Germans Menace French at Dead Man's Hill
French troops on the Verdun front report success near Dead Man's Hill capturing two German trenches on the Esnes to Waucourt road and shattering a position south of Hill 287. Russian cavalry linked with British forces on the Tigris at Kut el Amara while Austrians push in southern Tyrol and Italians withdraw after fierce fighting.
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Verdun
Esnes
Waucourt
Dead Man's Hill
Meuse
Maudremont
Mesopotamia
Turkey
Tigris
Gorringe
Kut-el-Amara
Townshend
Bagdad
Persia
Bethatessa
Dulailam
Petrograd
Mosul
Haucourt
Paris
Dead Man’s Hill
Haudremont
London
Berlin
German Claim Big Break on Verdun Front With 1315 Captures
Berlin reports a new German assault on the Verdun front near Dead Man's Hill yielding 1315 French prisoners, 31 officers, plus machine guns and cannon. The statement notes advances on south and southwest slopes, repulsed French grenadier attack near Cailliette wood, and several successful smaller operations east of the Meuse. A Belgian Ostend air attack saw a hostile plane downed and four others shot down.
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Berlin
Verdun
Dead Man's Hill
War Office
The
Meuse
Caillette Wood
Mes
Beaumont
Gondrexon
Ostend
Belgium
Lorgies
la Bassee
Chateau Salines
Italian Front Report From Stelvio To Adige In Stiff Engagements
Rome reports a continuous front of heavy artillery exchanges from the Lagarina valley to the Adige with fierce infantry attacks at Terragnolo and Astico. Our troops repelled assaults, retook some forts, and captured about 100 prisoners while enemy aircraft dropped bombs causing two deaths and four injuries with minor damage reported.
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Tyrol
Rome
Lagarina
Astico
Brenta
Sugana
Shoukst
Lake Ilsen
Cairo
Egypt
Borrus Wood
Meuse
Verdun
Dunkirk
Balkan Front
Vardaux
London
Stelvio
the Adige
Bomzugna
Pasubio
Terragnolo
Monte Maggio
Spitzionezza
Calvario
Podgora
Sabatina
Monfalcone
Vicenza
Valdago
Feltre
Fonzaso
Bicyclist Hurt In Everett Collision
Nathan Greenberg of Chelsea was injured yesterday morning when his bicycle collided with an automobile owned by Burpee Stevenson of Sharon and driven by John J. Lavizzo of Sharon.
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Nathan Greenberg
Fourth Street
Chelsea
Everett
Burpee Stevenson
Maple Street
Sharon
John J. Lavizzo
Chestnut Street
Revival Opens in Keene After Seven Years
J. Wilbur Chapman the revivalist and choir leader Charles M. Alexander opened a six weeks revival in Keene New Hampshire after an absence of seven years from New England yesterday.
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J. Wilbur Chapman
Mr. Chapman
Charles M. Alexander
New England
Keene, N. H
Keene Hosts Widely Anticipated Revival Opening
J Wilbur Chapman and Charles M Alexander return to New England after seven years to launch a six weeks revival in Keene New Hampshire The event draws about five thousand attendees from a city of eleven thousand and signals a major spiritual effort ahead in the community.
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Keene, N. H
J. Wilbur Chapman
Charles M. Alexander
Boston
New England
Keene, N.hh
Tabernacle
Keene
Evangels Chapman and Alexander in Boston Contrast
The piece compares J Wilbur Chapman and Alexander with Billy Sunday and Homer Rhodehever, noting Chapman's calm, Sunday’s fiery style, and the mutual influence between Sunday and Chapman. It describes Sunday's temper, Chapman's disciplined approach, and a tense moment at a Roxbury Street meeting as crowds react.
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Chapman
Alexander
Boston
Genias Alexander
Billy Sunday
Homer Rhodehever
J. Wilbur Chapman
Chapman Tabernacle
Roxbury Street
Right Food and Living in a Health Program
The text emphasizes the need for proper diet in a program, noting current diets are too heavy and hard to digest and miss essential minerals like phosphate of potash. It argues for nutrition balancing to support physical well being.
Grape-Nuts Billed as Correcting Modern Diet Faults
An old promotional note describes Grape-Nuts as a healthful cereal made from whole wheat and barley. It claims the product provides essential minerals and nutrition from Nature stored in cereals and aids balance of body, brain, and nerves when eaten with other foods.
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New York
British war communiqué details air combats and shelling
London reports several air encounters with enemy machines. One aircraft fell in trees near Abim for Wood and another near Contalmaison. a third crashed on our side near Maricourt. Prisoners taken from a hostile aircraft. Enemies attacked southwest of Wieltje with repulses. Heavy bombardment directed at front trenches south of Souchez and at Mazangarbe Noeux-les-Mines and adjacent trenches. Mining activity noted at Hohenzollern redoubt and LaMassee canal north of Naint y Wood.
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London
Abimfor Wood
Contalmaison
Maricourt
Aultmille
Ovillers
Jfulluch
Sanctuary Wood
Nainety Wood
Hohenzollern Redoubt
LaMassee Canal
Bombardments and air actions across Western Front regions
War office dispatch reports Allied air raids on Thionville Etain Spincourt Azannes and Damyillers with railway damage at Lumes and enemy losses after aerial dogfights near Bezange forest. It notes fierce fighting on the Meuse with trench gains and strong artillery actions at Hill 287 and Haudremont quarries, plus German bombing near Dunkirk with casualties.
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Baccarat
Epinal
Vesoul
Thionville
Etain
Spincourt
Azannes
Damyillers
Lumes
Bombardments and aerial skirmishes mark World War I actions
After a German bombardment, 53 Allied aircraft from France Britain and Belgium attacked Wynege and Chistelles dropping two shells. German planes dropped 15 bombs on Belfort with minor damage. In Dixmude the artillery duel intensified with bomb exchanges near Steenstraete. A Belgian plane shot down a German aircraft off Nieuport.
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Wynege
Chistelles
Belfort
Dixmude
Steenstraete
Nieuport
War Office reports repulsed German offensive actions
Russian statement from Petrograd via London notes German attacks in the Trourist region and north of Lake Tilsen were repulsed with heavy losses. Front activity was mostly artillery and rifle fire, sharp in the Dvinsk sector and areas around Smorgen and Krevo. German troops use explosive bullets. Russian troops advance toward Mosul in the Caucasus.
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Petrogral
London
War Office
Trourist
Lake Tilsen
Dvinsk
Smorgen
Krevo
Lake Miadziol
Mosul
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Louis Vuitton
New England
Jordan Marsh Company
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Meuse River
Trench War Office
Dead Man's Ihlill
Fort Vaux
Lorraine
Chaselles
Wellville
New Orleans
Crescent City
Jackson Square
Washington
Milk St
Washington St
Mass
A. J. Poston
Washington, D. C
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Douvaumont
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