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Newspaper
Macgregor Herald
Location
Macgregor, Manitoba, Canada
Date
Sep 05, 1918
Page
8
The article argues Britain sustains a vast war effort with extensive naval activity and manpower. It cites fleet movements, convoy transport, prisoner counts, and ammunition output to claim Britain shares the burden alongside allies. Data compare prewar and wartime production, highlighting manpower enrollment by region and empire contributions.
The widow Lily Busch, widow of Adolphus Busch of St. Louis, reportedly saw property seized by the United States under alien enemy acts. The confiscation involved substantial sums, with reports stating millions of dollars. Mrs. Busch has four children in the United States and two daughters in Germany, one married to a German officer.
A damaged report notes an injured youth bitten by an animal during a visit. The caregiver dressed the wound and questioned the bite’s origin while noting uncertainty about the animal involved.
A mother explains the new evening dress is reserved for when visitors arrive, while Edna and a child discuss wearing it tonight. The dialogue, sounding like a domestic scene, centers on etiquette and anticipated guests.
The article compares currencies with a focus on the French franc and German mark, noting how money speaks in trade and exchange. It reflects on economic sentiment and international monetary dynamics amid postwar concerns.
An aerial crew describes a night bombing mission against a German railway line. They identify a looped train, dive to 500 feet, open fire near the locomotive, and continue for several minutes until the train is effectively destroyed, evading gunfire from ground troops and returning to base.
A German illness is described as hunger and exhaustion rather than Spanish influenza. The report notes widespread malnutrition in Nestphalia and the Rhine provinces with hospital overload as potato rations drop to about one and a half to two kilograms per person weekly and the new crop undelivered.
An old soldier recalls a nerve racking listening post duty near enemy trenches. He describes lying in mud under fire with a British comrade, hearing German footsteps and a concert behind the lines, and a close up bayonet encounter that yields the German’s tunic badges for headquarters.
The Zehn Zeitung reports Germany aims to establish a Central African empire with South West Africa as pillars, seeking indemnity from Britain France Belgium and Portugal. It envisions coastal stations and strong garrisons, including colored troops, to occupy a vast African settlement and deter European rivals.
Report shows 40 crop boosters from Manioba department of agriculture traveling the province in April and May to promote larger 1919 acreage under cultivation. Pledges based on testimonials, with junior clerk hires and farmer outreach noted. A reader recalls a merchant's letter of recommendation as example of impressed officials.
Two waiters recall a man who once tipped 50 cents and now likely pays only 10 cents. The exchange hints at inflation of fear and a critical view of war as a business side activity.
Allied naval officers cannot gauge German strength or Russian fleet status in the Baltic and Black Seas. Admiral Benson notes possible Russian craft in German hands and rising surface ship numbers, while warning German atrocities will be hard to forget and urging justice for those responsible.
The piece argues that alcohol as a fuel could rapidly profit brewery operations shut down by alcohol beverage production laws. Large scale industrial alcohols could boost motor fuel supply and are used in Norway Sweden and Spain with gasoline blends. Waste oils from vegetables could supply alcohol. distilleries and breweries seek to continue operations by using waste streams and blending alcohol with gasoline to ease cold starts and engine adjustments.
Copper pots latches and utensils are seized by Geta authorities for public use. The effort targets famous gates, palaces, churches, museums, hotels, restaurants, and department stores, with many buildings stripped of copper fittings.
A terse remark reflects a lineage of unique, noisy occupations including a mother who was a telephone fitter and another who served as a train announcer in Louisville Cor. The dialogue hints at the social echoes of communication roles in a struggling family.
Professor W. Clarke of Queen's University writes on price fixing in a new bulletin from the department of history and political science. He outlines cases where fixes fail, citing government price offers and evasions in Germany, and notes how regulation can worsen shortages and discourage production, with dairy prices and farmer incentives affected.
The article notes France limiting slaughter to two thirds of weekly average for March 1917 and reports Paris wholesale beef at 43 cents and retail at 60 cents per pound. It also mentions Italy as an exporting nation, motorcar exports rising since 1913, and experiments with lamps and fertilizers, with references to Austria and British population comparisons.
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