Uncle Sam trains men for the aviation corps
Washington orders the army to build the world’s best aviators and trains begin at Hempstead Plains near Mineola Long Island. Prospective cadets pay tuition and meet strict weight education and character rules. Training progresses from initial physicals to flight rides and mechanist work over a three month course with ongoing instructor assessments.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
Sam
Washington
Atlantic
Hempstead Plains
Mineola
L. I
Food Shortage Stirs Allied Call for Rationing
London and allied leaders warn of possible world famine before the next harvest and urge voluntary rations as naval blockades and submarine warfare strain food supplies. Lloyd George appeals to workers on land to grow food, conserve meals, and hold the empire’s line with effort and discipline.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
London
England
Lloyd George
Germany
Norwich
Norfolk
Royal Naval and Mercantile Marine
The Flag
A wartime poem urging united Americans across backgrounds to rally behind the flag and fight to defeat the Prussian eagle. The speaker celebrates collective purpose, honors service members, and invokes calls to action for victory and national unity.
Late Market Quotations from Western Union News Service
Cattle prices shown for steers heifers cows and calves with pulp fed hay fed and stockers. Notable ranges include steers good to choice 9.75 to 11.85 with other categories priced between 5.50 and 14.00 per hundredweight. Sheep and lamb figures also listed with mixed ranges.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cosco Eric
Prices for Colorado Nebraska Hay and Farm Produce
The list shows F. O. B. Denver buying prices for hay and alfalfa by ton in Colorado and Nebraska, including upland and bottom grades, plus per ton prices for Straw and live poultry not F. O. B. Denver. Also listed are egg prices by grade, creamery product prices, fruit and vegetable values, and basic potato and onion figures.
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Colorado Upland
Nebraska Upland
Colorado
Nebraska
I'S
Park
Gunnison Valley
F. O. B. Denver
Cane Aise Syste Ediecee
Metals and grain prices listed for Chicago markets
Metals such as bar silver 73 4 cents and copper 25 62 cents are shown with lead at 9 dollars and tungsten concentrates at 17 dollars per unit. Chicago grain prices include wheat No 2 red at 2 dollars 95 cents and corn No 2 yellow around 1 dollar 62 cents with oats 72 to 75 cents and pork at 37 dollars 75 cents.
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Boulder
Chicago
Copper Chief strike fuels Jerome district mining interest
Prices for metals are listed in New York with lead at 9 1 2 cents per ounce and copper casting at 25 1 2 cents per pound. Salome, Gloria Hole and Cobrita mines report good ore while oil is found near Jerome in the Chino Valley well. Official March output at United Eastern mine in Oatman yields $156,962.59 in revenue.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Salome
Gloria Hole
Cobrita
Chino Valley Company
Jerome
Copper Chief
Shannon Copper Company
United Eastern
Oatman
Colorado Mines See Growth Across Districts and New Ventures
The report highlights fluorspar mining in Boulder county and mining challenges in Telluride. Routt county coal area is estimated at 440 square miles. Eight leasers work on the Silver Age group at Gilson gulch. Silverton leads shipments with 101 cars of concentrates since December 1. Wasatch Mining near Silver Plume plans grow to 250 payroll with the Mendota and Scioto properties.
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Boulder County
Telluride
State Inspector of Mines
Routt County
Yampa
Gilson Gulch
Ouray
Silverton
Iowa Tiger
Silver Plume
Clear Creek County
Wasatch Mining Company
Mendota
Scioto Mill
Copper Mines Change Hands and New Industrial Upgrades
The Sandoval Copper Company of Albuquerque takes over the San Miguel mines. Johnson mine now uses a compressor and drills in development. Mogollon Mines replaces coal forge with oil furnace cutting steel sharpening costs. Mogollon output reports in March and first half of March. Oaks Company increases common stock and adjusts preferred stock terms. Oil fields near Lander grow in interest as Greybull refinery expansion begins. Sage creek oil sand drilled by Ohio Oil. Little Buffalo basin yields oil west of Worland. Lander Valley Oil and Gas Company formed. Producers Oil Company to begin deep well on Midway dome.
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Sandoval Copper Company
Albuquerque
San Miguel
Johnson
Socorro Company
Mogollon Mines Company
Mogollion Mines Company
the Oaks Company
Lander
Greybull
Ohio Oil Company
Sage Creek
Little Buffalo
Worland
Market Report Butter Eggs Poultry Prices from Chicago
Butter Creamery 34 38c. Eggs Firsts 31 44 32c ordinary firsts 30 30 4c at mark. Potatoes Washington Idaho Colorado 3.00 3.10 Michigan Wisconsin white 2.85 3.00. Poultry Fowls 22c.
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Chicago
Washington
Idaho
Colorado
Michigan
Wisconsin
Chicago Live Stock Quotations
Chicago market quotes list hogs cattle and sheep with price ranges for bulk light mixed heavy rough pigs native beef cattle stockers and feeders cows and heifers calves wethers ewes and lambs in dollars per head or hundredweight.
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Chicago
Notice to Sick Women Lydia E Pinkham Testimonial
Bridgeton New Jersey Mrs Milford Cum mings of Penns Grove reports severe irregularity and pain eased by Lydia E Pinkham's Vegetable Compound. She praises the remedy for inflammations and other distressing female ailments and urges acceptance of such testimonies.
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Bridgeton
N.J
Lydia E. Pinkham
Pinkham
Milford T. Cummings
Harmony St
Penn’s Grove
Crete Haven for Exiles Describes Cosmopolitan Canea
A traveler portrays Canea Crete as a troubled seaport hub on a busy Mediterranean route. Exiles from Europe Asia and Africa mingle in cafes, speaking many tongues, while political turmoil and lax extradition laws attract a cosmopolitan, half world atmosphere.
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Canea
Crete
Europe
Asia
Africa
The Only One Old Scolding Catamaran in the Block
In this exchange Mrs McDuffy asserts she is the only old scolding catamaran in the block while a janitor corrects that it was Mrs McGilligan next door. The dialogue highlights local banter and neighborhood tensions.
Those persons who have nothing to do keep the devil busy
A terse proverb-like remark notes that idleness invites trouble, implying that inactive individuals may fall into mischief or face negative outcomes due to lack of purposeful activity. It frames self-discipline as a remedy.
Also Mentioned on This Page
Uncle Sam
Aviation Corps
Field
Long Island
Government School
Governors Island
New York City
Great Britain
Evening News
Pennyworth
Moraine-Saulnier
Ruth Law
United States Army
Signal Officers Reserve Corps
Kenneth Mac Dougal
Spain
Western Newspaper Union News Service
Denver
Pvormuben Fraitivis Eisteieinecee
Loree Fumie Brn
Carload Price
F. O
Cisclen Sienses
Colo
St. Louis
Arizona
Sunnyside
Gold Prince
United States Smelting, Mining and Exploration Company
C. E. Brandenburg
Camp Brainard
Douglas Copper Mine Company
Douglas Mountain
Moffat County
Cripple Creek
Fry and Gibbs
Esperanza
Horse Gulch
New Mexico
Wyoming
Cutter Laboratory
Berkeley
Cal
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