Yankee nurses show mettle in war front service
A British and American press feature extols American Red Cross nurses in Europe. Miss Carrie M. Hall notes over 12 000 nurses have served by year end with 600 700 in Britain and the rest in France. Tales of courage include Eva Parmalee of Boston aiding wounded under bombardment near Campers.
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London
America
Europe
Carrie M. Hall
Boston
Red Cross
Great Britain
France
Vladivostok
American Red Cross
Tokyo
Japan
United States Army
Russia
War Department
Washington
General Pershing
England
Wallaces
Women's Army Auxiliary Corps
Miss Hall
United States
Rhine
Harvard
Camfers
Roche
Eva Parmalee
Maimed War Child From Soissons Finds Refuge In Limoges
Marie Joseph Coutant of Louatre near Soissons lost her right arm when a German incendiary bomb struck a cattle car during refugees fleeing the Hun. Her mother was killed, and she, a noncombatant, survives as a war baby adopted by Maurice the dancer in America now a Red Cross worker in France, and sent with her father to Limoges for convalescence.
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Marie Joseph Coutant
Louatre
Soissons
Monsieur Coutant
Marie
Maurice
America
Red Cross
France
Limoges
Fear French tanks help 16 Americans capture 700 Germans
French light tanks operating with American forces pushed Germans toward the Rhine in July. Brigadier Cellier received the Legion of Honor for a tank action that enabled 16 U.S. soldiers to seize 700 Germans. Tanks led the Villers-Cotterets forest counter-offensive and preceded advances on Juyigny and Terny, with reports noting German concern over the light tanks.
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Rhine
Cellier
Legion of Honor
Villers- Cotterets
Ines
Juyigny
Terny
Soissons
Leutenant
October 1918 Supervisor's Report Highlights Local Expenditures
The October 1918 supervisor's report itemizes payments to bridge and road workers, magistrates, constables, and county staff. It lists numerous suppliers, demonstration agents, coal, lumber, and fuel costs, plus court and auditing expenses.
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J Stewart
T Hallam
Matheny
Becky Reeves
Chas Sanders
A Boggs
R ‘T Chapman
J P Gantt
RL Hanna
Winley & Whitmire
J L Murphy
J McCombs
J W Hendrix
Chastain
G W Allen
JT Hendrix
Warren McGowan
Louis Madden
R Kennemore
A Skelton
St Nelson
Jim Richardson
MG Smith
RL Evans
J W Connelly
Stewart
Central Mercantile Co
le Psuares
J T McKinney
Craig Bros
T Edens
RJ Stewart
Ed Rosemond
Couch & Farr
G W Gaines
Roark
Pewee Eee
COSI
Sutherland
Bowen
Lee
Crane
PC Clayton
L Flood
T Arnold
M Martin
M Lawrence
E Bridges
TY A Julian
Crenshaw
W Bowen
Jack Kelly
J A Hendrix
Tome Burness
John Medlin
M Couch
Rubin Burgess
Hendrix
Bryant
Massey Lumber Co
OS Stewart
Li Stewart
Nolin
M I. Jones
A Stewart
J B Craig
K M Garrett
T Hinton
B Yates
Elizabeth Mauldin
Townes
JB Newbery
W. LL. Mattheny
Pickens Chapter Red Cross to Meet in Court House
The Pickens County Chapter A R C will hold its annual meeting in the court house on Wednesday afternoon November 20 at 8 30. All branches should be represented. The executive committee convenes at 2 20 with Nias Mauldin and N P McCravey as officers.
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Pickens County
A. BR. C
Court House
Five Oconee youths involved in fatal Pickens county wreck
Glenn Alexander aged 26 died Monday after a car wreck near Cateechee Mills in Pickens county. The group of five Oconee residents including Joe Tow and Hugh Bleain were described as drinking. Taylor drove, the car went into a ditch and rolled twice. Surviving injuries ranged from serious to minor.
