American Enlists in British Army After Lusitania Sinking
Arthur Guy Empey an American living in Jersey City volunteers for the British Army after the Lusitania sinking. He trains in London and France where he hears big guns and meets comrades as units go to front-line trenches. He serves his first tour on the fire step as bullets fly and death stalks the line.
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Arthur Guy Empey
Jersey City
England
London
France
Empey
Loss in the trenches and Pete walling
A first-hand account of a front-line march turns tragic when comrade Pete Walling is shot. The narrator helps carry Pete to a first-aid post, attends his funeral in a ruined village, and writes to his mother and sweetheart as shellfire and grief accompany the loss in France. The memory of Pete lingers as the unit moves on.
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Pete Walling
Pete
Yank
Attenton
France
St. Peter
Death by Own Action Ditch and Club in War Dugout
In a muddy front trench a dugout bears the sign Suicide Annex and is nicknamed the death by own action Club for gunners and bombers. Rain floods the steps as soldiers sleep in mud and dream mud. an air shaft drip highlights dire conditions.
Trench Night Patrol Through Rain and Cold
A soldier recalls slipping into a front line trench and meeting a sergeant who questioned his absence. He sits on a muddy fire step shivering as rain pounds the face and later returns to guard duty while awaiting relief and the morning rum issue.
The Day's Work in a Trench Chapter X
A vivid account of routine in the fire trenches at night during World War I. Sentries keep watch while reliefs and messengers operate under the threat of enemy fire. Soldiers endure damp cold, stench, fatigue, and the constant danger as they pass time with smoke and tales.
Appeal for Thrift Pushes Pledge by June 28
President Wilson urges Americans to pledge thrift and buy government securities by June 28 National Thrift Day. He says the war requires saving essential resources and increasing production, calling on all ages to invest in War Savings and Thrift stamps and to direct funds to U S securities.
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Washington
D. C
Wilson
Secretary of the Treasury
U. S
Treasury Department
United States
Volunteer Army
Empey’s first over the top charge with hand to hand clash
The account describes Captain Empey leading a bold assault over the trench lip and engaging a giant Prue cians in close combat. The tale frames a thrilling charge as a pivotal moment in the action.
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Empey
Samaritan Race Near End in Holy Land Study
Pittsburgh report cites Inter national Sunday School association president E K Warren noting the last Samaritans in the Holy Land may disappear. He found a 162 person group, 18 months without contact, dwindling as they do not intermarry, with 24 of the men drafted for military service.
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Pittsburgh
E. K. Warren
International Sunday School Association
Girls Do Own Gardening at Mount Holyoke College
South Hadley Massachusetts Mount Holyoke College plans student farming to supply 2000 bushels of potatoes and 5000 cans of corn beans and tomatoes for the year. The student body will be self supporting through garden produce.
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South Hadley
Mass
Mount Holyoke College
East
Pyedicate
Uncle Sam Crackdown Reduces Tramp Travel
Albany reports a sharp drop in nomadic travel as federal enforcement tightens. Railroad officials note that past petty punishments gave meals but now the floating population faces harsher treatment, driving away vagrants and altering street and rail travel patterns.
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Albany
Uncle Sam
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the Farmer’s
United States Department of Agriculture
Swift & Company
Union Stock Yards
Illinois
U.S.A
Sappho
U.s.marine Corps
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