Allied Defeat Reports From Dardanelles and Ypres Battles
The report notes Turkish entanglements and beach obstacles as Allied troops landings face delays. It cites a Constantinople bulletin on renewed Turkish attacks at Kum Kaleh and Kaba Tepeh, with French claims to Kam Kaleh. Ypres shows German withdrawal and renewed Allied counter-attacks, while Berlin offers apologies for failed advances. The eastern front shows renewed activity in Bukowina and Uzsok Pass with disputed Austrian reports.
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Aegean
Constantinople
Kaba Tepeh
Gallipoli
Kum Kaleh
Yser Canal
St. Julien
Ypres
Steenstraate
Belgium
Carpathian Passes
Uzsok Pass
Stry
Berlin
Bukowina
Carpathians
East Prussian
German War Office claims success on Western Front and in East
Berlin reports French and British misled readers while German lines claim gains at Hartmannsweiler Kopf and in Suwalki area. It says Ypres attempts failed 200 metres from positions and Meuse Moselle battles continued with French losses. aviator downed near Altkirch. Russian positions taken northeast of Suwalki.
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Berlin
London
Flanders
Ypres- Pilket High Road
Champagne
le Mesnil
le Pretre
Hartmannsweiler
Kopf
Altkirch
Suwalki
Przasnysz
Poland
Hartmannsweiler Kopf
Het Sas
German and Allied Actions Reported in Ypres and Surrounding Fronts
Sir John French says British and French halted the German drive at Ypres. Reports note French cruiser Leon Gametta sunk near Italy by Austrian submarine. about 600 officers and crew believed lost. Belgians capture Lizerne and trenches near Het Sas with 200 Germans taken. Germans make gains near Suwalki in northern Poland.
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Ypres
John French
London
Leon Gambetta
Adriatic Sea
Italy
Paris
Vienna
Yser Canal
Steenstraate
Het Sas
Carpathians
Ypres- Pilket
Berlin
le Mesnil
Champagne
Poland
Suwalki
British Statement Claims German Attack Stopped Near Ypres
London reports that the British and French halted the German assault north and northeast of Ypres. Germans used asphyxiating gases and contraband shells in counterattacks, with small bridge-head at Steenstraate and no further German forces west of the canal.
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London
Ypres
Steenstraate
Belgian Army Advances as Germans Show Little Activity
An official Belgian army report from the Continent on April 28 says on April 27 at 6 pm German artillery was quiet on the Belgian front. French and Belgian forces captured Lizerne and trenches toward Het Sas, with over 100 dead, six quick firing guns and 200 prisoners taken. the attack continues.
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London
Lizerne
Het Sas
Biplane Wreck in Boston Harbor Injures No One
Captain Henry Bernstein of England tested a Burgess plane with pilot Frank C. Coffyn. The craft plunged into Boston harbor near Lawley shipyard yesterday afternoon. both men were rescued unharmed. The biplane, about $200 damage, was raised onto the shipyard dock after being towed from mud flats on three rowboat pontoons.
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Henry Bernstein
England
Frank C. Coffyn
Boston
Lawley
Plane crash near Marblehead linked to engine test
At the Burgess plant in Marblehead last night officials gave no reason for Captain Bernstein being aboard the aero plane. A new engine was being tested with similar trials in Squantum for nearly a week. The biplane left Squantum with Coffyn piloting and Bernstein as passenger, circling the harbor for about an hour before the accident.
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Burgess
Marblehead
Captain Bernstein
Squantum
Coffyn
Relative calm in Flanders as Germans punish Champagne advance
French war office reports a relatively calm day in Belgium with preserved gains. In Champagne Germans advanced about 300 metres at Beausejour, halved by French retaking. Aviators bombarded Bollweiler Chambley and Chambley, with several hangars hit and multiple enemy aircraft downed or captured.
