Remarkable testimonials mix tonics and baseball chatter
An assortment of old advertisements and brief notes describe Lydia E Pinkham Vegetable Compound as life saving for a Englewood reader with severe symptoms. Other lines warn about expensive cures and promote free rheumatism books, a baseball remark interrupts with game chatter, and a clipping references a Kline Company trial offer.
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Englewood, Til
Lydia K. Pink
Sam
Sheldon
Halsted St
Englewood
Lydia E. Pinkham
Lydia Fe, Pinknam Medicine Co
Lynn
Mass
Russians claim Lutsk capture and large prisoner haul
Petrograd reports seizure of Lutsk in Volhynia and several Austrian positions. Official statement says 68 officers and 11,006 men captured, plus significant war matériel. Offensive advances include Royno and Kovel, river crossings, and near the Stirpa line.
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Petrograd
Galicia
London
Lutsk
Volhynia
Thurainy
Royno
Kovel
Haing
Jiewa
Styr
Gadela
Shripa
Trzbouklo- Vtsky Lazlovets
Stirpa River
Constantinople
Erxerum
Armenia
Russians Drive Teutons Back on Russian Front
London reports the Russian offensive on the southern half of the eastern front has driven back Austro Hungarian and German lines. Prisoners numbered 64 714 men and 1 143 officers as Moscow claims key positions along the River Styr and Stripa have fallen. Lemberg is a stated objective as Berlin reinforces Volhynia and Galicia.
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London
Teuton
Berlin
Volhynia
Galicia
Petrograf
Policsak
Styr
Stripa
Lutsk
Severil
Hava
Lemberg
Praonigal
Avalandia
Guntira
Tass
Wilson Planes Are Ready for Democratic Convention
President Wilson has drafted a platform for the Democratic national convention. It prioritizes keeping the United States peaceful while protecting national honor and interests, with foreign policy stressing noninvolvement in Mexico and swift pursuit of raiders. Domestic planks highlight the Underwood tariff act the federal reserve act and preparedness policies.
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Washington
Wilson
United States
America First
German admit loss of two cruisers after Jutland battle
The German admiralty concedes that the battle cruiser Lutzow and the cruiser Rostock sank from shell damage after fighting the British off Jutland. Officials say the losses were not publicly announced for military reasons as the ships headed toward repair harbors.
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London
Lutzow
Rostock
Jutland
Bertin
Hampshire survivors rescued after sinking off Orkney
Admiralty announced that one warrant officer and 11 Hampshire crewmen, including Hartley Kitchener and staff, survived the cruiser Hampshire disaster when captured and washed ashore on a raft. In Pensacola, Lieutenant R. Saffey, DA 5, died after his aeroplane failed, plunging 5,000 feet to Santa Rosa, he was 32 and born in Kentucky.
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London
Hampshire
Orkney Islands
Hartl Kitchener
Admiralty
U.S. Navy
Pensacola
Fla
R. ©. Saffey
Santa Rosa Teland
Saffey
Kentucky
U S Collector Vindicated Amid Treasury Secretary Charges
Washington reports that Internal Revenue Collector Gilligan was vindicated as the charges against the secretary of the treasury and the official fled. The terse dispatch notes confusion around the Cincinnati matter and cites ongoing investigations.
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U.S
Washington
Secretary of the Treasury
Internal Revenue
Gilligan
Cincinnathaya
Bean
John R McLean Dies, Washington Post Owner Passes
John R McLean, prominent newspaper owner of the Washington Post and Cincinnati Enquirer, died at his country home near Washington after a period of illness. A longtime Democratic figure, he served as delegate to national conventions since 1844 and ran unsuccessfully for U S senator from Ohio in 1885 and governor in 1594. He was born in Cincinnati in 1848 and educated at Harvard. His son Edward and grandchildren were with him as his health declined.
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Washington
John St. Mc Lean
Washington Post
The
Cincinnati Enquirer
Flo
Edward McLean
McLean
John Tat McLean
Ohio
Democratic National Committee
Washington McLean
Mr. McLean
Cincinnati
Harvard
Former U S Officer Killed in Flanders Action
Maj Charles W Stewart of the Tenth battalion Canadian infantry was killed in action in Flanders on June 1 per information to his brother. He previously served as first lieutenant in the Fifth United States Cavalry before resigning to join Canada. Born in Montreal he was 36 and a member of the Society of the Cincinnati. his family resides in England.
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New York
Charles W. Stewart
Canadian Infantry
Flanders
Stewart
Fifth United States Cavalry
Montreal
Society of the Cincinnati
England
Tax Order Forces Expatriates to Sell Securities
London reports a tax order requiring Americans abroad subject to income tax to sell or deposit American securities with the British government or face an extra two shillings tax.
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London
Greek Government Moves From Athens to Larissa
Preparations are underway to move the Greek government from Athens to Larissa amid growing political unrest across the kingdom tied to renewed lockdowns. Authorities aim to stabilize the capital region as tensions rise.
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Athens
Larissa
Ravings About Our Gardens and English Contrast
Miss Carlisle praises American gardens as sunlit and fresh yet notes too much statuary and occasional stiffness. She contrasts with English gardens featuring informal winding paths and uneven hedges, suggesting warmth and intimacy absent in formal American layouts.
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Miss Carlisle
England
America
Ethel Ht. Day
Look Like a Frame-up Kiss Sparks Engagement Row
In a fragment from a domestic scene Edith questions a kiss before engagement while Ethel confirms the moment and mentions their father entering, revealing a tense family moment about impending nuptials.
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Edith
Jack
Ethel
Papa
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