Austro Germans Capture Tarnow as Russians Retreat in Carpathians
Austro-German forces push through the Carpathian passes forcing Russian withdrawals near Tarnow. Heavy 42 centimeter Austrian ordnance battering Liege-style targets aids the advance while Russian artillery struggles to respond. In the west, British and French actions around Ypres continue with gas attacks and counterattacks shaping a grim stalemate.
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Tarnow
Carpathians
Vistula
Wal Mountain
Putiloff Hill
Mukden
Flanders
Galicia
Liege
Maubeuge
Plant Juice Campaign Hits Boston by Storm Coast to Coast Tour
A coast to coast Plant Juice campaign started three years ago in California and now reaches Boston. The remedy from roots herbs and berries is said to cleanse stomach liver and kidneys and improve blood and nerves. The Plant Juice man will be at Liggett's Drug Store Washington and Avon streets offering free samples and explanations.
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California
Golden Gate
Rockies
Boston
Liggett’s Drug Store
Washington and
Avon Streets
Turks Hold Gallipoli Peninsula in Dardanelles Stand
Constantinople reports the Turkish war office statements that the Dardanelles remain unfavorable to the enemy. Gallipoli and Nagara are not occupied, only two coastal points Seddul Bahr and Avi Burnu remain under enemy control. The Asiatic coast is freed and Turkish encircling forces can maneuver.
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Dardanelles
Gallipoli Peninsula
Seddul Bahr
Avi Burnu
Constantinople
Berlin
London
Turkish War Office
Athens
Gallipoli
Nagara
Fall Spoiled Opera Future For Young Miss Collins
Marie J. Collins 21 testifies in Suffolk Superior Court that a coal hole incident ruined her chance to become a grand opera star. She seeks $5000 from Loren Towle, alleging control of the coal hole outside her home. She says she arranged lessons with Maria Paparello but never took them. X rays reportedly show leg bruises.
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Marie J. Collins
Suffolk Superior Court
Loren D. Towle
Maria Paparello
Boston Opera House
Harvard Faculty Bans Tutoring by Assistants
Harvard faculty voted to prohibit any assistant or instructor from private tutoring for pay in courses they teach. Permission to tutor in other subjects requires approval from the department chair and the dean.
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Harvard
New England
Witty exchange on salary split and housekeeping
A humorous dialogue features a husband who gives half his weekly salary to his wife for housekeeping and herself. He reveals the other half is borrowed by his wife, highlighting domestic financial shenanigans with light, playful irony.
Turbulent World War I Updates from Allied and Central Powers
Official reports from Vienna Petrograd and Paris claim Austro German advances across Galicia Beskid region and near Gorlice with 50000 Russian prisoners. British trenches at Hill No 60 damaged by gas, Germans push toward Ypres, French forces repelled at Steinbrueck. Gallipoli holds, Libau actions reported offshore.
Hood's Sarsaparilla Advertises Spring Tiredness Cure
Mrs. L A Bickford of Gossville New Hampshire testifies Hood's Sarsaparilla eases the spring tiredness and dyspepsia she suffered yearly. She notes relief from the first dose and long term health, claiming benefit for her husband and daughter as well.
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Gossville
N. H
L. A. Bickford
Hood
German Forces Claim Gains Near Ypres and Large Prisoner Totals
Berlin reports on ongoing front artillery duels with gains near Ypres including capture of Van Helpe farm and another farm, 15 machine guns, 10 prisoners, and 135 men in Combres forest. More than 2000 French taken in Billy wood and 21 officers among them.
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Don
Gallipoli
Seddul Bahr
Avi Burnu
Asiatic
Constantinople
Dunajec
Gorlice
Petro
Grad
Ypres
Berlin
Ailly Wood
Steinbrueck
Vosges
London
War Office
Belgium
van Helpe
Messines-Ypres
Combres
Billy Wood
Furey
Croix-des-Carmes
Mitau
Szadow
Rossiena
Russian Courland
Kalwarya
Pilica
Grodno
Tarnow
Vistula
Beskid
Lupkow Pass
von der Martwitz
British Hold Hill No. 60 After Gas Attack
War office report says British repulsed a German night attack near Steenstraete to the north of Ypres. Germans attacked Hill No. 60 near Ypres using asphyxiating gases but British counter attacked and recaptured part of trenches. Other notes describe Russian flank pressure, advances in the Beskid and Jaslo region, and repulsed Russian efforts on the Drava front.
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Ypres
Libau
Riga
East Prussia
Dunkirk
Grodno
Poland
William
Constantinople
Paris
War Office
Steenstraete
Zwartelen
Mamelen
Sillakerwasen
Fecht
Beskid
Jaslo
Dukla
Drava
Ostry
Austrian Advance Drives West Galicia Front Victory
The Austrian war office reports continued success along the west Galician front with a large Russian prisoner tally of 50,000. The Teuton allied forces advance while retreating enemy troops seek defensive positions to slow the pursuit.
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London
War Office
Galicia
Engagement Near Libau Repulsed and Farm of Pomicany Captured
Petrograd reports an engagement near Libau with German torpedo boats and a successful surprise attack east of the Mlawa railway capturing the Farm of Pomicany. The right bank of the Orzica saw a repulsed German assault after heavy bombardment and prolonged fighting.
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Petrograd
London
Libau
Baltic
Mitau
Courland
Besiagola
Orzica
Mlawa
Pomicany
Vistula
Galicia
Carpathians
Dunajec
Biecz
Jaslo
Stry
Fighting on Mount Makouwka and Lomnica Front
The report notes 2000 prisoners taken including 40 officers after an action on Mount Makouwka. The enemy retreated and the forces gained further successes along the upper Lomnica during yesterday morning operations.
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Makouwka
Lomnica
British War Office Reports Re-capture at Hill No 60
London dispatch says British forces reclaimed more of their trenches on Hill No 60 southeast of Ypres and fighting continues in the area. The War Office reports no enemy attacks elsewhere.
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London War Office
London
British War Office
Ypres
Osler on Tuberculosis and Eckman’s Alterative Note
Osler cites tuberculosis healing criteria from The Practice of Medicine and notes lime salts in granulation tissue. The advertisement links Eckman’s Alterative to treatment success in bronchial and allied conditions. It claims no opiates or habit forming drugs and promotes sale through Riker Drug Stores and Eckman Laboratory Philadelphia.
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William Osler
Johns Hopkins
Baltimore
Regius
Oxford
Eckman
Riker Drug Stores
Eckman Laboratory
Philadelphia
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