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Newspaper
Pickens Sentinel
Location
Pickens, South Carolina, United States of America
Date
Oct 10, 1918
Page
6
An old advertisement touts California Syrup of Figs as a gentle laxative for children of all ages. It claims the product prevents sickness by cleansing the bowels and promises quick relief, urging readers to ask their druggist for a bottle made by the California Fig Syrup Company.
A chaotic scene unfolds as crowds clash over punitive policies while officials in distinctive laboratories and towers appear on screen. The incident prompts debates about authority and civil rights amid shifting public sentiment and media framing.
An advertisement promotes Cutleura Ointment to treat dandruff with anointing then a hot shampoo using Cutleura Soap. A free sample offer is claimed by sending to Cutleura Dept. Boston. Products priced Soap 25 Ointment 25 and 50 Ady.
Nonsensical snippet suggests a poetical exploration of creation and sustenance. The lines reference sowing, reaping, and distant universes, implying a meditation on growth, time, and fate in a fractured, stylized form.
Local sighting notes Waves and TG Suttie arriving at the seashore in calm conditions. Beachgoers report a peaceful scene with families and visitors enjoying the shore as tides pull in. Officials warn of standard safety measures for summer visitors.
Allied forces advance on multiple fronts as Italians defeat Austrians in northern Italy mountains while Austro Hungarians retreat through Albania. Belgian British French units push near Lille along the Lens Lille line. In Palestine, British forces push the Turks beyond Damascus while pursuing.
American Army airmen north of Verdun reconnoitered and attacked retreating German forces. Dawn broke with mist over the trenches as aviators braved flak and low passes, delivering reports and taking on enemy machines to protect the infantry.
American units along the Meuse west of Verdun push forward from two to five kilometers. They seize Ellv 240 north of Exermont and the villages of Gesnes Fleville Chehery and Laforges as they press the German lines in the Kriemhilde position south of Foretwood amid heavy artillery and machine gun fire.
Washington reports progress toward the six billion dollar Liberty Loan goal at just over half the needed pace. Treasury tallies show bonds sold at 55,132,900, up 229,600 in the last 24 hours, with a standard daily target of 315,000,000 and a projected total of 1,576,000,000.
London dispatch reports British and French troops advancing to the outskirts of Bontbreham after heavy combat north of St Quentin. American casualties in the Argonne are described as moderate as German artillery losses mount from recently captured guns.
Perth Amboy N J. A blast rocked the T A Gillespie Shell Loading Co plant at Morgan injuring and killing many workers. Officials could not determine totals until morning roll calls. Estimates ranged from 50 to over 100 dead or wounded.
The German offensive has been broken and Allied forces in Belgium French Flanders Artois Champagne Lorraine advance from occupied territories. The march to Berlin has begun with Cambrai St. Quentin Lille as first steps, signaling a final Allied push from the North Sea to the Moselle.
German forces are reported to be in retreat along a wide western front north and south of the La Lys canal as Entente troops continue to advance from Cambrai toward Verdun. The halt in the German line threatens the Lille Lens Douai region, while other fronts from Belgium to Verdun show continued Allied gains.
London reports that General Allenby’s forces occupied Damascus on October 1 with Australian mounted troops entering the city. More than 7,000 Turks were taken prisoner and allied troops, save essential guards, withdrew after surrender.
British forces report rescuing a few hundred American troops who held a forward position between Cambrai and St Quentin since Sunday. After fighting through around Vendhuile, Allied actions relieved the surrounded unit despite superior German numbers. German casualties lay heavy in the captured area.
General Pershing reports a partial weekly tally from the Meuse Argonne drive showing 120 guns of all calibers 760 trench mortars 300 machine guns 100 heavy tank guns plus thousands of artillery shells and hundreds of thousands of rounds of small arm ammunition. Front activity consisted of artillery and machine gun fire only.
German advances near Cambrai are checked as British troops recapture ground in the outskirts and push back near St. Quentin. A violent counterattack northeast of St. Quentin drives the British from Sequehart, with German gains halted thereafter.
British forces report 123,618 prisoners and 1,400 guns taken in August and September. St Quentin fell to French troops opening path toward Marshal Foch’s northern France drive. German defeats extend from Belgium to Verdun as allied forces press offensives on multiple fronts. Ottoman peace feelers emerge as Bulgaria exits the war. Allenby seals Damascus while French cavalry advances toward Bayrout.
General Pershing reports that American aviators have shot down more than 100 hostile planes and 21 balloons since September 26. Ground forces advance in the Argonne forest and north of Cierges, connecting with the enemy while cooperating with French and British troops.
Washington reports Senators and representatives from wheat growing states and National Wheat Growers Association officials forming a special committee to urge President Wilson to fix 1919 wheat at 2.50 a bushel. The plan aims to push for immediate government price intervention.
Paris report says a German counter attack near Apremont northwest of Verdun was repelled by American forces. Elsewhere on the American front fighting was largely at a standstill while repair work on roads and bridges continued to restore supply transport to the front.
German forces had laid numerous tank mines along the St Quentin front before the American advance. British and American crews work with the assault as tanks roll over mines. one tank exploded, another suffered a fatal miscue, and a third pressed through with decisive effect.
Camp Jackson opens an outdoor gymnasium with bars rings and a side horse for soldiers after mass and drill. A band stand and topographic school headquarters are completed. Camp Sevier joins with quarantine due to Spanish influenza and plans a large track and field meet for October 5 with widespread athletic schedules and new barracks funded at about $2.5 million.
Weather is ideal and 50 percent of the crop is picked and ginned. Labor scarcity affects picking but progress continues. Farmers plan to convert large cotton areas to pasture for hogs and cattle as agitation over cotton price fixing grows.
The YMCA at Camp Jackson educates literate and illiterate soldiers. Foreign born illiterates may struggle with English, while some are educated in their native tongue. American born illiterates quickly learn to write simple letters back home in three to four weeks.
Anna Etteriano of Peru Indiana says Lydia E Pinkham's Vegetable Compound cured her backache and dragging pains after doctors advised operation. She now does housework, works a factory job all day, and urges others with similar ailments to try the remedy.
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