Empey’s wartime stage act with a farce and danger
Arthur Guy Empey an American in Jersey City goes to England to enlist in the British Army and stages a theater piece behind the lines. The narrative follows training in France, trench life learns cooties and danger, and the plotted performance by Empey’s unit in a village theater with rafter seating and a raucous punch line in Alkali Ike and the Bow Bells rival company.
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Arthur Guy Empey
Jersey City
England
London
France
Empey
Chaplain
No Man’s Land
No Man's Land
Entouching Foolish Show Promotes a Notable Stage Scene
The account describes a theatrical stunt where bottles and an entrenching tool are used to fake a sharpshooter act. Alkali Ike targets bottles to the right while a helper breaks them on the left. Despite the behind the scenes mishap, the performance is deemed a success and extended for a week as new troops arrive to see the act.
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Ikey Cohenstein
Abe
Ikey
Sambo
Diamond Palace
Broadway
Kate
Alkali Ike
Bow Bells
Flossie
Brighty
Curley Wallace
King George the Fifth Theater
Ammo Street
Sandbag Terrace
London
France
Alkali
Tommies In Rest Billets Play Crown and House Gambling
The chapter describes Tommy and fellow Tommies in rest billets gambling to pass time. A regular Canfield banker settles disputes, with Crown and Anchor and House as the main games. House uses numbered squares, croupier calls numbers, and backers form schools to buy cards and pay out prizes.
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Tommy
Houghton
Watkins
Town urged to aid farmers by volunteering labor
An article urges city men to close businesses and work on farms to boost wartime food production. It cites Clarence Ousley urging commercial clubs to form a farm labor committee to canvass local workers and match volunteers to farms for planting, cultivating, and harvesting.
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Freedom of America
Bill Brown
Commercial Club
Board of Trade
Clarence Oustey
Grange
Co-Operative
Farm and City Man urges patriotism through farm labor
A rural advocacy piece urges citizens to consider their debt to farming and to support the farm by volunteering labor. It argues farm work sustains both home and business and frames service as patriotic duty to the country.
Farm Labor Problem Mobilization by Cooperation
The article urges addressing the farm labor shortage as a communal issue affecting farmers and city dwellers alike. It calls readers to study local farming communities and contact the Department of Agriculture in Washington DC for a copy of a work on mobilizing manpower through cooperation and community action.
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Department of Agriculture
Washington, D. C
Nervous Indigestion Helped By Vegetable Compound
Philadelphia woman reports feeling weak and tired with backache and nervousness. After a doctor’s warning and trying Lydia E. Pinkham's Vegetable Compound for three months she improved, can eat normally, and feels well.
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Philadelphia
Lydia E. Pinkham
Worthline
North Taylor St
Lydia Pinkham
Aunts Paper Dolls Spark Train Comparison
A fond auntie amuses a niece and nephew as she cuts out paper dolls. James fixates on a blue doll with a long train and suggests it resembles a cow catcher. The scene highlights a child's playful observation and humor in everyday objects.
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James
Ruth
Auntie
Mamaina and Son Exchange Enduring Love
A mother recalls a quiet morning interlude when her young son charmingly declares his love. He asks how much, and she answers. his reply is a playful boundless measure reaching to the end of counting.
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Mamaina
Angler Shrugged Off Finances For Big Fish Tale
A lighthearted exchange highlights a fisherman who jokes about making both ends meet while pursuing a large catch. The scene centers on the tension between daily finances and the thrill of a prize fish.
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Tee
Special Information Service
United States Department of Agriculture
Clarence Ousley
Ax Press
Kale Ave
Brooklyn
Cutiura
S. B. Rohrer
Commerce Bidg
Kansas City
Alltel
Mazer
Dept
Phila P
MEDI
Medi- Oe Bsc
Chec
Leallie
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