Peace Talks and Draft Debate Across Nations
Berlin reports Moscow arms pause after Russia signs peace with Germany. Kiev Gomel Berdichev fall to Ukrainian forces. Washington hints Japan may act alone in Siberia as US allies discuss rapid moves to protect stores. In U.S. Congress farm draft relief eyed for 1918 harvest. senators push for rural exemptions and farm labor protection.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Berlin
Vis
London
Russia
Great Russia
Petrograd
Germany
Kiev
Gomel
Berdichev
Washington
United States
Siberia
Teutons
Japan
Wilson
Congress
Death of Mr J E Gray in Greenville
News of the serious illness and death of Mr J E Gray at age about 52. He died Sunday at six after arterial hardening. Buried at Sharon Cemetery with Rev M R Plaxco officiating. Survived by his wife two daughters Mrs C L Evans and Mrs Edna Sizemore and five sons Ernest Rob Emory Sam and Ross.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
J. E. Gray
Greenville
L. Evans
Sharon
M. R. Plaxco
G. W. Godfrey
I. C. Brown
A H. Barnett
T. A. Putnam
Gray
Associate Reformed Presbyterian Church
C. L. Evans
Edna Sizemore
Greeville
Ernest
Rob
Emory
Sam
Ross
Engineer Lucas Shot by Fireman at Howells
An engineer named Lucas was shot in the arm four times by his fireman at Howells last Friday amid reportedly slight provocation. The fired employee has fled to parts unknown.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lucas
Howells
Parta Unkown
Abbeville County Teachers Meet in Due West March 16
The Abbeville County Teachers Association schedules its next meeting in Due West on March 16 replacing March 23 to suit speakers. Dr. Snyder of Wofford College will give the principal address, with social hour, luncheon at 2 pm, and toasts by Prof. Long. Fifty cent luncheon menu includes roast chicken and creamed asparagus. The Book Club meets Wednesday at 10 30 with Mrs Herbert Allen.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Abbeville
Snyder
Wofford College
Memorial
Womans College
Red Cross
Carnegie
Woman's College
Long
Book Club
Herbert Allen
City Folk Asked to Help Farmers Aid in Crop Planting
Secretary Houston calls urban residents to study farm labor and assist with planting cultivating and harvest to bolster food supplies for the army and civilian population. He urges collaboration between city leaders and farm representatives to solve labor shortages during the coming crop season.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Houston
Department of Agriculture
Call Forty-One for Fifty Stenographers to Aviation Camps
State Headquarters in Columbia announces Call No. 41 for fifty white stenographers to join Aviation Section Signal Camps and go to Kelly Field Texas. Voluntary induction accepted until March 1 if qualified. if unmet by March 8, boards to induct from Class One in order numbers and apportion as needed. Local boards must report qualified Class One count. formal mobilization papers per Form No. 61. March 2 1918.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Columbia
S. C
South Carolina
Aviation Section
Kelly Field
San Antonio
Texas
Defenseless War Waged on Russia in Reichstag Debate
London report details Herr Vogtheer an independent socialist accusing Germany of pursuing a bloodthirsty defeatist war policy against Russia to profit the propertied classes. He claims Austria and Germany quarrel over Ukraine and accuses the chancellor of receiving Bavarian food shipments.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
London
Reichstag
Herr Vogtheer
Berlin
Amsterdam
Reuter
Russia
Ukraine
Germany
Austria
Lithunia
Fatherland Party
Herry
Vogtherr
Bavaria
Fragmentary OCR Item from Local Paper
A brief fragmentary OCR snippet appears from a local newspaper page. It contains unreadable vendor text and garbled characters without clear names dates places or events to identify. The readable portion provides no concrete news or notices to summarize.
Death of Mr James Taggart in Abbeville 1918
James Taggart died Friday morning March 1 1918 at three o clock from neuralgia of the heart. Funeral services were held Sunday at five at the home with Dr J L Martin and Rev H W Pratt leading. Interment in Long Cane cemetery. Born February 4 1851 he was linked to local notables like Moses Taggart Gen M L Bonham and Judge Wardlaw. his family long anchored Abbeville’s civic life.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
James Taggart
J. L. Martin
H. W. Pratt
Jesus
Long Cane Cemetery
J. L. Perrin
F. E. Harrison
J. E. Pressly Thos
Thomson
C. Haskell
Hill
W. E. Hil
W. DB. Wilson
Mr. Taggart
Elizabeth Baker
Alpheus Baker
Abbeville
Charleston
M. L. Bonham
Thos. Perrin
Judge Wardlaw
Moses Taggart
Episcopal Church
Jstands
Americans Repel Strong German Attack Near Toul
US troops praise bravery after a heavy clash north of Toul amid a snowstorm. About 240 German raiders attacked, 12 German bodies found in trenches, American losses include killed wounded and missing. Three German prisoners captured. Americans routed the assault with decisive artillery and hand-to-hand defense.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
France
Toul
Delegates Accept Terms of Teutonic Allies
Petrograd dispatch reports German air raids kill three and wound five as Russia bows to Teutonic allies. Bolsheviki commissioners sign Bresk-Litovsk peace, with Berlin claiming halt of military moves in Grnasia. Delegates near signing. Teutonic partners to address economic and legal peace steps individually amid rising German-Austrian quarrels over spoils.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Russia
Brest-Litovsk
Berlin
Grnasia
Lening
Trotsky
Brest-Litovak
S Iata
Reichstag
Germany
Austria
East
Death of Mrs. John Johnson at Donalds
Mrs. J. T. Johnson died at her home in Donalds Saturday at seven after a two week pneumonia. Funeral services were held at the Baptist church and burial followed in the adjacent cemetery. She leaves her husband four children aged two and a half to twelve, plus her father C. V. Martin two sisters and a half brother.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Methodist Church
Garard
Marvin
Paul
Louis
C. V. Martin
Annie
Lois
Earle
Chicago
John
J. T. Johnson
W. E. Johnson
Lieut Frank E Harrison Promoted to First Lieutenant
Friends in Abbeville celebrate Lieut Frank E Harrison receiving a promotion to First Lieutenant in the regular army. He is now stationed at Fort Monroe with the coast artillery and is eager to return to duty.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Abbeville
Frank E. Harrison
Harrison
Fort Monroe
Coset Artillery
Also Mentioned on This Page
Hoke Smith
Georgia
Senate
Smith
Owen
Olahoma
Yardaman
Mississippi
Hollis
New Hampshire
John Sharp Williams
Senator Williams
Engineer Lucas
Abbeville County
Teachers’ Meeting
Sherbert
MR. Jas. Taggart
U. S
Leideprey
German War Office
Mary Holcombe
Martin
Mamie
Joe J. Hughes
Winton
H. A. Benton
Raleigh
N. C
Hal M. Taggart
American Bridge Co
Erie
Pennsylvania
J. H. Holcombe
Dublin
J. H. Holcombe Jr
Savannah
Avatria
Johnson
Lieut. Harrison
This is just the beginning! Our collection holds over 300 years of history, including rare newspapers, obituaries, marriage records, birth records, and so much more—most of which you won’t find anywhere else!