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Newspaper
Lumsden News Record
Location
Lumsden, Saskatchewan, Canada
Date
Dec 12, 1918
Page
3
Health themed notice touts mild Hamiltons Pills to aid inactive stomachs and liver function. Claims they establish regular digestion and prompt bowel action with a single dose per day. Warns readers to buy genuine yellow box from Hamiltons product line.
The Rawlinson directive to the Fourth Army urges discipline and warns against any act that could mar Britain's name. It contrasts British conduct with German brutality in Belgium and Northern France, asserting the empire’s desire to protect civilians and uphold a fair war image.
Official figures show Britain lost nearly 1 million service members during the war. Earlier tallies put deaths at 658,704 but omitted missing men presumed dead and soldiers who died from illness at the front.
A Stockholm dispatch to Central News says negotiations with Russian representatives seek an all Russian government under entente protection and backed by a voluntary army. The plan envisions a unified regime supported by foreign powers and loyal volunteers.
The piece portrays Mohamed V amid a collapse of leadership as Enver Pasha and Talat Pasha seek power with German backing. It faults unpatriotic ministers for Armenian atrocities, notes imperial family imprisonment, and argues for foreign aid while safeguarding caliphate sovereignty.
Figures show Canadian munition production supplied a substantial portion of material used by British and Canadian armies in the final months of hostilities. For six months ending last September Canadian plants produced a quarter of nitric acid, with the Trenton Ont plant of the Imperial Munitions Board as the second largest producer. Canadian plants overall produced ten percent of total output, ranking fourth among producers.
Battles marked by Sundays across wars, from Towton and Barnet to Waterloo, weave into a Boston dispatch noting 2,800 troops safely transferred from the Henderson to a destroyer amid night danger and submarine threats with no loss of life.
F G Kellaway states Britain can pivot munitions plants to peace industries with manageable disruption. Leicester Waeston Nottingham Loughborough plants will make hosiery needles and hose fittings once imported from Germany. Newcastle firms will build furniture engines and locomotives, creating thousands of jobs. Burnley and Sheffield facilities switch to electric fittings and springs, sustaining employment.
In Newcastle Lloyd George cites leading British jurists who unanimously find the former German emperor guilty of an indictable offense for the invasion of Belgium and deserving responsibility by a court of law.
A Louisville Courier-Journal item notes a neighbor mentions Mrs. De Style warned of being pinched if a dog noise problem persists. The informal exchange shows local tension between adjacent residents over a nuisance issue.
The Canadian corps shows esprit de corps and mutual loyalty guiding its advance to the Rhine. Canadians who stay behind share in victory and honor, while Belgian towns celebrate allies with decorations. Mons renames Place de la Herarie to Place du Canada as Canadians enter.
The Westminster Gazette argues that Germany and its form must be held responsible for war consequences and that Germany may undergo a legal entity change similar to Austria, potentially fragmenting before any organization is completed.
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