Laurene claims family ties and wartime trials across seas
A Greenville observer recounts Captain H. M. Laurene born September 28 1879 in Laurens County whose tale spans France Turkey and Africa. He alleges a wife and daughter displaced in Africa and a quest years long for them amid political scrutiny and conflicting records. Local letters question his lineage while officials note his tale lacks corroboration and warn no government action is needed.
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McBee Avenue
H. M. Laurene
Mouroe County
Isamaippi
Misa Sarah B. Pope
Laurens
8. C
Postmaster Pope
Thin City
David Laurens
France
Greenville
Christ College
Cambridge
Brein
French Congo
Central West Africa
Misa Lois Hilton
Columbus
Laurenc
P. Lenair
Banzia
Camarun
Africa
America
Baltimore
Royal Arch Mason
Charleston American
Capt. Laurene
The
Advocate Here
H. M. Laurenc
Sarah E. Pope
Y. J. Pope
South Carolina
Registration Notices and War Time Outlook
The Act requires new registration certificates for voting with registration books open daily 9 a.m. to 6 p.m. in July and August 1918 and in September one day in each township. Details list dates for Fork, Latta, Little Rock, Hamer, Lake View, Dillon and signatories F. M. Page and others. The piece then shifts to wartime analysis noting warnings from German officers about a prolonged conflict, urging larger U.S. mobilization, labor and production needs, and the imperative to prepare for a long, costly war with a goal of 10,000,000 fighting men and expanded industry.
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Fork
Latta
Little Rock
Hamer
Lake View
Dillon
F. M. Page
A. Bethea
McRake
England
United States
Germany
New York Herald
Hindenburg
America
Russia
Japan
Belgium
Secretary Baker
Baker
China
Connecticut Woman Invents Novel Sanitary Baking Tools
A Connecticut woman has invented sanitary baking tools including a waxed paper baking pears with two discardable sheets and an interchangeable rolling pin with a cardboard core. The covering can be discarded, aiming to improve military baking efficiency.
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Connecticut
Exile’s Bones Returned to England After Centuries
Fragmentary lines describe bones of an exile arriving back in England from Venice after 250 years. The tale notes the tombstone was left behind and later found beneath a paving stone. The text then digresses into garbled dialogue about arcane terms and a group called the Retmorphers.
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Venice
Mngland
Cohen Attacks Blease From Campaign Start
Octavus Cohen, anti-Blease candidate for governor, declares he would rather be defeated by Blease votes than elected by them. Cohen, an attorney at law, maintains offices in Charleston and Monck's Corner.
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Blease
Octavus Cohen
Mr. Cohen
Charleston
Monck’s Corner
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R. L. Freeman
Bennettsville
Mr. Freeman
Advocate
Capt
Laurene
Sara E. Pope
Miss Pope
J. F. Caldwell
Newberry
R. A. Cooper
3. C
Laurena County
Paul Ho Anderson
Sarah Strother Pope
Justice Pope
Sampson Pope
Misa Sarah, Pope
D. 8
Pope
Columbia
Caldwell
Mr. KR. L
Preeman
Bennettsville, c
Francs
Turkey
General Assembly
Hester
Himer
Moe
Teim
Tax Commission
Senate
J. M. Hemphill
Dillon Herald
Divinca
International Harvester Company
Titan
Palmetto Hardware Co
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