Explosions devastate Oakdale plant and city
A nine blast wrecked the Oakdale explosive plant sixty miles from Pittsburg. State federal county and city officials led the investigation as fires were fought and bodies recovered. Spectators swarmed the scene while morgue crowds viewed grim finds and one coroner's worker collapsed with a bucket of missed belongings. Federal officers ordered two men arrested for filming ruins and sedition.
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Pittsburg
May
Ule Aes Io Fenieal Company
Ce Jag
Hie Countie
Oakdale
State Constabulary
Greensburg
Adam Martz
Department of Justice
Aetna Chemical Company
Kaiser's Dentist Reveals War Insights and US Sentiments
Dr. A N Davis, American dentist who treated Kaiser Wilhelm II, recalls close shaves and cautions the U S to root out pro German sympathizers. He says Kaiser underestimated the United States, recounts attempts to provoke war earlier, and notes hardship in Germany with bread and eggs in wartime.
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Greenwood Journal
A. N. Davis
Kaiser Wilhelms Molis
United States
Kaiser
Grand Headquarters
America
Portugal
Davis
Germany
Dr. Davis
Mexico
Canada
Cotton Crop Yields and Prices in South Carolina 1918
South Carolina counties largely report higher cotton production in 1918 than in 1917, boosting state cash income. Prices rise in Texas and Arkansas curtailing demand. state growers face war-time cotton values with varied county results and notable price increases across the sector.
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South Carolina
Texas
Arkansas
South Carol
Charles Fon
Sai Chestentie
Celleron
Ann BO
Darlinston
Quelee
Ilar
HE Bharaiapeerdi
Tate
Laurens
Ain Mathes
Ate
Pontine
War Department Prisoner Labor Rules Summary
War Department regulations state most prisoners and interned enemy aliens are unfit for labor. Only commissioned officers and certain categories may be compelled to work on public service or for private individuals in exceptional cases with authorization. Some may assist in hospitals or shelters, but mandatory labor is limited and tightly defined.
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War Department
Wier
Lyon
Woman Lynched by Indignant Crowd in Georgia
Valdosta Georgia May 19 a mob executed and hanged a white woman wife of a man named Turner after remarks about her husband’s execution and the crowd fired bullets into her body. The incident follows the Smith tragedy at Barney and tensions rise as guards protect the jail and searches for other suspects continue. The violence has unsettled the region with arrests and heightened fear among white and black residents alike.
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Valdosta
Mars Turner
Hay Tarner
Polsome
Lea River
Viddesta
Hay Torner
Okapities
Fyrook
Smith
Barney
Sidney Johnson
Hampton Smith
The South and Cotton in War Time Mood
The piece urges keeping cotton acreage modest due to wartime logistics and rail disruption. It argues flour meat and meal will be shipped to Europe first, with cotton and lumber following, as millions of soldiers and munitions strain transport. It calls for bondholding and garden planting to bolster food, framing patriotism with a pragmatic economic view.
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Europe
France
Busi Hees
Seatoenl
Seatoenl Sid Gn Patriots Deyernding Ue
Phint Bit Gardens
Daycome Veterables
Pd Sree
Ling
Life A Century Ago Life in 1900s tech and travel vivid contrasts
The passage contrasts a man of a century ago with modern advances he never knew. It notes his inability to ride a bicycle telegram elevator or use machines like sewing, reaper, plow, or typewriter. He had never seen telephones electric cars phonographs or printers, nor heard of germ theory or photography.
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Washington
New York
Ily
What War Bread Saves
War bread saves wheat by containing less wheat and reduces appetite, cutting bread consumption by about 25 percent. It promotes patriotism and relies on substitutes taught by expert women in city wagons to guide bread making.
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Stu
The Fired Belief and the Endurance of Work
A reader notes that the core burden of modern work lies in the belief of being fired. The author argues against fear, noting endurance from long hours before fatigue ends one’s drive and that work itself, as organized by business, neither kills nor defeats the worker.
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Amerie
Notable voices on endurance and famous inventors
The quoted passage argues that exhausting a healthy person could erase major figures like Edison Bell Ford Hoover Wilson Pershing. It suggests such figures contributed to technology, food policy, and wartime leadership, implying their survival shaped history. The text reads as a provocative claim about resilience and national influence.
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Franee
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Henry Ford
Herbert C. Hoov
Woodrow Wilson
General Pershing
Hearse
B. F. Whitner
Dillon County
Bennettsville, S. C
Cerva
State of
Missouri
Lemp Manuufacturers
ST. Louis Cresent Candy CO
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Wilmington
N.C
United
Orty United Profit Haring
Hupmobile
W. A. Blizzard
Agent Marion, Dillon and
Marlboro Counties
Dillon, S. C
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