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Newspaper
Nappanee Advance
Location
Nappanee, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Aug 13, 1918
Page
3
American volunteer Arthur Guy Empey recounts enlisting in the British Army, training in France, and going over the top into No Man’s Land. He survives heavy bombardment, intense combat, and a bayonet clash, receiving wounds but returning to duty within six weeks.
The article compares bombing and fighter planes showing a three-seat bomber with turreted guns and a German Albatross single seater with three machine guns. It notes speeds around 187 mph, a 50 yard convergence point, and features like an electric starter and radiator heater for high altitude flights.
Synopsis notes Empey joins the group after the Lusitania sinking and goes over the top in a desperate fight. The piece labels the bombing squad and references Empey’s casualties in a war context.
A veteran recounts volunteering for bomber training in France, describing the grim field lessons in jam tin bombs, improvised fuses, and the Mills bomb. He details the brutal learning curve, the risks of counterfire, and the shift from jam tins to standardized ordnance amid wartime pressures.
A veteran recounts training on explosive devices and bomb throwing with Americans and Canadians, comparing skills and banter. The piece notes a spring action, detonator, and the dangers of mishandling charges, while reflecting on the narrator’s wish for peace and a desire to avoid further action.
The section cools off in a ten foot deep creek during hot weather and bathes as a luxury. The sergeant major orders a drill bath parade with fifteen minutes to soak and wash. After marching to the divisional baths a wheezy pump is heard behind a wooden shed.
In Acts 2 42 47 the converted believers form a thriving fellowship through teaching fellowship breaking bread and prayer They experience unity grace and growth and the Lord adds daily The Acts 4 81 85 portrait shows a praying spirit filled and united church bold in testimony and charity The Acts 6 1 4 section outlines choosing deacons with good report Holy Spirit fullness and wisdom to steward church affairs.
The passage describes Empey’s next installment showing scenes of bathing joy and domestic calm, focusing on sensory details and understated humor.
A writer contends that Europe’s devastating war could yield extraordinary intellects and poetic figures akin to Shelley and Byron, restored after conflict as in post Napoleonic times. The piece ponders whether wars like the Crimean and American Civil War spurred mid Victorian literature.
The passage contrasts Shelley’s indolence and love of water with Coleridge’s famed intellect and reluctance to work. It notes Shelley produced many poems while idle at ease in a boat and says Coleridge left his finest poems as fragments due to a lack of will to work.
A western household feared for their pet goat after it ate two sticks of dynamite. The animal was moved to safety and tethered, but days and weeks passed with no explosion or harm.
The author urges men to keep a cheerful heart and hopeful outlook even in hardship. By faithfully performing daily duties and maintaining trust in God and humanity, one can brighten the face and enrich life with true happiness.
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