War News Roundup From Fronts Across Europe
Western Union dispatches report Turkish troops capturing 1,000 Russians in the Carpathians and German and Bulgarian forces advancing near Bucharest. Paris and Vienna provide daily tallies of prisoners, fortresses, and shifting lines as Allied and Central powers clash from the Somme to Silistria.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Carpathians
Lemberg
Halicz
Dar-Es-Salaam
German East Africa
Paris
Berleux-Belly
Berlin
Romania
Silistria
Bucharest
Somme
Shypot
Baltjik
Sofia
Dobruch
Bazardjik
Turtakai
Vienna
Queen Victoria of Sweden ill and confined to bed
The report notes Queen Victoria of Sweden is ill and bedridden. Other items include Halil Bey’s conference in Berlin, Canada’s armed forces numbers, and several World War I developments such as a Russian safe conduct to Berlin and a pact to send dock laborers to France.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Victoria
Sweden
Halil Bey
Berlin
Constantinople
Canada
Baron von Demp Bussche-Haddenhausen
Romania
Bucharest
Russia
Con gress boosts defense amid border officer cuts and judicial confirmation
The War Department ends federal service for 15,000 guardsmen while others remain on the border. Sixty fourth Congress closed with large military boosts and key acts, including preparedness and route to treaties. Bryan spoke in Albuquerque as cotton ginning 1916 showed gains over prior years.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
War Department
Philippines
Louis D. Brandeis
United States Supreme Court
Zehring Moves Wichita to Colorado Springs for Season
Western league president Zehring announces Wichita will be shifted to Colorado Springs for the remainder of the season. Other notes include Les Darcy winning on points over Jimmy Clabby in Sydney, Fred Fulton securing a newspaper decision over Dan Flynn in St. Paul, and Brinker breaking a Denver to Colorado Springs auto speed record. Golf results from Colorado Springs feature M A McLaughlin and R G Miller winning women's cups with additional finalists noted.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Zehring
Western League
Wichita
Colorado Springs
Les Darcy
Jimmy Clabby
Hammond
Ind
Sydney
Fred Fulton
Rochester
Minn
Dan
Porky) Flynn
Boston
St. Paul
Denver
Harold Brinker
M. A. McLaughlin
F. W. Maxwell
R. G. Miller
H. C. Harmon
Winona Robinson
Adamson eight hour law test planned nationwide
A blanket test of the Adamson eight hour law is planned. The article notes the law as a federal labor standard and outlines planned nationwide testing and enforcement considerations.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Marshall
Wilson
Joint Commission
New London
Conn
Long Branch
N. J
Anne Howe
New London, Conn
Arizona State News Highlights Late October Events
Arizona reports upcoming events including meetings with New Mexico Bankers' Association and fairs at Prescott Tucson and Phoenix. It notes two bean seizure in Flagstaff, Union miners’ strike settled, deaths and murders, National Guard voting rights, automobile accidents, border tensions, a Flagstaff hotel project, smelter plans, copper reclamation, and notable mining deals across Jerome, Bisbee, and Douglas areas.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New Mexico Bankers’ Association
Grand Canyon
Prescott
Tucson
Phoenix
Tennessee
Kingman
Adolph Aronson
Conner Ranch
Patagonia
Cochise County
Dutch May
Flagstaff
National Guard
Tom Hunter
Mohave County
Mazona
Oatman
Arizona National Guardsmen
John Nagle
William Sneed
Clarkdale
United Verde Extension
Little Daisy
Arizona
Henry D. Ross
State Supreme Court
Republicans Win in Maine
Republican candidates claimed victories in Maine race results with party momentum noted. Voter turnout and key races across districts highlighted the GOP win.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Maine
Maine Vote Signals Republican Victory Across State
With over two-thirds counted, Maine appears to elect Republican Carl E. Milliken as governor by about 14,000, Frederick Hale over Johnson by 11,000, and Bert Fernald to the Senate. Republicans gain state legislature and several local offices as turnout surges past 150,000, surpassing 1880 records.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Portland
Maine
United States
Congress
Carl E. Milliken
Curtis
Frederick Hale
Johnson
Bert M. Fernald
Senate
Sills
Cumberland County
Temperance
Gray
New Gloucester
Louis B. Goodall
John A. Peters
Ira G. Hersey
Daniel J. McGillicuddy
Wallace White
Congress Ends Long Session With Vast National Defense Push
The Sixty-fourth Congress adjourned after a fiscal year of record spending for preparedness. Congress authorized defense build up, raised taxes to 205 million, issued Panama canal bonds, and created a shipping board and labor protections. 17,800 bills and 642 resolutions were introduced. 252 bills became law.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Congress
Germany
Wilson
Gore
Senate
McLemore
House
Tariff Commission
Workmen’s Compensation Commission
Philippines
Clark
Mann
Marshall
General strike threat ties up New York transit
New York reports 750,000 labor leaders threaten a sympathetic walkout, causing surface lines in Manhattan and the Bronx to halt and the subway and elevated systems in those areas and Westchester County to be nearly idle as the strike situation grows more serious.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
Manhattan
