British Advance Near Monchy-le-Preux Reported
War brief notes a British advance near Monchy-le-Preux on Tuesday night, while Germans counterattacked in the Verdun sector without regaining ground. Reporting from official agencies in London Paris Petrograd Berlin describe heavy fighting in eastern Galicia and renewed artillery clashes on the Russo-Galician front.
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Monchy-le-Preux
London
Verdun
Paris
Galicia
Petrograd
Archduke Joseph
von Mackensen
Berlin
Lemon Juice Mix for Skin Brightening Lotion
A vintage skin care tip proposes mixing lemon juice with Orchard White to form a skin and complexion lotion. It advises straining lemon juice to avoid pulp, combining with three ounces of Orchard White, and applying daily to face neck arms and hands to bleach and beautify the skin. The guide notes a quarter pint mixture lasts months and identifies Edward Wesley Co. Cincinnati Ohio as the supplier.
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Edward Wesley Co
Cincinnati
Ohio
Germans Repulsed at Verdun and Chemin des Dames
German efforts to overrun French positions in Verdun failed after attempts near Avecourt wood and Hill 304. French forces under General Petain held and the Germans now shell the evacuated area. Along Chemin des Dames, heavy infantry fighting eased, with artillery duels continuing.
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Verdun
Avecourt Wood
Hill 304
Petain
Chemin Des Dames
British and German Artillery Duel Continues in Belgium
British and German artillery exchange continues in northern Belgium as Field Marshal Haig's forces intensify harassing patrol raids along the front. East of Monchy le Preux in the Arras sector the British reported gains and prisoners after a notable raid. On the Russian front General Korniloff's army in East Galicia holds firm against reinforced Austro German forces trying to retake recently won positions in Halicz and Kaulsz sectors.
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Belgium
Haig
Monchy le Preux
Arras
Korniloff
Galicia
Halicz
Kaulsz
Latter region sees back-and-forth gains near Novica
In the Novica area the enemy seized a vantage point from the Russians then, in a counterattack, lost it. German forces continue bombing the Russians south of Brzezany and near Halicz with intense bombardment reported.
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Novica
Brzezany
Halicz
Father Clark Lays Stone In Boston Christian Endeavor HQ
Dr Francis E Clark founder of the World’s Christian Endeavor Society laid the cornerstone for a six story headquarters in Boston at Joy and Mt Vernon streets. Leaders from the Pacific islands Canada Hawaii and other regions attended. Over 100,000 donors and a 5,000,000 member movement were cited. A silver trowel presentation accompanied the ceremony.
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Young People’s Religious
Portland
Francis E. Clark
World’s
Christian Endeavor Society
Society
Dr. Clark
Joy
Mt. Vernon Streets
Boston
Christian Endeavor
Pacific
S. W. Adriance
John F. Cowan
Honolulu
James G. Potter
Canada
J. J. Arakelyan
A. J. Shartle
James L. Hill
Shartle
George W. Coleman
Daniel A. Poling
Amos R. Wells
W. Henry Root
Reichstag Faces Pressure Over Peace Without Annexations
The Reichstag resists a peace without annexations as the Catholic Centre party backs the resolution. Junkers push for a German peace tied to victories, while the threat of a military dictatorship looms if the Reichstag buckles.
Conservatives to test vote on war aims in Reichstag
Copenhagen July 18 Conservatives plan to submit an alternative resolution on war aims from the annexationist stance. A test vote between this and the bloc resolution calling for no annexation will occur Friday. A majority for the bloc resolution is claimed by supporters, though it may be small.
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Copenhagen
Reichstag
Tirpitz Appeals Liberal Leader to Fight Peace Move
Admiral von Tirpitz telegraphs Ernst Bassermann, then invalid, urging him to leave a sanitarium and join the fight against the Reichstag peace resolution. He warns that food shortages and war weariness must not soften German resolve for a peace that could threaten Germany and its working classes. Bassermann's bloc is expected to oppose the non annexationist measure.
