War cracks British Army caste in trenches and homes
In a vivid account, an American named Arthur Guy Empey details enlisting in the British army after the Lusitania sinking, witnessing trench life, officer servants or O S, and a changing social order as King George and common soldiers share danger. The piece argues the war erodes long standing caste boundaries.
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Arthur Guy Empey
Jersey City
England
London
France
Empey
No Man's Land
War Time Stereotypes From Front Lines Across the Continent
The excerpt contrasts Allied soldiers from Ireland Scotland and England with Australians and New Zealanders in wartime roles. It notes a Red Cross nurse aiding a wounded man and humorously classifies German troops as Prussians Bavarians and Saxons with differing behavior. It describes trench conditions and the mad minute portrait of Irish fire.
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Red Cross
Tommy
Albert
Belgium
Fritz
England
New Zealand
George
No Man’s Land
Berlin
Erin’s Isle
Empey Interview Hints German Prisoner From New York
An interview segment features Empey questioning a German prisoner who reveals origins in New York. The piece notes the next installment will expand on this discovery.
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Empey
New York
Theory of American Migration by Land Bridge Theory
A Chicago Fox, in discussing primitive man’s arrival in America, weighs a land bridge from Asia’s tablelands and notes that American natives are not direct descendants of Mongolian Asiatic tribes. The article suggests the possibility of American-type peoples diverging into Asian strains.
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America
Tablelands
Asia
Professor Wissler
New World
Chicago Foxaminer
Baylus Cade Dies in Philadelphia Prominent Minister and Inventor
Rev Baylus Cade a noted Baptist minister and inventor of the Cade typesetting machine died in Philadelphia at about 75. He served as private secretary to Governor Russell and had long ties to the North Carolina Baptist Convention. Funeral held in Louisburg where his wife and daughter reside. He moved to Philadelphia twenty five years ago after decades in North Carolina.
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Raleigh
Baylus Cade
Baptist State Convention of
North Carolina
Philadelphia
Ernest Martin
Louisburg
A. M. Simms
West Virginia
Franklinton
Russell
Richmond Doctor Acquitted After Jury Deliberations
Special from Richmond Va Dr Lemuel Johnson is acquitted of murder by a jury ten minutes after retirement. Prosecutors bitterly attacked him claiming deception while defense argues he would not have sought poison for criminal ends. The case referenced love letters to Miss Ollie White and a disputed marriage to Miss Knight.
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Richmond
Lemuel Johnson
Dr. Johnson
Alice Knight
A. H. Hopkins
Smith
Ollie White
Airplane Arrives in Charlotte With Missing Engine
An airplane has arrived at Camp Greene without an engine. The Liberty motor may be installed in the machines sent here as the third Motor Mechanics regiment under Colonel Kirtland is split into area squadrons to learn aircraft construction and repair methods at various factories. It is unclear which unit delivered the aircraft or if more are coming, though earlier notices suggested several machines would be in Charlotte this summer.
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Charlotte Charlotte
Camp Greene
Motor Mechanics’ Regiment
Kirtland
Hans
Charlotte
Visiting Relative Store Money in Larceny Case
Mrs. Louis Garvey of East Kinston is held on bail for trial in superior court on larceny charges of $75 from Rev. C. F. Noble, a minister related to her, during a visit at his home. A $5 gold piece was involved. a child later spent a coin at an ice cream vendor, who got the $5 back. Garvey claimed she had not seen such money before and said it was given to her in change by a negro merchant.
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Kinston
Louis Garvey
East Kinston
C. F. Noble
Farmer's Kills Bear in Bladen County Bear Trap Incident
In Bladen county Colly township John Treadwell a colored man reported a bear had damaged his trap and carried it away for two days. W M Norris and companions tracked the bear through dense swamp, Norris shot the animal twice when it confronted him. His brother J W Norris then fired, killing the bear and ending the chase.
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Clarkton
Bladen County
Colly
John Treadwell
W. M. Norris
J. W. Norris
James Dyson
C. E. Guiton
Mr. Norris
Adjourns Hearing in North Carolina Telephone Case
The North Carolina Corporation Commission adjourned the rate hearing for Southern Bell Telephone and Telegraph Company about rates in twelve cities. It will resume June 11 with the company to explain a four and a half percent transfer to American Telephone and Telegraph and questions about the company’s $3 million property valuation versus $1 million for taxation. The 1918 Raleigh Exchange profit estimate and 1917 percentage are detailed during cross examination of Spier.
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Raleigh
Corporation Commission
Southern Bell Telephone and Telegraph Company
North Carolina
HB. L. Travis
Telephone Company
American Telephone and Telegraph Company
Raleigh Exchange
Plows Discover Pot of Buried Treasure in Greene County
A colored plowman in Speight's Bridge Greene County uncovered a buried pot of money near a stump hole on a farm owned by John C. Daniel. He shared with two men. the wife of Daniel claimed some of the share. One man gave her some money, others refused. The pot was bright and likely long buried. the exact total is unknown but estimated over $500.
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Kineton
Speight’s Bridge
Greene County
John C. Daniel
North Carolina Briefs Highlight Fires and Red Cross Totals
Orin Dowdy and his family near Southern Pines escaped a house fire after a neighbor alerted them as the kitchen roof collapsed. In Charlotte the Young Men’s Christian Association building suffered major water and roof damage, with retinting needed. Winston-Salem led Red Cross giving at 95 000, Charlotte 84 000, state total 900 000.
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Orin Dowdy
Chatham County
Southern Pines
Thomas Cotton
Carolina
Young Men’s Christian Association
Charlotte
D. L. Pruestt
Winston-Salem
Democratic Committee Declines Division of Chatham Offices
The Chatham County Democratic executive committee rejects a GOP proposal to divide county offices. The offer included Clerk of the Court, Sheriff or Register of Deeds, one county commissioner seat, and one school board member. The region remains politically calm as wartime concerns dominate.
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Pittsboro
Democratic Party
Chatham County
Republican Committee
Republicans
General Assembly
Board of Commissioners
Board of Education
Chatham
Allied Lines Hold As German Drive Reaches Marne
German forces have pushed south toward the Marne river south of Fere en Tardenois amid a widening advance. French and British troops struggle to slow the breakout while defending Rheims and forts west of the city and maintaining positions along the Marne to Soissons.
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Marne
Fere-en-Tardenois
Paris
Ailette
Rheims
Soissons
German airmen bomb large Canadian hospital
German airmen attacked a large Canadian hospital at 12 30 in the morning amid a flare illumination. The wing housing the operating room collapsed in a fire, burying staff and patients including an American medical officer administering anaesthetic to a British officer.
Attacks on French Positions Repulsed on the Right Bank
Paris reports German assaults on French lines along the right bank of the Allette River were repulsed. Germans reached the Marne with light detachments penetrating to the river between Charteres and Jaugonne, while the right flank and areas west and north of Rheims remained unchanged per the war office statement.
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Paris
Allette
Marne
Charteres
Jaugonne
Rheims
War Office
War Trade Board Extends Licenses for Cotton Exports to Italy
Washington reports the War Trade Board moves the effective date for licenses on cotton shipments to Italy up by 20 days. Special licenses in effect will be withdrawn June 10, with individual licenses required thereafter to control imports.
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Washington
Italy
War Trade Board
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North Carolina Briefs
Marne Bank
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