Germany Claims She Sank Ships In Zeppelin Raid
Berlin reports a Zeppelin raid on England with attacks on London Colchester Blackwater Ramsgate Etaples and French supply depots. It says the King Stephen sank after a clash with German forces, crews captured, and a destroyer and two scout boats sunk.
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London
England
Colchester
Blackwater
Ramsgate
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Etaples
Pas-de-Calais
Lowestoft
North Sea
Lorraine
Vosges
Paris
Germany
English
Flanders
Test Your Nerves With A Pencil Dot Trial
Nervous or overworked readers are urged to test steadiness by aiming a pencil at a dot on paper. The ad promotes Margo, an iron and hypophosphites tonic, claiming it steadies nerves within weeks with no habit forming drugs and offers money back if unsatisfied.
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Margo
Swiss Frontier Closes as Foreigners Barred From Leaving Germany
Paris dispatch reports the Swiss frontier to Germany shut since Monday afternoon, with officials informing foreigners in Germany that none will be allowed to depart for a period of 20 days. The measure halts mail and travel as authorities enforce the quarantine.
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Germany
Paris
Berne
French and German War Updates From the Frontlines
North of the Aisne French forces seize small woods south of Buttes Woods and take 72 prisoners. Lorraine and Vosges see German attacks repulsed with losses. Berlin claims naval success with sinking and damage near England and Flanders. Zeppelins bomb Cambridge Norwich Ipswich Harwich and Dunquerque. Northeast of Celles Germans capture trenches and take 84 prisoners with two machine guns. French batteries and air squadrons active along the line.
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Tryon
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Ronvaux
Lorraine
Embermenil
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Chappelotte
Americans Stranded Leaving Germany Amid Frontier Closures
Americans attempting to depart Germany via Switzerland face delays as the Baden frontier at Constance remains closed. Reports from Geneva indicate rising concern as German authorities tighten controls causing Americans to be held up at the border.
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Switzerland
Paris
Germany
Constance
Baden
Austrians Reoccupy Col di Lana Ridge After Italian Action
Austrian statement says Austro Hungarian troops recaptured a support point on the ridge northwest of Col di Lana's summit and held it amid enemy attacks. The summit area remains under strong Austro Hungarian artillery fire with local artillery engagements reported along the coast and in the Sugna sector near Riva.
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Sayville
Col di Lana
Vienna
Doberdo Plateau
Sugna
Riva
French Claim Land and Aur Victories
Paris reports a war office communiqué detailing French gains and enemy losses north of the Aisne. Prisoners, officers, and captured weapons are listed, with Allied air actions around Verdun and Meuse regions and ongoing artillery bombardments in Lorraine and the Vosges.
Germans Report Trenches in Vosges Captured
Berlin reports northeast of Celles in the Vosges Mountains German troops seized the first and second French trench lines near Height 42 and penetrated to the third line. They also took eighty four wounded prisoners and captured two machine guns and a mine thrower.
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Berlin
Paris
London
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Givenchy-En-Gahelle
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Craonne
Ville-au-Bois
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Dead Man's Hill
Cortes Wood
Meuse
Brocourt
Clermont
Judecourt
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Colchester
Blackwater
Ramsgate
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Dvinsk
Balkan
Quincy Girl Engaged to Toronto Chemist Carlson
Miss Beatrice Corinne Isaacsen of Parker Street Quincy announced engaged to Carl L. Carlson son of Quincy residents of Faxon Avenue Carlson a 1908 Quincy High School and 1912 Tufts College graduate works as a chemist for Du Pont Powder Company in Toronto Isaacsen works with John Hancock Life Insurance in Boston The couple's wedding plans were disclosed.
