Look Across the Seas to Our Dominion Model for India
The piece argues Britain should grant India self government, citing Canada as a model. It notes India's 315 million population, caste and religious differences, and low literacy, but asserts education can reduce prejudice and unite Indians with Europeans toward self rule. It praises Britain’s empire and Montagu's plan for India.
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Great Britain
Britain
India
Edwin Samuel Montagu
Canada
Pse
It Wasn't Strong Enough
A Highland farmer hands a frail box to a railway porter in Scotland. The porter tests the box by dropping it and smashing it several times. He warns it may not survive to Dundee and says if it goes farther it isn’t strong enough.
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Scotland
Dundee
Pla
Highlanders Repel German Attack With Porridge Deflection
A wounded officer recalls Highlanders countering a surprise German assault by hurling hot porridge at the attackers. The improvised defense left German officers smeared, while Highlanders feared the laughable image more than the danger. The tale ends with a quip about Wee Jack’s punishment upon return.
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V.C
Jack
Resurrection of An Old Roman Port Ostia Reopens as Rome’s Harbor
Ostia, the ancient Roman harbor, is slated to become a port again by Italian government decision. Once a key gateway for Sicilian and Sardinian coin flows, Ostia declined under Tibetilt and neglect, rival Portus also fading, as Rome’s maritime ambitions revive.
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Ostia
Rome
Sicil
Sardinia
Portus
Alaric
Mustard Gas Advances Dominate Warfare Tactics
A gas officer reports extraordinary developments in gas use. Mustard gas has nearly replaced other forms and can leave lingering fumes for up to seventy two hours. Germans deploy two types of mustard gas, waiting for fumes to clear before a rapid advance with a volatile barrage.
Potato market warning from Canada food board to dealers
The Canada food board warns potato and root crop traders to consider possible action by the board in negotiations for this year's potato and apple crops. The statement urges caution for those ambitious in purchase or sale dealings.
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Canada Food Board Agsines Pee
Women Back Farming In Britain Surpasses 300000
More than 300000 women are now engaged on the land in Great Britain indicating a major shift in agricultural labor as women join farming tasks across the countryside.
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Great Britain
Ostend Piracy Tale of Jan Jacobsen’s Dramatic Escape
A 1662 Ostend raid story recalls Dutch efforts to seal the harbor and suppress pirate ships. Captain Jan Jacobsen fought a Dutch admiral’s vessel, sank it, then set his powder magazine alight to explode with his crew, ending his career in a spectacular pirate’s exit.
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Ostend
Netherlands
Jan Jacobsen
Jan
Bavaria Faces Severe Food Shortage Amid War Strain
Bavarian officials warn that breadstuffs from the last harvest must hold out for a short time longer as the 1918 crop is awaited. 6,000 trucks of grain needed in Bavaria for a month, with early threshing and fuel support arranged. Berlin observes ration reductions as the public awaits the harvest outcome.
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Bavaria
Bavarian Staats Zeitung
Berlin
Frenchman Chevreux Slept Secret Zeppelin Origin
Maurice Chevreux, a French naval engineer, conceived the idea of the airship that led to the Zeppelin. He died recently after years in Germany, having worked in Zeppelin workshops and designed the six cylinder motor that helped Count Zeppelin triumph in creating a long lasting airship.
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Count Zeppelin
Maurice Chevreux
Chevreux
Sone 7E
Germany
Zeppelin
One-Armed Captain Leads Charge at Ancre Ridge
The report lauds colonial troops and Australian officers for bravery in the ridge battle between the Ancre and enemy lines. A one-armed Australian captain led a wave ahead of the barrage using only a walking stick, guiding and steadying troops until he was wounded.
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Ancre
Coal Output Spurs Revival in Hidden Valley Mines
The United States bow toward conserving coal supplies has boosted the coal mining industry in erta, yielding a beneficial effect on output and activity at the local mines.
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United States Bow
Erta
Enslaved Belgium Denounced in Deputies Protest Letter
A protest letter from Belgian deputies and the general staff describes forced labor intensifying in Flanders Hainaut and Limburg. Civilians are torn from homes and deported to northern France behind front lines, with months of confinement and starvation. Among the victims are 265 Mons youths under 16 forced to unload trucks near the front, while others over 50 were conscripted in the same district.
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T Te Cassa Eral
Belgium
Flanders
Hainau
Emburg
France
Mons
English Lessons Embraced By French Papers For Soldiers
A French newspaper plans daily English lessons using common words and a sample sentence with exact pronunciation. The aim is to help readers converse with English and U S soldiers now present, strengthening bonds between Great Britain and the United States.
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Tve
Agourvatty
U. S
Red Cross Dogs Illusion of War Service Dogs
A Harvard volunteer in France recounts seeing Red Cross dogs used in World War I. One dog locates a hidden airman by nose in his pocket to retrieve a handkerchief and later leads its handler to him, an act the writer says saved one hundred fifty lives in the Marne battle.
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Harvard
United States Ambulance Service
France
Red Cross
the Marne
Great French Ace Uses Novel Tactics Against Enemies
Capt. Madden, one of France’s top aces with forty one official victories, is famed for daring ploys that lure German fighters near airfields. He then harasses them from close range, delivering incendiary bursts to force crashes or surrender, boosting his combat tally.
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Maddon
Rene Fonck
Madden
Thiepval
Edwards
12Th Middlesex
French Soldiers Pay Rises In War Effort
The article notes French soldier pay increasing from one cent daily at outbreak to five cents in 1915 and ten cents, with corporals at fifteen. To curb profiteering the extra money will be deposited in soldiers savings accounts, and troops receive an extra quarter bottle of wine daily or its food value.
Sugar Conservation Urgent in War Time
Urgent call to conserve sugar resources to protect harvests and ensure equitable distribution. Officials stress rationing and careful use to keep food services operating during shortages.
Efficiency Or Satass Fore Took At Whit The
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Excellent Returns for the Farmers of the Deep
Wartime economy shifts cue seaweed harvests into profitable kelp fields. The piece links kelp meadows along the Pacific coast to war production, detailing acetone and potash from seaweed used in smokeless powder and other war chemicals, and notes industrial harvesting methods and byproducts.
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Pacific Coast
Great Britain
Diego
Cal
British War Office
Saxony
Acre
Betsch
Britain and Germany Jewelry Industry Weighs Heavy
The piece notes the English jewellery trade suffers from war with sales down and workers called to service. It highlights Britain as a production center with ample supplies of raw materials from overseas dominions and India, and cites Birmingham figures showing 60,000 employed and 1.234 billion articles handled in a war year.
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England
Great Britain
India
Birmingham
Glucose Guidance for Home Jam and Jelly Making
A brief note on using glucose as a sugar substitute to prevent fermentation and syrup crystallization in jams and jellies. It mentions buying glucose syrup in stores or canning it in various forms and outlines a basic preparation step for syrup with a five pound quantity.
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Differnet
Noah Ark Time In Lockup Jokes
A Sunday school teacher asks how Noah spent time in the ark. A boy answers with a guarded joke about meals, noting Noah could not catch much to eat.
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Noah
The
Scots Dialogue by the Roadside
Two old Scotsmen sit by the roadside sharing a puff and a chat. Donald teases Sandy as they trade phrases in a rustic exchange likely from a regional column or vignette.
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Sandy
Donald
Regulations Enforced Across Canada By Food Board Officials
In recent weeks marines and closing up orders have imposed penalties for violations of the Canada food board regulations across Canada. Convictions have been secured by board inspectors and by police authorities, with local officials empowered by law to enforce the rules.
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Canada Food Board
Canada
Seni Pal
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