Supreme Allied War Council Confident of Victory
The supreme war council pledges complete confidence in an Allied victory with American aid. General Foch inspires trust as Allied armies display steadfast courage. Improved command arrangements and prompt U S cooperation are seen as key to sustaining the fight and defeating Berlin’s despotic aims.
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Supreme War Council
Ender
Bas
Geezal Foch
Eee
United States
Eld
Susme Waf Council
Fock
Berlin
Hail Losses Saskatchewan's Experience Better in 1917 Than in 1916
Saskatchewan Municipal Hail Insurance Association reported 1917 losses at 82 362 and revenue at 930 799, far below 1916 figures. Administration costs fell to 36 596 from 59 468, while 1916 losses reached 3 630 743 with only 40 percent paid. A Moose Jaw convention rejected a 5 cent rate, adopting a four cent flat rate with automatic seeded acreage, allowing farmer withdrawal with notice.
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Saskatchewan
Saskatchewan Municipal Hail Insurance Association
The
Insurance Association
Moose Jaw
F. G. Hingley
Charlie Chaplin in Heaven Discussed by Father and Son
A fragmented dialogue imagines Charlie Chaplin in heaven with a father and son speaking about actors and actresses joining him. The playful exchange mentions Billy Do and the idea of whether Chaplin’s food would make God laugh.
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Charlie Chaptin
Billy
Charlie
Endures It Lady of House Comedy Line
Dialogue from a Boston Transcript caption contrasts a weary Lady of House with a lazy tramp. The exchange highlights humor about idleness and endurance in domestic life as printed in the era.
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Boston Transcript
Indian forestry official studies American lumbering methods in Vancouver
F. S. Leete, conservator of forests for India, arrived in Vancouver to inspect logging scenes in British Columbia before visiting the United States. He has 26 years in India’s woods department and will compare Indian and American timber operations as India considers shifting from elephants to mechanical log handling.
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F. S. Leete
Forestry Service of India
America
Vancouver
British Columbia
Leete
Department of Woods and Fortets
India
Burma
Conservator of
Canadian Forestry Service
United States
American
German Dance Promised No One Got In
Thringshausen girls dressed in their finest ready to dance as the burgomaster closed the hall and confiscated their gowns. The official ruse to seize forbidden garments led to tears and protests as dancers fled home.
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Thringshausen
Zeebrugge Harbor Practically Closed By Silt Build Up
Photographs from aircraft show the entrance to Zeebrugge Harbor silting rapidly near the Belgian submarine base. The British closure effort is aided by nature as a sunken vessel inside the breakwater, once thought to be an enemy destroyer, now appears to be a dredge crippling the Germans’ attempts to clear the channel.
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Gra
Call for Immediate Sale of Surplus Wheat by Canadian Farmers
The text urges all Canadian farmers to deliver remaining surplus wheat to the market at once to aid overseas needs. It warns hoarding or delaying sales harms the Allied effort and endangers soldiers, asserting patriotism requires releasing wheat now for wartime relief.
Idol destruction spreads as Chu teaching influences locals
A passage describes changes in religious practice where idols in temples are burned or repurposed into fuel. It notes a progressive citizen in Central China questioning idol warnings and mentions missionaries joining in the feast where meat was cooked over burning idols.
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Mts
Chu
China
Roverham
Canada Reforms Wheat Use Amid Food Board Drive
The Canada food board imposes strict wheat curbs to save flour. Mills rapidly increase corn grinding capacity to 20 000 bushels daily. Bakers and hotels must substitute 20 percent of wheat with other cereals. candy makers face limits on wheat use. public education urges vegetable consumption.
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Food Board
Canadiare
Canada
Canada Food ‘Board
Oda
Fic
Huns Caught In Their Own Trap
British pilots lured German forces into a mutually destructive skirmish on June 5 using a decoy Halberstadt and green signal. Six enemy scouts joined the decoy, triggering a chaotic melee that left several German planes downed while British leaders steered the engagement and ended the trap.
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Bri
Unlicensed Eating Houses Made Illegal Under New Rule
Beginning Saturday June 1 a new rule bans restaurants and boarding houses from operating without a license from the Canada food board. The measure targets establishments serving twenty four meals a day beyond a household or family members.
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Illega
Canada Food Board
Scraps of War Gathered After Battle Cleanup Work
An account describes third army or territorials sweeping battlefields for unused shells bombs and munitions. They extract metal high explosives fuses and gear amid dangers from unexploded ordnance while aiding the return to normalcy after combat.
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Werner Ba
Adelithe
Shell
Pociasle Af
Nike
Wien
Ieee
Lees Ies
Boots On The Road And A Charade In Madrid
A priest in West Tipperary sends boots for repair but is told they are not mended yet. A drunken William takes the priest’s boots, ends up at a pub, and a comic misunderstanding ensues about repairs. The tale shifts to rumors of Charlie Chaplin’s Spanish roots and a claim of a Madrid born claimant named Carlos Martinez Chaplin.
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West Tipperary
Pill
William
Bill
Spain
Charlie Caaplin
Calle de Las Buertas
Madrid
Jose Martines
Elastin
Asturias
Cuba
United States
Chaplin
Ree
Carlos Martinez Chaplin
Long Range Guns and Allied Resolve Across War Fronts
The report describes long range Krupp cannon shown to an American general in 1914 as Panama Canal defense guns costing 240 000 dollars each with 90 mile range. Premier Lloyd George praises American troops for skill and courage, urging unity and perseverance as Britain faces the crisis with the Allied cause.
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Curomces Paris
Annon
Paris
Frau Bertha Krupp von Bohen ‘Underbach
Krupp
Hersel
Essen
Frau Bertha
Panama Canal
David Lloyd George
Printers' Society of
Londo
Lloyd George
France
Bath
George
von Ludendorff
Channel
Maveria
Britain
Soldier’s letter recalls first fight on left flank
In a homeward letter a soldier describes the opening of a major offensive above Eng trenches. He notes his unit and German troops clashing in a fierce, hot engagement. He details wounds, heavy casualties on both sides, frantic bomb-throwing, and ghosts of enemy retreat as the battle raged.
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Eng
French Confidence in British Soldiers Amid Bombardment
The Canadian correspondent notes French faith in British troops despite long-range bombardment of Victoria. They praise Tommy Atkins as superior to many locals and forecast the British army standing firm against odds. resolve to make the Germans pay.
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Tommy Atkins
Tommy
Victoria
B.C
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