Liberation of Brussels and Allied entry hailed in royal pomp
Belgian capital celebrates freed status as Allied troops enter. Burgomaster proclaims liberation from occupiers with trumpets and flag ascent. Across the Prince Albert district two men die in a bush country pursuit of suspected bandits tied to a Montreal man Dr Gervais and two French Canadian draft evaders.
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Sustere
Old City
Grand Palace
de Ville
Prince Albert
Gervais
Montreal
Steep Creek
Mackay
Horsley
Adeo
Western natural resources remain under federal administration
The Western provinces will continue to have their natural resources administered by the Federal Government for the present. An Ottawa conference last week yielded more discussion than decisive action with Western objections to resource handover raised, yet overall harmony between Ottawa and the West was noted.
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Ottawa
General Rawlinson Pleads for Soldier Restraint on Rhine
In a general order to troops forming part of the Army of Occupation on the Rhine, General Rawlinson urges composure and restraint toward civilians and implores soldiers to refrain from harming women and children, emphasizing humane conduct over German aggression.
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Rawlinson
Rhine
Bryan urges prohibition at Columbus conference
William Jennings Bryan leads a prohibition conference in Columbus Ohio urging use of the peace talks to spread prohibition to other nations. In Berlin the Kaiser’s castle reveals stored delicacies as famine hits even wealthy residents. Manitoba merchants request lifting the liquor ban during influenza.
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William Jennings Bryan
Columbus
Ohio
Kaiser
Berlin
Manitoba
Rail lines in Siberia threaten winter suffering and reform
Report notes acute distribution failures as Siberia faces hunger and cold. Stevens commission urged reorganization with overseas experts ready to implement. Delays blamed on diplomacy. urgent action urged to save lives. Also notes labor unrest in Beattle and death sentence in Mooney case. Canadian lumber industry moves to employ ten thousand returned men. Laurier marks seventy seventh birthday amid well wishes. Ten thousand Canadian soldiers set to sail home on two big steamers, the Olympic and the Aequitans. Bank manager Cleared in Toronto rape trial. Jack Lett sentenced to ten years for Grand Trunk Express robbery. Depts eil and McAdoo resign from U.S. Treasury.
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Siberia
Stevens Commission
Warden of the Honor of the Sea
A tribute to Britain’s naval heritage and the Royal Navy’s role in securing victory. It lauds seafaring tradition, the Norse ancestry, and the decisive battlefield. The piece portrays the navy as guardian wardens of the sea and emphasizes unity of civilization, liberty, and maritime power.
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Britain
Scotland
Brussels Burgomaster Returns Home After Prisoner Years
Max the burgomaster of Brussels, long held prisoner in Germany, comes home to cheering crowds. U S envoy Brand Whitelock lauds him in a written account of these troubled times. Sugar prices rise by about thirty cents per hundred pounds amid wartime speculation.
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Max
Brussels
Germany
Brand Whitelock
United States
Belgium
Canada to press indemnity use at Peace Conference
A Canadian financial authority says Canada will ask the Peace Conference to allocate one billion dollars of Germanys indemnity to Canada. No compensation for Canadian war expenditures is sought. Canada offers to supply raw materials for France and Belgium reconstruction. Nelson mayor dies in influenza outbreak. Grand Fleet Admiral Beattie commends officers and men for loyalty, regrets enemy fate and loss of battleship orders.
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Canada
Germany
Dominion
France
Belgium
Sir David Beattie
Grand Pleet
Ordes
Bettie
Agricultural Purchases and Wheat Outlook in Canada
Canada’s British Ministry of Food reports over 90,000 dollars in meat and dairy bought from Canadian farms in the year ending Sept 30 1908 with all gains returning to farmers. Dairy purchases totaled 31 million dollars from May to September. fall wheat area for 1918 is down five percent at about 840 000 acres with varying regional conditions. Mortgage firms plan seed grain support in Saskatchewan districts where crops are light. tree planting advances noted in Qu'Appelle Valley.
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Canada
Ministry of Food
Canada Food Deal
Ontario
Alberta
J. C. Miller
Qu’Appelle
Lumaden
Saskatchewan
Britain Buys American Horses as North America Feeds War Demands
The report says Britain is purchasing horses in the United States and that a steady influx will trigger a North American buying rally as ships become available. Paris correspondent for P Burns and Company notes rising French demand for Canadian meats, while cadet cradles aim to salvage trade in Cavads. France reportedly needs many ploughs to harness war-torn lands.
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Great Britain
United States
North America
Mr. Pratt
Paris
Great Western
P. Burns and Company of
Calgary
Montreal
France
Canadians to return home after war says Statistics branch
The Statistical branch of the Soldiers' Civil Reestablishment Department reports over 100000 Canadian Expeditionary Force members intend to revert to land on return from the war. Western and Eastern Canada show differing provincial preferences with Alberta favored by many, Saskatchewan farmers push rye cultivation, and farm properties such as the Haugh Armour stock farm facing sale.
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Canadian Expeditionary Force
Soldiers’ Civil Reestablishment Department
Far Katchowan
Canada
Alberta
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Drug Store South Railway
Regina, Sask
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Thomas Mooney
Canadian Lumbermen's Association
Laurier
Wilfrid Laurier
Olympic
Aequitans
W. R. Travers
Toronto
Jack Lett
Canadian Express
Grand Trunk
Deets Eil
iMiam McAdoo
United States Treasury
United States of America
Europe
Rome
Cape Finnesterre
China
Leif Erickson
Caesar
Normandy
Danger
Regina
Lemberg
Galicia
Bustin
Deada
Nelson
B. C
Dairy Produce Commission
Liominion Bureau of Anatiativa
Cananda
IIT
Prairie Provinces
Haskatchewan
Parms Gelling
Meats
Trance
William Anderson
Long Lake
Regina Beach
Anderson
Haugh Armour of
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Port Arthur
Fort William
Western Canada
Railway Commission
Canadian Motor Sales Corporation Ltd
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