Why Should We Fight for England Poem Recited by Father to Son
A Canadian family shares a grandson's World War I era poem about loyalty to England. The piece emphasizes England as a homeland and empire, asserting that sacrifices by ancestors created and bound the current generation. It frames duty to England as personal and collective heritage.
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J. FR. Watson
Pte
Johnny Gay
New Brunswick
England
Dad
Babes
Mums
Ua. Io
Old England
Cines
Exigmand
Twenty Years Ago From the Free Press Armistice Day Notice
The piece recalls Armistice Day events in 1920 including sugar at 14 cents in Toronto and Military Crosses awarded to Alfred Winterburn for his son Pte A Winterburn who died in the Great War. It notes Dr E J Nelson planning to open a practice in Acton and other local notices such as memorial ceremonies and obituaries. It mentions Coleman birth in Stevers Point Wisconsin Matthews birth in Toronto and the death Isabella Law Thompson at Glen Williams aged 98.
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Toronto
Alfred Winterburn
Pte
A. Winterburn
King and
E. J. Nelson
Guelph
Acton
Wm. Johnstone
Fred Churchill
New Toronto
Churchill
E. ©. Drury
Colonel Bank
Military District No. 2
A. L. Murch
Thompson
Glen Williams
Isabella Law
James Tohmpson
Holland Shall Endure Also Holland Shall Endure
Prince Bernard of the Netherlands handed a cheque to Lord Beaverbrook to buy 40 Spitfires and 18 bombers for the RAF funded by inhabitants of the Dutch East Indies. Beaverbrook said the fighters will join squadrons bearing Netherlands possessions and pledged shared victory over tyranny.
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London
Prince Bernard
Netherlands
Lord Beaverbrook
Royal Air Force
Dutch East Indies
Prig Neder
Matriarch Dead in Aborigines Tribe Death Near Sydney
An 11 year old aborigine girl Jinnie LICT died at Bayugil near Sydney. She was described as a vice queen of the Budaong tribe, the largest and strongest on the upper Clarence River.
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Sydney
Australia
Jinnie Lict
Bayugil
Here
Jinnie
Clarence River
Fleetwood Seeks Fish Inspector After Repeated Failures
Fleetwood England reports the Sanitary Committee failed to appoint a fish inspector after a series of unsuccessful efforts to hire a qualified man for Fleetwood’s northern fish trade center status. The town struggles to enforce sanitary oversight amid ongoing trade activity.
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Fleetwood
England
Sanitary Committee
Corporation
Also Mentioned on This Page
The
Free Press
Coleman
Stevers Point
Wis
Freeman Coleman
Holland
Beaverbrook
Britain
Gee
Acton Free Press
the Free Press
Canadian Press Service
Ottawa
Dominion Capital
Acton Free
Acton and District
Brown’s Drug Store
Hassard’s Drug Store
Hinton’s
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