Over the Top An American Soldier in France Remembers War
A veteran recalls hospital life in France after a facial wound, escapes over the wall for a secret visit, a well accident, and nurse, surgeon, and Red Cross praise. He describes blood transfusions and bone grafts, recovery at Cambridge and Aldershot, and final discharge as physically unfit. He honors comradeship and duty amid hardship.
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American Women’s
Corporal Cook
Ginger” Phillips
Yank
Jake
Frost
Palmer
Cambridge Military Hospital
Aldershot
Paignton
Munsey
Empe
England
Red Cross
Federal training urged for all young voters before election
Chicago women and national leaders push for six month short courses of federal training in life, health, and citizenship for youths before they vote. The plan, endorsed by 50 Illinois organizations and leaders like Mrs. Edwin T. Johnson and Mrs. Juliette Low, seeks universal education to foster national unity and deter demagogues after World War I.
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Joseph T. Bowen
Illinois
National Council of Defense
United States
Bowen
Chicago Woman’s Club
General Federation of Women’s Clubs
Hot Springs
Ark
Chicago Woman's Club
Edwin T. Johnson
Juliette Low
Girl Scouts
Philip North Moore
St. Louis
National Council of Women
America
Carrie Chapman Catt
National American Woman Suffrage Association
Federal
James Lees Laidlaw
New York State
Women’s Suffrage Party
Frederick Schoff
National Congress of Mothers’ and Parent-Teachers’ Association
Home Education
United States Bureau of Education
Washington
Romeo Was Clad in Khaki and Kitchen Confidences
A wartime letter from an American Woman in Outlook discusses patriotic zeal and homesickness for soldiers in khaki. It recounts a soldier’s cheeky note to a waitress as a flirtation, revealing personal details and a soldier’s gesture at a Sunday dinner.
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Romeo
So-and-So
When Horses Get Pipped and Return to Units
Wounded army horses are kept with their drivers for personal care instead of being sent to veterinary lines. Drivers feed by hand, mash oats, and spend hours with their mounts, prompting a new order that horses be returned to their original units for continued care rather than moved to new teams.
Long loaves offer more food per weight than round loaves
A one pound loaf has 11 percent water if round and 34 percent if cylindrical. Hence long loaves yield 140 grammes more edible food per unit price. Evaporation links to surface area, with spheres losing less water than cylinders of equal weight.
Scraps of War Era Labor and Industry Movements
A wartime roundup notes a Brighton diamond factory for disabled soldiers, 800000 women in Britain at work on land versus 91000 last year, and British munition districts cultivating hostel grounds. U.S. mints in Philadelphia San Francisco and Denver. British railway unions total 425000. War era strikes may have cost up to 10000000 workdays. Hendon employs two policewomen for street and park patrols. England bans private employment agencies since war onset. New York Red Cross drive sees 1000 nurses apply for 5000 positions.
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Brighton
England
Great Britain
United States
Philadelphia
San Francisco
Cal
Denver
Colo
Hendon
New York
Red Cross
Four O'Clock Breakfast
A Birmingham Age-Herald item notes Mr. Cobbles plans only one breakfast call at 4 a.m. this summer. He will take boarders if any arrive but with one clear condition. He and his hired man will be very busy, limiting guests to the early hour.
Desertion complaint sparks refugee defense in court
Retired in Bad Order describes a courtroom exchange where a man facing a desertion complaint defends himself as a refugee, pointing to head wounds as evidence of hardship while seeking understanding from the judge.
Poor Play Drives Down Attendance, Theater Notes
A theatre crowd has been thin with audiences described as poor lately. A friend blames the war for the slump, but the actor attributes it to the quality of the piece.
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Boston Transcript
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Arthur Guy Empey
France
Dans Tommy
Harvard
Jack Frost
Tommy
Doctor Frost
New York:State Woman’s Suffrage Association
National Woman’s Suffrage Association
Khaki
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