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Paris
War Office
Belgium
Champagne
Beausejour
Argonne
Marie Therese
Les Eparges
Hartmansweiler Kopf
Bollweiler
Mulhausen
Chambley
Arnaville
Lorraine
Arfo
Thiaucort
Friedrichshafen
Leopoldsohe
Baden
Brimont
Ancre
Muizon
Rheims
National banks to receive state funds deposit approval
The Governor's council approved depositing the State's funds in national banks with savings departments and voted to name Haverhill National Bank as a depository for State funds.
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Haverhill National Bank
NEW RULING ON THE ELEVATED REMOVAL
Fight for legislation to remove the elevated road from Main Street, a public highway, cites public health danger, obstruction of light and air, and noise disturbing sleep and recovery of the sick. The legality of contract rights and the act’s constitutionality form the principal ground for the road’s expected refusal.
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Main
Charlestown
Charlestown Leaders Back Constitutional Act On Transit
Charlestown leaders declare the act removing the Main street elevated and replacing it with a tunnel is constitutional and plan court action if the Boston Elevated Railway Company refuses compliance. Indignation meetings are planned to pressure officials for underground transit over overhead.
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Charlestown
Boston Elevated Railway Company
Main Street
City and Sullivan
Arlington street station bill stirs clash with elevated road
Supporters report a possible Elevated Railroad refusal to build a Arlington street subway at Arlington and Boylston streets. Otto J. Piehler of the Arlington Street Station Association urges acceptance of the act. Mayor Curley threatens a public protest meeting if the road fails to act. Charlestown backers prepare to challenge constitutionality in Supreme Court. Elevated head General Bancroft calls the road's stance neutral and declines to detail plans.
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Arlington Street Station
Elevated
Arlington Street
Boylston Street
Walsh
Otto J. Piehler
Arlington Street Station Association
Curley
City Hall
Faneuil Hall
Charlestown
Supreme Court
Charlestown Ireoproevement Association
Improvement Association
William A. Bancroft
Bancroft
Coast defense study ordered for national military policy
Secretary Garrison directs all coast defence district commanders to thoroughly study fortifications and propose improvements. Reports will be combined with local data for the new general board of defence to outline permanent national military policy. Brigadier General Scott heads the board. war college studies follow.
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Washington
Garrison
General Board of Defence
Scott
Army
The
War College
Gar rison outlines plan for national defence policy
Secretary Garrison proposes a comprehensive national defence policy built from general ideas shared with the War College. He stresses a clear, scientific policy shaped to gain public and congressional support, noting this is a historic chance to establish a lasting military framework.
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Garrison
War Department
Congress
War College
Macomb
Doings of the Van Loons Feature in Sunday Post
The upcoming issue of the Sunday Post showcases the Doings of the Van Loons as a highlight. Readers can expect humor and quick sketches from the popular comic strip creators.
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van Loons
Next Sunday Post
Darken Gray Hair At Home With Simple Recipe
A Kansas City resident promotes a home hair darkening method using bay rum glycerine and Barbo Compound. Mix 1 oz bay rum 1 small Barbo box and % oz glycerine with water to apply every other day, then every two weeks. The formula claims to darken gray hair without staining the scalp and to improve dandruff and hair growth.
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Kansas City
Doctor’s Automobile Stolen and Wrecked in Dorchester
The automobile owned by Dr. William Johnston of 206 Norfolk Street Dorchester was stolen by an unknown man last evening while at Dorchester Avenue and Greenwood Street. It was driven wildly through the streets, scattering pedestrians, and left a wreck on Leonard Street.
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William Johnston
Norfolk Street
Dorchester
Dorchester Avenue
Greenwood Stree
Ias
Leonard Street
Sargol Flesh-Builder Promises Rapid Weight Gain
Advertisement touts Sargol as a gentle digestive aid that converts eaten fats into body tissue. It claims quick cheek filling and firm flesh, urging use with meals and promising money back if no weight gain, noting caution to expect at least ten pounds of gain.
Medicated Venus Creme Promises Beauty Enhancement
A health and beauty advertisement promotes Medicated Venus creme as a massage aid to develop skin clarity and smooth the face neck arms and bust. It claims to rival ancient mythic beauty standards and offers refunds if unsatisfied after trial.
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Venus
Hebe
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