Griffiths Vision of War Ends Romance and Heralds Peace
In a 1918 feature, director David Wark Griffith argues the current world war erodes romance in army life and may end war itself. He contends modern combat dulls heroism, kills individuality, and sows the seeds for peace as nations tire of endless conflict.
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David Wark Griffith
Griffith
War trenches and Europe cry for end of slaughter
By David Wark Griffiths, the narrator recalls standing in front line trenches at Flienders and witnessing the horrid tragedy of war. He reflects that the world longs for a lasting peace and that Europe pushes toward more fighting and bloodshed in hopes of ending the terror forever.
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Valuable mill property in Charlotte sold for investment
In Asheville on Sept 16 B M Cates of Hendersonville and Mrs H Pharr of Charlotte sold the old Crown Hosiery mill site in Charlotte to Realty Improvement Company of Charlotte. The 86 by 20 foot lot along the Southern railway between Trade and Fifth streets brings an understood price between 25000 and 36000 dollars. The three story brick building was built by Cates and used as a hosiery mill for 10 years. The buyers plan development of the property as an investment.
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Hendersonville
H. Pharr
Charlotte
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Cates
Southern Railway
Fifth Streets
English Vamp Estate Goes to Husband
London report states Mrs. Arthur Elliot known as Mrs Ather ton England's super vampire died by self harm and left a will that gives her property to her husband Captain Elliot who would transfer it to the children but he is bankrupt with creditors having first claim.
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Arthur Elliot
Mrs. Atherton
England
Captain Elliot
John Mitchel Dies in Portgraduat Hospital
Former United Mine Workers of America president John Mitchel dies at Portgraduate Hospital at 6 o clock. He was one of the nation’s best known labor leaders.
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John Mitchel
United Mine Workers of America
Isbor
United States
Portgraduate Hospital
Naval aviation grew to second largest worldwide during war
The Navy released the first details of naval aerial expansion from a small wartime start in Pensacola to a global network. By war end there were 1,500 aviators, 1,200 ground officers, 5,000 enlisted, 4,000 flight officers, and 10,000 in training with 1,400 seaplanes and 300 lighter craft. American patrols, in concert with British French Italian forces, raided submarine and air bases, destroying bases and wrecking ships, with submarines sunk, damaged, or captured at high rates.
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United States
Europe
England
Ireland
France
Italy
Navy Department
Pensacola
Fla
Department of Aviation
Bureau of Steam Engineering
Bureau of Construction and Repair
Ordnance Department
Bureau of Navigation
Navy
Azores
William St. Sims
Ostend
Penmarek
Isle d’ Yeu
Mob in South Boston Loots Stores as Police Absent
A mob in South Boston looted stores and broke windows after police protection failed at night. Superintendent Crowley, government inspectors, and Metropolitan Park police officers rushed to the scene to restore order.
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Crowley
Metropolitan Park
Sage and Sulphur Compound Promises Darker Hair
An old home remedy claims Sage and Sulphur hair darkening. a ready to use Wyeth's Sage and Sulphur Compound is advertised as a painless, inexpensive way to cover gray hair and enhance look, not a medicine.
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Relief in Near East Aimed at War Sufferers Regardless of Creed
The American Commission for Relief in the Near East, led by Major David G. Arnold, has secured Turkish Sultan Mohammed VI's order to distribute grain and aid across the former Ottoman Empire. About 450 American staff with thousands of helpers report $2.5 million monthly spend, 42 thousand tons of supplies and 30 thousand tons of flour distributed, aiding refugees orphans women and sick without regard to nationality or religion, with winter demands looming and goals of clothing housing medical aid and repatriation for up to 500,000 refugees.
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Mohammed VI
Turkey
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Food Administration
America
Arnold
Armenia
Europe
Woman Arrested for Murder at Knoxville
Knoxville Tenn Sept 11. Lawrie Moore, named by Leroy Harth in a dying statement as the woman who shot him, was arrested yesterday. She says they quarreled in his automobile and that during the struggle Harth dragged her from the car and struck her. the pistol fell, she seized it and fired.
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Tenn
Moore
Leroy Harth
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