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Newspaper
Macgregor Herald
Location
Macgregor, Manitoba, Canada
Date
Oct 04, 1917
Page
6
A tense scene unfolds as a wounded narrator and a wary woman confront peril in a shadowed mansion. A manipulative man plots a forced marriage to secure control, while threats and cold calculation reveal loyalties and fear behind closed doors.
Amid wartime fabric shortages, appeals surge for saving old clothes and rags to feed shoddy mills. Britain urges women’s groups and tailors to collect and store discarded garments, with proceeds aiding Red Cross and charities. Canada may follow, aiming to reduce wasteful practices and bolster wool supplies.
A renowned Cubist’s wife fleeing Spain to France is halted by a customs officer who discovers a canvas seemingly depicting iron. The officer questions its meaning while the wife remains cool, claiming it is the work of a portrait. An engineer suspects a machine, but says it may never move, and the woman departs joyfully with her husband’s supposed miracle.
Saskatoon professor Bert D McLaurin urged forming a national Council on Scientific Research to exploit straw gas for power. He argued farms could yield about 7000 cubic feet per ton of straw, potentially replacing heating and power needs, while criticizing council structure and advocating provincial and industrial collaboration for development.
City officials propose establishing a sample market in Saskatoon H e a Hus to showcase facilities. A site evaluation of water supply is planned and clay resources will be investigated to support the project.
A prairie provinces science conference at Manitoba Agricultural College wrapped up after outlining cooperative rust and plant disease study across the prairies. Delegates from Dominion Experimental Farms, Saskatchewan and Manitoba colleges, and universities discussed a coordinated effort, naming leaders and institutions to expand rust research and control methods.
Fragmented text recalls old trails and early settlers moving along dry routes to Texas. It notes settlers’ wealth after settling, and mentions training camps with aviators and cadets moving to Texas for Royal Flying Corps training, including Canadian, U.S. cadets, and a Belfast career snippet.
A World War I trench narrative describes air reconnaissance risks and the steady nerves required by observers. The observer uses a periscope to spot German trench activity 35 yards away as shells burst, mines suspected, and gunfire intensifies. A major praises the young officer who spots enemy work while telephony and artillery coordinate under dangerous bombardment.
Long, opinionated piece argues that spy networks are essential in wartime. It traces U S espionage from minimal structures to extensive secret services and police surveillance, noting federal agents, detectives, and volunteers expanding to fight German espionage and protect the nation.
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