Poilus and the Yankee Gunner in the Foreign Legion
Synopeia Albert N. Depew recalls his U S Navy service rising to chief petty officer gunner and his WWI voyage with the French Foreign Legion. He describes enlistment, gunnery tests, bars and pay, bunk life aboard, rough food, Hammocks and rope mats, the Front, trenches, guides, shell bursts, and the human side of French women and camaraderie.
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U.S. Navy
France
Sptain
Cassard
Albert N. Depew
United States Navy
Navy
Foreign Legion
Uist
St. Nazaire
Murray
Brown
Legion
Hayy
Foreign ‘Legion
la ‘Legion
Legionnnaires
Legionnaires
States
Lardiy
Fritz
Iit
Spezia
Brest
Granery
America
On the Firing Line in Flanders Front
The narrator describes a fourteen day drive and a detachment assignment to the Flanders front. Campaign travel from Brest to Bergues Naples through La Havre and St Pol, then Dixmunde by track. Rations scarce. brief meals at stations as French girls feed soldiers, lifting morale.
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Legion
Flanders Front
Brest
Reil
la Havre
St. Pol
Bergues
Berguce
Dixminde
Cortain
Prency
waPhey
Depew First Frontline Experience at Dixmude and Joanna
A fragmentary account describes Depew gaining frontline exposure in trenches at Dixmude and Joanna. It notes the British Tommies' persistence and hints at his recounting of the experience in a later piece.
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Depew Gota
Dixmude
Joanna
Fragmentary Speech From The Page Or Interview
The text presents a disjointed fragment where a daughter recalls earning a penny and being accused by a garter figure of bad behavior. The fragmented lines suggest a personal anecdote or overheard statement, with unclear context and missing surrounding details.
Motor Truck Haulage Expands Farm Shipping Route
A memorandum prepared by the United States Department of Agriculture notes growing use of motor trucks to haul farm goods. Investigations monitor trucking practice, with a Vineland NJ to New York route now established for direct pickup from producers and delivery to New York wholesalers. The inaugural run reportedly faced no damaged crates.
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Tinkted Btnles Department of Agriculture
Wats
Vineland
SN. 3
New York City
Wade
Federal control of roads council formed in wartime
A United States highways council consolidates street and highway functions from War Department, Agriculture, Railroad Administration, War Industries Board, and National Administration. Logan Page and J E B Pennybacker named to lead with state highway departments. Emphasizes conserving money and materials, prioritizing wartime needs over new construction.
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United States Department of Agricultura
United States Highways Council
War Department
Department of Agriculture
United States Rairoad Inhalletration
War Industries Poard
Net Administration
Secretary of Agriculture
Stout
Col. W. D. Uhler
Fuel Administration
G. G. Briefsfield
War Industries Board
Ittchard L. Humphrey
Railroad Administration
G. W. Kirtley
L. W. Page
Logan Waller Page
Office of Public Roads
J. EB. Pennybacker
Scoro
Value of Good Roads Realized by Farmers
Farmers recognize the worth of better highways as annual farm product losses due to bad roads reach about 800 million dollars. Improved roads would boost market access and reduce spoilage for rural producers across regions.
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Linucropa
Power Wanted on Ronde in Food Transport
Power required to keep good roads versus poor ones shows the loss not by farmers alone but by all who consume farm products and pay for hauling, highlighting the shared burden.
Work Drag After Each Rain Notice
Road maintenance guidance urges regular drag usage after rainfall to keep the surface smooth. Compte warns that country routes showing late drag practice risk deterioration and calls for consistent use of road drag to protect the roadway.
Lydia E Pinkham's Vegetable Compound Advocated
Mitchell Indiana letter praises Lydia E Pinkham's Vegetable Compound for relief from nausea and weakness during pregnancy. Woman reports improved energy, weight gain in her seven month baby, and better overall health, crediting the remedy for smoother maternity.
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Mitchell
Ind
Lydia E. Pi
Waa
Lydia B. Pink
Bama
Moutealgis
Boby
Lydia Li
Pinkham
Price for fame too high in Kanspe City Times extract
Uncle John, a gifted poet of the Excelsior Spring Standard, laments the cost of fame while reflecting on imprisoned Olimnatoré figures. He notes prisoners crafting meager verses, as most write with limited supplies and poor material, questioning future readers in 2168.
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John
Excelsior
John Buolong
Pigrim
Fragmented wartime quip about German rationing and supplies
A speaker from Nobarska cites a Sunday magazine claim that German rationing has tightened further and mocks wartime shortages. He jokes that there is no wax in sealing wax and no cat in catgut, implying there is no easier path in war.
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Nobarska
Bunday Magazine
Thuoka
Proverbial Sayings on Action and Emotion
A terse reflection notes that one should either speak or act. It contrasts sadness and gladness, stating they succeed one another, suggesting a life of effort and measured emotion rather than idle restraint.
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Gunner Depew
Reilly and Britton Co
George Matthew Adama
Bregaa
Trench
Dime Ated Aciel
Dixmudes
Run Crossroad
Pat
Shella
Macadam Road
New Jersey
Warlone Departmenta
Cutteer
Cutter
Cutter Laboratory
Berkeley
Cal
Chicago
Ell
Laboratory
Fromon
Janey
Nod
Taddar
Kilmeor
Rent kKidney Medicina
Paris
Madium Ize
Cogtiog
Binghamton
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