Ex-Gunner's Navy Memoir From Fireman to Gunnery Chief
An ex gunner and chief petty officer narrates his journey from a cabin boy on the Therifus to a United States Navy gun turret specialist. He recounts early life in Walston Pennsylvania, service on the Southern down, transfer to the Des Moines and the Iowa, earning the CPO rating, and notes on naval life, discipline, and the U S. Navy's gunnery supremacy.
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Walston
U. S. Navy
Wea
Therifus
Boston
Newfoundland Banka
Liverpool
Helmaman
Europe
New York
United States Navy
Navy
U. S
Des Moines
Iowa
Ehlet
United States
War Breaks in Chapter II The Soldier's Remembrance
A veteran recalls four years in the U S Navy and a new urge to join the war after learning of German crimes in Belgium. He describes crossing to Canada, serving aboard Virginian, witnessing devastating injuries in Amiens and London, and the grim humor of war’s injuries among young amputees.
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U. S. Navy
Navy
Belgium
Alsace
Dierviewx
St. Nazaire
France
Fritz Wa
Hanover
Fragment of a War Memoir on a Flanders Grave
A narrator recalls standing at a lone grave in Flanders beside a fallen companion. He contrasts a young man’s peaceful hopes with an ambition to conquer and dominate. Amid shellfire and aerial combat, the narrator feels a surge of hatred not for the dead but for war itself and its greed.
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America
Amiens
Strand
London
Earth
Flanders
Liberty Wheat Harvest 1919 Message to American Farmers
Secretary D F Houston urges farmers to sow 47.5 million acres of winter wheat for a large 1919 harvest. He warns reserves are low, exports for 1918 limited, and stresses the need to build stock for future crop failure. He calls farmers to fight in furrows and persevere for freedom.
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United States
Thin Io
Europe
Department of Agriculture
D. F. Houston
Hog Harvesting Corn Proves Effective For Hogs
Hogging off corn is strongly recommended as part of hog rations after thorough testing at agricultural stations and by hog raisers. To balance the corn, farmers should combine another crop such as pumpkins, soy beans, cowpeas, or rye with the corn, using varied seeding patterns for best results.
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Foreign Legion OF France
Cassard
Ray
Bien Ca Tago
Ier
Uncle Sam
Gurby
Mme
Gunner Depew
St. Neaire
Bt Nuxaire
Sam Murray
Ed Brown
Tim Flynn
Mitchell
Murray
Brown
Pennsylvania
U. S. Army
Fiyan
Pbut
SPEED
E. G. Pipp
Poiy
Graphic Farm Bureau
Graphic
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Secretary OF Agriculture
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B. Lawrence & Co
Chicago
Williston
Erick Rather
Williston Drug Co
Peruna
Ivy Gray
Fairview
Kentucky
Miss Gray
Gapete
Acwilentavers
Remington Arms Union Metallic Cartridge Co., Inc
Loran Manaferivrers of
Aratant
Woolworth
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