War Skirmishes and Global Battles Dominate Reports
Western Newspaper Union dispatches detail fighting across the Carpathians and Champagne, with heavy Austrian and German losses, submarines off England, and moves by Italian and French forces. Allied financing, public notices, and various domestic incidents accompany the war news.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Union News Service
Carpathian Passes
Dardenelles
Poland
Petrograd
Italian War Department
Austria
Italy
Trent
Petit Parisien
Rome
Tocht
Simla
India
England
Flaminian
Crown of Castile
Senate
Paris
Chamber of Deputies
Serbia
Belgium
Greece
Montenegro
Friends of Allies
Champaigne
Lyutta Valley
Bereg
Hungary
Here
Verceske
Western Mining News In Brief
Mining notes from across the West report active operations at Towbstone and United Eastern mine at Kingman with ore bodies cut at 460 feet. Oatman district interest grows as rail prospects boost Jerome Verde and Verde Extension figures. New Mexico fields show oil indications near Fort Sumner and two large comminators planned at Pinos Altos. Guggenheim interests to take over Organ district properties valued at $10,000. Oil drilling and milling plans unfold in several Colorado and Utah locales with notable ore shipments and price movements across multiple mines.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Arizona
Towbstone
United Eastern
Kingman
Ajo
Oatman
Verde Extension
Jerome Verde
Jerome
United Verde
New Mexico
Fort Sumner
Pinos Altos
Empire Zinc Company
Cleveland Group of Mines
Colorado
Silverton
Salt Lake Company
Rice
East Tennessee
Denver
Big Four
Breece Hill
Leadville
Cummings
Resurrection No. 2
Yak
Golden Cycle
John T. Milliken
Colorado Springs
Starr Consolidated Company
Derry Ranch
Box Creek
Mount Ebert
Twin Lakes
Cripple Creek
Empire State
Isebeila
Welty and Associates
Blue Bird
War Zone Wit and Quick Quips From a Dim Echo
A collage of wartime humor and adages presents snippets of dialogue and quips. From a correspondent yearning for home to jokes about gratitude, education, law, and finance the items offer a snapshot of light moments amid conflict.
The Hunter and Other Comic Fragments in One Page
A chaotic collage of jokes and quips from a late 19th or early 20th century humor page. It includes snippets about engagement rings, literary talk, politicians, social superiority, bachelorhood, and daily vignettes featuring characters like Jack Alice Howell Powell and various stage-like exchanges. The piece blends witticisms, local color, and casual dialogue in a fast, collage-style format.
Boston Doctor Reed and His Bridge Avoiding Horse
A Boston physician noted for a wide practice bought a bay horse with a unique fault crossing bridges. Facing required bridge passes to reach nearby towns, he sold the horse without hiding the flaw, advertising only that he must leave Boston. The tale illustrates medical circles and a humorous aside about a census of birds.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Boston
Tellin
Reed
Mrs Williams Long Sickness Remedy Ad
An advertisement extols Mrs Williams health tonic made from native roots and herbs, claiming no narcotics, the product is said to be the most successful remedy for female ills with thousands of testimonials. It invites letters to Lydia E Pinkham Medicine Co for confidential guidance from a woman.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pinkhms
Lynn
Mass
E. Pinkham
Lydia E-Pinkham
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Kansas
Missouri
Marshall
United States Court
Tse-Ne-Gat
Hatch
Salt Lake City
Iowa House
Esther Cleveland
Cleveland
Corounds Beach
Cal
John Kyle
Sleepipe
Charles O'Brien
O'Brien
Des Moines
Cole Younger
Lee's Summit
Frank James
Younger
Ashington
Lurton
William H. Taft
Wilson
Annapolis
Arlington Cemetery
London
Falba
Ter Thrasher
Germany
Jean-Marie-Leon Divien
Amiens
France
John Cameron Lamb
Lord Rothschild
Rothschild
General Villa
Monterey
Naco
Sonora
Jose Maytorena
Russis Levce
Great Britain
Treasury
Navy Department
Honolulu
David Lloyd George
Sporting News
Muse
Gun Sesecble
Perry
Laramie
Longmont
Loveland
Greeley
Windsor
Paul F. McBride
Goodland
Kan
University of Coledo
St. Joseph's Hospital
Grand Lodges of Masons
Cincinnati
Ohio
Masonic War Relief Association of
United States
Boyle
Norfolk
St Lawrence County
N.Y
George J. Gould
Howard Gould
Pith Avenue
Justice Platzek
Supreme Court
New York
Clotilda Cohen
Philadelphia
Henry B. Cohen
Thomas Elifer
Lanark
Freeport
John Brisbem Walker
Mount Morrison
Colo
Frank Abarso
Carmine Carbone
St. Patrick's Cathedral
Western Mining News
Wepaner Calon News
Speiler
St. Louis
Wyoming
Cleveland-Wyoming of Company
Basin
Old King
Seminole
Rawlins
Big Horn Oil & Gas Co
Alford
Greybull
Seminole Mining Company
Blinky
Bill
Dill
Iowa Agricultural College
Patrice
Tuck
Jack
Alice
Howell
Powell
Libert
Vodyville Theater
Carter
Senator Sorghum
Jacqueline
Father
Mra. Henpeck
Theodore
Mr. Henpeck
Penelope
Percival
Pratt Pitlel
Ie CexTaun Company
Castoria
Lydia E. Pinkham
J. W. Puller
Sloan's
Me & Mall
Jeeeph Tambiye
Cameras Street
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