War weather and fuel worries flood a troubled nation
Fragmented notes discuss heatless days coal shortages and war footing alluding to an ice famine heat measures and transport strain. It jokes about profiteers and sketches public mood with references to Queen Marie Antoinette and Tolstoy era sayings amid a broad wartime panorama.
Daily Thought on Contemplation and Creation
Reflection is a force that births ideas as contemplation forms an object of thought within the mind. Disraeli’s idea links inward pondering to outward creation through deliberate mental acts.
War figures clash over lines and loyalties
The Kaiser to Hindenburg dispute over boundaries contrasts with Woodrow Wilson born in Virginia but claimed by Missouri after diplomatic notes to Germany. Foch, Haig, Pershing, and Prince Maximilian issued notable responses recently.
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Woodrow Wilson
Virgina
Germany
Missouri
Foch, Haig, Pershing and Co
Maximilian
Letter From Crown Prince Willie to Kaiser in Remittance Run
A fragment from a World War I era letter in broken English from Crown Prince Willie to the Kaiser describes German soldiers in France. The missive mocks Americans, complains of their language, and requests reinforcements and breastplates. It closes with a Toledo Ohio postmark and references legal notices and ads dated 1918.
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Papa
Rhine
France
Marne
Missouri
Belgium
Prince Willie
Capt Kidd Duel Refined Tale Echoes Self-Defense Claim
An old stall recounts Capt Kidd's capture with a note that he allegedly fought only in self defense. The fragment hints at a defense stance tied to his historic arrest and reputation.
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Capt. Kidd
Notice to creditors and heirs in the Kirksey estate
J R Newbery probate judge cites heirs and creditors to appear at Pickens Court House South Carolina on the Friday of November 1918 at 11:00 a m to show cause why Silas Kirksey should not be granted letters of administration of the estate of J R Kirksey deceased. Given October 22 1918.
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Lloyd H. Smith
Hl. Smith
Frank H. Smith
Pickens Court House
3. C
J.B. Newbery
Anderson Court House
Capt
G. A. Rankin
Partners’ and Merchants’ Bank
Anderson
5. C
Cliff Rankin
Liberty
S.G
W. C. Smith
Asley
J. Robt. Martin
Greenville
S.C
Crayton Street
State of
South Carolina
J Bnrwsery
County of
Pickens
James Hendricks
Augustus Hagood
S. C
Pek
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