Boy with Megaphone Guides Troops Aboard Cameronia
London correspondent recalls Mackinnon the Glasgow boy on the Cameronia who kept troops calm by megaphone shouting as torpedo struck. He stayed on the bridge against orders and was later slung overboard by the captain, surviving the sinking but likely perishing on the Tuscania.
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Cameronia
Mediterranean
Mackinnon
Tuscania
Mercantile Marine
Glasgow
London
Neighbor Party Turns Sour Over Liberty Bond Remark
A group of women discuss liberty bonds when a neighbor’s young girl blurts that her aunt might buy bonds to avoid taxes. Accusations fly and a indignant guest storms out as the girl defends herself with a cost of living remark, leaving the room in laughter and tension.
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Niagara Falls
War Romance In the Stars and Psychic Thrill
The article recalls the Coma Berenices constellation linked to Queen Berenice and a wartime legend about her hair sacrificed to Venus. It then quotes Mr Spuffies describing a psychic thrill between speaker and audience, noting an immediate shared tension.
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Berenice
Ptolemy
Venus
Mr. Spuffies
Canadian inventor unveils one match hub for bicycles
A Canadian inventor claims a new one piece hub will permit extensive use of solid rubber or one piece tires, boosting bicycle efficiency and durability. The design aims to simplify construction and reduce maintenance while promoting broader adoption of solid tires.
War and Caste in the British Army as Empey Enlists
Synopsis details Arthur Guy Empey an American who sails to England after Lusitania sinking to enlist as a private in the British army. He trains in London and France, experiences trench life, digs with picks and shovels, witnesses death, aids wounded under fire, serves on listening posts, then returns to billets and writes and stages a play.
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Arthur Guy Empey
Jersey City
England
London
France
Empey
O.S
Winston Churchill
Q. S. Om
Jones
George
Chapter XIX Continued A Soldier’s Card Games And Jokes
In this chapter fragment the narrator recalls card games in the trenches including Pontoon Brag Nap and Banker and Broker. He contrasts British officers servants with soldiers, praises Tommys leadership and describes Irish Scotch English differences and Saxon Prussian Bavarian rivalries aboard the front. He notes Anzac troops and the mad minute firing by Irish rifles and trench behaviors.
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Watkins
Kelly
Tommy
Ark
Virginia
McGuffy
Light Brigade
Balaclava
Gallipoli
Neuve Chapelle
Loos
Empey Interrogates German Prisoner Reveals New York Origins
Empey questions a German prisoner and learns he hails from New York. The full interview continues in the next installment.
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Empey
New York
Theory of America’s first inhabitants sparks new debate
The Chicago Examiner discusses competing theories on how primitive man reached the Americas. One view proposes a land bridge from Asia via Siberia. another suggests an American origin diverging into Asiatic Mongolian strains. The piece notes uncertainty and calls for further proof.
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America
Asib
Chicago
Freezone promises quick corn relief and easy removal
A sales pitch touts Freezone as instant relief for hard and soft corns and calluses. It claims painless removal using a tiny bottle sold by druggists for a few cents, calling Freezone the discovery of a Cincinnati gentus.
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Cincinnati
Spent Yeast Reformed Into Everyday Tooling
Spent yeast from breweries and distilleries is processed into buttons, doorbell plates and knife handles. The waste material previously seen as a nuisance is now fully utilized as it is gathered from vats. The material is dried and milled into powder then hot pressed into usable forms called ernolith.
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Popular Science Monthly
Discreet Parrot Dealer Accused of Fraud
A Boston Evening Transcript snippet cites a whispered claim that a dealer is fraudulent. The remark notes the parrot appears to know many words and hints at forbidden terms in a lady’s presence.
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Hwe
Boston Evening Transcript
Gibbes in a Fight Named Pass-n-Fist
The dialogue jokes about Gibbes being a pacifist who allegedly uses a pass-n-fist style. The quip frames a clash as playful banter rather than a serious altercation.
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Gibbes
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