Local Briefs From Winnipeg Visit to Town and Regional Notes
A. Lobb of Winnipeg is in town today. F. J. Lange of Denzil is in town. Mrs. Champagne has ordered a motor car. Mr. and Mrs. C. A. Leeder returned Saturday from the East. Cash wheat in Winnipeg yesterday at 2.82 and outs at .71. Mayor Phillips made a business trip to Edmonton Calgary and Macleod last week. A pioneer landmark is being removed this week near the rink. The Willing Workers meet at Miss Risdale's home next Thursday. The society will run the weekly tea on Saturday. The death notice of W. Waters Battleford appeared in a recent killed in action list. presumed a North Battleford man. Rev R. T. Othen held services at Waines school house Sunday and will continue through summer. Tickets on sale for a dance at the Provincial Hospital next Thursday evening. DD. Tracksell and family returned Sunday from California. praise the coast but say home country offers more opportunities. They spent three days in Victoria with Messrs Dingle and Prixk. the late Battleford firm runs a prosperous meat business with about six shops.
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DD. F. Tracksell
California
Tracksell
Victoria
Messrs. Dingle and
Prixk
Battleford
A Little Knowledge Some Answers on British Examination Papers
A humorous selection of miskeyed definitions and garbled phrases on common exam topics. The piece riffs on astronomy geography grammar and morality with playful errors and mistaken wordings. It features misapplied terms such as zodiac geometry usurization and abstract nouns in a light satirical tone.
Salesman Presses Magnate on Typewriters and Secrets
A suave salesman seeks the Chicago_Record Herald interview with a private office encounter. The exchange hints at business priorities and a joke about a preferred typewriter, asserting personal bias over equipment choice.
The Lethbridge Livestock Credit Scheme
Analyzes the 1910s Lethbridge Alberta program where local merchants funded a credit scheme to advance livestock loans to farmers. Trusts bought cattle, 75 percent of loans repaid, and the model inspired broader provincial adoption after bank Act amendments allowing liens on livestock for borrowing.
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Lethbridge
Alberta
New York
Chicago
United Mers of
Dominion
Wine in War Time Requisition of French Vintage for Army
The French government requisitions a large portion of the nation’s wine to support military needs. More than 200 million gallons of wine in France and 40,000 from Algeria are reserved for army use. Daily wine allowances are issued to troops, with wartime distribution overseen by military authorities.
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London
General Cadorna Portrait From Northcliffe Lunch Table
The description portrays General Cadorna as a quick-moving, witty figure with a Pierpont Morgan like glitter. He is depicted as deeply involved in strategy, personally guiding actions at the front and exuding a disciplined Alpine aura.
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General Cadorna
Northcliffe
Des
Cadorna
Pierpont Morgan
Sausage Mystery Stirring London Markets
A London discussion questions the sausage makers and the Food Controller over meat pricing and mystery sausage quality. The debate notes a butcher’s secrecy and contrasts 8d selling price with a 4d claimed cost, reflecting price tensions in Westminster.
Warfare Savagery and Blockade Methods Stir Debates
The report contrasts new naval blockade tactics with ruthless submarine attacks on unarmed merchants. Critics argue the method is a savage instrument of war, likened to acts by savages, while officials and newspapers debate its necessity and proportionality in modern conflict.
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Nethod
Germa
Mary
Hutory
New York Times
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Wrigley
Canada
R. L. Guild
Mrs. Cooper
Plymouth Rocks
A. Finch
Plymouth
America
W. W. Smith
Che Battleford Press
A. Lobb
Winnipeg
F. J. Lange
Denzil
Mrs. C. A. Leeder
East
Phillips
Edmonton
Calgary
Macleod
Miss Risdale
Society
W. Waters
North Battleford
R. T. Othen
Waines School House
Lord Raleigh
Louis XIV
India
Deng Co
King Street
North
Guthrie & CO
King George Hotel
Bert Parry
Prop
Webb Bros
Pollard
Dingle & Co
Gentral
Ihene
Princess Theatre
Clara Kimball Young
Thomas Dixon
Nine Reel Show
Fox
William Farnum
Edwards Sheldons
the Nigger
Mutt and
Jeff
Prongua Cash Store
J. K. Hammond
Dougla Nee
Tilasbe
Douglas & Company
Nape
Galvin Lumber Vds, Ltd
H. S. Stewart
M.A. Holliday For
St St
Masse -Harris Warehouse
Barres Ymouth Recks
Lobb & Clark
Builder’s Supplies
International
McCormick Lines
McLaughlin
Dinant
Bank of Hamilton
RK. M
Myster Ae
Devonport
Prestminster Gazete
Seema
Paris Coibes
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