War news and troop movements from the Western Front
Reports from Western Union News Service cover Allied and German actions from the front in France and Italy. Key items include American Marines joining Pershing with about 2600 men, naval losses including the Highland Corrie and Hilonian, and battles around the Aisne and Isonzo fronts with heavy artillery and trench fighting.
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Union News Service
Gorizia
Genoa
Italy
Isonzo
Mitau
Koveika
Romania
France
John J. Pershing
Campaign urged to boost Liberty Loan and rail safety
The piece notes a strong drive to push Liberty Loan as well as railroads reporting record passenger totals and fewer accidents. Officials call for schedule revisions to reduce unnecessary traffic. An Arizona robbery target and a health update for Senator Harry Lane are also mentioned.
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Air Wing
Globe
Ariz
United States
Harry Lane
Portland
Ore
San Francisco
Comstock Dies as Wilson Names Hoover Food Chief
Representative Daniel W. Comstock of Indiana dies at 77 from pneumonia and Civil War veteran. President Wilson announces Herbert C. Hoover to lead American food administration. Congress approves navy and marine reenforcements and pay raises. A Fort Des Moines training camp will prepare 1,200 negro officers. About 100,000 American troops expected to join the French campaign before 1917 ends.
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Daniel W. Comstock
Indiana
Wilson
Herbert C. Hoover
Mr. Hoover
Congress
Navy
Marine Corps
Fort Des Moines
France
Turbulent war updates mix German setbacks and Russian reform
Reports from multiple fronts describe worsening potato shortages in Germany and renewed German attacks. Irish Nationalists reject Lloyd George plan while a May 27 pro Entente rally is planned in Madrid. Petrograd forms a cabinet with six Socialists as Russia moves toward order after chaos. Submarine actions and casualty tallies, plus peace notes and regional devastations, color the global crisis.
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Lloyd- George
Madrid
Petrograd
London Daily Mail
Berne
Munich
Paris
Arthur Henderson
British War Council
Deutsche Kirchen Zeitung
Palestine
Milan
London Daily Telegraph
Bullecourt
Patricio
Berlin
Adriatic
London Chronicle
Kaiser
von Hindenburg
Reichstag
Hague
Rome
Russia
Colorado team wins intercollegiate field day at Boulder
The University of Colorado team scored 78 points to win the intercollegiate field day in Boulder. Western Intercollegiate Conference outdoor track championships are set for June 9 at the University of Chicago. Joe Leopold of Denver and Roy Moore battled to a fifteen round draw in Tulsa. Cadet Elmer Oliphant, named captain of the Army football eleven, will also lead the Army baseball nine next spring at West Point, N. Y.
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University of Chicago
Joe Leopold
Denver
Roy Moore
Tulsa
Oklo
Elmer QC. Oliphant
Army
West Point
N. Y
Roosevelt disbands division in formal message
Theodore Roosevelt issued a formal communication to followers announcing the disbandment of his division. The era's tensions include a Costa Rican plot to overthrow President Tinoco and a Liberty Loan Day appeal to churches as the government seeks 250000 horses and mules for army use.
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Theodore Roosevelt
Costa Rica
Federico Tinoco
Liberty Loan
Liberty Loan Committee
Federal Reserve Bank of New York
Treasury
Late Market Quotations for Cattle Steers Heifers and Cows
Market notes list pulp fed steers and cows with price ranges from 6.00 to 14.75 per cwt. Prime and good quality categories appear with bids for steers up to 12.50, heifers around 10.00 to 10.50, feed lot feeders and stockers at 8.25 to 10.00, and canners at 6.00 to 7.50.
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Tana
Psi Nahhih A'S
Fair Omi
Tele Des Iss
Arizona State News Highlights June Events and Local Incidents
June events include Globe Ocean-to-Ocean Highway Association meeting and Prescott Elks reunion. Reports note Roosevelt's new hotel, Flagstaff Fourth celebration, copper mining gains, bean planting in Cochise, and a safety council in Oatman. Also covered are bean harvest aid in Sacaton, military census, fatal mining accidents, and crime cases in Jerome, Chandler, and Nogales.
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Jerome
Howard Jordan
Flagstaff
Sacaton
Patagonia
Martin Mulroe
Bisbee
Shattuck
Yucca
McCracken
Mineral Park
George Washington
Nogales
Pancho Islas
Georgia Gongales
C. E. de Beaulieu
San Carlos
Globe
Flint Hides and Skins Prices in Local Market
Listings show dry hides priced by pound at 34 to 36 cents with green salted and cured hides noted. Horsehides priced at 2/3 the green salted rate, with under and over 40 pound categories and note on part cured and bull and stag hides.
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Cees
W. L. Douglas
San Francisco
New York
America
Brockton
Mass
Metal Market Quotations Report
New York market quotes show lead at 10 percent 10 and a half cents, bar silver at 74.5 cents, copper casting at 28.6244 dollars. Spelter in St Louis listed at 9.07 dollars. Boulder reports tungsten concentrates 60 percent at 17 dollars per unit, crude ores 60 percent at 15 to 9.40 dollars per unit, 12.00 and 10 percent at 8.70 to 10.00 per unit.
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New York
St. Louis
Boulder
Regional Price List for Staples and Clothing
The document lists regional price ranges for staple and clothing items across markets in Boston Texas California Oregon and the Territory. Prices show varied per region including No 1 staple middle county eastern clothing valley No 1 and blood combing items with quoted ranges and pulled extra pricing for AA and A supers in the Pulled section.
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Boston
Texas
California
Middle County
Southern
Oregon
Valley
Minneapolis Flour and Grain Prices Report
Minneapolis market notes show Flour Fancy patents at 15.25 with first clears at 13.25. Barley range 1.12 to 1.50, Rye 2.24 to 2.26, Bran 33.00 to 34.00, Wheat May 2.88, July 2.40, Sept 1.86, Cash No 1 hard 2.90 to 2.95, No 1 northern 2.75 to 2.85, No 2 northern 2.70 to 2.80, Corn No 3 yellow 1.56 to 1.58, Oats No 3 white 0.67 to 0.68, Flax 3.24 to 3.29.
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Minneapolis
Northern
Chicago Live Stock Quotations
Chicago market prices for hogs cattle and sheep listed in ranges. Hogs bulk 15.80 to 16.25, light 15.10 to 16.25, mixed 15.60 to 16.35, heavy 15.60 to 16.40, rough 15.60 to 15.75, pigs 10.50 to 14.50. Cattle native beef 9.60 to 18.70, stockers and feeders 7.60 to 10.40, cows and heifers 6.65 to 11.60, calves 10.00 to 14.75. Sheep wethers 12.75 to 13.75, ewes 12.25 to 15.85, lambs 15.60 to 20.25.
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Chicago
Butter Eggs and Poultry Prices Across Regions
Chicago market report lists Butter Creamery at 33 87 4c, Begs Firsts 383 34c and ordinary firsts 30 32c. Ida potatoes from Idaho Colorado Oregon Washington 10 3.20, Wisconsin Michigan 2.85 06. Poultry Fowls 22c.
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Chicago
Ida
Colo
Wisc
Mich
Recruiting Three Indian Regiments Sparks Controversy
A newspaper note reports plans to recruit three Indian regiments as war manpower. A wartime columnist quips that when they reach the front these regiments may induce fear in German troops, implying drastic combat consequences.
Ex-czar fond of fish jokes amid political crisis
A witty exchange mocks the former Russian ruler's situation as a "pretty kettle of it" in reference to his troubled status. The remark frames the ex-czars predicament with humorous warning of ongoing turmoil.
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Russia
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