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Newspaper
Abbotsford Post
Location
Abbotsford, British Columbia, Canada
Date
Sep 03, 1915
Page
2
The Abbotsford Post argues about enlistment during wartime. It notes many married men seek stability for families while single men face pressure to enlist. It highlights economic factors, employer practices, and the need for diverse support beyond combat.
The statement notes Kitchener is the only man in the British Empire with official power to order a man to the front and sarcastically observes that many others wish to wield similar authority.
In Montreal a German man fled with a soldier’s wife and is now in an internment camp. The government threatened to cut off the woman’s allowance unless she ceased loving a German.
Dominion Government foresters announce a new Forestry Branch bulletin on poles and cro ms lies used in Canada in 1914. It presents product facts and trade data with diagrams and is available free on request from the Director of Forestry Ottawa.
The Red Cross summer drive shows steady growth in both supplies and funds. Chairman Noel Marshall expresses great satisfaction with the widespread participation, noting strong activity in Saskatchewan and the Maritime provinces as well as 8-C.
The lumber industry in the Fort George District is quiet due to local conditions with minimal building activity. Hopes exist for improvement as markets expand. Railway work has fallen, reducing fire hazards, though vegetation is drying and land clearing by settlers will remove many past fire-prone areas.
American Fish and Game Clubs holding leases on Quebec sporting preserves organize a general contribution to the Canadian Red Cross. The Montagnais Fish and Game Club leads, with Secretary William B. Miles of New York handling the matter. A letter seeks broad support from all American game clubs expressing sympathy with Canada and the Empire and urging generosity.
A dozen inmates at the county jail sit and discuss failed lives. Two never kept promises, two feared earning more than they earned, two were arrogant and now lose all, two cry but face hunger, two missed the whistle and faced frightful woe, and two believed independence meant lateness at eight.
Sussex County reports 112 Red Cross detachments with 962 men and 2300 women. It lists 37 registered Red Cross hospitals and warehouses for hospital garments. Funeral of Sister Lorna Ferris in Kragujevac Cathedral marked a first service in an Orthodox Greek church under the Church of England rites.
The Swiss have given warm welcomes to French prisoners of war as they pass through Switzerland en route to France after exchanges via the Red Cross.
The Red Cross operates more than a thousand motor ambulances in France carrying over 100000 patients. The fleet aids in saving lives and reducing amputations, supported by workshops and a large mechanic and clerical staff. The department costs about 26000 dollars weekly. For Abbotstorf Post advertisers, the paper notes its status as the sole Abbotstorf publication.
A Galloway Gazette quip about Alen, who lacks tact yet causes reflection on advertising. The verse lists animals’ noises to contrast their openness with human hesitation before advertising. The piece uses humorous asides on common sense and publicity.
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