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Newspaper
Ferdinand News
Location
Ferdinand, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Sep 20, 1918
Page
2
Foreword touts Gunner Depew as a true autobiography of a American boy with a unique fighting career. It claims the book offers a gripping account of war conditions, including the German prison camps, and urges every American to read to the end.
The narrator recalls growing up near ships in Walston Pennsylvania and sailing as a cabin boy on the Therifus before becoming a U S Navy fireman. He rises through ratings to gun pointer aboard the Iowa and Des Moines, notes naval rivalries, and recounts experiences with marines, gunnery pride, and a mission to join the war in Europe. He also describes life as a prisoner of war in St Nazaire and a voyage with the Virginian to the front.
The narrator, a former chief petty officer first class, describes his discharge on April 14, 1914 after four years and three months in the U S Navy. He plans a short layoff before reenlisting and reflects on wartime Germany in Belgium, skepticism about reports, and his Alsace-born mother linking him to France.
Gunner Depew on the French dreadnaught Cassard fires a sample of American gunnery then leaves his ship for the trenches. The piece invites readers to catch the next installment.
The piece recalls Scottish folk fearing the aurora borealis nicknamed the devil's rainbow. It cites July sightings, a past 1812 storm, and how an earlier drought led to flooding at Quharity, washing out corn and sending wool seaward. References to Walter Loony and Saddle frame the tale.
The article explains that when the crescent moon rises in the west the full moon is seen in the young moon's arms. Earthlight on areas not directly illuminated by the sun makes the round disk faintly visible, creating the old moon in the young one's arms phenomenon.
A Royal College of Science experimenter in Toronto claims to harness the sun to industrial tasks. Using mirror arrays he focused rays to melt a lead bar from below freezing to a depth of 1.5 inches in 43 seconds.
Lucy plays with her puppy on the lawn when the neighbor’s dog approaches calmly. The pup hides its tail and heads for home as Lucy reassures it the dog means no harm and is simply saying hello.
Fragmentary lines mention a divorce idea for Mrs Houlihan Wan and a lawyer named Wohbnat. A living looble foife phrase appears. Gold brick buyers are cited as vital to manufacturers. New York complains about Grant's Tomb used as a billboard in a public notice context.
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