War week advances and losses across allies and fronts
Western Union reports French destroyers sunk two submarines in the Gulf of Taranto. British casualties for the week ending Dec 18 total 17 976. Italians repulsed Austro German forces on Tasson Del Orso front with heavy losses. Russian officers offer services to the United States. American submarine F-1 sunk in collision with F-3. 19 dead, 5 rescued. London air raid kills 10, injures seven. Fourteen British merchant ships sunk by mine or submarine in week ending Dec 19. Pershing bars all alcohol except light wines and beers for American expeditionary forces in France. French shipping losses by mine or submarine light the week ending Dec 15. Front quiet on British line in France Belgium. Monte Azolone attacks repulsed. Fighting continues at Odessa. Red Guards suffer 800 killed and 1,000 wounded in six days. Italians retake ground gained Dec 18 east of Brenta after heavy shelling.
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Gulf of Taranto
Tasson-Col-Del- Orso
France
United States
London
Belgium
St. Quentin
Monte Azolone
Berlin War Office
Odessa
Stcherbatcheff
Red Guards
Brenta River
Rome
Gulf Coast Strike Adjusted and Weather Notes
The Gulf Coast oil strike has been officially adjusted. Winter wheat plantings increase but overall condition remains poor. Three British aviators in training at Fort Worth Texas were killed when two planes collided in the air. Bandits robbed Garfield Savings Bank at East Seventieth Street Cleveland Ohio and escaped with 14500. Edwin Kaiser enlisted in the navy and Stonewall Jackson took a mess attendant job in Milwaukee Wisconsin. Adolfo Bley former Banco de Sonora president now San Francisco resident was deported to Mexico as an alien enemy from Nogales authorities.
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Fort Worth
Tex
East Seventieth Street
Garfield Savings Bank
Cleveland
Ohio
Milwaukee
Wis
Edwin Kaiser
Navy
Stonewall Jackson
Jackies
Adolfo Bley
Banco de Sonora
San Francisco
Mexico
United States
Nogales
Federal land banks loan totals reported for six months
The Federal Farm Loan Board reports loans totaling 29,824,000 dollars to farmers by twelve land banks in the first half of full operation. The census notes cotton ginning up to December 13 reached over 10.14 million running bales including round and sea island varieties. Finland aid shipments via Sweden approved by Food Administration and War Trade Board as Finnish starvation fears rise. President Wilson to address Congress after holiday recess on near five billion dollar army bill and transportation needs.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Federal Farm Loan Board
Finland
Sweden
Food Administration
War Trade Board
House Military Committee
Wilson
Congress
Sea Island
Census Bureau
Paris and London Hems of War Aims and Revolt
Foreign affairs dominate the session in Peru with talks on war aims led by Premier Lloyd George in London. Reports from Petrograd describe a state of siege while Izvestia claims a secret Japan Russia treaty to curb China’s influence. An American liner gun crew sinks a submarine as Maj. Gen. Hugh L. Scott witnesses the action.
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Lloyd George
House of Commons
London
Berlin
Vorwaerts
Great Britain
Germany
Hugh L. Scott
Army
Caddock Joins Army As Wrestling Title Contender
Earl Caddock of Anita Iowa becomes a private in the National Army after claiming a shot at the world wrestling championship. Ora Morningstar of Detroit leads Welker Cochran of Chicago in billiards with 1 200 to 1 134 as the 1 800 point match progresses. Arlie Bucks, former Wisconsin star and world champion discus thrower from Oshkosh Wisconsin, marries Metha Simpson sister of Eber Simpson Jr all western quarterback for 1917.
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Earl Caddock
Anita
Iowa
Ora Morningstar
Detroit
Welker Cochran
Chicago
Arlie Bucks
University of Wisconsin
Oshkosh
Wis
Metha Simpson
Eber Simpson, Jr
War stamps sales in New York reach $823361 by Dec 19
The campaign for thrift and war savings stamps in New York City has totaled $823,361 up to December 19 since opening December 3. Other items include marriage of Alice Nielsen to Dr. Leroy R. Stoddard in Connecticut and farm product values in Kansas reaching $507,225,000 for 1917.
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New York City
Alice Nielsen
Leroy, R. Stoddard
New York
First Presbyterian Church
Greenwich
Conn
Kansas
Mining and Oil News Prices for Metals Report
Boulder Tungsten concentrates 60 percent quoted at 20.00 to 22.50 per unit. Crude ores 60 percent range 20.00 to 25.00. 25 percent at 12.00 to 12.50. 10 percent at 9.40 to 12.50 per unit.
