Artilleryman Birch Still in Combat as Prisoner
London report details W. Birch an artilleryman who fought from Mons to Gallipoli and endured 180 wounds mostly from shrapnel. He is now a prisoner in a German palace under medical care. The eight months ending in August saw 68,005 Britons leave the U K including 22,960 to America and over 14,000 to Canada.
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London
W. Birch
Mons
Gallipoli
United Kingdom
America
Canada
War dances for blinded soldiers taught by Red Cross nurses
London readers note the war used to train blind soldiers in dance under Red Cross instruction. In London the fad is women tattooing the regimental badge of their sweetheart regiment on their arms. Three cigars given to the Teutonic captain by royal donors sold for 110 dollars for Red Cross at Henley.
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Scott-Rose CO
London
King George
Upper Lodge
Bushey Park
Canadian Red Cross
Red Cross
Edward
Duke of Edinburgh
Henley
Alberta Women Rally to Save Woman From Hanging
In M Keady Alberta on December 8 the 34 000 name petition seeks commutation for Mrs Jennie Hawkes to spare her from the scaffold for the murder of Mrs Rosella Stoley the husband's paramour. Witnesses say she faced taunts and abuse before shooting the rival.
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M’leod
Alberta
Jennie Hawkes
Rossela Stoley
Wetaskawin
The Savage and Civilized Woman Health Contrast
The piece contrasts the savage living openly with the civilized woman burdened by home duties and society. It promotes Hoeschler Bros. druggists as selling a non secret remedy with peptone of iron beef peptone cods liver extracts in native wine claiming rapid restoration for weak run down women.
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Hoeschler Bros
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LA Crosse
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Erchandisi
Fr. R. Hickisch & Sons Clothing
Vine Street
Servis Co
Kerr's Handy Store
von Wald & Bedessem) Co
South Fifth Street
J. H. Tietz
Logan Street
R. H. Hoefle
the Strand
Fred Dittman Hardware Co
South Fourth Street
Grocers Sg
Skert
Mormon Coulee Road
Scott-Rose
Tous
Haha Ahmed - Waane
Gordon Furs
Kestner
Dell
Erchandise
Wchandis
Merchandis
Serchandd
Serchandise
National Association of Grocery Assistants
Rogers
T. Irvine
Billy
King Penguin
Zoo
The
National Utility Goat Club
England
Wilhelm
Lord Londesborough
Regent’s Park
Beecham
Zepps
Isle of Man
Paris
Bernard Guichard
jJaborer
Saone Et Loire
Saxo
Hoeschler Bros. Druggists
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