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Newspaper
Boston Post
Location
Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
Jun 23, 1915
Page
8
Russian garrison in Lemberg teeters as five Austro German armies led by Mackensen Linsingen Worrach Boeh-Ermolli Pflanzer tighten cordon. Advancing troops reach city outskirts while remaining Russians retreat under pressure.
An advertisement touts Poslam for eczema acne and itching skin with quick improvement after brief use. It promotes Poslam Soap and a free sample offer from Emergency Laboratories New York and notes related wartime battlefield and European campaign updates.
The war office reports heavy long range bombardment on Dunkirk and intensified fighting north of Arras. Allied advances claim progress in Lorraine and the Vosges, with prisoners taken totaling 220 since June 20 and multiple trenches reclaimed. Belgian and French forces report gains near St George and Souchez amid gas attacks and machine gun captures.
June 22 dispatch describes the May 30 to June 19 siege of the Labyrinth between Neuville St. Vaast and Ecurie. French assaults breached German trenches, taking the first line and then the interior works. German fortifications and heavy artillery resisted, but French troops captured the Labyrinth, taking about 1 000 prisoners and inflicting heavy losses, with 2 000 French casualties plus many wounded.
A scanned directory lists numerous druggists and pharmacies by name and town including Peckham Pharmacy Stewart Salisbury Wardrobe Morrison Pharmacy Sawyer Rice & Shannon Grover Tyteitoed Henry Wardrobe Young & Sminghams Stoneham Emerson Co Goldthwaite Wakefield Watertown Cross Pharmacy Ellsworth Reed Carter Henry Hall Gennnes Corb West Medford Whitney Williams’ Pharmacy Boston area druggists and suppliers named for reference.
Berlin reports a measured German counter in the Meuse region with trench clearance and 1380 French prisoners, progress in Alsace toward Sondernach, and Fecht River moves. Other items include German bombardment of Courcelles and Dunkirk, Italian actions in Carnia, and Austrian Tyrol fortifications as the war widens.
The Italian General Staff states minimal activity on the Tyrol Trentino frontier with reconnoitering parties and entrenched lines. In Carnia fire on Malborghetto continues and Freikofel attacks fail. Monte Nero operations conclude successfully despite weather and rugged terrain. Isonzo sees night alarms and Austrian attempts to retake Plava repelled by Italian defense.
Despatches from the Italian front report serious reverses by Italian forces over the last four days as they attempt to storm Austro Hungarian lines along the Isonzo River near the frontier.
The Frankfurter Zeitung prints a Berlin denial stating no Russian emissaries have visited Berlin and no peace negotiations with Russia are under way. It also rejects rumors tied to discussions after the Hague International Congress of Women and asserts no contact with German officials has occurred.
The Norwegian mail steamer Venus arrived at Newcastle with most of her cargo thrown overboard after a German submarine commander threatened to sink the ship. The captain claimed jettisoning foodstuffs saved the vessel, with butter, salmon, and tinned fish going to the sea while wood remained aboard. This marked the first report of a submarine allowing shipboard terms to be set.
A home remedy advises washing with resinol soap and hot water, applying resinol ointment for ten minutes, then rinsing with cold water to close pores. Use once or twice daily to soothe pores, remove pimples and blackheads, and leave skin clear. Sold by all druggists.
Lima Peru June 22 A group of 250 Italians to leave Thursday June 24 by way of the Panama canal for Italy. They form the first contingent of Italians to return from Peru to take part in the war.
A Middleboro baker employed by the State of Massachusetts endorses Plant Juice as a cure for stomach trouble and indigestion. He claims one bottle improved his digestion, appetite, sleep, and nerves, and that the Plant Juice representative sells the remedy at Lidgett Drug Store in Boston Street.
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