Empey Escapes Death on No Man's Land Patrol
American adventurer Arthur Guy Empey travels from Jersey City to England to enlist in the British army. He trains in France hears heavy guns and endures trench warfare with danger all around. He serves as trench digger and on listening posts while a chaplain aids wounded men under fire.
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Lves
Arthur Guy Empey
Jersey City
England
London
France
Empey
No Man’s Land
Innes
Old Scotty and the brigade sniper tale from the war
In the narrator’s memoir a soldier named Old Scotty stands out for his eye patch and lifelong Texas roughness. A Northwest Mounted Police veteran and crack rifleman, he feigns independence and becomes a brigade sniper, famed for notching his rifle with every German he downs before rheumatism sends him home to Blighty.
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Wilson
Scott
Scotty
Northwest
Northwest Mounted Police
Co Olin
America
Rockies
Scotland Yard
Old Scotty
Ananias
G. R
Home Defense Corps
Staged In Reserve Barracks Create Homefront Theater
In a WWI memoir, a company rests after front-line duty for two months and plans a makeshift stock company. The narrator writes a two-act farce The Diamond Palace Saloon, recruits 20 volunteers, assembles a mock theater space, and casts Abe Switch and others to perform for comrades in a French village billet.
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Tommy
America
Tim
Empey & Wallace Theate
Ant
Diamond Palace
London
David Belasco
Bowery
New York
The
Abe Switch
Pumpkinville Center
Tenn
Tom Twistem
Fillem
Abe
Tom
Still a favorite fashion note from Paris influences fall styles
A Paris statement highlights a white and navy satin frock by a renowned French designer now in American importers’ hands. The robe, a straight chemise-like line with shoulder focus, challenges claims that such lines are out. Details include a center back fasten, long graceful skirt, sash belt, and abundant navy ribbon in place of black.
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Paris
Cool Pajamas for Summer with Light Crepe De Chine
Cold weather not here yet. The article describes feminine summer pajamas with sleeves removed for comfort and featherweight fabric. Lacy trim and fine vat lace add relief. waist is hinted with satin ribbon girdle. Bursting with tucks and veiling options like brim and tulle overlays.
Wartime Escape Through Fire and Wire
A soldier recalls a perilous night behind enemy lines and a mad dash back to his trench. He describes the close bullets and a wire encounter, a shouted challenge, and finally safety after identifying himself and receiving rum to steady nerves.
Submarine Cable History Figures Recounted in 19th Century Text
A historical note estimates that the total oceanic wire in submarine cables since 1857 would span from the earth to the moon, illustrating the vast scale of early global communications work.
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Earth
Moon
Flowered Toque Revived For Elegant 19th Century Wear
The flowered toque returns as a popular accessory worn by matronly women. A notable model features a large woman in a broad tail coat with shawl collar and deep chinchilla cuffs. The hat is covered with small white flowers and violets, with black velvet ribbons and a veil completing the ensemble.
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Chinchilla
Little Cubes and Blocks in New Season Fabrics
A fashion writer surveys the new season noting micro cube and block prints in foulard and gear patte crepes. Silk tricot weaves with strong ridge effects gain popularity, as do open weaves resembling silk mesh. Prices rise across fabrics though quality fabrics remain economical overall.
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Chippendale
Paris
Fashions and Fads Highlight Young Girl Attire and Accessories
Net frocks for wee girls feature sashes of net while dyed panama and floral silk ribbons decorate millinery. Afternoon dresses show faring sleeves and high hairstyles. Sunbonnets remain popular for little girls as general utility coats use Scotch blends. Handbags use wood frames and corsets showcase Philippine decorative work.
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Panama
Embroideries and fagoting showcased in clever garment detailing
The article notes touches are novel with embroideries and fagoting. Embroideries are placed flatly to concentrate the hem top or packet, not as ruffles. Fagoting is used by hidden outline panels or to join contrasting color bands.
Ideal Place for Solitude on Bird Island
Bird Island the northern Magdalen island group holds the world wreck record in the Gulf of St. Lawrence. The bare cliffed plateau hosts thousands of nesting gulls gannets and murres while a lone lighthouse keeper and his wife inhabit the inhospitable outcrop. Shipping approaches only in calm weather and keeper depots are perilous with prior keepers dying or being confined by events and ice.
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Bird Island
Magdalen—islands
Gulf of St. Lawrence
Fad Wows Brockton as Artful Lingerie Designs Debut
The Brockton Times reports hosiery makers cut colors to plain shades boosting a new lingerie fad. Artists welcome the bold prints such as Marie Antoinette on corset covers and Bastille scenes around underskirts, predicting a rise of artistically minded pieces despite wartime economics.
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Marie Antoinette
Brockton Times
Boulevard origins tied to fortifications in urban naming
The term boulevard derives from bulwark meaning fortification and originally referred to ramparts. Since the mid nineteenth century the word has been used for new streets not built on former defensive walls.
Piano Not Necessity Prosecution Over Second Hand Piano
Berlin authorities prosecuted a piano dealer for overcharging at 500 for a renovated second hand instrument when the buyer paid 275. The case questioned whether picnics and a piano could be deemed daily necessities during wartime and upheld the trader’s right to set higher prices for perceived luxuries.
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Berlin
Denter
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