Italians claim counterattacks on front. many battles amid global war
Italians say they repelled Austrian forces at several points while sources report an Italian auxiliary cruiser and a French destroyer sunk by a submarine. Turks claim successes against Russians in the Caucasus and on the Persian frontier. Russian gains in Bukowina and Galicia noted as German Austro forces check others. Prisoners total 172,484. American troops prepare to occupy towns along the Mexican border. Ammunition and frontline actions continue near Verdun and along the British front.
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Caucasus
Paitak Pass
Persian
Galicia
Volhynia
Kimpelung
Carpathians
Bukowina
Juarez
Agua Prieta
Matamoros
Fleury
Thiaumont
Verdun
Berlin
Belgium
France
Tenth Cavalry
Carrizal
Columbus
N. M
Charles T. Boyd
Gomez
Funston
Pershing
San Antonio
Tex
Foreign News From The War Front And Diplomacy
Reports from Mexico City show a special train carrying 150 Americans leaving toward Vera Cruz. Greece forms a new cabinet after a crown council in Athens. Japan and Russia seek an accord to protect mutual interests in China. Britain offers to assume US interests in Mexico if war erupts. Mercury steamer sinks in the Black Sea with over 200 deaths.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mexico City
Vera Cruz
Cologne
Rio Janeiro
L. Martins de Souza Dantas
Greece
Mercury
Black Sea
Petrograd
Crown Council
Constantine
Zaimis
Athens
Ward Line
Monterey
United States
Mexico
Japan
Russia
China
London
Associated Press
Great Britain
Nebraska guard called to border and forthold plans rise
The state closes its case against Will Orpet for Marion Lambert's murder in Waukegan Illinois. Preparations expand Fort Bliss base hospital in El Paso. Sioux infantry and cavalry ready if needed for Mexico. Custer mass grave reenacted on fortieth anniversary. Mexican residents urged to return to Mexico. Funston seeks release of Americans held in Chihuahua City.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Nebraska
Will Orpet
Marion Lambert
Waukegan
Knights Templar
Scottish Rite Temple
Los Angeles
Lee S. Smith
Pittsburg
el Paso
Tex
Fort Bliss
Mexico
Custer
Little Big Horn
Billings
Mont
Washington
Frederick Funston
War Department
Carrizal
Chihuahua City
House Approves 127 Million Civil Appropriation Bill
The House passed a 127 million dollar civil appropriation bill. It also backed rural post road improvements estimated at five million dollars annually and authorized a National Guard deployment with a one thousand dollar family support provision for guardsmen. Customs along the Mexican border were instructed to halt freight into Mexico and keep rail stock on the American side.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Congress
House
Mexico
Aviators cross the Andes and other 1910s sports notes
Lieutenant Immelmann is reported killed. Argentine aviators Zuloaga and Bradley cross the Cordilleras in a balloon. Olga Dormer sails to defend her 100 yard title in San Francisco July 4. Harvard wins Yale Harvard regatta freshman two mile. A $45,000 offer for Fulton Willard fight. Willard manager Tom Jones. Troop D impact on Colorado Boulder football. Edwin V Evans and Gerry Chapman, four-letter men, join service.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Zuloaga
Bradley
Cordilleras Andes
Olga Dormer
Philadelphia
San Francisco
Harvard
Thames
New London
Conn
Fred Fulton
Jess Willard
Willard
Tom Jones
Harry Sherman
James Connelly
Minneapolis
University of Colorado At Boulder
Edwin V. Evans
Gerry Chapman
Knights Templar Conclave Set for 1919 in Philadelphia
A summary of varied 1919 era items includes Philadelphia named as site for the Knights Templar Grand Encampment conclave to open in September. Other notes cover a Springfield war wedding, a Chicago broker’s marriage, a Topeka suspect with an old Villa army claim, and wartime desertions and border troop appeals.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Philadelphia
Knights Templar
Springfield
Ill
Lincoln
Dunne
John Matz
Battery
Chicago
Frances Schramm
Buriington
Iowa
Pioneer events and mining talks mark Arizona news
Prescott hosts a pioneer celebration July 4 to 7 while Grand Canyon hosts a New Mexico bankers meeting October 3 to 6. Arizona fairs, labor strikes, and municipal changes are noted along with mining yields, accidents, and major ranch sales.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Prescott
New Mexico Bankers’ Association
Grand Canyon
Wien
Phoenix
70 000 Guards Rush to Border Under Pershing Orders
President Wilson warned Carranza to comply with U S demands for the release of American prisoners and to repudiate Trevino to avoid war risk. Troops patrolling west of Chihuahua face possible hostilities as Carranza concentrates forces near the border. National guardsmen mobilize with 70 000 to reinforce units while Congress debates a generous army appropriation, adding funds for machine guns, horses, arms, and field artillery.
