Opportunity Knocks Twice for Veterans
An article extols veteran retraining through military hospital programs and Central Technical High School in Toronto. Returning soldiers pursue skilled trades including electrical work, plumbing, sheet metal, and carpentry, with rapid progress and promising wages as they reintegrate into civilian life. The piece highlights ambition sparked by travel and convalescence.
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Great Central Technical High School
Toronto
Canada
Edison
France
Imores
Worth Remembering and The Proven Asthma Remedy
A historical reflection on President Wilson's war aim and a critical note on a controversial asthma remedy. The piece contrasts Wilsonian ideals and wartime conduct with calls to deliver freedom worldwide against tyranny and references misdeeds during conflict. It ends with advertisement rhetoric praising Kellogg's Asthma Remedy.
Sheep imports in Canada and Australia supply concerns
The article notes Manitoba seeking sheep from Ontario to boost breeding stock as Ontario and the US face shortages. It mentions a supply gap in Canada and a stronger need to source from Australia due to rising demand and limited domestic availability.
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Manitoba
Ontario
Hamilton Spectator
Time to Step Forward
Minister W R Motherwell urges Saskatchewan dairymen to take a decisive step after a decade of preparation, framing it as their duty to advance in the industry.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hen. W. R. Motherwell
Oeritulture
Saskatchewan
No Terms Yet in Sight Which Will Lead to Enduring Peace
Speech by David Lloyd George in London warns against a peace that would fuel future wars. He argues only a lasting settlement ending Germany’s aggression can prevent renewed conflict, noting submarine losses, imperial dangers, and America’s rising power shaping the war’s endgame.
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David Lloyd George
London
Germany
St. Lloyd .George
Mr. Lloyd George
Europe
America
Motor Tub on War Zone Mission Aids Nesle Children
A travelling motor tub with Dr John C Baldwin of Johns Hopkins and a Red Cross nurse delivers medical aid and soap to twelve hundred undernourished children in seven villages around Nesle France. The improvised shower bath on a motor car chassis soothes and cleans amid war devastation as the relief effort expands toward Toul and Amines.
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Red Cross
Nesle
France
Murphy
Nec
John C. Baldwin
Johns Hopkins
Baltimore
Katie
Toul
Amines
American Red Cross
Boreas
Ex-cannibal’s Regret Bishop Cecil Wilson elected Bunbery head
Former bishop and ex-cannibal Cecil Wilson is elected Bishop of Bunbery Australia, succeeding the see of Melanesia in the Cannibal Islands region. A former Melanesia servant recall reveals a complex past and controversial history surrounding his early ministry.
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Cecil Wilson
Bunbery
Australia
Melanesia
Home Front Drill In Wartime Cantonment
In France and at home citizens join the war effort as men drill behind the lines. The movement urges everyone to aid and arm the nation as civilians prepare to contribute once mobilization broadens.
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France
Dialogue on street conflict ends with unexpected twist
A brief cartoon caption shows a chauffeur scolding a pedestrian for not moving. The victim replies humbly that he rarely walks because he owns a car, highlighting a humorous class clash in urban life.
British Air Service Faces War Demand for Thousands of Planes
A recent English writer notes Britain built hundreds of aircraft in 1914, thousands in 1915 and 1916, and planned tens of thousands in 1917 as German and Austrian officers studied Netheravon. He describes eighty-two machines ready for war and night lighting experiments.
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Kage Bins
Netheravon
Germans Question Allies War Aid and Humanity Rhetoric
A New York Lines summary notes German claims that Allied munitions sales from the United States prolonged the war and cost German lives. It cites German Reichstag skepticism of President Wilson’s humanity and alleges that preventing armament exports would have saved many lives, a grievance deemed irrational by the writer.
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France
Germany
P Peiteant
Reichstag
Wilson
America
Entente
New York
Bright Side On a One Track Train
A talkative jewelry drover on a one track train is bumped by an express after a water stop, injuring none of the passengers. The drummer falls head first into a seat, his silk hat jammed over his ears, then he recovers and quips that they did not let the other train pass.
American expert on Canada’s business possibilities
An American financial writer argues Canada offers vast investment opportunities. He notes Canadian banks, railways, natural resources, and tourism attract U.S. capital, with links to Chicago and other North American markets. He highlights wheat, coal, and mineral wealth, and suggests locating industries away from Chicago to capitalize on cheaper costs.
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Canada
Seca
Jon B. Evans
The
Economist
Philadelphis Public
Philadelphia
Evans
Bank Des Wits of
Chicago
Atlantic
Ortis
Hudson's Bay Company
India
Australia
United States
London
St. Paul
Minneapolis
Seattle
Winni
The Fearless British Officer and a Soldier’s March of Valor
A wartime letter recounts a bold British officer leading a patrol through tangled wire and ground obstacles. Despite heavy fire, he and a sergeant break through, capture a machine gun, then repel a left-front counterattack. The officer is later killed by a sniper, while the company holds the position and secures a hard-won post.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bette Mere
Trort
Hall
Taney
Dressmaker seen with notable Baltimore aerican figure
In a brief exchange, a man compliments a woman as a fitting associate and notes she is his dressmaker, observed in Baltimore. The casual remark highlights discreet social ties and the presence of a designer in the social circle.
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Ae Ell
Baltimore Aerican
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Clinton B. Evans
Philadelphia Public Ledgery
Willis
Lille
Gillis
Indge
Mee
A. North Grand Stret
Brantford, Ont
Dr. Chase
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