American Enlists in British Army After Lusitania Sinking
Arthur Guy Empey, an American from Jersey City, volunteers for the British army following the Lusitania disaster. He trains in London and France, experiences frontline fighting and artillery, meets comrades including a notable chaplain, digs trenches in No Man's Land, and witnesses combined peril and deaths as he serves in the war.
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Empey
Pick and Shovel Squad
NO Man’s Land
Arthur Guy Empey
Jersey City
England
London
France
Chaplain
Chaplains Brave in War Frontline Rescue Noted by Soldier
A first person account details brutal daily life in a divisional bath and field conditions. It praises Chaplain Captain Hall for three daring rescues under fire, carrying wounded on his back despite a bullet wound.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Holy Joe
Tommy
Hall
Picks and Shovels in No Man's Land Blitz
The narrator recounts a trench dig in No Man's Land with a covering party of 30 and a five foot wide trench. After two hours of quiet digging the shelling erupts, casualties rise to 63 with 21 killed and 87 wounded, and five missing.
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Cordin
Fritz
Royal Engineers
Tommy
London
Irreparable Loss to World After 1914 Library Fire
The text laments the destruction of vast manuscripts and rare editions in the Aug 27 1914 blaze at the Toronto Mall and Empire galleries. It notes the loss of priceless sixteenth century editions of Virgil, Tacitus, Horace, Ovid and others, along with Aristotle works and illuminated Bibles, destroying ages of scholarly labor. It emphasizes the irreplaceable cultural damage and the vanished records of Spanish Conquest and Inquisition era.
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Charles VI
Europe
Toronto
Virgil
Terrence
Suallust
Tacitus
Seneca
Martial
Ovid
Horace
Juvenal
Livy
Lucretius
Lucian
Cicero
Caesar
First Irish Coaching Company and Bianconi’s Long Cars
In 1815 an Italian named Bianconi began Ireland’s first coaching company using long cars on regular routes. The cars, drawn by one to four horses, became the safest travel means, expanding to 128 towns though not yet in the north. Fares averaged two pence farthing per mile and cushions were provided. in wet weather journeys did not exceed two stages before changing cushions.
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Bianconi
Ireland
Wall
Eucalyptus Growth Tied to Frost-Free California Coast
Eucalyptus trees tolerate poor soil and require little care but cannot withstand frost. Large plantations run by railroad companies exist along California's Pacific shore near San Diego, where fog provides most moisture for growth.
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California
Pacific Ocean
San Diego
Spotted the Good Thing and the Nighttime Cries
A mother urges her husband to walk the crying baby to sleep. The father reluctantly agrees and the baby asks to be walked. After this, the crying habit ends and the baby sleeps through the night.
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Bobby
Bobbie
Peterson's Ointment Cures Ulcers and Eczema Claims
A testimonial advertisement touts Peterson's Ointment as a universal remedy for old sores ulcers eczema and burns. It claims dramatic cures and offers a money back guarantee if not helpful immediately with a 30 cent box available at druggists.
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Peterson
Wm. J. Nichols
Wilder St
Rochester
N. Y
Charles E. Whitney
Vineyard Haven
Mass
J. Lo Weiss
Cuylerville
Peterson Bros
Buffalo
Ady
No clear grasp of European situation noted in dialogue
Senator Sorghum doubts human understanding could fully grasp the European situation. He implies that if comprehension had been possible earlier, the conflict might have been avoided.
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Senator Sorghum
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Sanitary Police
Douge
Louvain
Fletcher
Allen
Ells
Dean
Illinois
A. Cavender
Highth
S&t
Waukegan
Doan
Foster-Milburn CO
Piso
Iso
Piso Company
Warren, Pa
Long Island
Karl Jersey
Wakefield
Harry Flat Dutch
Drumhead
Express Collect
O. Dy
Tess W. L. Beardin
Tifton, GA
Latah Vee
Imi
N. U
Chicago
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