Message to Canadians on Patriotic Fund Campaign
The Duke of Connaught announces the Canadian Patriotic Fund to aid families of soldiers. A local Ottawa branch forms in Pas, with Capt. F H French and others on committee. A patriotic concert at Lyric Theatre is planned with free admission and a silver collection.
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Dominion
Canadian Patriotic Fund
Great Britain
Ottawa
H. B. Ames
M.P
Canada
Empire
Pas Herald
Canadian Patriotic Fund Association
F. H. French
R.N.W.M.P
H.H. Elliott
John Routledge
H. B
W. H. Bunting
Simonds
Northland Transportation Co
Gillies
Messrs. Allen & Moore
Lyric Theatre
Theatre Seeks Flags for Ushers Decoration
The note asks for flags and similar items loaned by readers to help decorate the theatre for an event. Messrs Allen and Moore request assistance from those who can lend such materials.
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Messrs
Allen & Moore
Nurses Reported to Have Hands Cut Off at Front
Montreal reports Rev George Hanson announcing unimpeachable authority that twelve British nurses returned from the front with both hands cut off. Winnipeg notes Sept 12 letter from England cites army service corps injuries and a man in Netley hospital with hands cut off by Germans. expresses horror at the war’s brutal wounds.
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Montreal
George Hanson
Winnipeg
England
Army Service Corps
Netley
German Warship Wrecked Off North Sea Confirmed
Danish papers confirm a German warship was wrecked in the North Sea with many bodies found south of Kejberg. All victims wore the German navy uniform.
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Copenhagen
North Sea
Kejberg
Death of Sir James Whitney Ontario Premier
Sir James P. Whitney premier of Ontario since 1905 died suddenly at noon today from a cerebral hemorrhage. Born in Williamsburg Ontario 74 years ago he leaves a widow and two children. Remains moved to Morrsburg for interment on Wednesday.
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Toronto
James P. Whitney
Province of
Ontario
James
Williamsburg
Morresburg
Prince Adelbert Believed Killed by German Bullet
A Belgian doctor, recently from Brussels, reports Prince Adelbert, Kaiser's third son, died in a Ghent hospital. An autopsy by Dr Le Page and two German doctors is said to have found the prince killed by a German bullet, with other officers also wounded by German bullets.
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Ghent
Brussels
Prince Adelbert
Kaiser
le Page
Albert
The Quitter
A wartime moral poem urging resilience over surrender. It contrasts easy self-destruction with the harder choice to fight on, praising grit, persistence, and the will to continue despite hunger, fear, and defeat. The speaker exhorts Buck up and keep living rather than quit.
German retreat and surrender offers reported in Paris dispatch
Special despatches describe the German right wing in France as in retreat with Von Kluck offering surrender terms to Joffre if allowed to return to Germany. Reports say French and British pressure began Sept. 26 driving a collapse of German defenses and heavy losses for Von Kluck and Von Boehn.
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Paris
France
von Klueck
Joffre
Germany
von Kluck
Combles
Bapaume
Belgium
Mittal
von Buelow
Somme
Tracy-le-Mont
Noyon
London
von Boehn
Forest Aigle
Aisne
Oise
German Retreat Begun Across Meuse Bridges Near Namur
Ghent dispatch reports heavy pontoon bridges built across the Meuse from Dinant to Namur to aid retirement. Rotterdam notes preparations for the Teuton right wing retreat as forces move from northern France toward Tournai and Mons to cover the main army.
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London
Ghent
Meuse
Dinant
Namur
Rotterdam
France
Tournai
Mons
Royal Command to Army Focuses on Single Purpose
The Times reports a text from a trustworthy source of an August 19 order by Emperor William directing his army to concentrate their energies on one single purpose for the immediate present.
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London
the Times
William
British and Australian Navies Capture German Vessels
The British Admiralty reports the cruiser Cumberland has captured ten German merchant ships off the Cameroons in West Africa. The Australian navy department says two German vessels were taken with officials unaware that war had begun.
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Cumberland
Cameroons
West Africa
Australian Navy Department
Battle Tales From the Front Across Charleroi and Mons
Excerpts recount brutal trench fighting at Charleroi with French Turcos and German troops. British lines hold under artillery with Hussars advancing, and a Royal Munster Fusilier mourns a tattoo lost to shrapnel. A Bristol bombardier describes long bombardment, surrender, and a night of wandering with wounded and starving comrades.
Letter from Our Boys in Camp at Valcartier 1914
Eric W Bonn writes from Valcartier with news of The Pas troops. He notes skirmishes, reviews before Duke of Connaught and Sam Hughes, pending uniforms, and possible move to Aldershot. He mentions fellow soldiers Bailey Lawrie Cunningham and hopes to reunite with The Pas settlers someday.
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Valcartier
Dr. Extorr
Pas
Cunningham
Piper
Winnipeg
Mr. Lawless
Fiddler
C. A. Bailey
W. R. McLintock
Mr. Lawrie
Bailey
Myself
Duke of Connaught
Sam Hughes
Aldershot
Portland
Ontario
Frazer
Anderson
Land Agency
Bagshaw
H. Gerrard
Poulton Square
Morecambe
Lancashire
Eng
Eric W
Bonn
Bavarian Crown Prince Rupprecht Reported Captured
Reports say Crown Prince Rupprecht of Bavaria was captured by French forces and is a prisoner at Nomey on September 30. Soldiers reportedly seized him during maneuvers near Paris.
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Paris
Rupprecht
Bavaria
Land
Nomey
Fall of Tsing Tao Imminent Says Japanese Report
Japanese official report states the fall of Tsing Tao is imminent due to steady land and sea bombardment during September 80. The advance pressures the port as forces close in on Pekin.
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Pekin
Tsing Tao
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Dominion Press
Press of Canada
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Armstrong Trading Co
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Ush
Ers
Sir James Whitney
Rest. W. Service
Hoyle
Charleroi
Daily Mail
Hell
Hussars
The
Times
G. Renwick
Daily Chronicle
Sussex Daily News
Royal Munster Fusiliers
Sheerness
Bristol Times and Mirror
Li Cateau
G. Moody
Bristol Royal Infirmary
Croyden Road
Beckenham
Amiens
Fort Garry Horse
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