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Newspaper
Benson Signal
Location
Benson, Arizona, United States of America
Date
May 11, 1918
Page
6
Arthur Guy Empey, an American living in Jersey City, volunteers for the British Army after the Lusitania disaster. He trains in London and France, learns trench life and the terror of bombardment, witnesses comrades fall, goes over the top, and endures a desperate frontline fight.
The narrator recalls joining bombing school after rest billets in France during World War I. He describes training in jam tin bombs, improvised materials, and the deadly risks of early British hand grenades. The piece notes German and Allied prep, shifting bomb types, and the Mills bomb as standard.
The article explains a bomb throwing method used in trenches, detailing grip, stance, and motion to maximize fuse burn time. It notes a spring lever releases the firing pin, ignites the detonator, and explodes ammonal. It contrasts British and American soldiers in aptitude and describes the writer's mixed feelings about being a bomber.
Soldiers in a hot spell during a military stint splash in a ten foot deep creek ten feet wide and wash themselves and their underwear. A sergeant major orders drill order and bath parade with fifteen minutes to bathe then lines up for entry at divisional baths.
The passage contrasts Shelley with Coleridge noting Shelley's laziness and fondness for the water leading to poems written while in a boat. It claims Coleridge possessed a great mind yet produced only fragments of his finest poems.
The German occupation drives mass removal of Alsace Lorraine antiques and furniture to Berlin and Munich. German authorities and antiquarians buy up priceless objects from dispossessed families at nominal prices. Rich city buyers and the wartime nouveau riche fuel the market.
Chicago story of Moeller Brothers store in a four story department house closing as the brothers offer the million dollar business for national loyalty. John P. and Earl C. Moeller await call to serve in the U S army. Family business built over 40 years with over 150 employees at liquidation.
French officers in the geomatic section have developed a method to transfer photographed enemy objects from air reconnaissance onto maps with margins under five yards. This enables precise shelling of gun emplacements and trenches, cross roads, and rail lines, even without direct line of sight. The system uses sound-based calculations for locating positions and produces detailed maps for corps and brigades within hours of operations.
The poem honors youths in uniform facing danger with quiet courage. It contrasts their steadfast heroism with awe and fear felt by those left behind, noting their bright enthusiasm and love of life while acknowledging the risks they bear.
Montgomery Alabama reports farmer R W Phelps of Shotwell has harvested 38 crops from a single potato patch over 19 years. He buys seed potatoes only once, digs his own crop, and leaves enough seed in the ground. Pine straw covers the field after harvest to protect plants and fertilize the soil, enabling two full crops yearly and year round fresh potatoes with consistently good yields.
Perry Howard son of Mr and Mrs A Howard of Puyallup is in a English hospital after exposure from the Tuscania sinking. He is cared for by Ada Allan daughter of Mr and Mrs James Allan of Puyallup. He writes his parents that meeting his former schoolmate eases some of his sufferings and disappointment.
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