Plant Juice Man endorses herbal remedy in local ad
The Plant Juice Man at the Drug Department of the Houghton & Dutton Store promotes Plant Juice as relief for kidney trouble and rheumatism. He cites testimonials including carpenter William P. Jenkins at 1160 Massachusetts Avenue who says the remedy cured his indigestion and dyspepsia after a year-long struggle.
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Drug Department
Houghton & Dutton
William P. Jenkins
Massachusetts Avenue
Germans Fail In Champagne Front In World War I
German offensive in Champagne fails as French defense holds across multiple points. Allied lines report repelling assaults and inflicting heavy German losses while Italy gains ground on Adamello and Austrian fronts.
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London
Champagne
Heavy Firing Along the Macedonian Frontier
Paris dispatch reports heavy artillery along the Macedonian frontier near Saloniki with no infantry battle. French air forces bombarded the Bulgarian camp at Xanthi.
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Paris
Havas
Saloniki
Xanthi
British Front Actions Close to Loos and Loos Canal
London reports heavy shelling and small trench raids east of Loos with a raiding party briefly entering our trenches. German mines blew near the Hohenzollern redoubt as bombardments continued northwest of Hulluch and at Fauquissart while our artillery silenced nearby trench mortars. A crater is seized with one prisoner captured.
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Loos
Bethune
la Bassee Canal
Hohenzollern
Hulluch
Fauquissart
St. Loi
Bombardment Report From Champagne Front
War Office release describes an enemy bombardment this morning in the Champagne region near Le Mesnilles Maisons de Champagne. No further details or outcomes are provided in the statement.
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Paris
War Office
Champagne
le Mesnilles- Maisons de Champagne
Preparedness Parade for All New England in Boston
Mayor Curley issued a proclamation for Preparedness Day on May 27 to showcase public opinion and defend liberties. The parade routes through Back Bay to the South End, reviewed at the State House by Governor McCall, with about three miles of marching and a special reviewing stand for Curley. A 12 file width was adopted, bands planned every 500 marchers, and militia from eastern New England invited to join if enough volunteers remain.
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Curley
Salvation of
America
Boston
Commonwealth of Massachusetts
Back Bay
McCall
State House
Tremont Street
Avery
Beacon Street
Berkeley Street
Massachusetts Avenue
Beacon
Bedford Street
West Street
Boylston Street
Park Square
Columbus Avenue
Chandler
Appleton Streets
Warren Avenue
Beaumont B. Buck
Benjamin F. Teele
A. G. Reynolds
Boston Elevated
J. Paul Foster
Retail Trade Board
Boston Chamber of Commerce
Retail Trade Board of the
Chamber of Commerce
Poster
Reynolds
Marshal Buck
Teele
New England
New York
Boston Committee
Medford Street
Cor
Washington Street
Lewis J
Bird CO
Counterattacks Repulsed on Verdun Front Improve Fire Curtain
Reports describe multiple small scale assaults along the Verdun front halted by our heavy fire and counterattacks. A bold Meuse height breach succeeded with patrols clearing enemy trenches and seizing prisoners. Artillery targeted escorts on the Essey Pannes road near Thiacourt as Belgian forces resume violent actions this morning.
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Verdun
Meuse
Essey
Pannes
Thiacourt
Sec
German Trench Clash Foiled on Yser Front Near Dixmude
A German party attempting to gain a foothold in a trench along the Yser north of Dixmude was driven back at once, marking another small setback for German forces in the region.
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Tion
Dixmude
Yser
German War Report From Berlin On Western Front
Berlin reports active artillery and patrol activity on both sides with the German defense holding Stullach positions. French assaults on the Meuse west slope of Dead Man's Hill and near the Caillette wood were repulsed.
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Berlin
Stullach
Meuse
Dead Man's Hill
Caillette Wood
Russian Front Actions Report From War Fronts
May 14 Petrograd via London reports on General Evert front artillery activity with the enemy. Caucasus area reconnaissance success near Mamakhatun, Kurdish offensive repulsed near Diarbekr, Mosul region troops entered Rivandouza, seized ammo depots. enemy retreated, convoy and material abandoned. Russian cavalry in pursuit.
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Petrograd
London
Evert
Caucasus Front
Mamakhatun
Diarbekr
Mosul
Rivandouza
Italian Alpine Front Advances Reported in War Communique
Rome reports Alpine troops completed occupation west of Fargo rida and Lakes Glaciers, and took Crozzon del Diavolo with 20 prisoners. Progress in Ledro valley on Mt Sperone, repulsed assault near Cima della Coste. Lagarina front sees heavy bombardment and civilian injuries at Asiago. Isonzo front artillery activity widespread with repulsed enemy attacks.
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Rome
London
Adamello Zone
Fargorida and
Lakes
Crozzon di Fargorida
Crozzon di Lares
Crozzon del Diavolo
Ledro
Mt. Sperone
Cima Della Coste
Lenzumo
Lagarina
Assa
Asiago
Isonzo
Monte Nero
Playa Zone
San Martino
Two Gunboats Sent To Tampico Amid Mexican Tensions
Washington reports growing unfriendly demonstrations by Mexican soldiers and civilians in Tampico toward Americans. The Navy orders gunboats Machias and Marietta to standby to protect U.S. nationals. Several Americans held in Mexican custody have been released, and conferences between U S and Mexican officials on the border continue.
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Washington
Nafarette
Carranza
Tampico
State Department
Mexico
Navy Department
Machias
Marietta
U S Men Kill Villa Leader in Mexican Skirmish
In Mexico near Rubig ranch four miles east of here an American detachment of twelve under Lt George Patton killed three Villa bandits, including leader Julio Cardenas, after a rifle duel. No American casualties. Bodies buried. papers identified the slain men.
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Wpascate
Mexico
Columbus
Mass
Julio Cardenas
Rubig Ranch
Here
George Matton
Patton
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