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Newspaper
Independence Enterprise
Location
Independence, Oregon, United States of America
Date
Jun 28, 1918
Page
2
The article recounts Arthur Guy Empey after the Lusitania sinking goes from Jersey City to England to enlist in the British Army. He trains in London and France then enters front line trenches where he first hears gunfire and encounters the trench life.
A trench ordeal memoir describes a brutal night in No Man's Land. The narrator recalls mud splattered, a toppled parapet, and a German trench mortar blast that claims some comrades. He learns hard rules of trench life, shares rations, and witnesses a sentry punished for failing to relay orders.
A four day frontline tour ends with relief and billets in a French estaminet. The narrator details billets 117 118 119 an old stable with a manure odor and a sign by the Royal Army Medical Corps. He helps cook breakfast and serves tea and bacon to Tommies before mud removal and parade.
Empey recounts his return to the trenches after a stay in rest billets and describes a German bullet striking down his first friend in the front line, as he prepares to tell the next installment of his story.
A correspondent notes Jerusalem’s narrow crowded streets within the walls hinder wagon traffic. Hillside steps complicate passage for animals, so porters carry heavy loads. men bear up to 600 pounds strapped with ropes.
The kaleer is reported to save santa, while Germans captured thousands of weapons used to murder soldiers taken in trench raids. The article notes that many of these weapons were captured and could suggest future casualties.
A British Institute of Naval Architects committee explains ships fail by flooding through bulkhead doors set too low, fractured pipes flooding closed compartments, and bulkheads being torn by flying rivets and debris.
A humorous classroom exchange features a student answering a teacher's Solomon question with a streetwise twist. The moment riffs on ancient wisdom and modern wit as the queen of Sheba inspires a playful, blunt line about value.
The article explains how Marines received the nicknames Devil Dog and Blue Devil from both sides in the clash. The left figure is described as a United States marine praised for his grit while the German forces named his unit the Blue Devil. Both Marines accepted the epithets with pride.
Fragmentary items describe various global topics including population, labor, and education trends. It mentions Norway and American dental colleges, Abyssinian coffee origins, and forests in Ethiopia, with references to statistics and widespread distribution.
Fragmentary report mentions wine trade in Australia and sugar crops in the British West Indies. It references the London and Northwestern Railway, rationing, and food supplies near the front. Post cards enter the postal system and unemployment and trade union notes appear in August 1914 era context.
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