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Newspaper
The Dillon Herald
Location
Dillon, South Carolina, United States of America
Date
May 30, 1918
Page
6
The article argues American schools face crisis from war a cost of living. Wages lag, driving competent teachers away. It warns of a decline in education and urges citizens to fund schools adequately to attract and retain quality educators. The piece stresses education as vital to future generations and national progress.
In San Francisco on May 2 a fire at the Fowler Air Mine Corporation plant destroyed seventeen airplanes in progress and a large stock of dry spruce and Irish linen. The report highlights a mix of dubious, unrelated editorial prose about personality and civilization interwoven with the incident.
The plan to display samples of American building materials in London signals how postwar Europe will demand mass construction. England faces a huge housing shortfall by 1918 with six million bricks, three million doors, roof tiles and glass, cement, lime, and other supplies needed to build whole cities including houses, factories, sheds, and storage. American lumbermen anticipate a busy transition as the war ends and rebuilding begins.
The June Woman's Home Companion notes a naval vocabulary, where recruits are called regrets and sailors gobs. Food is chow, ketchup is red lead, the sick list is binnacle list, guard house brig, reveille rise and shine, and pipe down when tired of noise. Liberty is leave, Pay Day and Extra Duty are two cats, with one more popular.
The present crown of Great Britain is St Edward’s Crown whose shape dates to early English history. Stones have been reused for centuries in crowns, though the form remains, the weight has decreased. Historically kings wore a six pound crown while parading for nine to ten hours.
An Englishwoman, distressed by three nephews failing to enlist, sends telegrams urging service with the message the country is calling. The story notes her initial patience worn thin and her eventual pride as the nephews wear khaki in London Times.
A brief domestic moment unfolds as a husband tests a hat and pays S100. The wife voices relief and affection, suggesting the purchase was timely and meaningful.
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