Desolate French villages fall to British on the Somme
An official Canadian war communique describes widespread destruction on the Somme with farms flattened and villages ruined. It notes Allied air and artillery superiority, five shells to one, and mourns the heavy losses as German corpses lie in the trenches and the landscape bears the scars of war.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ottawa
France
Sam Hugh
Albert
Valley
Laoiselle
Jon
Guillers
Pozieres
la Boiselle
Pousieres
Surely Destroys The Hair Dandruff Remedy Claim
An ad extols liquid argan as a foolproof dandruff cure. It claims four ounces nightly dissolves and destroys dandruff, stops itching, and improves hair appearance, asserting wholesale effectiveness with minimal cost. The text targets readers seeking a simple, inexpensive solution.
Son Here to Claim Father's Remains
Alexander McRoberts aged 53, employed as a scullion at Ellis case, was found dead in his Washburn hotel room shortly after 6 p m yesterday. Death due to heart failure per Coroner S D Smith, no inquest. Survived by widow and daughter at Charles City, and a son Forbes at Nashua Cedar Valley Electric who arrived today. Body to be prepared by Hileman Gindt and shipped to Nashua tomorrow.
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Alexander McRoberts
Ellis
Washburn
Sycamore Street
S. D. Smith
McRoberts
Charles
City
Forbes McRoberts
Cedar Valley Electric Company
Nashua
Hileman &, Gindt
Home remedy for catarrhal deafness and head noises
A British style internal remedy for catarrh and deafness is promoted as highly effective. The ad claims English treatment restores hearing and offers a home formula using Parmint double strength, sugar, and hot water to be taken hourly four times daily. It asserts quick relief and urges sufferers to try the recipe at about 75 cents.
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America
England
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Somme
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Pozteres
Fiuim
Aidruff
Caed
H. D. Strohbehn
A. J. Servoss
Waterloo
Della Jennings
Porsiri Mazarenks
Katherine Barbaton
Labor Temple
Skeets Orchestra
John Cordes Co
Hamburg
Perrin
BACMO
Fownes Kayser
ATS
Just
Serge
Kayser
Children’s Dept
Kimonas
U.S
Georgette Crepes
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