Local War Time Notes From Battleford Area
Local and farm news from Battleford district includes births, property deals, and community events. Ches Draper buys S W quarter 15-43-18, Willieg Workers plan a meeting at Mrs Malluch, C A Wheatley fills town hall post, and Miss Rose Ecott returns home after vacation. Young women fund college costs with garden profits. Girl Guides dance nets 32 dollars. war bread and cane sugar discussions appear alongside horse stock purchases and Willing Workers whist drives. A letter from Pte Robt Jefferson describes scouting in No Man’s Land.
Asquith Talks War Aims and Liberty After War
Former Prime Minister Asquith defends Britain’s war aims and explains Allied objectives. He rejects isolationist misreadings of the letter and says Germany must accept limits on force. He supports Wilsonian peace goals based on liberty and justice as a lasting settlement.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Council Chamber of Peace
Great Britain
Wilson
Marquis of Lansdowne
Asquith
Prussia
Germany
Ribs As Foundation for Modern Surgical Repairs
Article notes rib adaptability enabling bone grafts at Orthopacific hospital in North Toronto. Surgeons use ribs to repair shattered limbs, replace jaws, and save limbs, with veterans at military convalescent hospitals benefiting through rehabilitation and vocational training.
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North
Toronto
Aman
Caron
Apaedic Hospital
M.H.C
Kington
Unclear cargo note on maple sugar export and Canada France rules
Fragmentary record describes refined and unrefined maple sugar shipments, export parcel post regulation, and weight allowances of 11 pounds to France. Mentions Canada origin and bonded exception but text is obscured and uncertain about exact parties and actions.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
France
Canada
Ragged Dreams and Shifting Town Voices
A fragmentary column voice laments unrealized dreams and social shifts in a rural setting. The speaker recalls yearning for change, notes generational gaps, and hints at changing values as life feels commercial and constrained.
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THE
Bishop Milling
Lobb & Clark
Humberstone
Wrigleys
Wo. Pritchard
Ches, Draper
S.W
See
B. Phillips
F. J. Boulton
C. A. Wheatley
Town Hall
A. Jackson
Miss Rose Ecott
Dauphin
A. M Ecott
Saskatoon
N. T Brown
Messy
Cunningham
Holliday
Schrump
N. B.cesis
Frost
Manitoba Agricultural College
Girl Guides
United States
Sergi) Jackson
Ralph Pritchard
Pte. Robt
Jefferson
No Man's Land
Bob
Poland
Jobn Nelson
A. Cham
J. Millar
North Battleford
W. F. Oliver
Bresaylor
Belgium
Wm. Steenson, Jr
Fort George
Old Home District
Ontario
Webb Bros
Pollard
Late Dingle & Co
L’bene
Engineers’ Examinations
J. Morrison
Saskatchewan
Lashburn
Imperial Hotel
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King George Hotel
Wilkie
J. M. Smith
Department of Public Work
Poceworks
Regina
Prongua
J. K. Hammond
H. S. Stewart
Bank OF Hammiiltoonn
R. M. Ecclestone
Durham Bulls
A. Champagne
the Press and
Manitoba
Daily Free Press
Press & Family Herald
Weekly Star
the Press
Free Press
Prairie Farmer
Nor’-West Farmer
Howell
Howe
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