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Copenhagen
Admiral von Tirpitz
Ernst Bassermann
Reichstag
von Tirpitz
Germany
New Plan for Naming Force
Washington July 18 plan to designate regiments by number and service branch will be modified to show the regiment type from its number. Regular units retain current numbering. National Guard starts at 101. National Army begins at 301, with regiments named upward from those bases.
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Washington
Regular Army
National Guard
National Army
First Cavalry
First Infantry
First
U S buys 500000 cases canned peas
Washington July 18 the public information committee announced contracts for half a million cases of canned peas for the army and navy for the coming year. The price is described as much below the present market.
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Washington
Army
Navy
Public Information Committee
John Craig Loses Son in France
Mrs. John Craig, returning from France, learned in New York that her elder son Harmon had been killed while serving in the ambulance service in France.
Actress Mary Young Learns Son Killed in France Flight
Mrs John Craig known as Mary Young returned from a transatlantic trip to visit her two sons in the American ambulance service on the French front. She did not learn that her elder Harmon B Craig aged 21 had been killed until her plane landed in New York yesterday.
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France
Harmon
New York
John Craig
Mary Young
Harmon B. Craig
Harvard brothers lose Harmon in French theater action
Mrs Merrick in Brookline received Tuesday a cable from John Craig Jr stating Harmon Craig was killed in action. The Harvard sophomores had joined a Harvard ambulance unit and served on the French front since February. Their mother had visited them on furlough and later sailed home. the father was away in New York and only learned of Harmon’s death after the cable arrived.
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Harmon
Craigs
Merrick
Brookline
John Craig, Jr
Harvard
John
Craig
America
Webster's Cooked Red Beans and Bartlett Pears Prices
Grocery notice lists Webster's Cooked Red Beans 15c per can and Fancy Bartlett Pears in heavy syrup 22c per can, with a 7c per pound dinner margarine and related groceries. Includes price line items for various canned goods and a brief dealer listing.
Frenzied Day for Lawson in Winchester Street Drama
Thomas W. Lawson arrived at South station with a bag of five thousand dollar bills then lost it. Deputy Beal recovered the bag as Lawson paid Beal 5843.98 in cash. Asa Weeks arrested, Lawson served writs attaching Winchester and George H. Carter for 10000 each, then vanished for the day.
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Thomas W. Lawson
Fred A. Beal
Asa T. Weeks
Winchester
South Station
George H. Carter
Egypt
State Street
Beal
Russian Premier Acts Denying Arrests Reports and Provisional Progress
In Petrograd July 18 Premier Lvoft sent telegrams to provisional government commissioners denying arrests reports as false and noting that appeals to overthrow the government were acts by a tiny extremist minority. The cabinet, with the soldiers and workers delegates and the Duma, is taking measures to avert incidents. negotiations to complete the cabinet are paused by disturbances but will resume once disorders end.
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Petrograd
Lvoft
Duma
Lobla
Orphan Girl credits Lydia E Pinkham remedy in Pittsburg
A 17 year old Pittsburgh area girl describes monthly sickness causing lost work days. She cites Lydia E Pinkham's Vegetable Compound as restoring her health and urges publication to help others. The letter from Miss IE Schmel tz, 34 Gardner St. Troy Hill, Pittsburgh, notes the remedy’s root and herb basis and its claimed effectiveness for periodical suffering.
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Pittsburg
Lydia E. Pinkham
IE Schmeltz
Gardner St
Troy Hill
N. S
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von Bethmann-Hollweg
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Hindenburg
Ludendorff
Junkers
Tirpitz
Sick Man
U. S
Iors
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Milan
A.w.jones CO
Gee Flight
Brother Cables News
Mammoth Grocery
FISA
Elcome Borax
Lux
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Eddy
Raymond’s
Ralston
Lawson
LION
America United Shirt & Collar CO
Troy
N.Y
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