Italian gains on Isonzo front push to Gorizia bridgehead
Italian forces report taking Monte Sief strongholds on the Isonzo front near Gorizia and capturing 8000 prisoners and 11 guns during heavy fighting on June 6 and 7. Aerial bombardment on Opcina yielded good results as Austrian defenses crumble and the bridgehead at Gorizia is secured.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Monte Sief
Isonzo
Gorizia
Monte Zabotino
Monte San Michele
Opcina
Triest
Rome
Somme Front Advances and Verdun Battles Report
Paris reports a new French victory wave on the Somme front with gains north of the Somme including a six kilometer trench line and a wood captured. In Champagne enemy detachments were dispersed near Hill 195. At Verdun the Thiaumont-Fleury front saw heavy fighting with German attempts checked by French fire and a German foothold later contested. Prisoners and materiel recovered accompany air and artillery actions near Nancy and Monaica Farm.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Paris
Somme
Hem Wood
Champagne
Tahure
Meuse
Thiaumont-Fleury
Thiaumont
Vaux-Chapitre-Chenois
Auberive
Nancy
Guillemont
Hardecourt
Monaica Farm
Verdun
Fleury
Fleury Road
Vosges
Senones
Russian Statement on Dniester Gains in Galicia Capture
The official report says Soviet troops pushed into Nizniow and nearby villages south of the Dniester, with 160 square kilometres seized. Prisoner totals were not yet known, but earlier lines claim 166 officers and 8,415 men captured, plus several guns and machine guns. The communique notes enemy bridges and stores likely blown during retreat.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dniester
Berlin
Letchitzky
Trumach
Ezerzany
Stanislau
Tysmienitsa
Buczacz
von Bothmer
Kkoropice
Brody
Zalocze
Petrograd
London
Nizniow
Bratychny
Palakhiahe
Nedworna
Charnolooze
Krivotula
Ottyn
Sereth
Stokhod
Stobychov
Stepanenko
Tyszienca
Kolomea-Stanislau
Pa Van Loon Dashes Guests in Comedic Page Preview
A playful note hints Pa Van Loon dodging visitors as the upcoming Sunday Post promises a hilariously chaotic page full of prankish gags and lighthearted chaos.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pa van Loon
Sunday Post
British War Office updates Somme front actions
The War Office reports no fresh infantry attacks after five fruitless efforts near Pozieres, with heavy artillery bombardment. British troops advance east of Trones Wood near Guiller mont station, and two raiding parties enter German lines north of Rocklincourt. Bombing by German planes is repelled. two enemy aircraft forced to land behind own lines. Southwest of Guillemont British lines advance about 400 yards as fighting continues near Guillemont station.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Berlin
von Hindenburg
Sereth
Zarecze
Stokhod
Lutsk
Zarocze
Count von Bothmer
Archduke Charles Francis
Dniester
Tiumach-Ottynia
Carpathians
Bialy-Cheremoch
la Bassee Canal
Loos
Thiepval
Somme
Pozieres
Bazantin-le- Petit
Maurepas
Hem
Estrees
Seycourt
Cambrai
Gumnica
Vardar
London
War Office
Trones Wood
Guillermont
Leipsic
Rocklincourt
Guillemont
Longueval
Highwood
Mametz
Loos Salient
Givenchy
Plant Juice advertised as cure for indigestion in Weymouth
An ad from Weymouth promotes Plant Juice as a herbal stomach remedy for indigestion dyspepsia and related symptoms. It cites a Weymouth Landing carpenter P. H. Blanchard praising the product after long illness and notes the Plant Juice Man bills at Houghton & Dutton store.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
P. H. Blanchard
Weymouth Landing
Weymouth
Mass
Houghton & Dutton
Home hair removal paste promises quick painless results
An aid to beauty presents a simple home method using powdered delatone and water to make a thick paste. Apply to unwanted hairs for two to eight minutes, rub off, then wash. The article claims the skin remains soft and hairless if the correct real delatone is used.
