Early Action in America on Inventions for War
A New York Herald naval correspondent reports how Britain France and England form boards of invention to seek practical battle innovations while America preps a naval invention bureau. Inventors flood boards with submarine antidote ideas but few usable solutions exist due to submarine invisibility and underwater movement.
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Boards of Inventions
England
United States
London
New York Herald
Germany
France
America
United States Navy
British Board of Inventions
Flags Raised Underground in Honor of Enlisted Workers
At the Draper colliery Shenandoah Pennsylvania the inside employees raised two American flags 1000 feet below the surface in the mammoth vein gangway to honor Edward Phillips and Robert Hahn who have enlisted. One flag floated at each chute and every employee of the inside workings attended.
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Shenandoah
Draper
Mammoth Vein
Edward Phillips
Robert Hahn
Rodin Receives Aztec Sculpture Replicas Gift
Mexico City reports the Mexican government sent reproductions of famous Aztec sculptures as a gift to Rodin. In return Rodin promises a reproduction of one of his works for the National Academy of Fine Arts.
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Mexico City
Rodin
National Academy of Fine Arts
Trusts His Foe. 15 Shot In Back
Paris reports James Paul of St. Louis known as Fighting Jimmy of the French Foreign Legion was killed after being shot in the heart while leading a dawn assault against German dugouts in Champagne During a frontline operation Paul fired grenades into a dugout, was betrayed by a German who pretended to surrender He died instantly as fellow legionnaires carried his body to a simple funeral with wounded soldiers attending.
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Jimmy” Paul
French Foreign Legion
Paris
James Paul
St. Louis
Paul
Jimmy
Champagne
Legion
Arthur Berry
Boston
Christopher Charles
Brooklyn
Belloy-en-Santerre
Somme
West Virginia Bans Loafing War Time Labor Law
West Virginia lawmakers pass a draft style wage law requiring every able male aged sixteen to sixty to work at least 36 hours weekly in any lawful occupation during wartime. Students are exempt during school, violations face a $100 fine or forced state work, with dependents receiving small wages.
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Charleston
W. Va
West Virginia
Italians Build Fine Roads in Albania
Rome reports that amid Italo Austrian rivalry postwar Albania will boast Europe’s best wagon road system. A 450 kilometer route linking Santi Quaranta to Saloniki opened, with 300 kilometers through mountains and gorges. A forthcoming 110 kilometer section will connect Avlona to Saloniki.
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Rome
Albania
Balkan
Greece
Roumania i
Santi Quaranta
Saloniki
Avlona
Adriatic
Denver cattle and grain market quotes in late edition
Western Union News Service reports Denver markets with pulp fed cattle prices for steers and cows, feeders and stockers, plus oats corn and bran values. Prices reflect good to fair conditions and range from 6.50 to 12.90 for cattle and about 1.90 to 3.15 for grains.
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Ergilore
Opin
Nisiacsusctiaete
Flint Hides and Pelts Market Prices Listed
Market listing shows dry hides, salt hides, and wool pelts with per pound values. Green salted pelts and buttocks cater to various grades including lamb and sheep skins. Glue hides, part cured, and horsehides priced with fractions and notes on value versus green salted terms.
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Wi. O'S
Iss
Miscellaneous markets report shows varied metal and grain prices
New York lead spot at 12 12 c copper spot and near by 33 to 34 dollars with 38rd quarter copper at 29.50 to 32.00. Tin spot 61 to 61.25. Bar silver 77 cents. St Louis speller 9.31. London bar silver 39 1/16d. Boulder tungsten concentrates 60 percent at 17 per unit. Crude ores at 60 percent 15. 25 percent 9.40. 12 percent 8.10. Minneapolis grain prices include flour patents 14.25 first clears 12.7. rye 2.44–2.46. barley 1.00–1.45. bran 26–27. wheat July 2.5244 Sept 1.94 cash No 1 Ward 3.17–3.22. No 1 northern 3.07–3.12. No 2 northern 3.08–3.07?. corn No 3 yellow 1.63–1.64. oats No 3 white 66 6/7. flax 3.10–3.15.
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New York
St. Louis
London
Boulder
Minneapolis
Ward
Northern
Market prices for dairy and poultry in Kansas City
Butter creamery rates 37c for 1 lb, 35c for 2 lbs, 34c for 2nd grade, packing 314éc. KHges 1sts 29c. Poultry roosters 14c, hens 18½c, broilers 26c.
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Kansas City
Market notes from New York and Chicago commodities
New York cotton prices show July at 24.68 with other months around 24.44 to 24.80 and middling at 25.25. Chicago grain markets list wheat at 2.90 for No 2 red, corn around 1.71 to 1.73 for yellow types, oats 67 to 69 cents, barley 1.14 to 1.45, and Timothy and Clover values. Pork, lard, ribs, and potatoes priced. Duluth linseed on track at 3.09 with arrivals 3.09 and October 2.89 nominal.
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New York
Chicago
Tex
Ala
Well Dressed Women Offer Summer Skirt Styles for All
The article outlines summer skirts across styles from sports to tub skirts, featuring heavy cottons, pique and poplin fabrics, and white gaberdine for street wear. It notes large patch pockets, varied trims, and color accents in silks and linens, with khaki hiking designs and country club whites for different settings.
Pretty summer suits of 1917 conclude fashion chapter
A final 1917 summer fashion note highlights wool jersey as leading, with serge, taf feta, gaberdine, tussah and silk weaves close behind. Coats show collar and pocket shaping changes, cape collars trend larger, and belts, patch pockets persist. Descriptions include checked wool bound with braid and oyster white tussah ensembles.
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Henry G. Sharpe
War Department
THE
Militia OF Mercy
Western Newspaper Union News Service
Denver
F. C. B. Denver
Colorado
Nebraska Upland
Bottom
Colo
Nebr
South Park
Cho
Gunnison Valle Ees
F.O.B
F. O. Enver
Metal Market
Duluth
Womeni
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