From Mufti to Khaki Chapter in Jersey City Office
An American soldier recounts leaving Jersey City after hearing Lusitania sunk headlines and a demand to muster Mounted Scouts. He travels to England via Tilbury, then London, seeking duty as war unfolds and tension rises in spring.
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Jersey City
Jersey National Guard
France
New York
Lusitania
Washington
Fulton Street
Brooklyn
England
Tilbury
London
American in mufti joins British army recruiting yarn
An American narrator wanders London during WWI recruiting drives. He tests British policy, attempts to enlist, and faces neutrality rules. After failing to recruit others, he works saloon bars and street skits before a final dubious recruitment episode ends with a punchy rebuke of “we take anything over here.”
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Tottenham Court Road
Lord Kitchener
Tommy Atkins
Tommy
Royal Fusiliers
London
Lansing
Officers Training Corps
Leutenant
Moufti
Mufti
Ogden
Utah
New York
England
Over the Top True War Memoir by Sergeant Empey
Foreword to a WWI memoir recounts the trench experience from an American sergeant’s perspective. Empey joined two years before U.S. entry and describes grim fighting, daring deeds, and humor that lightens the hardship.
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Empey
Empey Encounters Coo Ties Amid French War Fire
In training quarters Empey hears the big guns booming in France and makes the acquaintance of the coot ies. readers are invited to follow his experiences in the next installment.
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France
Eagerness for News From Home Reflected in Letters
Readers express strong longing for updates from home as local correspondents relay letters that capture daily life, nostalgia, and a sense of connection across distances amid uncertain times.
Parable Revealed in Tangled Plot of Han Chancellor
In a China tale retold by C. Y. Tang, Lee the Han chancellor plots to kill the king. A wanderer Su speaks of ghosts and a parable about a clay doll and a wooden doll debating roots, warning that severing roots destroys power. The chancellor hints at speaking again after night.
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Lee
Kingdom of Han
Tsarn
Mother Earth
C. Y. Tang
Aztec Relics Unearthed From Ancient New Mexico Ruin
The American Museum of Natural History reports 70000 Aztec specimens recovered from a northwest New Mexico ruin in the Amas valley. Excavation since 1916, funded by Archer M. Huntington and J. P. Morgan, reveals shell necklaces tortoise shells agate knives pottery and woven cloth within crumbling pueblo walls.
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Amas Valley
New Mexico
American Museum of Natural History
Archer M. Huntington
J. P. Morgan
N. C. Nelson
Earl H. Morris
New York
Philadelphia
Woman visits hat shop eyeing spikes for sale
A thrifty farmer's wife in a rural tale travels to town to buy a hat and, in a witty exchange with a milliner, asks if purchasing a fine hat includes spikes, sparking a humorous moment cited from the Indianapolis Star.
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Father
Indianapolis Star
Their New Home in Washington Sparks Family Split
A colored family in town clashed over housing. Mrs. Jones left Sam Jones with seven children for Virginia, and Sam was not mournful when a postcard arrived announcing a reunion at Union Station at 4 15.
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Washington
Up in the Air Dream Ends With Airship Mishap
A speaking fragment recalls a comic dream where a sleeper yells about floating in the sky and being run over by an airship. The odd exchange frames a humorous nocturnal mishap in a lighthearted tone.
Bennie Beanbrough paints houses under camouflage name
In Youngstown, Marcella asks if Bennie still paints houses. Waverly confirms he does but calls it camouflaging residences now.
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Marcella
Bennie Beanbrough
Waverly
Youngstown Telegram
A Consolation Quip About a Photographer’s Rejection
A joke notes a photographer friend refused by a lady he wished to marry. He consoles himself by a good negative and compares neighbor’s wife extravagance. It closes with a remark on thinking before speaking and postponing remarks.
Autocracy and Militant Pair Return From Fishing Trip
A garbled exchange features Autocracy and Militarism returning from a long fishing trip. He Deutschland asks about the fish as Fraulein is asked to fetch an axe. The fragment ends noting jail for a man in Plunkville and a Louisville Court remark on littleness.
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Autocracy
Milt
He Deutschland
Fraulein
Louisville
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