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Galicia
Italy
Isonzo Valley
Lagarina Valley
Asiago
Plateau
Monte Zebio
Cordevole
Trumach-Ottynia
Bazantins-le- Petit
Volhynian Triangle
Boys’ Clothing Department
Oana Ata Eegg
eGatTamay
Mer
Shirley St
Winthrop
Bennington St
H. Boston
Winthrop Beacon
J. A. W. Silver
Boulevard
W. L. Turner
Elsenberg & Miller
J. A. Carr
Walley St
East Boston
Charlestown
F. L. Harding
Main St
Cummings Brothers
Chambers St
Winthrop Orient Auto
T. R. Rawson
Prop
Potter Garage & Stable Co
E. H. Wyman
Cottage Park Ave
Winthrop Lincoln Park
Cost & Chases
Props
Revere Parkway
Revere L
Norcross
Winthrop Ave
Beachmont
L. M
L. M. Orcutt, Cor. Taft Ave. and Shirley St
Point Shirley
Mase
Winthrop Auto Co
R. J. Kenney
G. H. Russell
I. W. Matthews
Revere St
Cottage Park Yacht Club
Orient Heights Yacht Club
Fast Boston
Pleasant Park Yacht Club
Ashmont
Talbot Ave
Dorchester
Columbia Road
City Point
East Fourth St
South
Boston Centre St
Centre St
Dudley
Dudley St
Roxbury
Duggan
J. M
East
Concord St
Beaton Dunbar
Washington St
Edgewood
Maywood St
Geneva Ave
Granite
Harvard
Harvard Ave
Jewell Park
Charlies St
Mattapan Sq
Blue Hill Ave
Mattapan Metropolitan
Mattapan
Milton Auto Service Co
Adams St
Milton
Seavey’s
Dorchester Terminal
Zeigler
Neponset
Columbia Yacht Club
Strandway
South Boston
Savin Fall Yacht Club
Savin Hill
Dorchester Bay
Hyde Park Ave
Amahea Plainern
D. J
Conley
Mrs. M
Bridge St
Dedham Pfenning
R. C
Ashland St
Roslindale
Chelsea Motor Mart
Gale Bros
Chelsea
Revere Ocean Pier
Thornton
Aberdeen Street
Aberdeen St
Boston Armory
Ferdinand St
Boston Auto Sales Company, Inc
Worcester St
Boston
Bascom, Geo. R. Co
Stanhope
Beacon Auto Machine Co
Hampshire St
M. ©. A. Auto School
Cummington St
Cadillac Auto Co
Commonwealth Ave
Chandler Motors of
N. E., Inc
Boylston
Grogan
R. P Cummington
Hall
Marshall T
Pleasant St
Poston Hansen, A. L
Bickerstaff
Hart, A. T. Company
Boylaton St
Hennessey’s Garage
Harcourt St
Kelly-Springfield Motor Truck Co
Ladd
Patch, FE. A. Co
Ipswich St
Perry Brothers
Stanhope St
Regent Garage
Lanadorne St
Roberts’ Garage, Inc
Newbury St
Rockwell, G. P., Inc
Smith & Sons, Brrant G. Co
Beacon St
Somerset Garage
Maitland St
Stutz Motor Service & Auto Repair Co
Taylor-Palmer Garage Co
Huntington Ave
Timmins, Arthur
Dartmouth &J
Weat
Springfield Street
West
Springfield St
White Company
The
Beaufort
Jamaica Plain
Columbus
Forest Hills
St. Ann St
Jamaica Plain Glen Road
Hoyt’s
Egleston Square
Columbus Ave
Lyons
J. B
Worthington S T
Roxburying
John
Manning
Lutski
Dniester—Stub
Western Front
Union Street
Am'hia
Minadasane
Thiaumont-Fleury Line
Coats
Vicuna
Palm Beach
Magnolia
Newport
New London
Bar Harbor
Bedford Street
Trones
Wood
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