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Boulder
Copper price fixes threaten Arizona metal workers
Data shows price fixation on silver could affect hundreds of metal producers in Arizona and about 5000 workers. Shattuck Arizona Copper Company declares a quarterly dividend of twenty five cents a share plus twenty five cents extra payable January 19, with prior payments much higher. A Gibson Consolidated Copper Company dispatch notes renewed high grade copper after a long strike, as another leaser breaks into rich ore.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Arizona
Shattuck-Arizona Copper Company
Miami
Gibson Consolidated Copper Company
Mining shipments flow in from Colorado districts
Reports from Silverton and Telluride show steady ore shipments and advancing development. Principal shippers Congress Leasing, Barstow, and Summit Milling handle thousands of tons, with total district output around 8 000 to 9 400 tons for the period.
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Silverton
Cunningham Gulch
Agricola
Telluride
San Miguel County
Storm Peak
Cement Creek
San Juan County
Alfred B. Iles
Red Mountain
Congress Leasing
Barstow
Summit Mining and Milling Company
Last Two Gold Discoverers Reunite at Gold Creek Monument
Granville Stuart and David B. Weaver, last two survivors of Montana gold discovery parties, met after 50 years at the Gold Creek dedication near Butte. Stuart helped uncover the first placer gold in 1850 at Gold Creek, while Weaver joined the 1864 Yellowstone valley discovery, the fifth placer find.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Montana
Gold Creek
Butte
James H. Mills
Granville Stuart
David B. Weaver
Yellowstone Valley
New Mexico Mines Make Record Output in 1917
Article notes Linda Vista Oil Company filings in Arthur New Mexico. Government figures project Lordsburg district output for 1917 near 2.25 million dollars. Gallup district coal mines produce 2500 tons daily. near-term goal is 3000 tons daily. Alum deposits north of Silver City being inspected by Gerald T Hill of New York for Grant County potential.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Linda Vista Oil Company
Arthur, N. M
Lordsburg
Gallup
Gila River
Silver City
Gerald T. Hill
New York
Grant County
Pioneer Company hits oil at 86-34-77 Big Muddy
Pioneer Company strikes oil at 612 feet depth in Wyoming on block 86-34-77 Big Muddy. Virginia Oil Company enters Wyoming with a new drilling push at Emigrant Gap. Thirty new wells completed in the last thirty days yield an estimated 14,000 barrels of oil.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pioneer Company
Big Muddy
Virginia Oil Company
Virginian Home
Emigrant Gap
Wyoming
Big British Ship Sunk by U Boat
A British vessel was sunk by a U boat during wartime patrols, with reports noting Furness goes down and the broader danger to naval shipping amid ongoing hostilities.
Italians Make Gains As Slavic Posts On Two Fronts Fall
In Indicated war dispatches British and German fronts report mixed gains. Italian postings show advances while Ukrainian troops seize staffs on Romanian and southwestern fronts. Brest-Litovsk peace talks begin with German and Ottoman delegates present.
Supreme Court orders Hunt victory in Arizona governor race
The court reversed Judge Stanford on the Douglas precinct 1 tally, restoring 42 erasure-marked ballots to Hunt and removing them from Campbell. It found no fraud proof to justify transfers or precinct rejection, giving Hunt a 115 vote majority and the governorship. Campbell may seek rehearing within fifteen days but offered to yield the office now.
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Phoenix
Ariz
Supreme Court
Hunt
Campbell
Piersol Says Baby Keet Poisoned in Confession
Springfield reports Claude G. Piersol jailed for abducting Baby Lloyd Keet says in a confession to Sheriff Ward Mackey that the infant died of laudanum poisoning. The confession implicates numerous co defendants now under arrest and others previously named.
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Springfield
Claude G. Piersol
Missouri Penitentiary
Lloyd Keet
Ward Mackey
Webster County
Piersol
Arizona State News Highlights From 1916-18 Era
Arizona reports include women farming in the Mc Neal basin, Col Breen serving Governor Campbell as military aide, Nogales teachers volunteering for the draft, and a new potash prospecting permit system. Busy land activity notes high land demand, a 96,500 acre Montana New Mexico forest restoration, and record crop yields in Salt River valley.
