France Orders Meal Restrictions to Cut Food Waste
France imposes a decree limiting restaurant menus to nine items per meal with one egg dish and three vegetables, banning puddings and urging economizing on flour milk eggs sugar and vegetables. Hotels and canteens fall under the rule with mandatory fare lists and conspicuous posting. Albert Claveille warns about future food imports delays and the need to conserve now to ensure national supply.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
France
Rete Bavons
Italy
Poe
Albert Claveille
National Subsistence
Predicts Great Advance In Agricultural Education
Speaking before the Western Canada Irrigation Association in Kamloops James McCaig of the Alberta Department of Agriculture predicted future expansion of agricultural education. He stated that after the war the department will double the training for boys and girls in agricultural schools and urged irrigation education in new union district schools. He noted dry districts can become fertile with water and urged special government irrigation education schools to boost the field.
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Western Canada Irriation Association
Kamloops
B.C
James McCaig
Alberta Department of Agriculture
Departments of Agriculture
McCaig
Department
Board of Agricultural Education
Uion
Alberta
Saskatchewan
Canada
Legislative Test Mirrors Prohibition Drafts
A quoted Westminster Gazette critique claims a government bill rewrites a sobriety test, using a Beer Restriction clause to mimic copied text. The article flags plagiarism in the proposed measure, noting its reference to standard barrelage and closed breweries as guiding logic.
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Peter Piper
Seewers
Westminster Gazette
A Good Sign Tom-So Reall One Aeeee
Fragmentary text mentions a star and a cold meet with partial names. Readers should note unclear OCR yields limited readable facts and no verifiable event details.
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Tom
Meet Coldcut
Boston Beans and War Diplomacy History Story Told
A historical British press piece recounts Lester Woolsey handing passports to the German Ambassador in secrecy over a bean meal in Boston. The beans become a metaphor for diplomacy and the New World approach to war time intrigue.
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United States
Drake
Plymouth
Tess of Richmond
Brussels
Lester Woolsey
Lansing
Woolsey
Bernstorff
Toronto Globe
Description of a barrage from a WWI field ambulance unit
A private letter from Pte. F. H. Malone describes the big push and air supremacy. He recalls two enemy planes brought down, constant air support, and a vivid barrage scene of fire, smoke, dust, and falling iron within the cloud. He notes health and even sports like baseball are encouraged when possible.
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Pte
F. H. Malone
Jitz
Fritz
Orders Through Ages Show Expanding Honors
The article notes a rapid rise in modern orders with the heritage systems like the Garter dating to 1348 and Bath as the old wide-applicability order. It contrasts the aging orders with newer ones such as the Star of India from 1861 plus St Patrick and St Andrew, and the Order of Merit as even younger.
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Garter
Thistle
St. Patrick
Bath
Star of India
St. Cowes
Cc Order of Merit
Westminster Gazette
Porter and Admiral Quarrel Over Quotes
A light exchange compares a porters creed with an admiral’s famed line. The brief quip notes the mismatch in attribution and highlights a playful debate about who said what.
Kaiser's warning Spirit of Sleep and Naval Plots Revealed
A 1907 episode at Windsor Castle shows Kaiser Wilhelm II warning Britain against being lulled into a German trap. Lord Esher, deputy constable and Imperial Defence Committee member, sees through the German ruse, while Lord Tweedmouth faces scrutiny for naval talks with Berlin. The quarrel foreshadows lasting tensions and sharp exchanges over defenses and drains at Windsor.
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Lord Esher
Kaiser
England
Windsor Castle
Edward
Windsor
Committee of Imperial Defence
Lord Tweedmouth
Admiralty
Henry Campbell-Bannerman
Royal Palace
Reggie Brett
Rd Esher
Caprivi
What He Was The Missus
A playful exchange between spouses humorously asserts gender roles with a jolt of imagined mischief. The husband claims manly composure while teasing the wife about a hypothetical table top scene.
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Missus
Ahs Excited by Lively STs Polly Annamated Creature
Ahs remains lively as STs engage with a Polly Annamated creature. The remark highlights energetic chatter and whimsical branding around the quirky title.
