Liberty loan call to support soldiers in World War I
John F. Fitzgerald appeals to readers to back the Liberty Loan with entire sacrifice, stressing that American boys fight 3000 miles away for civilization. He recalls Concord and Lexington, urges last dollar and last drop of blood, and laments the nation’s duty to stand behind them.
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France
Concord
Lexington
Uncle Sam
Liberty Loan
Bosston Post
Ams
Post Publishing Co
Desperate fighting around Hangard as Americans hold heights
American troops engage in hand to hand combat near Hangard as Germans push toward Amiens. The battle sees Americans and French defending the prominence above Hangard, with many American wounded hospitalized. German progress for the day reported as minimal.
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Amiens
New England Priests Heroic in French Battle Despatches
Despatches from the American army in France praise chaplains in Massachusetts regiments for bravery in the Setcheprey battle last weekend. Three chaplains from Boston, West Newton, and New Bedford are specially commended, with the New England division confirmed on the Toul front rather than Chemin des Dames.
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France
Massachusetts
Setcheprey
Boston
101St Infantry
West Newton
101St Field Artillery
New Bedford
New England
101St
Toul
Chemin Des Dames
Amiens
Ypres
Cambridge Liberty Day Opens With Naval Parade
About 20,000 people will join a parade through Cambridge streets tomorrow afternoon. Navy ships from Charlestown will maneuver on the Charles River Basin at 1 pm to inaugurate Liberty Day, with Geraldine Farrar singing on the Tech steps, as per Mayor Quinn.
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Charles River
Cambridge
Charlestown Navy Yard
Tech
Geraldine Farrar
Quinn
Flowering and Shipman Andrews in May Scribner
Readable text fragment notes a May event involving Flowering and Shipman Andrews connected to Scribner. No clear details on location, outcome, or purpose are present. Further context is missing to specify roles or significance of the names.
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Shipman Andrews
Scribner
Our Boys Proudly Stand as a Bulwark to Creation
A 1918 verse proclaims faith in divine guidance and national resolve. It speaks of lifting souls, silencing doubters, and mounting atop a peak of sacrifice for salvation. The poet urges focus away from riches toward service, praising the boys who stand as a bulwark to mankind.
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God of Hosts
British Drive Fails to Reclaim Ground on Somme and Ypres
Germans launched twin offensives on the Somme and Ypres with little success as Allied lines held. The Somme drive began Wednesday and yielded only Villers-Bretonneux and part of Hangard to the Germans before a counterattack by Australian and British forces retook Villers-Bretonneux, nullifying the gain. American forces fought in the thick of the Somme action.
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Somme
Ypres
Berlin War Office
Villers-Bretonneux
Hangard
Indictments Filed Over Prager Lynching in Collinsville
In BYPWARDSVILLE Illinois the grand jury returned 16 indictments on April 25 regarding the lynching of Robert Paul Prager at Collinsville. Twelve target civilians with murder charges and four target policemen for malfeasance in office.
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Bypwardsville
Ill
Robert Paul Prager
Collinsville
Liberty Day Observed Nationwide to Boost Liberty Bond Sales
Liberty Day will be celebrated across the nation with patriotic demonstrations to accelerate Liberty bond purchases. Subscriptions by tomorrow night are expected to surpass 2.0 billion dollars, about two thirds of the minimum target, with banks and corporations urged to pledge sales commitments.
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Washington
Take Them Several Times For Just One Day
A brief advt fragment suggests taking a remedy several times in a day to observe rapid relief from hoarseness. The sparse text offers no product name or dosage details, leaving the claim vague and non-specific.
Baseball scores across leagues a mix of results
National League results include Roston 6 defeating Phil Chicago 3 and St Pittsburg 1 over Cinel New York 6 Brooklyn 10 in 9 innings. American League games show Boston 6 over Philadelphia 1 and Cleveland 8 Detroit 4 over Washington 7 4. New York 5 tied with Chicago St. Louis Rain noted.
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Roston
Phil
Boston
Philadeliphia
Cleveland &S
Detroit
Washington
New York
Chicago-St. Louis
Double Up on the Loan Slogan for Liberty Bond Drive
The phrase double up is chosen as the rest of the Third Liberty Loan campaign motto. It urges increasing subscriptions and duplicating support for the loan, with continuation noted on Page 15-VFirat Col.
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Vfirat
Average Temperatures Then and Now Noted
A terse data line shows yesterday’s average temperature at 49 with a 49 to 48 value. It compares to an earlier reading of 47 for the same date range and notes a year ago where the average was 44.
General Bancroft Anniversary and 1915 Dardanelles Raid
Commemorates General William A. Bancroft born in 1855 and the 1915 Allied landings at the Dardanelles. Also notes a State Department item from a year ago about Elihu Root accepting a chairmanship of a diplomatic mission to Russia. Reports a German naval bombardment of Ramengate with two civilian deaths.
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William A. Bancroft
Allies
Dardanelles
State Department
Elihu. Root
Russia
Ramengate
Boston Area Weather Forecast With Weekend Change
Forecast for Boston and vicinity calls for Friday fair and somewhat warmer, with unsettled conditions Saturday and moderate west to east winds. Northern New England should be fair Friday and probably Saturday with warmer Saturday, while Southern New England remains fair and somewhat warmer with Saturday partly cloudy and likely rain in Connecticut.
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Boston
Washington
New England
Connecticut
Rounds Up Three Spy Suspects in City Action
Brigadier General John A Johnston leads a three day drive against spies and unauthorized khaki clad men. three suspects are held in the South Armory cell room while over two hundred others are rounded up and investigated under Provost Marshal Captain Ralph C Harrison US Army.
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John A. Johnston
South Armory
Ralph C. Harrison
United States Army
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Charles Scribner's Sons
Prager
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Knights of Columbus War Fund
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D. J. Gallagher
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Sudbury
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Liberty Bonds
Edford
Washington St
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Aeye
A. M
Sfoday
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James E. Watson
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James A. Gallivan
Symphony Hall
Johnston
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