Card games and army life from the trenches
The author describes games like Pontoon Brag Nap and Royal Bezique played by Tommies using two decks. He notes the strip of luck and skill, shares a memory of teaching poker for francs, and contrasts British officers with soldiers, ending with a reflection on wartime camaraderie and a Balaclava era tie.
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Pontoon
Thealer
Lighbrows
Tommies
Tomy
Atkins
Virginia
McGuffy
Bion Feiner
Tommy
Light Brigade
Balaclava
Gallipoli
Neuve Chapelle
Loos
Chats With Fritz and the British Army’s Servants
A veteran recounts life under fire detailing officers’ servants or O B s and their roles, the mix of Irish Scottish English troops, and a trench raid. He describes how different national groups fought, the Saxons and Prussians, and a prisoner exchange after a machine gun raid. He shares a meeting with Bavarian prisoner Carl Schmidt and hints at future revelations.
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Jones
King George
Red Cross
Tommy
Albert
Belgium
Ito
Winston Churchill
Fritz
England
New Zealand
Tomay
George
No Man's Land
London
Berlin
Frits
St. Omar
Suicide Club
Carl Schmidt
Sixty
Bavarian Light Infantry
St. Jears
New York
Cone Island
Hans Wagner
Russell
Germany
St. Paul's Cathedral
Flax Seed War Need Urges Increase in Home Crop
Ex tension Div at North Dakota Agricultural College urges expanding home flax production as ships cannot spare flax imports. Linseed oil from flax is essential for preserving wood and steel, waterproofing tents, camouflaging batteries and equipment for the Army Navy and industries in the war effort.
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Army
Navy
N. D. Agr
Colege
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Iezy
Frite
Opportunity Oil
State of
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Treasury
Opportunity Company
Electra Texas
Electra
Kimbrough
Wyoming
Oklahoma
Kentucky
Texas
Opportunity Oil Company
Century
Denver, Colorado
Jos. Wegley
Williston
Whole Wheat Milling Co
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