Verdun Front Battles Hammer French Defenses Near Hill 304
German forces push to seize Le Mort Homme and Hill 304 near Verdun as Paris reports renewed attacks and blockhouse captures in the Avecourt wood. Berlin lists British trench losses southwest of Givenchy and gains on Hill 304’s eastern spurs amid the longest Verdun battle.
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London
le Mort Homme
Dead Man‘s' Hill
Verdun
Paris Bulletin
Dead Man’s Hill
Paris
Avecourt Wood
Haudremont
Meuse
Douaumont
Teutons
London Daily Chronicle
Givenchy-en-Go- Delle
Berlin
Hill 304
War Office
GOODS THAT ARE ADVERTISED
This item extols reading advertisements in the newspaper to learn which goods are reliable, cheap, and desirable and where to buy them. It argues advertisers are trusted and seek lasting customers, promising quick returns for readers who consult ads.
A Large Colonial Residence Plan Offering Front Rooms
This design features a colonial exterior and interior layout for a corner lot with front entrances to the dining and living rooms. The living room connects to a library usable as music or drawing space. one front chamber has a dressing room and toilet. Size 38 by 32, full basement, build cost 8500 dollars. Includes offer to copy Saxton plans and interiors books for a token price. War note: French troops gain footing near Haudremont by Meuse after three attacks, war office confirms.
Hughes Leads Oregon Primary With Big Republican Margin
In Oregon's statewide primary, about 60 percent of votes counted shows Charles E Hughes leading all candidates by roughly 15 000 among nearly 100 000 Republican ballots. His edge over Albert B Cummins is around 25 000, while Cummins has more than twice as many votes as Theodore Burton. Roosevelt's GOP tally is negligible though he appears as Progressive nominee.
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Roosevelt
Oregon
Portland
Ore
Charles E. Hughes
Albert B. Cummins
Cummins
Theodore E. Burton
Ohio
Colonel Roosevelt
Farmer Thomas Haldeman Ends Life After Loss of 2000
In Chambersburg Pennsylvania on May 23 Thomas Haldeman a farmer valued at over 75000 dollars killed himself with a borrowed shotgun after losing 2000 in a real estate deal. He had traded a property for a farm in Green Castle then paid debts and a neighbor bill before the suicide near his neighbor's home.
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Chambersburg
Thomas Haldeman
Greencastle
Schwab Hosts Musicians Banquet in Bethlehem
Charles M. Schwab served as toastmaster at a banquet in Bethlehem to honor Lehigh Valley Symphony Orchestra members who have volunteered at numerous Lehigh Valley events during the past season.
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Schwab
Bethlehem
Charles M. Schwab
Lehigh Valley Symphony Orchestra
Backward Trekker Reaches New York City Hall Park
Patrick Harmon completed a crosscontinent walk from San Francisco to New York in 233 days, beating his 280 day bet of £20000. He attributes the slower pace to illness but retains the westward facing stance at City Hall Park in New York.
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New York
Patrick Har Mon
San Francisco
City Hall Park
Avoid Spring Colds With Dr. King's New Discovery
Sudden winds and seasonal changes bring spring colds and lingering coughs. Dr. King's New Discovery offers a ready to use laxative syrup that soothes coughs, relieves cold symptoms, and helps break up grippe attacks. Safe, tested for over 40 years, ask your druggist for a bottle.
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Dr. King
Mother dying seeks long lost daughter in foundling case
Relatives of Annie Morissini, dying in Jessup, Lackawanna County, hunt for her daughter adopted twenty seven years ago by an unidentified family after the mother, deserted by her husband, placed the child in a foundling home. The mother pleads to be reunited before death.
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Wilkes-Barre
Annie Morissini
Jessup
Lackawanna County
Lynch Decision Confirmed by British on Lynch Commutation
Ambassador Page in London cabled Washington that Britain advised Jeremiah C. Lynch naturalized American citizen convicted in the Dublin uprising had his death sentence commuted to ten years in prison. The cable gave no clear word on President Wilson’s representations. Page also reported John J. Kilgallon of Long Island City interned in a Stafford camp and he hoped for his release.
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Page
Washington
Walter H. Page
London
State Department
Jeremiah C. Lynch
Dublin
Wilson
Lynch
John J. Kilgallon
Long Island City
N. Y
Stafford
England
Kilgallon
Radium Screen Aims to Restore Sight for Blind
Pittsburgh report details Ethan I. Dods engineer and inventor who claims a radium screen could let sightless individuals perceive moving objects via the optic nerve. Patent filed, plan to dedicate the invention to the public. New York note: eighty girls commissioned as lifeguards at graduation for the Salvation Army on the beach.
