From Blighty to Rest Billets Aboard a Trench Rifle
A British Army recruit describes the journey from training depots to France. He details equipment struggles at the barracks, packing lists, and the rigors of rest billets with cooties, fleas, baths, and improvised scratchers as soldiers endure a long frontier lull before combat.
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Empey
Arms
Batman
Tommy Atkins
England
Patagonia
Germany
Tommy
France
Lee Mafield
Sergeant Emney Realizes Ambition In First Line Trench
In a fragmentary note the piece follows Sergeant Emney as he reflects on achieving his ambition with arrival in a frontline trench. He also voices a wish to return to Jouray City, hinting at longing and personal perspective amid conflict.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Emney
Joraey City
Modern poultry housing shifts to fresh air over constant warmth
A detailed plan advocates for twenty to twenty five fowls per house with curtained windows and modern methods that prioritize ample ventilation. It argues against ultra tight warm houses and notes hens acclimated to cold resist frost, improving lay stability without freezing combs.
Model House for Small Hen Flock
A quick inexpensive 8 by 8 foot hen house to shelter 20 to 25 birds. Two by four framing with limited studs, a sloped roof, and roping or wood siding. Ventilation via a window or curtain protected opening and a door on the side. Full bill of materials is in Farm Bulletin 889 Back Yard Poultry Keeping.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ndt
Tommy
Farmers’ Bulletin
United States Department of Agriculture
Bustle Declines as Tunics Shape Modern Skirts
Fashion notes describe the bustle fading from style and the tunic and side tunics taking its place. Wide front and back panels now form the skirt lading the silhouette while the loose back panel from earlier vogue disappears.
One Side Rever Dress Showcases Net and Bead Detail
A blue satin dress demonstrates the new one side rever with a panel at the bodice creating a straight neck line. Unfastening the shoulder alters the silhouette revealing a net and gold bead vest that transforms the garment’s character.
Woman recovers from long illness with Lydia E. Pinkham's remedy
Mrs. Lizzie Courtney of Oskaloosa Iowa reports years of misery due to weakness and pain ending after using Lydia E Pinkham's Vegetable Compound. The letter urges other women with displacements irregularities inflammation ulceration nervousness or changes of life to try the root and herb medicine and contact Lydia E Pinkham Medicine Co Lynn Massachusetts for advice.
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Oskaloosa
Lydia HE. Pinkham
Lizzia-Courtney
8Th Ave
West
Lowa
Courtney
Lydia E. Pinkham
Lydia E
Electric Steel Plant Opens in Alexandria Sydney
Australian Electric Steel Ltd operates a two-ton electro-metals two phase furnace fed by 5 000 volt three phase city circuits. The Alexandria plant has run for nearly a year producing mining and electrical castings from scrap steel and pig iron. A similar plant is planned for western Australia.
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Electric Steel
Australia
Australian Electric “Steel, “Ltd
Alexandria
Sydney
Australis
Betting Talk Amid Racing Odds and Alimony Jibe
A spectator wagers lightly while a bettor in a purple vest dismisses a horse named Isabel in the second race. The man jokes about paying alimony to a woman named Tsabel as a punchline.
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Isabel
Tsabél
Birmingham Age- Herald
Banquet Room Promise Delivers Two Speeches Before Arrival
The chairman of the committee informs guests that despite late arrival, two good speakers will address the audience until the eminent after-dinner orator arrives. The exchange underscores anticipation and the quick wit of the after-dinner speaker.
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Ahil
Farewell Tour Echoes in War News
A fragment notes an artist’s farewell tour and asks if it was successful while referencing a figure who knows little about ongoing war news. The line suggests a reflective mood on endings and conflicts.
March to Victory Blood Tonic Ends Spring Health Advice
An old fashioned herbal remedy promotes spring health using blood root Golden Seal root Oregon Grape root Queen's root Stone root and Black Cherry bark. Dr Pierce's Golden Medical Discovery is cited with mail order details from Buffalo New York. The piece advises diet changes and uric acid dissolving remedies and notes trial packages available for ten cents.
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Oregon
Dr. Pierce
Dr_ Pierce
Golden Medical Discovery
Invalids
Buffalo
N.Y
Doctor Pierce
Invalides’ Hotel and Purgical Institute
N. Z
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WERT
Arthur Guy
Arthur Guy Empey
Jersey City
United States Cavalry
M. O
Souton
Aspier
Rouén
Hommes
Cheveaur
Jim
Owst
Therh
Special Information Service
David Roberts
Flushing
Priaes
Peeraae
Vetestaarlia
Wiite Br
David Bobs Roberts
Grand Avenue
Wankewha
Wis
Salt Lake City
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