Democracy and Liberty Loans Drive War Financing
A wartime manifesto urges total national effort to fund the Allied cause. It argues democracy's strength over despotism, calls for a 24.9 billion dollar year, and demands saving, investing in Liberty bonds, and austere living to sustain military needs across Europe. It stresses tax, savings, production, and 50 50 wealth division with the government.
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Treasury
United States
United States Treasury
Atlins
America
Great Demand for Student Nurses
A state wide drive led by the women’s committee with the surgeon general and Red Cross aims to enroll 25 000 student nurses by August 11. The army seeks 25 000 graduate nurses by January 1 1919, with 13 000 already withdrawn for military service and 12 000 recalled by the Red Cross.
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Woman's Committee
United States Army
American Red Cross
Nursing Committee
United States
South Carolina
Army
Red Cross
Forage for Army Camps Sought in South Carolina
August Kohn, chairman of conservation and production for South Carolina, reports a War Department forage branch letter inviting offers of forage from local farmers and dealers near army camps. The government will purchase forage wherever it can be done to the best advantage.
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August Kohn
The
Food Administration For
South Carolina
War Department
Quartermaster’s Division
Army
Canton
Crossings Closed and Camp Jackson Expansion Plans
The railroad commission met to address delays in intra state freight and to press continued elimination of dangerous railroad crossings. Mr Shealy will inspect railroads in the upstate. Camp Jackson enlargement contracts are ready for award pending final plan changes and paperwork completion.
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Railroad Commission
Coast Line
Shealy
Camp
Jackson
United States
Recruitment of Unskilled Labor for War Work
The United States employment service began recruiting unskilled labor for war work with orders filed at state director offices. State quotas will be announced. in South Carolina offices exist at Columbia and the United States employment service locations in Spartanburg, Greenville, Anderson, Florence, and Charleston.
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United States Employment Service
South Carolina
lHlrace L. Tilghman
Coombia
United States Employment Services
Spartanburg
Greenville
Anderson
Florence
Charleston
State Council of Defense Debates Labor and Cotton Plans
The bi monthly State Council of Defense meeting in Columbia featured four resolutions on labor relief for drafted men dependents, a government cotton corporation proposal, and a crackdown on fireworks sales and slacker activity. A literacy commission funded reconstruction work and a postwar readjustment committee was formed. South Carolina casualties list includes officers and soldiers killed, wounded, and missing in action.
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State Council of Defense
D. R. Coker
State Council
State House
War Department
Coker
Congress
William Banks
Patterson Wardlaw
South Carolina May Draw 2460 Laborers
The U S employment service indicates 451000 unskilled workers are needed nationwide in August and September for war work. South Carolina’s quota is 1440 with about 3900 workers already needed in essential industries. The state may draw 2460 unskilled laborers from other states and deportations are not expected.
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S. C
United States Employment Service
Horace L. Tilghman
South Carolina
Olanta Gin Company Chartered and Name Change Granted
The Olanta Gin Company of Olanta is commissioned with capital stock of 1000 by W. Banks Cove secretary of state to gin cotton and buy seed. Petitioners include S. J. Tomlinson J. C. Truluck W. H. Player S. R. Floyd and D. N. Baker all of Olanta. The Bultman Harvin Shoe Company of Orangeburg is granted permission to change its name to The Harvin Shoe Company.
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Olanta Gin Company of
Olanta
W. Banks Cove
S. J. Tomlinson
J. C. Truluck
W. H. Player
S. R. Floyd
D. N. Baker
Bultman-Harvin Shoe Company of
Orangeburg
Harvin Shoe Company
South Carolina Farmers Get Nitrate of Soda From Government
South Carolina farmers received at least one third of 75 000 tons of nitrate of soda distributed by government under Senator RE D Smiths bill. The act appropriated 10 000 000 dollars for purchase and importation of Chilean nitrate to be sold at cost. Department of agriculture shows 120 000 tons applied for with SC farmers requesting 66 200 tons and receiving 26 000 tons.
