Difficulties in their advance described from Armentieres to Lille
Amsterdam report cites a Cologne Gazette correspondent detailing German efforts in a devastated Flanders arc. Destruction of Armentieres leaves few usable houses while trenches flood with water and shells create vast shell holes.
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Amsterdam
Associated Press
Armentieres
Cologne Gazette
Workingham’s
Kemmelt
Flanders
Lille
Niem
First Steps for Higher Education for Women in Japan
Tokio June 14 The Woman's Christian College of Japan opens with six mission boards aiding, inaugurating the first higher education effort for Japanese women. Roland S Morris the American ambassador spoke as 84 students begin the first class. Funding delays persist but a future campus of 15 to 20 acres with new buildings is planned within three years.
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Tokio
Japan
Woman's Christian College of
Roland S. Morris
Berlin political police opens Munich branch
Passauer Zeitung reports that Berlin’s political police has established a Munich branch, alarming the Bavarian government and war industry. The force targets both Socialist and Black pacifists with covert Rome and Vienna networks, unsettling authorities.
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New York
Passauer Zeitung
Passau
Bavaria
Berlin
Munich
Rome
Vienna
Special pensions proposed for German war sufferers
The imperial committee for war sufferers in Berlin has urged the Prussian war ministry to grant additional allowances beyond existing pensions due to widespread distress from money depreciation, as reported by the Tageblatt.
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New York
Imperial Committee
Prussian War Ministry
Berlin Tageblatt
German escapees captured by London boy
On June 14 near London two German escapees from a prison camp were spotted by 17 year old Thomas Gibson. The boy, unarmed, compelled the fugitives to march toward the nearest police station after recognizing them from a newspaper picture.
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London
Thomas Gibson
Foley Kidney Pills Advertised by Maine Customer
Rheumatic and kidney ailments are addressed by Foley Kidney Pills. A Morrill Maine reader reports quick relief and her husband also benefited, noting improved mobility after starting the remedy.
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Frank P. Wood
Morrill
Maine
Mann Drug Co
Dollar Day Staged by Retail Merchants in High Point
Merchants of the Retail Merchants' Association of High Point plan a Dollar Day on Saturday June 29 offering exceptional values to boost buying power from 25 to 100 percent. The campaign includes extensive advertising and a new member drive for non affiliated merchants to join during a few days of events. Alaska minerals value noted at 41760000 in 1917.
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Buck
Bone
Dolar
Retail Merchants’ Association of
High Point
Victorious Vita-Tona Restores Columbia Salesman’s Health
A Columbia man testifies that Vita-Tona ended years of indigestion headaches and low energy. He notes improved appetite, sleep, and vitality after using the alcohol free remedy, sold exclusively by Matton Drug Co. in High Point.
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High Point
Matton Drug Co
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Vi-Tolna
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