Prince Rupert Men Headed to Front and Local Farewell
A message from Prince Rupert residents bids farewell to friends as several men join their regiment for service. Major Bullock Webster, ill with typhoid, heads to England for duty while R Whitley S M Harrison and L Margetts are also named. The note also wishes success to Alex Prud’homme and the Agricultural Society.
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Prince Rupert
B. C
Whitley
S. M. Harrison
Margetts
Alex. Prudhomme
The
Agricultural Society
Bullock-Webster
L. Bullock-Webster
England
R. Whitley
L. Margetts
Bank of B. N. A
How Trade Has Been Affected By The Present War
Ottawa reports that revenue for the first three months of the fiscal year totals 56 million dollars while ordinary and capital expenditures total 27 million dollars. The government and banks have advanced 150 million dollars to Britain for war purposes since the start of the year, with orders in Canada to aggregate that amount.
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Ottawa
Britain
Canada
Preserving Strawberries Advice From City Market Leader
Frank Clapp, in charge of the City Market, urges housewives to preserve berries this week. Based on information from the wets along the GTP line, the big bulk of the berries will be offered this week with prices counting for savings at Tite's Sale.
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Frank Clapp
Germany On The Defensive In World War I News Analysis
A Berlin dispatch notes Germany is pressed on all fronts as western forces face the French and British Empire while eastern lines crack under Russian advance. It describes a shift of initiative to the Allies, with Verdun as a stubborn German hotspot and von Hindenburg’s slim frontier holding.
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Paris
Germany
France
Europe
Jean Herbette
Russia
New York
New York World
Berlin
British Empire
Italy
Lutsk Linsingen
Verdun
von Hindenburg
Leopold
von Linsingen
von Bothmer
Sockeye Salmon Incoming Ahead of Annual Inspection
Chief Inspector Cunningham of Fisheries visits northern canneries to review sockeye runs. He notes a late season yet improving numbers with Skeena River catching averages around seventy five per boat and spring salmon abundance signaling a strong forthcoming run. He travels with Mrs. Cunningham aboard his private boat.
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Cunningham
Dominion
Canada to face study on nationalizing railways
Ottawa reports President Smith of the New York Central Sir George Paish and Sir Harry L Drayton are named to probe Canadian railway conditions. They will study transcontinental system reorganization and advise on efficient operation if rails are nationalized. Russia will shift focus to the Balkans and Persia.
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George Paish
British Financial
Statist
Harry L. Drayton
Railway Commission
Belloc predicts final decisive stage of war
The piece notes German ground loss to British forces on the Western Front amid coordinated Allied offensives. It cites Hilaire Belloc arguing Allies gain momentum, with Russian and Italian fronts weakened the Central Powers. News from London, Paris and Steenstraete describes trenches, artillery, and prisoner captures.
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Hilaire Belloc
London
Longuegal
Trones Wood
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M. M. Stephens Notary Public
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America
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Fisheries
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Balkans
Persia
Far East
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David Lloyd George
Allied Equipment Conference
Steenstraete
Belloc
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Volhynia
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Trentino
Tween
Somme
la Basse
Harry Atkins
Vancouver Machinery Depot, Ltd
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