Italians Win Great Victory at San Gabriele Front
War summary notes Italian forces reach crest of Monte San Gabriele after twenty days of heavy fighting opening path to Gorizia. British U boat losses limited, Russians gain near Riga-Venden road, and new Russian provisional government formed with Bonch-Brugovich to lead army. Americans surpass 500,000 enlistments as total volunteers exceed 1,000,000.
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Korniloff
San Gabriele
Bainsizza
Monte Gabriele
Russia
Bonch Brugovich
British War Office
Crown Prince
France
Rheims
Riga
Riga-Vendén
Cherisy
Arras
Berlin
Flanders
Ypres-Menin
United States
Monte San Gabriele
Gorizia
Isonzo
Petrograd
West Shows Treason Charge Over Liquor to Soldiers
United States Commissioner Krull of San Francisco brands selling liquor to soldiers as treason. Obituaries note Daniel H. Brees of Laramie died in Denver after forty four years with the Brotherhood of Locomotive Engineers. George W. Argue a 60 year old Union Pacific conductor died at his North Platte home after a long illness. Charles Hunt aged 14 son of Jack Hunt Arizona cattleman killed Chas Bartell in a gun duel near Douglas New Mexico. Union workers in Portland Vancouver St Helens and Astoria strike for higher pay and a closed shop. Utah completes certification of 40 percent of its national army quota and Utah's total quota is 2607.
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United States
Krull
San Francisco
Daniel H. Brees
Laramie
Wyo
Brotherhood of Locomotive Engineers
Denver
George W. Argue
Union Pacific
North Platte
Neb
Charles Hunt
Jack Hunt
Arizona
Chas. Bartell
Rodeo
N. M
New Mexico
Douglas
Ariz
Union
Willamette
Columbia
Portland
Vancouver
Washington
St. Helens
Ore
Astoria
District Exemption Board
American Lake
Utah
National Army
Draft Denotes Possible Universal Exam Calls In War Year
Official dispatches from Bogota report earthquakes from Aug 29 to Sept 13 with damage to buildings and six deaths. Senate passes a world-leading $11,538,000,000 war bonds bill after House approval. Red Cross report details German aerial bombing killing Lt Fitzsimmons and three privates. Trial of Rev Lyn George J. Kelly in Red Oak, Iowa, nears verdict with both sides confident.
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Bogota
Colombia
Senate
House
American Army Base
Fitzsimmons
Henry P. Davidson
Red Cross War Council
Grayson M. P. Murphy
Red Cross
Europe
Lyn George J. Kelly
Villiscanax
Red Oak
Iowa
Foreign news items mix amid wartime upheaval
Reports describe Uruguayan marines seizing German ships at Montevideo to prevent sinking plans, censorship actions in Berlin papers, the death of Madame Feng in Peking, and charges of conspiracy against Germans in China. Also noted are whisky seizures in Guaymas, peace note responses, property returns in Mexico, a brief Russian rebellion, and dispatches about German rewards to captors.
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Montevideo
Berlin
Tages -Zeitung
Boersen Zeitung
Freisinnige Zeitung
Feng
Feng Kwo- Chang
Peking
Herr Cordes
Guaymas
Sonora
Benedict
Vienna
Promoters Lose Money on Ten Day St Louis Racing Meet
Promoters of the ten day racing meeting in St Louis reported a loss of 2900 dollars. James Barnes of Philadelphia won the Western open golf championship at Westmoreland Country Club in Chicago. Lady Fuller captured the Springfield Illinois Great Western races feature event the 3000-dollar stake 2:20 pace finishing first in all three heats. Cunha, praised as Hawaii’s best swimmer by coach Gustav Petersen, uses an eight legged kick. Lois Stumer of Rainslow Country Club and Frances Hadfield of Blue Mound Club reached the first round of the seventeenth annual Women Western Golf Association championship at Flossmoor Country Club.
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James Barnes
Philadelphia
Westmoreland Country Club
Chicago
Lady Fuller
Springfield
Ill
George Cuha
Kahanamoku
Hawaiian Islands
Gustav Petersen
Cunha
Lois Stumer
Rainslow Country Club
Frances Hadfield
Blue Mound Club
Milwaukee
Flossmoor Country Club
Sugar syrup licenses ordered under presidential plan
The importation and refining of sugar syrup and molasses will be licensed starting Oct 1 1917 under a presidential executive order. Wheat shortages show improvement and bar silver traded above 1 per ounce on Sept 14 with a price of 1005 dollars per ounce in a volatile market.
Late Market Quotations for Cattle and Feeders
Grain market report lists prices for grass steers good to choice 9.25 to 10.75, fair to good 7.75 to 9.00, cows grassers 7.25 to 8.25, cows fair to good 6.00 to 7.00, canners 6.00 to 6.00, bulls 5.25 to 6.50, feeders and stockers good 7.00 to 8.00, feeders fair 6.25 to 7.00, feeders common to fair 5.50 to 6.25.
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Eceséc Soc
Ns O. i
Chicago
Grain and dairy price list from Colorado and Nebraska markets
Market bulletin showing buying and selling figures for grains and oats in Nebraska and Colorado. Includes 100 lb lot prices for wheat corn bran and oats, dairy prices for eggs and butter, and fruit prices for apples cherries and strawberries with unit measures and references to creameries and packing stocks.
