From Blighty to France A Recruit's Army Gear and Cooties
The narrator recalls being drafted and issued into heavy marching order with a detailed kit list. He endures the shock of the quartermaster’s pile, boards the train to Southampton, and crosses to France. The piece covers rest billets, trench training, and the persistent problem of cooties and fleas among soldiers.
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Armis
B Company
Garth
Tommy Atkine
Gilnus
England
Patagonia
Germany
Tommy
United States Cavalry
France
the .M.O
Southampton
Rouen
Billy
Jim
Tom
Scratcher of Lengths and Cooties Tales from the Front
A wartime reminiscence describes improvised personal hygiene and lice control in trenches. Soldiers compare scratchers, wood tools used to scratch, and recount a field shirt hunt by an Irish Hussar regiment, noting soldiers’ reluctance to bathe for weeks.
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Tommy
Gerous
Hussar
In Jersey City Contemplates Axis Piece Ambition
The fragment hints at a sergeant Empey discussing realization of ambition and a desire to return. It mentions a first trench and a future continuation with Jersey City as a location. The text is incomplete and metafictional.
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Arthur Guy Empey
Jersey City
Hogland
Empey
Ale
Ling Trench
Washington Residents Decry War Time Housing Extortion
A Washington woman criticizes profiteering by landlords during the war noting furnished apartments rising from 45 to 150 dollars monthly. She cites a case of a capable worker offered 40 percent of his past three years salary for a job, forced to abandon work to search for housing. The government now acts to better house war workers.
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Wirashington
Washington
Lis
jHe
Beard
Cops and a Bulldog Taxi Prank at the Capitol Grounds
Murphy the dog cop finds a bulldog and plans a reward with a taxi ride. The prank backfires as wires are pulled and Murphy is duped by fellow officers. The capitan later approves a palm greased payout to cover Murphy's fare. Cap Calkins awaits the truth behind the scheme.
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Murphy
Capitol Grounds
Boyd
Hxultant
Oificer
Calkins
Capitol
Cap. Calkins
War Girls Not Afraid of Dark in Red Cross Drive
Report notes Washington war workers, mostly women, fearlessly serving late hours. Under Miss Stellan Osborne the Red Cross clerical drive mobilizes from government departments with a core team and six assistants each. Some workers join night shifts at the Library of Congress, Interstate Commerce Commission, and post office.
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PHAT
Washington
Red Cross
Cleri
Tur
Congress
Mrs. Woods
Interstate, Commerce Commission
Uncle Sam
Central Ends Talkative Operators in Washington
Washington’s telephone system will no longer answer routine questions through central operators. Officials say blocking unnecessary queries saves more than an hour daily, affecting White House, Capitol, and other offices.
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Ashington
United States
Central
Yankees
Senators
Ball Park
White House
Capitol
Washington
Proibit
J Gton
White -House
Tim
Pinkham's Vegetable Compound Claims Cure for Hot Flashes
A reader touts Pinkham's Vegetable Compound as the best remedy for menopausal symptoms including hot flashes nervousness backache and irritability based on years of experience. The letter urges others to write Pinkham Co Lynn Massachusetts for more information and promises restored health.
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Lyle
Neaeleon
Symptons
Pinkham
Ces
Pinkham M . Co
Lynn
Mass
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