Rumor of Italian War Declaration and London Meeting Demands Blockade
A Rome dispatch cites a rumor Italy will declare war on Germany March 1. In London a large gathering urged government action to widen naval blockade as goods reach the enemy via the North Sea. Paris reports a German push near Artois, with French sappers advancing and concern over Lille Lens and Douai. The German artillery remains strong while infantry show waning dash.
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London
Rome
Germany
North Sea
Paris
Artois
Neuville-Thelus
Crown Prince of Bavaria
Lille
Lens
Douai
Ham
Arethusa
Aurora
Galatea
Inconstant
Royalist
Penelope
Phaeton
Bight
Heligoland
Fearless
Squadrom
Maintz
Lion
Bonspiel Results Highlight Weekend Curling Exhibition
The bonspiel drew six visiting rinks including five from Medicine Hat and one from Forrest. Burnett won the Grand Challenge and took second in two other events while Armstrong and Chevalier teams also earned top places. The piece notes strong play despite illness and rough ice conditions.
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S ix
Medicine Hat
Forres
Burnett
Lethbridge Brewing and Bankers
Armstrong
Lethbridge Brewing
Chevalier
Fleming
Kearns
Arethusa Struck By Mine Off England Coast
British official report confirms the cruiser Arethusa hit a mine off the east coast of England and may be a total wreck with about ten men lost. Parallel dispatches note the French cruiser Admiral Charner sunk near Syria with one survivor and bodies of fourteen others recovered.
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London
England
Paris
Charner
Syria
Admiral Charoer
Ministry of Marine
Admiral Charner
H.M.S. Arethusa
Chat
Value of the Red Cross and its public health impact
The article argues the Red Cross’s true value lies in preventing suffering and enabling rapid medical aid, citing Serbia’s wartime experience and the need for front near, well equipped hospitals. It praises Canada's Red Cross for compassionate care and appeals for continued public contributions.
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Red Cross
Serbia
Herbert Bruce
Toronto Sturgeon
France
Canadian
Canada
January School Report Details Record Attendance and New Grade V
January attendance reached a school record with 20 enrolled pupils in Grade V prompting the opening of an extra room and a new teacher Miss Hazel Reid. The report lists numerous students by class and grade across Grades I to VII and the high school forms with many surnames noted.
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Hazel Reid
Dorothy Blythman
Elsie Gordon
Lowell Santh
Wilfred Steer
Tom Johnson
Ethel Wateo
Barry Menoley
Fern Wills
Maybelle Oakes
Stephen Yochem
Helma
Swift Current hosts convention on women’s auxiliary forming
A Rural Deanery of Swift Current convention takes place in Swift Current on February 16 and 17 to discuss forming the Women’s Auxiliary Ruridecanal Association. Maple Creek delegates Mrs W C Robinson and Mrs C Blythman attend. program includes devotional addresses and papers by Miss Smith, Association Secretary, and Mrs Peverett, Diocesan President.
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Swift Current
Women’s Auxiliary
Ruridecanal Association
Maple Creek
W. C. Robinson
C. Blythman
Miss Smith
Peverett
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COAL
Premier Coal—Co
L. J. Purcell
Union Bank
Maple Creek & Forres
Lethbridge Imperial Lump Coal
J. Reid
Union Bank of Canada
Temptrs
A. P. Moore
M Piapot E. S&s. Bowen
Coane Gall Lake
Viders
Edward Plummer
Gladys Baynton
Rachel Newton
Kenneth Landgraf
Clarence Harrigan
Adrienne Poirier
Louis Stevenson
Ellis Quick
Jock Redmond
Allan Sheward
Delia Nichol
Henry Noland
Bonnie Anderson
Ida Jensen
Russell Lawrence
John Groet
Hele Kimball
Walter Gourke
Irene Baynton
John Herman
Marjorie Meadows
John Hasfjord
Ellen Hasfjord
Ruth Fleming
Godfrey Ross
Frank Nichol
Willard Thurston
Wilma Thurston
ILI
Carrie Jensen
Douglas Simpkin
Walter Meyers
Marjorie Perrin
Sesson
Nyal
Hewitt’s Medical Hall
T. C. Arm
C. Armstrong
Hudson's Bay Lands
C.P.R
Sask
John Paterson
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