Empey and comrade gunners stage daring tricks in trenches
Irked by the Lusitania sinking American Arthur Guy Empey travels to England, joins the British army, and describes trench life, punishments like field No 2, and clever machine gun stunts including a ruse to trap a German gun and methods to locate and disguise gunfire.
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Arthur Guy Empey
Jersey City
England
London
France
Empey
Sampey
Fritz
Gas Attacks and Spies In World War I Chapter
Three days after silencing Fritz the Germans released gas. The wind favored the attackers, blowing toward allied trenches at about five miles per hour. A new man at the periscope spotted a greenish yellow cloud and alarms rang as Tommy rushed to don his respirator with roughly eighteen to twenty seconds to act.
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Tommy
C. B
O. C
G— Wood
Fritz
Empey Joins Intelligence as Spy Catcher in New Op
In the next installment Empey is assigned to the intelligence department and discovers the work is tougher than expected. The piece previews his experiences in the new role and hints at challenging cases to come.
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Empey
Intelligence Department
Preservation of Good Silage Packing Excludes Air
Agricultural guidance on making silage from cut corn emphasizes thorough packing to exclude air. It covers cutting length, use of a distributor, adding water during cutting, top layer selection, and proper covering, recommending immediate feeding to avoid spoilage.
Dairy Hygiene and Cow Care Principles for Health and Profit
Practical notes emphasize shade for cows, clean feeding pails, and regular refrigeration to reduce spoilage. Encourage naming cows, vigilant calf care, and using skim milk for human food in shortages. Improve egg production by breeding vigor from winter laying stock. Maintain cleanliness to prevent calf diseases.
Guard Stock From Poisons
Many sheep and cattle die from poisonous plants and materials in pastures. Laurel and other plants, larkspur, lupine, water hemlock, wild cherry, loco, wilted sorghum, shinnery oak and more cause losses. Inorganic poisons include common salt to hogs and chickens, soap in swill, antiseptics, rat poisons, patent pastes and fireworks. Precaution through careful pasture selection can reduce deaths.
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United States Department of Agriculture
Acts of Heroism Recognized by Carnegie Fund
The Carnegie Hero Fund Commission held its fourteenth annual meeting recognizing 24 acts of heroism. Seven silver medals and 17 bronze medals were awarded. Ten heroes lost their lives. nine dependents receive pensions totaling $4.50 per year. Two cases receive $2,100 for educational purposes, and 11 grants totaling $8,000 go to other worthy causes. Payments await commission approval.
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Carnegie Hero Fund Commission
Seed corn selection guidance from agriculture department
The United States Department of Agriculture urges farmers to pause other tasks at harvest to choose seed corn from standing stalks. Focus on selecting the very best ears and preserve seed well to maximize future yields and profit.
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United States Department of Agriculture
Cornmeal in Honduras War Efforts Boosted by imports
Consul Walter F. Boyle reports that government and private efforts to raise cereal production during the war period have led an American company to import and erect equipment at Puerto Cortes to expand cornmeal output.
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Honduras
Walter F. Boyle
Puerto Cortes
Weeds in Wheat Field Aggressively Multiply in Spring
The report highlights wild mustard and wild oats as the main annual weeds in spring wheat. Both species mature seeds early, allowing scattering and reinfesting fields before harvest, complicating crop protection efforts.
Urbana Woman Praises Vegetable Compound In Change Of Life
A Urbana Illinois reader details relief from nervousness hot flashes backache and fatigue during menopause after using Lydia E Pinkham's Vegetable Compound. She reports restored energy and ability to do housework and endorses the remedy to others.
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Urbana
Ill
Lydia
Pinkham
Frank Henson
Orch
St., Urbana
Lydia E. Pinksham
Wash Day Smile Catches Snowy White Laundry Delight
A vivid fragment recalls a transformation from grumpiness to joy during wash day as whitened fabrics gleam in bright light, celebrating the purity of spotless linens and the mood lift of clean clothes.
Losses Down to Minimum in Allied War Mortality Rates
The article outlines wartime casualty odds for soldiers, noting twenty nine to one home return, forty nine to one wound recovery to death, and one in five hundred limb loss. It also compares disease versus bullet deaths and highlights government protections under the Soldier and Sailor Insurance law for wounded, dependents, and families of those who die.
Opening His Eyes and a Wartime Thought
A quoted observation from the Birmingham Age-Herald notes that contentment grows with experience of war. The speaker argues exposure to mud, bombardments, gas, and danger increases appreciation for home comforts, concluding contentment stems from a lack of desire.
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Birmingham -Age-Herald
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