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Newspaper
Tombstone Epitaph
Location
Tombstone, Arizona, United States of America
Date
Feb 17, 1918
Page
3
Under National Special Aid Society by Mrs. Bartlett, a treasure and trinket land collects non monetary gifts for aviators and their dependents. Gifts melted at U S assay office fund government support via a check, aiding disaster relief and welfare.
Arizona produced about 688 million pounds of copper in 1917, double any other state. Oil interests form new Holbrook fields. Porphyry Copper shaft at Globo shows improved ore quality. Cripple Creek mine outputs, dividends, and potash values noted. Oregon, Colorado, and Nevada mining updates include silver, gray copper, molybdenum finds, and drilling activity across several companies.
A president of a major tire and rubber company argues automobiles will play a larger war role in the United States, with reduced civilian use and expanded commercial production. He notes government plans will affect nonessential industries but that autos and tires remain essential, predicting more cars built for war and industry-wide cooperation.
In 1917 Montana reports the Anaconda Copper Company extracting about 15 000 tons of ore daily from 23 producing mines. Total employment surpasses 11 500 as the company expands. A New York dispatch notes a prolonged period following the initial actions.
Poor engine operation at low car speeds is a common complaint with the usual carburetor system. An air leak can disrupt carburetor adjustment, causing insufficient fuel feed. A wide plug gap with a magneto that has weak magnets may produce this trouble.
New Mexico based Peterson and associates advance the Iron Bar Group at Mogollon with a cross cut tunnel exceeding 600 feet. In Wyoming, Tom Nestor closes a 100 acre Derby dome tract deal and plans drilling by May 1. Officials from careca in Comesay starmecenent report well No 1 in Lander Fhashett eld down 0 foot.
A motorist traveling from Detroit to Toledo reports a 200 yard passage through an uncultivated field for 25 cents. The rider said a kindly farmer stood at his barnyard gate and let each vehicle pass over the field onto the road beyond after paying the small fee.
Distilled water or clear rain water is best for batteries. Hard water with minerals harms the battery, according to F J Stone, manager of a Boston concern. When filling, remove caps and add water until it stands above the plates but not to the top of the container.
The Scientific American describes and illustrates a signaling device by G. W. Edmond of El Paso Texas for automobiles to indicate a change of course. The invention aims to be inexpensive and efficient, easily applied to a car, and highly prominent when activated to attract attention.
The device describes a folding flag attached at the operative position with the free arm end. When positioned, the flag unfolds automatically and an incandescent light at the extremity of the urn makes the arm visible in darkness.
M. N. Finklestein of Greenwich Connecticut has patented two new automobile headlights. The design focuses on maximum highway illumination while eliminating glare. Direct rays are shielded to cover the ground and light it thoroughly without projecting light far ahead.
Allied reinforcements arrive in Italy to aid in stopping the Austro German advance at the height of the push. The first batch of Presch cuts reaches Milan as transport units and trucks are shown in the war zone.
A Baltimore woman with a health issue is urged to consider Pinkham's Vita for relief. The appeal notes a physician favoring an operation and promotes the product as a natural aid for women facing such troubles, urging readers to act on the advice. Necombe B at 609 Calverton Rd signs the note.
A dental visit turns comic as a patient endures a painful gag while the dentist offers to take them to lunch. The narrator imagines a planned joke backfires when a sharp dental tool injures the roof of the mouth, prompting laughter at the awkward collision of pain and lunch plans.
An analysis cites German propaganda claims and reveals medical casualties at the Western Front. Through June 25, 1917, French and English physicians showed mortality near civil life levels with 1 percent killed, 707 wounded, and two dying from disease, according to recent statistics.
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