Lord Rothermere on Air Repressals
The Toronto Globe reports on British war policy via Lord Rothermere. He urges reprisals for German air raids on civilians, arguing Britain must avenge innocent women and children while warning against one sided aggression. He notes British air power could target Berlin as a deterrent.
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British
Air Department
Lloyd George T
Anne
Livy
S Inn
Ing
von Ludendorff
Lord Rothermere
Ludendorf
Great Britain
Germany
Britain
Europe
Constantinople
Turkish War Office
Berlin
Toronto Globe
Debate Over German and Austrian Army Strength
Military analysts dispute German and Austro Hungarian forces totals across fronts. L Echo de Paris estimates 3 135 000 German troops with divisions on western and eastern fronts, while others suggest up to five percent of the prewar army remains and many divisions are understrength.
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L'Echo de Paris
Italy
Wrnter
Germany
Realist painter d'Aubert uses meat to alter rabbit in painting
Auber explains to a friend that he rubbed raw meat on a rabbit in the foreground to create a saleable effect. The whimsical remark suggests Mrs Nisssons Beemns to view the work and anticipate a surprising spot.
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Auber
Harmony and Unity Decide War’s Final Outcome
The text argues that short conflicts hinge on generals and armies, while long struggles are decided by the people. Unity behind the army determines victory, and civilians are counted as everyone, with victory flags flying over many nations.
Atrocities in war spark global resolve against tyranny
A speech in the Austrian parliament cites horrific killings of Serbs and other civilians across Bosnia, Serbia, and Montenegro. It details mass executions, hangings, and terror tactics by Hungarian and Bosnian forces, arguing that autocratic regimes create a hell on earth and that free nations must persist in opposing them.
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Italy
Belgium
Armenia
Bos Slavonia
Serbia
Tresic-Pavicic
Sergs
Monte
Pera
Bosnia
Potiorek
Sirce
Mount
Rudo
Golubinci
Zubac
Trebinje
Sarajevo
Tuzla
Canada
London
Canada War Memorial Fund Aims to Illustrate Dominion Efforts
The article reports a new war memorial fund to celebrate Canada's WWI deeds at Ypres and beyond. Led by Lord Rothermere and Lord Beaverbrook, the project seeks detailed visual history by British Canadian artists under the Wartime Records Office. The fund totals about 75000, raised in the dominion and Canada, to portray Canada’s share in the war.
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Canada
Ypres
Constinn War Records Office
Lord Rothermere
Lord Beaverbrook
Dominion
Air combat memoir from a Newfoundland air crew
A World War II air battle narrative recounts a pilot's account of flying at fifteen thousand feet, struggling to maintain formation, bombing targets, and facing seven enemy fighters. The fragmented text hints at intense dogfights and peril in flight.
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Archie
From a Schoolboy's Composition About Meals
A schoolboy notes that some boys are rough with meals and urges restraint. The narrator warns against continuing to eat after feeling full, emphasizing moderation in eating habits.
Serbians face extinction under Austro Hungarian rule
Amid war occupation Serbians report drastic population declines with 1 352 000 lost in occupied territories. Belgrade shows sharp gender imbalance and women to men ratios. Serbs plead allied aid to avert famine and mass destitution as winter nears.
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Serbia
Austria- Hungary
Belrade
Belgrade
M. Novakovich
Austria
Vranje
Nish
Pirot
Asian Minor
Asia Minor
World’s Biggest Bank Reigns Before and During War
The Russian State Bank remained the world’s largest bank at war’s onset and continued so. Deposits rose as leading banks faltered, reaching about 1.436 billion dollars by end of 1916, with Germany’s Imperial Bank at 1.166 billion and the Bank of England at 84.325 million. Most of the bank’s gold, over a billion, was held outside London Paris or Newark, while Russia’s government restricted war-sinews funding since 1914.
