Empey First Turn on the Trench Front in Britain Army
Arthur Guy Empey an American living in Jersey City joins the British army after Lusitania sinking. He trains in London and France, serves as mess orderly, cooks bacon and tea for his section, and details of trench life include mud, inspections, drills, and rations.
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Empey
Arthur Guy Empey
Jersey City
England
London
France
Perlance
Tommy
Old Pepper
St. Peter
Red Hussars
Mind Rats and Shells In the Trenches
A trench diary recalls a brutal night when a parapet collapsed and a comrade died from a German shell. The narrator learns hard lessons in trench ethics hunting for water, sharing rations, and sharing warnings while enduring star shells, rats, and the threat of crucifixion punishment for failing to pass trench orders.
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France
Tommy
No Man’s Land
Back of the Line Tour in Front-line Trench
The narrator recalls a four day front-line tour then relief by a brigade. They march to rest billets in France and occupy billets 117 to 119 a former cowshed with a foul manure odor. The next morning a sign reading Sitting 50 lying 20 confuses the speaker about RAMC prep for attack.
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B Company
Royal Army Medical. Corps
Empey Recalls First Trench Friend Hit by German Bullet
Returning to the front line after rest billets, Empey recounts a shock as a German bullet mortally wounds his first trench comrade. The narrative continues in the next installment, detailing the harsh realities of early warfare.
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Empey
Jerusalem streets jammed with crowds and steps hinder heavy loads
The passage notes narrow crowded streets within Jerusalem’s walls and hillside steps that make wagon transport impossible. Porters and men carry heavy loads by hand, fighting the steep terrain after sunrise. The description emphasizes the surprising burdens borne by porters in the city.
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Jerusalem
Jens
Sok
Weeds Somewhat Useful In Building Soil Health And Erosion Control
Prepared by the United States Department of Agriculture explains that weeds can add organic matter and help prevent erosion, especially in winter, and can retain nitrates when crops are not grown, but proper crop rotations usually realize these benefits without weed growth.
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United States Department of Agriculture
Help Produce Food to Feed Soldiers War Call
Public service urging immediate town volunteer farm labor during planting and harvest to support troops. Emphasizes personal sacrifice, farmer cooperation, and the national duty to feed soldiers fighting abroad.
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United States Department of Agriculture
United States
Germany
Local Lime Supply Urged For Soil Health
Although not a common fertilizer, lime helps plant nutrition by correcting soil acidity and improving structure. It aids organic matter decomposition, may release soluble minerals, and is especially valuable with ample organic matter. Spring is ideal for hydrated lime, and local limestone should be used when possible, despite grinding or fuel challenges.
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United States Department of Agriculture
Department of Agriculture
Animal-Proof Sheep Fence Designed by U S Forest Service
The U S Forest Service unveils a dog proof fence to protect pasturing sheep. It uses 71% foot posts buried 2 44 feet deep and spaced 16 feet apart with woven wire, barbed wires at successive heights, and a 57 inch total height. The bottom barbed wire lies flat on the ground, requiring ground grading and fill.
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United States Department of Agriculture
Forest Service
Federal Reserve Banks Rediscount Farm Tractor Notes
The Federal Reserve Board allows rediscounting notes secured by farm tractors presented by member banks if maturity is within six months and the tractors are purchased for agricultural purposes. This action facilitates farm credit through federal rediscounting facilities.
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United States Department of Agriculture
Federal Reserve Banks
Federal Reserve Board
Nervous Indigestion Relief Promised by Lydia Pinkham
Philadelphia mother Mrs. J Worthline credits Lydia E Pinkham's Vegetable Compound with easing nervous indigestion and fatigue after three months of use. She reports improved appetite, less distress, and restored health, urging others in similar weak conditions to try the remedy.
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Lydia E. Pinkham
Philadelphia
Lydia Pinkham
Worthline
A Kentucky Representative C Cantrill Cautions on Excess
At a political gathering Representative C Cantrill of Kentucky warned against overdoing things and shared a story about a serious man and a friend debating virtue. He used aces as an example noting four are admirable while five provoke dispute.
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C. Cantrill
Kentucky
Philadelphia Evening Telegraph
General Leonard Wood recounts WWI awards tale at Washington luncheon
At a 2 Washington luncheon General Leonard Wood lists wartime decorations such as the V C the M M the D S O and the C G and recalls a doughboy joking about a captain who earned the Croix de Guerre. The anecdote ends with the line Serve him darn well right How many days.
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Leonard Wood
Washington
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