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Newspaper
Lloydminster Times
Location
Lloydminster, Saskatchewan, Canada
Date
Dec 02, 1915
Page
8
The text notes difficulty marking fallen soldiers amid shell fire and distant battle locations. It mentions a carefully kept register and war office efforts to set up markers where conditions permit access.
The text reads as fragmented rhetoric about liberation, friendship with Russia, and mobilization against Turks. It references Serbia and other nations in a lamented, era-tinged voice. The fragmentary source limits clear names, dates, or concrete events.
Britain shoulders a vast global war task as critics mock and foes advance, yet the navy blocks German seas and secures Suez while British forces stretch worldwide from Belgium to Gallipoli and beyond. The essay notes Armenian tragedy, Turkish brutality, and Allied losses, with U S diplomacy and wartime economics shaping the long struggle.
Count Okuma in Tokio outlines Japan's plan to aid France and the Allies financially and with arsenals while avoiding troop deployment to Europe. He notes Japan will guard the Trans-Siberian supply line, prevents uprisings in Muslim regions, and acts as a sentinel in the Far East.
British soldiers in parts of France begin receiving steel helmets similar to the French design. The plain helmet, resembling a pudding basin with soft leather lining, wards off splinters bullets and bomb shrapnel, boosting morale as troops report head protection in trials.
The passage notes how careless statements by high officials can ruin reputations and sway public opinion on neutrality. It cites Germany's fall from neutral favor after a hasty remark about Belgium and discusses how Britain exploited the remark through its ambassador.
Toronto Globe reports on garlic's antiseptic power. Dr. A. D. Serrell Cooke and Dr. W. Gabriel announce in Lancet that garlic applied to wounds arrests infection and speeds healing. Paddington Infirmary and front-line cases show few failures, with juice costing about a cent per ounce.
The article contrasts Churchill and Balfour wartime boasts with censor cautions and waning cheers as critics note resignations and new leadership. It argues Britain’s fleet remains a bulwark, claiming Germany cannot win the war while the British fleet endures.
The text argues that Germany must retain some army as a national lifeline akin to education for individuals, while disputing naval allowances. It suggests denying German merchant ships entry to Allied ports to strip Germany of motives for war and avoid excuses for conflict.
New York observer Whitely describes German rule in Belgium as merciless and exploitative. He cites a 1914 Tubize silk mill case and German coercion of Belgian workers, with starvation tactics and detentions, while noting U S protest against contracts overridden by German authorities.
A Chicago man’s Adhoree, stolen recently, reappeared at his residence bearing a new harness on a fresh wagon. The owner’s inquiries about the wagon and harness yielded no answers, prompting notes on whether stolen property can return intact. The piece laments opportunistic theft and questions the rarity of such recoveries.
Navy officials announce the change from the traditional helm terminology to rudder in shipboard commands. The shift aims to improve rapid comprehension and action, abandoning the old nautical phrasing.
Eyewitness notes the British spirit during wartime Germany, describes Zeppelin raid fear, and contrasts German hunger with English resilience. It reports Berlin meat shortages, long queues, police barriers, and crowded depots as civilians, mostly women, endure cold and chaos for scarce food.
Canada conducted a special census of alien enemies residing in the Dominion. It shows 165 775 individuals from countries at war with England, in a population of eight million. Observers note the calm, minor trouble, and potential for wider worry if demographics had shifted.
A. H. Cotton of North Auckland claims a new shell with extraordinary aerial reach and spread of fragments. It is said to beat barbed wire and be the deadliest bomb for aircraft, using entirely new principles. Military figures are impressed and details have been sent to Lloyd George and the Commonwealth prime minister.
A British backed critique argues that foreign rulers with German ties drive Bulgaria and Greece toward conflict. It asserts Turkey and Bulgaria were drawn into war by Berlin influence, while German military leaders expanded control in Constantinople and Sofia. The author warns of pending penalties if Kaiser’s aims succeed, noting misleading promises of land and indemnities and urging allied action.
During a chaotic market scene in a heated confrontation several combatants danced a war dance amid baskets of eggs. A horse harnessed to a market wagon was smeared with butter. Rioters stuck butter lumps in the hats of well dressed women, while shouting that if butter cannot be sold they will not let others eat.
Four year old orphan found on the steps of St Patrick's Cathedral in New York in 1914 becomes Finley Jay Shepard after adoption by Helen Gould Shepard and her husband. They grant him legal possession as their son and heiress to their fortune. Experts say he likely comes from a wealthy family and has a bright mind.
Mr G Willingmyre of the Dominion department of agriculture travels the west warning farmers about losses from exporting unfinished cattle to the United States. Cattle shipped from Winnipeg and other centres arrive in poor condition, fetching low prices. Efforts aim to educate growers to keep cattle home where grazing is ample so US markets will pay higher prices.
A curio from a London Daily News and Leader excerpt rails at Kaiser Wilhelm II. It contrasts century old France claims with modern German expansion, warning that resistance will be crushed and Europe will sink into an abyss under a single master.
A wartime directive from the minister of war directs the military governments in Paris and Lyons and their district generals to maintain strict silence. The order warns that the enemy is monitoring rail trains and other communications, urging adherence to silence across public spaces.
At a London gathering led by Leopold de Rothschild and attended by Lord Swaythling and Rabbi Jerae Zangwill, 1,100,000 Russian Jews face starvation. Rabbi Hertz urged large British Jewish donations and self sacrifice as Petrograd authorities reported only 60,000 pounds raised toward a 1,000,000 pound target.
A London report compares the ages of allied and German commanders noting Sir John French at 63 and Hindenburg at 68. It lists senior figures such as Haig 54, Robertson 65, and Kiuck 69, alongside German leaders like Mackensen 66 and von Falkenhayn 59, highlighting age gaps among top officers.
An officer describes German trench mortar bombs and aerial torpedo blasts in front line trenches. Explosions trigger white smoke and chalk, with distant railway-like rumbles as mortars, artillery and high-explosive shells strike nearby.
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