The American Soldier Battles for the Right
A Denton journal reprints The Boston Monitor on wartime patriotism and anti war pacifist critiques. It argues the American soldier embodies national defense and liberty, rejects pity for soldiers, and stresses duty against fear and gossip about war in France or Flanders.
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The
Boston Monitor
France
Flanders
Boston
Pershing
Washington
Montgomery
Lexington
Concord Bridge
Middlesex Woods
Republic
War era reshapes Washington social life into service
Mrs. J Charles Linthicum notes Washington society shifts from mere entertaining to wartime relief. Women become active Red Cross workers, sew for soldiers, conserve food, and teach health first aid, turning social clubs into community service hubs across Baltimore and the capital.
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Washington
Red Cross
American Providence and the Quest to Save the World
The excerpt frames America as a descendant of Providence tasked with making the world safe for its people. It reflects a grandiloquent national mission and a belief in moral leadership shaping global security and destiny.
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America
France
Prohibition Aims to End Liquor Trade with New Law
Editorial notes discuss a war time prohibition act banning production of distilled liquors and shipments into the United States except for government and scientific use. It cites enforcement by the President, potential revenue costs, and anticipated impact on speakeasies and crime.
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United States
Baltmore
Caroline County
Dennis
Caroline
Wilson
Department of Agriculture
Baltimore Star
Germany
Pershing
France
London
Grand Rapids
Michigan
Nashville
General Pershing
Obituary notices and memorial verses from Concord area
Deaths report Mr John W Wright at 80 near Concord on June 26 with funeral at Concord Church. Interment at local cemetery. He leaves a daughter two sons and three grandchildren. The page includes heartfelt memorial poems for John W Austin Ruth Ella Craft and Lucy E Bowdle by family and friends.
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John W. Wright
Concord
Concord Church
Melvin E. Wheatley
Ruth Ella Craft
W. H. Craft
Henri Dunant Remembered as Sower of Compassion
Theodosia Garrison honors Henri Dunant, founder of the Red Cross, praising his early recognition of human suffering and his role in lifting the wounded from battle. The tribute invokes his vision guiding modern charity, noting the ongoing spread of compassionate action.
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Henri Dunant
Compassion
Theodosia Garrison
Flooding Follows Quick Tuesday Rain Beneath Fowling Creek
Henderson reports a cloudburst Tuesday evening flooding large land areas around Fowling Creek within fifteen minutes. Miss Virginia Alexander returns from St. Petersburg to live with her niece, Mrs. Annie W. Todd, at Harmony.
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Henderson
Fowling Creek
Virginia Alexander
St. Petersburg
Florida
Annie W. Todd
Harmony
Mexico Goes Dry as Government Targets Bandit Problem
The Mexican government says it can better control bandit activity by banning liquor. In the same period, Capt. Herbert C. Fooks becomes the first Wicomico soldier to land in France, marking a notable wartime arrival.
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Mexico
Herbert C. Fooks
Wicomico
France
Seed quantities listed for corn and cover crops
A notice lists 300 bushels of yellow corn on the ear and 200 bushels of Scarlet Clover seed along with 100 bushels each of Cow Peas and Buckwheat for seed. Attention is called to the details.
Supervisors Name Voters and Election Judges in Caroline County
At a June 26 1917 meeting of the Supervisors of Elections in Denton Caroline County the following individuals were named Registers of Voters and Judges of Election by district with party affiliations. Names include Henderson Mitchell Jones Zacharias Kelley Alburger George Beauchamp Rumbold Moore Brown Meredith Avitey Hignoutt Riley and others with Democrat or Republican designation in each district.
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Office OF the Supervisors OF Elections
Denton
Caroline County
Court House
Oseane Kelley
Obbs
Grant Alburger
Robert B. George
J. Walter Beauchamp
John K. Lynch
Richard T. West
Harry B. Mason
C. Leslie Walls
Charles B. Harrison
Lawrence B. Towers
Lawrence B. Eefer
Carolin County
Lawrence B. OS
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Lucy E. Bowdle
Concord Camp
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M. H. Downes
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Geo. L. Jopp
Hobbs, Md
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Hughes Lumber & Goal CO
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Henderson, Md
William J. "Mitchell
Goldsboro
L. Irving Jones
Greensboro
Otto D. Zacharias
John Rumbold, JR
Preston, Md
Edward T. Moore
Tristram D. Eee
Federae Ueate
T. Fred. Brown
Federalsburg
Everett H. Nao
Hillsboro
Alphonson Dunham
M. Carroll Meredith
Willteae Ae
M. Avitey
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Western Maryland College
Westminster
T. H. Lewis
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