Open Verdict Adrift on Cliffs at The Court
Sir Anthony and Mavis walk the cliff path to the old brig of the Hevers near The Court. Mavis recalls seeing a man like Tony at the orchid house and hints at a suspected murder investigation. They call out to Mike Hever, the smuggler-turned-fisherman, as a continuation finds them approaching his shore dwelling.
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Sir Anthony
Mavis Camlyn
Tony
Evice
Morgan
Cornwall
Mavis
London
Orchid House
Mike Hever
Western Abbey
Camlyn
Melchizedek Hever
Michael
Hevers
Mike
Jack Trevlyn
Jack
Rascal
Germany’s postwar future denied access to allied resources
The London Times notes that Allied plans deny Germany any return to prewar ease. Allies seek a strict economic ban until Germany and its former vassals abandon militarism and terror. The piece warns that prolonged war will deepen German unacceptability and impose harsher moral and economic penalties.
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Germany
League of Nations
Herr Naumann
Central Europe
Society of Civilized Peoples
The
London Times
First Wool Car Shipped From Southern Alberta
The season opens with a Magrath farmer sending the first car of wool, noted as one of the province’s best samples. Manitoba has also shipped a car recently and 181 farmers’ wool has reached the government clearing station for sorting and grading. The Manitoba clip is now estimated at 300000 pounds, 50000 over initial estimates and higher than last year.
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Alberta
Manitoba
Great Pyramid of Egypt A Storied Ancient Marvel
J. D. Athelney Evans surveys the Great Pyramid noting its immense mass, quarry stones of up to ninety tons, and blocks thirty feet long. He cites dimensions, limestone construction with granite floors, a base over twelve acres, and a height near 486 feet. The piece discusses origins, theories of royal tombs, and the pyramid’s central location on world land.
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Egypt
Brunel
Land of
Makhezeduk
Ramasses
Great Pyramid
River Nile
Cairo
North
South America
J. D. Athelney Evans
Surprised at Women in Paris During Air Raids
The London Times Paris correspondent reports French women facing air raids with calm poise, disproving the stereotype of nervousness. Britons and Frenchmen note women display sphinxlike steadiness in emergencies, remaining reticent about fear as raids unfold.
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London Times
Paris
Regina
Stuffed Prophet In Berne Report On Kaiser’s Delusions
Berne dispatch says the kaiser’s advisers try to shield him from the front as his hallucinations worsen. Wilhelm mutters about a divine mission to save the world and humanity, a paranoid decline that even loyal followers now see as exposed showmanship rather than prophecy.
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Berne
Wilhelm
New York Herald
Airplanes Winnipeg Toronto Montreal and Edmonton Donated
Four flying machines named Winnipeg Toronto Montreal and Edmonton were donated to the Royal Flying Club by James Carruthers Montreal grea dealer. The aircraft were inspected recently by the Governor General.
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Winnipeg
Royal Flying Co
James Carruthers
Montreal Graealer
Toronto
Montreal
Edmonton
Portage La Prairie Farmers Win Provincial Plow Titles
Champion plowman John Brown of Portage la Prairie won the walking plow class at the Manitoba provincial match, earning the championship cup and medal. A. M. Brownridge, also of Portage la Prairie, took the gang plow class title and its championship cup.
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John Brown
Portage la Prairie
Manitoba
Portage la Prairie Association
A. M. Brownridge
Saskatchewan launches dairy competitions to boost production
The Saskatchewan government announces several dairy contests open to province farmers and creamery personnel. Top prizes reward cows with the highest butterfat yield and creamery managers for best kept surroundings. Winners advised by October 30 with inter provincial and year long testing.
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Prairie Provinces
Canada
Western Canada
Saskatchewan
Alberta
Manitoba
Frozen Ground Depth Mystery at Yakutsk
Scientists have studied Yakutsk Siberia for years over the frozen ground. In 1829 a Russian merchant began digging to gauge the depth but stopped at thirty feet. From 1838 to 1844 the Russian Academy of Science reached 382 feet without thawing the frost.
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Yakutsk
Siberia
Russian Academy of Science
A Willing Sacrifice for War Oil Shared with Government
The War Department announces airplane service will require all castor oil for lubrication and citizens resolve patriotically to turn over their share to the government.
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War Department
Columbus Dispatch
British Airmen’s Drone of Bombing Ranges and Results
E Percy Noel reports from the front in France on RAF bombing squadrons. He notes crews fly under clouds and wind, returning with success and renewed loads, while German anti aircraft falter. Photographs of Bruges, Antwerp, and Dunkirk illustrate the heavy reach of bombing missions and the relentless pursuit of "Results."
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E. Percy Noel Cables
France
Royal Air Force
Admiralty
Belgium
Antwerp
Viata
Teuton
Fritz
Belgian
Bruges Habor
Was a Mystery to Him
A farmer explains to a neighbor that his wife Sarah has been taken to an insane asylum. He notes she has not left the kitchen in twenty years, expressing disbelief at her condition. The dialogue reflects a rural, period voice and social attitudes of the time.
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Hiram
Sarah
Joe
Old Songs and Memories Lift the Soul Across Time
An Etude excerpt extols old songs for aging readers, arguing music unlocks cherished memories and comforts the elderly. It celebrates how songs conjure past loved ones, flights of history, and the emotional riches of memory, calling for continued singing as soulful nourishment.
Our Brave Lieut Muller and the Iron Cross tale
An English author cites a German soldier diary showing a lieutenant named Muller repeatedly drunk. The entries span days of rain shelling and an attack before Muller receives the Iron Cross.
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Lieut
Muller
Houghton Mifflin
Journalists on Trial in Paris Mocked by Anti Espionage Coterie
In Paris seven men accused of espionage are portrayed as journalists who cannot write. A practical newspaper man quips that the charge fits them, while the Argo naut notes ironies in the trial. The exchange highlights tensions between press identity and alleged spying.
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Paris
Peeares
The
Argonaut
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