American Army Arrives in France Dispatches Describe Swift Movement
American forces land in France as Pershing readies the expedition. Sibert commands the first units under Pershing, with navy crews securing sea lanes and supply lines. The mobilization reflects a coordinated effort across military branches and allied coordination, signaling a new era of U.S. participation on the Western Front.
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United States
Germany
Santo Domingo
Washington
War Department
Pershing
France
Sibert
San Antonio
Atlantic
Wilson
French High Commission
General Pershing
Department
National Guard
Fiest
American Expeditionary Forces
Baker
Minda
General
Howard Coffin
Advisory Commission
The
Defense Council
Kington
Dy Martin
Council of National Day
Bkurdpe
William C. Gorgas
Cleveland
George W. Crile
Boston
Harvey Cushing
Aerican Review of Reviews
Four Years War Era Predicted as Russia Collapses
A 1917 commentary argues the war could extend four years if Russia fails to rejoin the attack. It contends Russia’s collapse frees Germany, boosting Western front prospects, and credits American manpower with the potential to determine victory by next year. Brazil declares neutrality ended, aligning morally with the Entente.
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Russia
0. S
Germany
United States
Europe
Britain
France
Austria
Italy
Therrnan
Kitchener
America
Pos
Frank H. Simonds
American Review of Reviews
Brazil
Perry Family Reunion Shines in Glenalpine
Wingate reporting on a lively Perry family reunion led by Mr. William Perry. Fifty-one attendees, including nine children and thirty-seven grandchildren, gathered for a bountiful dinner. Mr. Perry, age seventy, and his wife, Mrs. Perry, were praised for their family life. Vernon Helms’ death in Morganton hospital followed earlier distress. The piece notes local schooling efforts, canning club activity, and community development talk.
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Canning Club
Veron Helms
Wingate
Lester Smith
Bessie Warlick
Morganton
T. J. Wiliams
Roy Meske Frei
Hamlet
W. J. Willams
Judson Perry
Badin
Judson
Lethel Watson
Ben Ford
Carroll
Stanly
John Griffin
Charlotte
Marshville
Retent Association
Ouren
Ladies Betterment Association
Rock Resting Club
B. H. Griffin
Rock Rest
Lee Chaney
Perry
Hia
Norfolk
Weiship
Vernon Helms
Faulks
Vernon
Frannie Helms
E. Haigler
Monre
Tom Cutcheon
Elizabeth Corrina
Bruce Snyder
E. C. Snyder
Lando
Vernon ‘Helms
Lydia Perry
Ahe
Bob Womble
William Perry
Martha Moore
C. M. Perry
J. B. Gaddy
J. B. Griff
Laurinburg
J. B. Perry
Portsmouth
W. J. Perry
Chesterfield
A. C. Beddingfield Raleigh
KT. Beddingfield Raleigh
Cary
Punderburk
Croghan
Glenalpine
Military Mass Meeting to Morrow Rally on Courthouse Square
Army rally urged for Anson and Union county volunteers to form the Tl et Battery. General Young and state officers will speak at three o clock tomorrow on the courthouse square. Enroll by tomorrow night to avoid draft calls. counties must contribute about two hundred volunteers, split between them.
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Young
Bicketteet
Union
Anson County
Raleigh
Uigan
Gardner
Cox
Parker
State Guard
Charlotte
Wadesboro
Eliy
Chain of
Commeree
Red Cross
Jackson Club
Ure Tully
Jeemorlee
Anson
Worther
Tlett
War Department
Y Young Nowhore I
France
Dim Your Lights Regulation Repeats in 1917 Public Law
Beginning July 1, motorists on the state highways must fit vehicles with dimmers or deflectors so that no beam or light reflected more than seventy five feet ahead rises above forty two inches from the ground under all load conditions. The rule is codified in Chapter 6 of the Public Laws of 1917.
Liquor found in Pageland bank vault and cantaloupe meeting noted
Pageland officers uncovered a still and four to five miles east of Myelan with a half gallon of liquor found on Tom Phillips’s premises. The liquor is stored in the Bank of Pageland vault. The issue mentions shorter days after the solstice and an upcoming cantaloupe growers meeting. Plus local notes on marriages, pig-ownership scheme by J C Parker, and a porch intrusion involving a black man reported near Watts residence. dogs tracked him but he fled on foot.
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Pageland
Parker
Pageland Journal
Cato and
Gregory
H. B. Graves
J. K B. Agerton
Myelan
Tom Phillips
Phillips
Bank of Pageland
Pageland Hardware Company
RK. H. Garland
Columbia
A. C. Douglass
Royston
H.C. Smith
Lanes Creek
A. F. Funderburk
Henry W. Funderburk
Mary J. Knight
J. W. Elkins
Funderburk
Davis and Funderburk
Poland
Watts
Fayetteville Wins Military Camp Site
War department informed Senator Overman that Fayetteville will host a military training camp. Mayor McNeill and local citizens pressed for Fayetteville, citing favorable climate and conditions. Selection aims to approximate French climate for later service.
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Washington
War Department
Overman
Fayetteville
McNeill
Ere
Ttate
France
Uilde
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White House
South Africa
Dange Ae
Army General Staff
Staf
England
Ara
New York
Kerensky
Arno Dosch-Fleurot
Petrograd
Galicia
Bukowina
Miquor
Haye
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