Lieutenant Pettit’s vivid account of the great retreat
First Lieutenant Roswell T. Pettit of Ottawa writes his mother from the front about the brutal British retreat and German assaults near Munster, describing hours of shelling, tank attacks, and leaps in the line, followed by orders transferring him to the American expeditionary forces in Paris.
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Pettit
Ottawa
Hie Mather
Great
Odie
Munrchy
Cretanne
Venton
Ostend
Marehal
Pleoee
Shell
Orrillroad
Walt
Bowie
Lord Thyme
Dov
Peutit
Rowyell T. Pettit
Paris
Tehall
Roswell
Money to Life and the Root of All Good
An essay emphasizes money as the root of many societal goods and evils, reflecting on its link to work production and the material and cultural advances it enables. It cites money as enabling art, education, justice, and public services, while recalling a humorous child’s cat imitation story at dinner.
Watch Your Choice Motto for Decisive Living
A fragmented piece argues that choice drives fate in daily life and business. It urges forming a personal motto to decide quickly, citing traders, a schoolmaster, and Uncle Ken while noting Transvaal mines as large users of explosives in peacetime.
Mark Twain on Himself and Publishing Reflections
Mark Twain discusses his varied roles as miner, prospector, printer, lecturer, and publisher. He notes personal experience as the core capital for novel writing, laments lacking formal book knowledge, and reflects on the universal ego in feeling uniquely different from others. The Los Angeles Times excerpt presents a compact, pithy portrait of Twain's self-assessment and humility.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mark Twain
Mort Twain
William Dean Howells
Los Angeles
Community Hog House 6 LEED Design Shows Twelve Pens
Feature on a community hog house design by William A. Radford, detailing a masonry, fireproof structure with twelve pens and a large feed room. Advocate notes on weather protection, permanence, and the benefits of a sturdy, well lit hog housing layout. Readers can mail inquiries for free construction advice.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
William A. Radford
William A. Redford
Prairie Avenue
Chicago
Miture
Hog Houses Versus Movable Pens Highlighted in Farming Guide
A historical farming note discusses hog house design emphasizing warmth, shade, sanitization, light, and easy cleaning. It compares community houses to movable pens, citing reduced labor and centralized facilities for feeding, dipping, weighing, and medicating, with concrete rodded fencing as a notable feature.
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Fort Antiums
Sense of Smell in Humans and Evolutionary Loss
The article discusses how arboreal ancestors depended less on smell as they spent generations in trees and relied on hearing and sight. It cites Doctor Jones on the nose’s declining information-gathering role yet notes a persistent memory-like power of olfaction. Dudley Kidd is referenced regarding research in the psychology of Ku-
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Doctor Jones
Dudley Kidd
Ground Plan for Community Hog House Aims for Speed and Efficiency
A discussion on community hog houses highlights quicker operations during breeding, with fewer visits, centralized ventilation, and showings to buyers. Benefits include handling multiple litters, reduced horse hitching, streamlined repairs, and proximity to farm buildings. It compares to isolated houses and notes sensory memories and distance expressions from regional sayings.
Somewhat Mercenary Birthday Party Incident
Donald hosts a birthday party as children enjoy themselves. The doorbell rings and he questions a visitor Freddie, noting the lack of a present. He considers admitting the stranger and warns against fear of a stranger. The oblique line hints at an early danger or confusion.
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Donald
Msmma
Freddie
Fasting to Induce Dreams Across Early Cultures
The text traces fasting as a means to provoke dreams from ancient times. It credits early tribes and their children with dream-focused fasting practices and notes a preference for optimistic retreat over destruction, hinting at cultural beliefs in visionary experiences.
Ohio War News From Camp Sherman And City Dispatches
A wide collection of wartime notices and local items from Ohio includes fatalities from trains and mines, injuries from accidents in Marion and Warren, and a string of war related events. Notable items mention officers training shifts, loyalty actions, and public notices across Columbus, Cleveland, Lima, and Springfield.
