Vast Tent City Fronts Homebound GIs at Marseille
A 6,500-tent U.S. Army camp near Marseille, known as the Dust Bowl, hosts about 150,000 officers en route home from Europe. It features 800 offices, 350 cement blocks for mess halls, 60,000 meals capacity, 60,009 troops fed, and 23,444 buyers in a single week, with Col. Charles F. Johnson overseeing operations.
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December Reflections On Time And Year’s End
A meditation on December as time moves relentlessly forward, balancing joy and worry. The piece muses on Christmas hopes, gifts, and renewal, while noting unpaid bills and taxes. It recalls kindness, humility, and slips of will as the year closes, with timeless verses on time’s march.
Gradatim by Josiah Gilbert Holland featured in this issue
The poem Gradatim by Josiah Gilbert Holland is highlighted with a brief biographical sketch. Holland, born 1819 in Belchertown Massachusetts, was a prolific American editor and novelist who helped edit Scribner's Monthly and wrote popular works including Arthur Bonnicastle Nicholas Minturn and Seven Oaks.
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Berkshire Medical College
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Arthur Bonnicastle
Nicholas Minturn
Seven Oaks
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Heaven Not Reached in a Single Bound Ladder Poem
Reading of a poem about spiritual ascent and effort. It argues heaven is built step by step, with ascent powered by daily deeds. The speaker emphasizes persistence, moral progression, and the struggle to rise from earthly ties toward loftier aims.
One Soldier Is Discharged In Record Time
At Mitchell Field New York a soldier was discharged in a record 36 hours far faster than the usual 48 hour process. Red Cross aid helped trigger the case with J E M Kogan and the separation unit coordinating the rapid release to home. The story notes the quick turnaround despite standard procedures.
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