Activities of Women Across Nations in War Effort
The piece notes suffrage leagues in ports, Toronto waitresses unionizing, Brooklyn women taking Red Cross roles, Mary Pickford set to appear publicly, Miss Jessie P Campbell headed to France as a nurse aide, and Lady Paget’s fundraising totaling nearly 400,000 for Belgium France Italy and other war relief, amid wartime sentiment.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Briiis
Columbia
Toronto
Canada
Brooklyn
Red Cross
Mary Pickford
Jessie P. Campbell
Campbell
Obie
France
Lady Paget
Belgium
Italy
Doubla
Copper and tungsten markets dominate western mining news
The Western Mining and Oil News reports May Cripple Creek output totaling $1,180,540 with ore tonnage and values rising, copper casting prices at $12.57 per unit, tungsten and lead notes, and new mining developments across Cripple Creek, Telluride, YevaPal county, and Las Platan. Cripple Creek operations resume at Gold Coin and Dillon shafts amid promising flotation mill prospects.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Aethim Kew Herve
Speiler
St Louis
New York
Boulder
Colo
Cripple Creek
Silas
J.P .Milier
Yucca
Yavapal County
Dustis
Humber
Gruportien
Wepreetcents Ace
Siverton
Maxon of
Day Winery
Tucker Mill
Telluride
Sutheesters
Colorado
Gold Coin
Dillon
Las Platan
Comtention
Fig Glane
Subverton
Pete Orella
Mycocrates An
le Clair
Mary McKinney
Maid Elone
Cripple Crevk
Mining boom fuels rush at Can lige concentration plant
Reports from the Can lige property in Steeple Mock show early operation success with assay results from Denver ore assays reaching high values. Eclipse site in Steeie Rock district reports five foot by eight foot ore bodies across the drift and Silver Cry shipments averaging a trainload daily led by Empire Zinc Austin Colorado Fuel shipments.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ratoni
Canlige
Steeple Mock
Denver
la Lar
Steepie Rock
Silver Cry
Empire Zinc Company
Austin Mine
Colorado Fuel and Tram Company
Chine Copper Company
Burro Mountain Copper Company
Greybull Oil Project Advances in Basin Work
The Greybull Oil Development Company starts oil field activity south of Greybull near the Bull River. An Ohio Oil Company refinery planned at Greybull appears likely, with the company holding 37 acres and beginning preliminary extraction work.
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Little Buffalo
Ohio
Greybull
Greybull Oil Development Company
Bull River
The Social History of Smoking and Its Royal Ties
The article recounts G. L. Apperson’s Social History of Smoking, tracing tobacco from the New World into Elizabethan England, its rise among Cavaliers and decline among Puritans, royal endorsements, and the later spread of cigars and cigarettes into society. It notes Shakespeare’s silence on tobacco, mentions Elizabeth I’s court, James I’s denouncements, Milton and Cromwell’s era, and the eventual modern revival with Laurence Oliphant introducing cigarettes.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
St. Louis Post-Dispatch
G. L. Apperson
Walter Rubeign
England
Chapmas
Provence
Shakespeare
Ssyx
Spat Cer
Ueno Jonson
Spence
Jonson
St Paul's
London
Elizabeth
Campbell
Virginia
Raleigh
Earl of Laincester
Sir Walter
Nottingham
Tress Elizabeth
Austria
Alchamnes
Teent
Spain
Margherita
Italy
Amelia
Pattagalette
Victoria
Dallomer
Tailgat Bls
James
Tobago
Charles 1
Cromwell
Milton
Grace
New England
Connecticut
Blue Lawn
Quest Victoria
Prince Regenit
Lord Petersham
Athenaeum Ded
Doctor Hawkee
House Committee
Quilip
Dickens
Lord Rawdon
Vanity Fair
Carlyle
Tennyson
Carlsis
Alfred
Tenlerson
Charles Lamb
War nicknames through history and their sly jibes
The piece surveys how wars spawn nicknames for enemies and allies, noting terms like Piets and Godiams, and playful jests about French frogs and Sondonese. It reflects on how reputations are shaped by hostile labels and contrasts easy slurs with the challenge of a good man living up to his reputation.
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Joan of Arc
Godiams
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Mexico
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United States
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Eighth
Massachusetts Infantry
Pacific Coast
Washington
McCall
Massachusetts
Western Mining and Oil News
Arizona
Heaperate Si
Conner Etoneay
Noes
Kinzwan
Gat Iret Multzel
Waldon
High Thotew
Pheenty
Brest
Verde
Kingsten
Hawlotas Bes Bess
Rodnek
Brodrick
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