Germans told to accept or reject peace terms in five days
Paris reports the terms will be presented to Germany by May 7 with no oral discussion. German counters must be submitted within five days and written replies will follow. The plan also sets Alsace and Lorraine to France and severs Luxembourg from Germany.
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Paris
Medio de Paris
Council of Three
Alsace
Lorraine
France
Luxemburg
Grand Duchy
Germany
London
Exchange Telegraph Company
Versailles
Austria
Germain
British government grain price guarantees for domestic crops
London May 6 the government fixes price guarantees for the 1919 grain crops. Wheat barley and oats receive specific guaranteed prices per quarter and per acre under the Corn Production Act 1917. Differences between average prices and guaranteed prices are paid to growers, with adjustments for yield per acre and crop type.
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London
Land grants to railways reach over one million acres
A federal return shows 1,371,843 acres of public land granted to railway companies since 1883. The peak grant period was July 1, 1900 to June 30, 1901 when 6,440,999 acres were given.
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Ottawa
May Blizzard Halts Lethbridge Rail Service
Lethbridge reported a severe May blizzard with heavy wet snow and northwest winds all night. Wires were down and CP passenger service disrupted. about three inches of snow fell, frost reached seven degrees, and some farm damage and lambing losses were noted.
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Lethbridge
Alberta
German Fined For Sending Greeting To Former Emperor
Coblenz May reports say a German was fined for sending a greeting to the former emperor. The dispatch notes General Groener as Hindenburgs likely successor after the field marshal resignations.
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Coblenz
Associated Press
Wield Marshal von Hindenburg
Groener
Department of Munitions
Jolberg
Pingle Drug Co Ex Tends Its Business To The North Side
The TL Pingle Drug store on North Railway is bought out by Vingle Drug and Book Co and will operate as a branch of the main Second Street store. Mr. Darling will oversee the North Railway location maintaining the same quality and service.
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Pingle Drug CO
TL Pingle Drug
North Railway
Vingle Drug and Book Co
Second St
Darling
Finns Reportedly Capture Petrograd
Paris dispatch says Petrograd has probably fallen to Finnish forces, information regarded as trustworthy reaching Paris. The claim cites strong evidence of Finnish advance and a possible decisive breakthrough affecting the Russian capital.
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Paris
Petrograd
Roumanians and Czecho-Slovaks Press On Toward Budapest
Geneva May 2 reports say Romanian and Czecho-Slovak governments rejected Bela Kun’s offer to trade territorial concessions for a halt to fighting on all fronts. The two allies continue the march on Budapest as negotiations stall.
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Hungary
Geneva
Bela Kun
Budapest
May Day Arrests of Aliens in Montreal
Montreal May 1 nine aliens Austrians arrested after May Day demonstrations on the Champ de Mars and at a night meeting. Captain Joh N Carter registrar of enemy aliens ordered internment. the men had been on parole during the war.
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Montreal
Champ de Mars
Joh N. Carter
Medicine Hat Typographical Union votes against One Big Union
At a regular meeting of Medicine Hat Typographical Union No. 451 the members voted solidly against the One Big Union and against a proposed general strike to push a six hour day and five day week. Officers were re elected: G W Bisson president W Burgess vice president fr Me Forbes recording secretary B W Bellamy financial secretary treasurer Forbes and Bellamy each enter tenth year in office since organization in 1999.
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Medicine Hat Typographical Union No. 451
G. W. Bisson
W. Burgess
Fr. Me. Forbes
B. W. Bellamy
Messrs. Forbes and
Bellamy
Park Heald on Tree Planting and Hedge Shrub Care
At City Hall Friday evening park superintendent Mr. B Heald outlined soil prep pruning and root care for trees. He named best local varieties and described hedge shrubs fruiting plants while urging regular pruning and grass removal around trunks.
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B. Heald
Swan
Heald
Heuald
Wneland
Fancy Dancer Killed in Auto Crash Here
Newport Muay and Cyril Dan For proprietors of Head Over Heels were involved in an early today auto accident that killed a dancer and injured his wife and three other company members.
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Newport, Muay &C
Cyriil Dan For
Reestablishment of KR NWM P in Assiniboia Corps
The KR N W M P are being re established in Assiniboia Corps with How ard having arrived to take charge of the detachment here.
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Assiniboia
Corps
Howard
Body recovered from river linked to Bow Island drowning
A decomposed male body was found this morning near Police Point opposite Bow Island by Henry Arblaster’s address. Coroner Dr. Boyd said no inquest is needed. The victim is believed to be Harry Arblaster, missing since April 1 with Pete Johnson and Ignatius Wozick after a Bow Island Gas Co. rowboat mishap. Police urge river-dwellers to aid their search.
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Bow Island
Henry
Police Point
Severt
Suols
Appleyard
Bord
Yocore
Harry Arblaster
Arbbister
Boyd
Thal
Agai
Pete Jotimsen
Ignatius Wozieh
Civer
Railway men demand 44 hour week and wage rise
Montreal May 3 365000 Canadian railway shopmen press for a forty four hour week and a twenty percent wage increase. Delegates from boilermakers blacksmiths machinists electricians carmen pipe fitters and helpers will meet the War Board sub committee on May 12 to discuss the demands.
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Montreal
Canadian Railway War Board
Canada
War Board
American Soldiers Killed in France Train Crossing Crash
Three United States soldiers died and eight were seriously injured when an army motor truck struck a railroad train at a grade crossing near Le Merle Staubin eight miles southeast of Orleans France on May 1.
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Orleans
Mainee
United States
Grede Crossing
Reay le Merle Staubin
Blizzard Hits Alberta Except Medicine Hat District
Snowstorm spreads across Alberta with rainfall reported in surrounding areas. Medicine Hat district appears spared from the blizzard impact as residents brace for further weather updates.
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Alberta
Medicine Nat
Bolshevikt Routed on the Eastern Front
Helsingfors report that Bolshevik forces have been defeated along the entire eastern front by the Sirian armies and are retreating in disorder, according to the Russian newspaper Russkaya Pjasuly SYS.
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Helsingfors
Russkaya Pjasuly Sys
English firm to sell low cost auto by 1920s standards
London reports an English manufacturing company preparing to market a car priced at 250 to 500 dollars. The vehicle uses minimal wood, features a new concrete like composite from slag and sawdust, and employs an innovative stamped parts process with wheels and chassis produced separately and assembled.
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London
England
Kingston Police Sergeant Dies After Struggle During Arrest
Police Sgt Arniel of Kingston died of heart failure following a strenuous struggle with a man he was attempting to arrest. The incident occurred during the arrest, and details describe a fatal outcome linked to the confrontation.
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Arniel
Kingston
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