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Frei Lachennier
Margagne
Wil F. Piviffer
Liucasiur
France
Emmet C. Radabaugh
Lima
Ated Ins
Marion
Newark
Columbus
Warren
Warren John McFarland, J. ©. Miller
Henry Eber
Eber
Peter Kucherow
Cleveland
H. E. Cooke
West Mansfield
Erie Roundhouse
Camp Sherman
Frank Uher
New Philadelphia
Norman Hood
Gallipolis
Rainbow Division
K. G. Urossen
Athens County
R. M. McClure
Marion Chamber of Commerce
Mansfield
Lulu Young
Springfield
Chillicothe and
Artillery
Camp Jackson
Columba
Wayne County
Batmeardier
Lake Erie
Western
Eleanor N. Adams
Cincinnati
Oxford College For Women
Board of Trustees
East Liverpool
Millersburg
Edward Morgan
Chicago
George Kleith
Pittsburgh
John Collins
Lorain
Royal Welsh
Palestine
Ohio
William Russ
Portsmouth
United States
Youngstown
James Hulwin
Myers
Vignera
Orren I. Brandeen
Ralph Morgan
Lancaster
George BD. Donathan
Findlay
Dairy Jana Food Division
State Agricultural Department
Anthony Barbon
McArthur
Oregon
Lucas County
Hall
DeRan
Fremont
Sandusky County
Fremont Lumber Company
Edward Hebert
Cox
State Board
Reinert
T. E. Davey
Streetcar Men’s Union
Our Boys Over There Toasted Cigarettes Demand War Curb
A fragment from a war era column notes Allied troops and staff urging restraint on smoking in trenches and billets as voices warn against overefficiency and verbosity. The piece cites a Kansas City Star quip about reforms and the futility of forcing change.
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Pate
Kansas City Star
Rain Falls on Just and Unjust Alike in This Quip
The saying notes rain equalizes all, yet the latter grates it as a chaser, implying weather mirrors life but is filched for sharper rebuke or humorous twist.
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Hng
Iinois
Allen Park
Huntin
Abelie
Cory Ward
Magther Edge
Bia
Uvere
Walla
Fritz
Wetin
Tam
Mudielnn
Frank
Uncle Ken
Tim
Transvaal
Kallis
Chicago Herald
Germany
Schlesvig-Holstein
Storter
Wwfene
Emille
Virginia
Watson
Tif | Nn
Miami Conservancy District
E. A Deeds
Dayton
Caledonia
Marion County
Amstutz & Son
Binton
Allen County
Susie Gougler
Pleasant Waljes
Summit County
Southwestern
Wooster
Jersey
Medina County
Oberlin
Aut-Savon League
S. W. Nicholson
Nicholson Clay Products Company
Cambridge
Leonard Cainey
John Cainey
Pleasantville
Fairfeld County
Gleveland Shipbuilding Company
Emergency Fleet Corporation
Liberty
St. Paul’s Episcopal Church
Canton
Edward Brooks
Milton Senter
MU Grab
Lebanon
Bowling Green
Toledo
S. O. Richardson
Ohio Fuel
H. H. Johnson
Dorothy
William Waters
East
Liverpool
Harry Wagenknech
Warrensville
Welburne
Wilbur Wright Field
Gilkerson
A. Hitchcock
Federal Grand Jury
R. P. Kennedy
Bellefontaine
Bob
Schreiber- Agers
Edward Karl Fischer
Waechter and
Arzeiger
State Board of Agriculture
K. Strauss
St. John’s Lutheran Church
Napoleon
A. A. Hudson
Donshey
John Inmel & Sons Company
Ohio State University
Itural
Anjoy
Sidney Hs
Piso Guaranties Sail Faction
Warren, Pa
Seine Og Pet Eerie le Keep
Benjamin G. Bumphries
Mississippi
Thander
Philadelphia
Ehe
Ady
Din
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