Records of Canadian valor on the Western Front
The Star correspondent reports enduring Canadian valour on the Western Front across Ypres, Passchendaele, and given ground learned under fire. He recalls Ypres, Wieltje, and Passchendaele, praises artillery feats, and notes Canadian troops, imperial allies, and grim battlefield scars shaping a national war story.
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Batoe
Amiens
Salient
Maple Leaf
Passachendaele
Canada
St. Julien
Passchendaele
Calais
Ypres
Wieltje
Woperinghe
Givenchy
St. Jean
Abraham Heights
Bellevue Spur
Passchendacle
Trench Walk
Lille Gate
Zillebeke Lake
Sanctuary Wood
Maple Copse
Observatory Ridge
Bethune
First Division
Arras
Emouth
Bapaume
Bapume
Albert
Courcelette
Moguet Farm
Regina Trench
Hill 70
Vimy Ridge
Lens
Britain
Australia
New Zealand
South Africa
Dominion—Star
Getting Back Jilkins and the Hat Problem
A comical scene unfolds as Getting Back Jilkins gawks at a girl wearing a large hat. He strains to see, then asks her to remove the hat or sit still. She replies with a wink and a cutting retort telling him to go home and change his face.
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Jilkins
Bark Cashier Identifies Customer as Friend Introduces Madam
A cashier insists on identifying a woman before allowing service. Andy explains a friend will verify identity. The scene shifts to a brief exchange implying a social encounter in a Boston setting. The fragment references a Boston Frenacript.
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Andy
Destruction Goes On Historic Padua Bombed From Air by the Austrians
Padua, an ancient Italian city and capital of its province, endures air bombardment by Austria. The piece notes its long history under Lombards Franks Huns and Venetian rule, plus cultural links to Dante Mantegna Giotto Petrarch Dante and the University of Padua with its famed Botanic Gardens.
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Padua
Austria
Italy
Veniece
Nouth Italy
Venetia
United Kingdom of Italy
Antenor
Levy
Mantegna
Giotto
Donatillo
Filippo Lippo
Shakespeare
Petrarch
Dante
Cavour
Garabaldi
University of Padua
Europe
Botanic Gardens of
Food Controller bars potato price hikes and fixes margins
The food controller will send letters to all wholesale potato handlers to forbid higher prices and to prepare to fix profit margins or maximum prices if needed. A supervisor notes ample supply through 1918 and urges keeping the public well supplied at reasonable prices despite weather and a trend toward lower costs.
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Hanna
Refused a Crown by Lord Stanley in 1862
The piece recalls Lord Stanley later known as Lord Derby declining the Greek crown in 1862. It notes English regret over the decision and imagines how Balkans history might have shifted if Stanley had accepted in 1915. Disraeli nicknamed the offer a dazzling adventure for the house of Stanley.
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Lord Stanley
Lord Derby
Greece
Stanley
Athens
Balkans
Disraeli
House of Stanley
Stanleys
Knowsley
Parthenon
Lancashire
Attic Plains
Chief Causes of Impurity in Milk Identified by Experiment
Prof Breed of Geneva New York reports experiments that dust and dirt are minor factors in milk contamination. Major sources are unclean milk cans and equipment improper cleaning of milking machines, cow garget, and failure to cool milk to proper temperature.
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Breed
Geneva
N.Y
Splendid France War Loan Surpasses Ten Billion Francs
The French war loan raised over ten billion francs or about $2,000,000.90, showing France still has resources and resolve to carry on the war despite wartime strain, according to the Toronto Mail.
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France
Toronto Mail
Smarthy Reaches Twenty One at Punch Bow Dance
Between dances he asks her age and she replies she has just reached twenty one. He consoles, noting the surprise, in a brief social exchange captured in this humorous moment from the dance.
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Smarthy
Jazz in Rag Time Sparks French Town Return
A French square watches two bands merge in a reciprocal concert. The Boites perform under a Jeanne d Arc statue as American and French musicians blend ragtime with war era tunes. The crowd, civilians and soldiers, roars as jazz electrifies the town and ends with a salute to both nations.
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Thesariie
Truropeters
Jean D’arc
France
Crea
Marseillaise
Nobility Safe at Home as German Leaders Acknowledge War
Des Moines Capital notes that after three years of war no German prince or noble is reported killed or wounded. The emperor's six sons are untouched, while common people suffer. The piece suggests autocratic rigidity and contrasts royal calm with civilian mourning.
