Organization of Britain's Army Supply Bases Front
A vivid tour of Allied supply hubs in France describes redress rooms, boots and equipment stores, and vast bakeries feeding front lines. It highlights organized rail shipments, gas helmet refurbishing, and the scale of wartime logistics sustaining troops.
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Britain
Britten General
France
Gfest
Ritai
Soimentere
Prance
England
Iit
Germany
Griny
Espere
Terea
Trile Station
United Kingdom
Oting
Tommy
Baye
London
Paris
James Weaver
Carpenter
Canada must base recovery on farming after the war
The article argues that Canada needs farming as the economy’s foundation to absorb returning soldiers from 1917–1918. It notes many will not return to prior manual trades, rails and factories will shrink, and farms offer lasting work. It urges cottage laborer housing and investment to anchor married farmworkers, predicting demand for grain and hard wheat to raise flour quality.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dominion
Militia Department
Wen
Munion
Europe
Canada
Ontario
Agricultural War Book for 1916 Promotes thrift and war effort
A 1916 Agricultural War Book outlines production, saving, and preventing waste as patriotic, with pages from Hon. Martin Burrell and extracts from Sir Thomas White. It covers stock and dairy topics, agriculture branches, economy in the home, and wartime duties, noting wheat prices and farmer guidance. The volume emphasizes practical farming, marketing, and patriotic work during the war.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cenata
Martin Burrell
Dherent Agricultural Colleges
Britain
Influence of a Picture Changes a Poor Home
A Nebraska style home in prairie poverty gains hope from a single expensive painting. A visitor notes the image’s impact on a weary woman and her four year old daughter, revealing how art awakens beauty and lifts daily life amid hardship. The tale links farmers Institute lessons and a mother in Cedar County Iowa toward broader points on home art education and value of pictures.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Prairie
Canada
Newton
Ita
Ray
Farmers’ Institute
Cedar County
Iowa
Sailor's
War Posters in Canada Attract Recruiting Posters
A fragment reports Canadian towns requesting attractive war posters from Whitehall for recruitment. Parliament's Recruiting Committee offers a selection of posters in various designs to appeal to Greater Britain, aiming to supply suitable visuals for local editors.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
London
Ens
Whitehall
Betty
Canady
Canada
Trentary
Binder twine price fears in Mexico driven by trust
The article warns that 9 percent of global binder twine comes from Mexico and a trust of US capitalists and Mexican planters plans to raise prices in 1916 with a $500,000 boost. It notes sisal hemp sources in Yucatan and doubts about fair pricing for northern farmers, especially if war disrupts supply.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Manitoba
Mexico
United States
Yucacan
Yucatan
E Free Press
Thunderstorm Safety Notice From the Field Report
A damaged old instruction warns during storms to avoid telephones and metal structures. It cautions staying away from chimneys, open screens, trees, fences, and isolated shelters outdoors. It notes the danger of lone individuals in forests and open areas during electrical activity.
After the War Britain and German Trade Policy
A London audience urged Britain to sever German trade influence after the war. The speaker warned that cheapness policy harmed industry and warned against dependence on German apparel and metals. He pressed for a decisive shift to build ships factories and machinery and to exploit home resources while preparing for postwar needs.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pire
Saplal
Wien
Audieieniy
Fang
Austria
Germany
Instituteiea
The Real Tommy Atkins in a Wartime Drenching Tale
In a rough narrative of trench life a wet night in November is described. Soldiers struggle through knee and waist deep water as a gun position floods. One sailor-like figure jokes amid cold and danger while others comfort a comrade and recall a biblical note about Noah. The scene blends humor with grim memory of war.
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Thascerby
Matey
England
Twillard
Atlantic
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Clvak van Ile
Bret
Firm Foundation
Padam
Agricultural War Book
Edith C. Salisbury
Johnson
Ferdinand
Liza
Boston Transcript
Tome
Uae
Japan
Gchiashi
Kokkaido
Petropaviovak
Kamchatka
Siberia
Binder
Anick Imber
Hughes
Lastrauia
Thay
Indus
Mengether
The
Tommy Atkins
Noah
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