American Soldier Enlists and Faces Gas and Spies in France
The narrative follows Arthur Guy Empey as he leaves Jersey City for England to join the war effort. He enters front lines in France, endures a gas attack, and serves as a frontline observer and improvised intelligence operative with fellow soldier Atwell. A running spy rumor and a misadventure with a brigadier general provide wartime peril and humor.
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Arthur Guy Empey
Jersey City
England
Empey
France
Gern Fokker
Rest Buleta
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Chilean Gold Reserve Hidden in War Time Deal
The London Economist reports that at the war start Chile held gold in Germany used as a note basis blocked by the siege. Chile bought nitrates from German Chilean producers, paid with Berlin drafts, then sold the nitrate in the United States to DuPont Explosives for gold. The transfer moved Chile’s gold from Germany to the United States, aiding explosives production against Germany. The move drew French speculation of a rift with Germany, but had German sanction to aid local subjects and trade.
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Poral
Atwell
Ile
Kergenot
No Man's Land
England
New York
Royal Engineers
Wight
Royal Irish Rifles
London
Germany
Chile
Berlin
United States
DuPont Explosives Company
Germaan
France
Hamburg
Coal shortages and strange uses of coal in early news
A family banters over a newspaper article about coal shortages and a so called fuel demon strator named Mr. S. They debate terms like anthrax coal and voluminous coal with playful confusion.
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Peggy
Geyser Wonder Guides Peggy Through War Talk
Peggy questions shortages and war chatter as a family recalls Indians, Texaco, and a terrible man. Ma explains a looming conflict with Russia and Germany while Joe Toye’s Boston Post quote colors the scene.
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Peggy
Hem
Texaco
Joe Toye
Boston Post
Water as fuel claimed by chemist breakthrough
A chemist has reportedly developed a method to burn water when blended with a freely flowing oil. An observer described water burning to 2000 degrees, with vaporization and splitting of water into oxygen and hydrogen inside a hot metal cell, claiming potential commercial profitability amid coal shortages.
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Christian Science Monitor
Rheumatism linked to cold weather in early 20th century study
An early 1900s report explains rheumatism as joint disease caused by diplococci bacteria. Experiments by Doctors Rosenow, Poynton, and Paine showed rabbits developed rheumatic cases after exposure to fluids from patients, with cocci thriving at low temperatures, explaining winter flare ups.
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Rosenow
Poynton and Paine
London
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