada
Gold Cement for a Broken Heart Allegedly Found
A human interest note claims gold dissolved in a woman's tears forms an excellent cement to mend a heartbreak. The proverb-style line highlights emotional remedies and poetic imagery.
August Flower Ad Claims Digestive Benefits Worldwide
An advertisement touts GREEN'S AUGUST FLOWER as remedy for stomach disorders and inactive liver. It markets a gentle laxative that regulates digestion, cleanses the stomach and intestinal tract, and stimulates bile production, available in 30 and 90 cent bottles. The copy closes with a patriotic slogan about helping the country.
Don’t Worry About Pimples Cuticura Ad Promotes Ointment
An advertisement urges readers to treat pimples with Cuticura Ointment then wash with Cuticura Soap. It claims routine use can keep skin clear and offers a free sample by mail with a booklet from Cuticura Dept L Boston.
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Boston
The Common Debt
An aphorism notes that what a person owes you may be trivial to name yet heavy to repay, highlighting the tension between owed obligations and their burden.
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