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Newspaper
Oxbow Herald
Location
Oxbow, Saskatchewan, Canada
Date
Nov 08, 1917
Page
2
A fragmentary tale follows Katharine Tynan style dialogue between a squire and Kate Elliott as he recalls past and contemplates marriage while a tense night unfolds. The scene shifts to a dark outdoor setting with a mysterious movement and a character named Michel Quenelle, amid suspicion and fear.
Tense days pass with Cooper wandering at dusk and rarely at midday. His drinking shows in pallor, nervous speech, morose irritability, bloodshot hands, and wary glances from women as Kate watches the scene.
Dolly uncovers a crushed wedding ring and Kate Jett contemplates poison as fear and secrets swirl around a Squire benefactor. Dolly hides, prowling a locked dressing room with rusty keys as tension builds toward a dramatic reveal.
Edison claims a torpedo deflecting device saved a large American steamer in an Atlantic test. The mechanism, designed by Thomas Edison, supposedly worked on torpedo boats and several liners, with a dramatic near miss noted by passengers and officers aboard the ship.
Bertie, the Bermondsey kid, had served only a few months in the army when he earned a promotion to sergeant. His brief service and rapid rise reflect early wartime honors amid the war's strain on families and communities.
A damaged line mentions children and a war game with unclear details. The text is fragmentary and lacks identifiable people, organizations, or concrete events to confirm a full summary.
A wartime appeal stresses personal responsibility in reducing waste. It advocates eating more fish, avoiding overstock, and using substitutes for bacon and beef to cut costs and boost food security across Europe and Canada. The housekeeper is cited as key to victory.
A fragment discusses propaganda justifying invasions and killings as a moral duty, arguing Germany has the right to act while others will resist. The tone cites diplomatic aims and suspicions about "stupid" governments submitting to these views. The New York Tribune is referenced.
A Quebec platoon of nine scouts under a lieutenant displayed steadiness in outpost warfare. They repelled a patrol and caused three enemy captives while one of their group was wounded and another captured after heavy fire from German positions near Lens. The unit sent an aerial message asking when peace would come.
The Pearl Harbor naval wireless station in Hawaii reopened and achieved a new world record for long distance transmission roughly 5 000 miles in about thirty three minutes. It forms part of a global chain to keep American ships constantly in touch with the navy department in Washington.
A quoted line from the Detroit Free Press shows a man saying "I'm leading a dog's life" and a woman responding with "Yes I know" about relying on others for meals.
A chaotic assault in a northern college town left several staff dead by an axe attack. A group of students reportedly asked to sing before death, and a witness recalled the line Nearer My God to Thee as they fell. The incident followed a pretext of searching for mbs and involved local officers escorting investigators.
Incomplete OCR text shows a damaged local notice with scattered terms and unclear details, offering few readable entities. The fragment hints at a municipal action or listing but lacks dates names or places to confirm scope.
A report notes two French chemists Fore Lebreil and Raoul ie proposing to convert silk from milk into usable textile and ornament items. The process involves skimming fat, warming to form curds, and controlled treatment to yield a silklike material usable for buttons combs umbrella handles and bric a brac. The idea is presented in a periodical as a curious science development with practical fashion potential.
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