Thanksgiving Day Reflections From Wartime Seafaring Youth
The piece honors service members at naval stations and on ships, noting their first Thanksgiving away from home and their emotional shift toward gratitude. It highlights efforts at Great Lakes and other training bases to bring holiday meals and visits from home, with chaplains, prayers, and programs shaping a moral, patriotic commemoration. It emphasizes sacrifice, unity, and national purpose as American sailors and soldiers face war.
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High Seas
Jackies
Rible Atrestuvs Wright
Bhouwkthia
United States
Huttar
Bern
William A. Muffett
Great Lakes
Bors
Mitett
Perth
Michigan
Jackson
Hartes W. Mire
Thankesteine
Somlie
What War Did to Rome
A historical survey describes ancient Rome’s urban life and engineering and contrasts it with wartime disruption. It covers the city’s brick construction, aqueducts, water supply, street lighting, baths, mills, and daily comforts, noting how invasion and conquest altered civilization and delayed progress by centuries. It also weaves in curiosities on Roman tech, housing, and even sea horses, illustrating a broad portrait of Rome’s past.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Rome
Era
Empire
Teiar
Julius Caesar Gret
Alexandria
Egypt
Ines
Tiber
Mermelide
Netite
Chad
Compton
Still Time to Forward Gifts for Christmas to Expeditionary Forces
An official Post Office Department statement warns of Christmas parcel rules for American Expeditionary Forces in France. Edward B. Clark notes confusion from varying instructions and outlines packing, weight limits, and proper addressing for parcels sent to troops via Hoboken Port of Embarkation.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Post Office Department
Edward B Clark
Washington
Pratt
United States
Wallington
France
Atlenpeethoe
Etrent
Kiyrepe
Fane
Embarkation
Hotoken
New Jersee
Etpress
Thenuaeh
Motoken
Otdremsee
War Department
Ferelce
Emilarkarion
Hotken
Christ
Christine Toorning
Atmerican Expeditionary Forces
Post Office
Wolel
Aristmus
Hoboken
SOON GAINS THREE POUNDS TO ENLIST FOR NAVY
A Boston youth underweight for Navy gains weight by bananas eggs milk and water to meet enlistment standards, while others allegedly use subterfuge. The story recounts a recruit from Walpole who gained weight after multiple attempts and interviews with a recruiting officer, highlighting the era’s emphasis on meeting physical requirements. Additional bits mention humor ads and a note on Alaska’s first country fair at Anchorage with agricultural exhibits and related events.
Recognized Mia Sermon and engaging sermon tale
A fragment recounts Mia Sermon and Enginn figures with Matheson Lang as a York archbishop relative. Barmsby Williams, famed for Dickens roles, studied for the church and early on crafted sermons sold cheaply. A correspondent notes his dramatic delivery and a shared text that sparked a memory of a church dignitary’s sermon.
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Enginn
Dauguiere
Matheson Lang
Archishop
York
Comme Lang
Barmsby Williams
Lickens
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Turkey
Otto Praeger
Navy
Finn
Lee
Boston
Reuben
Delicatessen
Gettomn
Alaska
Anchorage
Alsshan Milk Road Commission
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