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Newspaper
Riverdale Pointer
Location
Riverdale, Illinois, United States of America
Date
Mar 08, 1918
Page
6
The narrator describes his brutal shock at a quartermaster’s pack up of War gear in Blighty and the long march to training in France. He details equipment from boots to D straps, packs, and mess kits, and notes the exhausting conditions and the cooties that plague troops in rest billets.
The account describes improvised scratchers of eighteen inches used in trench duty and a humorous scene with an Irish Hussar regiment. Troopers patrol at rest billets and bate shirts with entrenching tool handles, joking they have not bathed in nine weeks and would stay in the field for duration of war.
In this installment Ser geant Empey recalls achieving his long sought goal of reaching a first line trench. He reflects on the experience and confesses a wish to be back in Jersey City rather than at the front.
A New York area resident reimagines a closetless dwelling into a well organized home. Cedar lined wardrobes, pine shelves, and attic banks maximize storage. A visible inventory lists every item to curb frantic searches for vanished possessions.
The Bay St. Louis factory, relocating from Miami due to freight costs, will process green sea turtles caught in Central American waters. It plans 15,000 cans daily totaling 700,000 pounds per year and will offer four products including green sea turtle soup and turtle beef Creole. A turtle oil by product will also be produced.
Teruko Nakamura of Osaka known as the Steel Queen retires from business to travel the empire giving free film shows for education. She plans to teach uneducated workers about other nations, focusing on factory towns. She is thirty four, widowed eight years, paid off debts, and turned the firm into a stock company before retiring.
In a domestic scene Wee Mary witnesses her sister Elizabeth an eleven year old girl being invited to go skating. Mary rushes to tell her mother about Elizabeth's first attempt with a boy and the excitement of the moment.
An earnest advertising piece extols Dr. Pierce's Blood and Nerve tonic for vigor and endurance, praising its herbal ingredients and a spring reset. It recommends Dr. Pierce's Pleasant Pellets laxative for weekly bowel cleansing and urges immediate use to overcome winter fatigue. It concludes with a metaphor urging proactive effort to seize opportunity.
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