War bulletin highlights progress in Europe and Russia
Western front stalemates continue with French gains near Verdun and Meuse while German advances toward Riga stall. British troops secure trench positions. Italian forces push on the Isonzo front with Gen Cardona reporting 23,000 enemy captives and significant booty. Incendiary bombings wounded and killed personnel at Verdun hospitals. Russia’s Kerensky warns against power seizure as Moscow convenes a council. Maritime losses include five French steamships sunk by mines or submarines in the week ending Aug 19.
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Dead Man’s Hill
Verdun
Avecourt Wood
Meuse
Fosses
Beaumont Woods
Beaumont
Bethincourt
Riga
Ypres
Moscow
Kerensky
Bainsizza
Cardona
Isonzo
R. A. Drake
Franklin
N. H
Saloniki
Reuter
Renate Leonhardt
Rotterdam
Ymuiden
Anthony Mendes Bello
Lisbon
London Exchange
Melbourne
Adele Fankhurst
Parliament Building
Petrograd
Legion of Honor
Lady Michelham
Astoria Hotel
Paris
Borden Turner
Chicago
Ivins
Royamount
Fort Sill artillerymen killed in shell explosion
A shell explosion at Fort Sill Oklahoma kills two artillerymen and raises concerns about safety. The incident is part of wartime hazards reported amid military operations and training in the region.
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Fort Sill
Oklo
Montana
Spokane
Wash
Wilson orders changes to draft laws and ship program
The report notes Wilson orders amendments to draft law provisions and expects early adjustment of labor disputes in shipyards. It mentions an explosion at Mare Island due to outside parties and outlines a 1,270-ship government build program totaling 7,960,000 tons. President may address Congress while replying to the pope.
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Wilson
Mare Island Navy Yards
Pope Benedict
Vatican
H. A. Garfield
Baker
Library War Council
Frank A. Vanderlip
New York
Global War News Briefs From 1915 Fronts And Conflicts
Reports from wartime front lines and politics include Russia's premier ill in prison and Kerensky tensions after Savinkoff resigns. Saloniki fires devastate 60,000 homeless. Yaqui revolt amnesty in Mexico. England urges victory at high cost, and Austrian calls for peace rising. News notes Berlin, Lisbon, Melbourne dispatches on officials, honors, and wartime efforts.
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Russia
Salonizi
Vienna
H. A. Earl
Lake Preston
S. D
England
Germany
William
Flanders Front
Bromfield wins Colorado state golf final in 36 holes at Lakewood
The Denver golfer Larry D Bromfield used steady play and a near flawless putting stroke to clinch the Colorado state championship in a 36 hole final at Lakewood course Denver. Meanwhile Mary Janes Snyder, a 6 year old from Denver, swam 110 yards to reach a pier after diving from a 23 foot tower at Washington Park lake. The Amateur Athletic Union announces major events in St Louis with proceeds for the Red Cross. Denver fans learn their baseball team will not return this season as owner Hugh L Jones shifts remaining games to Wichita Hutchinson and Joplin.
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Larry D. Bromfield
Colorado
Lakewood Course
Denver
Mary Janes Snyder
Washington Park Lake
Amateur Athletic Union
Washington University Stadium
St. Louis
American Red Cross
Hugh L. Jones
Wichita
Hutchinson
Joplin
Incomplete Claims and Oddities From Ohio and Beyond
A mixed notice from the era lists sugar price cuts, a Shawton Ohio oat field described as impossibly tall at five feet eight inches, and rabbits unable to pass. It also notes John Francis Beckwith’s arrest in Cleveland for mail fraud and his sensational claim of loving many women to fund a luxury Adirondacks home.
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W. C. von Stein
Shawton
Ohio
John Francis Beckwith
Cleveland
Adirondacks
Albany
N. Y
Herbert C. Hoover
Chicago
Edsel Ford
Henry Ford
Detroit
Ford
Northern Arizona Fair and war effort notes from Prescott
The Oct 18-20 issue lists the Fifth Northern Arizona Fair at Prescott, war drives from Willcox to Jerome, and local items. It notes an airship company formed at Clifton, a burro market planned in Tucson, and 80 men enlisted in the First Arizona regiment since July 1. Also reported are losses from the Coronado mine fire, cattle disease, training for officers in Leon Springs, and local agricultural yields in Yuma and Willcox.
