Arizona News Briefs Highlight Arizona State Events and Incidents
Western Newspaper Union reports a July State Reunion planned for Prescott. Tucson women raise 3500 dollars for YWCA. Measles pneumonia and smallpox spread in Douglas with no deaths. Mining profits reported at Kingman and Jerome. Arizona Charley acquitted in Yuma. Governor Campbell declares rewards for dynamiting cases. State defense prepares for labor needs and food conservation. Odd Fellows choose Safford as home site.
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Western Newspaper Union News Service
Biks
Prescott
Tucson
Douglas
Arizona
H. Armand
Miami
Kingman
Thomas E. Campbell
J. S. Acker
Yavapai County
San Simon
G. W. P. Hunt
Stanford
Phoenix
Supreme Court
Henry F. Ashurst
Carl Hayden
Senate
House of Representatives
Congress
State Council of Defense
State Asylum For the Insane
Joe Bailey Marcum
Gallup
Mexico
Santa Fe
Winslow
Canyon Diablo
Salt River Valley
Arizona State Council of Defense
Grand Lodge of Odd Fellows
Safford
Odd Fellows
Grand Lodge
Army Engineers to Go to France for U S War Effort
Nine new regiments of army engineers, composed exclusively of railway men, will be the first American troops sent to France to work on communication lines. The force totals 11 000 to 12 000 men, with regiments led by regular army engineer colonels and railway officers. Paris reports two new branches for the American ambulance corps including a military transport service and a military school leading to French army commissions. London hosts a joint allied war commission coordinating seaborne traffic and supplies. Russia’s provisional government maintains control amid unrest as workmen and soldiers delegates govern alongside the cabinet. The Capto and Natuna steamers were sunk by German submarines, crews rescued.
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Washington
Army Engineers
France
War Department
Paris
United States
American Field Ambulance Corps
A. Piatt Andrew
London
Commission
Seaboard
Prices for Metals in Western Mining and Oil Report
New York lead 1 cent drop, bar silver 74.54 cents, copper casting 25.37 dollars. St Louis quotes spelter 8.78 dollars. Boulder tungsten concentrates 60 percent at 17 dollars per unit. Crude ores 60 percent 15 dollars, 25 percent 9.40, 12 percent 8.70, and 10 percent 10 dollars per unit.
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New York
St. Louis
London
Boulder
Colo
Dry Hides Prices and Hides and Pelts Rates
Market notice lists Flint dry hides per pound and peels for wool pelts and butcher shearlings with price ranges. It notes green salted and cured hides, over 40 pounds, and mentions glue hides and part cured stock with varying deductions.
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Cubin
Ree Ee Baonrand
Arizona Mines Report Large Copper and Ore Gains Across Districts
Arizona mining activity shows April copper output near 60 million pounds with notable ore strikes in the Diamond Joe and Glory Hole veins. Copper Queen’s White Tail Deer mine and the Abe Lincoln operation ship copper ore, while Tungsten refining plant work advances at West Boulder. Cripple Creek totals exceed 64 thousand tons, and Wasatch Mine expands payroll with plans for 250 workers.
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Abe Lincoln
Hassayampa
Patagonia
Pinal
Cobrita
Mineral Valley
Salome
Boulder County
Little May
Boulder Tungsten Production Company
West Boulder
Cripple Creek
United Gold Mines Company
Silver Plume
Clear Creek County
Wasatch Mining Company
Mendota
Nervousness in Battle Cited by Mr Chuggins
In a wartime aside Mr Chuggins confesses he would be nervous in combat. He imagines the sudden blast of a cannon would mimic a tire bursting, illustrating battlefield anxiety through a humorous comparison.
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Mr. Chuggins
Dr. Pierce's Favorite Prescription Advertises Health Claim
The ad proclaims a tonic that makes weak women strong and sick women well with no alcohol, offered in tablets or liquid. It also includes a general critique of human nature, noting a tendency to shift responsibility.
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Dr. Pierce
Boschee's German Syrup Ad Reexamined
A historic advertisement urges timely use of Boschee's German Syrup to prevent pneumonia by easing nighttime sleep and morning expectoration. It claims fifty years of testing and notes sales by druggists worldwide in 25 and 75 cent bottles. The quoted line adds a quip about a blind man and others seeking to mislead.
British and German Fights for Bullecourt Continue
British and German forces clash across Bullecourt and nearby Roeux Fontaine Reincourt as fighting rages on May 9. British units reach northern western and eastern outskirts of Bullecourt while Germans retreat from the town core. Berlin reports local German gains at Winterburg amid persistent skirmishes near Lens and the Souchez river.
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London
Bullecourt
Arras
Cambrai
Roeux
Fontaine
Reincourt
Lens
Souchez River
Berlin
Winterburg
Markets Digest Mixed Metals and Copper Prices
New York and London quotations show unsettled copper and tin prices with spot and futures, plus lead and spelter quotes. Boulder Colorado reports tungsten concentrates at 60 percent and crude ores with varied per unit values.
