War News Briefs Highlight Allied Gains and German Setbacks
A sweeping dispatch summarizes wartime actions across Europe and the Middle East. British forces drive back German lines near Ypres, Haig reports gains on the Passchendaele ridge, and French and Italian troops repel raids. Mesopotamian advances claim 4,000 enemy captives as German cities face air raids. Global notes cover naval losses, air raids, strikes, and civilian impacts alongside domestic wartime measures and economic news.
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Gorisia
Great Britain
Avion
Ypres
Baker
Berlin
Mesopotamia
Frankfort
Stuttgart
Treves
Coblena
Verdun
Monte San Gabriele
Riga
Haig
Tower
Ypres Staden
Passchendaele Gheluvelt Ridge
St. Louis Coal Club
Navy Yard
Central District
Federal
Chicago
Clifton-Moreno
Arizona
Charles E. Blydenburg
Rawlins
Wyoming Supreme Court
J. Houx
Richard H. Scott
Ashington
Bernstorff
Treasury
Wat Baker
Fort Sheridan
Uner
War Department
Cottes
Census Bureau
Wea Island
United States Department of Agriculture
Williams J. Bryan
Bryan
Liberty Loan
Pres Ment Wilson
Army
Navy
Committee On Public Information
Woman's Liberty Loan Committee
National Society of Colonial Dames
Western Mining and Oil News highlights and notes
In this periodical roundup prices for metals are listed with lead at 6.12 percent, copper casting at 25.87, and bar silver at 1.06. Arizona reports revival of Prescott District producers and a King Ajax Copper Companies consolidation in Mo Muse County. Colorado notes a record August gold total in Ostman district, new molybdenite and tungsten plans, and rising mining activity in Park and Boulder counties. Wyoming and New Mexico items mention oil drilling progress and promising frontier prospects with multiple field updates.
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Union News Service
New York
Bt. Louis
Arizona
Ohio
Chapparral
Prescott
King
Ajax
Co Muse
Ostman
Colorado
EE. van Epps
Platte
Boulder Tungsten
J. G. Blaine
Esmeralda
Timber Line Town
Alma Placer
Breckenridge
Farncomb Hill Gold Dredging Company
Boulder County
Park County
al 2A
Cba
Lane
Morgan County Oii & Gas Company
Fort Morgan
J. D. Sennate
Shelby
Mount Loveland
Globe Smelter
Denver
Kokomo
Leadville
Cobstore
Colonel House to Lead Allied Information Network in Peace Prep
President Wilson taps Col. Edward M. House to assemble a wide corps of experts, gathering historical, geographical and ethnological data from Europe. Dr. John H. Finley joins as key advisor, with bias-free, unbiased policy work and no diplomatic title or salary. The effort aims to ready the United States with comprehensive prewar and postwar data for use at the peace conference and related decisions.
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New York
Federal Reserve District
Colorado Cavalry
K. E Linderfelt
Camp Kearney
I Linda
Vista
Cal
Glenwood
Wis
Robert M. la Follette
United States Senate
England
Ripley Wilson
United States
London
Hartford
Conn
Lucius Rossiter
Keith Neville
Nebraska National Guard
Nebraska
America
Industrial Workers of the World
Chicago
John Mitchell
United Mine Workers
New York State
Mitchell
State Industrial Commission
Senate
George W. Perkins
Wilson
Col. E. M. Hoare
House
John H. Finley
Europe
Doctor Finley
Lord Northcliffe
American Bankers’ Association
Atlantic City
Colonel House
U. States
Department
Houne
State Department
Peace Council
France
Germany
Entente
Philadelphia Public Ledger
Great Britain
Austria
Russia
Prussia
Napoleon
Prince Talleyrand
Vienna
Talleyrand
Prince
Italy
Austria-Hungary
Northern Arizona Fair set for Prescott amid wartime drive
Arizona headlines report the Fifth Annual Northern Arizona Fair opening Oct 18 in Prescott with plans for a bigger grand event. Also noted are copper and mining developments, war effort boosts, and local civic actions across the state.
Notice to sick women from Bridgeton N I
A damaged notice from Bridgeton North warning sick women about a medical claim for Lai B. Fiction's Vegeta reble Compound for inflammation and other weaknesses. The user notes irregularity and weakness and seeks remedies referenced in the ad style.
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Bridgeton
Lai B
Religion In France and Time Variations in Honolulu
W N U Denver No 40 1917 reports on France's 1905 separation of church and state and how pensions, associations, and worship are managed. It also notes Honolulu plantation clocks using solar time standard time and railway time with several firms shifting hours. The piece ends with aphorisms on appetite control and wealth.
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France
Honolulu
Papaikou
AP. Taylor
Hilo
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Frankfort-on-the-Main
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Annie F. Conion
Scilly Islands
Amoy
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Petrograd
Tambor
Moscow
Lesses
Japan
Nichi Nichi
Vatican
Maurice Long
Chamber of Deputies
Paris
Boy Scouts of America
Sporting News
Maturo
Bord
Matty O'Neil
Ted Sloan
Delta
Colo
al Newman
Iads
The
Elks of Denver
Murphy
Lexington
Bertha
Western Mining and Oil News
New Mexico
Buchanan
Careyville
Superior Coal Company
Yankee Fuel Company
Socorro
Manville
Kinney No. 9
Big Muddy
Out West
West Salt Creek
Col House
Arizona State News
Newspaper
Union News Ser
Arizontotk
Fizona
Phoenix
Tucson
Mesa
Mra
State Capitol
Mike Lemich
Clarkdale
Prescot
Ite
Oatman
Ruggles
Mammoth
E. B. Bennet
Guijas
National War Society
State Supreme Court
Franklin
Big Ledge Copper Company
Butternut Mine
Mayer
Itl Tame
George H. Smalley
Arizona Council of Defense
Timothy A. Riordan
Bradshaw Mountain
Wickenburg
Bisbee
Andrew Carnegie
Carnegie
Yuma
Campbell
Frank Baxter
Yuma County
Clifton
A. H. Slaughter
Phoenis
Morenci
George B. Smith
Globe
Epakhan
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