British Hold Line as Haig Fights on in Flanders
Edward W. Pickard reports a week of brutal clashes in Flanders with Haig’s British forces clinging to positions near Ypres and Messines. French reinforcements arrive as the Allies brace for renewed German pressure. American troops in France earn praise while Lloyd George pushes manpower expansion. Shipbuilding is reorganized under Schwab to speed tonnage, and the war outlook remains grim yet resolute for Allied resistance.
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Edward W. Pickard
Flanders
Haig
Yprea
Passchendaele Gallent
Agalét
Somme
Aisne
Foch
Bethune
Givenchy
Festubert
Locon
Ypres
Baiflebl-Neuve Eglise
Wulverghem-Holtebeka
Jrt
Messines
England
America
Hindenburg
Bailleul
Dunkirk
la Bassee Canal
Hazebrouck
Meteren
Robecy
Bathune
Rethtino
Ln Bassee
St. Venant
Civenchy
Charlies M. Schwab
Bord
Bethlehem Steel Corporation
Hurley
Shipping Board
Danager Plex
Liberty Bonds Endorsement By Booth Tarrington
A speaker urges investing in Liberty Bonds, arguing Uncle Sam offers the safest, most reliable return. The piece contrasts bank safety with government bonds, praising government rates and timely interest, while highlighting support for U S troops in France and the preservation of freedom against Prussian control.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Booth
Tarrington
United States of America
United’ States
Sam
Uncle Sam
Saw
France
Words and Deeds for Liberty Bonds and Duty
A wartime civic exhortation urging men to buy Liberty bonds. It mocks flashy rhetoric and calls for practical support, arguing Uncle Sam needs funds to wage war and that true patriots act by purchasing bonds rather than merely talking. Emphasizes duty, sacrifice, and financial contribution.
Bayoneted Wounded Report From Frontline Fight
A returned Canadian officer recalls retaking a trench and finding wounded men bayoneted by the enemy as they withdrew. The piece urges full support for Liberty bonds with calls to grit one’s teeth and contribute. Casualty lists are printed, and images of wounded in France appear as war comes home to the middle West. Americans fight abroad, and buying bonds is framed as a duty in the effort to defeat the Kaiser.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Demosthenes
Timuy
Sam Ia
Guy
Liberty Bonds
Thuy
Ques
France
Middle West
Giore Goger
Western Canada Agricultural Boom Cited In 1917 Gains
The article notes Western Canada's postwar farm prosperity with 1917 wheat oat barley and rye sales at 270 million dollars and Winnipeg livestock at 40 million more. Calgary and Edmonton show over six percent increases. five hundred tractors sold in Southern Alberta. It highlights rising settlers, land improvements, farm property purchases, and higher agricultural value, predicting continued growth as production costs rise but prices also climb. The table shows 1918 and 1917 price comparisons for wheat and other grains.
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Canada
Winnipeg
Calgary
Edmonton
Burt Victory
Alberta
Prices and goods amid a 1910s market note
A fragmented clipping records price indices and commodity mentions such as grains, dairy, building materials, and clothing with sporadic figures. It contrasts farm product price rises using an index while noting broader consumer categories and a closing advertisement about a clipped eagle.
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Adérs
Hune
Rudge
Baker
Schwab
Tintta
Atlante
Prénel
Thugh
United States
Germany
Toul
Lloyd George
Ireland
Flandera
Sir William Robertson
Imperial General Staff
Viscount Milner
Cat of Derby
Kattegat
Mings
Rusaia Bein
Ruth Hess
Belgium
Washington
Huns
Ukraine
Rida
Teuton
Anstra-Germans
Rngaia
Entente
Finland
Clas
White Guard
Helsingfors
Austria-Hungary
Charles
Alsace-Lorraine
Buon Burian
Count Czernin
Buriana
Austria
von Seydler
Saame
Salvathin
Bohemia
Prague
Wilson
Kaiser
Vienna
Bolo Pasha
Vincennes
Senate
W. B. Bloodgood
Milwaukee Council of Defense
Wisconsin
Wales
Bloodgood
Init
Aples
Cuba
Havana
William Joel Stone
Missouri
Uncle Sam’s Bank
Walt Mason
Guna
Mauchinery
Belf
Owen
Holstein-Friesian Association of America
Brattleboro, Vt
Department of Labor
Hin Naoda
Pet
Inc
Aland
Enoch Morgan
Supolio
Western
Western Canada
U. S. Employment Service
Chicago
Ill
Bloomington
Danville
Joliet, IL
Galesburg
Rockford, Tre
Grand Rapids, Mich
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