War survivor Maurot hailed as real man of war
Paris reports Lieut Emile Maurot a veteran of two years trench life who argues surviving campaigns builds enduring men not merely athletes. He praises bayonet work and boxing reflexes while noting modern warfare tests nerve, will, and quick judgment under constant bombardment.
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Paris
Emile Maitrot
Academy
Maitrot
Maison Lafitte
Eer
Maurot
Transportation Department
Army
Belgium
Matroit
Champagne
Wives of English Soldiers Face Low Pensions in Wartime
A New Herald expose lists inadequate UK pensions for soldiers and marines. It highlights widowed and disabled veterans with large families forced to live on meager weekly sums, prompting labor unions and officials to question wartime welfare as liberation nears.
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Herald
Army
Army Service Corps
London
Memorial Tablet Proposed for George W Vanderbilt
Asheville July 14. Southern Forestry congress closes its sessions with plans for permanent annual meetings and a memorial tablet for the late George W. Vanderbilt at Pisgah national park. A committee led by Governor Locke Craig will seek placement at the park entrance as part of forest protection and practice discussions.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Asheville
Southern Forestry Congress
Congress
Pisgah National Park
George W. Vanderbilt
Locke Craig
Pisgah Park
J. D. Peters
United States Forest Service
Prof
H. H. Chapman
Yale School of Forestry
J. A. Viquesney
West Virginia
R. S. Maddox
Tennessee Geological Survey
FL W. Besley
Maryland
M. W. Richards
The
Southern Railway
J. E. Barton
Kentucky
George Lathrop Pack
Cleveland
American Forestry Association
White House entertains six Deutschland seamen
Six seamen from the German submarine merchant Joan Deutschland were taken to the White House and the navy department in Washington. A White House attache guided them through the East Blue and Red rooms the cabinet room and Wilson’s private office. One sailor asked to sit in the President’s chair and did so as his comrades grinned.
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Washington
Joan Deutschland
Baltimoree
White House
Navy Department
Biliousness and Stomach Trouble Cure Found
Two years ago I suffered frequent stomach trouble and biliousness. I could eat little food, grew dirty and sick, and had to grip something to steady myself. After trying Gabor Tablets I improved rapidly and now feel much better. Galea everywhere.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Emma
Lima
Gabor
Galea
Few Survivors At First Mexican War Remain
Bloomington July 14. Sixty nine years ago volunteers answered Lincoln era calls for the war with Mexico. Among the few surviving veterans are Andrew Jackson Baker of Streator and Elias Koser of Milford, aged 91 and 88, who recall Vera Cruz, Saltillo and Buena Vista amid Civil War service and current U S tensions.
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United States
Mexico
Republic
Rio Grande
Ilinois
Andrew Jackson Baker
Streator
Andrew Cherry
Geneseo
Elias Koser
Milford
Simeon Eells
Elgin
James E. Taylor
W. P. Corbin
Sullivan
Baker
Bantam
Cincinnati
Fourth Ohio Infantry
Bagdad
Brassos Island
Mexican Republic
Vera Cruz
Mexico City
Scott
Pueblo
Child
Alisco
Mount Popocatapeti
Mr. Baker
Carranza
el- 2In
Mr. Sells
Chicago
First Infantry
Illinois
Eells
Villa
Taylor
Mex
Chihuahua
Torreon
Merey
Saltillo
Buena Vista
Santa Ana
Verascruz
Eetts
Fifteenth
Ulinogis Infantry
Mexico and Is Anxious To See Uncle Sam
Fourteenth United States Infantry
New Orleans
Uncle Sam
Mr. Cherry
New York
James T. Taylor
William P. Corbin
Pickle Prospects Poor and Packers in Sour Mood
The National Pickle Packers Association reports a pickle shortage blamed on two years of bad weather. Packers advocate conservation, urging saving the dill while vinegar stock runs low. University of Chicago co eds watch the situation as pickle and ice cream consumption rises.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chicago
Peter Piper
National
University of Chicago
Organizing Machine Gun Company at Charlotte
In Charlotte on July 14 a machine gun company is being organized to join the second North Carolina regiment. Col Wiley C Redman named Capt Walter Cox of the fifth coast artillery as organizer. Cox opened a recruiting office on West Trade Street after telegraphing Sunday and returning from Wilmington.
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Charlotte
North Carolina
Wiley C. Redman
Walter Cox
Fifth Coast Artillery
Cox
West Trade Street
Wilmington
Southern Railway Announces July Atlantic City Excursion
Southern Railway offers a low fare Atlantic City excursion on Thursday July 20 1916 from multiple North Carolina points. The special train runs to Atlantic City with return validity on regular trains within 15 days, includes Pullman sleeping cars, and allows stopovers in Philadelphia Baltimore and Washington. R H Debuts D P A Charlotte NC handles reservations.
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Southern Railway
Atlantic City
N. J
Charlotte
Siiby
Lexington
Hickory
North Wilkesboro
Thomasville
Salisbury
Statesville
Winston-Salem
Norwood
Woss. Pe Bor
Comcord
Reidsville
Morganton
Albemarle
Gaston
Philadelphia
Baltimore
Ind
Washington
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Billy Muldoon
Lieut. Maurot
Berlin
Verdun
England
Royal Marines
Bloomington
Citizens of
Philathea
Welch Memorial Church
Springheld Band
C. E. Kearns
J. H. Adams
H. A. Millis
the Bank of
A. M. Rankin
G. A. Pollock, JR
R. H. Debutts
N. C
Wachovia Bank
Mish
Delicionis Ana Refreshing
Arcric
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