War updates from the Western Front and Balkans
Western Front reports advance near Butte de Warlencourt three miles south of Bapaume and ongoing pursuit of retreating Germans in Dobrudja. Austro German forces claim gains in Transylvania and relief of Romanian troops. London says 5,678 prisoners captured on the Ancre front in three days of attacks.
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Butte de Warlencourt
Bapaume
Dobrudja
von Falkenhayn
Transylvania
Alt
Jiul
London
Ancre
Food control fears and wartime notices across continents
A global mix of wartime reports from London, Sydney, and Washington details King George signing food regulation plans, naval losses, and coal and electric shortages. Battles on the Somme, Balkan fronts, and Mediterranean actions accompany political shifts, labor strife, and upcoming Thanksgiving plans.
New Mexico State News Briefs Highlight Officials and Industry
Calendar items note events including the New Mexico Educational Association meeting in Albuquerque and the Cowboys Reunion in Las Vegas. Reports cover Estancia valley bean crop receipts around $100000, Santa Fe Railway terminal progress at Carlsbad, and a new Rayo post office in Socorro county. Mining activity near Steins and Johnson mine shaft at 225 feet is reported, plus a proposal for a state unit law to aid public schools. A drinking brawl in Santa Fe left Manuel Rivera with facial injuries.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
State Educational Association
Albuquerque
Cowboys
Las Vegas
Johnson Mine
Socorro Mining and Milling Company
Crop Production in New Mexico and U S A Summary
Preliminary estimates show potato yields in New Mexico higher than last year, while wheat corn oats hay and apples fall. The report covers state and national figures with price data and notes local developments in agriculture law and public notices.
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Union News Service
Santa Fé
New Mexico
United States
Bureau of Crop Estimates
Weather Bureau
U. S. Department of Agriculture
Shooting and election fight leave multiple wounded in New Mexico area
In Roswell, Sam Butler, Jack Bailey, and a man named Crockett were wounded in a shooting near the Fred Greening place. Butler suffered a right arm wound, Bailey a left shoulder wound, and Crockett a groin wound, none considered serious. In Magdalena, three men died and two were wounded in a gun fight tied to an election quarrel, with Dan Archulita killed, Manuel Gripalba and a younger brother dying of wounds, and both fathers injured.
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Roswell
Fred Greening
Sam Butler
Jack Bailey
Crockett
Butler
Bailey
Magdalena
Dan Archulita
Manual Gripalba
Archulita
Gripalba
Shotgun Accident Costs Cerrillos Boy His Hands
In Cerrillos a hunting accident injures 16 year old Teles fonio Espinos. He pressed the shotgun hammer with his foot while hunting, blowing off his right hand and injuring his left.
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Cerrillos
Telesfonio Espinos
Roswell Turkey House Ships 2382 Birds in First Carload
Roswell Turkey House reports its first solid carload of dressed turkeys sent from Roswell since opening. The shipment includes 104 barrels containing 2,382 birds and is consigned to New York City for retail distribution. The manager notes larger valley proportions than anticipated and says staff stays busy preparing fowls for storage.
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Roswell
Turkey House
New York City
Deutschland Sinks Tug During Night Naval Clash
German submarine torpedoes and rams a tug during a nocturnal encounter at sea. The tugboats’ boiler explodes as the convoy comes apart, and survivors are reported adrift in rough seas.
Five of Crew Crown New London Sub Collision
Five men died when the German submarine Deutschland rammed the T A Scott Jr convoy tug near New London Conn as it escorted the sub toward Bremen. Capt Frederick Hinsch survived by clinging to a rope until rescued.
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Navy
London Admiralty
Thomas L. Shevlin
Yale
New Haven
Conn
Union News Service
New London
John Gurney
William A. Caton
Edward Stone
Clarence H. Davidson
Eugene Durant
Scott
Fred Hinsch
Ros
Harry Baker
Cassie
Deutschland
Frederick Hinsch
Eastern Forwarding Company
Allies Check Against Berlin Report on War Fate
Berlin claims Allied setbacks as Austro-Hungarian forces threaten Campulung near Bucharest and press in Wallachia. Teutons report over 2,100 prisoners taken and renewed Romanian artillery fire on the Danube below Tchernavoda. The Somme offensive is declared a failure after 146 days with Entente casualties exceeding 600,000.
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Teutonic
Bucharest
Somme
Pressuire
Bumbeshti
Juil
Dragoslavele
Petrograd
Gulf of Finland
Berlin
Beaucourt
Paris
Hbeaucourt
Ancre
Macedonia
Monastir
Sofia
London
Campulung
Wallachia
Predeal
Entente
Cerna
Danube
Tchernavoda
Western railroads settle shopmen dispute after strike
A compromise ended a major strike by about 30 000 workers across eighteen Western railroads including the Denver Rio Grande and Colorado Midland. Railroads consented to a 24 percent hourly wage increase and an eight hour day though workers sought more. A Kansas City meeting produced a half way settlement. Routt cattle shipments set record with 51 826 head valued at $4 146 080 through Phippsburg Yampa valley area.
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Western Railroad
Denver
Western
Colordo & Southern
Colorado Midland
Denver & Rio Grande
Denver & Salt Lake
Kansas City
Routt
Steamboat Springs
Routt County
Phippsburg
Yampa Valley
Duma Re elects President in Petrograd
Michael Vladimirovitch Rodzianko is re elected president of the Duma in Petrograd as the legislative body confirms continued leadership amid political tension and reform debates.
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Duma
Petrograd
Michael Vladimirovitch Rodzianko
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Fighting Beacon
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National Athletic Club
Pierre Macho
Buenos Aires
M. Millering
la Grande, Ore
Hiram Cole
Central College
Fayette
Missouri Military Academy
Mexico
Willie Ritchie
Johnny McCarthy
San Francisco
Juarez
E. L. Cord
Phoenix
Santa Monica
Dario Resta
American Automobile Association
Resta
New York
United States Steel Corporation
Margaret Brown
Spokane
Wash
Thomas F. Flaherty
National Federation of Postoffice Clerks
Argentina
Federal
American Federation of Labor
Luis Carbrera
The
New Mexico Bankers’ Associaion
Estancia Valley
Santa Fé Railway
Carlsbad Terminal
Austin-Amazon Copper Company
State Corporation Commission
Rayo
Socorro County
Kimball District
Steins
Grant County
Friends of the Public Schools
Manuel Rivera
Upper Palace Avenue
Anti-Saloon League of
Hay
Union County
Orren Beatty
Cimarron
Woman's Club of
Belen
Mogollon Mines Co
White Mountains
Lincoln County
Rev
M. Hall
Ruidoso
Capitan
el Paso
Carrizozo
George Price
E. C. Abbott
New Mexico Infantry
B. F. Pankey
Santa Fé National Forest
Secretary of the Interior
Caja del Rito
Lamy
E. A. Johnson
District Court
N. B. Field
Bonifacio Montoya
Vincent Thomas
Andrew Regan
G Rand
Herbert Herzstein
Clayton
N. M
Texline
Tex
Texas
Lucius C. Hightower
Hallie Hightower
Tyrone
Silver City
Hightower
Dona Ana Motor Company
Las Cruces
U. S
Rae
Lovington Hardware Co
Carlsbad Automobile CO
Daily Mail
Carlsbad
Lovington
Pearl
Monument
Nadine, Hobbs and Knowles
BUICK
Eddy County
EXIDE
Carlsbad Auto CO
Carlsbad, New Mexico
Lee Haywood
Lovington Automobile Co
Republic
FORD
Lovington Hotel
Gray Coggin
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