Military analysis argues Jerusalem unlikely to be attacked soon
Military experts say British forces in Palestine will not push on Jerusalem immediately. The city’s rugged topography, high elevation, and surrounding passes create strong defense. a modern campaign may target other coastal areas first, with Jerusalem as a possible late objective. North of Gaza water and fodder should be available.
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Palestine
Jerusalem
Holy City
Kingdom of
Judah
Israel
Egypt
Esdraclon
Beersheba
Es Sant
Fs Sur
Antiochus V
B.C
Sorck
Holy Land
Philista
Gaza
King George Wins Warm Welcome at London Fuse Factory
The king visited a London fuse factory where 800 girls paused work and cheered him. A worker praised his attentive gaze and recalled a Windsor choir boy brother whose prayers ended in France with tears, saying the king serves the people and lawmakers shape laws.
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King George
London
Hammersmith Way
Windsor
France
God
Queen Mary
Building Wooden Ships For Imperial Board Contracts Closed
A Vancouver paper reports contracts closed for building wooden ships for the Imperial Munitions Board. Two ships will be laid down immediately, eight more to follow as soon as possible, and about seven hundred men will be employed on the work.
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Vancouver
Imperial Munitions Board
Critic and Artist Clash Over A Piece Of Art
A colorful exchange features a sharp critic dismissing a work as poor art while another defends it as genuine artistic merit. The dialogue centers on whether the piece meets standards of taste and expression.
Germans Ordered Out of the United States Amid Spy Net Tightening
The state department ordered all Germans connected to the embassy and other consulates to leave the United States. Most were clerks or servants and were not told they were spies, but their loyalty to the Kaiser raised concern. Notable departures include Heinrich Schaathausen, tied to German interests via Switzerland, and Dr. George Barthelme who must report in twice weekly. The Turkish envoy Abdul Hak Hussein Bey and his English wife were allowed to stay, with the Bulgarian minister remaining, as the government tightens measures to curb German intelligence.
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America
United States
State Department
Heinrich Schaathausen
Count von Bernstorff
Legation
Schaafhausen
George Barthelme
Cologne
Washington
Germany
Abdul Hak Hussein Bey
Constantinople
Bey
Twenty two German Gotha planes raid London
Official circles confirm twenty two German Gotha bombers took part in the London raid. The three seaters appeared slow but flew at 76 to 80 mph, within range of anti aircraft guns which claimed many hits though none shot down.
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London
Fearful Belgians Fear Deportations In German Occupied Areas
Belgian government reports that Germans plan to deport Belgians to Roumania soon in Mons and other occupied districts. While Germany claims deportation of workers to Germany has ceased, Belgians note continued deportations to Northern France for road and fortification work.
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Mons
Roumania
Germany
France
Temperance quip on christening ships with wine
A temperance advocate objects to christening ships with champagne. Another man notes a temperance lesson: after the first bottle the ship supposedly waters and sticks to it thereafter.
Rehearsed Battle Dramas Shape Modern Warfare
Analysis compares European combat to staged theatre, detailing how modern armies rehearse every detail before action. It notes curtain artillery, scheduled assaults, and highly specialized French infantry training to ensure men know exact roles and tactics to maximize survival and success.
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Europe
Berlin Censorship and Press Control Exposed
A Berlin question of wartime press manipulation shows how the German authorities use a vast war press office to fill newspapers with semi official despatches and comments. Censorship blocks free discussion and forces uniform content across papers, with the Deutsche Volks Zeitung noting government effort to direct sentiment.
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War Press Office
Admiralty Press Bureau
von Tirpitz
Germany
Deutsche Volks Zeitung
Hanover
Parson's Annual Farm Day Shoot Ends With Rabbit Escape
A yearly on farm shooting trip by a modest clergyman yields a comic moment as a rabbit slips away after a clumsy two shot blast. The attendant Jack notes the parson has improved but jokes the rabbit remains unscathed. Meanwhile a separate joke about driving references ends with absurd surnames from widows.
