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Newspaper
Warren Mail
Location
Warren, Pennsylvania, United States of America
Date
May 30, 1918
Page
8
Dispatch shows U S troops at a listening post north west of Toul refraining from firing on a German party marked with Red Cross brassards. They removed bodies after identifying the emblem and protecting Red Cross workers, signaling restraint amid hospital attacks.
A Washington post describes a lone messenger at the old land office building now used by Provost Marshal General Crowder. He is noted for wearing a black silk hat and a silver badge on his left lapel, bringing a courteous, old‑fashioned air to his daily duties.
Once a west Texas sheen rustler and San Angelo town band cornetist, Odfrey J B Chetwynd rose to Lord rank and became head of the British munitions board. His youth included bronco busting and sheep rustling near Eden, later studies as a civil engineer, then a San Angelo career before returning to England where he gained prominence again 25 years later.
In Salem Massachusetts the House of Seven Gables once linked to Nathaniel Hawthorne operates as a Liberty soup kitchen. It dispenses meat soup at 12 cents a quart as two large wash boilers sit before a gas stove in front of the historic fireplace.
Mrs Adele Wightman of St Louis publicly sacrifices six sons for the war. Thomas J William R and Charles M serve in the flying service while Richard M Joseph S and Paul V enlist in the infantry. In Greensburg Pennsylvania Louis Hope is jailed for allegedly borrowing a wife and baby to evade the draft. he was born in Austria and naturalized.
A wartime editorial extols the Irish potato as vital to victory. It warns that a small crop this year could bring famine, urges widespread planting, and declares Americans must act as soldiers to grow potatoes for national survival and war support. It emphasizes nutrition, price stability, and patriotism.
A patriotic verse titled German American Hearts questions allegiance to Germany amid war. The speaker declares loyalty to America over Wilhelm and Germany, vows to fight for America, and to die for the country’s victory. The poem endorses anti German sentiment and U boat threat imagery.
Four young women join the Minnesota division depot staff at Winona as third shift operators on the Northwestern, filling roles vacated for military needs. The new operators Viola Curley Louise Schwanbeck Helen Lemay and Anna Haugen work nights and have met with high marks for their performance.
Cable dispatches to Chicago Y M C A report German advances destroying many front line Y M C A huts. Secretaries and workers fled. most secretaries moved to Siberia while a few reps remain in Moscow awaiting new service chances.
Bayard Jones Gray, a slave for more than a century who served four masters, died in Laurel Delaware at age 118. He kept perfect eyesight and worked actively until almost age 100.
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