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Newspaper
Oxbow Herald
Location
Oxbow, Saskatchewan, Canada
Date
Aug 23, 1917
Page
11
The text quotes Churchill urging a worldwide push against autocratic tyranny. He argues governments must not own fortunes but peoples must control their fate. He warns that failure or an inconclusive peace would leave Germany in control and bring prolonged unrest and ruin.
Premier Lloyd George told a deputation that protecting soldiers at the front must come before other concerns. He defended military advisers’ view that front line troops demand priority on resources and refuted rumors of London squadrons being moved to France without need. He also denied Hendon rumors and asserted no raids on London.
A clipped wartime style fragment mentions roguish schemes to lash sailors in a perilous trap. It notes a belief that a British ship would approach and mistake the ruse for a genuine signal or danger.
A garbled note mentions Ella Wheeler Wilceid and a literary event in New York with unclear details. The damaged text lacks verifiable facts, dates, or concrete entities to form a reliable summary.
A fragment notes a low daily cost in India for men to maintain air circulation in houses. The text is incomplete but implies a public health or housing detail from a historical source.
An Australian reflectively recalls frontline trials and a grim view of German strength. He stresses the improbability of a swift peace, notes his concern for children, and argues Allied attacks are improving with minimal losses while German superiority wanes.
The piece profiles Felix Frankfurter Walter Lippmann and others who adopted German-sounding names yet joined Baker’s service for the war effort. It notes Frankfurter’s prior War Department ties, his Harvard law role, and Lippmann’s economic diplomacy work, plus their shift from lucrative posts to public service during wartime.
Agricultural Extension Services plans an extensive Summerfallow competition program in Manitoba. Over 400 progressive farmers have entered. Fields will be examined three times, with the third inspection triggering a large farmers gathering and mall event. Authorities aim to influence farming methods across the province.
The board of agriculture announces that potatoes will be limited to one day per week and urges a large rise in cultivated land. An 3,000,000 acre expansion is planned to ensure England’s self sufficiency next year with compulsory measures if farmers resist government directives.
A war analysis argues Antwerp and part of Belgium are crucial for Germany to secure victory and leverage in any settlement. It warns that German leadership hides aims of annexation to preserve morale and warns against trusting promises from the German government. It cites distrust of treaties and calls for solid security guarantees to avoid postwar dominance.
Two women locomotive engineers operate trains in France marking progress in the field. The development comes amid broader discussions of women’s rights and suffrage reflected in recent parliamentary debates.
In a parlor meeting, Bill Harvey and Dan Brodie lead a discussion with local banker and farmers about the town’s dry rot and losing fifty thousand dollars yearly by spending out of the district. Debored urges practical action, citing similar cures elsewhere and the need to keep dollars in Starcross to boost roads schools markets and farm values.
In a recorded community meeting, bankers and merchants urge cooperation with farmers to boost Starcross growth. They form a plan for a Commercial Club or Chamber of Commerce and Agriculture, aiming for balanced influence and women’s involvement, while wartime naval prospects temper expectations.
A carved cross bears the inscription For others he died as a record of Secree Edward Cates a Lieutenant of Rifles. In a buried trench he kicked loose a burning bomb with his foot to save comrades and sacrificed his life. His gallantry earned the Victoria Cross for memory to his kin.
In German town an impassioned address by Irish American poet Thomas A. Daly was interrupted by a heckler who taunted him to explain his views. Daly replied with a grim nod and a quip about re addressing his supposed wrongs. Petron Free Press.
The Rowmanian leaders aim to return to power with a promised sweeping reform program. They seek to place most cultivated land under agricultural class ownership and to fix constitutional stability for all officials. Ionescu notes Romania faces vast problems but vows broad democratic plans.
Japan's cotton goods increasingly outsell English and American products in the far east, signaling a shift in trade. War munitions and shipbuilding expand rapidly, drawing capital from the United States. Japanese bankers replenish reserves here to fund home growth where profits are higher. Japan rises among leading creditor nations as Jones aids the Allies. critics doubt gold shipments reach Germany via Japan.
A passenger claims a hundred dollars was left under a pillow and asks a Pullman porter if anyone observed the incident. The porter notes a seven o’clock observation for the tip, sal.
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