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Newspaper
Battleford Press
Location
Battleford, Saskatchewan, Canada
Date
Jun 14, 1917
Page
3
A wartime message urges every Canadian to support food production and distribution. It notes Europe’s hunger under siege, details how Britain and France mobilize farms, and calls on citizens to aid agriculture through labor and cooperation, stressing collective effort over individual sacrifice.
In Washington the president told a public audience that the war against Germany is grim business on every side and that America will respond as a united nation. He predicted the conflict would erase sectional lines and racial or associative divisions as common suffering for freedom binds the country.
A light exchange in class features a student yearning for American identity while the professor notes only a few students show true readiness, highlighting contrasts in national pride and preparation.
A fragment shows a man expressing views on what a woman should be and his belief about men’s authority. The text hints at social or personal conflict surrounding gender roles.
Germany faces a potato shortage despite assurances of five pounds per person weekly until harvest. Berlin and Westphalia districts fail to meet the allotment, while Bavaria and Hamburg show reduced rations. The crisis threatens bread parity and highlights grain shortages amid cold delays to the harvest.
A letter to the Winnipeg grain exchange revives a plan for a through railway from New York to Petrograd via Canada and the Behring Strait. U S capitalists back the project with aims to aid Russia in WWI by moving munitions and food. Negotiations with involved railways and governments are to begin soon as the scheme envisions ferries across ice laden seas and a modern Siberian link.
A Socialist organized procession of women, many with children, marched to Glasgow city chambers protesting alleged hoarding of potato supplies. Banners included slogans like No tat ees No . What next? The crowd blamed profiteering for the shortages.
A light exchange notes that a wife bought a hat for a song while her husband jokes he had to furnish the notes. The quip hints at playful spending and the idea of paying through songs.
The article catalogs a growing air force slang with terms like flip time not distance, spikebozzle for Zeppelins, huffed for killed, he hasn’t come back for his cap, hickboo for warning, stunt for daring maneuvers, bus for aircraft, blimps for small airships, hotstuff for stealing, chippies for carpenters, and spot of leave, tracing origins to naval air training schools and the human side of wartime flight.
Canadian troops captured vast trench complexes on Vimy Ridge after months of planning and heavy bombardment. The force, praised as war hardened, breached fortified German positions with decisive artillery support, advancing to seize dugouts and enemy works amid intense fighting.
The 1915 Canadian grain crop reached 10 194 609 250 bushels valued at about 800 million dollars, with wheat yielding 376 303 600 bushels worth 312 569 400. Oats led in bushels, while overall outputs suggest Canada could greatly expand grain production.
In reply to Fred Pardee, the minister of militia released figures on National Service cards. A total of 1,545,360 replies were received, listing military prospects by age, marital status, dependents, and sectors such as agriculture, shipbuilding, munitions, and mining.
More than six hundred Yukon men joined the war effort from Dawson, many walking long distances to enlist. The 1914 first Yukon unit trained and sent to France, earning the Military Medal and Cross. Now a new Yukon Infantry company trains in England under Captain Geo Black, the Com pantesse of the Ne Yukon Tescheery, with Corporal Lyquan Munger Black, his son.
Wool values rise to record highs in Western Canada as settler Samuel Drumheller of Drumheller Alberta reports his 1916 clip sold for about 25 000 pounds. The sharp market gains reflect foresight of sheep raisers who entered the wool trade years earlier.
The Belgian government releases a long official document detailing German exploitation in occupied Belgium and France. Accounts describe forced labor, unpaid wages, and harsh fines to seize citizens' money, with disposals through deportations and imprisonment for nonpayment.
The Toronto Globe notes Talaat Bey and Enver Pasha as Young Turk leaders who backed Germany in the war, warning that Turkish peace terms threaten aGerman disaster. It condemns the Armenian massacre as a catalyst for reshaping the eastern states system and calls for Turks to be governed under new political arrangements.
A deputation from the Canadian Council of Agriculture urged Ottawa’s special committee revising the Railway Act to adopt amendments aiding farmers in securing remuneration for stock and property harmed by railway operations. Two amendments were accepted for future consideration, requiring railways to protect crops and prevent animals entering or escaping enrolled lands.
The Jewish Chronicle receives alarming news of a planned massacre of Jews in Palestine. It cites reduced food access and claims the Turkish governor Pasha intends to wipe out the Jewish population and apply Armenian massacre policies.
The report notes Americans are buying land in Western Canada with cash investment. Buyers range from small-scale to large-scale investors, attracted by possibilities and profits in the region. Some acquisitions are for outright purchases while others are stock or profit related.
Reported wartime losses devastate agriculture with France noting 610000 horses 1000000 head of cattle 1800000 pigs and 3000000 fowl destroyed Belgium records heavy damage across cattle and other stock. The text also mentions a self serving exterminator claim and a speed law related joke or payoff.
Fragmentary notice discusses bile secretion and a disorder corrected by Parmelee's Vegetable Red remedy. It notes pills as a preferred medicine and mentions widespread use. The text is incomplete but implies a medical treatment claim.
In a tense exchange two figures discuss factions and potential land cessions with one asking if any area will be given up while the other notes vast tracts measured in millions of acres. The dialogue hints at broader political strategy and land allocation tensions.
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