War News Roundup From Fronts Across Europe and Americas
Western Front updates report Allied gains on the Somme with advances near Courcelette and the Mouquet farm. French forces advance south of the Somme through German lines to Vermandovillers and Berny, while British and French drive six miles along the front. Elsewhere Turkish losses in Mesopotamia are noted, Italian operations in Albania progress, and Villa’s forces are repulsed at Chihuahua City with casualties and prisoners.
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Romania
More
Transylvania
Mesopotamia
Macedonia
Italy
Albania
Courcelette
Mouquet Farm
Vermandovillers
Berny
Berlin
Vienna
Archduke Charles Francis
Somme
Germany
Austria
Balkan
Pripet Marsh
Russia
Galicia
Carpathians
Six Mile
Combles
Highwood
Bouleaux Wood
Lake Angela
Gulf of Riga
Francisco Villa
Chihuahua City
Mexico
Gonzales
Juarez
Villa
Major Cedric Dickens Killed in Action in France
Foreign dispatch reports Major Cedric Charles Dickens grandson of Charles Dickens was killed in action in France. The text notes allied and diplomatic events, Greek cabinet changes, and wartime developments across Europe and Canada, including prohibition shifts in Ontario and a rush to close bars before midnight.
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Cedric Charles Dickens
Charles Dickens
France
Chamber of Deputies
Bryan Draws 3000 in Tucson for Wilson Victory Cry
William J. Bryan spoke before about 3,000 in Tucson urging the re election of President Wilson. Levy brothers Denver and Bisbee stock and grain brokers suspended amid reports they owe 1 250 000 on 269 accounts. The Wilsons left Branch New Jersey for Columbia South Carolina to attend the funeral of his sister Annie E Howe in New London Connecticut. Frederick Augustus Tritle 50 secretary of the Arizona Non Partisan Legislative league died in Douglas of Brights disease. Mine conditions in Nevada Goldfield district are favorable with signs that ore exposure is near. J Maurice Pettit former Cedar Rapids bank teller carried to Chicago hospital to attend the inquest into the death of his 18 year old bride whom he said he killed to keep her pure.
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William J. Bryan
Tucson
Ariz
Wilson
Levy Brothers
Denver
Bisbee
Branch
N. J
Columbia
S. C
Sas Annie E. Howe
New London
Conn
Frederick Augustus Tritle
Sts
Arizona
Legislative League
Douglas
Bright
Phoenix
Nevada Goldfield
J. Maurice Pettit
Cedar Rapids
Iowa
Chicago
British trade bias and overseas transport plans noted in dispatches
The report covers rising typhus and yellow fever in Mexican coast ports, Abram I. Elkus arriving as the new U.S. ambassador to Turkey, Mrs. Charles Thomas's typhoid illness, and a State Department cable ordering transport for sixty five American women and children from Palestine on the Des Moines. Clarence F. Bosworth to study far eastern boot and shoe markets. Senator Chamberlain cites British trade discrimination. Lincoln Memorial dedication set for two years hence. cornerstone laid February 12, 1915.
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Constantinople
Abram I. Elkus
Turkey
State Department
Charles §. Thomas
Colorado
Washington
Palestine
Des Moines
Clarence FE. Bosworth
Boston
Department of Commerce
Senator Chamberlain
Oregon
Potomac Park
Harvard keeps intercollegiate tennis title at Merion
Harvard wins both singles and doubles to claim the silver challenge cup at the Merion Cricket Club in Haverford near Philadelphia. Delta defeats Salida 5 1 to win the Western Slope baseball title with Salida second and Montrose third. Freddie Welsh seeks higher pay for a New Orleans bout, demanding 40 percent of gross receipts after declining $15 000 offer.
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Harvard
Merion Cricket Club
Haverfort
Philadelphia
Harrison K. Caner
Delta
Colo
Salida
Montrose
Freddie Welsh
Johnny Dundee
New Orleans
Charlie White
Colorado Springs
Dominick Tortorich
Louisiana Auditorium
Brady estate valued at eighty four million approved
The first accounting of Anthony N. Brady executors valued the estate at about 84 million dollars and was approved by Surrogate Van Dersee in Albany. Illinois Governor Dunne leads in Democratic nomination polls by about ninety five thousand, while Lowden trails by about one hundred thousand. Landis in Chicago fixed Central Trust bonds at four cents. United Mine Workers nominations awarded to John P White and John P Walker with Green and Hayes facing light opposition. A 75,000 worker sympathy walkout was discussed amid railway strike tensions. Princeton defeats Harvard 9 to 0 for intercollegiate golf title at Oakmont.
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Anthony N. Brady
van Dersee
Albany
Ing
Illinois
Edwin F. Dunne
Frank O. Lowden
Kenesaw Mountain Landis
Standard Oil Company
Indiana
United States District Court
Chicago
Central Trust Company of Illinois
Michael Michnink
United Mine Workers of America
John P. White
Iowa
John P. Walker
Green
Frank J. Hayes
Interborough Rapid Transit Company
Denver market quotations for livestock and grains
Western Union News Service reports late market quotations from Denver. Steers, hogs, cows, veal calves, feeds, and grain prices are listed with ranges for pulp and grain fed, grassers, canners, and stockers. Grain prices cover wheat, rye, oats, corn, bran, and upland per ton.
