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Letter from Scapegoat recalls fishing with Dick McGuirt
A Whiteville letter recalls days with Dick McGuirt fishing and a pond filled with black bass. The writer also describes Ben Crow and old neighbors, notes local mills, and reports Britain and France urging an American expeditionary force to join WWI on the Western Front.
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Dick McGuirt
Jackson Town
John
Union County
Jackson Township
Dick Tonte
Ben Crow
Ham
Ben
Squire Joe Richardson
Henry Gore
Rodkman-Clark
A.W. Company
Waxh
Che
L. E. Brown
Whiteville
Waxhaw
Waxhaw Banking and Trust Company
Washington
Great Britain
France
Europe
Balfour
They
Council of Natural Defense
America
England