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Prescott
Clifton
Snowflake
A. W. Bromley
Humboldt
Tucson
Arizona
Louis Houzet
Douglas
Coronado
Arizona Copper Company
Blackleg
Leon Springs
Tex
State Tax Commission
Yuma Valley
Willcox
Verde River
Jerome
Clyde Wheeler
Slim” Spencer
Deming
Bisbee
Warren
Newman
Alamorgado
N. M
J. W. McGowns
W. A. Watts
James S. Douglas
United Verde Company
France
American Red Cross
American Smelting and Refining Company
Mascot
Board of Regents of the Universary of Arizona
Hazel Zimmerman
Pima County
E. M. Rabb
Tom Reed
Kenneth H. Kellens
Atlantic
State Board of Equalization
Mayer
Debra M. Stoddard
Copper Mountain
Hamme
Leviathan
Copperville
Wilson vows aid to Russia as Kerensky pledges resolve
President Wilson informs the National Council in Moscow that the United States will provide material and moral support to Russia. Premier Kerensky, addressing troops at the Hippodrome, expresses confidence they can defeat enemies at the front and crush counter revolution attempts.
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Washington
Wilson
National Council Assembly
Moscow
Russia
Kerensky
Council
Great Council
United States
Woodrow Wilson
Hippodrome
Italian Advance At Verdun And Allied Front Actions
Italian forces push toward the upper Carniola border as they breach Austrian lines near Monte Santo. French troops gain 1000 yards and take 1000 prisoners near Verdun. German offensives on the Aisne front are repelled, while trench raids characterize British sectors. Russian advances near Jacobstadt are noted with Riga-Dvinsk in the background. Russo-Rumanian forces hold their positions after recent reversals near Scoveia.
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Rome
Monte Santo
Upper
Carniola
Verdun
Aisne
Berlin
Jacobstadt
Riga
Dvinsk
Rumania
Scoveia
War budget details for 1917 18 outlined by Kitchin
Washington reports rough estimates of war and overall expenditures for the 1917 18 fiscal year. The plan explains how funds will be raised and who will bear the burden. In other news Marquis Okuma, former premier of Japan, is seriously ill in Tokio.
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Washington
Kitchin
House
Ways and Means Committee
Tokio
Marquis Okuma
Japan
I W W Held for Little Lynching in Butte
C A McCarthy, ex Denver I W W officer now jailed in Butte on vagrancy charges, denies links to the lynching of I W W leader Frank Little near the city. He claims the charges are a frameup and uses the alias Charles Albright during questioning.
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Butte
Mont
C. A. McCarthy
Denver
Butte Industrial Workers of the World
Industrial Worker of the World
Frank Little
McCarthy
Charles Albright
Government Urges Volunteer Apple Harvest Across Nation
The 1917 apple crop will be picked largely by volunteers coordinated by state defense councils and local groups. Growers are advised to contact chambers of commerce to plan labor needs and housing, and to train pickers in careful handling, storage, and rapid packing to preserve fruit quality. Regular cooling in temporary storage and timely packing will protect the harvest for market.
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Defense
Chamber of Commerce
United States
Road to Strength
A kindly old man tells lads the tale of Samson gaining strength after weakness. He asks what to do against an enemy and a boy replies with a humorous twist about getting a bottle of hair restorer. The vignette blends moral lesson with a comic final gag.
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Samson
Hides and meats market notes for Flint region
Market brief lists dry hides at 37 to 39 cents per pound for Flint and Salt hides at 38 cents per pound. Flint butcher shows prices for bull and stag hides and culls and glue. Horsehides priced at half to two thirds the cost of green salted hides.
Miscellaneous Markets and Commodity Prices Across Cities
New York leads with lead copper tin and silver quotes while butter eggs and potatoes mix with poultry prices across markets. Cotton sugar and live stock quotes appear for New York Chicago and Kansas City with assorted grain and produce figures.
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F.O.B. Denver
Peter
New York
St. Louis
London
Boulder
Kansas City
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Houston
Texas
Portland
Charles L. Alleman
Standard Oil Company of Nebraska
Omaha
Allen L. Burris
Colorado Springs
San Xavier Mission
Ariz
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Congress
Administration Soldiers’ and Sailors’ War
Public Health Service
M. Savinkoff
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Citizens’ Loyalty League of Bisbee
Phoenix
Thomas ©. Campbell
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