Balfour Refuses to Discuss Letter in House of Commons
In London on April 15 A J Balfour secretary for foreign affairs said Britain had not publically discussed a year-old letter from Emperor Charles held by President Poincare. He stated it was not in the public interest to discuss the matter in the House of Commons and urged the questioner to drop the issue.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
London
House of Commons
Great Britain
Poincare
Charles
Britain
Kerensky
A. J. Balfour
Liberty bond plea to support Uncle Sam during wartime
A brief appeal urges readers to loan the government 50 to 100 dollars through Liberty Bonds, asserting it will yield big returns in cash and personal satisfaction while supporting national efforts and protections already provided.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sam
Best Medicine for Women Ad in Portsmouth Ohio
A Portsmouth Ohio advertisement touts Lydia E Pinkham's Vegetable Compound as effective for irregularities backache and related female ailments. It quotes Mrs Sara Shaw of Portsmouth thanking the remedy for restoring her health and urges other women to try the root and herb product for relief from displacement inflammation and nervousness.
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Portsmouth
Ohio
Lydia E. Pinkham
Sara Shaw
R. No
Cuticura Soap and Ointment Ad Card
Promote pure complexion with Cuticura Soap and Ointment. A daily bath with hot water cleanses and stimulates the skin for a fresh glow. Apply ointment to pimples redness or roughness for five minutes before bathing. Free samples by mail. Soap 25c Ointment 25c and 50c.
Reliable Kilmer Swamp-Root Kidney Remedy Ad
An advertisement touts Dr Kilmer Swamp Root as a physician prescribed kidney liver and bladder medicine. It claims long standing tests and popularity with many users and urges readers to buy or sample a bottle by sending ten cents to Dr Kilmer and Co. in Binghamton New York citing the Boston Daily Post.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Kilmer
Dr. Kilmer & Co
Binghamton, N. Y
The
Boston Daily Post
British Hold Ypres Sector as German Offensive Rages
British defenses around Ypres remain firm after heavy German pressure aimed at flanking Messines Ridge. Fighting also rages near Bailleul Wulverghem Neuve Eglise and south of Arras while American forces at Toul withstand major German assaults and sustain their lines.
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Messines Ridge
Ypres
Bailleul
Wulverghem
Neuve Eglise
Merville
Salient
Berlin
Arras
Belgium
Vimy Ridge
Labyrinth
Haig’s Night Report From Western Front Frontline Updates
Haig reports heavy fighting around Bailleul and/Wulvergham in Flanders with intensified German artillery between Givenchy and Robecq. The British lines faced strong pressure as operations continued along the Messines Ridge flank with ongoing artillery activity and combat in multiple sectors.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Messines Ridge
Givenchy
London
Bailleul
Wulverghem
Flanders
Givenchy and
Robecq
Field Marshal Haig
Tiz for Tired Puffed Up Feet
Ad claims Tiz relieves tired swollen feet, chafing, burning, and bunions. It promises lasting comfort, better shoe fit, and a year without foot aches with a 25 cent box from any drug store.
Fighting activity reported along Lys front and nearby sectors
In the afternoon fighting raged near Bailleul and Wulverghhem with ongoing engagement on the Lys front. Artillery activity was noted between Givenchy and Rebecq, and German infantry moving along the La Bassee Estaires road faced effective bombardment. Other British front areas had no major incidents.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bailleul
Wulverghem
Lys
Givenchy
Rebeccq
la Bassee-Estaires
Banquet for Retiring Elks Ruler Santosuosso
Retiring exalted ruler Dr. Joseph Santosuosso of the Boston Lodge of Elks received a complimentary banquet and a walnut dining room set worth 1000 dollars at the Elks Home on Somerset street. John W. Connelly presided as toastmaster with numerous former officials and judges among the invited speakers.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Boston Lodge of Elks
Elks
Joseph Santosuosso
Somerset Street
John W. Connelly
Daniel J. Kane
Fitzgerald
Curley
Channing H. Cox
House of Representatives
Pelletier
Daniel V. McIsaac
Thomas H. Dowd
Michael J. Murray
Edward B. O’brien
Lynn
Nathan A. Tufts
William J. Corcoran
William S. McNary
Santosuosso
Vittorio Orlandini
Italy Plans Meat Consumption Cut to Three Days Weekly
Rome April 15 a decree will be issued soon according to Epodia limiting meat consumption to three days a week the measure aims to curb intake and conserve resources across the nation.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Italy
Rome
Epodia
New England Soldiers Listed by Casualty Roles and Homes
A casualty list names New England service members with statuses including killed in action died of wounds and severely wounded. Entries specify ranks names and home towns such as Mt. Carmel Conn Roxbury Concord Worcester Lawrence Beverly Dorchester New Haven Marlboro Danvers and others with units 102d Infantry 104th Infantry 101st Field Artillery and engineers among the 30th Engineers.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Frederic E. Ruckelhauser
New Haven
Conn
102D Infantry
Hadley M. MacPherres
Danvers
101St Field Artillery
Hyman Green
Harlem Street
Dorchester
William P. Renney
Andover
Eighth Massachusetts Infantry
Thomas F. Hanlon
Hubbard Street
Concord
104Th Infantry
William F. Kelleher
Chandler Street
Worcester
102D Field Artillery
Germans Do Little Official Report On Big Battle
The official headquarters bulletin notes limited hand to hand fighting on the Lys battlefield and successful clearance of English machine gun nests southwest of Neuve Eglise and near Bailleul Morris. It reports enemy counter attacks from Bailleul and northwest of Bethune repulsed with heavy losses. Artillery duels on both Somme banks remained moderate in rainy weather. Finnish theatre: Finnish forces landed with naval detachments and entered Helsingfors after a vigorous encounter with armed bands.
