The Green Olive Tree and the Goat Prank at Willowvale
Hal Ward confronts the fallout of a senior prank involving a goat at Willowvale College. Expelled by Dean MacCrea, Ward later learns the incident alters career paths when the college president reveals MacCrea’s move to a new university and offers Ward a fellowship instead.
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AL Ward
Willowvale College
Hal Ward
Hallowe'en
Chapel
Elmira
Hridden
Hal
Jead
Mr. Ward
Senater Maccrea
Nist
Seward MacCrea
Ward
Macrea
MacCrea
Willowvale
Seward
Tom
Trustees
Expansion in Canadian Industry Drives War Effort Costs
The expansion program funds erection or enlargement of over 100 industrial plants in Canada. Expenditures total about 180 million dollars to support Canada’s growing war needs.
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Canada
Britain’s War Committee formed by Asquith 25 years ago
Public demand for a small executive body to supervise Britain's conduct of the First Great War led Prime Minister H. H. Asquith to appoint a War Committee of the Cabinet. In 1915 the cabinet named David Lloyd George Andrew Bonar Law Arthur Balfour and Reginal McKenna to steer strategic war conduct. Winston Churchill resigned in protest and joined the army. Meanwhile Balkans fighting saw Serbian troops with British and French aid counter a Central Powers advance, as Prilep fell and Monastir remained contested. on the Eastern Front Russian forces tried to blunt von Hindenburg’s advance near Riga.
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Britain
H. H. Asquith
David Lloyd George
Andrew Bonar Law
Arthur Balfour
Reginal McKenna
Lord Kitchener
Gallipoli
Salonika
Lord Cromer
House of Lords
Lord Carson
Balkan
Winston Churchill
Admiralty
France
Balkans
Bulgaria
Serbia
Prilep
Monastir
von Hindenburg
Baltic
Riga
Winter Stalemate Looms On Western Front Frontline
In the Western Front, Allied and German forces prepared for another winter in the trenches as each side fortified positions and adjusted strategy amid ongoing stalemate.
Lives Normally with Heart Hit Soldier Survives Bullet in Heart
London and the Lancet report by G Grey Turner describes a long lived case of a man wounded in 1918 with a machine gun bullet lodged in his heart wall. An unsuccessful removal occurred 39 days after wounding. He left the army in 1922 and resumed civilian work, played golf modestly, married ten years later, and remained reasonably well though fatigued by ongoing war efforts.
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London
Hms
Lancet
G. Grey Turner
London University
Turner
Diplomatic Immunity Breaches Reported in Australia
Foreign diplomats in Australia enjoy free registration licenses and immunity from traffic laws but are reported home for serious breaches. The notice draws attention to enforcement and accountability for privileges held by mission personnel.
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Canberra
Australia
Franois Heidegger Carved 1871 In Swiss Tree Memory
In St. Gallen Switzerland a French sergeant named Francois Heidegger is found carved on a tree with the date 1871. His grandfather reportedly carved the name while fleeing Prussians during the Franco Prussian War.
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St. Gallen
Switzerland
Francois Heidegger
Four Sons and a Professional Bankrupt
A man with four sons declares the first will be a solicitor the second a chartered accountant the third an assessor to an insurance firm and the fourth a professional bankrupt who will support the family. The remark highlights a grim family joke about unlikely outcomes.
Learn Barbering The Practical Trade For Steady All Year Work
Men learn barbering as a practical trade offering steady employment in most cities and towns. With a barber shop you can add a pool room cigar stand candy and drink counter all in one building under shared rent light and heat. Start now with a pay as you learn plan from America’s largest system with free literature.
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America
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