Bulgarians Fall Back as French Open Heavy Guns
Allied forces in the Balkans face renewed pressure as German and Bulgarian units push near Strumnitza and Monastir. French heavy guns threaten Bulgarians, while Montenegrins resist along the frontier. Mesopotamian reinforcements reach the front as casualties at Ctesiphon total 648 killed and 3,330 wounded.
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Monastir
Vardar
Cerna
Saloniki
Ipek
Montenegro
Albania
Strumnitza
London
Mesopotamia
Ctesiphon
Bagdad
J. Austin Chamberlain
India
House of Commons
Rumor Claims Injury to Sgt Tim Foy at the Front
City rumor spreads that Sgt Tim Foy of the 3rd CMR lost an arm at the front. Authorities cannot trace the report and a letter from him makes no mention of injury. Friends hope the rumor is unfounded.
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Tim Foy
3Rd C.M.R
W. B. Marshall
Sgt. Foy
Belgian Envoys Seek Huge Lumber Supply
The Belgian government sent John Shobben and H. Helaers to the United States to secure lumber for 10,000 five roomed houses, trench timbering, 1,500,000 railroad ties, and related items totaling over 100 million feet. They will work in the southern yellow pine region for 30 to 60 days, with deliveries planned through 1916. The houses will be shipped in knock‑down form, about 33 by 16 feet, including square edge boards and dimension lumber.
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Chicago
John Shobben
H. Helaers
United States
W. H. Sullivan
Great Southern Lumber
Bogalusa
The
Herald
Sullivan
Thos H Kay Leaves City for Cranbrook Herald
Mr T N Kay, four years with the News business department, departs Medicine Hat tonight to take over as manager of the Cranbrook Herald. He is honored with a silver Limoge tea service. colleagues express regret and wish him success. Leonard W Sadler will assume his former News duties.
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T. N. Kay
The
News
Cranbrook Herald
Medicine Hat
Kay
the News
Terrill
Austin
Bellamy
Jordan
Leonard W. Sadler
Full Rehearsal of The Gondoliers by Operatic Society
The Operatic Society will stage a full rehearsal of The Gondoliers at city hall tonight at 8 o clock. All company members must attend promptly. This notice advertises a separate sale of electric vacuum cleaners at 385 dollars cash or 5 dollars down and 3 dollars per month.
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Operatic
Operatic Society
Medicine Hat Light Supply Co
Nelson Spencer's Mayoral Bid Critiqued in Medicine Hat Speech
A local letter questions Nelson Spencer MLA's mayoral bid in Medicine Hat. The critique mocks his self aggrandizing oratory, blames him for prior civic missteps, questions business proposals and timing, and urges careful, truthful campaigning with reference to Elm Street school and city utilities.
Supreme Court sittings dispose two matters this morning
Justice Ives presided as Lena W. Yocum sues M. L. Moore for 300 dollars over a realty deal and wins. Jobe Y Dixon versus the Canadian Credit Men's Association goes to the list with a claim of 2000 dollars for ten months rent on a store in the Dixon block, Keller contends lease ended in April 1914 but the court finds against him and awards 2000 dollars to the plaintiff.
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Lena W. Yocum
W.L. Moore
John Dixon
U.c.mla
Lena.w. Yocum
M. L. Moore
Jobe
Dixon
Canadian Credit Men's Association
Trent
Dixon Block
Less Keller
Credit Men's Associations
Keller
Plantiff
Blanchard
Mr. Blackstock
Tesla proposes a terribe new engine of war
New York reports Nikolai Tesla, Nobel Prize winner, has filed a patent application for a machine claimed to render any military expedition against the country fruitless. The device is described as a manned airship without wings, propelled by electricity, able to travel 300 miles a second to any point on Earth for destructive purposes.
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New York
Nikolai Tesla
Realty Dealer Sold Shirts for Soldiers
Ottawa scene as the Davidson investigating commission prepares a probing session. Editor James Acton of Men's Wear Toronto claims a real estate man with no shirtmaking background won a shirt contract. Acton will testify first, producing proofs, with inquiry scope guided by his evidence.
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Ottawa
Davidson Investigating Commission
James Acton
Men's Wear
Toronto
A. E. Kemp
War Purchasing Commission
Acton
Eight Senate seats to be filled before Parliament opens
Ottawa reports eight vacancies in the senate to be filled by the government, possibly on the eve of the session. Four seats would come from Ontario, two from Nova Scotia, one from Manitoba, and one from British Columbia.
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Ottawa
Senate
Otario
Nova Scotia
Manitoba
British Columbia
American steamer Communipaw arrives after sinking report
A telegram from Alexandria says the American steam ship Communipaw, once reported sunk off Tripoli by a submarine, arrived in Alexandria on Monday. It suggests a possible confusion over the vessel's identity.
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London
Alexandria
Egypt
Lloyd’s
Communipaw
Tripoli
Spencer Campaign Hearings Highlight Industrial Fight
Mayor Hawthorne exposed Nelson Spencer as the force behind driving the Diamond Glass factory from Medicine Hat and attacked his push for new industrial growth. The talk centered on tax sales, Wood-Gundy finance pressure, and Spencer-Brown tactics with letters and records presented to illustrate expenditures, borrowing, and misrepresentation.
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Hawthorne
Great Diamond Glass Company
Medicine Hat
Nelson Spencer
Redcliff
Spencer
Im Sa
Diamond Glass
Canada
Mr. Spencer
Spencer-Brown
Wood, Gundy & Co
Wood-Gundy
Spencer and Brown
Spencer-Brown Clique
Calgary
M. A. Brown
Brown and
London
McClellan
Stockton
C.P.R
Married Women's Relief Act case in Calgary
Justice Walsh rules in favor of Mrs. J C Drewry seeking relief under the Married Women's Relief Act against her late husband the Cowley rancher who left her nothing in his will. He suggests the spouses may settle an alimony amount by agreement with time to appeal. McDonald of Macleod represented the plaintiff Feseod aided the executors.
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Calgary
Justice Walsh
J .C. Drewry
Cowley
Macleod
J. W. McDonald of
FE. G
Two Die As Fire Devastates Seventh Avenue Hotel
Louisville event reports two men dead and ten injured when a blaze gutted the Seventh Avenue Hotel in the early hours. Fire resulted in serious injuries to one victim, with several residents escaping. Authorities investigate cause and extent of damage.
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Louisville
Seventh Avenue
Women May Aid Harvests of 1916
Winnipeg reports that women may need to work in Canadian fields next year as men join the colors and labor is scarce. Farmers and families handle work themselves while logging camps stay closed due to a lack of men. Machinists are scarce and many come from the United States to find work.
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Winnipeg
States
Canada
Radcliffe Girls Urged to Raise Babies for War Preparedness
Cambridge December 7 Radcliffe College women hear Walter Green advocate "raise babies for war preparedness." He urges ignoring pacifist suitors and linking motherhood to national strength, saying a nation needs both books and babies for readiness.
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Cambridge
Mass
Radcliffe College
Walter Green
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Elm
Supreme Court
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Sir Charles Davidson
Wi Today
Communipaw Safe
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