Western Prosperity Tales From a Transformed Countryside
A travel narrative across North Battleford to Edmonton districts portrays Western farmers rising from hard times to wealth. It cites farms improving, land holdings growing to about 159000 dollars in some cases, and farmers migrating from cities to homesteads. Notes numerous success stories among Saskatchewan and Alberta growers, with thousands of prosperous agitators challenging urban unemployment fears.
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Bimostem
Saskatoon
Dbs
Supreme Courtrade
West
A Close Call Feeding the World Soldier's Rescue by a Dog Lassie
A Scotsman account recalls how a Royal Navy sailor named Cowan survived after being knocked unconscious in the Channel. A rough haired dog named Lassie warmed his body and face, enabling circulation. helpers then finished reviving him as Cowan awoke. The dog and Cowan formed a lasting bond and spent much time by the kitchen fire. The piece also surveys global population growth and food supply concerns, urging attention to agriculture and farming.
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John Cowfreen
Conan
Lyme Regis
Cole
Cowan
Ae Cowan
Rdinburgh
Unclear fragment about German crisis and American cargo trade
A damaged fragment discusses Britain's stance on German crisis and American cargo trade, noting assertions about surrender terms and profit motives, with references to the Kaiser and American exuberance.
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Britain
Tommy Atkins A Puzzle In War Time Humor
A French journalist travels with British troops and records Tommy Atkins as a puzzled, humorous figure. Vignettes describe a mixture of clumsy courage, camaraderie, and human moments: soldiers sharing tea, singing, and joking amid mud and danger, with a philosopher’s streak about saving money and fate.
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Englisi
Prance
Britain
France
Tommy
Mule
Tommies
Ant
Wade
Cracow the Heart of Poland and Its Ancient Glory
Cracow, the ancient capital, is described as the heart of Poland with its historic royal castles, the Wavel fracturing the skyline, and a famed university dating to 1640. The article notes Krakus Hill and a memorial mound built from ears, symbolizing Polish memory, while tracing Cracow’s long turbulent history from early kingdoms to its shifting status within Poland and neighboring powers.
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Poland
Cracow
Portatowek
Stanisine
Buland
Ld University
Prague
Eracow
Vistula
Keakus Hill
Krakus
Warcay
Cracowia
Faterland
Figures Show Shifting Wheat Imports and Britain Demand
The report lists historic wheat and barley import figures for Great Britain and Canada, with Russia Germany and other countries supplying varying bushel totals. It notes rising oats output and a broad pattern of exports affecting Canadian farmers, though many figures are garbled.
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Great Brian
Canada
Russia
Germany
Sosai Komson
Rouhiava
Atria
Hungary
Bulgaria
Britain
Unitedates
Cnied Kingdom
Great Brit
Great Britain
Turkey
Asia
Austria
Roumania
Ieee
Battleships and Torpedoes In Long Range Battles
Britain faces potential torpedo ineffectiveness as ships trade long range gunfire. Admiralty experts doubt torpedoes will pierce naval nets or reach effective range. Analysts forecast longer ranges and faster ships may decide the outcome, with no side likely to risk close combat.
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Britain
Wizard Raigon
Admiralty
Feliivoe
Painting War On Screen versus Canvas Critics Debate
The article weighs whether cinema can better capture modern warfare than painting. It notes melodramatic heroism in royal salons versus the camera’s ability to record visibility and drama, without delving into technical film details. It cites the London News and Leader as the source.
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Treacles
Londo
Chinese May Go Home Policy Cited by Canada
The Gazette notes a temporary return of Chinese visitors to China from Canada to relieve labor shortages. About 4200 Chinese workers absent from Canada are compelled to return within twelve months to maintain free entry rights, with a proclamation proposed in June for compliance and possible six month extensions.
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Steading
Gina
Claine
Canada
Pative Land
Chan
Junuil
China
Duriee
Dominion
Sittin
Most Crucial Engagement of the Great War Recalled
An official report recounts a seminal five week clash in 1914 at Ypres and Neuve Chapelle. Generals French and Haig coordinated with maps and telegraphs as German forces pressed toward Calais. The center held, Allied regiments fought to the death, and the Chelvelt village recapture became a turning moment.
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John Frene
Teres
Gertans
Lutwerp
Calais
Joan French
Faleucleres
Ypres
Douglas Haig
Waterloo
Garcen
Freneic
Eithr
Gruttary
Meny Road
Balt Neral
Hodge
Oclork
Frenco
John
Laconte
Dougas Haig
Hooke Jetseen
Fre
Aivision
Cheluvelt
Secret service, poisons, and wartime science notes
An article translation cites M. Victor Len French chemist and M. Urbain, describing German shells containing water brown powder and phosphorus. It warns about phosphorus burns and shrapnel causing severe wounds, urges thorough cleaning, and discusses secret service funding and its vague expenditures across Austria Hungary France Russia Britain and Japan. It critiques Absinthe prohibition, and reflects on Haeckel's survival of the fittest doctrine in a modern context.
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William — Rams
William Kiy
London
Comptes Fendus
Brendt Academy
M. Victor Lent
M. Urbain
M. Urban
Gangrer
Gerad
William Ads
Suma
Austria
Homgazy
Germany
France
Russia
Shindeh
Britain
The Dardanelles Straits in Ancient and Modern Times
The Dardanelles, a narrow 45 mile waterway linking the Sea of Marmara to the Aegean, has long fascinated observers from ancient to modern eras. It figures in Greek legend with heroes crossing, during 480 BC and after under Alexander the Great, and in 1807 British forces under Admiral Duckworth forced passage toward Constantinople. Since 1841 a treaty restricts warships without Turkish consent, marking its enduring strategic importance and contested status between Asia and Europe.
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Asia
Europe
Marmora
Nia
Alexander Great
Tr’ly
Leider
Lord Bryan
Mellespont
Duckworth
Constantinople
Dardaneles
Turkey
Dardanelles
Black Sea
Journal of Commerce
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Mercnante le Fee
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Ile
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Hrad
At of Commerce
Ari Fife
Saskatchewan
Fiat
USA
Jim
Dog
Royal Navy
Farner
America
Propos
Tommy Atkins
Viger Ang Chviliar Aume
Regina
Wonger
J.oey
Welch le
Jesuita Tea
Tartar
French
Nagland Ue
Ruscia
Manchuria
Servier
Lave
Haeckel
Wort
Wall 1 Street Journal
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