Thrilling account of Haig retreat and Picardy battle
First Lieutenant Roswell Pettit recounts nine days of fierce fighting during the British retreat in Picardy and the heavy German bombardment near St Quentin. He describes advancing through torn ground, tanks in action, brutal shelling, medics under fire, and a perilous withdrawal with wounded, ending with orders to report to the AEF in Paris.
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Rowwell
Pere Morc
Orrewn
W. Pete
Ottawa
Pete
Chicam Tribune
Picardy
St. Quentin
Peitit
Uert
Robert W. Larvlce
Mons
Pettit
Lieut
Borwel T. Pettit
Paris
Roswell
OUR MEN TRAINED BY RIFLE EXPERTS AND KITCHENS
British communal kitchens are praised as war effort, with national defense urging aid for dependents and veterans. The report details rifle training camps, cross country convoy practice, and new factory production shifting to military needs. Washington authority outlines payments, insurance claims, and travel pay processes for soldiers and heirs. A May 16 civil service exam seeks staff for the bureau of foreign and domestic commerce with salaries up to $8,000.
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Washington
National Army
Meter
Tortie Pinfield
Arr
Hance Department
Bates
Geowe
Connect of
National Defense
Mer
Treasury Department
War Department
Washington, D. C
Seaboard
Quartermaster’s Department
France
Evances
Bureau of Standards
United States Department of Commereee
Gines
Pittsburgh
Navy Department
United States
Farope
England
Germany
America
United
Eperstedt
Bureau of Foreign and Domestic Commerce
Department of Commerce
Aesistents
Elvertivee Be Sent for Receipt From Twenty Five Morans Weekly
A fragmented note indicates an attempt to obtain a receipt from the twenty five Morans Weekly. The message references a required fee and a reply about approval or confirmation, with garbled wording suggesting a publication process or advertisement notice.
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Cretairee
Moaren
Fragmentary OCR News Item Needs Cleanup
The readable text shows garbled phrases about bots and cigarettes with mentions of men and time, plus scattered words like barley and beef. The fragment lacks clear events, names, dates, or locations to form a coherent summary.
Senator Waedeworth Recalls Early Ferry Pay Tale
At a dinner Senator James W. Waedeworth of New York recounts a tale from the motorjet era. A ferry captain weighs charging options as a motorjet debates crossing, asking whether it is a one or two horse team, while the captain contemplates a clever admission of unknown fare.
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James W. Waedeworth
New York
Philadelphia Evening Telegraph
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