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Newspaper
The Dillon Herald
Location
Dillon, South Carolina, United States of America
Date
Aug 15, 1918
Page
5
A vivid battlefield dispatch describes American sector fighting. Reporter details patrols near a chateau, German traps, and brutal close combat with machine guns and artillery. The narrative covers American advances, captured German matériel, and a soldier’s emotional sighting of dead foes.
The text praises Ameri can soldiers eager to join the front and believes many will soon get combat opportunities. It notes policy shifts by Foch keeping pressure on the German rear after Château-Thierry, arguing that continued Allied pressure will hinder an enemy’s resistance even as leaders like Hindenburg Ludendorff and Crown Prince retreat.
The Food Administration urges raising more pullets from March and April hatchings to serve as layers in fall and winter. Promote flock increases for poultry products, despite uncertain future food supplies, and carve over March–April pullets to boost home and market supplies. Quoted reflections on character note effort over odds and self-improvement.
A short note reports a treatment claim promising pile cure within six to fourteen days. The ad-like item mentions fast relief and a physician’s endorsement, urging readers to seek the method for quick results.
State court sale of a Dillon County parcel in the town of Dillon with 75 feet on Hampton Street and 150 feet along Eight Avenue. Conducted by Master for Dillon County under a July 31 1918 order, to be sold first Monday in September at the courthouse door for cash to the highest bidder, with purchaser paying all papers and stamps. If the high bidder refuses to comply the property will be resold at a future sale day.
J C Bethea requests Letters of Administration for the estate of W E Spivey. Court of Probate at Dillon to hear August 28 at 11 AM. Kin and creditors must show cause why administration should not be granted. Date August 12, 1918. Joe Cabell Davis, Dillon County.
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