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Washington
Wilson
Carranza
United States
Trevino
Mexico
Congress
Carranzas
Chihuahua
Gen. Pershing
House
Western Mining and Oil News Prices Quoted for Metals
Prices for metals are listed with Lead at 7.00 in New York, Bar silver 65c, Spelter 11.77 at St Louis, and Copper casting 26.62. Mines at Secret Pass in the chlo ride district show activity while quicksilver deposits are reported on Mazatlan Range in northern Arizona. The Bluebird shaft sits about 240 feet and opens stringers. Emporia group on Groom creek is reportedly closed. The Midnight shaft reaches 260 feet with ore at the bottom. copper dividends from 35 companies in Q1 1916 total around 27 million dollars. The Hackberry mine south drift reveals three feet of high grade silver ore. Black Range strike draws attention as values rise beyond 21 per assay.
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New York
St. Louis
Boulder
Colo
Secret Pass
Chloride
Mazatlan
Arizona
Bluebird
Emporia
Groom Creek
Hackberry
Kingman
Mining News Signals Active Prospecting in Colorado Mines
Silver hovers above 64 cents an ounce as 35 ore cars move from Rico camp in April. Little Maude prospect on Ute mountain draws growing interest while Durango smelter shipments from Enterprise mine continue. Cripple Creek sees new companies, tungsten market shifts in Boulder County, Blue Jay and Burnt Mountain sold for 30000 to Arizona and Colorado buyers. Isabella Mines reports high grade Buena Vista ore with three thousand six hundred dollar return per two carloads, while Durango labor shortages rise and spelter prices ease amid postwar supply changes.
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Rico Camp
Little Maude
Ute Mountain
Montezuma County
Hay and Herron
Rico
Durango
Enterprise
Cripple Creek
Boulder County
Boulder
Arizona
Colorado
Blue Jay
Burnt Mountain
Ward
Isabella Mines Company
Buena Vista
Russians Advance South and Frontline Movements Reported
Russian cavalry has occupied a position near Pezoritz in Bukowina after clashing with Austro-Hungarian troops. Germans claim a major capture near Cote de Froi de Terre at Verdun. In Trentino the Austrian retreat extends twenty miles as Italians advance, leaving ruined villages behind. British report a signal victory over Germans in East Africa.
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Petrograd
Pezoritz
Kimpelung
Bukowina
Cote de Froi de Terre
Fleury
Verdun
Rome
Trentino
Italian War Office
East Africa
Mines and oil ventures expand in New Mexico region
The Mogollon district reports all mines active while Shiprock Oil and Gas is incorporated at Farmington. Socorro Mining Company cleanup back in May yielded 25 bars of gold and silver. New oil exploration opens in San Juan and Eddy counties with George E. Moffett forming Zero Gold and Copper Mining Company to operate existing properties. 1915 gypsum production across the United States totals 2,447,611 short tons valued at 6,593,893 dollars, down slightly from 1914. Arizona, Colorado, New Mexico and Wyoming are noted as producing states.
