19 Aug 1918
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Newspaper
The Daily Banner
Location
Cambridge, Maryland, United States of America
Date
Aug 19, 1918
Page
1
The ad notes Grove's Tasteless Chill Tonic is now available as tablets and syrup. The tablets match the medicine's properties and effects, priced at 60 cents, offering a convenient travel option.
People of the Neck district plan an August 21 gathering at Spedden's Hall to honor men leaving for service August 26. The event features speakers Rev Carlyle Hubbard and others, with mothers and fathers invited, ice cream, cake, and Smileage Books for the soldiers.
Washington reports all men reaching twenty one since June 5 1918 must register on August 24 1918. Local draft boards will explain how to register with hours 7 am to 9 pm. Exemption claims may be filed later via questionnaire. mail registration possible for absentees with care to ensure card reaches home board by Aug 24.
Mrs. Oliver T. Beauchamp of Princess Anne received War Department notice that her son Lieut. Oliver T. Beauchamp aviator has been missing in action since August 1. The telegram offered no details aside from ongoing updates. He trained at Fort Meyer and Columbus before sailing for France in 1917 and served on the firing line near the Marne, reporting German casualties and American victory.
Detroit August 5 1918 first of Henry Ford submarine destroyers for the US Navy launched at River Rouge Eagle 1 204 feet long larger than prior destroyers described with details on construction propulsion and fuel. Ford comments on launch saying more vessels follow and the project shows utility over ornate design.
Mrs. H. Honshell of Crockett Virginia says a chronic cough left her run-down after using Vinci. The ad claims Vinci is a constitutional remedy with beef and cod liver peptones that builds the system and removes causes of coughs and colds, with Co. P. Craig & Son and other druggists selling it.
Mrs. Elsie McGrath announces higher payments for plain work shirts and seeks operators for all parts of work. She offers at home sewing with work delivered and called for.
The funeral for Howard Stewart Hodson 75 a Baltimore based lawyer and journalist was held in Vienna where he was born He died suddenly at his Baltimore home after a stroke He was a Dickinson College graduate and later worked with Judge and Leslie's Weekly He leaves widow Alice M Hodson as survivor with a Masonic funeral observed
Dorchester Water Co appeals to water users not to waste water during the heavy demands of the canning season. Pave washes and yard sprinklers must not operate after 8 pm and neighbors should not share street sprinklers, a violation of rules that must end.
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