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Imperial Bank of Germany
Bank of England
National City Bank of
New York
America
Pens Institution
London
Paris
Newark
Fee Bee
Providence Journal
The Way to Attain Peace
A New York Tribune article argues that lasting peace comes through victory in war. It predicts Germany will incur two million casualties by autumn 1918 to demonstrate the cost of its leadership and doctrines.
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Germany
New York Tribune
Creamery Butter Production Totals in Canada Report
A Dominion bulletin from the Dominion Bureau of Statistics shows Canada produced a total of creamery butter valued at about 12.7 million dollars. Ontario and Quebec together accounted for roughly 70 percent of the creamery butter output.
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Dominion
Canada
Oesconant and Statistics Office
Ontario
Lost Child Reunited With My Mother’s Marriage News
A kind hearted old man encounters a crying urchin who says she is lost. The girl sobs that her mother married again this morning and repeats phrases about being lost and needing help. The fragment hints at a family upheaval and a potential reunion.
German Tricks on the Chemin des Dames Explosive Traps Exposed
The Temps correspondent recounts German detachment engineers probing shelters and dugouts with traps. Sailors describe explosive boards, nails, poisoned wreaths, and arsenic laced sweets. The piece warns Germans plan further surprises as they retreat.
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Temps
Chemin Des Dames
Glasgow Herald
Bravery Acknowledged as Canadians Receive War Decorations
Seven thousand decorations have been conferred to date on Canadian expeditionary forces for valor and service. Victoria Cross awarded to seven officers and twelve men, with numerous Distinguished Service Orders and other honors including Military Cross and Royal Red Cross for nurses. Foreign medals total 188, with many recipients from ranks and officers alike.
Fortune Seeker Dies Aboard Lusitania Then Net Gains
George Loyenv Vere a pro who pivoted to war contracts after the European conflict began died aboard the Lusitania on May 7 1915 with $47 estate. His widow Mrs Inez H B Warsen carried on the effort earning $310621 in commissions on rifle sales after the Grand Duke Michael of Russia approved the contract.
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George Loyenv Vere
Inez H B. Warsen
England
Lusitania
Grand Duke
Michael
Russia
Valuable steer sold at Calgary for record price
A prized beef steer from Pincher Creek Alberta sold in Calgary recently for eleven cents a pound netting the owner 209 dollars. The heavy animal weighed about one hundred bodies, carried fat, and was noted as the market's heaviest steer in months. The seller believed a more expert fattening might have pushed the price higher.
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Canada
Calgary
Alberta
Pincher Creek
Prophecy Quickly Fulfilled at Evening Church Service
A London Fun item recalls a church where a reading from Job about the wicked being struck by darkness proved instantly true as the building went totally dark. The minister urged brief prayer in response to the sudden fulfillment of prophecy.
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London
Fragmentary chatter quotes from Washington Star clipping
A quoted fragment shows Old-fashioned remarks about a woman's spelling and a reference to a Bless Our Home cardboard. The snippet includes stilted dialogue attributed to Miss Cayenne and a mention of a prayer attempt amid a potential riot, sourced from the Washington Star.
Two Faces in a War Hospital Ward
A writer recalls two vivid figures in a casualty ward: a stern colonel in a white smock guiding wounded men and a statuesque nurse whose pale beauty contrasts with fatigue. The piece frames them as earthly angels amid suffering, likening the surgeon to a Christ in khaki and the nurse to a living Greek goddess.
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Ings
Matty
Unlucky Bagdad Recounted Through Historic Atrocities
A historical sketch chronicles Baghdad as a city marred by repeated invasions and mass executions. It details the 1258 sack by Hulagu and the massacre of a million residents, the burning of irrigation works, Timur’s 1393 destruction, and 1623 Persian capture with public tortures.
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Bagdad
Hulaga
Media
Timur the Tartar
Shah Ababs
German Aviator Boehme Killed In Combat
Lieutenant Erwin Boehme a top German aviator and successor to Boelcke led the fighter squadron before dying in action. The loss is noted as a major setback for German aviation forces as Allied defences reacted to his passing.
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Erwin Boehme
C Boelke
Ers
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