Fall of Dardanelles Fortifications Stuns Allied Powers
Allied fleet advances along the Dardanelles with fortifications at Sedd el Bahr Namazieh and Kum Kale reportedly reduced or weakened. British and French batteries pound the straits amid mine defenses as Russia eyes access to the sea and a potential advance on Constantinople.
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Dardanelles
Constantinople
Sea of
Marmara
Holbrook
Bosphorus
Black Sea
Russia
House of Commons
Edward Grey
England
M. Sazanoff
Duma
Edward
Great Britain
Turkey
Marmora
U S Asks Removal of Mines in High Seas
The United States informal request to Britain and Germany calls for removing all mines from open waters except those needed for coast defense. The move aims to ease civilian food distribution to Germany and curb submarine warfare while awaiting allied responses.
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Washington
United States
Great Britain
Germany
Wilson
Porter
Pennsylvania
Norway
Sweden
State Department
Ireland
Rheumasalts Promises Quick Kidney Relief
A vintage health ad claims back pain signals kidney strain from uric acid. It touts Rheumasalts as a fast acting solvent and laxative, easing the kidneys and liver, with easy daily use and availability at drugstores.
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Mihapolis
Minn
Aikerynes
Doctors Endorse D D D Eczema Remedy Across Skin Ailments
Prominent physicians including Geo T Richardson Anna Holmes and Ira T Gabbert tout D D D as effective for eczema psoriasis and related conditions. They urge inquiries to Dr Gabbert Caldwell Kansas and promote D D D products and soap at Riker Jaynes Drug Stores with a money back guarantee.
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Geo Iteher, Jr
Caledonia
Dept. 9-R
Resinol
Baltimore
Geo. T. Richardson
M. D
Anna Holmes
Ira T. Gabbert
Two Russian Regiments Escape German Ring In Przasnysz Front
Russian general staff reports two regiments of the Twenty-ninth division broke through German lines after being surrounded in East Prussia. Attacks along the front from Jedwabno to Bodzamow on the Vistula are described as continuous with intense fighting near Przasnysz and on the right bank of the Narew. Minor Carpathian gains and Turkish actions in Trans-Tchoruk are also noted.
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Augustowo Forest
Petrograd
Bohr District
Jedwabno
Bodzamow
Vistula
Przasnysz
Boguslav
Vystula
Opoczno
Lopon
Grodno
Jastrobno
Stabine
Twenty-ninth
Niemen
Narew
Bobr
Bogus
Przasnysz Taken by German Forces in Poland
Berlin reports Przasnysz in Russian Poland was captured by German forces yesterday. Official notice states 10,000 Russian prisoners were taken as Russians advance toward Moghely in Poland. The dated report covers the western theater of the war.
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Przasnysz
Russian
Poland
Vistula
Warsaw
Berlin
Petrograd
Dardanelles
London
Russian Poland
Moghely
Bolimow
Champagne
Pulisk
Narew
Lomza
Grodnow
Memel
Bohr
Augustowo
Antwerp
German Battery Silenced North of Mesnil Capture
Paris dispatch reports French artillery silenced a German battery near Lombaertzyde and a German work north of Mesnil. Operations from Lys to Champagne continued under favorable conditions with heavy losses inflicted on a German column marching north.
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Mesnil
Tahura
Paris
War Office
Lombaertzyde
Lys
Champagne
Souain
Beausejour
Austrian War Office Reports Western Galicia Gains and Prisoners
The Austrian war office says no change in Russian Poland. West Galician front east of Grybow sees Austrian detachments seize several support points, 460 prisoners and six machine guns taken. In the Carpathians conditions stay hindered by heavy snowfall. Attacks south of the Dniester progress with ten officers and 3388 men captured on Feb 21 and 22. Bukowina remains calm.
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Bukowina
Sadagora
Czernowitz
London
Cattaro Channel
Berlin
Grybow
Galicia
Dneister
Vienna
Lombaertzyde
Paris
Dukla
Doline
Salitch
Rozanka
Army of the
Vieinna
Austrian War Office
Russian
Poland
Carpathians
Dniester
American note on war zone and food shipments discussed
London dispatch reports the cabinet considered the American note seeking understanding on Germany's war zone and civilian food shipments. Public opinion supposes Wilson asked Britain to lift the food embargo on Germany in exchange for suspending the submarine blockade, a proposal met with disapproval.
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London
Germany
Wilson
Great Britain
British Isles
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Meurissons
Four-de-Paris
Marie Therese
Lombaertryde
Meuse
Lorraine
Parroy
Jewellers For
Waltham Watch
Boston
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Sul
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Jules d Jurgensen
Ares Consultus
Frank A. Andrews Inc
Washington St
Cor
Uart
Jorne
Vermont
Philadelphia
Oxford
Boylston
Hollis Sts
Ching
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Caldwell
Kansas
Vorenberg
Kalvin Brothers
Worcester
Modern Pants Co
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