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Germany
Verdun
Verden
Des Noines Capital
Lend me $10 until I see you again
Fragmentary item from the Birmingham Age Herald notes a line about lending money until reunion and a contrasting remark on vision being sharper in certain circumstances. The readable text centers on a casual loan and a wry aside.
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Birminghan Age- Herald
Bismarck Manuscript Could Powerfully Shape World War II Views
The Rochester Union and Advocate notes that the third volume of Bismarck’s memoirs, stored at the Bank of England, could expose the Kaiser’s misdeeds and change perceptions of World War I era politics. It discusses a potential British seizure as enemy property and the wider implications for democracy and history debates at The Hague.
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Great Britain
Rochester Union and Advocate
Bismarck
Germany
Europe
Busch
Kaiser
Kaiser Wilhelm Jr
Austria
House of Hapsburg
Vienna
London
Bank of England
Herbert
William
The
Hague
Missouri Egg Contest Records and Feeding Details
In the sixth national egg-laying contest a White Rock hen produced 304 eggs in a year. The seventh annual event began November 1 with 300 pullets laying 2,200 eggs sold for 81.40 dollars. They consumed 2,223 pounds of feed costing 64.90 dollars, profiting after feed costs during low producing months. War ration avoided wheat and used a dry mash mix of 20 pounds each of shorts bran oats cornmeal with 26 pounds beef scrap, plus 290 pounds of grain.
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Missouri
White Rock
Free Seed Testing For 1918 Crops In Manitoba
The Manitoba department of agriculture offers free testing of seed grain to farmers to determine germinating power. Officials say accurate seed tests save money and boost production, aiding Western Canada and reflecting provincial and Dominion government service.
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Department Agriculture of
Manitoba
Canada
Stranger Seeks Eggs at Gate. Boy Says Chickens Gone Dry
A stranger asks a front-gate request for eggs and a polite boy replies that their chickens have all gone dry, denying the request. The exchange reflects rural household scarcity and farm life humor.
Detroit Free Press Quote on Tone and Criticism
A Detroit Free Press line notes how tone matters under stress whether driving or carving a roast, suggesting resilience through criticism. The remark frames patience as key to adjusting to scrutiny in daily tasks and public life.
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Detroit Free Press
Remarkable British Navy Achievements and War Rhetoric
Excerpts from a London Times commentary warn that pacifists and any move toward an immediate peace would empower militarism, arguing Germany would not be appeased by concessions. The piece stresses total victory is necessary to avoid permanent militarism and cites Taft’s stance on US wartime resolve.
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Taft
Boston
United States
Germany
Oaly
The
London Times
Peace proposals judged by government character, not words
The New York World argues that peace proposals must be judged by the German government’s nature and conduct. Because Germany still rules through leaders who violated nations, German terms lack sincerity and prospect for peace until the German people embrace fundamental truths and accountability.
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Germany
New York World
England Forms Advisory Panel to Use War Assets After Peace
The English establish an advisory committee to outline ways to dispose of government stores and property at war’s end. War materials such as automobiles, munition gear, factories, and lands will be repurposed for peacetime industry. Nations face reuse challenges. Germany’s reconstruction will be tough.
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England
France
Germany
New York Times
Polly’s Got Consternation Garments Like Mine
A child discovers her doll wears similar clothing to hers and excitedly tells her mother Polly has consternation garments just like hers. The line captures a playful misnaming of clothes as consternation garments.
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Dorothy
Polly
Booklet Praises British Navy Achievements in World War
A Glasgow Globe review highlights John Leyland’s The Achievement of the British Navy and World War, praising its clear account of naval efforts including the Portland 1914 start, patrols, convoy work, and Mediterranean operations, while noting King George’s praise for Beatty and the navy’s unseen labor above the surface.
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England
John Leyland
Becau
Canada
George
Ir David Beatty
Portland
Litttle
Nelson
North Sea
Mercantile Marine
Grand Fleet
Britain
Mediterranean
Algeria
Junis
France
Torosto Globe
Unmarried Mike Faces Humorous Family Talk
In a playful exchange from the Boston Transcript a speaker teases Mike about never marrying. The dialogue suggests a lighthearted family bargaining scene with a boastful claim that the ideal husband does not yet exist.
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Coustry
Jess Bend Mabts
Wien
Prussia
America
Minneapolis Journal
Ned
Mike
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