Empey Posts Front Lines Memoir Abroad War Experience
American evacuee Arthur Guy Empey volunteers with the British army after Lusitania sinking. He trains in London and France joins frontline trenches learns trench life digs No Man's Land endures shellfire and observes chaplain rescues. He later writes and stages a play during rest billets.
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Arthur Guy Empey
Jersey City
England
London
France
Empey
No Man's Land
Wartime Trench Tales Of Gift Exchanges And Snipers
An embedded wartime reminiscence describes a soldier’s nightly exchanges at a front stake with a German prisoner. Exchangees trade parcels, talk of London, and share rations while a bomb kills a sergeant and severed relations darken the war. The narrator recalls Carl Schmidt, a Bavarian servirant-turned-fan, and a grim joke about German snipers earning marks. He notes a final warning to keep the Iron Cross hidden amid memories of Blighty.
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Tommy
London
Fritz
Berlin
Tomy
Carl Schmidt
Sixty-sixth
Bavarian Light Infantry
New York
Coney Island
Hans Wagner
Russell
Germany
St. Paul’s Cathedral
Chats With Fritz and a World War I Machine Gun Raid
In a wartime memoir excerpt a British brigade sends volunteers to a machine gun course at St Omar. The narrator serves in the Vickers 303 gun, joins the front line, participates in a bombing raid that captures twenty one German prisoners, and notes the mistreatment of prisoners would not be tolerated.
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St. Omar
Suicide Club
St Unt
Fritz
Tommy
Dying German Officers in No Man’s Land Described
A trench narrative recalls German captain and an unteroffizier killed after a drunken wager to hang a cap on English barbed wire. The dying men recount champagne abundance, mistaken bearings, and a failed crossing before being buried apart from British graves. The article also details commercial potato harvest using elevator diggers and field graders by a U.S. Agriculture department guide.
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Interoffizier
No Man’s Land
Uateroffizier
Empey Leads a Costly Over the Top Charge
Empey and his machine-gun company push over the top into German trench lines in a bold assault. The action proves successful yet costly, with the next installment promising a fuller account of the dramatic charge.
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Empey
Be Above Gossip in Charity and Silence
An editorial urging readers to avoid gossip and cruel truths. It extols turning a deaf ear to unkind reports and giving the subject the benefit of doubt. It stresses that small minds talk much and advocates speaking only cheerful, charitable thoughts.
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New York Evening Mall
Our Allies and Our Duties Address
Clarence Ousley Assistant Secretary of Agriculture urges Americans to honor allies France Britain Italy and Belgium. He calls for strength of body mind and spirit to endure war and to view victory as a holy day of redemption in a wartime exhortation.
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France
Britain
Italy
Belgium
Clarence’ Ousley
County Agents Teach Many In War Emergency
War emergency expands rural education as county agents reach 303 723 farmers in 1917 in the South. Crop demonstrations covered 2 857 485 acres with guidance on farming livestock marketing and related problems reaching about 60 percent of Southern farms.
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United States Department of Agriculture
Office of Extension Work South
States’ Relations Service
Willy
Boys and Girls Reach Over Two Million Through Club Work
A U S Department of Agriculture compilation shows over 2.4 million boys and girls reached by club work last year. About 350,000 made complete reports. they produced and conserved goods worth 10 million dollars. In 33 Northern and Western states enrollment reached 840,606 with 160,625 reporting 3.7 million dollars in value. In the South 115,745 boys and 73,306 girls produced goods valued at 5.9 million dollars. Emergency work in the South reached over 400,000 boys and about 1,000,000 girls producing more than 4 million dollars in value.
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United States Department of Agriculture
War Work by County Agents
County agents and home demonstration workers in the United States educate farmers and women in food production and conservation while assisting in wide war duties. They work with Agriculture, Food Administration, Treasury, War, Navy, Justice, and Labor departments on surveys, seed programs, credit, Liberty bonds, disease eradication, pest campaigns, marketing, rail shipments, and public information.
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United States Department of Agriculture
United States
Department of Agriculture
Food Administration
Treasury Department
War Department
Navy Department
Department of Justice
Department of Labor
Council of National Defense
Committee On Public
Plow and Stubble: Rationale for Timely Field Plowing
Cited guidance urges plowing soon after grain harvest to destroy weeds and manage residue. The text presents four strong reasons supporting timely field plowing to improve soil condition and future yields.
Ellis Parker Butler and family amid wartime duties
Fragmentary narrative places Ellis Parker Butler at Flushing and describes his household’s patriotic efforts during the war. Acknowledges his reputation and involvement with war stamps campaigns. text shows questioning from a child and family discussions about patriotism and duty.
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Ellis Parker Butler
Flushing
Butler
Fragmentary wartime reminiscence in muffled street sounds
A clipped, disjointed reminiscence recalls noise and movement of a wartime street scene. Phrases describe shells roaring, rifles and machine guns, a tense crowd, and scattered sounds of musicians in the area.
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Bonenbayerss
Planus
Worty Banter in Town: Urbs and Litty-Folks Exchange Jibe
A playful town exchange centers on flowers with Mrs. Litty-Folks quipping about planting and Mr. Urbs replying about raising them. The anecdote captures local humor and light social banter in a concise moment.
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