Arizona Oil Field Prospects Grow From Holbrook
Skies of Arizona hint at a large producing oil field as Holbrook area developments draw attention. Pecos Valley Canning in Roswell completes 10 000 cans of peaches, about 6000 bushels. Aztec Bank in Aztec receives charter with 25000 capital. Burglars loot Chandler shop for 3000 dollars. Attorney General Wiley E Jones says Arizona cannot pay convicts for highway work but can grant sentence credits. Ranchers in Las Vegas district drive to curb predators like cats and coyotes. Verde Combination near Jerome nears a mine with four feet ore in 1080 foot level rich in chalcopyrite. Arizona Copper Co expands at Globe area. 50000 tons ore proven with over 8 percent copper. Yuma mesa unit A set for fall opening. unit B planned winter. Nogales forms profiteer bureau with G P Halls food administrator. Taos county convicts added to road camp. state highway No 8 crews grow to 50. Arizona tops border trade in 1918. Silver City corn yields record 87 bushels per acre. NM internal revenue office planned. Grant County tax rolls surge. Gillespie dam at Gila Bend progresses fast with 300 workers. 14 miles of ditches dug. completion eyed for Feb 1, 1920.
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Chandler
Ariz
Arizona
Wiley E. Jones
Las Vegas
San Miguel County
Jerome
Arizona Copper Company
Globe
Yuma
Mesa
Washington
Unit
Nogales
G. P. Halls
Nogales Chamber of Commerce
State Highway Department
Rinconada
Taos County
N. M
Santa Fé
Taos
Ronconada
Rio Grande
Taos Junction
New Mexico
Internal Revenue
District of New Mexico
Grant County
Gillespie
Gila River
Phoenix
Gia Bend Canal Company
Gila Bend
Allied Troops Leave Fiume as Disorder Grows
Paris reports 26 000 Italian soldiers in Fiume as British and French forces withdraw at D Annunzio s request. mobs tear down allied flags while deserters reinforce Italian troops and Badoglio arrives with powers to quell the situation. Disarray fears rise over a potential Nitti government fall.
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Paris
Fiume
Gabrielle D’annunzio
Nitti
D’annunzio
Supreme Council
Italy
Susak
London
Gabriele D’annunzio
Rome
Badoglio
Thirteen Enemies Escape Fort Douglas Prison Barracks
Thirteen enemy aliens escaped from the Fort Douglas war prison near Salt Lake City Utah. Four captives were taken when they alighted from a freight train at Ogden thirty miles away. Authorities issued descriptions to all federal and state officers in the intermountain region. The fugitives allegedly tunneled 130 feet to freedom.
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Salt Lake City
Utah
Fort Douglas
Here
Ogden
Intermountain
Foch Seeks Body of Son Killed in 1914 Ardennes
Marshal Foch has requested the Belgian government to search for the body of his son who was killed in August 1914 in the Belgian Ardennes. The appeal follows long years of absence and honors Foch’s military family.
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Paris
Marshal Foch
Belgian Ardennes
House Passes Five-Year Penalty for Interstate Auto Theft
Washington report says the House approved and sent to the Senate a bill making it illegal to transport a stolen car across state lines with a five year prison term and a five thousand dollar fine.
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Washington
House
Senate
Two Killed in President's Party Automobile Crash
An automobile carrying members of the President's party accompanying Wilson on a Columbia highway scenic trip near Portland, Oregon overturned. Two men died Ben F. Allen Washington correspondent for the Cleveland Plaindealer and James R. Patterson Portland driver. Three others were injured. It was the first serious accident on the President's tour.
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Portland
Ore
Wilson
Columbia Highway
Here
Ben F. Allen
Washington
Cleveland
Ohio
Plaindealer
James R. Patterson
Late Market Quotations Flour and Sugar Prices
Wholesale prices from the U S Bureau of Markets show wheat flour at 5 50 to 5 65 per cwt cornmeats yellow and white at 4 20 to 4 30 granulated sugar 10 06 per cwt green salted horsehides No 1 10 00 to 12 00 No 2 9 00 to 10 00 headless hides 50c less ponies and glue 4 00 to 7 00.
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U. S. Bureau of Markets
Denver
Enee
Metal Markets Colorado Settlement Prices Report
Colorado market page lists metal settlement prices for bar silver at 1.12 dollars per ounce, copper at 22 to 24 cents per pound, lead at 6 dollars, spelter at 7.20 dollars, and tungsten at 7.50 to 12.00 dollars per unit.
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Colorado
Chicago Market Prices Update for Hogs Cattle and Sheep
At Chicago markets hogs show varied offers with heavy at 15.50 to 18.00 per hundredweight and sows around 14.00 to 15.25. Cattle report beef steers midrange to prime 11.00 to 17.50, veal calves 20.00 to 21.00, butcher cattle and cows 5.50 to 14.75, feeder and stocker steers listed between 6.00 and 12.60. Yearling wethers 10.50 to 12.25, ewes 7.00 to 8.50, culls 2.25.
