War News Roundup From Europe and Americas Turmoil
German attacks in Thiaumont and Fleury repulsed. Bulgarians control Kavala forts except one. Turkish Russian fighting in Caucasus near Diarbekr. Italians capture Carnic Alps positions. British and French gains on Somme. Serbia makes progress on Saloniki front. Italy declares war on Germany. Also reports of a mob lynching in Louisiana, a Chicago Swift fire loss, and various political and economic items from 1917 era.
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Kavala
Caucasus
Diarbekr
Carnic Alps
Rome
London
Bazentin le Petit
Ginchy
Petrograd
Stokhod
Berlin
Dvina
Parvis
Italy
Germany
Balkans
Sonora Infantry
Batamonte
Alamos
Douglas
Ariz
Sahuaripa
Saloniki
Paris War Office
St. Mihiel
Somme
Maure
Western mining and oil price rundown
Metal market prices list from Spelter Denver at 8.51, Copper casting at 25.62, Lead New York at 6.50, Bar silver at 66.3 cents, Boulder tungsten concentrates 60 percent range 18 to 23 per unit, crude ores 60 percent 15 to 20, 25 percent 9.40 to 10, 10 percent 7.80 to 9 per unit.
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Denver
New York
Arizona mining prospects and ore values in 1915
The Lucky Boy and Lucky Sam properties resume operations. Arizona mines produced an 1915 value of 88 551 000 in gold silver copper zinc and lead. Oatman Apex adjoins the Oatman Amalgamated group with 28 gold ore per ton. A new copper mine in the Tucson mountains is started by I. K. Wilson. A wine from Gold Dust’s 200 foot level shows 7 a ton. Assays range from 4 to 20. Boundary Cone Oatman 750 foot level ore shoot is 26 feet wide with downward continuation from 550 level.
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Lucky Boy
Lucky Sam
Arizona
Oatman Apex
Oatman Amalgamated Group
Tucson Mountains
I. K. Wilson
W. H. Wise
Kingman
Oatman
Copper district near Cuba spurs ore findings and production
N T Bowman reports good ore in the new copper district near Cuba. A Wright ranch oil and gas strike six miles from Raton is noted. Pecos Copper Co lessees operate extensively on Upper Pecos properties with forty men in three shifts. Mogollon district to date nears 15 million in value and yields about 1.5 million annually in gold and silver. Percy Fern of United States Mines Company visits Kingston from New York as two tunnels of 800 feet are contracted for the Lady Franklin mines. Pintado Consolidated Copper Company advances a crusher rolls leaching plant and buildings as ore reduction nears start.
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Wright Ranch
Raton
Mogollon
Percy Fern
United States Mines Company
Kingston
New York
Lady Franklin
Pintado Consolidated Copper Company
Pintado
Guadalupe Country
Wilson to Seek Eight Hour Law for Rail Workers
President Wilson plans to ask Congress to avert a general railroad strike set for Monday across 225 railroads. He proposed eight hour work for interstate employees, expanded ICC, a permanent dispute commission, and a 60 day no strike period while decisions are made. Congressmen doubt quick passage can prevent the tie-up.
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Washington
Wilson
Congress
Senate
House
Brotherhood
White House
Capitol
Interstate Commerce Commission
Arizona State News Highlights Octobers Events and Incidents
A roundup from Arizona reports events and developments across the state. It notes fairs in Prescott and Tucson, the state fair at Phoenix, and meetings with the New Mexico Bankers' Association. It covers mining, cattle, market prices, legal cases, and local incidents from Ajo to Bisbee, including a fatality in an auto stage accident and payroll increases for railway workers.
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New Mexico Bankers’ Association
Grand Canyon
Prescott
Tucson
Phoenix
Arthur Shannon
Ajo
Forbes
Benson
State of
Arizona
Salt River Valley
Paul Welisch
Tombstone
Newman
Yuma
Sabino Casion
Romania Declares War on Austria Hungary
Fifteen powers in World War I coverage reports Romania joining the Entente by declaring war on Austria Hungary. Germany also says it is at war with Romania as King Ferdinand’s troops move through Transylvania toward Kronstadt and Hermannstadt, aiming to press north and attack Austro German forces. Bulgarian forces seize heights near Zbrosko as Serbs advance near Vetrenika and Turks retreat north of Bitlis.