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Pittsburgh
Ethan I. Dods
Beach
New York
Army
Compromise Overture Discussed in Presbyterian Assembly
Rev Dr J Ross Stevenson reported the committee seeks more time to study the New York Presbytery heresy charges. A favored overture from Rev Dr T Davis Richards proposes a six minister five elder visitation and investigation committee to report to next year’s assembly with findings and recommendations.
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Atlantic City
J. Ross Stevenson
Persbyterian General Assembly
New York Presbytery
T. Davis Richards
Neclville Presbyterian Church
Germantown
Pair killer ends life after love dispute in Philadelphia
In Philadelphia on May 23 22 year old Nikanor Emirifvitz killed Annie Mittenmiller's widowed sister Katherine Korporvitz and Peter Paskowits after she refused marriage and an assault withdrawal. He wounded Wassill Paskowitz then killed himself. Three victims died, four boarders were questioned, and coroners inquest will follow.
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Philadelphia
Annie Mittenmiller
Nikanor Emirifvitz
Green Street
Katherine Korporvitz
Peter Paskowits
Wassill Paskowitz
Peter
Korporvitz
Farmers Meet in Reading Opens With 200 Delegates
Reading Pa May 23 More than 200 delegates attended the opening session of the farmers annual Normal Institute and State Board of Agriculture at the Hotel Berkshire Sessions continue tomorrow and Thursday Governor Brumbaugh ex officio president is expected to visit A public reception to delegates is held tonight Howard G McGowan of Geigers Mills presides over the first business session tomorrow afternoon Mayor Filbert will deliver a welcome address responded to by Charles E Patton secretary of agriculture of Harrisburg Delegates will tour the city and county and inspect Reading's new 150000 fair grounds
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Normal Institute and Agricultural Board
Reading
Farmers’ Annual Normal Institute
State Board of Agriculture
Berkshire
Brumbaugh
Howard G. McGowan
Geigers Mills
Filbert
Charles E. Patton
Harrisburg
New Attack on Dunkirk by German Air Forces
Berlin reports our air squadrons attacked Dunkirk harbor with visibly great success. One enemy biplane fell into the sea after combat and was counted among four aircraft disabled by our forces. Other enemy planes were said to have fallen near Verique Noyon Maucourt east of the Meuse and northeast of Chateau Salins.
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Berlin
War Office
Dunkirk
Verique
Noyon
Maucourt
The
Meuse
Chateau Salins
Queen Elizabeth of Belgium Receives War Cross
President Poincare awards Queen Elizabeth of Belgium France's war cross for magnificent valor and untiring devotion in tending the wounded under fire. The queen says she is proud to wear the decoration worn by French troops.
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Paris
Poincare
Hileabeth
Belgium
Council of Jerusalem Lessons on Faith Faces No Circumcision Barrier
A Sunday school lesson notes Acts 15 conflict over Gentile circumcision, stressing salvation by faith alone in Christ. It recounts Paul's and Barnabas's report, Peter's recall of Cornelius, and James's summary that Gentile believers need no mandatory circumcision, only faith and separation from idolatry, with emphasis on the Holy Spirit guiding the decision.
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Jesus Christ
Jesus
Cain
Christ
Rom
Abraham
Paul
Barnabas
Antioch
Jerusalem
Jeramiem
Peter
Corneliia
James
Judas
Silas
Syria
Cilicia
Heaven
Israel
David
Christ Jesus
Lord
Find Man and Wife Killed in Danville Home
Danville Va May 23 the bodies of Willard S Carter and his wife special leaders were found by a grocer’s boy in the kitchen of their home with two bullet holes in the back of Mrs Carter’s head and a fatal shot through the brain for Carter.
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Danville
Willard S. Carter
Squier Chief of Aviation Appointed in War Dept
Washington May 23 Secretary of War Baker announced Lieutenant Colonel George C. Gguler as head of the aviation section of the signal corps. London May 23 The Turks yielded on the Tigris clearing the right bank as far as Shattel and Hai per the Mesopotamia campaign war office statement.
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Squier
Washington
Baker
George C. Gguler
Signal Corps of
Army
Tigris
London
Shattel and
Hai
War Office
Mesopotamia
Pine Tar Formula Advertisement For Cough Syrup
An OCR fragment markets a homemade cough syrup mix including Pine-Tar Aconite Sugar and various ingredients with a claim of quick relief. It mentions a “Mr Belle Pine-Tar-tioner” and urges seeking a druggist and doctor to verify the formula on the package.
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Ib Ie
Reidy
Tir
Belle Pine
Peur Drugeish
Belle Pine-Tavener
Packare
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Frederick
East Patick Street
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