See Here Private Hargrove! A Soldier’s Kitchen Tales
Private Marion Hargrove recalls basic training at Fort Bragg with Battery A cooks. He describes goldbricking, mates, and the close bond of new soldiers as they face homesickness, pranks, and the grind of army life.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Private Hargrove
Marion Hargrove
North Carolina
Fort Bragg
Sher
Hargrove
Junior
Daddy
Shers
Columbus
Ohio
Maurice
Goldbricking
Maury
Charlotte Boys
Fort Knox
Battery A
Hell
Sleepy fisherman reveals hidden tooth infection tale
Two fishermen wake at dawn for their spots. One becomes lethargic. doctors identify infected teeth as the culprit. Symptoms include morning fatigue, apathy, poor concentration, dizziness, and blurry vision. Medical World cites Dr. Solis Cohen on focal infection and cautions against self treatment. Consult physician and dentist for persistent fatigue.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bill
M. Solis- Cohen
Diet and vitamins aid eye health and general digestion
A medical discussion notes that vitamin A and vitamin B complex through a balanced diet can improve color vision and night blindness in aviators and others. It stresses exploring digestive causes for eye disturbances and warns against vitamin use as sole treatment while detailing diabetes and lipoma Q&A.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
North America
Arthur M. Yudkin
Army
Navy
Yudkin
Four-Leaf Clover Apron Pattern No 5614 Ad
Due to high demand and war conditions orders may take longer to fill. To obtain the Applique pattern and Apron pattern for the Four-Leaf Clover Apron Pattern No 5614 send 15 cents plus one cent for postage, plus your name address and pattern number to Home Needlework 530 South Wells St Chicago.
Shakespearean Actor Seeks Bathroom in Apartment Visit
A Shakespearean actor arrives at his apartment and asks the landlady where to perform his ablutions. She snaps back not to perform any acts, citing a troupe of acrobats from last week. The piece ends with a quip on detectives needing only fallen arches.
Keep Going but Betty Refuses to Park on the Way
A playful exchange between Betty and Lloyd centers on travel and counting. Lloyd asks for help while Betty insists on not stopping, and a teacher tests Hayton with multipliers from three to a million.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Betty
Lloyd
Hayton
All His Rights Stage Banter Cites Real Wine and Poison
Dialog cites a demand for real wine in a banquet scene and real poison in the death scene. The Stage Manager jokes that Courtship’s voyage is brief but marriage is a bark that lingers.
Telegram banter on exam results sparks light humor
A telegram exchange reveals that George did not pass the exam but nearly tops the failing list. The humorous note shows light academic pressure and social tone in a small community.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
George
Mike and Pat Exchange Badgering About a Sick Wife
Mike asks if his wife is dangerous. Pat replies she is not dangerous, only very ill. The banter centers on concern and humor about ailing health without threats.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mike
Woife
Pat
Advertising Copy on Cigarettes for Servicemen
A wartime ad targets soldiers and sailors with lines about duty romance and leaving a ninth inning game for love. It highlights Camel cigarettes as a favored brand among Army, Navy, Marines, and Coast Guard personnel and notes sales records in service men stores.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
U. S
Navy
Marines
Coast Guard
Coinage Quip Highlights Foss Wit at Lunch
The Pathinder notes Massachusetts Representative Eugene Noble Foss amused by a boastful Englishman. Foss retorts with a coin joke about his great great grandfather being made an angel by the Indian whose image appears on the cent.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Eugene Noble Foss
Massachusetts
Foss
Pathfinder
Dictionary of 5 020 Volumes
The bulkiest work ever produced was a Chinese dictionary created in 1600 for the emperor. It comprised 5 020 volumes and stood as a monumental lexicographic achievement of its era.
Also Mentioned on This Page
Happy Menza
Buffalo
McGlauflin
Minnesota
Fayetteville
Wesley Sager
Amsterdam
New York
Melvin Hart
Sager
Hart
Lager
Private Sager
Private Hart
Jim Carney
Private Carney
Private Lager
Lot
Georgia
Oscar
The
Waldorf
Didie
Hollywood
Holy Joe
Machree
Post Exchange
Dr. Barton
South Wells St
Chicago
Foo Tan
ATIO
John A. Winant
Marvel
Marvel Dental Company
Dep
Dearborn St
Maek Ae Emulslon
Wintersmith
This is just the beginning! Our collection holds over 300 years of history, including rare newspapers, obituaries, marriage records, birth records, and so much more—most of which you won’t find anywhere else!