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Newspaper
Landis Record
Location
Landis, Saskatchewan, Canada
Date
Oct 04, 1917
Page
17
Mrs Tressingham plans a midnight venture at the Amaranth Club to press Mrs Ellington into a risky arrangement. Barthelemy and von Roon plot to exploit Ellington’s absence while Avery suspects the gathering and tails the trio to uncover their scheme.
Avery paces a quiet street while contemplating confrontation with von Roon and the Amaranth trio inside Barthelemy's house. He hurries to Banister King to brief him, weighing risks of disclosure and personal danger before the scene continues.
In Abyssinia a new potash operation has opened but faces tough competition with German producers. The venture hinges on decisive reductions in production and transport costs to meet ongoing world market shortages and the demands of authorities and consumers alike.
The Buffalo Express argues that a 1914 peace proposal based on the status quo and reparations could have limited German aggression, but now demands a heavy penalty and full repudiation of German race domination. It urges the pope to push for disarmament and liberty, warning trust cannot be restored without accountability.
An English observer recalls Wilhelm von Bissing as the brutal German administrator in occupied Belgium. He is blamed for the high cruelty toward Belgians, including the murder of Nurse Cavell, and is described as enforcing rule by a brutal "love" for control.
A twelve year old girl Ethel tells her father that boys at school kiss her every morning. He asks why she does not run away and she recalls a morning when she tried to flee but they did not chase. The exchange appears in the Chicago Herald.
Lt. G of the Royal Flying Corps describes a perilous trek through the African jungle after a German ambush. He recounts clinging to a tree while a leopard prowled nearby and crocodiles, hippos, and lions haunted the river crossings. He survived by improvising with humor and endurance, aided by native guides after days of peril.
A father recalls his son being harshly scolded for using the phrase all tight in the form al right. The letter notes alright is not a new coinage but an old form appearing in early English writing and recognized by the Oxford Dictionary, per a London Daily News quote. The piece discusses language evolution and pedant reactions to spelling variants.
A fragment asserts a man will keep smoking for a woman if he bows to her, while the woman loves him and refuses to ask him to quit. The line hints at indulgence in habit versus mutual affection, with unclear attribution or context.
The document, attributed to Amsterdam papers, reports a systematic German requisition of iron, steel, tin, copper, machinery and building materials in Flanders and parts of Hainaut. It warns the move halts Belgian trade, imposes five year penalties, and allows local mandators to seize goods without indemnity.
A fragment from a Boston printer caption exposes a dispute about a woman's rejection. The dialogue centers on a quoted response with skepticism and irony indicating the speaker’s frustration and social tension.
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