Polish Regiment Enters Front Lines in France
The first Polish division entered front line trenches opposite the Germans in France today under the national flag. Ceremony included oath by soldiers and the flag confided to safe keeping by General Gouraud as a Polish military band played the anthem.
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Paris
Poland
Germany
Archinald
France
America
M. Smowski
Coolidge
United States
Merrone
Italy
Gourard
Gellgood
Great Britain
Gouraud
Abernethy Plans Ten Courts If Needed For Nomination Claim
New Bern June 19. Congressman candidate Charles L. Abernethy says he was nominated in the June 1 primary and will pursue further inquiry into irregularities. If state election officials do not declare him the nominee on June 20 he will take the case to court. Battery A arrived overseas and Craven county soldiers prepare for service in France. Labor and portrait agents operate in Craven with police crackdowns underway. Mayor Edward Clark vows strict action against agents.
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New Bern
Charles L. Abernethy
Wayne County
Abernethy
Congress
State Board of Elections
Morehead City
Fance
Craven County
Virginia
Edward Clark
St Andrew's Red Cross Unit to Meet at Central Work
St Andrew's Red Cross unit will meet at the central Red Cross work on Wednesday afternoon at 4 o'clock. All members are expected to be present.
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St. Andrew's
St. Andrew’s
Newark Stores Hire Women to Drive Delivery Cars
Several large Newark retail stores have begun employing women to operate their delivery vehicles, marking a notable shift in the local workforce and transportation roles. This move reflects broader social changes as women take on practical and visible front line duties in commerce.
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Newark, N. J
Ten Southerners In Army's Casualty List
Washington reports the Army casualty list with 144 names. It records 28 killed in action, 3 died of other causes, 2 from airplane accidents, 12 in disease, 87 severely wounded, 2 slightly wounded, 6 missing, and 2 prisoners. Southern names include Lieut Albert H. Cowart Pensley Alabama and privates William B. Ragan George F. St. Clair Wade D. Lester Thomas C. Littlejohn Claude McCoy Joe M. Parker Dewey Price William Stephens Jr.
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Washington
Albert H. Cowart
Ensley
Ala
William B. Ragan
Clarks
George F. St. Clair
Johnson City
Tenn
John M. Griner
Pelham
Wade D. Lester
Big Creek
Miss
Thomas C. Littlejohn
Gaffney
8. C
Claude McCoy
Portsmouth
Joe M. Parker
Stems
N. C
Dewey Price
Seneca
S. C
William Stephens, Jr
Skipperville
Will Raise $100000 for Carolina College
Maxton June 19 trustees of Carolina college held a meeting in the college library. President John reported the year’s work as gratifying. Robert N. Page elected president of the board. New trustees named include E A White Laurinburg R D Phillips Laurinburg and Dr J H Judd Fayetteville. Plans to raise 100000 were discussed with three members pledging 1000 each. Most faculty expected to return for the coming year and opening in September looks good.
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Maxton
Carolina College
John
Robert N. Page
J. E. Underwood
E. A. White
Lumberton
R. D. Phillips
Laurinburg
J. H. Judd
Fayetteville
Note of warning against war expenses
London reports a note of warning against rising war costs after Andrew Bonar Law, the exchequer controller, moved a vote of credit in parliament. Papers differ, with Daily Chronicle and Daily News criticizing fiscal waste and lack of economic control while Daily Express says funds are being used effectively. The chatter notes increasing American troop movements to the front as the most encouraging aspect.
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London
Daily Chronicle
The
Daily News
Andrew Bonar Law
Exchequer
House of Commons
Daily Express
Treasury
the Chronicle
Bulgarian Cabinet Resignation Triggers Stock Decline
London dispatch reports the Bulgarian cabinet resignation caused sharp declines on the Berlin and Frankfurt stock exchanges. German papers say foreign policy remains intact but note unease due to evident differences in Bulgaria. The report also mentions Russian noblewomen selling newspapers in the streets.
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London
Berlin
Frankfort
Amsterdam
Morning Post
Radoslavoff
Germany
Bulgaria
Silk merchant Stern arrested in Paris on enemy commerce charge
Jacob Julius Stern born 1852 in Germany, American citizen by court recognition, and founder of Stern & Stern with Emil Stern. Arrest followed by sequestration lift. his Passy home became a hospital. His two sons serve in the U S Army. He is held at Sante prison.
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Paris
Jacob Julius Stern
Germany
United States
Stern
Passy
Sante
Grove's Baby Teething Medicine Keeps tummy calm
Teething ailment relief claim for babies from Grove's Baby Bowel Medicine. Advertisement asserts the product corrects stomach and bowel troubles and is perfectly harmless with bottle directions.
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GROVE
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