Erzerum Falls as Russians Take Key Turkish Fortress
Reports from Petrograd Paris and London say Erzerum, captured by Grand Duke Nicholas’s forces after five days of heavy fighting, yields 40 000 Turkish prisoners and 110 guns with Turks evacuating westward. Casualties run high. observers call Erzerum the key to Asia Minor and a major strategic blow to Turkey.
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Erzerum
Paris
Asia Minor
Turkey
Balkans
Major de Civrieux
Asia
Local Goods and Services Listing Highlights Prices
Tron Beds Springs and Mattresses offers price details while Slaughter lists price cuts on beds. M. M. Stephens rents houses, indicating a housing market component in local commerce.
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Tite's
London still to rule finance amid war outlook
Sir Edward Holden, MD of London City and Midland Bank, told the annual meeting that war would not shake London's status as financial center and may enhance it. He cited US flotation of the Anglo French loan and noted UK gold holdings and ongoing South African bullion support as foundations for a continued free gold market after the war.
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London
Edward Holden
Germany
Scandinavia
Holland
Bank of England
South Africa
Sir Edward
Karl Helfferich
Russia
Severe Winter Slows Lumber But Fifty Million Foot Cut Expected
A Cranbrook Forest District report notes heavy snow this winter for parts of the region, forcing many loggers to pause. Despite interruptions, prospects indicate a cut of fifty million feet with several ranchers and the Columbia River Lumber Company planning logging on Bugaboo Creek in spring. Forest Service horses also required special care due to deep snow.
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Cranbrook Forest District
Columbia River Lumber Company
Bugaboo Creek
Forest Service
Wild Horse Basin
Upper
Columbia Lakes
Georgetown Mill Is Again Cutting Lumber
The thaw saved fish buyers from box shortages as Georgetown sawmill operations resumed after a cold snap froze supply. Despite ample future stock, a large box trade threatened shortages until thaw returned. The fishing boat Malola, Captain Hurley, arrived with 16,000 pounds of hali but. The Oddfeldws Leap Year Ball, February 29, benefits the Patriotic Fund.
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Georgetown
Malola
Hurley
The
Patriotic Fund
Canadian Loss In Fight Has Been Comparatively Light
Ottawa reports say Canadian troops at Ypres repelled a German offensive, leaving German dead on the field and hailed as a great victory in arms. Casualties were small, with light losses described for No Man's Land.
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Ypres
No Man's Land
Canac 4R E
Records of Bore Holes Should Be Filed With Government
The Commission of Conservation urges filing records of all holes drilled through coal formations to protect future mining. If gas or oil wells are drilled and later abandoned, unrecorded casing can endanger coal operations. Alberta recently ordered mine plans by certified surveyors and to show gas or oil wells relative to nearby workings.
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Commission of Conservation
West
Alberta
Iso
Million Dollar Loss Through Storm In The British Isles
Wind storms across the British Isles caused about one million dollars in damage. Reports from Holland indicate ten fishing boats and eighty crew members missing, fourteen dead. Warships sought harbor while Wales snowed and Midlands roads flooded five feet. In France gales caused shipwrecks and disrupted Channel service.
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British Isles
London
Holland
Wales
Midlands
France
Paris
Parliament Buildings Partially Intact After Fire
Ottawa reports an architect's assessment placing the undamaged portions and exterior walls of the Parliament Buildings at 2 million dollars for rebuilding. The central section suffered the most, while the inner and outer walls remain largely intact. Fire sale notes urge inquiries to M. M. Stephens for fire rate details and Tite's Fire Sale continues through February.
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Ottawa
Parliament
Bulgaria Faces Heavy Losses and Shortages in War
A neutral diplomat reports Bulgarian losses at 150000 with the army reduced to 180000. Soldiers face short rations as wheat is seized by the Germans. Bulgarians fear Russian reprisals and blamed Ferdinand for siding with the Teutons. Ferdinand’s trip to Germany is linked to fears of rebellion.
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London
Bulgaria
Saloniki
Ferdinand
Germany
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Prince Rupert
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Mutual Life Assurance Company of Canada
McCaffery, Gibbons & Doyle, Ltd
Militia Department
Cana
Dians
Sir Baward
Reichsbank
Morteare
Mom
Stephens
Tite
Union House
Third Ave
Oddfellows
Patriotic
Westholme Opera House
Besse Myton T Jungle Drama
Ham and
Bud
Esmeralda Chiat
Hox
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