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South Carolina
RE. D. Smith
Congress
Department of Agriculture
War Record: Captain Barnard Manning Promoted to Major
Information confirms Capt Barnard Manning now holds the rank of major. He began as a Sumter businessman, volunteered as a private at the war's outset, earned a captaincy, served at Fort Oglethorpe and Camp Jackson, and recently received promotion in New York with his command.
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Barnard Manning
New York
Manning
Sumter
Fort Oglethorpe
Camp Jackson
H. A. Allen
Camp Quartermaster
Washington
Roland A. Linstead
Canada
Linstead
Billie Weeks
First Army Nurse School Opens at Camp Wadsworth
Camp Wadsworth hosts America s first army nurse school with 32 students from across the nation under director Miss Marie Louis and Miss Harriet Gillette as principal instructor. Army religion work will shift by November to chaplains and camp pastors, ending denominational acts.
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United States
Camp Wadsworth
Marie Louis
Harriet Gillete
Confederate veterans picnic draws throngs in Olanta
More than 3000 attended the annual Confederate veterans picnic in Olanta. Speaker W. P. Pollock of Choraw praised the veterans and recounted causes leading to the U S declaration of war on Germany. He argued that a German on the English throne caused 1776 war tensions, not the English people.
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Olanta
Confederate Veterans
W. P. Pollock
Choraw
Germany
United States
America
More Troops for Camp Sevier Movement
Washington issued orders to move troops to Camp Sevier Greenville. A telegram to newspapers from Congressman Sam Nicholls gave no details beyond a possible new division or similar unit to be sent soon. The department plans were expected in a few days.
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Camp Sevier
Greenville
Washington
Sam Nicholls
Te Department
California Syrup of Figs Advised for Sick Children
An old advertisement extols California Syrup of Figs as a gentle, effective laxative for children. It promotes a fruity taste, claims quick relief from constipation, and warns to buy only from the California Fig Syrup Company to avoid counterfeits.
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California
California Fig Syrup Company
Adv
Fragmented overheard quips in a Scottish castle salon
A garbled text passage presents disjointed quotes about education and fashion from a Scottish castle setting. It mentions Andrew Carnegie complimenting gifts for a cause, a young lady, a New York restaurant, a diamond horseshoe pin, and a baffling exchange about a chained chandelier. The fragmentary style suggests a literary or gossip context without clear coherence or完整 details.
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Andrew Carnegie
New York
Walter
Freckle Cream From Lemons and Orchard White
A datedadvertisement promotes a skin remedy mixing lemon juice with three ounces of orchard white to create a freckle sunburn and tan lotion. It promises bleaching effects on face arms and hands for a low cost and claims safety.
Renegro Reports Frontline Absence at Camp
A Louisiana recruit named Renegro arrives at training camp declaring he is at the front and asks an officer where the day calls the fellow who calls the knai ser is. He notes he has been there six weeks without seeing him.
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Renegro
Louisiana
Knaiser
Cuticura Remedy Promises Eczema Relief
An advertisement touts Cuticura Soap and Cuticura Ointment as effective for distressing eczema. It recommends a hot bath with the soap followed by ointment and offers free samples via Cuticura Dept. X Boston. Prices Soap 25, Ointment 25 and 60.
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Dept. X
Boston
Its Fault. Its vehicle replies to horse shying remark
A brief exchange notes a new automobile behaves fairly with one caveat it will shy at horses indicating cautious handling and animal interaction in a rural setting.
Married men and widows face shared grievances
The remark notes that every married man has a grievance and his wife shares it until she becomes a widow, reflecting on enduring marital concerns and loss.
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Luke
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J. A. Mood
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Fountain Inn
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Cox
Ed Watson
Army and Navy News
San Francisco
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Quartermaster Corps
Adjutant General's Department
Soigt
C. C. Hall
Officers’ Training School
Jacksonville
Fla
George Fetteroff
Medical Reserve Corps
Camp Hancock
Augusta
Samuel J. Brown
Memphis
Tenn
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Raleigh
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