Visit to Verdun Front Reveals War’s Grim Realities
A correspondent tour with General Hellouin and M. Painleve through Verdun’s front shows shattered towns, cratered fields, and trenches crowded with troops. The party witnesses mining, heavy artillery, living caves, medical posts, and acts of courage as French forces hold a high-tension line near the Ardennes sector.
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Verdum
Hellouin
M. Painleve
Briand
Associated Press
Enral
Helbouin
Sahara
Argonne Forest
Hellouine
Touching letter by soldier to his wife from war front
A French cook named George Belaud writes a farewell letter to his wife Yvonne and their son Raymond from London during wartime. He asks her to stay courageous, raise their son well, and remember him if he dies. The day after sending the letter, Belaud was killed.
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London
France
Franklin Boullon
George Belaud
Yvonne
Raymond
Plans for Aggressive Campaign Begun
Washington June 20 plans for an aggressive campaign to begin immediately were laid by Vance McCormick newly elected chairman of the Democratic National Committee at conferences with President Wilson and other Democratic leaders. McCormick said he would devote his time to pushing the campaign and expected to meet the President again soon. The main headquarters will be in New York with much work to be done in Washington and Chicago.
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Washington
Vance McCormick
Democratic National Committee
Wilson
Representative Glass
Committee
McAdoo
Burleson
Tumulty
McCormick
New York
Chicago
Foley’s Honey and Tar Compound Endorsed Amid Imitations
Advertising notes Foley’s Honey and Tar Compound as the original cough syrup and warns of imitations. It claims universal satisfaction and cure of coughs colds and whooping cough, urging insistence on Foley’s Mann Drug.
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Foley
Mann
Symbol of Health Star Adorns Chamberlain's Tablets
An advertisement claims the red five pointed star on Chamberlain's Tablets hails from Pythagorean symbol of health. It promises quick relief for indigestion biliousness and constipation and urges readers to buy from a druggist.
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Greece
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Verdun
Western Front
Fifth Army
Veridin
Toric
Varenne
Louis Aviand
Marie Antontte
Hefbouin
Dnstance
Joffre
Nandy
Tremch
Hellonim
Desfontaines
Humbert
Third Army
Moltke
M. Bouillon
Eastman
Kodak
Eastman Kodak CO
Rochester, N. Y
Matton Drug CO
Sole Eastman
High Point
Bell System
Southern Bell Telephone and Telegraph Company
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