Flint market values for hides pelts and sheep products
Market notes list assorted hides pelts and sheep products with prices per pound and per item. Dry hides horsehides green salted and cured hides are priced with weight ranges and quality distinctions. Additional line items cover wool pelts shearlings and glue hides with varied valuations.
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Aiasaielecbanese
Case Bee
Ioeiewiek
Market Prices and Commodity Bets Across Cities
New York lead at 9 percent and 10 percent for Bar Silver and copper casting at $24 621. Spelter in St Louis $7 73. London Bar Silver at 50 percent per ounce. Boulder tungsten concentrates set at 60 percent with units at $20 to $25. Crude ores 60 percent $20 to $25, 25 percent $12 to $15.20, 10 percent $9.40 to $12.20. Elgin Butter in Illinois bids 42 cents for 100 tabs and 43 cents for 200 tubs. Sugar prices listed: centrifugal $7.02, molasses $6.14, fine granulated $8.40 to $8.50.
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New York
St. Louis
London
Boulder
Duluth Flax Prices For October And December Trading
In Duluth Minnesota flax prices on track to arrive show October at 3.35 with a 3.36 bid and December at 3.314 percent asked or 3.35 bid.
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Duluth
Minn
Chicago Live Stock and Grain Prices Report
Chicago live stock prices show hogs, cattle and sheep with varied bid ranges across categories. Butter eggs potatoes and poultry prices are listed along with Minneapolis grain quotes for flour rye barley bran corn oats flax and more.
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Minneapolis
Minn
San Francisco Strike Ties Up Ship Building Contracts
About 25 000 metal trades workers in San Francisco and nearby cities walk out on a six week strike against United Railroads Company causing a $150 000 000 hit to government ship building and engine contracts. Rioting occurs as sympathizers attack a streetcar and substitute platform workers. Wages seek increases from 40 to 50 percent with pattern makers asking $7 a day and many crafts demanding $6 a day.
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San Francisco
Calif
United Railroads Company
United Railroads
Argentina Rejects German Protest Over Luxburg Incident
Buenos Aires reports Dr. Luis B Molina, the Argentine minister in Berlin, says Germany regrets Count von Luxburgs remarks but Buenos Aires rejects the response as unsatisfactory. German officials urge Luxburg to return to explain personally. Argentina demands firmer assurances.
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Kaiser
Buenos Aires
Luis B. Molina
Berlin
Foreign Office
Count von Luxburg
Argentina
Molina
Baron von Dem Busche-Haddenhausen
Germany
von Kuehlmann
Munich
Count Luxburg
Pueyrredon
Baron von Dem Busche- Haddenhausen
Luxbury
Germany Opens Door for New Papal Note in Kuehlmann Reply
German foreign secretary Dr. Richard von Kuehlmann, visiting Munich, handed the papal nuncio Germany’s reply to Pope Benedict’s peace proposal. The note, reflecting Bulgaria and Turkey views, aims to keep lines open for further Vatican communication. British raids on German trenches in Arras and Somme regions reported. several Germans killed and prisoners taken.
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Germany
Kuehlmann
London
Richard von Kuehlmann
King Ludwig
Munich
Benedict
Berlin
Zurich
Bulgaria
Turkey
Vatican
Arras
Somme
France
Sweden Election Hints Liberals Surge to Power
Early Washington dispatches indicate Liberals and Social Democrats gain ground in Sweden and appear set to take control of the government based on first election reports.
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Washington
Sweden
Social Democrats
Seven Killed in Burlington Train Wreck Near Earlville
Seven Iowa stockmen were killed in a rear end collision on the Burlington railroad near Earlville Illinois forty five miles west of Aurora. Ten or more were injured.
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Aurora
Ill
Iowa
Burlington
Earlville
Efficiency Study in Local Ledger Noted
A brief item describes Briggins doing less work and wasting time discussing efficiency. The notice adds a colorful aside about Red Cross Bag Blue improving laundry and making clothes whiter than snow, followed by an endorsement of good grocers.
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Briggins
Red Cross
All Good Grocers
Bernard at Dinner Party Teaches Manners
A dinner party scene shows Bernard refused a little girl’s request to play with his toys. His mother urges him to be a gentleman, while he insists she must be a lady.
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Bernard
Mother
Clear Complexion Routine Ads for Cuticura
An advertisement promotes Cuticura Ointment and Cuticura Soap for facial care and pore cleansing. It promises quick application with a five minute rinse and nightly effects, offering free samples by mail with a catalog from Cuticura, Dept L, Boston.
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Dept. L
Boston
Pre-film gossip and leisure at photoplay houses
A witty exchange contrasts gossip before motion pictures with today. One speaker notes that people once spent most leisure moments in photoplay houses and knew more about neighbors private affairs than now.
Not Like Home
A khaki wearing youth laments army life lack of fancy foods and comforts. He recalls sharing a cucumber with the camp cook who instead baked it in the oven. His mother expresses sympathy and offers to cook the treat herself.
Love in a Cottage Engagement Ends Over Details
A humorous exchange reveals that a couple split their engagement because they thought love alone could sustain a life in a cottage. Each party realized planning and provisions would be needed beyond affection.
Remedy for Memory Woes Through a Simple Note
Jones complains his wife forgets things. Brown shares a cure he uses by writing notes on paper and gum on the looking glass. Jones adopts the method and becomes content.
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Jones
Brown
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