Bulgars Fail In Monastir Attack
Russian and Romanian forces report continued fighting in the Balkans and Wallachia with substantial prisoner gains for the Allies. Bulgarian efforts north of Monastir failed amid heavy casualties, while German and Austrian lines face ongoing pressure on multiple fronts.
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Monastir
Petrograd
London
Agustralia
Trotus
Rumania
Russian War Department
Berlin
Sayville
Gyergye
War Office
Wallachia
Paris
Autoist Narrowly Escapes Death In Crash At Manyberries
R S Grant a commercial traveller had a narrow escape when his car overturned twice going down a steep grade near Manyberries. He suffered a sprained back and bruised shoulder and arm but expects to be out and about again in a few days.
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R. S. Grant
Manyberries
Reverend Toye Accepts Collingwood Church Call
Rev. H. B. Toye of Stayner has accepted an invitation to serve at the Maple Street Methodists church in Collingwood. The move places a local minister in the Ontario community under a new pastoral assignment.
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H. B. Toye
Stayner
Maple Street Methodists Church
Collingwood
City Council Adjourned Meeting Dull Business Reported
City council met in a brief adjourned session last night with little action. A report from Godfrey Heathcote and Nicoll audited the city books to Sept 80 and found them correct. Aldermen Cruikshank and Berry received the audit for filing. J T Bergman sought a water rate reduction citing 200000 gallons monthly and alleged some pubs were charged 10 cents per 1000 gallons. the council moved to notify him of the decision.
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Godfrey
Heathcote
Nicoll
Ald
Cruikshank
Berry
J. T. Bergman
Medicine Hat
Worthy
Mr. Bergman
Canadian Torpedo Boat Reported Lost at Sea
Wireless calls described a Canadian torpedo boat in sinking condition with all hands feared dead. Reports say 50 men aboard, with nearby vessels and radio stations sending help but no confirmation of arrival at the scene.
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Grilse
McGregor Brother Sent to France from 176th Battalion
Edmonton resident Kenneth McGregor reports his brother Lieut Allan McGregor has been drafted and sent from the 176th Battalion to France. The news came as the unit was recently deployed overseas.
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Kenneth McGregor
Edmonton
Lieut
Allan McGregor
France
Father Lacombe Dies at 89 in Western Canada
Midnapore reports the death of Father Lacombe, famed Oblate missionary who helped bring Catholicism to western Canada. At Lacombe House, the institution he founded for orphans and the aged, he passed away in his ninetyeth year. Obsequies set for Thursday at St Marys cathedral with Bishop J T McNally officiating. Interment in the Roman Catholic cemetery will follow.
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Midnapore
Lacombe
Western Canada
Canada
Manitoba
Father Lacombe
Saskatchewan
Aberta
New West
St. Mary's Cathedral
J. T. McNally
Calgary
Brother of Mrs Baillie Killed in Action in War
Letter from Glasgow dated November 26 1916 reports Thomas Stewart of the Royal Engineers killed in action. The missive describes a torn surviving letter with his address and lines of hope as he faced danger, noting the family awaits official war office confirmation.
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A. Baillie
Fifth St. A
Thos. Stewart
The
Royal Engineers
Tom
Fifty Thousand Overseas Troops To Stay In Canada
Ottawa reports the overseas force in Canada will not exceed fifty thousand men this winter. The number is the minimum long stated to be kept on the Atlantic flank until the war nears its final stage. Drafts to the front will continue through winter and recruiting is expected to settle. Germany’s peace offers are viewed as a diplomatic move with little impact on expectations.
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Ottawa
Canada
Atlantic
Germany
Hat Poultry Fanciers Do Well at Calgary Show
Local poultry fanciers excel at the Calgary Poultry Show this week. G C Nimmo won multiple top placements with his Single Comb Black Minorcas including cock, hen, and pullet categories. John Currie and L B Losey also earned third and top finishes in their respective breeds amid keen competition.
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Calgary
G.C. Nimmo
John Currie
L. B. Losey
Draft of 41 Foresters Battalion Passed Through City
A draft of 41 men of the 230th Battalion Foresters, under Sergt J B Armstrong, passed through the city on No 2 this morning en route from Vancouver to Ockville Ont.
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Foresters
J. BE. Armstrong
Vancouver
Ockville
Five transports torpedoed in eastern Mediterranean
The Admiralty announced five large transports were torpedoed in the eastern Mediterranean. They carried 6,000 to 6,000 tons of war material. One vessel was armed and both were escorted by destroyers.
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Admiralty
Mediterranean
Crowd of Excursion Trains Draw City Visitors
A flood of strangers filled the streets as the first excursion train of a merchant series arrived from the Crow's Nest branch via Lethbridge. Citizens recalled the event and noted another special train from Retlaw is expected tomorrow.
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Crow's Nest
Lethbridge
Retlaw
Archduke Charles Stephen Chosen Regent of Poland
Archduke Charles Stephen of Austria has been selected as regent of Poland with a prospect of later election as king. The action is reported from Vienna with implications for Polish governance and broader European affairs.
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Warsaw
London
Archduke Charles Stephen
Austria
Poland
Councillors Elected for 1917 in Flowery Plains No 38
The Flowery Plains No 38 council for 1917 includes R. C. Cooper Dolph Morris George S. Weeks Willis Kimball J. W. Jackson and T. Spencer as elected officials.
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Etzlkom
Flowery ‘Plains
R. C. Cooper
Dolph Morris
George
Weeks
Willis Kimball
J. W. Jackson
T. Spencer
Hindoo John Singh Fined for Liquor Possession at Police Court
John Singh appeared before Magistrate Rae at the Police Court this morning charged with liquor possession. Evidence showed he carried five bottles on his person, and he was fined 95 dollars in costs or two months in jail.
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John Singh
Entente Allies to Present Their Side on Peace Offer
London reports an undercurrent favoring public airing of belligerents aims. The British government will outline Entente terms in the House of Commons after ally consultation, while German proposals draw skeptical editorials in London. Paris says any reply would await Allied consultation and take time.
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Carpathians
Berlin
Petrograd
Cerna River
Teutons
London
House of Commons
Great Britain
Germany
Wilson
William
The
Times
Romania
Lloyd-George
Reichstag
Andrew Law
Paris
France
Drakeman Skinner Arrested for Manslaughter in Chin Wreck
Brakeman Skinner of the C P R was arrested at the Mounted Police barracks on a manslaughter charge following the Chin wreck that killed Mall Clerk B E Parker of Creston B C on December 6 1916. The coroner's jury held the accident resulted from Skinner manipulating a switch. The inquest heard testimony from jury members and company attorney Mr Hugill.
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Lethbridge
Skinner
Mounted Police
B. E. Parker
Creston
B.C
Chin
I Parker
Dolligton
Arthur Hayr
Arthur Barnsley
John Gilmore
J. B. Terrill
D. McNabb
E. Lingard
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Trotus Valley
Serbia
Mizil
Ploechti
Buzeu
Urzheni
Lymnitza River
Belgium
Wetaskiwin Bedding Company
LT. McGregor
West Ind Park St
Glasgow
Mron. W. Rowell
Rheims Cathedral
Rowell
Cane
Rheims
G. C. Nimmo
Flowery Plains
Council
Entente
Gage
Drakeman Skinner
Parker
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