Western News War Summary From Abroad And Home Front
Reports from the front detail Polish Uhlans annihilated in Podolia after food demands, and British advances near Villers-Bretonneux. U.S. and French forces suffer casualties in Meuse and Lorraine actions while Zeebrugge raid success blocks German shipping. Domestic news include a Minnesota shooting, Carnegie hero awards, Wilson’s Liberty Loan, coal shortages, and various war-related government and industry updates.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Uhlans
Podolia
France
Barnett
Villers-Bretonneux
Cachy
Leicheprey
Meuse
VaurLen-Palameiax
Verdun
St. Mihiel
Lorraine
Yonges
Kemme Bill
Reuters
la Clytte
Ypres-Comines Canal
Villiers- Bretonneux
Associated Press
Zeebrugge
Flanders
Ostend
Mining and Oil News Sees Copper and Oil Growth Across States
The report highlights Phelps Dodge 1916 earnings and new mining plans across Colorado Utah New Mexico and Wyoming. It notes Rich ore veins in Rico Argentine mine potential refinery closures in San Miguel county and shale experiments in Grand Valley DeBeque. It mentions Anaconda Inspiration merger talks and the Great Falls ferromanganese plant expansion. Oil activity grows in San Juan and Mogollon with beds near Bedrock Lordsburg and Socorro mill upgrades progressing.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Camp Bird
Ouray
Tram Angle Station
Grand Valley
DeBeque
Rawley Mining Company
Bonants
Shirley
Primos
Bear Creek
San Miguel County
Vanadium
Aden
Apex Reining and Drilling Company
Boulder
Montana
Anaconda
Inspiration Companies
Inspiration Aw
Anaconda Copper Company
Great Falls
Mont
New Mexico
Mogollon Mines Company
Oaks Company
Pacific and Central Group
Mesa Verde Company
San Juan
Bedrock
Lordsburg
San Juan County
Socorro
Mogolion
Revolt and war turmoil across Europe and Allied front
Five nations are in revolt or threaten upheaval including Russia Austria Germany Finland and Balkan tensions rise. Kaiser's era fades as monarchist and republican forces contend. In France and Belgium allied troops hold the line in Ypres Voormezeele and Locre amid persistent German pressure. Maj. Gen. Leonard Wood urges total effort at home to end the war.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
London
Russia
Austria
Germany
Siberia
Finland
Grand Duke
Alexis
Michael
Nichols
France
Ypres
Kemmel
Flanders
Voormezeele
St. Mihiel
Luneville
Old Glory to Fast Over Berlin in Tulsa Rally
Secretary of the Treasury McAdoo urged continued U S war effort at a Tulsa gathering on April 27 calling on Americans to buy Liberty bonds. He warned the conflict will be prolonged unless every citizen supports the struggle as the nation sustains the fight to victory in Berlin. Dutch yield and shipping demand noted as London-Holland press requests limit supplies of sand and gravel to Germany.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
China
United States
Schroeder
Zeebrugge
Toul
Holland
London
Seeadier
South Pacific Ocean
Radcliffe
Kemmel Bill
Arras
Amiens
Denver
Leonard Wood
United States Army
Berlin
Tulsa
Okla
Stars and ‘Stripes
the Treasury
McAdoo
London—Holland
Germany
Arizona State News Roundup From 1918 Copper Boom
Arizona reports rapid copper ore strikes in Tucson district and Twin Buttes, San Xavier, and Mineral Hill. Glove-Miami district companies like Inspiration Copper subscribe to the Third Liberty Loan. Drafts, seed and agriculture notes appear, including castor beans near Yuma and cotton prospects. Kingman, Globe, and Miami civic efforts, plus a Kingman hospital push, and a jail breakout in Douglas are noted amid war-time events. Two Theodore Roosevelt era era nods include census-like hiring, Liberty Bond purchases by Native Americans near Miami, and Gold Star era civic actions across the state.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Wilson
America
The
Fuel Administration
Jean
Interstate Commerce Commission
Department of Agriculture
Holland
Dutch East Indies
United States
Sotern Nemspaper Union
Barstow
van Wagenen
Globe
Los Angeles
Kingman
Tucson
Douglas
Arizona
Balome
Catherine
United China Company
Schuylkill Company
Tennessee
Red Cross
Inspiration Consolidated Copper Co
Wickenburg
Adam Marsh
Louis F. Schultze
Hunt
Inspiration Copper Company
Globe Miami
R. T. Smith
Francis Win Cotton
Phoenix
Cyclops
Tombstone
Camp McDowell
California
Yuma
State Council of Defense
Charles Hill
Miami
Pope
Hill
Skull Valley
New
United Verde Copper Co
Logan Properties
Freckle Lotion Recipe and Stamps Anecdote
An advertised lemon lotion recipe promises a cheap freckle and complexion whitening lotion using lemon juice and orchard white. The piece also relays a lively stamp anecdote at a post office, a Castoria note, and social musings on love and finance.
Truth-Tellers Spark Tension in Small Town
Local residents express admiration and unease as voices blend praise with questions about motives. Some townspeople doubt why hidden motives or agendas drive the praise, amid a quiet dispute over past actions and present loyalties.
Also Mentioned on This Page
Thomas Armstrong
Rochester
Minn
Armstrong
Walter W. Graves
Missouri Supreme Court
William J. Jone
Gardner
Graves
Champ Clark
Carnegie Hero Fund Commission
Pittsburgh
Dublin
Burnquist
Minnesota
A. J. Simonson
Denver Riding and Driving Club
Colorado State Racing Commission
Pueblo
Smoot
Utah
Raoul Lufbery
Wallingford
Conn
Paul Frank Baer
Mobile
Ala
New York Port
Burlington
Bay
Nebr
San Jacinto
Cal
Bawardsville
Robert Pas Prager
Collinsville
Treasury
St. Louie
Northwest Coast
Alaska
Seattle
Valdez
Mining and Oil News
Delon News
Matale
New York
St Louis
Cole
Phelps Dodge Corporation
Colorado
Durk
Wyoming Producers and Refiners Corporation
Naa
Rivertom Petroleum Company
Leslie of Company
Leeeched
Warm Springs
Thermopolia
Western Newspaper
Union News Service
Emperor Charles
Zita
Hungary
von Seydler
Bulgaria
Turkey
Balkans
Herr Scheidemann
Republic
Marie
Paris
Marie Antoinette
Arizona State News
United Verde Copper Company
Courins
Cochise County
Gibson Consolidated Copper Company
Mammoth Development Company
C. O. Ellis
Little Rock
Ark
Bankhead Highway Association
Estill
Peterson
Mexico
Camp Kearny
Frederick S. Strong
Superior Court of
Maricope County
Southern Pacific
Santa Fe
Arizona Corporation Commission
Greenlee County
Camp Funston
Coun
Coconino
Fletcher Castoria
Mary Garden
Miss Garden
Bales
Enoch Morgan's Sons CO
Supolio
Carter
Renee Cholottac
Cee Theo’ Lfeau
Tiley
Mik
Spohn
Theer
Ana HO Toe
Tal.co
Manufecturers
Gouken
Bed
UBA
Cadger
Barger
Oxford
This is just the beginning! Our collection holds over 300 years of history, including rare newspapers, obituaries, marriage records, birth records, and so much more—most of which you won’t find anywhere else!