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Newspaper
Hedley Gazette
Location
Hadley, British Columbia, Canada
Date
May 31, 1917
Page
3
A wartime correspondent recalls shattered French villages after an advancing German force. Descriptions convey charred ruins, burned orchards, and mass displacement as civilians endure stripping of churches and property. An elderly farmer’s widow in Porquericourt shares losses of husband, sons, and daughters taken as slaves.
A Detroit News summary notes a significant proclamation on women’s roles in Petrograd and across the empire. It asserts women will serve on committees guiding government, reflecting historic shifts in status and equality under autocratic pressure and postwar influence in Europe and the United States.
A conductor on a crowded car wakes a sleeping man during fare collection. The man claims he was awake, but the conductor notes his eyes were closed. The passenger explains he dozed due to the crowded conditions, adding concern about women standing in the car.
The New York Sun reports China ends opium traffic after March 31, calling it a historic victory over a national vice. It notes opium’s harm versus liquor, praises ten years of steady policy, and lauds China’s modern progress and administrators freeing themselves from the drug’s grip.
Robson Black of the Canadian Forestry association urges Manitoba to emulate Quebec in wood using industries. He notes vast northern forests with water power, warns fires have degraded wealth, and calls Western provinces to curb careless settlers’ fires to enable future industrial development.
Toronto News predicts stronger activity after war with higher farm prices, shipbuilding growth, and aeroplane manufacture. Reconstruction demands in Europe support munition factory conversion, immigration boosts labor and agriculture, and American prosperity after the Civil War is cited as a guide to future demand for raw materials and manufactured goods, ensuring good wages in the Dominion for years.
The article recalls Palestine as a long lasting battlefield, describing its small size, diverse geography, and historical rule by Turks, Crusaders, and others. It notes the Dead Sea, Jordan Valley, limited ports, and sparse Jewish presence beyond Joppa, while touching on Zionist goals and possible future British control.
Alberta Farmers' Co-operative Company aims to build 40 elevators across the province before the 1917 harvest, from Peace River to the southern boundary. Plans include 36 secured sites, 150 workers, and total capacity around 1.6 million bushels, with costs near 350000 dollars.
At a recent convention the Saskatchewan Grain Growers Association reported a patriotic program that provided 40,000 flour sacks weighing 3,200,000 pounds for the British government. The sacks were loaded on 41 box cars and, after arrival in France, used to bake bread for soldiers during the Somme offensive, with empty sacks repurposed as breastworks in trenches.
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