American Enlists with British Army After Lusitania Sinking
American Arthur Guy Empey, living in Jersey City, is fired by Lusitania sinking then travels to England to enlist as a private. He trains in London and France, hears the big guns, meets cooties, and serves in front-line trenches. He goes over the top, fights desperately, and witness death among comrades.
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Arthur Guy Empey
Jersey City
England
London
France
Empey
Bombing School Tales From the Front Lines in France
A veteran recalls volunteering for bombing training in France where 32 men learned the craft of making jam tin bombs and Mills bombs. The account details improvised methods, brutal dangers, and evolving weaponry as soldiers faced German fire and shifting orders.
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France
Grenadier Guards
U. S
Tommy
Fritz
Bomb Throwing as a New War Skill Described by Veterans
A veteran recounts training in bomb throwing during war, detailing grip, stance, and throwing motion. He explains the lever mechanism, fuse timing, and safety features, noting Americans and Canadians excel at the technique while British soldiers often watch in awe. The piece ends with the narrator hoping for peace rather than future deployment.
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Fidence
Christy” Mathewson
Bath Time Under Fire in Divisional Creek Baths
Soldiers describe a hot spell and a creek bath ritual followed by a strict bath parade. The sergeant major orders drill order and uniforms, then a march to the Divisional Baths with soap and towels, while shells whiz overhead and a wheezy pump supplies water.
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Divisional Baths
Great Writers Lazy and the Legacy of Shelley's Indolence
The piece contrasts Shelley's love of water and prolific poems with Coleridge's reputed laziness and creative decline. It notes Shelley's poetry born from leisure on a boat and laments Coleridge leaving many works unfinished or fragmentary.
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Shelley
Coleridge
Alsace Lorraine art treasures looted for new German wealth
German authorities and antiquarians are reportedly massing to seize and export priceless Alsace Lorraine furniture and antiques. The drive targets eighteenth and seventeenth century pieces linked to French rulers, pressed from households under wartime liquidation and sold to Berlin and Munich buyers.
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Germany
Alsace-Lorraine
Alsace and
Lorraine
Alsace
Berlin
Munich
Kleine Press
Frankfort
Hagenauer Zeitung
German Empire
Close Large Store to Fight for Country
Moeller Brothers department store in Chicago closes as John P. and Earl C. Moeller offer the million dollar business in patriotic sacrifice. The family, with German-born roots, sold stock and buildings and awaits calls to report for military service in the U S Army. The four story shop employed over 150 workers and had annual transactions exceeding one million dollars before liquidation.
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Chicago
Moeller Brothers
John P
Earl C
Uncle Sam
Moellers
French Inventor Locates Targets on Maps From Air Photos
New artillery method improves accuracy by transferring photographed enemy objects to maps with under five yard error. Airplane photos of batteries dumps and camps are mapped precisely, enabling shells to hit gun emplacements roads and bridges without a direct view. Sound and visual observations supplement map accuracy, with rapid dissemination of corrected maps to all corps and brigades.
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Zinographiec
THESE BOYS By ROBERT ADGER BOWEN
A reflective poem honoring youths facing danger rather than glory. The speaker notes their calm bravery and steadfast curiosity, while readers tremble at the cost they pay, acknowledging life’s divine purpose behind their challenges.
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Robert Adger Bowen
Vigilantes
Phelps Harvests 38 Crops From One Patch In 19 Years
Montgomery Alabama farmer R W Phelps has harvested 38 crops from a single potato patch in 19 years. He buys seed potatoes only once and manages digging to leave seed in the ground. After harvest he covers ground with pine straw to protect and fertilize for the next season, enabling two full crops yearly with fresh potatoes year round.
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Montgomery
Ala
R. W. Phelps
Shotwell
Phelps
Perry Howard Reunites With Nurse Schoolmate Abroad
Tacoma resident Perry Howard, son of Mr and Mrs A Howard of Puyallup, is to be nursed back to health in England by Ada Allan, a Puyallup schoolmate, after the Tuscania sinking left him exposed in a British hospital. Howard writes that meeting Ada eased his suffering and disappointment by sharing old memories.
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Tacoma
Wash
England
Perry Howard
A. Howard
Puyallup
Howard
Tuscania
Ada Allan
James Allan
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