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Anthony M. Isaacsen
Parker Street
Quincy
Carl L. Carlson
Faxon Avenue
Carlson
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Tufts College
Miss Isaacsen
du Pont Powder Company
Toronto
John Hancock Life Insurance Company
Federal Street
Boston
French Aeroplane Clashes With Zeppelin Over Zeebrugge
A French aeroplane and a Zeppelin dueled at 4000 metres off Zeebrugge firing nine incendiary shells at the airship. The fight occurred at 3 am with the Zeppelin apparently damaged. Simultaneous French guns targeted a German torpedo boat off Ostend. A German Fokker-type aircraft fell near Larneville, France.
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Zeebrugge
Ostend
Larneville
France
Germans Renew Drive in Vosges Near Celles
London dispatch says German forces shifted attack to the Vosges and claim capture of French trenches northeast of Celles. Verdun assaults appear to be easing as the enemy presses in new ground.
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Vosges
London
Celles
Verdun
Verdun Battle Report Shows Stalemate and German Diversion
In Verdun both sides artillery busy and few infantry assaults. Germans claim trench gains and prisoner captures while French hold lines. Air squadrons engage. Berlin reports British ship losses and Zeppelin raids on Ramsgate Etaples and East Coast. London and Berlin accounts differ on casualties and damage.
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Berlin
Flanders
London
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Blackwater
Ramsgate
Etaples
France
Paris
Lowestoft
Yarmouth
England
Great Britain
King Stephen
North Sea
German raiding squadron sighted off English coast
A German squadron of 20 ships, which visited the English east coast yesterday, was seen sailing eastward from the Dutch island of Vlieland Tuesday morning. The fleet was preceded by Zeppelins, according to a Rotterdam despatch to the Evening Star.
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London
Vliieland
Rotterdam
Brave Fire Rescued Pets From Smoke Filled Tenement
Two women rescued from a Worcester fire at 10 School Street returned inside to reclaim their pets, a canary Dickie and a lap dog Tiny, after escaping the suffocating smoke. firefighters later brought them and the animals to safety.
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School Street
Dickie
Tiny
Fire forces ten families from rear stairway blaze
Dense smoke from a rear stairway fire drove ten families including 16 children from their flats. Onlookers said youngsters tossed lit paper into a waste bin near the stairs, feeding the wooden shafted stairway flame. Firemen rescued Mrs Dahlin and her canary Dickie, and Mrs Karlson and her dog Tinny from the building.
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Hannah Dahlin
Dickie
Herman Karlson
Wimborne Reports the Situation Satisfactory
London April 26 A London telegram from Baron Wimborne lord lieutenant for Ireland says The situation is satisfactory Seven insurgents have been killed Ste phens Green has been occupied The provincial news is reassuring The despatch contradicts a cipher cable report claiming Wimborne was captured or held hostage for Irish freedom life forfeited if Sir Roger Casement were executed
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Baron Wimborne
Ireland
Dublin
Stephens Green
United States
Roger Casement
Dorchester High Names New Baseball Captain
Sam Clark resigns as captain of the Dorchester High School baseball nine and Edward McGinnes is elected to lead the team. Dorchester to meet Everett High this afternoon at the Dunbar Avenue grounds.
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Dorchester High School
Edward McGinnes
Dorchester
Everett High
Dunbar Avenue
Mayor to Keep Date at Concord Address
Concord news reports say several Board of Trade members resigned over Mayor Curley being invited to speak Friday evening. The mayor said he will deliver the scheduled address as planned.
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N. H
Board of Trade
Curley
Boston Mayor to Speak at Concord Banquet Amid Ties to Local Leaders
The Mayor asserts he is the sole speaker, pending committee guidance, while James O Lyford and Addison J Winship corroborate no real opposition to his Concord visit. Thayer of the Board of Trade confirms the invitation for April 28 and notes the Mayor’s opportunity to share views with Concord citizens.
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James O. Lyford
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New Hampshire
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Concord
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Boston City Club
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Lyford
Thayer
Board of Trade
Wyford
What an American Saw in the Swiss Army
An American observer contributes an inside story of Swiss military life and preparedness to the upcoming Sunday Post, offering an eyewitness view of drill routines, discipline, and national defense mindset.
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