Empey's First Turn in the Front Line Trench
Arthur Guy Empey, an American in Jersey City, joins the British Army after the Lusitania sinking. He trains in London and France and enters the front-line trenches where mud, rats, and shellfire dominate. A veteran fellow warns him not to duck at a bullet crack and recalls the wheel punishment for sentries who fail to pass orders.
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Arthur Guy Empey
Jersey City
England
London
France
Empey
Try
Eless
Back of the Line in Trench Tour and Billet Pause
The narrator recalls a front line tour lasting four days then relief by the brigade. They march through a communication trench in cold wet conditions, noting rations carried by Umbers and the grim outlook of wounds. They rest at billets 117 118 and 119 in a French estaminet area.
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B Company
Breakfast at the British Army Billet
A trench diary recalls morning routine as a corporal wakes a cook's party. Tommies receive bacon and tea with bread, then parade and inspection follow. Fags and smuggling trades among recruits color the daily drill and camaraderie. Stretcher bearers offer a smoke during aid.
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Tommy
Old Pepper
St. Peter
Red Hussars
Front Line Shock as Soldier Sees First Trench Death
Empey returns to combat after time in billets and recalls a German bullet halting his first trench comrade. He prepares to recount the event in the next installment.
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Empey
Make Light of Heavy Loads In Jerugatew Streets
The streets inside Jerugatew are narrow and crowded and built on hillside steps, making wagon travel impossible. Men bear the heaviest loads as camels and donkeys struggle, a common scene in this crowded portering city.
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Jerugatew
Liberal Poultry and Egg Use for Farm Families
The article argues farm families should consume more poultry and eggs to diversify diets and raise nutrition. It cites averages of 137 dozen eggs and 60 poultry per farm annually, urges higher weekly intakes, and links preservation and price timing to farm income. It discusses methods like water glass and limewater preservation to extend supplies into higher price periods.
War Opportune Hens for Farms and Back Yards
A call urges planting one hundred hens on every suitable farm and backyard. More meat and eggs are sought as hens multiply to boost food supply and substitute meat.
Egg Market Heats Up as Hatching Season Winds Down
For weeks egg production rose while many eggs went to setting. With hatching nearing end, the coming weeks will see heavy output dumped on the market under old practices, shaping farm profits in the period ahead.
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Tote
Freezone Corn Treatment Promises Easy Relief
An old advertisement touts Freezone as a painless remedy to remove hard or soft corns and callouses. It claims instant relief with a drop of Freezone, followed by lifting the corn with fingers, and credits a Cincinnati genius for the discovery. The tiny bottle is sold by druggists for a few cents.
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Cincinnati
Out of Service and Free Samples Offer
An old card reads Out of Order then Out of Service as a smoother label. The ad invites free Cuth Cura Soap and Ointment samples for itching and skin troubles, address Cutticura Dept X Boston, at druggists or by mail, pricing 2% and 25 and 50. Also a quotation about Perkins and a note on Emerson’s view.
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Cutticura
Dept. X
Boston
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Loughand
Thad
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No Man's Land
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Emerson
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Carter
Old Falon
Sore Anus
Dore
Rome
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