The Journal Building Notes and War Era Views
Editor notes from October 16 1917 discuss the Kaiser internment idea at St Helena and Ford Motor Co executive Edson Ford's draft denial. The piece praises Southern courtesy to soldiers, recounts Wingate New York harmony with marching girls singing America, and comments on Earl Neville case and Wake County jail mob interference by Gov Bickett.
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Earl Neville
Raleigh
Supreme Court
Gov
Bickett
Wake County
Bia
Nine Reasons to Buy a Liberty Bond Promoted in County
Central Liberty Loan committee presents nine reasons urging citizens to buy Liberty Bonds as Union County members of the Bicket Battery depart for France to support the war effort. The list cites leaders and critics, invoking German and European figures to justify war finance and public duty.
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Union County
Bickett Battery
France
Central Liberty Loan Committee
Attila
Germany
China
Europe
Maximilian Harden
Jahve
Odin
Neitasche
Barbarians and ships a clash of war era boasts
A string of wartime quotes from German leaders crowns this fragmentary column. It cites a prideful line by a German major general, a brutal view on civilian deaths, a dismissive stance on treaties, and a bold warning to America. It also reports on U S Army literacy efforts at Camp Jackson, where illiterate draftees learn reading and writing with Y M C A volunteers.
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Europe
Disfurth
Grand Duke of Mecklenburg
Berin
America
Gerard
Admiral von Tirpite
Germany
Belgium
von Tirpitz
Copenhagen
Natonal
Jackson
North Carolina
Edwin Bell
National Army
Navy disease control cuts typhoid to near zero
Washington October 15. Surgeon General Brals ted reported to Secretary Daniely that typhoid fever and other communicable diseases have been nearly eliminated from the navy through modern preventive methods. Fewer than ten typhoid cases since the war began, while respiratory illnesses remain the main concern.
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Washington
Brals‘ted
Daniely
Also Mentioned on This Page
THE
Monroe Journal
G. M. and
RE. P. Beasley
Telephone
John Beasley
Journal Building
Jefferson and
Beasley Streets
Kaiser
St. Helena
Col
Henry Watterson
Federal Reserve Board
Henry Ford
Edson Ford
Ford Motor Company
Signal Corps
United States Army
Rich Young Ford
Philadelphia
Wingate
N. Y
Missouri
Just
St. Louis
the Sikes Co
Camp Jackson
S. C
J. V. Griffith
Belk Bros
Monroe Hardware Co
Maine, Hayne, Franklin and Morgan Streets
Alrt
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