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London
Rumania
Austria- Hungary
Germany
Romania
Ferdinand
Transylvania
Eastern
Carpathians
Kronstadt
Hermannstadt
Bukowina
Galicia
Hungary
Zbrosko
Saloniki
Paris
Vetrenika
Kavala
Bitlis
Wyoming oil firms file articles and advance nonce lands
The German Wyoming Oil Company filed articles of incorporation and plans to develop oil lands in Natrona County. The Wyoming Petroleum Company drilled another light oil well nine miles north of Lander. A prolonged fire in an abandoned mine at Acme was controlled by sealing off the fire area and stopping air access.
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German-Wyoming Oil Company
Natrona County
Wyoming Petroleum Company
Lander
Acme
Wheat prices tumble amid war and rail strike fears
Chicago wheat slid 9 per bushel to 114 cents with September at 140 and December near 144 . The drop followed Romania's move against Austro German forces and a looming 400000 railway workers strike. Corn fell 1 4 to 2 cents and oats 24 to 2 cents.
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Chicago
Romania
How Mrs Bean Met the Crisis
Nashville woman recounts successful treatment with Lydia E Pinkham's Vegetable Compound during menopause. She states a tumor disappeared after following the remedy and stopped needing a doctor. She invites others to write to the Pinkham company for guidance.
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Mrs. Bean
Nashville
Tenn
Lydia E. Pinkham
Pinkham
E. H. Bean
Joseph Avenue
Lydia E. Pinkham Medicine Co
Lynn, Mass
Boy reports dad fixes steamer to stop oats on ceiling
A boy visits a Hunt ing Park Avenue neighbor to relate his father’s plan after a steamer overflowed, saying he soldered the steam valve to prevent recurrence and asked to borrow a step ladder to scrape oats from the ceiling.
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Hunting Park Avenue
Philadelphia Ledger
Domestic Differences and Household Advice Quips
A short comic exchange about domestic plans ends in a light moral note on cheerfulness and practical tips. The text contrasts operatic tastes with ragtime and touts cheerful demeanor as a relief to daily burdens. It also includes advertising phrases for household products and a plainspoken proverb about keeping a dog versus fending off poverty.
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Charles E. Hughes
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Wyo
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Jess Hammet
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Shreveport
Swift & Company
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Karl Liebknecht
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Greece
Eugenie
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Omaha
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Golden Gate
Pacific Athletic Association
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Thalma Darby
Indianapolis
National Amateur Athletic Union
St. Louis
Mera Hunsucker
State Bank of
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Ind
Herman B. Baruch
New Mexico
H. O. Bursum
Frank A. Hubbel
U. S
B.C. Hernandez
Dorthea Vollmer Palm
Henry Vollmer
Edward Victor Palm
Chicago Commission
Davenport
Charles A. Culberson
O. B. Colquitt
Texas
William G. McAdoo
Secretary of the Treasury
President Wilson
Spring Lake
N. J
Patrick Calhoun
Colorado
Dillon
Cripple Creek
Boulder
Jimtown
William Mitchell
G. Harry Gibson
Breckenridge
Governor
Moongulch
Rollinsville
Raleigh
Bonanza
Sagauche County
Battle Mountain
Granite Consolidated Gold Mining Company
Yellow Pine
Crisman
Logan
Hailton and Company
Central City
de Masters and Company
Silverton
R. E. L. Townsend
Denver and Associates
Peter Carlson
Klondike Group
Burns Gulch
Eureka
Sete
Ewe
Lincoln
Des Moines
Sioux City
Topeka
Wichita
St. Joseph Deen
Western Newspaper
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N. T. Bowman
Cuba
Arizona State News
Masons
Holbrook
Santa Fé
Coconino National Forest
J. R. Patterson
Emma E. Coates Shearer Pratt
Pearce
Philadelphia
Yavapai County
Oatman Empire
Enrique Serrano
el Paso
Southwestern
Bisbee
Morenci
Arizona State Federation
Old Dominion and International
P. C. Little
Globe
John Bright
Courtland
P. Perack
Los Angeles
Twin Buttes
Kansas
Joe Trolia
Joe Caldero
Trolia
Gleeson
Colldero
United States Department of Justice
Ramona Marquez
Naco
John Bujan
Cananea
el Paso & Southwestern Railway System
G. F. Hawkes
Teutons
Wyoming
Carter
Carters Tittle Iver
Dean
R. L. Hall
Eighth St
Greeley
Colo
Doan
Jellsa
Doan’s
Foster-Milburn CO
Buffalo
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