Empey and comrade endure peril on listening post duty
Arthur Guy Empey, an American in Jersey City, travels to England to join the British Army. He describes trench life, the gas ordeal, digging No Man’s Land, and a listening post shift with comrade Wheeler. The narrative highlights mud, fear, bombardment, and the resolve to press on despite danger and odor of corpses.
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Arthur
Guy Empey
Jersey City
England
London
France
Empey
Night Volunteers for Listen-Through Duty Call
Six in the morning arrival at rest billets followed by sixteen days of road work and trenches. A lieutenant selects two volunteers for listening duty as Fritz opens fire with a machine gun, foreshadowing a brutal night ahead.
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Hopey
Wheeler
Fritz
First in the dugout near the artillery post joins a bond
The narrator moves into a dry roomy machine gunners dugout by an advanced artillery observation post and marks his cot with name and number. Two Royal Field Artillery men, including Bombardier Wilson, are allowed shelter off duty. Wilson shares a tale of his battery’s early war stunt told in his own words.
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Royal Field Artillery
Bombardier Wilson
Pepper
Targeting Fritz Prohibition Standoff Cited By Empey
Empey notes that despite precise targets, men are barred from shelling Fritz. He previews further details in the next installment.
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Fritz
Empey
Egg quality grades and pricing noted in ledger item
A ledger entry lists graded eggs with No 1 and No 2 net weights and case counts. Prices show 8.75 to 9.25 per misa case after commission.
Markets Report Metals Prices Across Major Hubs
Commodity quotes show lead at 7.00 with 7.12 percent, copper at 23.12, and bar silver at 99 percent in New York. Spelter in St Louis at 6.83, London bar silver 48 percent per ounce, Boulder tungsten concentrates 60 percent at 20.00, crude ores 60 percent at 22.00 25.00, and related unit prices around 12.50 to 9.40 with various percentages.
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New York
Wool-Scoured and Territory Prices Tabulated
Boston report lists wool scoured basis and territory price ranges with terms like fine staple and fine clothing. Ranges show 1.50 to 1.75 dollars for various wool grades, with pulled extra and AA class quoted from 1.70 to 1.85 dollars.
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Boston
Texas
Grain price listings from Minneapolis market report
The Minneapolis market shows corn No. 3 yellow at 1.60 to 1.70, oats No. 3 at 0.74, flax at 3.93 to 3.95, rye 2.03 to 2.05, barley 1.10 to 1.44, and bran 28.25 to 32.25 per unit. Prices reflect daily ranges for grain commodities.
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Minneapolis
Minn
Kansas City Market Prices Report
Butter Creamery prices show firsts at 40 thirds 394 seconds 38 packing 28 eggs firsts 81 poultry hens 23 roosters 17 broilers 45.
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Kansas City
Chicago Live Stock Quotations Summary
Chicago market quotes list hogs cattle and sheep ranges across categories with price bands for bulk light mixed heavy pigs native steers stockers and feeders cows calves and lambs and sheep prices cited per hundredweight or head depending on category. Big and small lots show wide spread reflecting demand and quality through the trading day.
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Chicago
New York Cotton Prices and Linseed Quotes
New York cotton prices shown for May 25.80, July 25.52, October 24.64, December 24.40, January 24.35 with middling at 27.30. Linseed quotes from Duluth Minnesota show arriving price 3.93, bid 3.99, July 3.97, October 3.58 with 93 bid.
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New York
Duluth
Minn
Canning Proofs Safe Meats Save Waste on Farms
The article extols home meat canning with steam pressure canners to prevent waste when fresh meat is scarce. It covers canner types and safety, prep steps for various cuts, stock from bones, and how to avoid spoilage. It notes guidance from the U.S. Department of Agriculture and advises consulting a local home demonstration agent.
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United States Department of Agriculture
Fresh Meats All Year
Do your share of complaining about the monotony of eating salt meat. Contact the agriculture department home demonstration agent in your county to learn steam pressure canning. Use every bit of pork beef mutton fowl and fish and vary the family diet by substituting fresh meat for salt meat whenever you like.
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Department of Agriculture
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Red Cross
Tommy
Jupiter Pluvius
No Man’s Land
Bowies
Woolworth
Niagara Falls
Listening Post
Western Newspaper Union News Service
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F. O. B. Denver
Carlond Price
Colo
Upland
Nebr
Gunnison Va South Park
F. Co. B
Denver
Lima
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