War News and Daily Highlights From the Fronts and Home Front
Reports from the European war front summarize German advances in Crimea and Italy, British casualties in April, and vast German losses. Chinese and Romanian-origin troops join allied efforts, with patrol actions near Amiens and tactical gains by the Allies. Home front notes include U S draft calls, war economy measures, and public notices about bonds, charitable drives, and soldier mothers.
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Western
New
Sebastopol
Crimea
London Graphic
Jen
Ypres
Ting Chia Chen
China
France
Italy
London War Office
Malian
Austria
Mont Kemmel
Messines
Hangard
Villers-Bretonneux
Amiens
Teutons
Hill $2
Castel
Helsingfors
Viborg
Redguard
Mining, violence and politics in early Arizona unrest
Arizona headlines report renewed interest in Jerome Portland Mining in Oatman district gains and new ore at Higgins mine. Arrest case of J. A. Laird and gasps of civic anxiety mix with reports of Indian enlistment, tax booklets, and copper price rumors as regional turmoil spills into public life.
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Union News Service
Jerome Portland
Red Cross
Miami
Mra
Lorenzo Felix
Phoenix
Solomonville Road
Arizona
Sam Fox
Jerome
Kenneth Wilson
J. A. Wilson
Globe
Toronto
Canada
New View
Royal
Warren
Higgins
J. ©. Shipp
W. A Laird
Caprite
Cunningham Base
Yuma County
Wenden
Salome
Parker
Santa Fé
Far West
Camp Meade
Adjutant General's Office
Washington
Wells O. Abbott
Phoeniz
Homer O. McNeill
Tol- Tesom
Crown Shuns Debates in Austria Food Crisis Era
Western Seamenper London notes multiple Austrian crises center on food. Premier von Seydler aims reforms, unscheduled parliamentary suppression, and autocratic rule as food from Ukraine is pledged to Austria. German reports highlight severe shortages and district food administrators in Bohemia.
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Domtrowa
Russia
Zurich Newe Zuricher Zeitung
Poland
Austria
Vienna
Zeebrugge
Teutons
Gavrio Pringip
Francis Ferdinand
Sarajevo
Bosnia
Prague
Hague
London Exchange Telegraph Company
Prinzip
London
May
von Seydier
Ukraine
Times
Vossische Zeitung
Berlin
Premiser von Seydler
Bohemia
Emperor Charles Leads Forces on Italian Front
Vienna announces Emperor Charles and high German and Austrian officers have reached the Italian front. Troop movements in Tyrol and Trentino signal preparations for a major offensive on the Italian front, with further actions expected soon.
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Emperor Charles
Italy
Geneva
Switzerland
Vienna
Tyrol
Trentino
U S May Loan China Thirty Million For War
Peking reports forecast by Dr. Wellington Koo Chinese minister to Washington that the United States may loan China up to thirty million dollars for war purposes if China asks. The diplomacy suggests a large wartime aid package contingent on formal request.
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Myron Jones
Denver
West Central
Young Woman's Christian Association
Wyomine
Utah
Colorado
Kansas
Jobe Cella
St. Louis
Mississippi
Louie Cella
Louis
Tashington
House Committeeo Post Offices
District of Columbia
War Department
Ordnance Bureau
Foreign Service
The
War Industries Board
National Army
General Crowder
Soan
France
Secretary of the Treasury
William G. McAdoo
National Association of Mothers of Defenders of Democracy
John R. MacArthur
New York City
Mothers of Soldiers and Sailors
Florence Field
Army Balloon School
Fort Omaha
Omaha
H. B. Hersey
Christianistrom
Fritjoff Nansen
United States
U.S
China
Peking
Wellington Koo
Washington
Americans Praise Troops in Lorraine Raid Breaks German Salients
American troops in the Lorraine sector conducted a brief raid on a German salient south of Halleville on a 60 yard front. After heavy artillery and a top assault with pioneers, they overran the position and blew up works, with no German forces found in the captured third line. A German raid near Verdun did not materialize. Artillery fire along the front, especially in the Lagarta and Astico valleys, increased.
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France
Lorraine
Halleville
Verdun
Western mining and oil news roundup
Arizona copper output holds steady with new Eureka mine installation in Salero and the Magma Chief Copper Company’s Watson tunnel nearing 1,900 feet. Love land marks first oil well spud, an aerial ore tramway planned from Bonanza to Shirley mill, and Flotation at Slide Gold Mining in Gold Hill praised. Correlated notes from Colorado, Boulder and Butte report copper, silver, zinc outputs and company profits.
