Potentiality of Airplane for Military Uses Demonstrated
The French aeronaut Sergeant Gallois flew seven hours across Germany dropping bombs on Krupp works in Essen and returned to start point covering nearly 467 miles. His success proves the airplane’s military potential and may lead to many who attempt similar missions.
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Gallowie
Krupp
Feeen
Germany
Essen
Gallois
Baker
War Department
United States
Admiral Perry
North Pole
Toronto Globe
Ex Soldiers to Flock to Canada After War
Imperial Army ex service men likely to emigrate to Canada in large numbers after the war. Commissioner J Bruce Walker, back from London, says many will seek outdoor life in overseas dominions, with Canada offering strong inducements. Immigration could spike once demobilization begins and transport is available, especially to the western provinces.
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Imperial Army
Canada
J. Bruce Walker
London
Walker
Old Country
Empire Settlement Committee
England
Age of Women Voters in the United Kingdom
The Montreal Gazette notes a debate on extending the vote to women at age thirty arguing women outnumber men and that giving sisters cousins and aunts the same age as men would shift political power to females. It questions if a reasoned case exists and suggests equality with men is likely.
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United Kingdom
Montreal Gazette
Why British Offensives Stall Before Breakthrough
A leading British strategist explains that war is fought on lines of communication. He notes the Germans retreat to reserve lines after heavy bombardments and urges rapid heavy gun action to shred counter attacks. He cites railway building and front engineering as key factors in holding gains once the Hindenburg line is breached.
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Bullecourt
Messines
Vimy Ridge
England
Hindenburg
Els
Cossacks In Revolution Diary From The New Republic
An American observer recounts a chaotic scene in St Petersburg with Cossacks aiding revolutionaries near Znamenskaya. A volley, mounted police clash, and crowds hail the Cossacks with embraces, gifts, and tears as the city braces for nightfall and potential war.
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New Republic
Znamenskaya Place
Goncharnaya
Goncharnaya. I Looked Up the Newski
Canada asserts full self government in wartime stance
A Calgary editorial argues Canada is a self governing nation with no British orders, entering the war on its own initiative. It asserts Canada can maintain full freedom and national pride while remaining true to Britain, projecting independence within the empire system.
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Canada
Calgary
Dream of Wealth Shared by James and His Valet
An odd dream narrative features James sharing that he slept well and dreamed of having substantial wealth. His valet expresses amusement as the American girl Beoston appears in the transcript-like tale.
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Lord Nocoyne
James
Med
Beoston
Haig Praises Railway Aid By Canadians
Sir Douglas Haig lauds Canadian and home railway support for the war effort. He notes rail and track sacrifices and expresses gratitude for locomotives rolling stock and rails supplied to sustain operations on the western front. Denmark can feed itself from home supplies with adjustments to livestock and fodder, while cattle and crop forecasts hinge on harvest results and rains.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sir Douglas Haig
France
Douglas
Ancres
Ancre
Sir Douglas
Canada
Denmark
We must store coal for next winter, urges fuel controller
The Dominion government has appointed a fuel controller as coal shortages loom. Great Britain and France face large deficits while U S demands rise. producers urge storing a winter supply this summer to avert rail congestion and price spikes.
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Great Britain
France
Atlantic
United States
U. S. Geological Survey
Central
Canada
West
Great Lakes
Dominion
W.J.D
Duke of Connaught Visits Canadian Corps at Vimy Ridge
His Royal Highness the Duke of Connaught toured the Canadian corps at Vimy Ridge. He climbed the ridge and viewed the plain toward Lens. The ex-governor-general inspected Dominion troops including Princess Patricia's regiment, which bears colors embroidered by the Princess herself before Ottawa departure.
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Duke of
Maude Praises Mesopotamian Water Transport and Hospitals
Sir Stanley Maude reports a seven month period of preparations and operations leading to the fall of Baghdad. He credits the well organized inland water transport directorate for an eight day river craft chain and commends hospital arrangements and the evacuation system as reflecting credit on England India and Egypt for timely support.
