English coast bombarded as German fleet attacks Whitby and Hartlepool
Frantic wireless calls report German cruisers breaking through British guard and shelling Whitby Scarborough and Hartlepool. British vessels respond as towns suffer great damage residents flee toward Hull and York. Berlin admits Polish defeat amid broader wartime losses.
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Heligoland
Cuxhaven
England
Whitby
Bearborough
Hartlepool
Sey
Hull
York
Berlin
Poland
Austria
Belgrade
Dardenelles
Fire Destroys Semerad Home Near Princeton
The Semerad family home burned Tuesday evening around five o’clock at Si Ignise on Five Mile Fifteen from Princeton. Flames likely sparked by a defective chimney. Mrs Semerad and children are housed at Guthrie McDougell Co. headquarters camp.
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Semerad
Princeton
Dividends From British Columbia Mines Forecast
The article estimates year dividends from British Columbia mines will total about 1 740 807 dollars with Standard silver lead leading at 475 000 and Granby at 449 955. Consolidated Mining and Smelting shows 464 332 and Hedley Gold 800 000. war conditions may have kept Standard Silver Lead and Granby from further payouts.
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British Columbia
Standard Silver-Lead
Granby
Consolidated Mining and Smelting Company
Hedley Gold Mining
Power Plant Progress at Daly Reduction Works
Work on the Daly Reduction Company power plant on the Similkameen River nears completion. About 25 workers now labor as the flume, dam logs, and power house framing advance. Westinghouse AC center of 1250 kW will run the 2000 hp waterwheel with a 12 ton pieces transported by traveling crane.
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Daly Reduction Company
Similkameen
Jones
Werd
Oither
Renstock
Westinghouse
Smith and Company
Shells in Canada aid Allies with huge production
Ottawa reports Canada has produced two hundred thousand shells for the Allies and six hundred thousand more are being manufactured. A Canadian plan, led by General Hughes, organized by Col. Bertram and Col. Cantlie, mobilized militia and civilian shops to distribute overs for shell production. About 8 million dollars was allocated to Canadian firms for this effort.
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Ottawa
Nde
Canada
Mughes
Dominion
Col
Bertram
Cantlic
Militia Department
Canady
The
Alliev
Aar
Tri Weekly Service Cuts Considered by Princeton Board
The Princeton Board of Trade discussed Great Northern’s plan to reduce Oroville to a tri weekly service with a Marcus division official citing unprofitable revenue. They proposed a one day trip to Princeton with an overnight stay then return the next day to aid mail and avoid two day delays, aiming to reinstate daily service by April 1.
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Princeton Board of Trade
Oroville
Princeton Star
W.carsewell
Marcus
Princeton
Hedivy
Ice 80
Belgian refugee joins machine gun unit after cinema shock
In London Ontario a Belgian soldier Joseph de Nolte, attached to the active service battalion, watched a film showing German devastation near Termonde. He broke down and today transferred to the machine gun section to increase his chances against the Germans in combat.
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London
Ont
Dee
Joseph de Nulf
Active Service
Belgium
Termonde
de Nolte
Canada’s Trade Declines Despite Higher Exports
Canada’s trade for the year ending August reached 1,068,008,233 dollars, down 13,030, pias from the previous twelve months. Merchandise imports fell by 117,111,716, with coin and bullion rising by nearly twenty million and exports up by about 3 million. Exports of merchandise rose to 405,627,872, up 75,001,363, led by animal produce and agricultural products. Exports to the United Kingdom climbed to 218,254,068, an increase of 33,215,708, while exports to the United States reached 200,034,603, up 33,479,678.
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United Kingdom
United States
War era notices and trade shifts reported in GAZETTO
Reports cover aviation industry price changes and army expenses, a Lloyds rate hinting at war end in March, insurance premiums rising with demand, and memorial intercession day. Other items warn of Mexican currency, propose冬 military footwear, and note Russia's war-finance outlook with bond issuance and a new coagulen wound treatment.
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Lloyds
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JAS. Glarke Watchmaker
Hedley
B.c
Saigy
N. Thomrsox
Baymour ST
Western Canada
Cammell Laird & Co. Ltd
Sheffield
Eng
Beatty Street
Vancouver
B. C
Hediey Loan No. 1St
Weta
Fraternity Hall
M. Stevens
T. i
Witony
ALF
A. M
Healey Lodge No
A. F
Aa Cash Moautts
PMU
Tontepad
A. Creelman
H.d. Freeman
LO. L
Hedley Lodge
S. Knowles
W. M
P. Dalton
See't
J. L. Masters
North Main Street
R. P. Brown
Tel
Columbia Land Surveyor
P.O. Duawese
Penticton
P. W. Gregory
Olvil
Land Surveyor
Star BuIlding
Walter Clayton
Great Northern Hotel
Hedley B.C
John Jackson
Ledley’s
Cig
Hilliard
Topley
Hotel Similkameen
Hedley, B. C
F. J. Dollemore Proprietor
Scarborough
Semarad
Five Mile
B.C. Mines
Eness
Great Northern
Similkamesa
Prise
Association of the Germat Amieaviation Works
Bsist
Cape
Great Britain
Paris
Aisne
Doucinsen
Banco da Coachuita
Petrograd
Havas
Russias
Russial
Theodor Kochur
Brine
Sasi Bant
Des A. Fonce
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