War News Roundup From Frontlines and Diplomacy
Broad dispatches report French raids at Hit S04 Verdun and Argonne, British gains on the Somme and Ancre, and updates on German trade unions, relief efforts in Belgium, and Count von Bernstorff returning to Berlin. US suffrage, naval plans, and protests across Europe share the page with crime in California and Utah.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Verdun Frost
Argonne
Reuter
Berne
American Commission For Relief
Belgium
France
Great Britain
Count von Bernstorff
Berlin
F. B. Maurice
War Office
Associated Press
London
Ancre
Arras
King George
Grandcourt
Somme
Ypres
Western Mining and Oil News Highlights Arizona Nevada Oregon
Mining and oil notes from Harn Newspaper Union News Service discuss rising copper smelter activity in Douglas Arizona with record ore output and booming mining towns. Reports cover December and January yields in Colorado New Mexico and Wyoming, copper and silver prices, new shafts and machinery, and refinery disruptions.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Harn Newspaper Union News Service
New York
Boulder
Colorado
Lulu Group
Clark
Leadville
Monarch Mining Company
Woodratt
Quartz
Gunnison County
Breckenridge
Lee Mining Company
Empire Zinc Company
Lead Ville
Robert Emmet
French Gulch
Mint
Denver
Aspen
Independence
R. F. Stratton
Salida
South Burns
Acacia Gold Milling Company
Pioneer Consolidated Mines Company
Gibson Hill
Deadwood
New Mexico
Queen
McKinley
Mogolion
Roswell
Santa Fé County
Tom Payne
Ortiz Grant
Waldo
Cerillos
Socorro
Mogollon
Plans for mobilizing an American civilian army
Washington The War College division of the General Staff has completed plans for mobilizing a volunteer army. Projections include up to 1,000,000 volunteers, with recruitment rules, officer selection by experience, rendezvous depots, and rapid training. Authorities aim to align with presidential calls, congressional authorization, and state allocations.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
War College Division
General Staff
United States Army
United States
War College
The
Congress
District of Columbia
Secretary of War
War Department
Regular Army
Petesci
Arizona Mightiest of All Fighting Vessel
The Arizona, newest addition to the U S battle ship division, is the largest naval fighting vessel, surpassing the Pennsylvania by 200 tons. Its twelve 14 inch guns deliver a 20 000 pound broadside at 15 miles. Displacement reaches 31 600 tons and it cruises at about 20 knots.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Arizona
United States Battleship Division
Uncle Sam
Wie
Pennsylvania
Admiral Mayo
Kansas
Vermont
New Hampshire
Silent Grief Over News of Missing Loved Ones
John M. Little, an Englishman, begged officials for word on his wife and four children after news that the California, a liner, sank in Germanys submarine campaign. The latest cable reported his wife and one child missing while others were saved. He asked for any word of hope, but no answer came as tears flowed and the busy Anchorine offices resumed work.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
John M. Little
Anchorine
California
Germany
Little
Arizona State News Highlights From Early 1917 Report
A compilation of Arizona events includes a major post office robbery in Kelvig, a fatal ranch fire near Aguilar, and diverse economic items. Legislative notes cover funding for Flagstaff Normal School and post roads. mine output and new mills are reported at Copperbelt towns like Kingman and Mineral Park. Also noted are wildlife kill counts in national forests, land entry designations, and a Tucson police bribery hearing.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Kelvig
Mary Lapham
Aguilar
Arizona
Phoenix
Campbell
Old Dominion Copper Company
Agricultural Extension Service
United Eastern
Kingman
Tech
Flagstaff
Emerald Isle Copper Company
Mineral Park
Miami
Rautan
Henry Strawbell
Mendocino
Golconda
Kingman and
Oatman
Mohave County
Chino Valley
Jerome
Dundee-Arizona
George W. Oakes
Bufalo Bill
Tucson
Cody
Interior Department
Arizona National Forests
Arizona Butte Mines Company
Fox
Bisbee
MRS Kieso Health Claims From Patent Advice Promos
A fragmentary ad notes Mrs Kieso seven months ill and promotes patent medicine from Inkham Medicine Co Lynn MA offering free confidential advice. It includes an actress recipe for gray hair using Loz Bay Rum Barbo Compound glycerine and directions, claiming darkening and softening effects without staining.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Tims
Permicion
Piyaie & Pineam
United States
Inkham Medicine Co
Lynn Mass
Coast Guards Save Deer At Quonochontang Station
Coast Guard crews at Quonochontang Station rescued a deer chased by dogs that fell through thin ice. Three surfmen rowed a small skiff for an hour to reach the animal, revive it, and return it to liberty after work on the icy pond.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Coast Guard
Quonochontang
R. 1
Liberty
Jenks’s fad demands flavor in every detail
A quirky note from the era describes Jenks insisting on seasoning all his life aspects. He even refuses to sit at a table unless the wood is seasoned, highlighting a humorous zeal for flavor in ordinary acts.
Also Mentioned on This Page
Western
Westlake
Home Savings Bank
Los Angeles
Cal
Union Pacific
Omaha
Ogden
Andrew P. Peterson
Hugh Acdrd
Burton Jensen
Hachita
White House
Willard Saulsbury
Delaware
Senate
Wilson
Anna Howard Shaw
Nations Woman Suffrage Association
Great Lakes
Henry P. Fletcher
Mexico
Rio Grande
State Department
Eikus
Constantinople
Asia Minor
Sofia
Japan
Havana
America
George Alexander Cooper
Hursley Park
Winchester
Gerard
Amsterdam
Reuters Telegram Company
Lyman M Law
Stefani Agency
Rome
Yorkshire
Chamber of Deputies
Paris
Andre Lefevre
East Prussia
Statie Tce
Duke of Connaught
London Times
Copenhagen
Norway
Sweden
Denmark
Austria Hungary
Sporting News
University of California
Texas
House of Representatives
Les Darcy
Mike Gibbons
Milwaukee
American League
National League
Fred Throckmorton
Sulphur Springs
Rocky Mountains
Hot Sulphur Springs
Colo
Lloyd Grege
Steamboat Springs
Horace Janssen
Brooklyn Navy Yard
Ryndam
York
James W. Gerard
Joan Grier Hibben
Woodrow Wilson
Princeton University
Lincoln Centennial Association
Springfield
Ill
Lincoln
Murray
Rube Martin
William Duiguid
England
M. Jane Newcomb
Philadelphia State College
Western Mining and Oil News
Douglas
Inspiration Company
Hil and
Verde Apex Companies
Wyoming
Copper Mountain
Greybull
Ohio
Greybull Refining Company
Kinney Well
Arizona State News
Union News Service
Walker
Joe Algert
Prescott
State Senate
Thomas E. Campbell
Rutherford
Verde River
Cottonwood
Esau Mills
Superior Court
Viola Lee
Board of Pardons and Paroles
Venture Hill
Jerowe
Kieso
Lydia E. Paskham
Rovers
Coast Guards
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