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Mogollon
Shiprock Oil and Gas Company
Farmington
Socorro Mining Company
New Mexico
San Juan
Eddy
George E. Moffett
Alamorgordo
Otero County
Zero Gold
United States
Arizona
Colorado
Wyoming
Roosevelt rejects Progressive nomination for President
Col Theodore Roosevelt refuses the Progressive nomination and urges Bull Moose support for Charles Evans Hughes. In a letter to the national committee he denounces the Democratic administration and says he will actively back Hughes for patriotic American ism.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chicago
Theodore Roosevelt
Bull Moose National Committee
Charles Evans Hughes
Roosevelt
Hughes
Grass Creek Petroleum Company Formed in Wyoming
Wyoming reports a new Grass Creek Petroleum Company formed with capital of 1 000 000 000 dollars to operate in the Grass Creek oil field nine miles north of Lander Fremont County experts note a large untapped oil region in the state and a light oil producer was drilled at 150 feet in the reservation base
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wyoming Petroleum Company
Lander
Fremont County
Grass Creek
Grass Creek Petroleum Company
Woman Avoids Operation in Astoria Letter
A New York woman credits Lydia E Pinkham's Vegetable Compound with restoring her health and avoiding surgery after two years of illness. She describes chronic back and abdominal pains and fatigue that improved after two weeks, leading to renewed meals and activity. The report promotes Pinkham's remedy and invites readers to seek confidential advice from the Lydia E Pinkham Medicine Co.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Astoria
N. Y
Lydia E. Pinkham
Joan A. Kornic
Flushing Avenue
Pinkham Laboratory
Lysia
Pinkam
Dutch Establish New Mark in Inland Drainage Feat
Dutch engineers completed draining an 85 000 acre inland lake north of Amsterdam formed by January floods. A giant pumping plant on Zuider Zee dikes was installed in four weeks and pumping done in four more, removing about 200 million cubic meters of water in two months, an unparalleled achievement in hydrographic engineering.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Amsterdam
Zuider Zee
Birthday Gift Challenge at Princeton Tiger
A playful exchange from the Princeton Tiger stalls a straightforward wish. He asks what she desires for her birthday while she resists, urging him to surprise her with something elegant and costly. The light banter frames a romantic mood between the two.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Princeton
Bloodless Battle in a Distant City
A discharged soldier is revealed to have led a city vice squad rather than fighting in Europe. The exchange underscores a twist where the war’s distant battles are replaced by police work at home.
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Europe
One is Either With the Winners or With the Losers Grape Nuts
The brief ad line contrasts allegiance to success and failure, invoking Grape-Nuts as a relatable cereal choice tied to winners and losers in a concise promotional quip.
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Western
House Post Office Committee
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Immelmann
Omaha Peewee Ereee
Ee Eesene
Wichita Ee
Des Moines
Denver Seers
Sioux City
Topeka
See
Charles Pryor
Pancho Villa
Kan
Felix Gomez
Douglas
Ariz
T. F. Davis
Arizona Military District
Douglas and
Bisbee
George W. P. Hunt
Gertrude Claypoole
John W. Bookwalter
Ohio
Newark
Edward Swann
Charles B. Warren
Michigan
Crane-Penrose
Old Guard
Arizona State News
Western Newspaper
Union News Service
The
National Guard of Arizona
Temperance Federation of Arizona
J. J. Zahry
Miami
Globe
Charles Effinger
Santa Fe
Barnwell
Yuma
Tom Pollock
Colin Campbell
Flagstaff
J. H. Fuller
Winslow
American Institute of Mining Engineers
Oatman
North Oatman
Mercuvar
Harqua Hala
Salome
Wenden
Pioneer
Consolidated Arizona Smelting Company
Tombstone
Nellie Wiseman
Tucson
Mina Riojo
Baviacora
Sonora River
Huevo
Cienega Fria
Arizpe
Sonora
Calles
Presidente Municipal
Buckeye
Pocahontas Copper Queen Mining Company
Mayer
Gray Eagle Reduction Company
Pocahontas Holdings
Nuevo Mundo Mining Company
Ellsworth
Harqua Halas Mountains
Jim Parks
Norton Hand
Campas
Nacozari
Ben McKinney
Cochise County
Yellowstone
Willcox
Deming Isaacson
Chandler
Water Users’ Association
Lansing
Buestillos
Rio Grande
Texas
Mining and Oil News
Silverton
Geological Survey
Italy
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