War fronts and home fronts update in late dispatches
Military and political news from the warfronts across Europe and home front developments. Reports detail British ship losses, German offensives near Trieste and Riga, Russian and Austrian actions, air raids on London, and U S war mobilization figures. Also covered are economic notes, public notices, and sporting updates amid the ongoing conflict.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Flanders
Ver
Aisne
Gulf of
Riga
Uxkull
Melupe
Monte San Gatrielo
Issa
Petrograd
Jaegel
Jfi
ZASV
Russia
Tiga
Arizona State News Roundup Reflects Western Frontiers Ties
A wide array of items from Northern Arizona to Cochise County fills the page. Observers report a large snake dance near Flagstaff and a jail break in Mesa. Governor Campbell faces pardons and commutations while Copper District wage concerns shape policy. Mining, garrison, and social incidents punctuate daily life in Prescott, Jerome, and Globe with notes on draft, parole, and local industry.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Flagstaft
Eleanor
Ike Johnson
Globe
John S Merrill
Benson
Prescott
Campbell
Mesa
Kermeen
Florence
Cochise
M. P Cosby
Triet
William Faltin
Thomas
Dolores Ocha
Phoenix
F Alvarez
Scottadale
Arisona
Jerome Verde
Columbia
Charles F. Willim
Arizona State Bureau of Mines
Enrique E. Espinosa
Courtland
John McClosky
W. F. Fairbanks
Chandler
Merchants of
W. Chapman
Santa Fé
Needles
McConnico
Douglas
Y. MC. A
Bisbee
Engineer's Department
Thomas E. Campbe
Salt River
Tortilla Flat
Labor Day
Warren
Stein's Post
Stein's Post By Constable Whitley
San Simon
Alpha Copper Mining Company
Tucson
Ita
Flagstaff
Arizona Lumber and Timber Company
Greenlaw Lumber Company
Flagstaff Lumber and Milling Company
Saginaw Lumber Company
United States
Axhurst
Comtrell
Coto
Arisons
Inet
Ise
Keeping Trucks In Service In Wartime
Detroit automotive expert W Owen Thomas outlines military truck maintenance practices to maximize uptime. First aid and relief trucks accompany convoys, with routes designed to minimize passing and ensure rapid aid and towing if needed. Rest camps along routes host repair and supply units, performing limited repairs to return units to service, while damaged engines are swapped at railheads for ongoing operations.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
W. Owen Thomas
Detroit
Mich
Mr. Thomas
Thomas
Cénadian Mechanical Transport
Back-Firing Causes Auto Fires and Safety Tips
Back firing often starts fires, usually from a too lean fuel mix especially in cold engines. Keep drip pans clean, avoid gasoline leaks, and enrich the mixture in winter. High speed starts can overheat exhaust and ignite nearby woodwork. Avoid opening the muffler cutout in a garage and guard against short circuits in ignition and lighting wires.
Steering Device for Motor Column Adjusted and Foldable Wheel
The Scientific American describes a steering device by W. B. Thoms of Jacksonville Florida. It features a motor column whose length is adjustable and a wheel foldable into the column plane. Folding collapses the column and control mechanism, while moving the wheel across the column axis locks the column in its adjusted position.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
W. B. Thoms
Jacksonville
Fla
Motor Deaths On Increase In Early 20th Century
A Metropolitan report based on 9,000,000 policyholders shows motor car accidents and injuries rising the most among specified causes of accidental mortality. Motor incidents caused about three fifths of the total rise in 1918, with a rate of 88 per 100,000 compared with 5.7 per 100,000 in 1915.
Fixing Gasoline Feed Pipe Loop Causes Flow Interruptions
A damaged OCR fragment notes that looping or bending a gasoline feed pipe to avoid rigidity can trap air and interrupt fuel flow after filling unless enough gasoline is poured to purge the air. It adds that turning the loop horizontal prevents trouble and that a complete loop protects against crystallization and pipe breakage.
