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Newspaper
Fayetteville News
Location
Fayetteville, Georgia, United States of America
Date
Jun 07, 1918
Page
3
American Arthur Guy Empey enlists in Britain, trains in France, and takes part in trench life. He helps stage a comic play with fellow soldiers in a village venue, competing with a rival troupe and improvising a rope stair system for balcony seating. The show caps with a chaotic curtain and a bold theater night behind the lines.
The act featured Alkali Ike faking a precise shot by smashing bottles with an entrenching tool to mislead the audience. A backstage miscue had a performer break bottles on the wrong side, prompting the boxholders to react as the act continued. New troops arrived, and for six shows the "8. R. O." sign hung outside.
In rest billets Tommy in Chapter XIX amuses himself as a keen gambler. A regular Canfield settles disputes and dictates rules for Crown and Anchor and House. Crowds gather as the banker runs games with bets on canvas squares and numbered cards, with nicknames for many counts.
Article urges urban business leaders to organize farm labor help for planting and harvest. Clarence Ousley recommends a local committee to canvass volunteers, match workers to farms, and coordinate with farmers, Grange, unions, co operatives, and county agents.
The author urges city men to consider their debt to farms for sustenance and strength and to respond with patriotic service by aiding farm labor amid unprecedented need. It frames farm support as essential to home and business and calls for action to repay the country through practical help.
An editorial urging study of the farm labor issue as a local and city concern. It calls on readers connected to farming communities to request from the Department of Agriculture in Washington, D. C., a copy of The Farm Labor Problem Manpower Sufficient is Properly Mobilized by Cooperation and Community Action.
Philadelphia mother describes fatigue backache and nervousness before trying Lydia E Pinkham’s Vegetable Compound. After three months she reports better health and restored appetite. The ad urges others to use the product to recover from run down states and irritability.
A fond auntie amuses her niece Ruth and nephew James as she cuts out paper dolls. Ruth admires a blue doll with a long train, while James studies the deep founce and its plaits, finally calling it a train like a cow catcher.
A brief morning exchange centers on a mother and child. The child’s playful answer shows affection, saying love extends to the end of counting, capturing a tender family moment in plain terms.
Fragmented lines describe an angler’s tense moment as he battles a big catch. The dialogue hints at financial strain with a joking defense about money and the week’s end, set against a fishing scene.
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