Allied Forces Advance In War Across The Front
The report notes American aviators extending a raid fifty miles behind German lines at Chateau Thierry. British and French airmen down 25 enemy planes. French and American troops celebrate the French fete. Allied offensives redress front lines from Chavigny to Faverolles as Czhecho-Slovak forces pursue Bolsheviks near Nikolsk. British forces now total 2,000,000 in France. troop movements reach 1,100,000 in France with 3 new army corps. Italian and French advances in the Albanian campaign reach twenty-two miles depth along an eighty mile front.
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Chateau Thierry
Chavigny Farm
Faverolles
Savage Farm
Nikolsk
Vladivostok
Khabarovsk
France
Havas
Murman
Kem
White Sea
Frankfurter Zeitung
Rotterdam
London Daily Telegraph
Paris War Office
Longpont
Savieres
Caufet Farm
Marne
Washington
Clifford W. Poland
Tucson
Byron E. James
el Tigre Mining Company
Douglas
Sonora
Bisbee
District Court of
Cochise County
Tombstone
Hazel Carter
Lordsburg
N. M
Red Cross Society
United States
Allied and Central Front Developments and French War Aim
Reports from Europe detail stricter restrictions on enemy aliens in England and control shifts in Siberia under anti-Bolshevik authorities. General Pershing proclaims July 14 a day of celebration for American forces in France as Hertling’s Reichstag address signals limited peace hopes.
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England
Siberia
General Pershing
France
von Kuehlmann
Germany
Holland
Switzerland
London
Hertling
Reichstag
Brest- Litovsk
Austria
Baron Friedrich von Falkenhausen
Belgium
Hamburger Nachrichten
Flanders
Waloon
Marshal von Hindenburg
Les Nouvelles
Spa
Paris
The
Marne
Bois de Belleau
Interurban Car Crash Near South San Francisco Kills Four
An overturned interurban electric car carrying ship builders near South San Francisco caused four deaths and fifteen injuries. Separately enrollment for the U S student nurse reserve starts July 29. The Chippewa Indians council in Minnesota closed after Red Lake delegation protests and women delegates were admitted. Colorado Colorado Nebraska and Wyoming draft call details issued for 500 volunteers for August training. Passenger fare revenue for May amounts to 3 723 920 dollars.
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San Francisco
United States Student Nurse Reserve
Women’s Committee
Council of National Defense
Arizona
Colorado
New Mexico
Wyoming
Council of the
Minnesota
Bemidji
Red Lake
University of Nebraska
Evans
Washington
Clark Named Judge Advocate General of Navy
President Wilson nominates Capt George R Clark to lead the Navy Judge Advocate General's office with rear admiral rank for four years. Dutch officers and sailors return home after four months in U S ships. May tax receipts show higher amusement spending and lower travel costs as war continues. U S may declare war on Turkey over the Tabriz seizure and missionary hospital sacking.
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George R. Clark
Wilson
Navy
United States
Internal Revenue Bureau
Turkey
Sublime Porte
Tabriz
Persia
Battenburg Cup Won By Arizona Crew In July Fourth Tests
The Battenburg cup rowing championship for the American battleship fleet went to the Arizona crew after defeating Nevada in the final July 4 tests. Cobb leads 1918 batting race with strong Chicago-Detroit markets. Detroit star at .371 while Sisler sits at .355. Thornton H. Thomas, Colorado college alumnus and star athlete, departs for Seattle to train for naval aviation at the University of Washington.
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Arizona
Nevada
Tyrus Raymond Cobb
Detroit Star
George Sisler
St. Louis
Thornton H. Thomas
Colorado Springs
Colorado College
Seattle
Wash
University of Washington
Langfitt Named Chief Engineer for American Expeditionary Forces
Major General William C Langfitt is appointed chief engineer of the American expeditionary forces. The report notes extensive wartime logistics and leadership changes as U S forces mobilize for overseas operations.
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William C. Langfitt
Metal Prices in New York St. Louis and London Markets
Price listings show lead at 8.00 to 8.05 in New York, copper at 25.62, silver at 99 percent in New York, spelter at 8.45 to 8.50 in St. Louis, bar silver 48 and a half percent per ounce in London. Boulder Colorado reports tungsten concentrates at 60 percent priced 22.00 to 22.50, crude ores at 60 percent priced 22.00 to 25.00 with 25 percent at 12.00 and 12.50 and 10 percent at 9.40 and 12.20.
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New York
C. St. Louis
London
Boulder
Colo
Omar Sly
Baie Sens Pleas
Market Price Report for Wool and Cotton Staples
The itemized report lists Boston Wool and Cotton scoured base prices and Texas fine staples with ranges. It shows Territory Fine staple and blood combing values, clothing grades, and pulled fiber prices with specific per unit figures and variations.
