Depew Over the Top in First German Bayonet Fight
The story follows Albert N. Depew a chief petty officer and gunner who deserts the navy after World War I to join the Foreign Legion and fight at the Flanders front. He recalls the first bayonet charge, wounded officers, a chaplain’s near death, the brutal trench death of a foe, and the grim toll of war on his unit as they seize prisoners and endure shelling.
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Depew
U.35. Navy
Foreign Legion of France
Cassard
Albert N. Depew
United States navy
navy
France
Foreign Legion
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Bel-gian
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Stopping the Huns at Dixmude on a Frontline Trench
A narrator recalls heavy bombardment and near constant danger as Allied troops fix trenches and mine craters at Dixmude. Bombers storm ladders, gas, masks, and parries with Fritzs. Stretcher bearers and wounded move through chaotic firefights while a captain directs from a periscope as mortar batteries threaten.
Bubbling Sounds in Ear Relief Through Nose Tube Manipulation
A medical note explains that ear fullness and bubbling arise from a blocked Eustachian tube. Pressure imbalance makes the eardrum bulge or sink, often causing pain but rarely deafness. Relief uses gentle throat and nose suction or a blowing apparatus through the nose, with quick-feeling results. A humorous aside notes a parrot joining family prayers.
Depew recounts thrilling Zeppelin raid experience
In the next installment, Depew recalls a vivid air raid involving a Zeppelin. The piece promises more firsthand detail and personal perspective on the incident.
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Depew
Skeptical View On German Starvation Claims In 1919
An anonymous correspondent questions German hunger reports and the offered ham ration as inadequate, noting Berlin’s long claimed starvation since autumn 1914. The piece cites prior higher quotations and suggests Berlin may rely on substitutes, while London Globe commentary and evolving postal experiments are mentioned.
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Germany
Berlin
London Globe
Maneuvering of Wings and Riches in Flight
A reflective piece posits wings and riches seeking self preservation by clipping wings. It links loyalty and wisdom with autonomous flight, exploring how precautions might restrain dangerous self moving forces and unintended consequences.
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loya
Red Cross Drive Romance Ends In Quiet Union
Justine Flanders substitutes for a Red Cross speaker at Bishopstown college, inspires a large pledge drive, and after a country ride with President Taylor Holmes confesses a mutual love. The pair wed, while Bishopstown remembers the actress but never learns the real identity of Holmes’s bride.
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Red Cross
Bishopstown
Justine Flanders
Red Cross aid
Taylor Holmes
Bishopstown college
Justine Planders
bla
slater
Jesse
Justine
Holmes
hig sister
Tyler Holmes
ainy
Doctor Holmes
Miss Flanders
First Fire Alarm Telegraph System Takes Shape in 19th Century
A historical note outlines the 1851 trial of a fire arm telegraph to New York, its evolving plan adopted in eastern cities by 1871, and 24 U S patents in 1862 for fire alarms. It details diverse devices including combined electric alarms with extinguishers, burglar alarms, time detectors, and telephone-telegraph systems.
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United States
New York
Hence Her Attitude: Wife at Odds Over Concession
A Kansas City newspaper item notes that Pinhdali’s wife shows little deference to him. The quoted line suggests she does not feel obliged to him and hints that her mother may have chosen her husband.
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Pinhdali
Kaunsas City
Jonenal
Husband Saves Wife Prompts Lydia E Pinkham Testimony
Pittsburgh woman credits Lydia E Pinkham Vegetable Compound with curing months of backache headaches and weakness after two bottles. Her husband bought the remedy following an advertisement and she urges other women with displacement inflammation ulcers irregularities backache and nervousness to try it. For over forty years the remedy has aimed to correct such ailments and advice is offered by Lydia E Pinkham Medicine.
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Pittsburgh
Knapp St. N
Mra. Rohrberg
Lydia Brinkham
Lydia E. Pinkham
The Darker Side of Telephone Work in Ads
A Birmingham Age-Herald excerpt notes a photograph of telephone girls enjoying leisure in a company’s well furnished area. It questions why the image hides harsher moments of operators facing irate callers and calls for a briefer, sharper portrayal.
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Birmingham Age
Herala
Pimply Faces and Free Cuticura Samples Ad
For pimples and blackheads smear with Cuticore Ointment then wash with Cuticura Soap and hot water in five minutes Free samples offered by Cuticura Dept X Boston at druggists Soap 28 ointment 25 and 50 Adv
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Dept. X
Boston
Kept Potato in Warm Place Mystery in Neighborhood Stores
A London Chronicle item reports greengrocery stalls near schools losing potato stocks to theft amid child sympathy for the forlorn. A teacher receives a cooked looking potato from an infant who insists it is molding. A playful ad closes the fragment highlighting Kea Cross Ball Blue.
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Robby
Jersey
London Chronicle
Mean Trick Causes Bitter Feud Over Bess Gillix
Maud Willis and Percy and Claude quarrel over Bess Gillix. The feud intensified when Claude allegedly bribed a milkman to arrive at 9 o'clock to gain their father's attention, prompting further conflict between the rivals.
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Maud
Percy
Claude
Bess Gillix
Maud Willis
brike
father
Ambitious MP Candidate Delivers Lengthy Speech
An electioneering meeting featured a pompous would be member of parliament delivering an extended speech. He began with a self important preface and declared he had lived long enough. A member shouted Hear hear as the audience erupted in laughter and the aspiring MP sat down.
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Hoe
M. P
London
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