London Letter from 1916 on weather and wartime life
The London Letter from August 1916 reviews persistent rain and cool weather in England, wartime challenges, and public morale. It notes the National Register drive, food prices, shipping shortages, and efforts to aid soldiers, including egg collections and welcoming troops at stations. The piece blends weather woes with resilience, social life, and reflections on the war’s progress and public spirit.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Carmelite House
London
England
San Francisco
Cruimbhe
New York
Arty and the seaside holidays in wartime Britain
An eyewitness column critiques Arty the coxter and his wife, noting their modest dress and usefulness to society. It links railway excursion reductions to wartime austerity, argues holiday absence harms seaside towns, and asserts officials aim to maintain high output by keeping people at work despite essential vacations.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Plo
Jutt Ovtat
Mtum
Ose Walderer
N “Daily Mail
A Miser and His Money in Madrid Wealth Hidden in Plain Sight
A Paris letter reports Romagosa a Madrid miser who died rich beyond belief yet lived in rags. His fortune, about 26.7 million in local currency, spanned Spain France Cuba Argentina and beyond. He left his entire estate to the Bishops of Madrid Barcelona and Buenos Aires with his widow to receive life use of lands and horses. The widow has vanished after the death and disputes over the will loom as Madrid's church leaders seek resolution.
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U Tania Gollerm
Calhier
Victoria
Flanders
France
Great Britain
Dardaoelivs
Madrid
Paris
Romagona
Momagosa
Selviano
Count de Romanolles
Fremier
Romaccea
Spain
Cuba
Homagosa
London
Bank of France
Champs Elysees
Paria
Romagosa
Barcelona
Buenos Ayres
Tle
Sarria
Kangaroo Shooters and War News in London Papers
A London illustrated paper notes Australian soldiers at the Dardanelles shoot well because many earn their living at home as professional kangaroo shooters. They are paid per pelt and receive a government bonus per scalp. The piece claims the kangaroo is quick and tricky, and that Australians favor wallabies as a food source while excelling in shooting.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
London
Germany
Howe
Dardanelles
England
Englan
London Illustrated
Derdanelles
Commonwealth
Gallipoli
Baribete
Australan
Iid
Nick
Dirk Gallipoll
Medwood
Bartlett
Tle Barthel
Bill
T. Atkine
Pete
Romance and tragedy mark wartime weddings in Paris
A tale of love amid war unfolds from Packham to Paris where Cissie Lee and George Cissie unite in a khaki wedding. George, wounded at Ypres, serves in the military police under Major Meurice Brett and marries in Paris as the British embassy watches. The piece recalls other couples torn by conflict including a doomed romance with a destroyer Lynx and a bride left awaiting a groom who never returned.
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Paris
Packham
Cissie Lee
George Cissie
George
Dave
Uler
Georgs
Lincolnshire Hegiene
Ypres
Theo i
Meurice Brett
Klyeen
Croom
Vere
Stankey Hiunt
Briant
Pride Jeront
Urtakiant Af & Restaurant
Pakale Mound
Lynx
Arthur Stephens
Etuker
Lynam
Younes
New Malden
Surrey
Stephens
North Sea
Rand
Behlf
London
Sydney
Flameless airship guns promise safer munitions
A Florentine chemist Guido Fei Hele demonstrated a new powder before an Italian military commission that burns without fume or smoke and does not flare on detonation. The invention aims to reduce explosion risk in aircraft guns and also benefits artillery and infantry by avoiding revealing the firing line to the enemy.
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Guido Fei Hele
Dismissed Navy Skipper For Neglect In Engagement Duty
A Naval Court martial at Devonport dismissed Tetemporary Skipper Jamon Brown of HM trawler Colleen for negligence in failing to engage an enemy on June 4. The court absolved him of two charges, but found him guilty of neglect to engage the enemy, leading to dismissal from the Service after testimony about slow speed, misdirected actions, and lack of firing at a submarine and a British schooner.
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Devonport
Ene
Jamon Brown
RNA
HM 8
Colleen
Brown
George and
Mary
Welch
Autimarine
Clare
Wilt Hughes
Sumkehooner
Lie Autharine
Veet
Diary From Listening Post in German Trenches
Privals Cecil Barnes records a week at a listening post near Sty yarda. The entry details barricades, weather, mining threats, damp conditions, and tense exchanges with German forces including whiz-bangs and rapid fire. The diary notes relief, heavy strain, and fatigue from continuous watch.
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Privals
Cecil Barnes
Fimaders
Object lesson to Welsh miners and wartime notices
A collage of wartime humor and anecdotes from London about Australian slang at Gallipoli, a tribute to Merchant Navy and wireless operators, a Colonels hat cap tale in Cairo, and a Neutral Bay letter about a jackass in a chimney. The piece blends comic language, patriotic verses, and local observations from wartime Australia and abroad.
Fragmented wartime musings hint at peace and Allied victory
An OCR fragment reflects on peace prospects and Allied aims, mentioning Germany, the Allies, and postwar order. It references leadership, discipline, and the desire for a stable settlement, with scattered allusions to figures and wartime labor and social themes.
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Warsaw
Abe Lincoln
The
National Register
Sotwarde
East End
Star and Garter
Landon
Thames
Hilla
New South Wales
Miyoneshitay
Tts
Outacan
Rockies
Flue Caucasus
Bolus
Tandon
Tmoter Altimni
Cloris Eowell Green
Merkenwell
Portland-roa
Landom
St John
Marylebone
Jack Straws Castle
Hansgpeteai Hexth
Wear
el Cremome Gardens
Surrey Gardens
Spurgson
Uus Witter
Hampstead Heath
Onxford Street
Hyde Park
Arrietta
Costera
Regent Street
Albert
Felton
Northumberland
R. Lord
Navy
Lord
Violet Beevor
Lieuenant Beevor
Lom
Mra. Beevor
Hanover
Trench
Austen
Wellington
Qur
Roumania
Merchant Service
Tommy Atiite
Johney Tar
Mistress of
Mercantile Marine
Ant
Johnny Turte Boxy
Billy Fleet
Merchantman
Coates
Cairo
Neutral Bay
Oho
Poy Ward
Leeath Talaworthy
Malem
Amet
Tamet
Hana Ieee
BREAY
Beth
Ae Dustry
Almersyn
Lnsy
Uae
Leosee Mall
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