American Enlists in British Army After Lusitania Sinking
Arthur Guy Empey, an American from Jersey City, leaves for England after the Lusitania disaster and signs as a private in the British army. He trains in London and France, where he first hears big guns and meets "cooties" before his unit enters front trenches. He rises to the fire step as bullets whiz overhead and learns death lurks in the trenches.
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Arthur Guy Empey
Jersey City
England
London
France
Empey
The Death of Pete in the Front Line Trench
A leading trench sentry recalls Pete Walling aiding a comrade, then being fatally shot. His friends carry Pete to a first aid post, prepare a wreath, and bury him next day with a flag draped coffin. The narrator writes verses for Pete’s shield and letters to his mother and sweetheart.
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Pete Walling
Pete
Thad
Yank
St Peter
Death by own action Ditch on the Western Front
A World War I diary excerpt describes a muddy dugout named Suicide Annex and the Death by Own Action Club. Soldiers endure cold rain, foul air, and sleepless nights as they guard the front, with trench bells and rapid fire drills shaping daily life.
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Tommy
Yank
The Day's Work in the Trenches at Sundown
The narrative describes trench routine at dusk with stand to signals and reliefs. Sentries keep constant watch while relievers mount fire steps to guard No Man's Land. Sleep is rare. men endure damp cold, bayonets fixed, and messages carried under tense conditions.
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Tommy
No Man’s Land
Woolwich Arsenal
Empey’s first over the top charge confronts giant Prussian
In the latest installment Empey chronicles his initial over the top assault and a hand to hand clash with a giant Prus sian foe. He promises further details of the thrilling action to come.
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Empey
Nuisance All Too Common Announces Urgent Bluff
A Washington Herald excerpt warns readers about a slick promoter pitching a high money scheme with promises of quick wealth. It mocks the scam and urges skepticism, noting backed interests and inflated claims while lampooning the promoter as a windbag and a would be “big deal.”
The Born Orator: A Bo n Oratah Defined
A Rehoboth Sunday Herald piece recounts Colonel Breckenridge asking Major Bufford about a court house remark. The major defines a born orator as one who uses refined logic, claiming in human events the arithmetic of minds yields the result with mathematical certainty.
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Breckenridge
Buffo
Lexington
Majah
Buckneh
Rehoboth Sunday Herald
Rankin quotes on work and marriage in W. C. A. speech
Congresswoman Jeannette Rankin cites historical salaries of Charles Schwab and Chauncey Depew to argue against a woman relying on a man for luxuries. She mocks young couples eager to marry to avoid domestic labor and questions expectations around women doing their own work.
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Jeannette Rankin
Charles Schwab
Chauncey Depew
Jack
Muscular Heat Rise in Nocturnal Birds
Night active owls and other birds show higher body temperatures during darkness and cooler temperatures by day due to heat produced by muscular activity. This reflects the well known link between muscle exertion and heat generation in birds.
Lucky Strike Cigarettes Boost Morale For Soldiers
War effort demands cigarettes and Lucky Strike leads with toasted Burley tobacco. Millions are produced daily by American Tobacco Co and shipped to France to comfort American troops abroad. The familiar green package and red circle symbolize home for the boys overseas.
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France
Burley Tobacco
American Tobacco Co
Poster on Liberty bond ad sparks citizen confusion
A Georgia man misreads a wartime propaganda poster showing the Statue of Liberty extending an arm with the line Buy a Bond Lest Perish. He jokes the statue must be paid for already, reflecting wartime public sentiment and humor.
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Statue of Liberty
Georgia
Swamp Root Kidney Remedy Ad Claims Purity and Efficacy
An advertisement promotes Dr Kilmer's Swamp Root as a pure non stimulant kidney liver and bladder remedy. It describes a sworn purity statement with each bottle and offers a sample bottle for ten cents by writing to Dr Kilmer Co at Binghamton NY. It asserts relief of kidney liver and bladder troubles and lists two bottle sizes.
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Dr. Kilmer
Dr. Kilmer & Co
Binghamton, N
Chance for Promotion in Depot Troops
A first lieutenant leading depot troops has many Black soldiers in his company. They mistake a sergeant for a high officer. One man tells the lieutenant, “Sergeant, you she is good.” He replies, “I am not a sergeant.” The soldier adds, “I know, boss, but some day you will be.”
Cuticura Soap and Ointment Ad Promotes Free Samples
Pimply rashy skins are soothed and healed by Cuttle cura Soap and Ointment. Free samples available by sending address to Cuticura Dept. X Boston. Soap 25 cents Ointment 25 and 50 cents. Ad.
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Cuticura
Dept. x
Boston
Mark
Dining car named most dangerous on railway
Narviss asks which part of a railway train is most dangerous and Dispepp answers the dining car as the riskiest section.
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Narviss
Dispepp
Men Face Barriers as Women and Children Cannot Smoke
A social observation notes that men may obtain the basics of life while women and children are denied access to tobacco. The remark highlights gender and age disparities in restrictions and social norms surrounding smoking.
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