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Arizona
Eureka
Salero
Watson
Magma Chief Copper Company
Superior
Old Peck
Bradshaw
Colorado
Lincoln County
Loveland
Bonanza
Shirley
Rawley Mining Company
Portland
Colorado City
Boulder County
Slide Gold Mining Company
Gold Hill
Wewissa
Engineer Mountain
B. H. du Praw
Engineer Mountain District
Lake County
Polar Star
Mammoth
Syracuse
Pride
Annie Wood
Black Silver
Mohawk
Palmetto
Dolly Varden
Fontana
Butte
Anaconda Copper Company
Butte Copper and Zinc Company
Anaconda Copper Mining Company
Oil and gas activity across New Mexico and Wyoming
Reports from New Mexico describe drilling near Coones tunnel and a new well move by Twin Buttes Oil and Gas Company amid ongoing delays. In Mogollon a Eureka mine ore hit $400 value. Wyoming notes refinery work at Grenrock, deep test drilling near Lander Sage Creek, and Premier Petroleum resuming Big Muddy section 11 operations. United Soldier Petroleum formed in Cheyenne with 5,000,000 shares at 1 cent.
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Orograde
D. E Bearup
Eureka
Mogollon
Wyoming
Mutual Refining Company
Grenrock
United Producers and Refiners Company
Sage Creek
Lander
United Soldier Petroleum Company
Cheyenne
Premier Petroleum Company
Big Muddy
Fragmented satirical snippets from Kansas City Star and Atchison Globe
A garbled collage quotes lines about pipe smell, Ure guarantee, bullards and Snishing, an Ina Howe oil painting, and a note on dry goods. It mentions Kansas City Star and Atchison Globe with asides on petty thieves, crooks, and political caution about discounting opponents' claims.
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Ina Howe
Kansas City Star
Wailings of a Widower and Other Snippets
A humorous collage on marriage irony and social quirks. It mocks May December marriages, wives as listeners, and pious restraint. A satirical line cites a fictional senator praising a flawless orator who can hold a flawless monologue.
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Sorzhuts
Educating the Farmer Through Motion Pictures in Ontario
The article notes the use of motion pictures in lectures and demonstrations on agriculture proving successful in Ontario. Attendance has risen since their introduction, with over 3,000 farmers viewing the new format. The piece cites Dr. Pierce's Pellets advertising and a humorous farmer exchange about swords and battle plans.
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Ontario
Fragmented Text From A Satirical Encounter
A garbled excerpt references a mix of names and odd phrases about ants, traitors, alien foot, bread turning to gold, and a quote attributed to Midas. The passage also includes a line about Olive Schreiner and a note on telling apart two parts.
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Wadeer
Benson
Ariz
Camp Cody
N. M
Nebraska
Camp Dodge
Iowa
Camp Funston
Kan
New Mexico
Camp Lewis
Wash
Maly
Pew
Kiev
Paris
Luis Caballero
la Cruz
Tamaulipas
Juares
Villa
Fresno Ranch
Chihuahua City
Chihuahua
Allen Gerrard
Alan Arnet McLeod
Royal Air Force
Robert Fitzsimmons
Camp Dia
Wrightstown
N. J
Billy Miske
Jack Dempsey
St Paul
Minn
Thomas W. Fairweather
Des Moines Wester League
Peoria
Des Moines
Fair Weather
James 8. Ennis, Jr
Paul Herriott
Oakland
Cal
Hicks
Gen
Greble
Camp Bowie
Fort Worth
Freab
Atlantic
Arizona State News
George Henderson
Henderson
Tombstone
Women’s Thrift Stamp Committee
Presbyterian Church of Phoenix
Jackson B. Argyle
Jack Green
Fort Huachuca
Fort Sam Houston
Greene
Christmas
Augustine Sanchez
Frank
Cree
Sanches
Winkleman and
Hayden
Sulphur Springs
CROWN
Rome
Lagartna
Astico
Foss
Western Mining and Oil News
New York
Et Louis, Ma
Boulder
Colo
George Newbold
Coones Tunnel
Twin Buttes Ol and Gas Company
Aris
A.m
Any Olsen Coe
Atchison Globe
Plato
Dr. Pierce
Corntoasel
Sritfan
Ant Prence
Alien
Midas
Atness ix
Olive Schreiner
U.S Marine Band
Eatonic
U.S Marine
Washington, DC
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