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Newspaper
Brookshire Times
Location
Brookshire, Texas, United States of America
Date
Jun 21, 1918
Page
8
Arthur Guy Empey of Jersey City volunteers for the British army after the Lusitania attack. He trains in London and France, experiences frontline trench fighting, and hears the first sounds of big guns while meeting fellow soldiers and cooties.
A soldier recalls the mud filled trench chaos after a mortar blast. Parapet collapse, fallen comrades, and the rush to rebuild amid shell fire. A patrol learns to endure, trust a stubborn motto, and pass crucial warnings along the line.
The narrator recalls a four day front-line stint then relief by the brigade. We move through the communication trench in cold wet conditions and find ambers waiting with reserve ammunition and rations. The relief feels like furlough and a release from the unpleasant duties.
The narrator details marching to billets near a French estaminet, the brutal odor of a manure pile, and RAMC notation about seating wounded. He serves as mess orderly, helps cook bacon and tea, then watches trench discipline, smoking habits, and the rough camaraderie among Tommies before a day of inspection and drill.
The account recounts stretcher bearers and a soldier answering about injuries. After the parade, troops return to billets and prepare dinner with stew from beef, bully beef, macaroni rations, and water. A humorous contest forms as men try to spear two solitary potatoes with their forks.
In the next installment, Empey recounts a frontline moment after leaving rest billets. A German bullet strikes down his first friend from the trenches, a sobering glimpse of war’s danger and loss.
During wartime sailing ships return to ports and old riggers are called back. The ship rigger climbs untested lines ice covered and must judge rope strength by eye. He endures perilous poses for hours as ships await repairs and crews save costs.
The Omaha Bee notes a new type of vampire in army camps. Young soldiers are targeted by women who marry them to obtain government allowances for dependents. Reports from Southern camps say some women wed three or four men, exposing young soldiers to costly consequences beyond romance.
A science note reports that the highest man made temperature reached was 0 degrees Fahrenheit, claimed by English researchers Sir Andrew Noble and Sir F Abel using cordite in a steel cylinder. The explosion caused a momentary spike in temperature, noted as a notable but brief scientific achievement.
In Jerusalem walls the streets are narrow and crowded with many step lanes making wagon travel impossible. Porters, mostly men, shoulder astonishing burdens up to 600 pounds, bound by head ropes, as camels and donkeys are difficult to move after sunrise.
A concise quote from Charles Kingsley urging present focus. Do today's duty and resist temptations by avoiding distraction from unseen future matters. Emphasizes staying steady and resolute on the path before us.
In Paris fuel is scarce and coal unavailable as residents buy wood by the pound to heat homes and power daily life amid shortages.
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Father Charles B Moulinier of Marquette University School of Medicine states scientific activity centers in the United States and will continue to do so if funds allow. He notes South America, China, and Japan seek U S leadership, cites Wistar Institute’s endowment and work in dyes, and mentions a gifted Philadelphia youth aided by the institute.
Revival of wooden shipbuilding highlights a grooving and planing machine claimed to equal 15 or 20 manual workers. Weighing about 56 pounds it can be powered by compressed air or electricity and is featured in Popular Mechanics Magazine.
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