Lady Ursula's Husband Continues in Turbulent Wedding Tale
The scene shifts as Lady Ursula faces pressure from her brother and her husband to choose between family duty and passion. Paul, now part of the family, prods Ursula to confront the truth of their union while the brother laments the consequences of the match. Ursulaʼs crisis hinges on loyalty, love, and the vow of marriage.
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Urvula
Paul Sa
Lady Ursula
Tim
Paul
Lord Eastling
Rascal
Tie
Ursula
Tom
England
Antula
Tad
Wintersand
From War Talk to Scouting Faith in a Turbulent Era
A collage of wartime and community notes, including a domestic scene with political tension between Paul and Lady Ursula, hints of espionage, and a shift to youth guidance. It concludes with religious reflections for boys, a Scout-inspired call to duty, and a brief note on a U.S. government program for returned soldiers seeking homesteads and loans to curb land speculation.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Irmush Columbis
Smutty Wheat Losses Tallied Across Canada Markets
In Winnipeg monthly totals from September to December show 2.3695 million bushels of smutty wheat. No.1 Northern would have graded higher. average No.1 Northern price about $1.02 per bushel, smut price about 0.06, implying a price loss of 7 cents. Report cites $168,865 loss in price alone, with broader yield and other crop losses not yet counted. J. M. H. Grisdale estimates Canada's 1914 smut losses at $15.5 million, predicting much larger losses in 1915 due to westward acreage expansion.
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Winnipeg
J. M H. Grisdale
Experimental Farms of
Canada
Attendance At Saskatchewan High School Pupils Decline
Norman F. Black reports 1914 figures show 2843 pupils in high school work and 108216 in Grades 1 to 8 nationwide. Saskatchewan’s proportion of pupils in advanced study is 53 per 1000, below 27 U.S. states in 1910. Irregular attendance in elementary grades drives late entry and early dropouts.
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Saskatchewan
Norman F. Black
Dpaed
Regina
Minister of Education
Our Losses and Hope For Scouts After War
The piece notes heavy losses among our brotherhood, with 338 commissioners in service and 25 000 to 30 000 members serving as Scouts, including one V C. It praises their sacrifice and calls for more officers after peace, with 181 gentlemen serving as temporary commissioners and many Scout masters joining. It also mentions a summer program by the Boys and Girls club at Manitoba Agricultural College, planting 1000 acres of potatoes producing about 20 000 bushels valued at 150 000 dollars, plus a garden competition and prizes for Winnipeg merchants.
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Scoutsomer
God
Germany
Treena
OUF
V.C
Gramino Se Aft
Manitoba Agricultural College
Winnipeg
Brantford Claims Priority Over Boston for Telephone Birth
Brantford claims predated Boston in inventing the telephone with 1874 experiments in Tutela Heights and a 1875 Boston-made device. The Toronto Globe notes Brantford’s Ear-based experiments and Brantford’s claim that the first electrical voice transmission occurred in Boston in 1875, while tablet markers cite Boston as the birthplace.
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Sam Shen
New
United States
Alexander Graham Bell
T. H. Preston
Brantford
Boston
Toronto Globe
Future Trainspeed and the Cost of Fast Trains
The piece argues that railway speeds above current levels are unlikely for ordinary service due to high costs. Electric power offers more, but railways won’t accelerate trains without payoff. Past promises of 100 mph or mile a minute speeds failed. luxury trains lose money, and shorter tonnage predictions follow.
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Wey
Jone
Remarkable 1916 Deeds Awarded Distinguished Conduct Medal
The text notes lives saved and brave acts acknowledged on January 1 1911 to 11 with Distinguished Conduct Medal honors. Lance Corporal C Bates of the Royal Berkshire Regiment is highlighted for crawling to a wounded officer under heavy fire and delivering a straw to keep him breathing, then aiding his recovery by supplying water.
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Lance Corp
C. Bates
Royal Berkshire Regiment
Bates
Farm Land Values Rise Sharply in United States
At the annual meeting of the commission of conservation a resolution urged provincial governments to secure complete fire loss reports within their boundaries and assess the extent of insured farm properties. United States farm land values rose 25.7 percent over three years and 11.5 percent last year, per Department of Agriculture field reports.
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Commission of Conservation Resoluton
U.S
US. Department
United States
Feld
Spokane Laundrymen Warn Dyes Run In Washing
Spokane laundrymen urge patrons to beware dyes in foods that fade or run after washing. Red and black dyes were reported to be most prone to bleeding, prompting concerns about colorfastness in wash cycles.
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Bpokane
Washington
Rural Schools and Women Teachers Face Rural Reform
The Toronto Globe argues that rural education hinges on female teachers who now predominate as married men struggle to find housing. It condemns yearly teacher turnover, notes N A M A proposes home support for rural teachers, and calls for stable staffing to reduce wasted public school spending.
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Walt
Reuiae
Dow
Witsext
Gray
Woere van
Scholme
National Lumber Manufacture Association
United States
Haldly
Canada
Taljenty
Toronto
The Common Country and Its Quiet Pleasures
From The Paint of View by Maren Scrivner. The author recalls traveling to distant lands and seas yet finds deeper joy in the familiar rural landscape of old-fashioned fences and winding roads. He contrasts sublime capitalized scenery with the near, gentle beauty of hay fields, streams, and gray rails, a reward earned without effort.
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Odysseus
Eeti
Tome
America
Canadian Rockies
Maren Scrivner
Where Popular and Classical Music Meet
A playful exchange contrasts popular and classical music. A young man questions if taste defines genre while a thinker frames the distinction as personal preference. The remark suggests honesty and shifting preferences as weather changes.
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