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Newspaper
Boston Post
Location
Boston, Massachusetts, United States of America
Date
May 11, 1917
Page
8
State Department reports 127 Americans still detained in Germany likely crew from captured armed merchant ships. It is believed they were brought to Germany by raiders operating in the South Atlantic.
A May 10 telegram from Monrovia to the State Department states that Liberia severed diplomatic relations with Germany on May 8. Liberian authorities also searched and disarmed all German assets within the country.
Residents and businesses had their premises examined amid wartime security drives. The executive mansion displayed flags of the United States, Great Britain and France as measures proceed to disarm Germans at additional sites.
Joseph McGuinness, a Sinn Feiner, elected to the House of Commons for the southern division of Longford county Ireland. He holds a three year prison term in Lewes for his role in the Dublin rebellion. Patrick McKenna trails by 37 votes as Nationalist.
A Harwich squadron under Commodore Tyrwhitt pursued eleven German destroyers between the Dutch and English coasts. The chase lasted over an hour, our ships engaged at long range with minor casualty, and German destroyers were reported hit.
Lord Curzon told the House of Lords the shipping minister's program aims to create annual mercantile shipping totaling 3,000,000 tons gross. He noted prewar UK shares of under 1600 ton ships at about 45 percent and 16,900,000 tons across 2,900 vessels in 1914, with March 1917 figures at 3,500 ships and nearly 16,000,000 tons. Achieving the plan would require 100,000 more workers and doubled steel output while continuing the admiralty program.
Soap use can harm hair by drying the scalp and making hair brittle. The article recommends unsalted coconut oil as a pure, greaseless cleanser. a small amount creates rich lather that cleanses hair and scalp without damage. It notes coconut oil is cheap and available at pharmacies for family use.
French capture a fortified Vauclerc plateau position and heavy artillery fighting continues in the area. German counterattacks near Chemin des Dames are repulsed as Bullecourt actions and Arras sector shelling show activity. British progress near Bullecourt east of Gricourt and south of the Souchez River is reported. A German dawn attack in the Carpathians is repulsed by Russians as northern front artillery toils.
Enrico Arlotta Italian minister and head of a mission arrives in New York with General Gugliamotti Captain Vannutelli and other officials. The group, led by Prince di Savira, includes Marconi but members may yet reach Washington. They will stay a few days in New York before proceeding to Washington.
Sixty contestants from Greater Boston entered the County Tyrone Association contest at Paine Memorial Hall. Judge and former Governor Walsh selected Miss Estella Mahoney 19, of Brighton, as the winner. She plans to remain a stenographer and not pursue stage or film work.
Allied forces launch major operations from Lake Ochrida to Lake Doiran with sustained artillery and infantry attacks. British troops seize Bulgarian trenches near Doiran, while Serbians push at Moglenca and Cerna River regions. Germans press Haig around Fresnoy and Bullecourt as Canadians and South Englishers hold Yresnoy. fighting near Queant and Drocourt-Queant line endangers Cambrai.
The advertisement claims Fruit a Tives juice medicine relieves stomach liver blood kidney and skin troubles and many other conditions including rheumatism back pain and indigestion. It markets 50c a box six for 2.50 and a 25c trial size with delivery by Fruitatives Limited Ogdensburg New York.
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