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Cite Selves
DHIMS
East CO
MOOG
Colo
Idaho
Colorado
Blackmail ring claimed $1 million in a year raid
Chicago federal officials say eight members of an international blackmail syndicate were arrested in a Denver area raid after confessions from two leaders. They report the group netted about $1,000,000 in the past year and include a murder tied to a Denver camp incident.
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Chicago
Dick Barrett
Edward J. Thompson
Hinton G. Clabaugh
Federal Department of Justice
International Blackmail Syndicate
Secret Service
Frank Hughes Turner
James Brown
Wilson
Lawless Fraternity
Turner
P. A. Turner
Texarkana
Ark
Jefferson County
Colorado
Denver
Brown
Fragmented farm price list with varied produce rates
A garbled ledger page lists eggs by grade with prices, dairy creamery rates, fruit and vegetable prices from Colorado sources, and mixed entries for packing stock and crate counts. The text shows no clear articles or events, just market figures and item descriptions.
Saskatchewan Premier Scott Believed Dying in Regina
Regina reports Premier Walter Scott of Saskatchewan is believed dying in hospital here due to asthma. Crowds gather as officials avoid speculation while doctors treat the veteran leader.
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Scott
Saskatchewan
Regina
Sask
Walter Scott
Metal Market Quotations And Ore Prices Across Cities
Market listings show Spelter in Denver at 8.26 dollars per unit, copper casting at 26.62 percent, lead in New York at 6.70 dollars, bar silver 68.4 cents, and Boulder Colorado tungsten concentrates 60 percent priced 18 to 23 dollars per unit. Crude ores deliver sixty percent 15 to 20 dollars, twenty five percent 9.40 to 10 dollars, and 1 cent per percent 7.80 to 9 dollars per unit.
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Denver
New York
Boulder
Colo
Chicago Market Prices for Butter Eggs Poultry and Grains
Buttercreamery $27% 32c. Eggs Firsts 28%4 29c. ordinary 27144 28c. Fowls 19c, springs 19c. Wheat No 2 red $1.54% 1.54%. No 3 red $1.50 1.50%. No 2 hard $1.56 1.565g. No 3 hard $1.50 1.55%. Corn No 2 yellow 87c. No 4 yellow 83 84c. No 4 white 82 84c. Oats No 3 white 45%4c. standard 45%c. Barley 84c 1.16. Timothy 3.50 4.50. Clover 11.00 14.00. Pork 27.95. Lard 14.40. Ribs 14.50 14.90.
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Chicago
Furious Drive on Somme Intensifies World War Fronts
London and Paris war offices report fresh gains on the Somme with British forces advancing 1000 yards and capturing the fortified quadrilateral north of the river. French troops push trenches near Combles and Verdun reports show Dead Man's Hill secured. Russians press in on Lemberg near Malicz, Florina falls to French in a new Macedonian push, Bulgarians advance in Dobrudja, while German hydroplanes attack allied ships off Flanders.
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London
Somme
Paris
Combles
Verdun
Dead Man’s Hill
Lemberg
Malicz
Florina
Dobrudja
Flanders
President Attends Sister's Funeral in Columbia
President Wilson came to bury his sister Mrs. Annie E. Howe of Philadelphia who died in New London Conn. He attended simple services at a church and walked with relatives to the cemetery where he stood with bowed head and a tear stained face. The graveyard inclosure also houses his in laws and other relatives.
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Columbia
S. C
Wilson
Annie E. Howe
Philadelphia
New London
Arizona State News roundup of key events and incidents
A compiled briefing lists upcoming events from Oct. 3 to Oct. 29 including Grand Canyon meeting with New Mexico bankers, Northern and Southern Arizona fairs, and the Arizona State Fair in Phoenix. It notes mining, road-building, a rack of incidents from thefts to a fatal shaft accident, smallpox quarantine, a kidnapping rumor, a riot near Clifton, notable rescues, and political returns from the primary. It mentions Tom Reed mine plans at Kingman, ore yields at Union Pass, a new recruiting office in Tucson, and the ongoing influence of good roads on Arizona mining towns.
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New Mexico Bankers’ Association
Grand Canyon
Prescott
Tucson
Phoenix
Davis Garrett
Gold Basin
Tom Reed
Kingman
Woman Reports Relief After Lydia Pinkham Remedy
Taunton Massachusetts resident Clarice Morn 22 credits Lydia E Pinkham's Vegetable Compound with ending monthly pains and absence of work days. The ad urges troubled girls to seek physician consultation and offers free confidential advice from Lydia E Pinkham Medicine Co.
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Taunton
Mass
Lydia E. Pinkham
Lydia E. Pinkham Medicine Co
Lynn
Largest Fountain Pen Crafted in New Orleans
A silver fountain pen believed to be the largest ever made for actual use was completed in New Orleans. The pen measures ten inches with the cap and eight inches without it, holds two ounces of ink, and weighs about four ounces.
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New Orleans
Red Cross Bag Blue Ad Promotes Clothes Use
An old ad promotes Red Cross Bag Blue for clear white clothes. Mentioned is F. C. Fisher of St. Louis Missouri who claims to have fought Mexicans in 1846.
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F. C. Fisher
St. Louis, Mo
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