Fire injures wife. husband burns aiding escape
A woman caught in flames after oil and coal flare up in their home. Her husband wrapped burning clothes to save her, receiving severe burns on his hands. The house caught fire but was saved. Mrs Petriquin remains under treatment at Unity Hospital with Dr Routledge, while Mr Petriquin is also under care and out of work for days.
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Wr. Dewan
Midnight Lake
St. Vital's
Mr. Dewan
Edam
Sparling
Presentation to Pte. Sam White in Cleveland school house
A Monday evening ceremony honored Pte. Sam White recently returned from service with a short program, a reading of the welcome address by G. W. Hennessy, and a gift shower for Mr and Mrs White. Relatives neighbors and friends joined to celebrate his return and pledge support for veterans and ongoing efforts to aid soldiers.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cleveland
Pte
Sam White
Root
Mr. White
G. W. Hennessy
Ulw
Mrs White
Weather Keeps Town Quiet as Service and Auction Draw Small Crowd
Cold blustery week ends deter attendance at Christ Church and Saturday auction at Battleford. Patriotic concert at the schoolhouse raises 80 dollars for Red Cross and funds. Mrs Nelson and Mr Nelson visit Edam. plans made to move to Winnipeg for winter.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Christchurch
Battleford
Red Cross
Miss Church
St. Andrew's Presbyterian Church
Jas. Nelson
Will Nelso
Edam
Thi
Feore Ba Hat
Winnipeg
Battleford Market Notes and Lost Item Search
Market items include fresh butter and eggs with price hints. A lost and found notice seeks a right eye branding and saddle mark on a horse in the John Starview pasture, asking to contact John Pierce in Battleford for details.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John Starview
John Pierce
Battleford
Notice to Creditors Estate of Lawrence Edward
Notice to creditors claims must be lodged with Standard Truste Company Saskatoon by December 19 1917. Payment of estate assets will follow after the deadline with notice to claimants. Dated Saskatoon November 19 1917. THE STANDARD TRUSTS 13 COMPANY Administrator of the said Estate.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lawrence Edward Late
Prongus
Saskatchewan
Standard Truste Company
Saskatoon
Standard Trusts 13 Company
Escape from Teuton Chains and a British Officer’s Dash for Liberty
A British officer Lieut. G. F. Knight recounts a daring escape from a prison and internment camp. He describes swimming a canal, evading a sentry, disguising as a worker, and multiple recapture before managing to reach Allied lines and return to England. He details hunger, disguise, and the help of a Belgian peasant fort and farm laborers along the way.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
G. F. Knight
Buckinehan
Knight
Bapaume
Cambrai
Cambrai Canal
Osnabruck
Klausthal
Harz
Strohen
Ben
Tater
Lieut
Insall
England
Pro German-leaning Elements Quell Food Service Tension
A California hotel and restaurant committee report warns of a pro German influence in San Francisco pressing for beef on certain days. Officials say restaurant patrons threaten to halt meals if beef is not served, reflecting wartime food policy tensions.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
San Francisco
Cali
Hotels and
Ees
Committee of
California
San Francis
Buss
Soldiers march from Berlin to Paris in wartime spirit
A fragmentary report recalls troops moving under mobilization from Berlin to Paris on a holiday, with promises of home by Christmas. It notes long journeys through France in 1914 to battlefields including the Aisne, Marne, Ypres, Somme, and Vimy Ridge, and mentions the endurance of the same unit for over three years.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Belgium
Paris
Berlin
New York
France
Aisne
Marne
Ypres
Somme
Vimy Ridge
Fragmentary OCR Notice Reflects Incomplete Local Record
Readable fragments indicate a local public notice with action but lack of full details. The partial lines mention an official entity and a deadline yet omit names, dates, and precise jurisdiction.
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DeLaval
McLaughlin Carriages New Superior
Maytag
Wrigley's
Ben. Hoskie
H. Lescombe
Ontario
Prongua News
M. A. Holliday
Sharples
St St
Masse -Harris
H. O. Wright
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Willowmoor
A. W. Claxton
Gowing Frost
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Prongua Cash Store
J. K. Hammond
H. S. Stewart
Bank of Hamilton
R. M. Ecclestone
Lis
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Victoria
B.C
Asion
Peg
Edmonton, North Battle
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Toronto
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Pacific Coast
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O.N.R
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