The Caps Regrets and Homefront Notes
The piece opens with a WWI era poem about aging for war, expressing homesickness and desire to fight. It then lists brief social notes: local women returning home from visits to Conway and Vista, a nurse resuming duties at Camp Sheridan, and several residents traveling or visiting relatives in Wallace, Wilmington, Savannah, and other places.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
A. K. Sanders
Wilmington
Genoa
Columbia
S. C
Fort Caswell guest and local society notices in city
Miss Marguerite Whitney of Fort Caswell hosts Miss Mare Whitney while Mrs. W. D. Bornemann visits New Bern. Various attendees travel between Wilmington, Fort Caswell, Rockingham, and Baltimore area for family and church events. Community groups meet at Concordia, Carolina Place Red Cross, Trinity Methodist, and Seagate and Scott's Hill collect funds and prepare crafts for war savings and relief.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Marguerite Whitney
Fort Caswell
Mare Whitney
Scott's Hill
Scott’s Hill School House
War Savings Society
J. O. Brown
J. P. Herring
J. C. Pretlow
Gonteau
Murray
Country store sale aids church fund at spring event
The event featured a spring flower decorated hall with a candy table led by Mrs. Finks and a country store run by Mr. and Mrs. George P. Galvin. Attendees enjoyed music and purchases, and the proceeds supported the church building fund.
Mount Holyoke Students Vote War Bread for Red Cross
Mount Holyoke College girls eat war bread six days a week and vote to avoid butter to save funds for the Red Cross. In the United States, the number of women lawyers and judges exceeds six hundred.
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Mount Holyoke College
Red Cross
United States
How to Grow ARTICHOKES
The Jerusalem artichoke grows in good garden soil and should be planted in hills 3 to 4 feet apart with three or four small tubers per hill. Plant when soil warms in spring, about the same time as potatoes. Cultivation is like potatoes, and tubers may stay in ground over winter and be dug as needed.
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Jérusalem
Jerusalem
U. S. Department of Agriculture
New Interest Quarter Opens at Local Bank
The New Interest Quarter at the American Bank and Trust Co. begins April 1. Deposits made by April 2 earn 4 percent compound interest from opening day. Mr. G. W. Belloigs leaves today for Camp Jackson, Columbia, S. C., to begin training. Mr. John Josey returns to Camp Jackson after visiting his brother at Cape Fear Apartments. Lt. Charles Hussey is returning to Fort Oglethorpe, Ga., after being recalled for his father’s death.
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American Bank & Trust Co
G. W. Belloigs
Camp Jackson
Columbia
S. C
John Josey
E. B. Josey
Cape Fear
Charles Hussey
Fort Oglethorpe, Ga
Special Easter Services Planned at Bladen Street Church
Rev. E C Sell, pastor, led a week of services on Christ life from the days before the crucifixion to the resurrection. A concluding Sunday talk centered on the Resurrection. Rev J H Miller delivered an inspiring sermon last night. Services may continue starting Sunday next and run through the week.
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E. C. Sell
Bladen Street Methodist Church
Christ
J. H. Miller
Bladen Street
Sell
Premier Clemenceau Escaped Shelling Near Front
Paris April 2 Premier Clemenceau on a routine front visit rode so close to the first line that German artillery shelling shattered his car windows. He was unhurt and returned to Paris confident in the battle's outcome.
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Paris
Clemenceau
M. Clemenceau
Air Raid Warning Sounded in Paris
Paris reports an air raid warning at 3:15 am with anti aircraft guns firing a continuous curtain around the capital. By 4:25 am officials announced all danger was over.
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Paris
Paris Bombarded Description of Gun and Operation
Description of the artillery used in a bombardment, outlining how the weapon operated, as reported by Path News Bijou today.
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Paris
Path News
Bijou
Adv
Edgings and Half Shell Edging Crochet Instructions
Crochet pattern notes describe edgings and half shell edging with detailed hook counts chain instructions and stitch patterns. It includes multiple rows with counts such as chain 10 5 4 8 and mentions finishing techniques and materials for No. 80 Cordinnet and ring motifs.
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Sl. St
London newspapers praise Foch appointment as Allied commander
London papers unanimous in approving General Foch as generalissimo of Allied forces in France. The Daily Mail links unity of Haig and Petain, The Telegraph calls it the right move, The Daily News notes Lloyd George’s statement ends controversy, The Morning Post stresses unity, and The Chronicle cites necessity for unified command in the current battle.
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London
Foch
France
Daily Mail
Haig
Petain
Daily Telegraph
The
Daily News
Lloyd-George
Wilson
Morning Post
Woman-led oil firm praised as world’s largest
Mrs. H. H. Honore Jr. of Chicago is identified as president of an oil company described as the largest corporation in the world organized and controlled exclusively by women.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
H. H. Honore, Jr
Chicago
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