Empey’s WWI comedy play staged by troops in France
Arthur Guy Empey an American in Jersey City joins the British army after Lusitania sinking. He writes and stages a two act farce with soldiers as actors in a French village, competing with a rival unit, staging in a barn converted as a theater, and using improvised “rafters boxes” for seating amid wartime conditions.
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Arthur Guy Empey
Jersey City
England
London
France
Empey
Chaplain
No Man’s Land
On His Own in the Billets A Tommies Gambling Scene
In rest billets Tommy keeps amused with games like Crown and Anchor and House. A regular Canfield, expert on rules, decides disputes. Bankers collect bets as crowds watch. estaminets open for drinks and further play, with schools forming to back the game.
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Tommy
Houghton
Watkins
Theatrical Display Ends In Bottled Feud
Spectators watched as a staged gunmanship scene devolved into a bottling fiasco with Alkali portrayed as a marksman. Ike misfired to the right, while a backstage helper shattered bottles on the left. Despite the chaos, the overall show drew steady crowds with S. R. O. for six performances and a decision to extend for a week.
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Ike
Army Makes Record Meat Purchase for Army Overseas
The Quartermaster Department of the U S Army placed a record order for 99,560,000 pounds of bacon and 134,000,000 pounds of canned meats for the American forces overseas. Louis F Swift notes the plan will require about 1,900,000 hogs and 900,000 cattle, with delivery spread over six months and production boosted by round‑the‑clock canning. Pack units will face higher live‑stock costs, but no complaints have arisen over shipments to the troops. The five packers are killing roughly 360,000 hogs weekly to meet both martial and domestic needs.
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Army
Chicago
Quartermaster’s Department
Louis F. Swift
Swift
Lemon juice tans and freckles lotion from Orchard White
Squeeze juice of two lemons into three ounces of Orchard White to make a quarter pint lotion. Massage daily on face neck arms and hands to fade freckles sunburn windburn and tan and improve skin clarity at low cost.
Farmer Guards War Secrets From Smooth Stranger
An old farmer rebuffs a personable visitor probing for wartime information. He cites warned secrecy and refuses to share details, insisting he will reveal nothing without proof of authority. The exchange highlights caution against spies during the war.
Lotus Land Delights Questioned by Mrs Wombat
A playful exchange features Mrs. Wombat challenging the idea of lotus as a dish while a speaker ponders Egypt as a romantic lands. The dialogue hints at a humorous misunderstanding of lotus as food.
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Egypt
Mrs. Wombat
Stadium wit in wartime talk sparks nautical stew tale
Speaking at a political meeting Congressman Allen Treadway of Massachusetts relates a restaurant anecdote. A man orders Irish stew and, removing clothes one by one, explains he must swim to reach the island of mutton, saying the stew cannot swim with them on. The tale is printed by the Philadelphia Telegraph.
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Allen T. Treadway
Massachusetts
Philadelphia Telegraph
Gold Medal Haarlem Oil ad claims cure for multiple ailments
An old time home remedy advertisement hawks Haarlem Oil as a universal cure for kidney bladder liver stomach and related issues. The copy promises quick relief, credits toxins as cause of disease, and warns to accept no substitutes while urging readers to act now.
Watch Your Stomach In the Summer Time
A temperate era health note warns heat worsens stomach and bowel ailments. It touts EATONIC as a remedy for indigestion sour stomach bloating belching and stomach pains, urging readers to keep it at home and share with others.
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Abe
Ikey
Sambo
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Kate
Alkali Ike
Bow Bells
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Curley Wallace
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Ammo Street
Sandbag Terrace
Alkali
Joe
Ford Owners
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Fowler Commission CO
Board of Trade
Kansas City
Toner
Haarlem
Eatonic
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