Vancouver War Letters Describe 47th Battalion Arrival
A Montreal letter recounts the 47th Battalion arrival in a Canadian city with D Company leading. The men, fresh from a six day rail journey, display high spirits and military bearing, inspiring pride in the West for enlistment and wartime support including Red Cross aid.
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New Westminster
Vancouver
Charles Macdonald
Montreal
D Company
Macdonald
Red Cross
Cent Belt
Newspapers Duel Over Timely News In Vancouver
A spirited exchange unfolds among the Vancouver World the Vancouver Province and The Sun about who prints items first The Province claims a news item appeared there first while The World insists it carried the identical article earlier the same day The playful battle highlights newspaper timing and rivalry.
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Vancouver World
Vancouver
Canada to float home loan to all citizens with high interest
An advertisement urges Canadians with savings to invest in a government loan secured on all Dominion property. Interest promises near double the rate of government savings banks, marking the first home loan issue by Canada. Skepticism on terms exists, but encouragement to borrow more as the war continues.
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Canada
Dominion
White
Treasury
Seven Beans for the Struggling Father
A lament of a poor father limited by seven coins as blizzards and bills threaten to starve his family. He finances shoes, gowns, coats, wood, coal, taxes, and daily needs while keeping faith that he can still feed his tribe. A tribute to resilience amid hardship.
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Arctic Pole
Trade conditions in America push fur sales and prices
A. B. Shubert Inc President cites high US consumer purchasing power and fashion demand for furs as driving record activity. He notes heavy orders for fur trimmings and neckpieces, Hudson Seal coats at wholesale around one hundred dollars, and favorable weather boosting mid summer wear, forecasting strong November December demand.
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A. B. Shubert
A. B. Shubert, Inc
Chicago
United States
Duty Calls Poem by A P Horne 78nd Seaforth Highlanders
Poem valorizes a soldier's voluntary enlistment to fight for peace and harmony. It vows life given for country, with references to Germany and the Maple Leaf and the Union Jack. The author A P Horne of the 78nd Seaforth Highlanders expresses pride and sacrifice.
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Germany
A. P. Horne
Seaforth Highlanders
Nursing lectures and war-time notices fill Maple Ridge week
Miss Kennedy of Vancouver delivered nursing lectures for The Women’s Institute over three days with about 25 attendees daily. Mr Gibson spoke on care of school grounds to visitors on November 23. Rev John Pye praised Nurse Cavell’s death in a wartime sermon at the Methodist Church. The Rev Mr Govier left St John’s after ten years for Ladner. Maple Ridge War Relief will hold its regular Monday sawing meeting at Mrs Irving’s home Ridge Branch.
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Ladner
W. Roberts
Maple Ridge War Relief Association
Irving
Ridge Branch
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Abbotsford
Drs. Gillert
Manna Anderson
British Columbia
Dr. Gilbert
Dominion Bldg
Hastings St.w. Cor
Cambie
America
Maple Ridge
A. M. King
Matsqui-Sumas Board OF Trade
Chas. Hill-Tout
N. Hill
B. C
Wm, Roberts
the Royal Studio
Abbotsford Te
A. McCallum
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