The Importance of the Aerial Fleet in Conduct of the War
Aeronautica editor notes air power's rapid growth with 10 000 aircraft and rapid production. Early roles as scouting shifted to offensive bombing and strategic reach, praising biplanes over monoplanes and detailing Allied and German aircraft types, pilots like Guynemer and Warneford, and Garros's humane exploits before capture.
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Lattice Jones
Aeronauica
New York
Taubes
Wright Brothers
Afoe
Fokker
Germany
Guynemer
Syletor
Cokkers
Aout
Boelke
Baron von Althaus
Lieut’ Immelmann
Enerry
Garros
Wellal
Aviatik
Ers
Paint Your Farm Buildings and Implements Right
The article urges owners to paint buildings and tools to extend usefulness and resist decay. It advises using reliable ready mix paints, proper mixing, and a three coat process with drying times, plus ensuring surfaces are clean and dry to prevent blistering and poor adhesion.
Why He Smiled Not In A Dancer’s Reflective Tale
A disjointed passage recalls a guest praising a dancer amid a stumble on the floor. A man asks why he is singled out for the compliment and offers a cryptic exchange about a gown and a jest. The fragment hints at social awkwardness and flirtatious banter in a party setting.
Farming Special Tour Saskatchewan Arrangements Made
The summer farming special will tour northwestern Saskatchewan from June 12 across CN Rail lines to Humbolt Lloydminster Battleford Prince Albert Tisdale Goose Lake district and south toward Melfort Codwood and Debden. Joint venture by Department of Agriculture Agricultural College and CN R includes eleven cars of exhibits and staff with Mr Motherwell and Dean Rutherford aboard.
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Saskatchewan
CNLR
Saskatoon
Vince
Saskatche
Oe C
Department of Agriculture
The
Agricultural College
C.N.R
CNR
Motherwell
Dean Rutherford
College of Agriculture
Brecken
Shaw
Greig
Bates
Jean Archibald
Submarine Chaser Built for U S Government
A 50 foot submarine chaser contract has been placed by the United States government. The craft is described as reaching 41 miles per hour with double rudders for quick turns and stable courses. It carries one pounder quick firers and a twin torpedo tube, with a two and a half foot draft and an armored pilothouse.
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United States
Riff Raff of Humanity Exposed in Near East War Tone
Berlin Vossische Zeitung quotes harsh critique of British forces in Mesopotamia describing Australians and Canadians as the “riffraff of humanity.” The piece denounces white allies of “black culture bearers” and urges harsh weapons against them as British combatants struggle in a shaky campaign.
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Erzerum
Wah
Near East
Mesopotamia
Civ
England
Berlin
Victims of a Submarine and Courage in War
A British steamer Coquet was sunk by a submarine in the Eastern Seas. Captain Arnold C. Groom describes the crew’s escape in two boats, the loss of the second boat, and rescue by Italian and Fort Maria Susa personnel. A subsequent inquiry recalls the captain’s courage and a Victoria Cross award for conspicuous bravery.
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Arnold C.B. Groom
Coquet
Groom
Port Said
Alexandria
Malla
Fort Maria Susa
Lord
Engtarmt
Victoria Crowe
Corler
Pee Vie
Ottawa Journal
Postcard plea for catarrh cure with mail-in offer
A reader writes asking for a postal card mail-in risk and cure details for catarrh, claiming overnight relief and requesting complete information. The note seeks names and addresses to send a cure via a letter or postal card and mentions urgency and a price one cent.
Daring French Aviator Lieut Le Bourbis Dies From Wounds
French military aviator Le Bourbis, first to use a parachute, dies of wounds near Verdun. A private at the war’s start, he earned the Legion of Honor and a commission. His famed feat included grappling a German plane in August, described in a letter as his plane pulling free, at times losing control, before landing safely.
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le Bourbis
Verdus
Legion of Honor
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