Enderby News in Brief Highlights Local Happenings
Local notes report Mrs A E West returning from Regina and several residents traveling to Seattle and Everett. Foresters face delays due to war while a Canadian Forestry Convention is postponed. Church services and youth events are listed with times. Firefighting crews battle Mabel Lake fires amid wind storms. Sunday schools host a Polson Grove picnic. Local appointments include J W Mills moving to Nelson as accountant.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
A. E. West
Regina
Jack Newby
Ed. Thorn
Seattle
Harry Taylor
Oland
Ben
Buchholz
New? Westminster
Williamson
Everett
Wash
Miss.Bartley
Mrs. Bush
Enderby
Polson Grove
A. L. Fortune
McLeod
Edmonton
Edmonton. Mr. McLeod
Hudson Bay Company
J. W. Mills
Bank of Montreal
Nelson
Mills
King Edward
Okanagan
Robson
Vancouver
Caranza Declared Provisional President of Mexico
Caranza named provisional president as factions unite behind him. Austrian forces press along the Vistula banks as military movements unfold.
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Caranza
Mexico
Constitutional Forces of
Vistula
Curtain Drawn on European Carnage in War Dispatches
A chaotic wartime summary notes censorship and a vast single battle across a 400 kilometre front involving Germans and Allied forces. It claims shifts in fortune at various points, mentions British cruisers in many seas, Russian mobilization, and reports from Ottawa on war finances and Parliament.
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Europe
Britain
France
Belgium
Russia
Tricht
sonext-toorkBs
Silence on British fleet moves and North Sea activity
The piece notes no official word on British fleet movements for a week and no North Sea events since Sunday. A London Observer naval correspondent hints at a tightening coil around the German coast, yet predicts continued German activity and German mine policy drawing universal condemnation.
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North Sea
London Observer
Scandinavia
British Expeditionary Force Sign pamphlet by Earl Kitchener
A small pamphlet signed by Field Marshal Kitchener urges British troops in Belgium and France to fear God and honor the King. It reminds them they fight on friendly soil, to abstain from liquor and looting, and to treat women with courtesy.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Belgium
France
Britain
Napoleon
Istyis
Walt Sid
Earl Kitchener
King George Addresses Expeditionary Forces Before Departure
A message read to each regiment as it left port declared they travel to defend Belgium and France. The king expressed implicit confidence, duty as the watchword, and prayed for God’s blessing and a safe victorious return.
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George
Belgium
France
War Bulletins Report Fighting Around Antwerp and Brussels
An official Paris report says Belgian troops retreat from Liege toward Antwerp as severe fighting rages near Antwerp and Brussels. Belgium seeks aid from neutral powers citing German violations of Hague and Venice rules and mistreatment of wounded and civilians. Lord Kitchener predicts the war lasting 18 months. Russia seizes 73 German and 12 Austrian merchant ships. Col Sam Hughes says British Columbia will send troops to cross the Atlantic.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Canada
Robert Borden
Nancyussian
Germany
Kain Chou
Chiniing
Ultimatiin
Constantinople
Greece
Namur
Dinant
Newcastle
Alsace
Baden
Lake Constance
Tuesiday
Berlin
Aix la Chappelle
Digby Island
Vancouver
Prince Rupert
Butterworth Rock
Brown Passage
Col. McSpadden
Antwerp
Brussels
Paris
Liege
Belgium
Hague
Venice
Lord Kitchener
Russia
Sam Hughes
British Columbia
Atlantic
Pretty Wedding at Airth Residence
A pretty wedding united Bessie Airth and Franklin R. Kenney on Thursday August 13 at the Airth home. Miss Annie Airth and Mr. Chas Dickson attended the couple while Rev. J. W. Hedley officiated. Mr. Kenney, a member of the B. C. Horse, departed Tuesday with the troop for Vernon.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jas. Airth
Bessie
Franklin R. Kenney
Annie Airth
Chas. Dickson
J. W. Hedley
M.A. B.D
Kenney
B. C. Horse
Vernon
Local Company Mobilizes Troops for City Patrols
Amid a wartime atmosphere local units recruit and sign on new members. Several recruits failed to meet requirements yet notable names including Dunwood, Ashton, Kenney, and Robison signed on. The troop plans to patrol streets in pairs and squads as a precautionary measure.
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Dunwoodi
Rootham Hs
Ty Ashton
AcHallack
Pgrassick
FR. Kenney
We. Funk
Mongoskey A . A. Dysart
J. Swallow
J. Russell
T. Robison
J.loughn
Pacy Pees Peacock
H-Strickland
Felier
Reen
Butler
Gao
Little
R. Dixon
Baisley W. Kenyon Wie
A. E. Robertson
G. Diamond
D. Fravel
E. Wheeler
Expert Piano Tuning by Alvin E Perkins in Vancouver
Alvin E Perkins, Vancouver based piano and organ tuner with 28 years’ experience, accompanies endorsements from major piano firms. He will be in Enderby soon. orders via J E Crane, English Consul, who notes distress of English prisoners in Austria since the war began.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Alvin E. Perkins
Vancouver
Heintzman & Co
Gourlay Piano Co
Morris& Kahni Co
Dominion Pianos Co
Newcombe & Co
Gerhard Heintzman
Heintaman & Co
Perkins
Enderby
J. £. Crane
Triste
Austria
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