Foreign Representatives and War Commentary
A brief page item lists Frost Green & Kohn as advertisers at 225 Fifth Avenue New York with Chicago office and Audit Bureau of Circulations membership. It is dated Friday November 30 1917 and includes a political wartime note urging Russia to beware and a jab at Villa's desire for combat against the Hindenburg line.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Frost, Green & Kohn, Inc
Fifth Avenue
New York
Advertising Building
Chicago
German newspaper taunts Lenin and villa tactics
A German paper suggests Lenin should be bought and Villa emulate German trench warfare, but notes the Germans did not provide the chance for such capture.
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Lenine
Thanksgiving Dinner and Hooverized Menu Reference
A light street table of historical humor notes Uncle Sam ensuring soldiers overseas eat well for Thanksgiving if President Wilson must endure a Hooverized meal. The quip reflects wartime dining shortages and political commentary from the era.
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Uncle Sam
Wilson
Ohio pros vow to keep at it till state dry for lemonade
The Ohio group pledges persistent effort to reach a dry state as heat and drought described test the public mood. A German admiral claims American entry hurts enemy morale, noting few redeeming qualities among their forces.
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Ohio
Duplin Record Changes Hands in Warsaw
The Duplin Record, of Warsaw, reports the ownership change as Ernest M. Hale buys the plant from R. S. Taylor. The paper notes its role in local progress and development and extends best wishes to both men.
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Duplin Record
Warsaw
Ernest M. Hale
R. S. Taylor
Taylor
Mr. Hale
German-American Loyalty Debate Sparks Editorial
The Greenville News argues a German-American should become American or leave the U.S. if unable to fully pledge allegiance. It condemns those lacking decency who stay to act as spies or secret agents harming the country they claim as their own.
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Greenville News
Hooverized desserts and centralization in wartime views
The column mocks pumpkinless pumpkin pies and gingerless gingerbread while noting a foreign dispatch on Teutons pushing on the Italian front. It argues wartime centralization will tighten federal power, questions postwar state relations, and predicts limited return to prewar governance.
Conditions at Camp Wheeler Cited By General Gorgas
General Gorgas blames Camp Wheeler pneumonia outbreaks on cold weather clothing and crowding. He cites 300 cases and 60 deaths in the prior month near Macon Georgia. He notes summer garments and nine men crowded into spaces intended for five as key issues.
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Gorgas
Camp Wheeler
Tar Heel to the Front A North Carolina soldier honored
A Wadesboro Ansonian notice praises James A. Lockhart of the Bickett Battery at Camp Jackson for superior legal talents and possible placement in the military legal department. A respected Wadesboro lawyer, he gave up practice to train, rose to second lieutenant, and now advances as a merit reward.
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Anson
James A. Lockhart
Bickett Battery
Camp Jackson
Military
Lockhart
Wadesboro
Fort Oglethorpe
Market Rabbits Fetch Prices Spark Outcry in County
Citizens of Chatham County once enjoyed jokes about rabbits sold at ten cents each. Now anger arises as the price rises to forty cents, provoking abuse toward locals who supply the animals.
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Chatham County
That County
Anson County Girls Canning Club Attracts Attention
The Anson county canning club girls have filled a seven hundred gallon order of beans tomatoes and blackberry jam for the State A. and E. College and received another order for fig preserves and soup mixture from a New York catering company. They continually receive orders for their canned vegetables and are gaining fame and earnings.
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Anson County Canning Club
A. & E. College
New York
Bishops Reject Popular Sovereignty in Nazi Era Message
A Greensboro News report cites a German hierarchy message from Nauen in which bishops oppose people's sovereignty, claiming it breeds inequality and servitude. the piece notes that Bismarck would likely have approved such stance.
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Greensboro
Bismarck
Municipal wood yards urged to aid citizens in hard times
The Fayetteville Observer argues that a city run wood yard would ease shortages and prevent suffering during shortages, noting other municipal services exist and a temporary yard could protect taxpayers from great inconvenience.
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Fayetteville
The World Moves On Yet Death Briefly Enters
A Greensboro Record meditation on life’s pace describing how people rush through days while death and sorrow briefly pause the bustle, then life resumes with the same relentless clamor and grind.
Durhams Heralds Tank as War Asset and Submarine Rival
The burley beast of war the tank is an English development adapting the American tractor. It began its work in pushing over trenches and delivering destruction beyond German lines. At sea Germany seeks to undo cargo and starvation via submarines, while similar ingenuity targets that foe.
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Durham Heralds
United States
Germany
England
Camp Greene Health Improves Amid Measles Quarantine News
In Camp Greene and surrounding areas health remains comparatively strong while camps elsewhere report measles and pneumonia concerns. Greenville and Paris face an indefinite quarantine due to an epidemic of measles aggravated by meningitis. Camp Sevier also affected. Lieutenant-General Sir Julian Byng, noted for leading major drives, has had a long distinguished career across Sudan, Egypt, South Africa, and now heads the Canadian corps.
