18 Jun 1918
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Newspaper
Yorkville Enquirer
Location
York, South Carolina, United States of America
Date
Jun 18, 1918
Page
1
A Yorkville resident shares impressions from travels across Europe describing landscapes, cities, and cultural experiences encountered during the journey. The piece highlights personal observations and reflections from the author on diverse destinations.
Narrator recounts travel across Europe, from Waterloo near Brussels to Cologne and Strasbourg, detailing battlefield sights, local customs, hotel life, and encounters. Observations cover Napoleon's era, Rhine scenery, Cologne cathedral bells, Strasbourg clock, Paris monuments, and reflections on World War I and German attitudes. The piece mixes travel impressions with commentary on war and politics.
A political episode from 1915 shows Rep. A F Lever retiring from a South Carolina senate bid and announcing reelection to the House after receiving a series of White House letters from President Woodrow Wilson urging him to remain in the House for wartime agricultural legislation. The exchange includes Wilson’s view of national duty during World War I and Lever’s decision to publish their correspondence to inform his district.
A wartime report explains raids aim to capture German soldiers to learn their organization and front-line deployments. It details how raids evolved from artillery prepped assaults to silent infiltrations, with North French and American forces repeatedly capturing prisoners to feed intelligence, and notes changes in raid tactics after the Roche offensive.
Three murderers were electrocuted at Sing Sing New York last Thursday morning. Hundreds of society women and thousands of professional men help harvest the wheat crop in Kentucky. Germany reportedly plans to declare American waters from Mexico to Canada a danger zone. France celebrated the first anniversary of American troops sailing to France with the June 14 1917 start. Etton Mitchell a black man is lynched at Earle Arkansas after wounding Mrs W M Langston. AJ L U Whiteheark a Cleveland school board socialist member is jailed ten years for espionage. Russians allegedly surrendered three dreadnoughts at Novorossyska to Germany via Lenine on June 15. Mrs Alfred G Vanderbilt married Raymond T Baker director of the U S Mint at Lenox Mass. June 14 marked the first birthday of the American flag whose official birthday is June 14 1777. American soldiers in France use Indian fighting methods to capture German machine gun nests and snipers. Sir Joseph Jones a German born citizen and former Lord Mayor of Sheffield is charged with treason in Britain. Liquor talks yield Nevada to become dry in 1920.
A Rock Hill Herald compiled roster lists men aged 21 to 31 registered for selective service under Local Board No. 1. The names span Fort Mill, Rock Hill, Catawba, Yorkville, and surrounding towns, with numerous entries from Fort Mill and Rock Hill and several out-of-state locations. The second item notes Allied gas warfare overtaking Germany in gas use and better gas masks, followed by a U.S. claim of building large airplane plants in France, per a correspondent in a London paper.
A London writer notes war work broadens women’s roles from office and factory tasks to cooking and sewing. Many now learn cookery to feel independent and prepared for marriage. Conductoresses on motor buses handle weather, stairs, fares, and crowds calmly, earning admiration. In the U S, John T Duncan and John G Richards join gubernatorial bids alongside McLaurin Peeples DesChampes.
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