Empey and Comrades Turn Machine Guns Into Tricks
In World War I memoir style, Arthur Guy Empey describes enlisting in Britain, serving in France, and surviving trench life. He recalls training, punishment regimes, and a daring plan to trap a German machine gun by mimicking a tune to reveal its position, culminating in a risky duel with Fritz’s gun.
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Arthur Guy Empey
France
Jersey City
England
London
Empey
Chaplain
No Man's Land
Machine Gun Gunners Outwit Fritz with Clever Tricks
Soldiers describe tactics to disguise night firing and range finding. One gunner uses a flare protector and water soaked sandbag curtain to shield sparks. Two guns fire in cross pattern to simulate a single source, deceiving German gunners and drawing shelling to the wrong spot.
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Fritz
Tommy
Gas Attack Sighting in Trench Warns of Gas Threat
Three days after a gas lull, German gas arrives blowing toward Allied trenches. A new periscope operator spots a greenish yellow cloud and alarms the line. Gongs ring as soldiers don respirators, with only about eighteen to twenty seconds to adjust the gas helmet.
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Fritz
Tommy
Empey Faces Realities of Intelligence Duty as Spy Catcher
Empey moves to the Intelligence department and discovers the work is harsher and less glamorous than expected. The next installment shows his growing pains and early experiences in a demanding spy catching role.
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Empey
Intelligence Department
Freckle and Sunburn Remedy Ad Promotes Lemon Lotion
An advertisement touts mixing lemon juice with Orchard White to make a whitening lotion. It claims to fade freckles sunburn windburn and tan while whitening skin. The pitch urges purchasing lemons and Orchard White from grocers or drug stores at low cost.
Put It Squarely Up to Dad Ellis Parker Butler
The piece portrays Ellis Parker Butler at home in Flushing amid war effort duties. He has supported the Thrift and War Stamps campaign while his twin sons count their stamps at table. One child asks why he does not do something patriotic.
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Tommy
C. B
O. B
G. Wood
Son
Ellis Parker Butler
Flushing
Mr. Butler
Red Cross
Mrs. Butler
Dad
Great Hittite Find At Carchemish Revealed
Archaeologists celebrate uncovering a buried dole tite slab at Carchemish. The find yields the longest Hittite inscription yet seen, prompting pandemonium among laborers and directors as Khalil the picker shares in the triumph.
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Carchemish
Silas Marner
Not Rafferty's Feet Parade Justice
A drill instructor berates a new recruit at a parade as Rafferty protests that the unruly feet belong to Micky Doolan in the rear rank. The scene shows pride and humor amid strict military discipline.
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Rafferty
Micky Doolan
Acts of Heroism Recognized by Carnegie Fund
The Carnegie hero fund commission announced its fourteenth annual meeting awards. Twenty four acts of heroism were recognized with seven silver medals and 17 bronze medals. Ten heroes died and pensions totaling 4560 per year were granted to nine dependents. Two cases received 2100 for education and 11 cases awards totaling 8000 for other purposes, to be paid after commission approval.
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Carnegie Hero Fund Commission
Honduras Produces Cornmeal Through Wartime Efforts
Consul Walter F. Bayle reports Puerto Cortes hosts the first imported mill shipment, marking the start of a new cereal industry spurred by government and private wartime promotion. The American company leads the project to boost local production.
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Honduras
Walter F. Bayle
Puerto Cortes
Fewer German Socialists Reported in Saxony
A Dresden dispatch says Saxony's socialist membership fell from 177000 in 1914 to 23000 paying members now due to army service and a party split. Deputy Gradnauer at Saxon socialist convention notes newspaper circulation rose from 618000 to 792000 by April 1 1918. Reading Pennsylvania posts a night guard around city hall to deter suspected German spies. Chicago records 16 dog bite cases in one day.
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Socialist Party
Saxony
Dresden
Berliner Tageblatt
Socialist Party of Germany
Gradnauer
Germany
Reading
Sounds of battle and a quirky music parade clash in a seaside town
A tense exchange centers on imagined battle sounds described as shells cannons and cries. A meek spectator responds yes I think I can. The scene shifts to a humorous tally of block musicians eager to return to practice including singers trombone players pianos talking machines a violinist and a cornetist.
Minnesota Residents Own 200000 Motorcars
Report notes Minnesota residents own about 200000 motorcars with purchases totaling 40000 new vehicles in the previous year.
Message to Mothers 7 Two. Doctors Promote Baby Welfare
A fragmented notice discusses doctors urging mothers to focus on baby welfare and attend to pediatric care. The text mentions Castoria and imitations, emphasizing parental guidance and health for infants, with unclear headings and local references.
Spangles Make A Grand Flag In Chicago Shop Window
A Chicago store window displays a flag made entirely of spangles. The dazzling decoration uses three and a half million tiny disks on threads to create a broad, light reflecting emblem. The piece showcases the era’s fascination with mass produced decorative items.
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Chicago
Popular Mechanics
Haarlem Oil Capsules Back Aches Health Tonic Ad
Bold adverturial copy promotes GOLD MEDAL Haarlem Oil Capsules as a cure for tiredness back pains and urinary symptoms. Claims gentle kidney lining absorption and immediate infection clearance with promise of renewed vigor in 24 hours and ongoing daily use to prevent future attacks. Money back guarantee and note to ask for original imported GOLD MEDAL brand.
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Haarlem
Used to It
A pithy editorial note mocks a returning soldier boasting of trench gas exposure. It contrasts his bravado with his later career as a book agent for ten years, and comments on the difficulty of finding work for a man with an urge to fish.
Noted Warning Exchange About Crown Prince Pursuit
A royal officer warns the king that enemy forces press hard on gallant troops. The foe is in contact with rear guards and within three weeks of reaching the crown prince’s location.
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