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Warfront notes and local social life in Southport
Mrs J Wi Jelk returns from Bishopville trip but suffers only slight injuries in car crash. A front line letter by Lt Elmer Wilson reports promotion and resolve to win the war. Camp activities expand with singing, socials, and new workers. social secretary Cope and pianist Ruth Shaw join Caswell servicing soldiers and families.
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Southport
J Wi Jelk
Bishopville
D. C
Ldeat
Elmer Wilson
Thirty-First
Fort Caswell Amn
Simpson
Emma
Katherine Thompson
Edgefield
S. C
Gertrude Loughlan
Merideth College
Glass
Columbia
G. B. Park
Greenwood
Richard Baxter
Ruth Shaw
Corps of
Cope
James Thompson
Emma Craws
Faison
Price Furpluss
Master Lanier
New Bern
Furpluss
Davis Robbins
J. W. Richardson
Eighth Coast Guard District
Oak Island
Cape Fear
Mamie Allen
St. Augustine
Fla
Mrs. Allen
Navy pays tribute to two heroes who died in fire
Secretary Daniels writes to Mrs Bourke and Mrs O Callaghan describing Charles Bourke and Maria O Callaghan water tenders on the same ship who perished while attempting to reach a distant fire extinguisher. Both sailors left their duties to rescue others, sacrificing their lives in devotion to duty.
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Daniels
Mra
Georgiana Bourke
Cantobury Street
Worcester
Mass
Charles E. Bourke
Burrows
Catherine O’callaghan
North Fourth Street
Columbus
Ohio
Maria O'Callaghan
Wright brothers honored at Society of Automotive Engineers dinner
The Society of Automotive Engineers meets in Dayton Ohio and plans a dinner in tribute to Orville Wright. He and his late brother Wilbur are credited with perfecting the heavier than air craft and achieving the first flight of a practical machine in 1903 lasting 42 seconds.
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Society of Automotive Engineers
Dayton
Orville Wright
Wilbur Wright
Wright Brothers
North
A Bailey Lesson in History and 19th Century Events
One hundred years ago today items include Mike Francog and Gus Fammoser in Paris, a death in October 1893, and the Dur Monument dedication at Charleston. Also noted are arrests in a murder case and the Viking Morwegien ship arriving in New York en route to Chicago.
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Mike Francog
Gus Fammposer
Paris
Bf. Cloud
Fyler
Charlestown
Prince Ones of
Sernias
New York
Chicago
What Prussianism Means
The actions of the German armies in Belgium Poland and northern France have blotted the record of humanity. This policy of Prussianism this frightfulness with blood and tears is one of the great wrongs America fights today. A free government book is available from The Dispatch Information Bureau.
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Belgium
Poland
France
America
United States
Wilmington
Birthday List Honors Notable Figures Across Nations
Brief roll of birthday notices marking anniversaries of Brigadier General Omar Bundy, Dr. J Wilbur Chapman, Sir William Crookes, Edward J. Berwind, William Jennings Bryan, Adolphus Frederick Grand Duke of Mecklenburg Strelitz, and a pitcher born in Cedartown. Each entry notes birthplace and age as of today.
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Omar Bundy
Indiana
J. Wilbur Chapman
Richmead
Ind
William Crookes
Linden
Edward J. Berwind
New York
Philadelphia
William Jennings Bryan
Perry, Ill
Adolphus Frederick
Grand Duke of Mecklenburg-Strelits
Shine
Cedartown
War Chronicle Notes on Allied Offensive and Air Raid
The article records a British air crew destroying a German aircraft after a bomb raid over the west coast of England. It also notes the Russian Duma voting in favor of an immediate offensive in concert with the Allies.
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England
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