Belgium Slaughter and Swain Benefit Stir Uproar
The piece condemns Belgium’s suffering under German aggression and notes a Tacoma benefit game for Charles Swain, the league star who lost a leg. It highlights public sympathy for the maimed and contrasts official neutrality with civilian response, referencing a Vancouver paper report and a large attendance and funds raised.
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Germany
Belgium
White House
Vancouver
Tacoma
Bob Brown
Charles Swain
Seattle
Swain
Charlie Swain
BC Forest Exports Target Wider Markets
Hon W F P Ross, British Columbia trade minister, leads a program to expand markets for provincial forest products. He notes 1918 forest product value near 34 million dollars and a vast timber base. aims to boost exports abroad led by a Dominion Chief Forester inquiry into shipping to the United Kingdom, France, Italy, South Africa, Australia, New Zealand, India, China, and Japan. Plans include coordinating with local timber industries to create demand in the Prairie and Eastern Canada regions.
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Che Hon
Ross
British Columbia
Porester
Lie Province
Dominion
United Kingdom
France
Italy
South Africa
Australia
New Zealand
India
China
Japan
Canadian
Canada
Coast Markets Reports Urge Growers to Use Organized Shipping
Markets Commissioner notes weekly reports will inform growers about coast markets. Growers should arrange to receive these reports and avoid flooding the Vancouver market by shipping in an organized system rather than promiscuous shipments.
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Coasts
Ihen
Vancouver
Vancouver Journal Editor Joe Martin Suspended
The Vancouver Wyening Journal edited by Joseph Martin is suspended publication. It notes few would mourn the loss, even Martin, who once as premier lacked resources for papers and now is seen as an unlikely survivor. The piece hints at reasons but refrains from detail.
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Vancouver
Joseph Martin
Joe
Joe Marlin
Joe Martin
Space
Postage stamps may be used on bank cheques
The Post Office Department issues notice under the Wet Revenue Act that postage stamps may be used to prepay war duties on bank cheques bills of exchange promissory notes express money orders proprietary medicines perfumes wines and champagnes as well as letters and postcards and postal notes and post office money orders. This aims to aid areas lacking Inland Revenue stamps by using common stamps available countrywide.
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Post Office Department
Canada
United States
Mexico
United Kingdom
Little Folks Corner and Delta Boy Tale
A mixed reading page features poems about the Delta Boy and Looking-Glass Girl, plus a prose fragment about Arethusa the cat. Tommy moves a cat in a brass cage on leaving, the cat waving her tail between bars and purring as onlookers comment that the cat ate the canary.
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Arethusa
Mother
Tommy
Arethasay
Kitty
Passenger Names As Pretend Riding Games
A poem describes children naming friends as animals to ride or imitate. Paul refuses a saddle and jokes about many unusual breeds while inviting others to join in pretend games. It playful notes how each name maps to a grade school character or object in a humorous, imaginative activity.
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Paul
John
Arethusa's Visit With Tommy and His Kitten
Tommy took his little gray kitten Arethusa on a visit to grandmother. The small kitten caused a commotion as the conductor insisted the pet cannot travel alone. A market basket carried Arethusa as passersby turned to view the scene.
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Arathusa
Tommy
Arethusa
Hole
A New Game Where Neighbors Move In a Circle
In this circle seating game a standing neighbor asks How do you like your neighbor. Players answer I like Ethel or but Robert and the center player chase chairs as Robert takes Ethel s place. The center player and Ethel race for Robert s vacated seat while the questioner keeps their seat. If no chair remains chaos ensues.
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Ethel
Robert
Rober
Schoolboy's definition of buttress as nannygoat baffling
A schoolboy offered an unusual definition for the word buttress describing it as a nannygoat. The anecdote shows how playful language can lead to humorous misinterpretations in a classroom setting.
Student’s odd analogy stirs classroom debate
A pupil explains his unusual reasoning to a puzzled teacher noting a billy-goat and a naney goat as a buttress analogy. The remark highlights creative misinterpretation in interpreting structural terms and prompts discussion on metaphor use in learning.
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Was
S.a
Walter
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Little Folks’ Corner
Bhssie
Bunyan
Looking-Glass
Lear
Samuel
Mary
Otto
Anna
Arollitan
Tomroy
J. He Jones
Mission City
E._O
Brundage
Gladys Ave
Abbotsford
Matsqui-Sumas Board OF Trade
Chas. Hill‘Tout
S.A. Merley
B.C
WM. Roberts
the Royal Studio
A. McCallum
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