Germans Shell English Towns in Easterly Raid
Four German seaplanes raided the east and southeast coasts of England at noon. Casualties reached two men and one boy killed and one marine wounded. considerable property damage reported including to restaurants and houses. Two Royal Navy seaplanes pursued raiders without success while another raider hit Walmer with six bombs.
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London
England
Lowestoft
Kentish
Walmer
Dover
Sunshine of Health Through Simple Herbal Plant Juice Remedy
A local advertisement touts Plant Juice as a new herbal system remedy bringing health to those with stomach disorders. It features a testimonial from L. D. Miller of Everett Mass detailing long digestion problems, weight loss, and fatigue resolved after using Plant Juice, and notes the Liggett Drug Co. store at Washington and Avon streets as the point of sale.
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L. D. Miller
Miller Oil & Polish Company
Glendale St
Everett
Mass
Liggett Drug Co
Washington and
Avon Streets
Submarine Air Raid Ties to Seaplane Base at Lowestoft
Lowestoft reports minor damage from air raid with a bomb killing few. A saw mill roof, a private house, a hotel, and a church suffered damage while a workman’s bedroom was struck but occupants unharmed. Bombs also landed in gardens and vacant lots. A German submarine laid plan to support a seaplane operable near the target.
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Lowestoft
British statement on western front raid and Cambrai air attack
The British official statement reports a failed raid west of Serre after a heavy bombardment, the enemy seizing a minor post southeast of Boesinghe, and a successful night raid by British aircraft against the Cambrai aerodrome with bombs dropped on sheds.
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London
Serre
Boesinghe
Cambrai
War News in Brief From Front Lines Across Europe
German seaplanes shelled English coasts killing three and wounding one while escaping pursuit. German raids west of Serre and at Steenstraete failed. French and British forces repelled attacks and gained minor terrain. Mines shattered German works at Vauquois as French batteries bombarded Etain Varcq and St Hilaire. Air actions saw bombers hit Dunkirk Cambrai and Luzon. Memphis sunk by Austrian sub. British and German trenches near Yser and Loos saw mixed gains and losses. Austria and Italy reported progress near Durazzo and Carriella amid shelling.
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England
London
Serre
Boesinghe
Flanders
Yser Canal
Steenstraete
Paris
Vauquois
Argonne
Meuse
Moselle
Etain
Varcq
St. Hilaire
Dunkirk
Luneville
France
Cambrai
Memphis
Adriatic
Durazzo
Ypres
Albania
Bazar-Sjak
Berat
Vienna
Carriella
Giudicaria
German Stuns British Lines North of Ypres
Berlin reports Western theatre actions include a 350 yard British trench line at Ypres captured by German forces north of Ypres with 20 British prisoners taken. Additional night engagements north of Albert yield British casualties and prisoners. An air fight east of Peronne is noted.
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Ypres
Albert
Berlin
Sayville
Army
Yser Canal
Loos
Hebutern
Peronne
Firemen Exposed to Scarlet Fever Amid Roxbury Blaze
A Roxbury fire at 61 Hampden Street led to quarantine fears for several firefighters after they battled a blaze that endangered a family ill with scarlet fever. Mrs Binch and her husband rescued four children while neighbor Benjamin Nemzof sheltered the stricken family until police and doctors arrived.
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Roxbury
Hampden Street
Samuel Binch
Benjamin Nemzof
Binch
Nemzof
Board of Health
Ruth
Benjamin
Joseph
British biplane shot down with all occupants dead
Reporting across theaters there were German air actions with bombs on multiple rear area targets. Russian lines near Vishnev faced a break under German fire, while Logoschin and Tarnopol station were attacked. Balkan front had no new news.
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Sameville
Saviteche-Beresina
Vishnev
Logoschin
Tarnopol
Galicia
Balkan
War Office communique reports actions on Yser and fronts
Official dispatch from Paris via London describes a Belgian bombardment aftermath with German attempts at Steenstraete repelled from the first line. It notes French artillery actions near Ta hure Navarin and mines exploded at Vaucouois, plus bombardments along Meuse Moselle toward Saint Hilaire. A German bomber dropped bombs on Dunkirk.
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Paris
London
War Office
Belgium
Yser Canal
Steenstraete
Champagne
Tahure
Navarin
Argonne
Vauquois
Meuse
Moselle
Btain
Warogg
Saint Hilaire
St. Mihiel
Forest of Apremont
Dunkirk
Limeville
Austrian Front Claims Italian Shelling and Albanian Advances
Austro-Hungarian report says Carriella near Lardaro shelled by mortars and Italian positions at Bazar-Sjak captured on the Isonzo front. It notes Austro-Hungarian forces advancing near Durazzo and Albanian troops taking Berat and Lyusna Pekiny with 200 gendarmes captured.