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Jack
Bang
Milwaukee Free
Ress
Over The Top You Went Over The Top In No Man's Land
A Canadian sergeant writes from the overseas battalions about the dread and intensity of waiting to go over the top. He describes the crawley stomach sick feeling, the mud, the ice, and the moment of leaving the trench into No Man's Land as the men surge toward the front line.
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London
North Pole
No Man’s Land
Ise
Jove
Jimmy
Fritz
World's Bread Basket aid for Western Canada vast land
Western Canada has enough good land still uncultivated to meet rising flour demand for over thirty years. Europe uses seven bushels per person annually, the United States about five and a half, Canada six. Last year the region yielded 239 million bushels from 13.5 million acres, with total prairie cropland around 22 million acres, only a fraction of cultivable land known or surveyed for settlement.
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Western Canada
United States
Canada
Prairie Provinces
Million Dollar Auto Order Signals Alberta Farm Prosperity
A Lethbridge Alberta firm signed what is described as the largest single automobile order in Canada history. The deal covers one million dollars worth of cars to be delivered over fourteen months to mainly farming customers. It suggests strong farmer prosperity in Southern Alberta and positive crop prospects for 1917.
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Canada
Lethbridge
Alberta
New Groom Paddy Answers Cleverly
A gentleman loses patience over Paddy's blunder and questions the groom's intelligence. Paddy replies he only arrived yesterday, revealing his recent hire.
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Paddy
Inside the British tank and a French air raid on Krupp works
A first hand account from HM Landship Ichthyosaurus crew describes the tank’s brutal close combat with German wire and nests. The narrative follows the tank’s breach of trenches and the crew firing through loopholes while German troops retreat in disorder. Also recounted is Sergeant Maime Gallois’s seven hour night raid on Krupp works at Fessen, with Lieutenant Ardisson de Verdeguir and others guiding bombs from Metz to Dusseldorf and back, passing Metz, Thionville, Treves, Cologne, and Essen under heavy anti aircraft fire.
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H.M. Landship
Sohunmme
Fasen
Associated Press
Maime Gallois
Rhenish
Gallois
Lieut
Ardisson de Verdeguir
Durangl
Comerade
Sergt
Fesen
Metz
Thionville
Moselle
Rhine
Ardisson’s
Treves
Coblenz
Bonn
Dusseldorff
Cologne
Essen
Ardisson
Sergt. Durand
Cheaper Poultry Feed From Wheat Cleanings Urged
The poultry industry faces losses from scarce high priced feed. Canada urges millers to sell cracked and shrunken wheat cleanings and wild buckwheat screenings as affordable poultry feed. Fowls adapt after initial use, and urban poultrymen are advised to arrange supplies now while avoiding weed spread from yard waste.
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Federal Department of Agriculture
Canada
Poultry Division
Central Experimental Farm
Central
Branch
Fort William
Food Question as War Drive Urges Farm Production
The text stresses that food is a vital wartime need and that global reserves are shrinking. It calls on farmers to boost output as a patriotic duty and asserts production is national service regardless of monetary reward.
Dutch Dairy Exports to Germany and England Shown
The Dutch minister states Dutch exports to England and Germany. first quarter 1917 figures list butter and cheese and eggs to Germany totaling 14 506 tons and to England 4 617 tons. Last year Germany received 138 063 tons of dairy goods and 122 009 tons of potatoes plus 49 314 tons of meat. England 9 758 tons of dairy goods and 3 137 tons of potatoes and 9 957 tons of meat.
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Washington
Netherlands
England
Germany
the Times
Holland
Woman with Bat Threatens Teacher Over Boy's Misconduct
A woman armed with a baseball bat advances on a teacher. She accuses the teacher of tearing Henry's shirt and warns that if the boy misbehaves again, she will strike him with the bat. The confrontation centers on discipline and the boy's conduct.
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Henry
Irrigation Push Outlined At Alberta Convention
F. H. Peters, Dominion irrigation commissioner, spoke at a Lethbridge convention forecasting major expansion. Three regional projects near Lethbridge would cover 520000 acres, aside from the Calgary to Medicine Hat Canadian Pacific Railway irrigation plan encompassing about 3000000 acres.
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Lethbridge
Alberta
F. H. Peters
Dominion
Canadian Pacific Railway
Calgary
Medicine Hat
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