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Stanley Maude
Mesopotamia Expeditionary Forces
Bagdad
Mesopotamian Commission
Maude
England
India
Egypt
Food price changes during 1909 to 1913 and early 1917
Department of Labor data show the Food Administration’s price gaps for nine staple items from 1909–1913, with eggs compared to early 1917. Flour rose from 6.71 to 11.56 dollars per barrel, lard 15.06 to 23.40 cents, butter 36.3 to 47.3, cornmeal 2.74 to 4.07 per 100 pounds, ham 24.1 to 32.1, bacon 25.2 to 31.2, milk 8.7 to 10, eggs 33.8 to 467 cents, dressed poultry 19.9 to 26.6 per pound.
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Department of Labor
Temporary Food Administration
Who Is Dora The Defense of the Realm Act Revealed
The London Chronicle explains Dora is the Defense of the Realm Act in disguise, a background yet powerful figure governing Scotland Yard. Inquiries have noted Dora blocks requests while remaining outwardly polite, prompting questions about who she is and why authorities condemn her.
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Scotland Yard
London Chronicle
Dora
Forty New Elevators Planned by Saskatchewan Co-op
The Saskatchewan Co-operative Elevator Company announces a season program to build forty elevators. Eight completed, five under construction, with the rest to follow as soon as possible.
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Saskatchewan Co-operative Elevator Company
Atrocities and legal options eyed for German crimes
Belgian justice minister Mr. Carton de Wiart discusses applying ordinary penal laws to wartime offenses and the potential for reprisals and Hague convention indemnity as measures to satisfy public demand for punishment of German atrocities. He notes difficulties in evidence and execution but urges strict international law while leaving room for additional actions if needed.
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Monsieur Carton de Winart
Associated Press
Inter Allied High Court
Mr. de Waart
United States
Kaiser Not The Chief Enemy
Carl W. Ackerman argues in the New York Independent that Americans err to blame Kaiser Wilhelm II alone for the war. He identifies von Hindenburg, Ludendorff, and their military clique as the true rulers, insisting defeating them is essential to peace and German democracy.
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Carl W. Ackerman
New York Independent
Wilhelm II
Germany
von Hindenburg
Luderdorff
Kaiser
United States
House of Hohenzollern
Ludendorff
von Virpitz
von Moltke
von Falkenhayn
Huge grain shipments from Southern Alberta towns top a million bushels
Five towns in Southern Alberta have already sent more than one million bushels of wheat with two months left in the season. Bow Island leads with over a million bushels from Vulcan, and Blackie, Barons, Carmangay, and Claresholm follow. Through 1915 the Lethbridge district shipped over 38 million bushels. for 1916 about 30 million have been sent, with projections suggesting the total may approach or match 1915’s crop.
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Alberta
Bow Island
Carmangay
Claresholm
Blackie
Lethbridge
Remembering Small Things in a British Weekly memory
Claudine Clear writes that friends who still do not know how you take tea are irritating yet endearing. She recalls presenting an amethyst brooch to a friend on her marriage, and the brooch being worn at every dinner thereafter, a silent shared memory.
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Claudine Clear
Lloyd George praises food saving drive in Britain
Premier Lloyd George writes to the national war savings committee chair thanking for efforts and predicting voluntary food economy by Britons. Bread consumption fell in multiple districts with May and June figures showing substantial reductions in Paddington Willesden Brighton Reading and Portsmouth.
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Lloyd George
National War Savings Committee
Great Britain
Paddington
London
Willesden
Brighton
Portsmouth
Big Potato Crop Surges as 1917 Acreage Rises
National potato growers report 1917 acreage at 4,384,000 acres, up from 3,667,000 on average 1912–16, a gain near 717,000. Estimated 1917 yield is 452,000,000 bushels versus the five year average of 360,000,000.
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Ex-Soldiersa
Bruce Walker
Petrograd
Haig
America
Food Administration
Generals
Britain
War Savings Committee
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