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Berlin
London
Lys
Neuve Eglise
Bailleul
Morris
Bethune
Somme
Finland
Helsingfors
You Are One of Uncle Sam’s Family Liberty Bonds Appeal
A wartime appeal urges citizens to support the war effort by buying Liberty bonds. It stresses that Uncle Sam’s fight costs money and each reader should contribute to funding through bond purchases. The message emphasizes collective duty and national sacrifice during the conflict.
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Uncle Sam
104th Infantry In Contact With HMS In Flanders
The 10st 102d and 104th Infantry with their supporting batteries remain in heavy fighting in Flanders. A casualty list cabled to the War Department by General Pershing yesterday names several men from Boston’s 101st Guard regiment and other towns surrounding Boston.
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New England
102D
104Th Infantry
Flanders
War Department
Pershing
Boston
101St
Connecticut and Massachusetts regiments shore up Picardy fighting
The 14th Infantry has faced heavy fire in Picardy while opposing the Huns. The 192d Connecticut regiment is prominent in reports, with field artillerymen from Massachusetts also listed. Artillery units are believed sent to support Bay State infantry with their firepower.
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14Th Infantry
Picardy
192D
Connecticut
Massachusetts
Bay State
Casualties list reports one killed in action and multiple others
War Department casualty list shows Private Ovila Chase died of wounds along with Corporal Frank Stiles and several others in the Died of Disease and Died, Cause Unknown categories. Also named are Captain Hyman Green and Lieutenant Cuorrin among several officers, with many soldiers listed as Slightly Wounded, Captured or Missing.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Frank Stiles
Oscar Blanchette
Joseph L. Richards
Hyman Green
John Alexander Cuorrin
Hadley M. MacPherres
Donald A.hildreth
John McCormack Donates Trail Royalties to Red Cross
John McCormack in Boston on the twenty first gives royalties from There’s a Long Long Trail to the Red Cross and the Knights War Camp work. Lorgnettes are shown at the Opera with gem set handles. Lace fashion revives Filet and Cluny this Spring. Palm Beach lace gowns pair with new sleeve button trends.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John McCormack
Boston
Red Cross
Knights’ War
Palm Beach
Picked Hun Troops Repulsed by Yankee Forces
Continued from first page, the report states 11 prisoners were captured along with a number of wounded who were dragged back to the German lines by their comrades.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Yankeel
Italian Soldier Feats In WWI Trench Fighting
In fierce trench actions Germans attempted deception by posing in French and English and by shouting gas. An Italian recruit from a Pennsylvania mining town single handedly killed one German and captured three, then returned with prisoners after a daring foray. Americans repelled multiple botched tricks, using gas masks and aggressive counterattacks. A Massachusetts private and others recalled the bold resistance as the enemy failed to break the line.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pennsylvania
Ikamarad
Kamarad
No Man's Land
Massachusetts
Americans Break Through German Line Escape During Battle
A group of American soldiers held off superior German forces for over two hours and reached American lines in safety. Two fellow prisoners were rescued by comrades who scattered the attackers. One doughboy captured by the Germans was dragged 16 yards across barbed wire and then escaped by diving into a communicating trench amid a barrage.
Col R C Bolling Identified As US Steel Counsel MIA
Washington April 15 War Department officials identified Col R C Bolling of New York assistant general counsel of the United States Steel Corporation as the officer named in today’s casualty list as captured or missing in action. He was commissioned in the signal corps soon after war was declared.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
R. C. Bolling
War Department
New York
United States Steel Corporation
Signal Corps
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Balfour
Jay
Score
WAY & CO
Centre St
North
Amiens
Hangard-en-Santerre
Albert
Montdidier
Kronstadt
Toul
Haig
Santoluosso
McDougall
Arthur
Miro
NEW England Boys IN Casualty List
John F. McDermott
Mt. Carmel, Conn
Fantry
James Russell D. Linton
Maple Street
New Britain
Joseph Snyder
Hollander Street
Roxbury
Frank R. Stiles
Ashland Street
North Adams
L Company
Faycourt
Marlboro
K Company
Sydney H. Durkee
Dearborn Avenue
Beverly
101St Infantry
Harry Kramer
Lucerne Street
Seth A. Becker
New Haven, Conn
William H. Fenn
George C. Butcher
Main Street
Concord Junction
Howard T. Frazer
Woburn
G Company
William J. Latham
Southbridge Street
Clarence H. Schryer
Rutland, Vt
Joseph Lynch
Lawrence
William Quinn
Methuen
Old L Company
George E. Connors
James B. Valentine
Harold Dewey Whitnett
Miller’s Falls
30Th Engineers
T. O’ Baker, CO. Provisioners
Washington Street
Boylston
Hollis Ste
HMS
Ovila Chase
John Dempsey
B. Gremling
John E. Clark
Charles A. Costello
Arthur H. Robinson
Henry V. Troutman
Newlin Edward Wheeler
Charles J. Buell, Jr
Wakeman
Gribbel
Arthur S. Bugbee
George W. Donnell
Hamon Gray
Thomas F. Hale
Reuben A. Moser
Ernst W. Birch
George D. Oliver
Clyde L. Jones
George A. Brusso
Joseph Brescia
Thomas F. Crockan
George W. Daubert
William F. Gould
William C. Harshey
Fred A. Huff
Thomas J
Jordan Marsh Company
Sidney Drew
Henry
Polly
Jordan Marsh
Col
Sister
Boxford
America
United Shirt A Collar CO
Troy
N. Y
United States
Liberty Bond
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