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Ahs
Changes in the House of Lords Amid World War I
The War devastates peers as 21 new creations and several revivals reshape the Lords. Four peerages were created, three extinct, five revived, and minors reduced the total. Deaths include Earls Longford Feversham and Kitchener, with others such as Lord Burnham and Earl Sandwich reported.
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Boyes of Lords
Marn of
Clanricarde
Scarsdale
Steader
Paige
Earl Curzon
Keddleston
Strabolgi
Dudley
Cobham
Wharton
Burgh
Lewis Atcourt
Beresford
Rhondda
Astor
Shaunessy
Faringdon
Ratheree
Carnock
Somerleyton
Anslow
Glentanar
Roundway
Viscount Chaplin
Viscount Grey
Lord Finlay
Lord Roe
Sir May Aitken
John Dewar
Mr. Place
Stuart Wortley
Edward Partington
Lord Reading
Lord Mersey
Lord Cowdray
Lord Sandhurst
Feversham
Longford
Kinniall
St. Ald
Westminster
Earls of
Lord Lucas
Earl Kitchener
Lord Burnham
Earl of Sandwich
Lord Redesdale
Lord Clifford of
Chudleigh
Earl of Essex
Saskatchewan Livestock Credit Plan Expands to Farmers
The Saskatchewan Legislature funded 500000 for livestock sales on credit to farmers. By now 1834 head of cattle and 5275 sheep have been sold, including 235 pure-bred bulls. Purchases require 25 percent cash with remaining in one or two instalments at six percent interest. Eligible buyers are bona-fide farmers in Saskatchewan who belong to agricultural groups. A cattleman in Winnipeg handles fall stock purchases.
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Saskatchewan
Agricultural Society
Agricultural Society, Grain Growers’ Asociation
Co-Operative Association
Prairies
Winnipeg
Slave Drive Horrors Reported From Belgium
A Buffalo Express correspondent recounts German occupation abuses in Belgium including beatings of workers and forced labor. He notes Belgians and even some German workers refuse to sign labor agreements, with conscripts regularly called from the front for slave labor drives. The accounts describe massacre scenes and widespread cruelty beyond prior reports.
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London
Belgium
Wwomee
Gennans
Landstruim
Buffalo Express
Health ideals stressed by Dr. Fraser in citizenship talk
Dr. Stewart Fraser, chair of Manitoba's provincial board, urged equal attention to body mind and morals for citizenship. He contrasted British emphasis on two traits with German practice, calling for public backing of physical health as part of education and church led moral instruction. The board plans nurse visits to homes and schools to reach children and mothers, noting high preventable-disease mortality but lacking Manitoba death stats.
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Stewart Fraser
Fraser
Mr. Fraser
Provincial Board
Manitoba
Winnipeg Free Press
Disabled Soldiers Train in Poultry and Allied Trades
Reports from Vancouver to Victoria and Quebec highlight training programs for disabled soldiers. At Esquimalt Hospital a Poultryman's Club progresses well alongside rabbit-raising and bee-keeping projects. Homing pigeons are discussed as a potential addition to vocational options.
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Fruit and Farm Magazine
Vancouver
British Columbia
Victoria
Quebec
Military Hospitals Commission
Esquimalt Hospital
Extraordinary Scottish Thrift in War Effort
The Glasgow working classes labored in three relay shifts around the clock for twelve months, endured strict wartime controls, and saved $45,000,000 in a government certificate presented to the Lord Provost. Lord Strathclyde voiced gratitude as the figure reflects a key two year contribution to national finances and war needs.
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Glasgow
Strathclyde
Visionary Hatter Predicts Toff Reaches Marshal Rank
A Parisian hatter claimed he could foresee Toff becoming a Marshal of France after learning the generalissimo Joffre’s head measurements. The hat, crafted twenty five months ago, was delivered on the day the news announced the marshalship. The remark echoes a London Daily news comment.
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Marnes
Parisian
Toffre
France
Joffre
Mme. de Thebes
London
Cws
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Boston
Porter-Like
Admiral Porter
Porter
House of Lords
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