War News Roundup From Fronts and Home Front
Western allies have imprisoned 167780 enemy troops since April 9. Five percent of draftees mobilize Sept 5 with others Oct 3. French capture Dead Man's Hill Avecourt wood and more near Verdun. Russians and Rumanians resist Germans. Ypres sees severe artillery duels. Incendiaries hit Verdun hospitals. 29 killed including nurses. Kerensky warns in Moscow. Five French ships sunk. Italians advance on Bainsizza. Cardona's forces at Isonzo report 23000 prisoners and large booty.
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Dead Man’s Hill
Verdun
Avecourt Wood
Meuse
Fosses
Beaumont Woods
Beaumont
Bethincourt
Riga
Ypres
Moscow
Kerensky
Bainsizza
Cardona
Isonzo
Fort Sill tragedy and war era incidents prompt daily brief
Fort Sill Oklahoma reports a shell explosion killing two artillerymen. A Montana forest fire blazes traps hundreds of firefighters. Spokane authorities receive a death threat letter linked to I W W Negroes. Portland records a record butter price at 55 cents a pound. Omaha banker Charles Alleman dies at 57. Colorado miner Allen Burris injured near Tucson. Chicago wheat pit closes at request of Hoover to curb futures during the war.
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Fort Sill
Oklo
Montana
Spokane
Wash
Houston
Texas
Portland
Charles L. Alleman
Standard Oil Company of Nebraska
Omaha
Allen L. Burris
Colorado Springs
San Xavier Mission
Tucson
Ariz
Chicago Board of Trade
Herbert C. Hoover
Wilson orders draft law changes and shipyard labor talks
President Wilson plans to advance a reply to Pope Benedict on peace proposals and may address Congress. Labor dispute early adjustments in shipyards are anticipated amid an explosion at Mare Island. Garfield will issue coal mine regulations as Baker forms a library war council with Van derlip. Ship program targets 1270 ships and 7,960,000 tonnage. House hearings on soldiers and sailors insurance wrap up.
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Wilson
Mare Island Navy Yards
Pope Benedict
Vatican
H. A. Garfield
Baker
Library War Council
Frank A. Vanderlip
New York
War and political turmoil headlines from the era
Reports from the front and abroad note Russia's former premier gravely ill in prison, renewed fires in Saloniki destroying thousands of homes, and Austrians pressing for peace. Other items include amnesty for Yaqui leaders, resignations in Russia, awards to emergency volunteers, and notable arrests and expulsions in Lisbon and Melbourne.
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Russia
Salonizi
Vienna
H. A. Earl
Lake Preston
S. D
England
Germany
William
Flanders Front
Bromfield wins Colorado golf title at Lakewood in final
Larry D. Bromfield clinched the Colorado state golf championship in a 36 hole final at Lakewood course Denver. A separate note reports 6 year old Mary Jane Snyder of Denver diving 110 yards from a 23 foot tower at Washington Park lake after only eight lessons. The Amateur Athletic Union will hold junior and senior championships in St. Louis on Aug 31 Sept 1 and 8 with proceeds to the Red Cross. Denver ends pro baseball season as owner Hugh L Jones moves 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
Sugar prices cut by one percent
The report lists disparate items including a 1 percent cut in sugar prices, a Shawton Ohio oats field of unusual height, and various political and personal notes involving figures like W C von Stein John Francis Beckwith Herbert Hoover Edsel Ford and others.
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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
Arizona News Roundup Reports Local Industry and War Efforts
Prescott hosts the Northern Arizona Fair while Clifton forms an airship company. Aigue crop news, postmaster appointment at Humboldt, burro market plans in Tucson, and 80 Arizona men join the First Arizona regiment. Fire at Coronado mine causes $125,000 loss. State taxes set at 531 2 cents. Verbal notes cover crops, rail upgrades, dam and bridge work, and troop movements.
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Clifton
Snowflake
A. W. Bromley
Humboldt
Tucson
Arizona
Louis Houzet
Douglas
Coronado
Arizona Copper Company
Blackleg
Wilson pledges aid as Kerensky vows firm stance in Moscow
President Wilson sent a message to the Moscow National Council expressing readiness to provide material and moral support to Russia. Premier Kerensky addressed troops at the Hippodrome, declaring confidence in defeating the enemy and stopping counter-revolution with strong resolve.
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Washington
Wilson
National Council Assembly
Moscow
Russia
Kerensky
Council
Great Council
United States
Woodrow Wilson
Hippodrome
French and Italian Advances Reported in World War I Battles
Dispatches say Italian forces push toward upper Carniola with fresh Austrian reinforcements unable to halt breakthroughs near Monte Santo. In France, French troops advance about 1000 yards at Verdun, taking 1000 prisoners as German assaults on the Aisne front fail. British trench raids continue with ongoing artillery duels. Berlin cites Russian gains near Jacobstadt between Riga and Dvinsk, while Russo-Romanian forces hold lines near Scoveia in Romania.
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Rome
Monte Santo
Upper
Carniola
Verdun
Aisne
Berlin
Jacobstadt
Riga
Dvinsk
Rumania
Scoveia
Government War Budget Details for 1917-18 Released
Washington reports detail the government's war and total expenditures for 1917-18 and outline funding methods as estimated by Chairman Kitchin of the House Ways and Means Committee. In Tokyo, Marquis Okuma, former premier of Japan, is seriously ill.
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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 formerly of Denver an officer of the Butte I W W local jailed on vagrancy charges amid an inquiry into a group alleged to have lynched I W W leader Frank Little near Butte McCarthy claimed the frameup and gave the alias Charles Albright.
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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
Harvesting Apple Crop in 1917 Aided by Volunteers
The government urges local councils, chambers of commerce, and clubs to organize volunteer apple pickers across the country. Growers must train crews, ensure careful handling, provide housing, and store fruit promptly to preserve quality and support allies. The season requires efficient picking, grading, and temporary storage to minimize spoilage and maximize prices.
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Defense
Chamber of Commerce
United States
Road to Strength
A kindly old gentleman narrates the Samson tale to lads noting strength and weakness. A boy interjects with a humorous twist proposing hair restorer as a remedy against an enemy.
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Samson
Hides and Byproducts Market Notes from Flint
Dry hides and salt hides priced per pound with 38 to 39 cent ranges. Flint butcher and horsehides offered at fractions of green salted price. Culls and glue operations listed with varying codes.
Mixed commodity prices and livestock quotes across markets
The report lists diverse market quotes from New York London and Chicago, including lead copper tin bar silver and spelster prices, butter eggs poultry and potatoes values, New York cotton and sugar prices, Chicago live stock quotes for hogs cattle and sheep, and Kansas City produce figures for butter eggs and poultry.
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F.O.B. Denver
Peter
New York
St. Louis
London
Boulder
Chicago
Ali
Kansas City
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Western
Congress
Administration Soldiers’ and Sailors’ War
Public Health Service
M. Savinkoff
R. A. Drake
Franklin
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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
Ivins
Royamount
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Arizona State News
Western Newspaper
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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 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
Rice Cons
Cerbats
Kingman
Citizens’ Loyalty League of Bisbee
Phoenix
Thomas ©. Campbell
America
National Council AT
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Shipping Board
Ceessees Revenue
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Western Newspaper Union News Service
Ebraska
Cole
South Park
Gunnison Valey
Colo
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Virginia
Jersey
Minnesota
Springs
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