German and Russian Front War News from March Report
Berlin and Petrograd dispatches detail battles across East Prussia the Carpathians and Galicia with Russian advances near Vistula and Narew while German forces claim gains and repelled attacks. Austrian reports cite heavy fighting in Bukowina and at Przemysl amid continued attrition and prisoner captures.
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Petrograd
London
Mgt
Middle
Semen
Narew
Vistula
Carpathians
Bartfeld
Fallng
4Bor
Baligrad
Rave Hels
Russkedychnya
Koarcu
Thensiv
Galicia
Dniester
Toyawa
Neme
Latgstargen
Jedic Ru
Augustawo
East Prussia
Uric Acid Solvent Promises Relief for Rheumatism and Kidney Trouble
An advertisement offers Uric Acid Solvent and Williams Treatment claiming to ease rheumatic and kidney issues. It promotes a 60 cent bottle with 32 doses and a free trial, urging readers to mail in the notice with 10 cents to cover distribution and receive a repackaged 50 cent bottle. It targets sufferers with joint and bladder troubles and promises strength and vigor.
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Williams
Ilurie
Himpton
James Sanatorium Memphls Address Ad Opens for Private Treatment
Private sanatorium for drug addictions alcohol, nervous diseases, lo bages and care at 935 S Bellevue Blvd Memphis Tenn. Take Linden Avenue to Bellevue, walk north four blocks or take streetcar and come directly to the sanatorium.
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Toreich Sanatorium
Slnden Avenue
Bellevue
James
Bagels
Joh
Dunswas
Stewart Tenn
Memphis
Tenn
Submarine Sighting Report From Welsh Port
Landen Wirwik reports the steamship Tavaie reached Llanellas Wales after a near miss with a submarine in the English Channel. The vessel believed to be U 3 surfaced briefly, then disappeared, leaving doubt whether it was damaged or sunk.
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Landen Wirwik
Tavaie
Llanells
Wales
Delman
English Channel
Billingsley Short $11,000 in Accounts
Discrepancies in the accounts of C Homer Billingsley former pure food and drug clerk amount to about $11 000. He allegedly obtained funds through duplicate pure food stamps bought from firms in Louisville and Nashville. Preliminary report filed with Governor Henderson by J Hi Craig examiner of public accounts.
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Montgomery
Ala
Homer Billingsle
Pure Food and Drug
Louisville
Nashville
Henderson
J Hi Craig
Shells Sink Steamer Off the Cornish Coast
The steamer Vosges was sunk by shell fire off the Cornish coast. The chief engineer was killed and three crewmen injured by shrapnel. The thirty aboard were rescued by a patrol boat and brought to New Quay. Details on attacker nationality are censored. vessels listed include a 129 ton British steamer and a 2834 ton French boat.
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Liverpool
Vosges
New Quay
Moss Steamship Company
Chanpelle & Co
Larochele
Villa Thwarts Rear Attack as Border Siege Looms
American officers arrest twelve men in Brownsville charged with shooting at constitutionalists. Villa presses Matamoros defense as heavy firing echoes from the south and U S forces warn avoid frag danger near the border amid reinforcements and strategic border towns hold.
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Brownsville
Ooack
Rio Grande
Ventamoras
Vera Cruz
Vasquez
Villa
TI2 Foot Relief Ad Claims Soothing Bath Product
An old ad promotes TI2 for tired feet claiming it relieves pain and swelling with a tub soak. It touts dramatic comfort, calls TI7 and TI4 superior, and urges purchase of a 29 cent box of TI2 at drug or department stores.
Villa Army Forces Rout Carranza Garrison Near Ramones
Advance guard of Villa forces routs Carranza garrison at Ramones as about 300 men are killed or wounded on both sides. Villa units reportedly seize 300 horses a military train with four machine guns and 30000 rounds of ammunition.
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Carranza
Ramones
Villa
Statamores
Spain not plotting against Portugal
Madrid reports Marquis de Lema, Spain's foreign minister, condemned Spanish newspapers for anti Portugal campaigns. Premier Dato said 30000 conscripts serve three months, part of neutrality policies, and Spain will guard cordial ties with all nations while mobilization could replace regular reserves.
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Madrid
Via
Paris
Marquis de Lema
Campagn
Portugal
Spain
Dato
Battleships Rush Dardanelles as Allied Fleet Reassembles
London reports fresh allied battleships expected to renew assaults on the Dardanelles with arrivals at Mytilene and Goeben repaired for service. Turkish fleet poised for a Black Sea raid as Anglo-French reinforcements prepare to replace sunk or disabled ships.
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London
Athens
Paris
Dardanus
Dardanelles
Katid@ Bahr
Havas
Mytilene
Gulf of Smyrna
Black Sea
Pafia
Constanti
Nople
Goeben
Bultan Selim
Ministry of War
Heer
Alleged American Arrested in London
London reports Joseph Weglau, a 24 year old who claims American citizenship, is in custody of Scotland Yard en route to a concentration camp. He had a temporary American passport in Berlin, traveled via New York, then back to Berlin on a Dutch ship. a British warship intercepted him and brought him to England. Weglau lived much of his life in Germany. his German parents are both deceased. His status as an American citizen is in doubt, and the American embassy here is seeking to issue a passport.
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London
Joseph Weglau
Scotland Yard
Weglau
Berlin
Nea
York
England
New York
Farmers ban one crop system across fourteen counties
Mobile Ala March 27 The abandonment of the one crop system in fourteen counties of Alabama and Mississippi is highlighted in the first weekly crop report. A 40 percent decrease in cotton acreage is noted, with a 40 percent increase in diversification including livestock trading and poultry. Early fruit crops appear undamaged by recent unseasonable weather.
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Mobile
Alabama
Mississippi
Convict Attacks Superintendent Then Dies By Suicide
Pulaght Tenn March 27 Sumpter Harrison county Workhouse superintendent was struck on the head by ax by Leavitt Gilbert a convict. He died this afternoon after the attack. Gilbert fled but ended his life when pursued by officers and citizens. Brom Quin ine ad appears in the text with an EW Grove signature claim.
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Pulaght
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