Gunner and Chief Navy Officer in Foreign Legion Story
A wartime diary segment recalls interactions with a French Navy captain aboard the Cassard and a British officer showing a monocle after a tense roadside encounter. The narrator notes British cool under fire, contrasts with French and British behaviors, and recounts a tale of Limey officers examining a shell to prove it wouldn’t explode.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Foreign Legion OF France
Cassard
Reilly and Beimon Co
Spee
X' Beneh
Pust
Gallipoli
N. Do's
Iin
Limey
Liney
Linney
Phillippe Pierre
Phillippe
America
Mmpy Sires
New York
Philippe Pierre
I Go West To Find Their Signal From The Trenches
A voice recounts a desperate escape through shell fire near edd el Bahr during a Turkish bombardment. With heavy casualties, no officers left, and dawn relief uncertain, the narrator volunteers to carry a crucial message across open ground to reconnect with friendly lines before a dangerous return through cratered trenches. The tale ends with the narrator awaiting orders as artillery roars.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
St. Eloi
Mon Vieux
Ife
Tve
Murray
Stiell
Commmand
Lot
Dixmude
Catry
No Lick Candy Row Varied Speech By Two Young Siblings
A two year old and a nearly six year old argue over candy and saving money. The younger asks for candy while the older explains plans to buy thrift stamps to aid the war effort, citing their father's words about defeating the Kaiser.
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Kaiser
How to Avoid Backache and Nervousness Ad by Mrs Lynch
A Providence reader testifies that Lydia E. Pinkham's Vegetable Compound relieved her nervousness headaches and backache after using the product. The ad urges other women with functional disorders to try the herbal remedy and write for information from Lydia E. Pinkham Medicine Co. Lynn, Massachusetts.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
R. L
Spee
E. Pinkham
Lydia B. Pinkham
Adeline B. Lynon
Plain St. Providence
Lydia E. Pinkham
EB. Pinkham Med.Co
Lynn, Mags
Practical Idea of Heaven
Two brothers in the country imagine heaven as a huge feather bed on a cold night. Bud speaks of the back position as safer while Timmy wonders about what heaven truly is. Jimmy softly longs for a great bed with room for everyone and no one sleeping in front.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Timmy
Bud
Jimmy
Brave English flyer shot down in raid on German aerodrome
Bridah Daring recounts Richthofen praising an English aviator who dropped from 150 feet under gunfire and searchlights to strike a German airfield with deadly effect. The German ace called the feat tremendously plucky and noted the pilot could not swerve from his plans.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bridah
Richthofen
Difficult Classification of Animal Kingdom
A playful exchange where Tommy asks his teacher to classify him in the animal kingdom. The teacher calls him a difficult subject while a paternal remark suggests he is an old hen or old cat. A fictional ash receiver with a vase for flowers is described as having been invented.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jack Johnson
Mrench
Pittsburgh
Uke
Ji Man
Tommy
Animal Kingdom
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MORLY
Kaat
Carter’ & Fron
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