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Glenn Alexander
Joe and
Duffy Tow
Frank Taylor
Hugh Bleain
Oconee
Cateechee Mills
Pickens County
Lay's Mill
Bethel
Rank ‘Taylor
Alexander
Frank ‘Taylor
Taylor
Tan
Eleain
In Memory of Marvin Dorr
The Griffin community mourns Marvin Dorr who died after Spanish influenza and pneumonia at age 19, just before his 20th birthday. He was a devout Christian, active in Sunday school and prayer meeting, leaving a large family and many friends. Funeral services were held at Griffin church with Rev. I S Childress. He was a Woodmen of the World member buried by them.
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Griffin
S. C. Dorr
Marvin
Tillman Dorr
Pickens
Ernest Dorr
U. S. Navy
Munice Dorr
Charley Wayman
Elmer
Griffin Church
I. S. Childress
Woodmen of the World
The Eleventh in War Lore From The Sentinel Editor
The writer notes repeated eleven related facts from World War I era lore. He cites Allied nations, battles near Paris, Hindenburg defenses, U S entry in 1917, and the Armistice timing on the eleventh hour of the eleventh day of the eleventh month, inviting readers to find further connections.
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the Sentinel
Woodrow Wilson
Teutona
Paris
Hindenburg Line
Flindenburg
United States
George Ff. Welborn
Transatlantic Flying Challenges Outlined by Desbleds
Desbleds at the Institution of Engineers and Shipbuilders in Scotland argues faster Atlantic mail service could boost commerce but warns current aviation tech cannot safely handle such a mission. He cites a proposed four ton machine plus fuel and stores totaling heavy loads and a ten man crew as a risky venture.
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Institution of Engineers and Shipbuilders
Scotland
Desbleds
American
Britain
Atlantic
German Title Worship Parade In Naval Draftsmen
The essay notes Germans heavily honor titles, citing Kiel naval yard draftsmen who faced wage refusals but gained a staged ladder of titles such as konstruktionsrat and wirklich geheimer konstruktionsrat. It quotes how formality extends to salutations and even envelope addresses.
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Thomas Curtin
Munsey
Imperial Navy Yard
Kiel
Konstruktionsrat
Geheimer Konstruktionsrat
What happens to mutilated money in government redemption
The article explains how the government handles mutilated currency with Mrs. Brown overseeing the process since 1875. Damaged notes are compared to a standard bill using a 40 square glass overlay to judge redeemable value, with full value if all squares match, half value if two fifths to three fifths are present, and less than two fifths needing further proof.
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Brown
Grant
Motor Trains to Be Replaced by Trucks in Mail Routes
Motor trucks will replace railroad trains on two long Pittsburgh mail routes once contracts are let. A. Guffy announces the change to serve Pittsburgh to Wheeling and Pittsburgh to Cumberland with daily round trips to Wheeling and two days for Cumberland. Trucks will carry farm products and regular mail matters.
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Pittsburgh
T Postmnaster A
Guffy
Wheeling
IW. Va
Cumberland
Death of Otis Crooks in France at 21
Mrs. L G McCullough learns Otis Lawton Crooks died of pneumonia in a French hospital, having sailed last July with the 54th Pioneer Infantry. The 21 year old son of Mr. and Mrs. J L Crooks of Broad River section, he left Newberry in July and died October 1. He left a navy brother and a fiancée Miss Elma Clayton of Liberty, whose poems accompany the notice.
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Newberry
54Th Pioneer Infantry
America
Otis
W. E. Crooks
Medical Corps
U. S. Navy
U.S. S. Dixie
Elma
J. H. Clayton
Liberty, S
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Mauldin
N. P. McCravey
Marvin Dorr
Sam Vor
W. OS. S
Oldiers
Otis Crooks
Ofeg
Morewell
Heaven
Shining Stara
Altho
God
Elma Clayton
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