War Developments Across Fronts and Navies Reported
Western Front artillery active in Italy and Belgium as Ostend is bombarded by naval forces. A Turkish cruiser sunk. two British monitors sunk near the Dardanelles. Italian shipping losses include two steamers over 1,500 tons. American names appear in the Ottawa casualty list. British air and ground actions yield prisoners and eight enemy planes downed. four British machines missing. Strong claims about Germany seeking victory via Western offensives and a France revolution. King Ferdinand under Allied protection. Air power dominance and Atlantic losses noted with merchant ship sinkings and tonnage figures.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ostend
Belgium
Berlin
Dardanelles
Ottawa
D. E. Barlinger
Huron
S. D
N. H. Roberts
Los Angeles
Cal
Loivre
St. Mithiel
Graincourt
Hargicourt
Germany
France
Ferdinand
Romania
Petrograd
London Daily Express
Admiralty
Global unrest and new bank plans hit headlines in 1917
Reports describe disorder in Alicante and seaport Spain, planned banks in Lima and a Chinese bank, Bolshevik actions in Petrograd including dissolution of the Constituent Assembly, and alleged assassinate Lenine plot. Lloyd George urges manpower, bread riots loom in Austro Hungarian cities, Count von Luxburg’s nervous breakdown, and Stefansson claims Arctic island discoveries for Canada amid WWI.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Petrograd
Nikolai Lenine
Lloyd George
London
Foreign Office
Buenos Aires
Count von Luxburg
Argentina
Andre Tardieu
United States
Vassar College
New York
Arctic
Banksland
Vilhejalmur Stefansson
A. Lane
Fairbanks
Alaska
Arctic Ocean
Bartel Island
Canada
Red Cross Calls for Fortiethousand Nurses At Once
The American Red Cross launches a massive recruitment push seeking forty thousand nurses. A nationwide drive intensifies to fill wartime medical needs across hospitals and field units.
Oil leasing talks and a sweeping five day industry halt
Washington leaders including Lane Daniels and Attorney General Gregory conferred on oil leasing. Fuel Administrator Garfield ordered a five day industry shutdown east of the Mississippi beginning Friday January 18 to divert coal for war needs abroad. He cited blocked coal and congested ports delaying munitions and supplies for American and allied forces.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lane
Daniels
Gregory
Ferris
House Public Lands Committee
Lenroot
Garfield
Atlantic
Handicap wrestling set in Gallup New Mexico February first
The report notes a handicap wrestling match scheduled for Gallup New Mexico on February 1. It mentions other sports results including Wyoming Cowboys basketball win over the Tigers in Colorado Springs and Colorado Agricultural College beating State Teachers College of Greeley 49 to 13 at Fort Collins.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Gallup
N. M
Wyoming Cowboys
Tigers
Colorado Springs
Colorado College
Colorado Agricultural College
State Teachers of Greeley
Fort Collins
Carville Ray Morgan
Baltimore
Washington Baseball Club
Florence Irene Gaffard
Bladensburg
War News and Social Updates From the Era
Reports describe the Texan arriving safely in an American port after a sea collision. Women motor car drivers appear in France as YMC A workers. The U S employment service plans to move 50 000 common laborers from Porto Rico with 60 000 more later. Ulysses Grant Hillyer, son of a Civil War general, died by gas at East Orange New Jersey. Fuel plants about a thousand strong are exempted from restrictions aiding war work. A Chicago arrest concerns Linda Jose, 16, linked to I W W plots. German newspapers warn of rising bigamy. Ren Lindsey from Denver will study social rehabilitation in occupied and repatriated France.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Texan
France
United States
Porto Rico
Department of Labor
Virgin Islands
Ulysses Grant Hillyer
William G. Hillyer
Grant
East Orange
N. J
Continental Oil Company of
Denver
Fuel Administration
Ren. B. Lindsey
Hides and Meat Prices Listed for Flint Area
The notice lists prices for dry hides and various animal products in Flint. It includes buck hides, bull and stag hides, salt and green salted hides, glue hides, part cured hides, and lambs with price ranges, plus spring lambs and shearling rates.
