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Newspaper
Davidson Leader
Location
Davidson, Saskatchewan, Canada
Date
Oct 21, 1915
Page
4
Premier records impressions from an England trip and a front review. He recalls a parade, Canadian soldiers, and Allied resolve, noting lack of prep, the display of discipline, and a hope for a nobler postwar civilization in a lasting peace.
In a chaotic battlefield near Kiev a squad led by a girl officer from the Cossack regiments, Alesuodre HKphtmerne Lagereva, broke free from German capture. A Lithuanian cavalrywoman Iga Jehiwete er aided by General Moenen bkamp fled with documents. Yellow Martha recaptured a Russian flag as fighting intensified on the Sokacher front.
Advice for farmers on profitable cream and butter sales when direct markets are limited. Suggests selling whole milk or sweet cream to individuals or hotels, or shipping via creamery. Recommends cream routes, or making butter for parcel post sales with good packaging and branding.
A discussion of civilian inventors who created warfare machinery and how their devices shifted military and industrial power. Notable figures include Hiram Masten and others whose innovations spurred rapid change in naval, land, and communication technologies, transforming national strength through civilian ingenuity.
The land department reports indications of renewed vitality in the lumber business. A moderate demand for small timber is expected along the Canadian Northern Railway line north of the area. A heavy wheat crop is likely to boost related shipping and trade activity.
The piece argues winter will favor our side as German and Austrian forces face Alpine storms and supply strains. It predicts the Allies will endure and shift balance, withWinter campaigns testing both sides while civilian and military leaders brace for harsh conditions.
The piece rails at speculative markets seen as parasitic profit schemes from producer to consumer, calls for tighter controls on grain trading, and condemns stock and grain gambling as illegitimate. It contrasts wartime casualty figures with peacetime norms while criticizing foreign assets.
A historical reminiscence links temperance efforts with crime, noting reduced temperance provokes fewer incidents. The account references community behavior, street safety, and the effects of drink on residents, including references to vendors, crossings, and reflected changes after enforcement.
The text asserts the Ceara nation hosts over 140 distinct peoples with varied nationalities beliefs and customs. It lists large populations including realis such as Moscovites Poles Finns Latvians Armenians Romanians Jews and Kurds among 19 other nations. It argues these diverse groups would require centuries to merge into a single Korsian nation and favors retaining independent status to preserve language religion and heritage.
Director of the census plans arrangements for a quinquennial census in the western provinces, aligning with Canada’s general census while focusing on population and agriculture data. The youngest service sergeant is Stafford Grammar School pupil Slimm, sixteen, tall for his age.
Ottawa Journal reports the end of the war will steer immigration to Canada with a strong influx amid new papers arguing for cautious policy. War years slowed foreign arrivals, while 1915 to 1916 figures showed a spike then a drop, and attitudes shift as nations discuss neutrality and railways amid postwar shifts in migration and geopolitics.
Fragmentary report describes horses shipped from Canada to Ergiang trained for army use. Text notes harnessing, bridle work, and regimental routines under a harsh, military discipline. References to trainers, orders, and the broader wartime intent appear amid garbled passages and interjected questions about battlefield use.
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