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Boston
Texas
Chicago Live Stock Prices Show Wide Ranges Across Markets
Hogs lead with bulk sales around 16.85 to 17.70 per hundredweight while butchers and packing vary from 16.60 to 17.65. Cattle ranges include beef good to prime at 16.75 to 18.10, canners and cutters 7.15 to 8.25, and stockers 10.50 to 13.00. Sheep see top lambs at 19.00, breeding ewes 18.00, and culls down to 5.00 to 9.50.
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F. O. Denver
Colo
Chicago
Chicago Grain and Provision Prices
Chicago market quotes show Wheat No 2 red at 2.30 and No 3 red at 2.27. Corn No 2 yellow 1.85 No 3 yellow 1.80 No 4 yellow 1.70 to 1.75. Oats No 3 white 0.77 to 0.78 standard 0.78. Rye No 2 1.80. Barley 1.18. Timothy 5.00 to 7.7. Lard 26.07. Ribs 23.75 to 24.25.
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Chicago
Kansas City Produce and Butter Creamery Prices Noted
Market prices show Butter Creamery at 40c for firsts and 38c for seconds, packing 32c. Eggs list firsts at 36c and seconds at 30c. Poultry quotes hens 24c, roosters 16c, broilers 30 to 35c. Linseed at $4.60 to $4.61.
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Kansas City
Yankees Smash New Hun Drive Shatters Bridges
US barrage drives back attacking Germans in new offensive as waves are repelled. Western Newspaper Union News Service reports heavy fighting and tactical gains for American forces.
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Union News Service
Western Newspaper Union News Service
Yankees
Western
Home Oil Company
Jerome
Cornucopia
Hooper
Oatman
Twins
Cerbat
Temple Lodge, P. P
Bisbee
Miami
Warren
Emerald Isle
Kingman
Five Drives and How Four Resulted
Five Allied offensives are outlined with limited success. Picardy and Flanders drives began in spring, advancing only to near Amiens Hazebrouck as German forces pushed toward the Channel ports. Marne and Oise drives showed brief gains before German penetrations slowed or halted the advance. Champagne drive started mid July and continues with initial German gains reported.
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Picardy
Arras
Oise
Amiens
Flanders
Ypres-Comines Canal
la Bassee
Hazebrouck
Marne
Coucyle-Chateau
Rheims
Chateau- Thierry
Montdidier
Coucy-le-Chateau
Champagne
Chateau-Thierry
Main-de-Massiges
Arizona State News Paris War Dispatches Highlight Frontline Gains
Paris reports American forces halting a German Marne crossing southwest of Fossoy and driving back attackers in the Dormans Rheims sector. Franco American troops repelled assaults east of Rheims with a notable counterattack gaining 750 yards and capturing prisoners, while other fronts show German gains near Souain and Prunay before renewed French countermoves.
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Paris
War Office
Marne
Fossoy
Dormans
Rheims
Congress Shuts Down for Six Week Summer Vacation
Washington reports Congress packs up for a six weeks summer break as the army fights in what is called the greatest national battle. Since December, appropriations and authorizations total 24 billion dollars, more than three billion above the prior session.
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Washington
Congress
Doctor Urged An Operation in Baltimore Woman’s Case
Nellie B. Rittingham of Baltimore says months in bed with organic troubles and headaches ended after five bottles of Lydia E. Pinkham's Vegetable Compound. She credits the remedy with curing her and making work enjoyable again. The notice urges women to try the herb before any operation is considered.
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Baltimore
Lydia E. Pinkham
Nellie B. Rittingham
Calverton Rd
Future life jobs: poets grocers and more
A whimsical buggy dialogue argues in the next world people keep their occupations such as poets and grocers. A passerby cheers and someone shouts Hoo-ray as the gag unfolds. The ad then pivots to a product pitch for Red Cross Bag Blue claiming it makes white clothes.
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Red Cross
Not Equal to Three
A short sketch shows a husband remarking on his wife Matilda’s fading affection as he notes her past habit of three callers each evening. She bluntly responds that his attention cannot compare to the three admirers she once had, underscoring the strain in their brief marriage.
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Matilda
Had His Indorsement and a Curious Interruption
Rev William E Barton recalls a dramatic moment in his early ministry a memorial service when he quoted The Lord giveth and the Lord taketh away. A derelict rose from a rear pew and in a Poe like tone cried Nothin could be fairer and sat down. The remark suggests marital peeves as a natural consequence.
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William E. Barton
Poe
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Minneulu Inn
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Americans At the Bend On the Marne
Souain Road
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Bulcher
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Pima County
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Phoenix
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Hunt
W. H. Sharpe
Ajo
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Water Users’Association
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Crown King
Earl Hawley
Sidney P. Osborn
George H. Crosby, Jr
Apache County
Tom Reed
Apache
Holbrook
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Thomas Childs
William McDermott
National Council of the United States Junior Naval League
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