Wool pelts and shearlings offered in assorted lots
Short wool pelts and eee shearlings listed with counts of murian shearlings. The auction includes 10 necks saddles and pieces at value for sale.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Essere
Boston Wool Market Prices Across Regions
Boston markets show wool prices by region and month. Texas fine 12 months fetches 1.68 to 1.72, California northern 1.70 to 1.75, Oregon eastern No 1 staple 1.80 to 1.82, and territory fine erie 1.80 to 1.85.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Boston
Texas
California
Middle County
Southern
Oregon
Eastern Cotn
Valley
Territory
Erie
New York Cotton Prices Report
New York cotton prices for several futures contracts and middling values noted. January at 32.02 cents, March 81.17 cents, May 31.00 cents, July 80.70 cents, October 29.46 cents with Middling 32.60 cents.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
Chicago grain and provision prices report
Chicago market notes list corn prices for No. 3 and No. 4 yellow, oats, rye, barley, timothy, clover, pork, lard and ribs with various bid and standard quotes. Linseed prices from Duluth Minnesota show January May and October figures.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chicago
Duluth
Minn
Austrian Labor Costs Ministry Pact With Hun Chiefs
The Austrian Labor Costs Ministry signs a pact with Hungarian leaders to address wage and labor issues. Officials outline cooperation mechanisms and expected economic impact. The agreement signals cross border collaboration amid regional labor market pressures.
Bill in Senate urges universal draft for war effort
A Senate bill by McCumber would authorize the President to order the registration and drafting of all men aged 18 to 62 for war industry. Provost Marshal Crowder warns boards against letting men draft abroad to enlist elsewhere.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
McCumber
Military Committee
Crowder
Selective Service
Three Deaths In Blizzard Hit El Paso And Border
Severe blizzard disrupts Texas and Mexican regions with widespread exposure deaths. In El Paso three people die from cold or accidents while fifteen Mexicans perish in the mountains near Chihuahua City. Cattle losses noted across southwest ranges as food and fuel shortages threaten.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
el Paso
Texas
New Mexico
Old Mexico
Chihuahua City
Mexico
Parral
Juarez
Navy Loss Wipes Out Turkey's Big Cruisers Sultan Selim and Midullu
London reports that Turkey's navy has suffered a near total defeat with the loss of the large cruisers Sultan Selim and Midullu.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
London
Turkey
Sultan Selim
Midullu
Williams Named to State Public Utilities Commission
Leroy J. Williams of Central City, ex state senator and former representative, is appointed to the state public utilities commission to fill the vacancy from M. H. Aylesworth resignation. He serves until January 1921 if the Senate confirms at the Twenty second General Assembly. J T Duce of Boulder named chief clerk in the Bureau of Mines.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Denver
Leroy J. Williams
Central City
House of Representatives
State Public Utilities Commission
M. H. Aylesworth
Senate
Twenty-second
General Assembly
J. T. Duce
Boulder
Bureau of Mines
Arizona State News Highlights and Local Developments
Arizona reports include a potential smelter site at Patagonia, reopening of Clifton’s Mexican consulate, and Mesa Red Cross membership at 800. The meatless day order is paused until March 13, jail expansion begins in Tucson, and a 300 ton plant opens at Red Cloud Mines. Globe sewers, Klondyke robbery, and Gulf barracks near completion are noted alongside wage logs, marriage licenses, and divorces in Pima County.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Patrick Sullivan
Colo
Oatman
Clifton
Mesa
The
Red Cross Society
Arizona
Tucson
Red Cloud Consolidated Mines Company