Ten smiles for a nickel reads like a vintage ad line
The fragment appears as an advertisement style line urging purchases and titles a nascent promotional claim. It mentions Red Cross Bag Blue and promotes bright white clothes. The text also hints at a maxims style statement about restraint and a nod to the public figure Woz.
Chicago Live Stock Quotations Snapshot
Chicago market quotes show hogs at 15.30 to 16.00 for heavy and rough classes, pigs 10.00 to 13.90, and light to bulk ranges. Cattle listings include native beef cattle 8.90 to 13.40, stockers 7.15 to 9.90, cows and heifers 6.25 to 11.15, calves 8.50 to 13.00. Sheep Prices: wethers 11.15 to 13.65, ewes 10.40 to 13.65, lambs 13.25 to 17.65.
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Denver
Carlond
Colorado Upland
Nebraska Upland
Colo
Nebra
F.O.B
F. O. Enver
F. O
Chicago
Market Prices For Butter Eggs Potatoes Poultry Reported
Chicago market prices show butter at 32 88cc eggs higher firsts 31 33c ordinary firsts 30 31c and 30 314%c per dozen, potatoes Idaho Colorado Oregon Washington 2.65 2.75 Wisconsin Michigan 2.30 2.50, poultry fowls 22c per pound.
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Chicago
Idaho
Colorado
Oregon
Washington
Wisconsin
Michigan
Market Prices for Butter Eggs Poultry in Kansas City
Kansas City market reports Butter-Creamery 41c firsts 39c seconds 37c packing 29c Eggs Firsts 32c Poultry Hens 2014c roosters 116c turkeys 24c.
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Kansas City
Chicago grain and provision prices report
Chicago market prices for Wheat Corn Oats Barley Timothy and pork lard ribs listed with No 2 and No 3 yellow varieties and standard oats with scattered figures. Prices show wheat around 2 90 to 2 96 per bushel corn 1 56 to 1 60 per bushel oats about 69 to 71 cents per bushel and pork lard ribs in the low to mid twenty dollar range.
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Chicago
St Louis Hails French War Mission in City Parade
St Louis welcomed former Premier Viviani, Marshal Joffre, and the French war mission with a grand parade through the city. The event followed a Coliseum reception and coincided with May 7th, the second anniversary of the Lusitania sinking, seen as a tribute to its victims.
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St. Louis
Viviani
Marshal Joffre
St. Louis Coliseum
Tyrone-El Paso Copper Company Formed in New Mexico Mining Belt
The Tyrone-El Paso Copper company is incorporated for 1.5 million dollars with 23 mining claims covering 400 acres near Tyrone, adjoining Phelps-Dodge in the Burro mountains. 350 men are employed at Santa Fe mines and smelter at San Pedro. ore shipped to Deming Smelter, now restarted after years idle.
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Santa Fe Gold and Copper Company
San Pedro
Santa Fe County
Southwest
Deming
Tyrone-El Paso Copper Company
Tyrone
Grant County
Phelps-Dodge Corporation
Oak Grove
Burro Mountains
Early Morning Streetcar Parade of Courtesy
A brief scene from the Indianapolis News shows a conductor asking a passenger to move, met with a firm refusal as the car door remains closed. The exchange captures a snapshot of urban transit etiquette in the era.
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Illinois
Indianapolis News
Oil Drilling Expanded Across Regions With New Wells
The Longear Petroleum company drills near Newcastle while Midwest plans a second well in the Buffalo Basin field. Producers Oil operates a livery well in Sec 5 33 76 within the Shannon sand in the Big Muddy field. Wyoming anticipates oil drilling in at least 100 localities this year.
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Longear Petroleum Company
Newcastle
Midwest Company
Buffalo Basin
Producers Oil Company
Shannon
Big Muddy
Wyoming
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Warren General
Ajo
Cornelia Copper Company
University of Arizona
K. Matsumoto
Sonoita
Tamaka
Battlefront
U. S
Copenhagen
Foreign Office
Capto
Natuna
Russia
Council of Workmen's and Soldiers
Paley
Eds Ales Ss
Colt
Chino Valley Company
Jerome
Diamond Joe
Cedar District
Georgetown
Pikes Peak
Woodland Park
Manitou
Rare Metals Company
W. L. Douglas
San Francisco
America
Brockton
Mass
Boys’ Shoes
W L. Douglas Shoe Co
Spark St
Brockton, Mass
Boschee
New Mexico
Fletcher
Kilmer
Parcel Post
Dr. Kilmer & Co
Binghamton, N. Y
Midwest Brokerage Co
Seventeenth St
Denver, Colo
John van Riper Investment Co
Equitable Bldg
Col
Certain-teed
Certain-Teed Products Corporation
General Roofing Mfg. Co
Gregg Varnish Co
Mound City Paint & Color Co
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