Chayter III Aiding a By Election Stir
Septimus Crashaw opposes George Ellington as Civil Lord of the Admiralty faces a risky Ashminster bye election. Lord Hartsdale’s sister Mrs Tressingham offers strong help, stirring local rivalries and pressing Ellington toward canvassing success.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
George Ellington
Admiralty
Septimus Crashaw
Radical
Ashminster
Crashaw
Septimus
Lmeeli
George
Colonel Emsworth
Emsworth
John Ellington
George Kilington
Lord Hartsdale
Ellington
Mrs Tressingham
Tressingham
Hilda
Hartsdale Park
India
England
House of Lords
Politi
Irm@ia
Hartsdale
Mr. George
Hilda Tressingham
Mr. Ellington
Mrs.Tressingham
The Rural Church and the Farm
Dr Warren H Wilson argues in Breeders Gazette that rural life needs diversion to combat loneliness and despair. He urges churches to organize play festivals and ministers to engage communities with morale boosting activities to improve countryside welfare and spiritual health.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Warren H. Wilson
Breeders’ Gazette
What’s in a Name In Shipping Headlines
A Chicago Tribune quote notes much notable fighting is done by men with feminine sounding names like Maudes Percys and Clarences, observed by shipping clerks and bookkeepers as an observation on name impressions.
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Maudes
Percys
Clarences
Chicago Tribune
Brains as a Common Commodity Dialogue
A terse exchange emphasizes practical value of brains, with one speaker praising intelligence as a marketable asset and the other acknowledging the demand for a man who can apply his intellect effectively.
Canada Northern Railways Open Western Wheat Regions
The 1916 annual report notes 132,000,000 bushels of grain moved over Canadian Northern lines in the west amid Britain's wartime needs. British and American gold funded the expansion, opening prairie lands, creating markets for eastern factories, and shaping Canada’s postwar growth potential.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Canada
Canadian Northern Railway
Canadian Northern
Prairies
Atlantic
Britain
Great Britain
Canadian Pacific
Manitoba
Europe
Prairie Provinces
Pacific
United States
Ontario
Quebec
Dominion
Meaning of La Follette Name Explains Senator’s Surname
In response to a subscriber query the New York Herald notes that La Follette in French literally means the little foolish one and is sometimes used to describe a woman who is half witted.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wisconsin
Washington
United States
Germany
The
New York Herald
Lafolette
Ontario Baby Strong From Dr Cassell's Tablets
A Toronto reader testifies that Dr Cassell's Tablets restored a five month old baby from severe illness to a healthy 12 month old weighing 25 pounds. The ad promotes samples for 5 cents and claims relief for dyspepsia kidney trouble insomnia anemia nervous ailments and weakness in children with emphasis on nursing mothers. Sold by Canadian druggists and storekeepers with tubes priced at 50 cents or five for six tubes. warns against imitations containing hypophosphites.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jarvis
Pendang
P.O
Ontari
Dr. Cassell
Harold F. Ritchie & Co., Ltd
M’caulst
Toronto
Canada
Desperate Case of a Boy and a Mother
A mother disciplines her disobedient son. She allows him time in his room. The boy prays aloud asking for divine help, pleading for relief from punishment. The whipping is postponed.
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Robert
New York Times
Princess Pats battalion moved to Ottawa Kingston district claim
The Edmonton Bulletin reports the Princess Patricia's Canadian Light Infantry is allocated to the Ottawa Kingston military district marking a rare case of a battalion being reassigned intact from Alberta. The unit long served overseas and drawn from Manitoba Ontario and Quebec sources, highlighting a contested allotment without Alberta claim being strong.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ottawa
Princess Patricia's
Ottawa- Kingston
Department
Alberta
Edmonton
Kingston
Montreal
Western Canada
Princess Pats
McGill
Ottawa University
Edmonton Bulletin
No Friend Remaining as Central Empires Cut Off
The London Daily Telegraph declares Germany and its accomplices have lost sympathy and civilized support. Mankind turns away as German actions create world misery without any remaining friends or peacemakers to aid in living down their wartime record.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Germany
London Daily Telegraph
Point of View Wills-Pleasure and Dance Night Contrast
A Life magazine quote notes the gender difference in social evenings. A man enjoys a dance and leaves at midnight satisfied while a woman endures hours past four, returning exhausted as if steamrolled.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Gillis
Canadian Fish For British Array
Mr J E Ray reports that feeding overseas soldiers with Canadian fish will boost demand in Great Britain. The Financial News notes the success of Canadian fish rations and says the empire resources development committee aims to greatly increase fish supplies from the Dominions.
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J. E. Ray
Birmingham
Department of Trade and Commerce
Great Britain
Financial News of
London
Empire Resources Development Committee
Dominions
Liverpool
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J. S. Fletcher
Lock 2 CO
Umited
Melews
Chayter III
Seper Bettie
Murs Spa
Chicago
Board of Health
the Princess
Pats
the Hingston Smith Arms Co., Ltd
Winnipeg
O. K
Appleford Counter Check Book Co
Hamilton
Vancouver
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