World War I Tale of Romance and Sacrifice in Camden
In October 1898 at the Elwells’ Camdenville home Martha Dalton aids a dying woman who gives birth to twins Margarett and Elizabeth. Eighteen years later Jim Elwell returns from war wounded while protecting a pill box, finds friend John Powell killed, and recalls delivering Powell’s letters as he confronts the war’s brutal losses.
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Prof and
Mollie Elwell
Camdenville
Ind
Martha Dalton
Martha
Kilwell
Jim
Howells
Margarett
Elizabeth
Rusty
Betty
America
Kim Elwell
France
Jim Elwell
John
Powell
Red Cross Nurse Sees Shell Shock Victim From Newark
In Metz on Armistice Day a nurse and surgeon reveal a shell shocked patient identified as John W. Powell of Newark New Jersey, found near a Sedan shell hole. Another casualty, James T. Elwell of Indiana, is presumed dead as letters sewn in a coat link the two men and hint at a startling future.
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Jim Elwell
Camdenville
Indiana
Vaux
Sedan
America
Red Cross
New York
Metz
John W. Powell
Newark
New Jersey
James T. Elwell
Farewell to Hounds in London Hunt Scene
Fred Holland, an 80 year old bedridden farmer and longtime huntsman, appeared propped on pillows at his window as he bid farewell to the hounds he had followed for years amid a special meeting of the huntsman community.
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London
Fred Holland
Duke Produces North Carolina Rhodes Scholar Durham
Furman G. McLarty of High Point North Carolina was named a Rhodes scholar for Oxford University England He is an outstanding Duke student active in The Chronicle The Archive and Chronicle Board He edits the Chanticleer yearbook and belongs to the Classical Club Glee Club and the Columbia Literary Society His favored subjects are English and German His preferred author is Galsworthy His hobbies include wood cutting and drawing He belongs to Delta Sigma Phi and is the son of a Methodist minister.
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Durham
Furman G. McLarty
High Point
N. C
North Carolina
Oxford University
England
Duke
The
Chronicle
Archive
Publications Council
Chronicle Board
Chanticleer
Classical Club
Glee Club
Columbia Literary Society
Galsworthy
Delta Sigma Phi Fraternity
Last Meeting with Dogs Arranged at Home in Leicester
The arrangement took place at his home in Leicester after he expressed the wish to see the dogs one final time.
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Leicester
Moving Fingers Can Slander Too in Paris Case
A deaf mute filed slander charges after a quarrel and the judge ruled that slander can exist in pantomime. The plaintiff won the case in Paris on December 20.
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Paris
Sees Sighn Moves In In Boston After Eviction
William A. MecMcKwaine left homeless after eviction roamed Boston streets. He entered a building at 80 Williams Street after seeing a To Let sign and was charged with trespass. The mover who failed to collect charges was arrested for assault.
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Boston
William A. MecMcKwaine
Williams Street
97 year old man jailed for counterfeiting in federal case
A D Carr aged 97 was arraigned in federal court on counterfeiting charges and pleaded guilty. Because of his age he received four months in jail and a $100 fine.
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Kelly
John Powell
Ly Clifford L
Miss Downing
Astounding Developments
N. Wrenn Street
East Green Street Grocery
J. H. McIntyre
E. B. Solomon
Rhodes Scholar
Sighn
Sheraton Chevrolet Co
N. Wrenn St
Florida
High Point Enterprise
High Point Enterprise, Inc
High Point, N. C
Blair - Hoskins
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