Kaiser Encourages Retreating Armies Message
A Berlin statement quotes Emperor William II praising Crown Prince Rupprecht of Bavaria and the Artois army group for halting the English assault at Lens. He thanks the troops and leaders at Arras, noting equal success to those on the Aisne and in Champagne and invoking divine aid.
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Amsterdam
London
Berlin
Apprecht
Bavaria
Artois
Lens
Arras
Aisne
Champagne
Osmo-Chemic Physicians Claim Cures for Ear and Eye Ailments
Personal testimonies from Grace Grant of Jamaica Plain and Johanna Kasper of Roxbury describe cures for ear abscesses asthma and a feared tumor after Osmo-Chemic treatment. They credit Snow Pencil demonstrations and emphasize long-term relief and normal weight following therapy.
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Grace Grant
Green St
Jemaica Plain
Cama Hemic
Welgut
Johanna Kasper
Gurney St
Roxbury
Mass
Walsh
O. K
C. H. Cole
Main St
Brockton
Coconut oil shampoo advice from an old advertisement
A vintage ad recommends using rain mal sified coconut oil as a pure grease free shampoo. It claims most soaps dry the scalp and harm hair while coconut oil provides rich lather with water only and leaves hair silky and easy to manage.
This Leaves the Skin Free From Hairy Growths
A cosmetic note explains a delatone paste method to remove hair. It claims painless results after a brief application and rubbing, with skin unaffected if delatone is used correctly.
British and German Fronts See Diminished Fighting Intensity
British and German forces fought on several points yesterday with a slight drop in intensity. Official reports say Haig's troops held the upper hand in ongoing actions.
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Field Marshal
Haig
British Pressure Routs German Lines Near Arras and Gavrelle
British forces push to within a stone’s throw of Fontaine les Croisilles and Cherisy after gains between the Sensee and Monchy le Preux. German counterattacks near Gavrelle are repulsed as British artillery and air actions maximize impact. Over 2000 Germans taken prisoner since Monday, with continued heavy actions from St. Quentin to the Champagne.
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Arras
Sensee
Monchy le Preux
Fontaine Les Croisilles
Cherisy
Gavrelle
St. Quentin
Champagne
Chemin Des Dames
Soissons
British machines shell German destroyers near Zeebrugge
A British naval statement says three aircraft attacked five German destroyers between Glankenberghe and Zeebrugge at 4 10 p m Monday. The leading ship was hit and listed, later four destroyers pursued it. a hostile seaplane was driven off and by 6 10 p m the four destroyers were seen entering Zeebrugge harbor, with one likely sunk.
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Gorizia
Adriatic Sea
Laguna Valley
North Sea
Zeebrugge
London
Glankenberghe
Zeebrugge Harbor
German Plot Stirs Brazil in Southern States
Telegrams from Parana con firm reports Germans concentrate in Santa Catharina. An insurrection in the south is believed imminent as disturbances in Porto Alegre are blamed on Germans. Deputy Jose Nabuco de Gouvea confirms native anger and vows to crush Germans if trouble continues.
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Rio Janeiro
Parana
Santa Catharina
Jose Nabuco de Gouvea
Rio Grande Do Sul
Porto Alegre
Tle
Swedish food commission urges export ban on all foodstuffs
Stockholm April 24 The Swedish food commission proposed to the government today that it prohibit hence forth the exportation of all foodstuffs and fodder.
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Stockholm
Swedish Food Commission
British gains on wide front south of Ba paume Cambrai road
War brief notes British advances along a broad south of Ba paume Cambrai line and gains near Gue mappe. Reports say Beaucamp and Villers-Plouich captured, with French shelling of St Quentin region and gains near Arras. Multiple official statements from London Paris Berlin Rome confirm actions and counteractions across the Western Front and Mesopotamia.
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Bapaume - Cambrai
St. Quentin Canal
Beaucamp
Villers- Plouich
London
Proud praise for U S Navy on armed liner effort
New York April 24 President P A C Franklin praised the American line steamships for being armed and manned in a manner described as efficient and satisfactory. He credited Secretary Daniels Admirals Benson and Usher and their assistants with the credit and national pride in the navy. Daniels echoed the praise for the officers and enlisted men and noted the splendid cooperation enabling dangerous work.
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New York
American Line
United States Navy
P. A. C. Franklin
Daniels
Benson
Usher
Franklin
British Air Force Downs Forty German Planes In Aerial Duel
In France on April 24 British Royal Flying Corps pilots claimed to have shot down 40 German aircraft amid intense air combat. Fifteen were seen to crash. 25 fell or spiraled out of control. A second British pilot also tangled with the same German machine later that day.
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British
Royal Flying Corps
Maude
Samara
Tigris
Bagdad
Associated Press
France
London
First War Air Battle Reports and Loyal American Pilot
The day yielded bold air actions over the front with British pilots engaging German machines at high altitude and bombing rear lines. Lieutenant Thaw, under pressure near German lines, pressed the attack despite damage and risk, escaping behind enemy lines amid dawn fog.
Joint Pilgrim and Peace Fair proposed for 1920
An international Boston exposition in 1920 to mark the 300th anniversary of the Pilgrims landing and promote world peace was urged by Mayor Curley and allies before the Legislature’s ways and means committee.
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Boston
Plymouth
Curley
American pilot lands behind enemy lines thanks to ad hoc field
An American flying with the French battles fog and engine trouble over a river and village. He descends in a ploughed field to restart the engine while crowds cheer his khaki uniform and American flag. He evades a German patrol and returns to Allied lines after a risky field landing.
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Air Service
Thaw
United States
Germany
America
Billy
Auf Wiedersehn
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