Empey Breaks Over The Top For First Time In War
The American born Arthur Guy Empey travels to England, joins the British Army, and in France experiences his first trench assault. He recalls standing on the fire step, the barrage, No Man's Land, and a brutal hand to hand and artillery exchange before being wounded and later returning to the front.
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Empey
Arthur Guy Empey
Jersey City
England
London
France
Palin
Fritz
Tommy
No Man’s Land
Over the Top in the Trenches During Early Assault
A memoir note recalls an early morning raid when an officer ordered the men to go over the top at four o clock. The speaker describes the round of inspections and the tense anticipation before the assault.
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Dean
J. B. Ragless
Carpenter
W. 60Th St
Chicago
Eave
Geo. W. Dempster
Notary Public
Deadly Warplane Traits Highlight German Albatross
A Scribner's description details a three seat warplane with two machine gun turrets and a pilot position behind the motor. It notes a 300 kmh speed, three synchronized guns, a 50 yard convergence point, an electric self starter, radiator heaters, and a wing area under 20 square yards.
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Scribner's
Silkworms of the Sea
The piece describes the pinna, a Mediterranean bivalve mollusk nicknamed the silkworm of the sea. It spins fine silk used to anchor itself, yielding threads strong enough to weave gloves and stockings. A pair of stockings made from this material costs six dollars in the Philadelphia Ledger account.
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Mediterranean
Philadelphia Ledger
Pretty Bright Mule In Court
A farmer testifies that a freight train hit a mule claimed by the defendant. The attorney asks if the animal was on the track when struck. The witness concedes he did not see the incident but speculates the mule would have dodged behind a tree if it had reached the woods beside the track.
Fruit Picker's Dream: Net System Drops Fruit Directly Into Box
A Popular Science Monthly description outlines an efficient fruit gathering method using a large net suspended beneath a tree. Fruit is dropped into the net and rolls through a cone shaped canvas spout into a barrel, with taut netting supported by iron posts.
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Popular Science Monthly
Patent Cure Claim Ad for Hall's Catarrh Medicine
An old advertisement promises $100 for any case Hall's Catarrh Medicine cannot cure. It claims internal use and blood system action, sold by druggists for over forty years. F. J. Cheney & Co., Toledo, Ohio.
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Hall
F. J. Cheney & Co
Toledo
Onio
Turkey Worth Buying Reaches $150 Diamond Find
F. J. Hardy of Chicago bought a turkey despite high prices. His thrift faded as he paid for the bird and found a diamond worth about $150 in its crop, a surprising reward from a single purchase.
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Turkey
F. J. Hardy
Chicago
Modern Improvements Fireless Furnace Question
A humorous exchange notes a shift from a fireless cooker to a fireless furnace at home, signaling growing household innovations and domestic gadgetry.
Spring Fever and Blood Tonic Advice for Modern Ailments
An advice note promotes Dr. Pierce's Golden Medical Discovery and Anuric as cures for spring fatigue, headaches, pale skin, and nerve pains. It links indoor winter living and poor diet to tiredness and blood impurities and urges readers to use glyceric herb extract tablets, priced sixty cents, available at drug stores.
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Oregon
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