Empey recounts dim trenches and gas dugout horror
An American in Jersey City joins the British army in World War I. The piece details training in France, trench duty on the fire step, and a night digging for a machine gun, where a decomposed German body and a gas odor leave Empey shaken. He recalls ambulances, doctors, nurses, and the toll of war on morale.
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Arthur Guy Empey
Jersey City
England
London
France
Coaties
Empey
Chaplain
No Man's Land
Tommy
Listening Post Duty in the Trenches During War
Six a.m. arrival at rest billets ends with sixteen days of fatigue and front-line digging. The narrator learns a bomber is a general utility man and volunteers are sought for listening post duty. Empey and Wheeler are chosen as orders come just as Fritz fires a machine gun, revealing the danger of the task and hinting at a miserable night ahead.
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Leutenant
Empey
Wheeler
Fritz
No Man's Land Watch in a Muddy Night Watch
The narrator and Wheeler crawl from their trench during rain to listen for German mining and patrols in No Man's Land. They endure shots, mud, and fear as they hear distant thuds, footsteps, and a shell hole mishap. Relief comes from a cockney helper, and they return to the trench exhausted yet alive.
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Jupiter Pluvius
No Man’s Land
No Man's Land
Wheeler
Fritz
Bowies
Yank
Woolworth
Niagara Falls
First Come, First Served Dugout Near Advanced Artillery
The narrator moves into a dry roomy machine gunners dugout near the observation post, signs in with name and number, and notes the first come, first served rule. Two Royal Field Artillery men may stay off duty, including Bombardier Wilson who befriends the narrator and promises to recount his unit’s earlier stunt on Old Pepper in his own words.
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Royal Field Artillery
Bombardier Wilson
Pepper
Appeal for thrift urge leans on wartime pledges
President Wilson urges Americans to pledge by June 28 National Thrift Day to invest in War Savings and Thrift Stamps and other government securities. He stresses conserving resources, boosting production, and directing labor to essential war needs, appealing all ages to save and buy government securities.
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Washington
D. C
Wilson
Secretary of the Treasury
U. S
Treasury Department
United States
Volunteer Army
Samaritan race near end in Holy Land study
In Pittsburgh, B. K. Warren, president of the International Sunday School association, warns the Samaritan group in the Holy Land may vanish. A 162-member remnant has had no contact for 18 months. Warren cites lack of intermarriage as the cause. two thirds are men, 24 drafted for Turkish military service.
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Pittsburgh
B. K. Warren
International Sunday School Association
Girls Do Own Gardening at Mount Holyoke College
South Hadley Massachusetts Mount Holyoke College plans student farming to self supply the campus vegetable needs for the year. Estimates call for two thousand bushels of potatoes and five thousand cans each of corn beans and tomatoes. Girl farmers will plant gardens to meet this demand.
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South Hadley
Mass
Mount Holyoke College
East
Uncle Sam Crackdown Thins Tramp Population
Albany reports a sharp decline in tramp travel as federal enforcement tightens. Officials say the once familiar pinches by railroad bulls now lead to longer jail stays and fewer meals, pushing the roaming rovers toward fewer destinations.
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Albany
Sam
Jesus Crucified and Burial in Mark 15
A compact study outlines the crucifixion narrative from Jesus arraignment before Pilate to his burial in Joseph’s tomb, highlighting the crown of thorns, mockery, the two thieves, the cry from the cross, the veil rent, and the centurion's confession, stressing the atonement through his shed blood.
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Christ
Jesus
Pilate
Israel
Simon
Golgotha
Joseph
God
Record optimism for unprecedented Western Canadian crop seeding
Western Canada begins seeding under ideal conditions with April weather allowing extensive planting. Farmers work from dawn to dusk, foreseeing a record harvest if current conditions continue. J D McGregor of the Federal Food Board notes crops in the Prairies are excellent and likely to yield an enormous crop with favorable weather.
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Western
Canada
J. D. McGregor
Federal Food Board
Calgary
Prairie Provinces
Food Control Board
McGregor
Welcome Sugar Shortage in Wartime Britain
Captain Norman Thwaites of British Intelligence notes sugar shortages in the war era. A Bayswater constable, returning from Marble Arch, learns his wife has given birth to a boy, prompting a joyful exclamation about gaining two extra sugar rations.
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Norman Thwaites
British Intelligence Department
New York
Bayswater
Marble Arch
Bravery rewards joked by General Wood at Washington luncheon
General Leonard Wood quipped about many valor medals including the V C M M D S O and Croix de Guerre during a Washington luncheon. A doughboy mocked his martinet captain and asked sarcastically how many days until the captain received the Croix.
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Leonard Wood
Washington
Y. M
C. G
Gilded chicken feet scandal hits Broadway millinery
War economy prompts odd headgear trends with gilded chicken feet and other bizarre trims. A New York scene shows a bonnet with English walnuts cracked to reveal kernels and a wide band of alligator skin with a gray squirrel garnish, reflecting fashion oddities of the era.
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Abe
Mawrus
Milady
Broadway
New York
Knowledge Not Everything and Mrs Gabson Quote
A brief exchange notes that while Mrs Gabson knows enough to stay quiet she lacks self control, highlighting character traits through sharp dialogue. The line suggests social tension and ridicule within the scene, focusing on perception and restraint.
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