Western Mining and Oil News Highlights 1916 Output and Projects
In 1916 Arizona produced 4.09 million in gold and 1.29 million in silver as mining activity grows around Hillside Jerome and United Verde Extension. The American Smelting and Refining Company ships 150 tons of ore from Mascot, while Jerome shaft work advances 73 feet in Verde Combination. Colorado reports El Monte mill running and Black Bear concentrates selling for over 10,000 at Durango. Telluride notes Bear Creek tunnel work. Tomboy mill tests flotation for ore savings. plans emerge for a tramway from Pandora to Bridal Veil falls to support Blue Lake plant operations.
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Western
Shoshoni
Wyo
Frank I. Hankey
Northern Trust Company
Chicago
Denver
Col
LW. Littell
United States
San In¢Ixco
War Department
Leonard Wood
Sorrearneoy
Arizona
United Verde Extension Company
Jerome
American Smelting and Refining Company
Mascot
Pitteburg- Jerome
Colorado
el Monte
Jasper
Durango
Georgetown
Josephine
Telluride
King
Bear Creek Gulch
Tombay Mill
Pandora
Bridal Veil Falls
Blue Lake
Montana
Reynolds & Sypher
Wyoming
Butte, Anacoma
Washoe
Anaconda
Anaconda Copper Mining Company
New Mexico
Gallup
Catalpa
Oaks Company
Maud S
Mogollon
Anderton
Luna County
Toltec Oil and Gas Company
Little Boy Notes Marine In Khaki At Park
A child witnesses a United States marine in khaki at a river side drive gathering. The boy and a bystander girl discuss the uniform and headgear showing an eagle emblem, prompting questions about the marine’s branch as spectators identify a cavalryman or infantryman among the crowd.
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York Times
United States Marine
Bey
Riverside Drive
Young American Soldier Seeks to See Key Paris Sights
Pershing told Paris of a young U S soldier who talked on the voyage about his plans on leave. He vowed not to miss Notre Dame and Westminster Abbey, and jokes about the Church of the Holy Sepulchre as the thing he most desires to see.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pershing
Paris
Notre Dame Cathedral
Westminster Abbey
Lower
Too Long Engagement Asked Before Wedding Hint
A fragment shows a remark about an engagement with a tease that the couple should marry sooner. The text mentions Harry and a long engagement, implying social pressure for a wedding. No further names or specifics are clearly readable beyond the couple and remark about marriage.
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Nas
State Department
Bogota
Colombia
House Appropriations Committee
National Woman's Party
National Army
White House
Red Cross War Council
Near East
Thomas ¥. Kennedy
American College
Rome
Ottawa
Can
GH. Woods
Ouray
Colo
Count Vom Hernstorff
Willian
Guanajuato
Los Angeles
Gulf of California
Austria
Hungary
Bulgaria
Adrlphine Pankhurst
Emiraline Pankhurst
Melbourne
Australia
Adviers
Robert Borden
Canada
Arthur Meigtan
Dominion
Vancouver
Sporting News
Bamentan
Eesse Tihee Itutehinada
Wietata A
Jopus
H. Goolitz
Chicago Athletic Association
Frank Elliott
Uniontown
Barney Oldfield
Poughkeepsie
St. Frisco
Geers
Mabel Trask
Italion
the Harvester
Peter Voio
Amsterdam
Great Britain
France
Doolittle
Kansas
Military Committee
London
Pope Benedict
American Federation of Catholic Societies
Department of Justice
S W. W
Burnt Fork Creek
Bitter Root
Mont
Lowden
People’s Council
Pancho- Thompson City Hall
Pablo Gonzales
Nuevo Laredo
Mexico City
Gonzales
Laredo
Arizona State News
Watt
Dresser
Western Mining and Oil News
New York
East St. Louis
Blackfoot
Big Muddy
Alfred Steele
Carmasia Oil and Refining Company
Nates
Tisdale Dome
Bright
Dean
Dean's
AN CO
Buffalo
N.Y
Pease Garantie Weshreree
Asthmanor
Aetmmano
A. Schufmann Co
St. Paul
Harry
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