Appointment of Judges and Clerks of Election in Caroline County
Notice from the Office of Supervisors of Elections Denton Maryland August 6 1918 lists appointed judges and clerks for eight districts with party designations and polling locations. Appointees include W Foster Clark Democrat judge Henderson Alfred Dennison Republican judge Henderson M T A Montague Democrat clerk Henderson and others across Greensboro Denton Choptank Federalsburg Ridgely and Preston with appointments to appear for examination August 27 1918 at 10 am.
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Caroline county
Court House
Denton
W. Foster Clark
Elvetion
JOAN K. LYNCH
RICHARD T. WEST
HARRY B. MASON
C. LESLIE WALLS
Justine Flanders Shapes Red Cross Drive Twist
Justine Flanders visits Bishopstown to rally support for a Red Cross drive. Amid travel snags and stagecraft, she inspires students and the college president, Dr. Taylor Holmes, with a stirring appeal that nets thousands. A mix up with a understudy actress and a wig leads to a surprising romance in the aftermath.
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Justine Flanders
Red Cross
Bishopstown
Taylor Holmes
Bishopstown college
Taylor Halmes
walden
Justine
Holmes
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bere
Aum
hinn
lfe
Bishopstown feng
Justine Flanuers
Repair Ships and Mongolian Derby A Striking Mix
A British War correspondent describes repair ships as floating smithies aiding distant fleets with skilled artificers from dockyards. The piece mixes details of naval repair lore with odd notes on Mongolian horse racing, including references to aDerby under Mongolian patronage and peculiar race culture, all from a Manchester Guardian report.
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Roche
C.W. Campbell
Manchester
Magiand
Picture of Kaiser in Tonga Sparks Royal Debate
The New York World reports on Tonga's royal court, once hosting a life size Kaiser portrait gifted by Germany. After World War I began, Britain pressed Tonga to remove the image, though the kingdom remains formally independent with a monarch, cabinet, and parliament.
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Germany
Httle
Tonga
South Pacific
Kaiser
George Tuboa II
Nukualofa
King George
Emperor Frederick
Prince von Bismarck
Easser
HNttle Tontal
Pacific
New York World
History wrought in stone in France's Gothic glory
France stands supreme in architecture says Cass Gilbert. The cathedrals Notre Dame Paris Bourges Reims Chartres Rouen Amiens Beauvais Coutances embody refined taste and spiritual expression, centuries of craft and beauty shaping a nation worth defending against German destruction.
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France
Cass Gilbert
Notre Dame de Paris
Bourges
Relins
Chartres
Rouen
Amiens
Beauvais
Coutances
Germany
Wolf Howl in a French Forest Echoes Northern Wilderness
In William Beebe's Atlantic account a wolf cry pierces dusk from misty woods near the front in France. The narrator and Aly companion stand astonished as the wild growl rises, a sound vivid and primal amid distant battle echoes.
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Aly
France
Wililant Beebe
Atlantic
Advertising Opera Hat Sign Invented by Frenchman
A French inventor creates an advertising sign housed in an opera hat. Lettered holes melt into the hat when unlit, and battery lamps illuminate the sign when powered. Batteries are pocketed and wired up to the hat with a coat switch to flash the message, a novelty in advertising.
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Popular Science Monthly
Cost of Enrolling a Soldier in Early Drafts
Figures from draft records show government cost per man drafted near 5 dollars with most spent by draft boards. Volunteer recruiting cost varied by year: 24.48 in 1914, 10.14 in 1915, and 28.95 from July 1916 to April 1917, including travel and subsistence prior to acceptance.
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Popular Science Monthly
Fragmentary satirical quote on autocracy in prose
A reader paraphrases a mock royal decree with garbled phrasing in saccharine tones. The exchange features a fellow quoting poetry and mocking autocratic rule.
Is an untruth perdonable in letters and notes
A compact reflection on truth in correspondence, noting that frequent phrases like Dear Sir and Yours Respectfully can mask insincerity. The piece hints that honesty matters more than polite formulas, urging careful expression beyond ritual closes.
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Office of Supervisors of Elections
Carroll fh. Pippin
Greensboro
James Curry
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FIRST PRECINCT
William W. Noble
RK. W. Emerson
Withhian Meluney
Clarence E. Rice
George Henning
Malcolm M . Luzader
Wilmer B. Parker
Norman L. Stevens
Janies HL. Corkrun
Preston
A. RK. Wrightson
Wallin B. Diflon
James O. Wright
Charles W. Hackett
Federaiaburg
Francis QO. Hubbard
Federalsburg
Robert K. Noble
Charles T. Gambrill
SEXTEE DISTRICT
William E. Sylvester
Elisboro
Edgar Blanch
Halsboro
Elwood Fleming
Rite Mikelawed Holsinger
damey W. Simon
George W. Towers
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Linwood Todd
Herbert J. Beauchamp
Ernest C. Collins
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Elsmere
H. WILSON, Jr
Sec'y
Wilmington, Del
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