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Col. Breen
Campbell
H. L. Carl
Nogales
Santa Cruz County
Bisbee Navy
el Paso
Navy
Douglas Y. M. C. A
Joe Hood
Douglas
Arizona
United States Land Office
Somerton
Montana National Forest
New Mexico
Lane
Camp Kearney
Harry C. Graham
158Th Infantry
First Arizona
Graham
Tucson
S. D. Tuttle
Glendale
Chariots of Iron at Gaza in Ancient and Modern Echoes
The London Star cites biblical parallels linking Gaza operations to General Allenby's forces and ancient Judges tales. It suggests modern tanks replace chariots of iron and argues for a final, complete clearing out of the Philistines.
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Gaza
London Star
Ajalon
Allenby
Tehemoth
Leviathan
Judah
Cuticura Heals Sore Hands Ad Claims Fast Relief
The advertisement touts Cuticura products for sore hands with quick healing results. It recommends soaking hands in Cuticura Soap, drying, rubbing in Cuticura Ointment, and removing excess. Free samples via mail with a booklet offer from Cuticura Dept L Boston.
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Dept. L
Boston
How He Made Window Sashes
A Welsh woodworker named Taffy joins a building materials firm and claims he can do any joinery task. The foreman tests him by asking for a sash, which he botches at first, then produces another better sash, prompting sharp quips about the first failure and the timber source.
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Taffy
Red Cross Bag Blue Advertises White Wash Day
A brief grocer ad touts Red Cross Bag Blue for wash day whitening. Claims clothes come out whiter than snow and promotes availability at all grocers.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Red Cross
Extra Potato Dinner Teases Hospitality Over Bill
Jones urges Smith to join dinner at a hospitable home. Smith worries his wife will object but the judge dismisses the concern as minor trouble. The exchange centers on boiling an extra potato and a trivial sixty five cent debate between friends.
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Jones
Smith
Judge
Bible Days Beds Question From Sunday School
Little Ethel asks if beds in Bible days were large as she heard the teacher say Abraham slept with his four fathers. Her mother ponders how to answer the child about biblical phrasing and familial sleep arrangements.
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Ethel
Abraham
Re-enforced Concrete Dry Dock Completed in Moss Norway
The first reinforced concrete dry dock was completed at Moss in Norway. Built as an experiment, it will service ships up to 100 tons, 90 feet long, and is touted as cheaper and quicker than steel. The Moss shipyard reports inquiries for docks up to 8,000 tons.
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Moss
Norway
That Man Constantly Runs Others Down
The quotation questions whether the subject is involved in scandal or driving an automobile, hinting at reputational or perceptual issues surrounding the man described.
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Union News Service
Pershing
Western
Gulf Coast
Washington
Quebec
Confederation of Canadian Provinces
Provincial Legislative Assembly
J. N. Francoeur
Lotbiniere
Petrograd
Ukraiian Rada
Turkey
Japan
Russia
America
Far East
Petrograd Izvestia
China
SPORT
Treasury Department
University of California
William H. Taft
Pittsburg
R. S. St. Clair
Malden
Maury Diggs
Federal
McNeal’s Island
Wash
California
Prison Parole Board
Diggs
Drew Caminetti
Caminetti
Rockefeller Foundation
Knights of Columbus
Western Newspaper
Copper
Vuretebeyek Oreo
Colorado
Stephen
Furness
Stephen Furness
Irish
Exchange
Copenhagen
Berliner Zeitung
William
Brest-Litovsk
Europe
Ypres- Staden
Paris War Office
War Office
Dmitri Stcherhatcheff
Ukraine Rada
Ukraine
Rada
Don District
Amsterdam
Leopold of
Bavaria
Hakki Pasha
von Kuehlmann
COURT
Keet
Arizona State News
McNeal Basin
E. H. Borndenorf
Los Angeles
Wedden
Huachuca
Bowie Valley
Thomas E. Campbell
John P. Orme
Salt River Valley
S. F. P. & P. Railway
McCrackin
Kingman
Leucho Balboa
Guillermo Rodriguez
Boca
Bledsoe
Santa Cruz Valley
Agricultural Extension Service of
The
University
United States Department of Agriculture
Shannon
Metcalf
McCoy
Shannon Copper Company
Anna Beals
Phoenix Street Railway Company
Cascara
Boratory
Berkeley
Cuticura
Os Crete
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