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Berlin
Sayville
Giudicaria
Carriella
Lardaro
Isonzo
Bazar-Sjak
Durazzo
Berat
Avlona
Lyusna Pekiny
Essad Pasha
Small Italian advances reported in Lugana valley front
General headquarters reports brief infantry progress with prisoner captures in the Lugana valley. Artillery actions continue along the front and bombardment of Uggowitz is noted with troop movements observed. An enemy plane bombarded Ala but caused no damage.
War operations bulletin from the Dardanelles front
Turkish statement from Constantinople via London reports shells from an enemy warship near Tekke Burnu causing no damage. On other fronts there have been no important events.
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Constantinople
London
Dardanelles
Imbros
Tekke Burnu
Berlin Anger Over U S Submarine Policy Reversal
Berlin faces anger as the German government denounces U S plans to arm merchant ships for defense. Count von Bernstorff awaits Berlin’s reply while diplomatic channels suffer leaks and U S warning expectations shift amid the Lusitania dispute.
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Count von Bernstorff
United States
Lusitania
Berlin
Austria
Baron Zwiedinek
State Department
Lansing
Washington
Gerard
Foreign Office
von Bernstorff
Two Types in New German War Loan
The Frankfurter Zeitung reports Germany will issue two security types in the new war loan. One is the standard 5 percent war loan and the other 4 1/2 percent exchequer bonds sold below par and redeemable in series at par.
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Amsterdam
London
Frankfurter Zeitung
Russians Take 2 More Towns In War Update
Russian forces capture Mush and Achlat as they press the Turkish retreat from Erzerum. Northern wing advances toward Gumushkhaneh to threaten the Bagdad railway while ships shell Turkish batteries along the Black Sea. Germans push at Yser Canal as French and British exchange gains in Champagne and Artois. In Albania Austro-Hungarians report a new Italian position near Durazzo, and Albanians with them take Berat. A Bulgarian patrol is repelled near Doiran.
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London
Erzerum
Armenia
Petrograd
Mush
Achlat
Diarhekr
Bagdad
Syria
Black Sea
Widje
Gumish Khkaneh
Trebizond
Yser Canal
Belgium
Ypres
Loos
Champagne
Meuse
Moselle
Forest of Apremont
Argonne Forest
Albania
Bazar-Sjak
Durazzo
Avlona
Berat
Aviona
Salonik
Doiran
24 Hours at the Movie Ball Ends in Snowy Sendoff
A breezy society ball at Madison Avenue’s Garden marks a legendary wrap party for Screen Club president Billy Quirk and the Mirror Film Company crew. Nat Goodwin and Joe Gleason mingle with Ethel Barrymore and Clara Kimball Young entourage as banners praise Metro and Selwyn. the crowd jokes about missing trains and endless dancing despite snowfall.
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Charlie Chaplin
Mary Pickford
Charlie
Mary
Billy Quirk
Screen Club
Edwin Booth
Mirror Film Company
Quirk
Pennsylvania
Florida
Mirror
Nat Goodwin Company
Madison Avenue
Garden
Ecards
Joe Gleason
Nat Goodwin
Nat
Arch Selwyn
Edgar
Arch
Mike Selwyn
Margaret Mayo Selwyn
Ethel Barrymore
Powers Six
Metro
Joe Drum
Clara Kimball Young Film Corporation
Broadway stars lead city parade through restless night
Miss Pauline Frederick and Maurice Costello joined Joe O'Gee's calls as performers gathered for a mass march. Billy Quirk led the grand procession with Clara Kimball Young Grace Valentine and Dido Budley, while the Twenty-Second Regiment Band provided music amid shifting steps and hours of dancing afterward.
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Pauline Frederick
Maurice Costello
Jim McKenna
Bay Side
Matt Moore
The
Universal
Joe O'Gee
Billy Quirk
Woodrow Wilson
Clara Kimball Young
Grace Valentine
Dido Budley
Two Dead in Walmer Bombing Incident
In Walmer a small aeroplane dropped four bombs in a cluster from about a thousand feet. A man and a boy were killed as bombs landed within a hundred yard circle. Two British airmen pursued but the raider escaped.
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Walmer
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