Tombstone
Gleeson
Pima County
Phoenix City
Patagonia
Duquesne
United States Food Administration
Globe
Gila Valley
Graham County
Phoenix
Husband Saves Wife Prompts Health Revival in Pittsburgh
Mrs J As Rohrberg credits Lydia E Pinkham's Vegetable Compound with curing months of weakness causing backache and headaches. She advises other women with displacements inflammation irregularities or nervous symptoms to try the remedy as a long trusted treatment.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pittsburgh
Lydia E. Pinkham
Jas. Rohrberg
Knapp S&j
N.S
Rohrberg
Lydia E Pinkham
Lydia E. Pinkham Medicine Co
Lynn, Mass
Take Care of Your Horses and Dogs Ad
An advertisement extols Dr. David Roberts' Physic Ball and Horse Tonic for quarterly use to improve coat health and worm prevention. It offers a free booklet on abortion in cows and provides the Dr. Roberts Vet Co address in Waukesha Wisconsin. Also mentions Cuticura soap and ointment for itching with free samples via Cuticura Boston.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
David Roberts
Grand Avenue
Waukesha
Wis
Cuticura
Dept. X
Boston
Arctic Explorer Feasts as Rations Rise in Harsh Winter
A dramatic exchange recalls hardship in an Arctic expedition where the crew resorted to eating boots and log gins. A witty remark jokes that food staple prices then increased, highlighting improvisation and strain.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Boots
Loggins
Boschee’s German Syrup Advertises Healing Effects
An advertiser touts Boschee’s German Syrup as a remedy to quiet coughs ease sore throat and lung inflammation. The copy claims it aids restful sleep and easy morning expectoration and notes it has been made and sold in America for fifty two years. It mentions usefulness for lung trouble asthma croup bronchitis and claims sale in civilized countries.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
America
Adv
Whispers of Dispute Echo Through Conversation
A terse exchange reveals a tense scene as a father questions a close young man named Jack while a woman named Sweet Thing deflects, asking how the father could know. The dialogue hints at suspicion and protective concern within a family moment.
Poor Resolution Sparks Reflection On Regrets And Hopes
A reflective column notes how some people dwell on regrets from things that never occurred. It contrasts fleeting remorse with the chance to pursue future possibilities, urging readers to focus on constructive paths rather than wasted worry.
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Story OF
Union News Service
Alicante
Valencia
Spain
Lima
Peru
Western
American Red Cross
Colorado
William H. Thompson
Kansas
Topeka
Erick Hill
Salt Lake
Jacob Karp
Corbin
Mont
Joseph Sharp
Salt Lake City
Osborn
Treasury
Congress
A. Mitchell Palmer
SPORT
Ariz
Linda Jose
Union Station
I. W. W. Plotters
Geneva
Denver Markets
Upland
Nebr
South Park
Gunnison Valley
Klour
Aisisigie
Soko
Wwe
F.C.B. Denver
H. H
Labor Costs Ministry
Trotsky
U. S
Western Newspaper
Amsterdam
Vienna
Berliner Morgen
Count von Toggenburg
Sir Edward Carson
Brest-Litovsk
Berne
Austria
Russia
Copenhagen
M. Kokoshkin
M. Shingareff
Lokal Anzeiger
Leon Trotzky
Paris
Limburg
Turk
Williams
Utilities Board
Arizona State News
Klondyke
Seventeenth Cavalry
Miami
Jack McIver
Mohave County
Long Valley
Arizona Corporation Commission
Hopewell Tunnel
Jerome
William Nelson
Santa Fé
Parker
American National Live Stock Association
E. M. Williams
Margaret Williams
John A. Ellis
Superior Court
Hunt
Dean
Warren
Yuma
Ajo
New Cornelia Copper Company
Agricultural Extension Service
University of Arizona
United States Department of Agriculture
George P. Henderson
Fred S. Breen
John T. Hughes
J. P. Hodgson
Board of Regents
State University
William Evans
Husband
Egbert
Boschee
Mr. Madara
Geo. T. Madara
Mt. Vernon Ave
Pitman Grove
Camden
Philip Schmitz
Madara
Doan
Foster-Milburn CO
Buffalo, N. Y
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