British push near Butte de Warlencourt in Somme region
War dispatches report a British advance near the Butte de Warlencourt three miles south of Bapaume as Austro German forces claim progress along the Somme. German and Turkish actions, submarine losses, and political moves accompany updates from London, Paris, and Washington.
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Bapaume
Austrodhermans
Fressoire
Bumberht
Juil
Dragoslaveke
Petrograd
Gulf of Fijiand
Berlin
Witc
Beaucourt
Somme
Paris
Ancre
Micedonia
Monastir
Sofia
Fights Drawn and Tragic Accidents Highlight Sporting News
Joe Bonds and Pierre Macho figure in principal events as boxing and aviation collide with misfortune. Bonds drew after fifteen rounds in Denver while Macho perished in Buenos Aires when his plane crashed with a passenger injured. Other items note a football injury in Missouri, a Yale tribute to Tom Shevlin, and major auto racing milestones including Dario Resta's Vanderbilt Cup success and record.
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Pierre Macho
Buenos Aires
M. Millering
la Grande
Ure
Hiram Cole
Central College
Fayette
Missouri Military Academy
Mexico
Willie Ritchin
Johnny McCarthy
San Francisco
Juarez
Thoma J. Shevlin
Yale
Vale
New Haven
Conn
Cord
Phoenix
Sans Monica
Cal
Dario Resta
American Automobile Association
Resta
Arizona State News Highlights Local Events and Mining
The Arizona issue notes voter registration totals, cotton sales at Tempe, and the Arizona Poetmasters Association meeting in Tuetos. It reports on Agua Prieta officials denying plans to reopen Sonora saloons, a Verde pioneer’s $810,000 bank deposit, and motor racing results.
Read the Motor Vehicle Rules for Illinois Drivers
The text urges drivers to know and observe motor vehicle laws in Illinois and across the country. It warns about license revocation for intoxicated chauffeurs, penalties for unlicensed operation, improper speed, racing, unlit night driving, and improper lamp placement, plus fines for fictitious licenses and badges and requirements to display badges. It also notes a dripping carburetor issue and recommends grinding a worn needle valve with fine compound.
North Carolina bridge collapse and a car saved by pop water
Commodore Ernest Lee Jahncke of New Orleans, with Asheville ties, crossed a weakened bridge on a trip to Toxaway. The span gave way, the touring car plunged, but Jahncke swam free. With farm hands and oxen, the car was recovered and later restarted after pouring two bottles of pop into the batteries, enabling an 80 mile return journey by nightfall.
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North Carolina
Commodore Ernest Lee Jahneke
New Orleans
Asheville
N.C
Toxaway
Juhncke
Improvised Garage Car Repair Lift From Old Chair
An old chair back reinforced with crosspieces and mounted on four ball bearing trucks forms a homemade device used in the garage to raise a vehicle for undercarriage work.
Homebuilt Creeper From Barrel Staves Described
A DIY creeper is built from three crosspieces of heavy barrel staves with a padded headrest to protect the head. It allows a person to slide under a machine without bumping the head, saving clothes and temper. The design suggests using two by two by thirty six inch strips and several barrel staves if a chair back is unavailable.
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Orange Judd Farmer
Copper strikes and smelter plans shape Arizona mining
The Maynard district in the Wallapai mountains rises as a copper producer. The Nellie strike is touted as one of Datman era’s most important, with rich Fairy silver ore from American Flag brought by M H Murphy. Lucky Fire Mining aims for Kirkland Valley freighting, while a 1900 ton custom smelter near Jerome is planned by George Mitchell’s California executive group.
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Arizona
Maynard
Wallapai Mountains
Datman
Nellie
Kingman
M.H. Murphy
Lucky Fire Mining Company
Copper Buain
Kirkland Valley
Jerome
George Mitchell
Caliifornia Equdcate
Jerome Superior
Colorado Mining Activity Highlights Across Districts
The Denver Mining & Milling Company plans a new mill at Wortman while Kokomo district sends three to six ore-car loads daily to the smelter. Pittsburg mine in Russell Gulch remains Gilpin county’s top high grade producer. Durango reports a Lucky Moon strike in La Plata. Bull Dog near Creede yields 7 percent caustic potash samples. Four big strikes reported at Livingston in Sugar Loaf mountain for U S Gold Corporation. Tungsten boom boosts Boulder county camps and silver prices rise. Puzzle lode shipment via Ophelia tunnel hints at rich gains in gold and silver. Cripple Creek district October output rises by 3100 tons to a bullion value of 141,390. Five large firms pay dividends totaling 245,092. Garbutt mine near Leadville shows a huge porphyry cap with gold valued at 20 per ton, largest open ore body in the district. Last twelve months near one million dollars extracted. remaining ore in sight near two million tons.
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Kokomo
Summit County
Pittsburg
Lower Russell Gulch
Gilpin County
Durango
la Plata
Bull Dog
Creede
U. S. Gold Corporation
Livingston
Sugar Loaf Mountain
Boulder County
Colvin & Day
Puzzle Lode
Gold Bill
Cripple Creek
Moffat
Ophelia
Garbutt
Leadville
Little Jenny
New Mexico Mine Improvements and Ore Shipments
The Wright and Stauber mill at Pinos Altos is being rebuilt in Grant county. Oaks Company milled another ore lot from Clifton mine development. Socorro Mining and Milling Co shipped 1,800 pounds of gold and silver bullion for the first half of October. Ore from Clifton mine is entering the south drift from the tunnel level. Oaks Company continues Clifton development. Mogolion camp reports few idle workers and a labor shortage of all classes. A slime carrying flume by Mogolion Mines Co from Last Chance to M and S property is completed about one mile and will extend four miles to the tailing impounding dams.
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New Mexico
Wright and Stauber
Pinos Altos
Grant County
The
Oaks Company
Clifton
Socorro Mining & Milling Co
Mogolion
Mogolion Mines Co
Last Chance
M and S
Cafton
Oil field growth near Greybull and Basin forecast
Residents see an expanding oil field south of the Greybull river near Greybull with three or four wells planned on the north bench near Basin in the coming days. Premier Oil and Development Company plans to operate broadly in Natrona county with headquarters in Casper to develop oil and gas resources.
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Wyoming
Greybull River
Greybull
Premier Oil and Development Company
Natrona County
Hest
Casper
Remarkable Statement on Lydia E Pinkham Medicine
A reader testimonials relief from illness using Lydia E Pinkham's Vegetable Compound and Dr Pierce's Pleasant Pellets. The letter praises the medicine for curing perceived female health pains and avoiding insanity hospital, and urges others to seek special free advice from Lydia E Pinkham Medicine Co. Lynn Mass. The piece blends promotional claims with anecdotal personal experience.
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Lydia E. Pink
Ieannot
Halsted St. Englewood
Ll.ians
Lydia E. Pinkham
Narrow escape from the sharks sparks chatter
Im Doubt ou had a narrow escape from the sharks this summer. Your wife must have been very grateful to the lifeguard who rescued you. I saw her talking to him. But am not sure whether she was thanking him or scolding him for butting In.
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Doubtou
Mr. Meekton
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