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Newspaper

The Dillon Herald

Location

Dillon, South Carolina, United States of America

Date

Aug 08, 1918

Page

5

Personal notices of visitors and locals in Dillon

A long list of social notes records visits and travel. G C Johnson spent Sunday in Dartington with Mrs Johnson while Mina Daisy Hodge visits Miss Annie May Thompson. Many others from Wadley, Batesburg, Latta and Mullins are visiting relatives or on business trips. Several locals attend church, take trips to Asheville, Wrightsville Beach, or the mountains, and updates on employment moves at I Blum Co. and local banks appear among the short notices.

G. C. Johnson Dartington Mrs. Johnson Mina Daisy Hodge Wadley Ala Annie May ‘Thompson

Prisoners of the Germans heartrending escape to the Allies

Gaston Julian Defoordt of Woonsocket recounts two years in a German prison camp. He describes brutal transport, malnutrition, sawdust bread, and forced labor. After Merseburg, Swiss Red Cross care and eventual Allied handover improved his fate, though lasting injuries remain. He notes Germans’ waning confidence, then declares Senate candidacy as Preston L Bethea.

Bangor Gaston Julian Defoirdt Woonsocket R. I Defoirdt France Altengrawbow Altengrabow Red Cross Merseburg Germmans

Quinine That Does Not Affect the Head Tonic and Laxative Claim

The advertisement promotes LAXATIVE BROMO QUININE as superior to old Quinine, claiming it avoids nervousness and head ringing. It references H.W. Ghove t Sode signature and urges use for tonic and laxative effects without triggering headaches.

H.W. Ghovet

Baptist Church Services and Sermon Announcement

Sunday school every Sunday at 10 a m and prayer meeting each Wednesday at 9 p m. Men’s Bible Class leads, preaching next Sunday August 11 by Rev Reyhind at 11 o’clock. The public is cordially invited to attend all services.

Mr. Reyland Richmond The Baptist Church Reyhind

Bobbies Big Idea Heard At The Herald

A fragmented note describes a humorous scene with Bobbie and his mother in a noisy whisper. The text mentions tables, binders, and loose leaf items from The Herald as part of a chaotic, informal exchange.

Bobbie Herald of Loose Leaf

Digestive Aid Ad Promotes LAX-FQS With Pepsin

An advertisement touts a 50 cent bottle of LAX FQS with pepsin as a liquid laxative for indigestion constipation and biliousness. It is presented as pleasant to take and produced by Paris Medicine Co the makers of Laxative Bromo Quinine and Grove's Tasteless Chill Tonic.

Paris Medicine Co Grove

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Timmerman Batesburg Marie Thompson A Melton Rogers Fork Margaret Wood Selma, N. C LeRoy Moore Alanis Lorene “Moody of Max Fuss John Coleman Latta Dillon O L. D. Lide, Esq Marion Arthur W. Hamby Columbia T. S. Richbourg D. D. McDonald Lila North Carolina B. G. Doggett Shelby N. C O— W. T. Proctor Mullins I. Blum Co Nan Carter Eton W. J. Carter E. L. Moore Asheville Isla Weatherly Minturn E. W. Mathew Greenville 3. P. Melvin Florence Cooper Dunn, N. C Mary Sprunt Bether J. A. McCormac Mountains Victor Berry W. W. Evans Mies Ruth Jagkeon Augusta O— George M. Foxworth U. S Huron C. C. Graham Barnwell, D. C Ruth Hamilton Massey Business College Shelby, N. C Stafford Rogers Greeleyville 8. C J. S. Thompson Johnnie Marie Annie Mae Georgia Alabama Cora McKinley J. L. Tyson Greensboro Watson B. Duncan Marion County W. H. Muller J. Olin Horne Virginia Winstead Mary Stuckey Sumter Helen Miner Mary Sprunt Bethea E. R. Liles Jefferson Standard Life Insurance Co Orangeburg Atlantic City Horace Shea Atlante Mrs.j. 1M G. Bethea W. McInnis Carolina J. T. Eusterting Drayton N. Oliver First National Bank John Sprunt Philadelphia Moore Jane Altengrahow Constance Switzerland State Senate Democratic Party Preston L. Bethea A. B. Edwards
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