Bronx
Westchester County
German seizure of Belgian National Bank funds signals moratorium end
The Bel gisch Dagblad reports German authorities have seized 30,000,000 pounds held by the Belgian National Bank following the suspension of the moratorium. The move highlights shifting wartime financial controls by German authorities in occupied Belgium.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
The
Hague
Netherlands
Belgisch Dagblad
Quebec Bridge Collapse Kills Eleven Workers
The new central span of the Quebec bridge collapsed during hoisting into place over the St Lawrence River, killing eleven of ninety aboard. The $17 million cantilever suspension, the world’s largest, would cut Halifax to Canadian Northwest travel by 200 miles. The 640 foot span broke in two spots as it rose about fifteen feet, on the site of the 1907 disaster.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Quebec
Que
St. Lawrence
Halifax
Canadian Northwest
Bulgars Lose Four Villages in Struma Drive
British troops pushing across the Struma near Lake Tahinos drive Bulgarians from four villages and repulse counterattacks. In the Trentino front Italian forces seize a strong Austrian position in the Leno valley.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
London
Struma
Lake Tahinos
War Office
Macedonia
Rome
Leno
Trentino
Shafroth Amendment Passes Mining Depletion Rule
Colorado Senator Shafroth helped push an amendment to the revenue bill. The measure sets a reasonable depletion allowance for mines, not exceeding the market value of product mined and sold during the year. The amendment was signed by the President.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Shafroth
Colorado
Late Market Quotations for Cattle and Feed Prices
The market lists cattle grades from pulps to grassers with varying prices for steers heifers and cows including pulp and grain fed and grassers. It also shows hogs sheep and lambs prices and a hay and grain market with F. O. B. Denver carload buying prices for Colorado and Nebraska upland alfalfa timothy wheat rye oats corn bran and flour selling prices.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bos
Colo
Idaho
Colorado
Fruit and Produce Prices listed for Colorado and Denver area
The listing shows prices for eggs and produce from Colorado and Denver regions. Items include eggs graded No 1 and No 2 F O B Denver, apples various Colorado grades, blackberries, cantaloupes, cherries, peaches, pears, plums, watermelons, corn, carrots, cabbage, onions, and potatoes. Prices are given per unit or crate with typical ranges.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Colo
Metal Market Prices andOre Concentrates Listed
Prices for Spelter and copper casting are shown alongside lead and bar silver. Boulder Colorado lists tungsten concentrates at 18 to 23 per unit, with crude ores 60 per cent at 15 to 17.50, 25 per cent at 9.40 to 10 and 10 per cent at 7.80 to 9 per unit.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
F. O. B. Denver
Denver
New York
Boulder
Colo
Flax Price Report From Duluth Market
The Duluth Minnesota flax market shows linseed on track and arriving at 2.02 dollars for September and 2.0154 dollars asked for October. Bid prices stand at 2.02 for September and 2.03 for December, with November and December figures noted.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Duluth
Minn
Chicago Grain and Provision Prices Report
Chicago markets show Wheat No 2 red 1.50 to 1.51 percent, No 3 red 1.41 to 1.504 percent, No 2 hard 1.51 to 1.55, No 3 hard 1.46 to 1.53. Corn No 2 yellow 87 to 88 cents, No 4 yellow 84 to 85 and a half, No 4 white 84 to 85 and a quarter. Oats No 3 8 white 46 to 47 cents, standard 46 to 47 cents. Rye No 2 1.20 to 1.22. Timothy 3.50 to 4.75. Clover 7.00 to 14.00. Pork 27.75. Lard 14.60. Ribs 14.40 to 14.85.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chicago
Also Mentioned on This Page
Home and Abroad
Union News Service
Czik Szcreda
Louis Botha
South African Union
Pretoria
France
Blonde Eskimos
Harry V. Radford
Coronation Bluff
Arctic
Manila
Philippine
Francis Burton Harrison
Higgins
Ferdinand
Bulgaria
Trades Union Congress
Great Britain
Korniloff
Galicia
Austria
Western
Daniel B. Hodgsdon
Detroit
Mich
San Francisco
August Teury
Cleveland
Ohio
Salt River Valley
el Paso
Tex
Mexico
Columbus, N. M
William J. Bryan
Albuquerque
N. M
United States Department of Commerce
SPORT
Wee Met
Pet
Guishe Eet
Ewe
Reee Eies
Lincoln Eeeae
Sioux City Ee
Des Moines Ee
Department of Agriculture
National American Woman Suffrage Association
Joseph K. Leigh
Pleasant Valley
Justice of the Peace
J. J. John
Lambertville
Arizona State News
Western Newspaper Union News Service
U. S
Jerome Oatman
Pine Heights
Knights of Columbus
Douglas
Regular Army
National Guards
Antonio Samaniego
Alfredo Guanamea
Fronteras
Frederick Funston
Arizona National Guard
Fort Huachuca
Bisbee
Globe
Hinson Thomas
Pacific Coast
Jerome
Green Monster Mining Company
Two Peaks Mining Company
Turner
American Institute of Mining Engineers
D. H. Burtis
District of Columbia
Navy
Gotham
Western Newspaper
Union Newservice
Denver Markets
Carload
Colorado Upland
Nebraska Upland
Nebraska
South Park
Choice
San Luis Valley
Gunnison Valley
This is just the beginning! Our collection holds over 300 years of history, including rare newspapers, obituaries, marriage records, birth records, and so much more—most of which you won’t find anywhere else!