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Newspaper
Battleford Press
Location
Battleford, Saskatchewan, Canada
Date
May 03, 1917
Page
11
A correspondent documents widespread destruction in liberated French villages and countryside. Rivers of rubble, charred shells, burned farms, and uprooted trees mark a deliberate retreat. Villages left stripped of churches and altars, with residents missing or enslaved, and warnings of harsher reprisals as the front advances.
Lord Robert Cecil responds to Dr. von Bethmann Hollweg disputing Germanys wartime submarine policy. He accuses Germany of hypocrisy and argues the blockade and indiscriminate warfare violate humanity and international law, citing Belgium atrocities and hospital-ship bombings. He recalls Reichstag remarks announcing unrestricted U boat warfare and questions changes in submarine numbers.
A party of Dublin Fusiliers, returning from a recon, faced rifle fire from a wood. Three Germans surrendered, then more emerged after the chaplain approached. Ultimately 450 Germans offered to surrender, but only 18 Fusiliers were present and several tried to retreat. A chagrined officer offered bribes, rejected with a sharp reply.
Wolf Cubs aim to Do Their Best as daily practice. nine to twelve year old boys promise to duty to God and King and perform a good turn each day. The article cites Cecil Rhodes scholarship criteria and Ernest S. Griffith of Utica who gains three years and 4500 dollars for Oxford University training, noting a New York State College of Syracuse University scholarship for resident first class scouts with merit.
A crowded car prompted a conductor to wake a man mistaken for asleep. The passenger denied sleeping while a woman passenger asserted a rule about women riders, leading to a tense exchange as cues about tradition and conduct unfolded during fare collection.
York Sun reports China ended opium use after March 31, declaring the ban a monumental achievement. Officials note opium’s grip compared unfavorably to alcohol, praising ten years of policy as a major national success.
Mr Robson Black of the Canadian Forestry Association argues Northern Manitoba has strong timber resources and water power but has lagged in culture and forestry. He notes 87 percent of forests are young or under 1 inch diameter and fires have reduced wealth, urging western legislatures to curb careless settler fires to permit recovery and immediate commercial development.
A significant announcement says women will hold key positions on committees governing Petrograd and influence the direction of the new Russia. The text notes women's status differs from Western nations and suggests the revolution increasingly empowers women based on capability.
J R Armstrong leaves for Lethbridge after three years of renting 700 acres at a land value of 14000 and paying 24970 in rent while the owner lives in Southern California. Taxes totaled 24 over three years as grain elevators in Canada collect a patriotic fund. Armstrong notes a $60 check and reports up to 15000 worth of production observed. Hubert Dunn, a new Turlock farmer, heads to Portland with farming outfit and nine work horses, planning to start anew elsewhere.
Alberta Farmers' Co-operative plans 40 new elevators across the province before the 1917 crop. Three percent sites secured with negotiations for the rest. Each elevator will cost about 000 with storage capacity around 40 bushels, expanding total capacity by 1,600 bushels. About 150 men to be employed as work starts immediately.
After the war a brighter business climate is anticipated with high farmer prices. Shipbuilding and aeroplane manufacture are set to grow as key industries in the Dominion. Industrial demand for Europe’s reconstruction will transform manufactories, and immigration will supply labor. American forces and Cod War tensions impact raw materials and production.
A Pontiac Press Gazette item notes certain men appear important while wearing a double breasted frock coat on a hot summer day, highlighting attire and perception.
A clipped line notes a man who, when fortune visits his door, tends to seek help next door. The fragment hints at a habit of chasing luck by borrowing from neighbors rather than handling it himself.
A Commission inquiry cites a Russian captive tortured with electric needles and red hot irons after refusing to reveal movements. Escapes followed as German captors executed a group in a river and burned a village house, killing about 30 soldiers left without aid.
A fragment reflecting wartime rhetoric condemning British actions and German policy. It accuses tyranny and starvation measures, likening them to historic trials and noting a crusade against a criminal autocracy to secure peace. The text includes vivid charges and calls for decisive action.
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