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F. O. B. Denver
Colo
H. H
Chicago
Chicago Produce Market Prices Slightly Mixed
Market notes show butter creamery and egg prices steady. Poultry in spring live 28c fowls 26c. Potatoes from Minnesota and Ohio sold bulk and in carlots between 2.90 and 3.10 per cwt. United States No 1 whites from Minnesota 3.00 to 3.10. Wisconsin carrots 2.75 to 2.90. Idaho round whites 3.50 per cwt for spa sales to jobbers.
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Springs
Minnesota
Spa
Grain prices and mix for corn and beans in market notes
Grain prices list corn and soy mixed quotes with numbers for No. 2 yellow and white and No. 3 white prices. Market notes show cents per bushel and percent figures for different grades.
Old Cobra Advises Young Cobra in a Tale of Enemies
A cobra father recounts to his son how the mongoose is the loyal enemy of snakes. He warns the young cobra to avoid the clever predator, noting the mongoose’s fast strikes and sharp teeth and the snakes’ mutual dislike of people.
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Cobra
Old Cobra
Young Cobra
India
Getting Up Steam
A young girl on a country visit watches her grandmother as a large black cat refuses to move from the kitchen range. The girl fears the cat’s behavior and exclaims that the cat has begun to boil, prompting a startled grandmother to respond.
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Emily
Why Eve Escaped Measles
A riddle explains Eve avoided measles by claiming she had Adam. The joke hinges on a play on words between “had Adam” and “had ’em” to suggest Adam’s presence prevented illness.
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Eve
Adam
Murphy Hurried to Finish Barn Paint Job
An Irishman named Murphy paints a barn, hurrying with great speed. A spectator asks why and Murphy answers he wants to finish before his paint runs out.
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Murphy
Topeka and Minneapolis Challenge Names
A brief lines puzzle hints at naming places and asks why Annapolis is not used. It contrasts Topeka Kansas with Minneapolis Minnesota and challenges reasoning behind place-name choices.
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Topeka
Kan
Minneapolis
Minn
Annapolis
Ann
Coal found in Argentina’s Andean foothills consular report
A consular report notes coal deposits discovered in the Andean foothills of Argentina. The finding highlights potential energy resources for the region.
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Argentina
Cuticura Toilet Trio Ad Promises Clear Skin
An advertisement urges daily use of Cuticura Soap Ointment and Talcum to cleanse soothe heal and fragrance skin. It claims the trio keeps skin clear and complete for every toilet table. A joke follows about Pa Willie asking about a tongue organ and Mother’s playing.
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Willie
Lift off Corns with Freezone Ad
An advertisement claims Freezone quickly removes corns and calluses with a few drops from a tiny bottle. It promises instant relief and painless removal, suggesting it costs only a few cents at any drug store.
Henry P Davison Riffs On Finance Lessons As Fast Track
Henry P Davison derides quick five lesson courses claiming they promise mastery of finance as if one could become a Napoleon of finance after a single evening. He compares it to a miner pushing for mining gold without studying mineralogy or geology, seeking immediate payin results.
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Henry P. Davison
School of Mines
Detective finds thief but another pursues suspect
Judge remarks the detective identified the jewel thief, yet another investigator continues the hunt for the culprit. The exchange implies ongoing pursuit and unresolved case status with multiple detectives involved.
Making promises is one thing but making good is another
A reflective line contrasts stating that agreeing to commitments differs from fulfilling them in practice. It suggests accountability and reliability as real measures of intent beyond hollow assurances.
Lydia E Pinkham's Vegetable Compound Story
Oregon Ill woman Mrs D M Alters raises six hundred chickens a year and credits Lydia E Pinkham's Vegetable Compound with restoring her health after organic troubles. She describes relief and urges other women to seek guidance from the Lydia E Pinkham Medicine Co. in Lynn Mass based on the company’s forty years of experience.
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Oregon
Ill
Lydia E. Pinkeham
Ouraper
D. M. Alters
Lydia E. Pinkham
Lynn, Mass
Art theft, wartime claim taints cheap picture buy
A Kansas City profiteer shows off a lurid 6 by 9 painting in a gaudy home. He blames a German looter in the Thirty Years War for damage, but a friend suggests a beer bottle incident during drunkenness explains it. Grogan’s selling off his pictures.
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Kansas City
Grogan
Kansas City Star
Getting Posted American Heiress Plot Hint
Lord Nocoyne and Reggie discuss a simple ruse to win an heiress by professing love to the girl and debt to her father, outlining a conventional scheme in their banter. The dialogue hints at a melodramatic setup and social maneuvering in a lighthearted scene.
First Burmese Woman Earns Degree in 1918
Ina Thein is listed among the successful degree candidates for 1918, marking her as the first Burmese woman to achieve this distinction.
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Ina Thein
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Denver Markets
Eastern Livestock
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Chieana
Lydia Einkham
Wang. Ie
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