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Newspaper
Philip Weekly Review
Location
Philip, South Dakota, United States of America
Date
May 23, 1918
Page
6
An old fashioned remedy claims to restore energy for tired indoors workers. The tonic uses Golden Seal root and Bloodroot with cherry bark, alcohol free, sold in tablets at drug stores for sixty cents.
Fragmented OCR reads a politician claiming rise from humble origins in a grocery job earning three dollars weekly. He then speaks of invention and progress as an apparent public remark, with garbled surrounding text from a local paper.
American Arthur Guy Empey travels from Jersey City to England to enlist in the British army after the Lusitania sinking. He trains in London and France, hearing heavy guns and facing danger on the front line, including trench digging and listening post duties.
In a World War I memoir fragment, a bombardier and a mate in the 238 battery describe life in the trenches. They defy strict orders from Old Pepper, use Morse to chat, and plan a daylight shelling bluff after observing German lines. The tale highlights dangerous observation posts, makeshift dugouts, and the morale swings of long campaigns.
The fragment hints at a plan to use clever methods to create an excellent play. It mentions Clethemping as the authoring force and implies a strategic, inventive approach rather than a direct finished script. Further readable details are limited.
A rookie, always last to dress and march, faces a blunt company commander who asks if he is with them in the war. The piece reflects on long childhood waits between meals and then shifts through quips about choice, breaking a young man in, and a joke about a husband named Gings who dusted after his wife’s sweeping attack.
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