Empey Joins Pick and Shovel Squad in No Man's Land
American Arthur Guy Empey, living in Jersey City, travels to England, enlists in the British Army, and trains in France. He shares frontline trench experiences, digs in No Man's Land, and recalls a chaplain, Captain Hall, who repeatedly risked himself to rescue wounded under heavy fire.
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Empey
Pick and Shovel Squad
NO Man’s Land
Arthur Guy Empey
Jersey City
England
London
France
Hmpey
Chaplain
No Man's Land
Hall
Tommy
No Man's Land Dig in an Allied Trench Line
A sergeant orders a disguising party of 230 men with picks shovels sandbags rifles and two Lewis guns to enter a communication trench in No Man's Land. The cover group advances under strict silence and the watchful line moves toward the trenches as artillery and limbers pass.
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No Man's Land
Digging a No Man's Land Trench Under Fire
Soldiers describe a night raid to lay a trench in No Man's Land with two yards between lines. The party advances under machine gun fire, shrapnel, and flares, reaching a two foot depth before a heavy barrage. The next day 21 killed, 37 wounded, five missing.
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No Man’s Land
Tommy
Retarded Laying Of Pullet Chicks Affects Profit And Growth
A study on pullets shows that steady growth from hatching to maturity yields earlier laying, while growth delays from weather, movement, or diet disturbances postpone egg production and can turn a profitable flock into a loss. Early layers are favored by uninterrupted development.
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United States Department of Agriculture
Growth Regularity Key To Egg Production In Chicks
Poultry growers should ensure steady growth from hatch to maturity to optimize egg production. Reproductive organ development hinges on regular growth, making activity more crucial than other factors. Nutrition, regularity, comfort, constitution, exercise, and cleanliness follow in importance.
KEEP PULLETS GROWING
Advice on keeping pullets growing to ensure early egg laying during high prices. Stress that growth should not be retarded by any disruption from hatching to maturity and that calm conditions prevent delays in laying.
Price of squabs not changed by big war
The squab meat price remains close to pre war levels while supply grows. The American Squab Breeders' Association drives adoption of alternative feeds to conserve wheat for bread. About 10 000 breeders influence some 50 000 pigeon raisers, shifting from wheat to corn kaffir sunflower seeds and other proteins.
Towers of Silence Mark Bombay's Parsee Elite and City Growth
In Bombay a population approaching one million includes about 60 000 Parsis who wield a large share of commerce while facing the unthinkable towers of silence in Malabar Hill. The Parsis, Zoroastrians from Persia, helped found a city long under British rule where Parsis dominate elite districts and business.
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Bombay
Eleanor Franklin Egan
Saturday Evening Post
Malabar Hill
Persia
India
Bombay Presidency
Parable Reflected in Whitlock Address on War and Writing
Brand Whitlock in Washington says his war experiences broadened his mind and that he is a writer not a politician. He recalls Carlyle’s sound proof room in Chelsea and an elderly visitor from Craigenputtock joking that the room would keep his conscience from ever being discovered.
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Brand Whitlock
Washington
Carlyle
Chelsea
Craigenputtock
Children Savings Accounts in Los Angeles Banks
More than 40 000 children under sixteen have savings accounts in Los Angeles banks with deposits over 1 000 000 dollars, averaging about 25 dollars per child. A thirteen year old leads with nearly 2 000 dollars, started from 50 cents at age seven. Banks offer special child accounts and thrift lessons in advertising and encouragement.
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Los Angeles
The Supreme Test
An Ohio meeting scene features a stern mother claiming she gave up her son to the draft but will not surrender food. She insists on hearing more about conditions elsewhere, expressing resolve amid wartime sacrifice. The fragment ends with unclear dialogue about food shortages.
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