Front Line Shock and German Signboards in WWI Tale
An American Soldier recalls locating German trench signs with code names after a build up to the big push in 1916. The narrative details feint attacks, creeping bombardments, smoke curtains, and nerve wear as Allied shells rain on German lines. A direct eight inch shell destroys a machine gun billet, with ten men buried the next day.
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Peitz
Fritz
Brooklyn
Atwell
Machine Gun Company
France
Night raid orders in German trench by Old Pepper
Arthur Guy Empey recalls a brigade briefing in France ordering a night raid to seize two or three prisoners from German lines. He notes the use of persuaders, knuckle knives, and barbed wire restraints, star shells for illumination, and the grim sequence of stretcher bearers, medics, and undertakers ahead of doctors.
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Tommy
Fritz
No Man's Land
Whisky Street
San Diego Becomes a Military Pageant City During War
San Diego, famed for its mild climate and desert seascapes, shifts to a military hub as thousands of troops converge for war effort. The city hosts shipyards, airfields, and naval training ships, with aircraft in constant operation and a lively home-front scene featuring stars, regiments, and public entertainments.
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San Diego
Cal
Mesa
Uncle Sam
America
United States
France
Italy
Oregon
Virginia
First July Big Push Planned for Front Lines
At brigade HQ I overheard the GOC and division commander saying the bombardment would last eight days and the major assault would begin on July 1. After orders circulated along the line, Old Pepper called for twenty volunteers for a trench raid that night to capture German prisoners for information. I volunteered and reported to the raid leaders with Atwell.
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Old Pepper
Atwell
Mak ing of George Groton explores aging in New York
Bruce Burton notes in The Mak ing of George Groton that no one seems old in New York. Millions move through Fifth Avenue and Broadway, aging unseen, while funerals are ordinary yet unnoticed in the bustling city.
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New York
Bruce Burton
George Groton
Fifth Avenue
Broadway
Get Along Without Metals Cliff Dwellers Use Bone Knives
The cliff dwellers knew nothing of metals their knives came from deer bones polished sharp. Household utensils were pottery jars and fiber casks coated with a varnishlike substance. Although prehistoric, cave dwellers have existed in many ages worldwide.
Trade unions enlist 150000 in Australia with 45000 deaths
A survey notes 150000 Australian trade unionists enlisted and 45000 killed. India pushes to revive indigo industry. A Providence Rhode Island schoolhouse has served 118 years. Italy reports Sardinia links to mainland to be completed this year. Burma sees limited lighting use. Loyalist women fund privateer Fair American in Revolutionary War era. Henry Clay Ferrow property sale in York bees fetch up to 2 each, record county price.
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Providence
R. L
Il Glornale d'Italia
Rome
Sardinia
Burma
New York
Henry Clay Ferrow
York
Making Their Own Sugar in Utah Counties
Utah women plant 75 to 100 pounds of sugar beet seed in 15 groups after county home demonstration work. They also produce 2000 to 2500 pounds of potato starch from 4 bushels per batch, saving about 400 bushels of potatoes that would have been wasted.
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Utah
Barbers’ Habit Sparks Quick Wit in Humorous Exchange
In a light exchange, barbers are teased for their loquacious nature based on their craft of shortening others. The banter highlights the barber shop as a social hub where sharp tongues meet sharper scissors.
Postal Card Message Banned on Address Side
Postal cards may not carry any message on the address side except the address itself as per post office department decisions. Any writing or printing on that side other than the address renders the card unmailable.
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Post Office Department
Passions Compare to Floods in Walter Raleigh Quote
A compact saying equates passions to floods and streams with deep ones described as dumb, attributed to Sir Walter Raleigh.
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Sir Walter Releigh
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Mary Miles Minter
Doug Fairbanks
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