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Newspaper
Brookshire Times
Location
Brookshire, Texas, United States of America
Date
Jun 14, 1918
Page
8
Arthur Guy Empey, an American from Jersey City, goes to England after Lusitania sinking and joins the British army. He trains in London and France, endures cooties and trench life, and reflects on church parade and his wish to return home.
A wartime diary recalls identity disks worn by soldiers. Disks bore rank name number battalion and religion. if head or limb were destroyed, the disk served to identify the bearer. The narrator notes choosing a church label, ending with a cryptic entry about a mistaken religion on his disk.
The narrator recalls being assigned to B company under the famed Old Pepper and ten days of rest before advancing up the line with Stewart. They march three days toward the front hearing distant artillery, seeing flashes and observation balloons, and witness an airplane being shelled.
A memoir excerpt describes an infantry unit advancing under artillery fire into a ruined German village, sleeping in damp shellproof cellars, dense rats in the night, and a dangerous zigzag trench called Whisky Street as shells scream overhead in the front line.
The text depicts Empey taking his initial firing-step in a trench as machine gun bullets zip overhead. It conveys the bleak humor of the motto If you're going to get It you'll get It and urges readers to await the next detallment.
Immediate planning by New York Zionist leaders to rehabilitate the Holy Land to serve as home for world Jewry. A medical unit will go to the stricken area and loans will aid colonists in rebuilding farms and vineyards. An initial $1,000,000 fund will finance urgent needs with total reconstruction costs around $100,000,000.
A Boston Evening Transcript line hints at a rookie advancement misfiring as he jokes about facing the guardhouse for taking command over no squad. The fragment suggests discipline or misapplied authority in a military or policing context.
A dialogue notes English banklog institutions employ over 64 000 women as Mrs Bacon comments on female bank staff and the folly of expecting male tellers to lead.
Canton Ohio woman Mrs Marie Boyd recounts avoiding surgery after doctors recommended an operation. She credits Lydia E Pinkham's Vegetable Compound for relief from female troubles and urges others to try the remedy before consenting to surgery. She notes medical advice and offers to seek further guidance from Lydia E Pinkham Medicine Co. for complications.
A fragment from a humorous dialogue notes an unpleasant upcoming meeting. One speaker says they must meet a note and the other echoes the sentiment. The exchange hints at bureaucratic or formal proceedings looming over a day. No names or places are provided.
A concise chart of notions on making virtue of necessity as a last resort and noting many women display a delightful way of being mean in social exchanges.
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