Red Cross Star on Yank's Back Inspires Hospital Humor
Private Jean Fournan of New York carries a cross-shaped shrapnel mark on his back and keeps up morale with stories and laughter at American Military Hospital No. 1 in Paris. Corporal Heill, from Columbus, Ohio, earned two stripes after surviving multiple wounds near Soissons while craving meals. Sergeant Kelly of St Joseph, Michigan, defies a liquid diet by stealing food from the joy cart, inspiring fellow convalescents to eat and joke through recovery.
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Paris
Jean Fournan
New York City
American Military Hospital No. 1
Red Cross
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Soissons
Fismes
France
Frank Heill
Columbus
Texas
Heill
Bowie
Corporal Heill
Webb la Pointe
Sheboygan
Wis
David Ritton
No. 1
Kelly
St. Joseph
Mich
Ritton
Philippines
Mexican
Fere-en-Tardenois
Camp Mills
Champagne
Chateau Thierry
Titled Persons Yield to Yanks at Aix Rest Center
Aix les Bains France a rest and recreation center for the American expeditionary force prioritizes American soldiers over European nobility in the casino dining and entertainment venues. A counts status yields to doughboys, while civilians must bow to uniformed servicemen on the dance floor and in theater seating, as Y M C A leads and soldiers excel.
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Aix
Walter Kellogg Towers
Aix-les-Bains
France
Europe
Cits
Mountaineer Enlists After Surprise Visit to Uniontown
Jacob Harris, a mountaineer from Uniontown, reacts with grit to news of the war and volunteers for service. He expresses eagerness to fight at the front, insisting his place is there with his old shooting iron. Harris is inducted after police confirm he lacks a registration card.
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Uniontown
Jacob Harris
Tlarris
Harris
Western mining and oil news brief
Denver metal market prices listed for bar silver copper lead spelter and tungsten concentrates. Henrietta mine ships daily a car load of high grade gold ore to Mayer. Gadsden drift reports strong water flow and oxidation in muck. Jerome Verde shipping twenty five tons of ore daily with increasing grade as operations expand.
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Henrietta
Gadsden
Jerome Verde
Doctors Called Without Cause Influenza Guidance Issued
Surgeon General Blue urges home care for influenza patients to reduce unnecessary medical calls amid shortages. Advice covers bed rest ventilation and light diet, plus mask use by caregivers and hygiene, with emphasis on calling a doctor if the patient worsens or coughs pink sputum.
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Washington
Blue
United States Public Health Service
Mining activity and ore shipments across Colorado districts
Reports show a 4000 pound air compressor installed on Dry Creek near Hayden. Lois mine optioned northwest Ward by A M Beam. Sam Stumpff of Deadwood Leasing Pool reports rich ore strike. The New Boston property of Stratton-Cripple Creek Co to resume production. A 36 car ore shipment arrived at Durango from Tombay mine. 60 cars sent to Pueblo and Durango smelters from Smuggler-Union. Boulder Black Diamond Coal reaches full capacity at 200 tons daily. Giles property Ward adopts universal refractory ore treatment process. Hoosier Dike Mining opened silver body in a new drift at Summerville shaft. Joplin and Miami group to work Prussian mine at Rowena and Longfellow north of Springdale. Lane and Co lessees of Mary McKinney mine Cripple Creek ship ore to Colorado Springs reduction plant. S H Corfield of Allied Gold Mining plans drifting on Congo Chief mine 150 foot level at Caribou. Federal Reserve Board tightens silver exporter rules as U S silver output declines despite gold prices.
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Sam Stumpff
Deadwood Leasing Pool
New Boston
Stratton-Cripple Creek Company
Durango
Tombay
Pueblo
Giles
Ward
S. H. Corfield
Allied Gold Mining Company
Congo Chief
Caribou
United States
Federal Reserve Board
Copper ore tonnage and copper output shift during war period
Copper ore tonnage at the Anaconda mine is rising to normal levels. September refined copper output is estimated at 170 million pounds, down from August's 175 million and up from September 1917's 165 million. Butte & Superior announces a temporary war smelting arrangement with suspended concentrate-treatment contracts, as rising costs push for higher compensation.
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Anaconda
Butte & Superior
Western mining boosts output with new campaigns and smelting growth
Gallup coal mines report a surge in production under a speed up campaign. The Great Eagle fluorspar mine near Lordsburg now yields 200 tons weekly, while Great Eagle near Red Rock ships four cars of high grade spar per week. Ramah notes oil seepage near wells within twenty miles. The Oaks company begins dismantling the Deep Down mill Mogollon and rebuilds ore bins as loading stations for a new surface tramway to the Socorro mill. Western smelting expands from one electric furnace west of the Mississippi to eight in operation with three more under construction, signaling a large rise in ore processing.
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Gallup
Great Eagle
Great Eagle Fluorspar
Red
Rock
The
Oaks Company
Socorro Mill
Mississippi
Well abandoned on Midway dome after deep drilling
The test well on the Midway dome has been abandoned. Drilled by the Texas Company it reached a depth of 378 feet. Midwest Oil Company owns half of section 26 in Salt Creek field where Midwest Refining and Reed companies recently completed a well producing 7000 barrels per day with Wildrill offsetting that success.
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Midway Dome
Texas Company
Midwest Oil Company
Salt Creek
Midwest Refining Company
Reed Companies
Wildrill
Late Market Quotations From Denver and Chicago Livestock Lists
Compiled market notes show mixed price quotes across metals coffee linseed and livestock. Highlights include cents per pound gains in tungsten and varied hog beef cattle and sheep values with ranges for different grades and processing stages.
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Hayden
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