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Newspaper
Grafton Sentinel
Location
Grafton, West Virginia, United States of America
Date
Jun 13, 1918
Page
5
A correspondent recounts the Chateau-Thierry defense as American and French forces halted German crossings. U.S. machine guns and artillery repelled assault, aiding riverbank defense and delaying enemy bridge crossings. The sortie preserved No Man’s Land status and showcased bold American resolve.
A German attack against a village in France met stiff resistance from American and French troops. Fire from machine guns and artillery pounded the lines as German forces pressed close quarters fighting. The allied troops, fighting side by side, halted the assault and drove the enemy from the village.
A garbled OCR passage traces American settlers and a town event with scattered names and phrases. It mentions weems, toke, Germans, Ameritims, and references to a heat or meeting, with unclear context and many damaged words. The text preserves names and places only in fragments.
Fragmented OCR text hints at freight rate changes and public works debate in 1974. Mentions QE advances, site references, and governance actions around levees and infrastructure with unclear specifics. Entities include American utilities and government bodies. dates and places are obscured.
The readable fragments mention various names and places in a garbled stream of text, including scattered references to people, locations, and events. The passage resembles a corrupted OCR of a historical newspaper page with no clear cohesive story or date.
A fragment notes heated debate over tariffs on luxury and essential goods as the nation approaches war. It mentions plans to tax pianos and other commodities, with estimates around $30,000,800 in revenue and discussion of heavier duties on larger incomes, reflecting prewar fiscal policy tensions.
June 7 naval committee chairmen report American naval records show 60 percent of routes diverted. The piece notes wartime shipping losses and misquoted figures while alleging subversive activity and unverified claims about Allied wartime shipping.
A garbled report projects a large spring wheat crop with historic figures and regional mentions. It notes forecasts of hundreds of thousands of bushels, with reference to weather conditions and prior wartime impacts, linking to Virginia and West Virginia locales and individuals.
U.S. troops in training at home are being prepared for the forward push toward Berlin. Division commanders are ordered to stress open warfare and reduce trench fighting detail. Observers say the shift signals confidence and aims to forge versatile, all around soldiers as Americans near France.
A plan to enlist selected state prison inmates into the U S armed forces has been submitted to President Wilson by Mr Booth and Mrs Booth. Prison Teague of the Volunteers of America says the president is considering the proposal with a decision expected soon. A Japanese farmer’s diet costs six cents daily, composed of rice barley fish and vegetables.
At a county meeting last evening a chairman was appointed to lead the savings drive ending June 28. H Ns Chidduck chairs the county organization assisted by a corps of workers. Local speakers urged voters to attend and support the effort, with district quotas and pledges listed for Taylor County.
Charleston reports judge sentences Pate to two days in Braxton county jail, a $2 fine, and costs after pleading guilty to a charge under the espionage act. Vallard pleads not guilty and awaits trial June 17. Carter of Milboro pleads guilty to mailing obscene material.
In a London suburb two brothers were arrested by military authorities on charges of desertion. They used a bedroom at their home as a hiding place during the day, venturing out at night for errands over the past years.
Dallas Texas June wheat hour issued today by Haney, the food administrator, who received a request to permit sale of twelve pounds of flour for an anemic patient after two months of voluntary seizure of heat. The letter mentions the need and approval for the quantity.
Henry Fairbanks of St. Johsburg VI is named vice president of F. & T. Fairbanks, scale manufacturers, with details noting his home residence and age. The announcement appears in a partial, older clipping describing the appointment and biographical note.
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