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Newspaper
Wilmington Dispatch
Location
Wilmington, North Carolina, United States of America
Date
Apr 21, 1918
Page
9
A veteran in France reflects on home memories from childhood to present. The piece blends war legacies with daily life notes from Wilmington society pages, including marriages, visits, a birthday party, and local social updates.
Corporal and Mrs. R W McAbee were in the city yesterday en route from Fort Caswell to Hendersonville to spend several days with relatives. Mrs E J Waller of Jacksonville spent yesterday in the city and will move on to Columbia to visit her husband stationed at Camp Jackson.
Chair man C Chadbourn of the Shipping Committee asks penny contributors to report the number of rooms for rent location and price expected number of boarders and board price for each property plus any vacant houses with address condition and other relevant details for the upcoming Wednesday meeting led by Janet Wood chair of Black Messengers.
A vivid wartime vignette from Wilmington North Carolina dated April 19 1918 depicts families bidding farewell to a soldier. The heartfelt verses show a sweetheart sister brother and mother urging Godspeed and expressing pride and sorrow as they promise to wait and support him. Loretta McDuffie signs the piece.
Local residents visit families and return home as several families host relatives. church society meetings and a union prayer service are announced. A community song service and thrift stamp drives are planned with oyster roasts to support war savings, plus a picture presentation at Winter Park and Audubon schools.
A Goldsboro wedding at G T Meade home united Miss Louise Meade and William J B Johnson with Rev. R G L Edwards officiating. Out of town guests included Mrs C C Stroud and son, Mr and Mrs Co G Sasser, Miss Bessie Meade. A social followed at Park Avenue and numerous local residents visited or were noted guests.
A historical recap starts with Henry W. Shaw born in 1818, known as Josh Billings, and details notable anniversaries: 1843 Chicago hogs ban, 1868 Fenian O'Farrell executed in Sydney, 1893 Spanish squadron at Hampton Roads. Also notes unusually high water affecting the W and W division of the Atlantic Coast Line and a detour of train No. 1 via Fayetteville.
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