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Charlotte
Camp Greene
Greenville
Camp Sevier
Paris
Julian Headworth
George Byng
Tenth Royal Hussars
Soudan
Egypt
South Africa
Ninth Army
Byneg
Slacker hunt urged as war ends and liberty tested
Asheville Times notes patriotic duty as American soldiers fight in the western trench warfare. It recalls canvassers raising funds for the YMCA war fund have faced remarks suggesting a slackers spirit. It argues personal liberty yields to national crisis and democratic rights when lives are at stake.
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Asheville
Western Front
War Fund
Young Men’s Christian Association
Russia’s shaky path amid world war turmoil
The New York Sun comments on Russia's chaotic shift from autocracy to democracy. It likens Russia to a staggered child and notes a nation unprepared to establish stable government amid competing factions and unclear popular understanding.
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Asheville
Russia
The
New York Sun
Sears Teves
Greenville cadets return home after officers commissions
Relatives report that several Greenville youths who left for Camp Oglethorpe in late August have received commissions as first or second lieutenants. They are expected to return home on furlough tonight or tomorrow.
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Greenville
Camp Oglethorpe
Maxton Red Cross Sends Christmas Packages to France
The Maxton Red Cross Chapter mailed 35 packages of Christmas gifts to soldiers in France and shipped seven dozen hospital shirts and four dozen pajamas to the Atlanta headquarters. A sweater shipment is planned in a few days.
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Maxton
Philathea Class Sends Thanksgiving Boxes to Greenville Boys
The Jarvis Memorial Methodist church and the Philathea Class sent boxes for Thanksgiving to Greenville boys later in training camps. Two boxes went to France for the two Greenville youths serving in the trenches.
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Jarvis Memorial Methodist Church
Greenville
Methodist Church
France
Gin of M C Braswell Destroyed by Fire in Nash Co
A gin owned by Mr M C Braswell between Rocky Mount and Battleboro burned Monday night. Forty bales of cotton and cotton seed from 140 bales were destroyed along with the gin and fixtures. Total loss about $12,000 with about half covered by insurance. Cause of the fire unknown. Cotton loss about $5,000 and seed loss about $3,500. Rocky Mount Telegram reports the incident.
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M. C. Braswell
Nash County
Rocky Mount
Battleboro
Rocky Mount Telegram
Hickory High School Cadets Form Under Sgt Roy Black
Sergeant Roy Black heads the local recruiting station named military director of the Hickory high school cadets. Superintendent McIntosh had asked Black to lead the unit, with training three afternoons a week for one hour, or drilling at night in the armory if arranged.
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Roy Black
Hickory ‘High School
McIntosh
Sergeant Black
Army
Hickory Record
Tragic Death Of 14 Month Old In Starch Incident
Little Archie Sanders died after a starch spill burned his face mouth and chest when he pulled a cloth from a table while his mother Mrs. J R Sanders was briefly away. Pneumonia later developed and he died Saturday night at Siler City.
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Archie
J. R. Sanders
Siler City
Birthday list marks notable figures born today
Dr Daniel A Poling born in Portland Oregon 33 years ago today. William L LaFollette congressman born in Boone county Indiana 57 years ago today. Winston Spencer Churchill British statesman born 43 years ago today. Dr David N Beach Bangor Theological Seminary president born Orange New Jersey 69 years ago today. Denis O Donaghue Louisville bishop born Deviess county Indiana 69 years ago today. Ralph D Cole former Ohio congressman born Hancock county Ohio 44 years ago today.
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Daniel A. Poling
The
Christian Endeavor Societies
Portland
Ore
William L. LaFollette
Congress
Washington
Boone County
Indiana
Winston Spencer Churchill
David N. Beach
Bangor Theological Seminary
Orange
N. J
Denis O’donaghue
Louisville
Deviess County
Ralph D. Cole
Ohio
Hancock County
Pitching stunts credited to past season include Cicotte feats
The record lists Eddie Cicotte among the White Sox pitchers for a past season, noting one no hit game against St Louis another one hit game against New York and a three hit performance against Philadelphia, with other noted games.
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Eddie Cicotte
St. Louis
Philadelphia
Are German-Americans Loyal or Hated in Germany
An essay argues that German-Americans remain loyal to the United States despite wartime anti German sentiment. It cites leaders like Otto H. Kahn and Julius Kahn, notes German-American volunteers in service, and quotes Gerard on German-American loyalty and perceived German hostility.
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Germany
New York
Otto H. Kahn
Henry Weisman
Henry Morgantheau
Turkey
Weisman
Navy
Naval
Europe
Wilmington
Army
Aviation Corps
Medical Corps
Zimmerman
Gerard
United States
America
Great Britain
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Wilmington Dispatch
Dispatch Publishing CO
Associated Press
Wilmington, N. C
Member Audit Bureau of Circulations
Villa
Hindenburg
End
Belgium
Teutons
Hungary
Italy
al Media
Macon
Ansonian
S. News
State News
Theodor Mommsen
Schleswig-Holstein
Charlottenburg
Fleet
Marshalsea
London
Thomas Clark
Glasgow
Arr
New Orleans
Riboncraft Novelties
Annalee Far Aly
Iredell Meares
Henzollerns
South Wales
von Mackensen
Buchest
Majestic
iIt
N. Jacobi Hardware CO
St. Front St
Wasesvie
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