Forestry Battalion 288th Offered to Canadian Youths For Empire Service
A long recruitment plea promotes the 288th Forestry Battalion under Lieut. Col. W. R. Smyth for Algoma and wider Ontario, inviting bushmen farmers drivers and lumbermen to join a non combatant unit. Enlistees support Allied timber needs in Windsor and possibly southern France, with September or October deployment expected.
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Forestry Battalion
288Th
W. R. Smith
Algoma
Ontario
Pacific Coast
Ottawa
Col. Smyth
England
224Th Forestry
Windsor
Great Britain
France
238Th Forestry Battalion
288Th Foresters
Windsor Forest
Belgium
Tites Sweeping July Sale Features 97-Piece Dinner Sets
Tites announces a sweeping July sale featuring 97-piece dinner sets glassware and chamber sets with reduced prices. Customers can save on complete dining collections and matching glassware as part of the event.
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Tite
Trades and Labor Council backs Saturday half holiday move
The Prince Rupert Trades and Labor Council met at Carpenters Hall with President Macdonald presiding. Officials were installed, clerks and fish packers unions reported growing memberships, and the council backed adopting Saturday afternoon as the half holiday with union co operation sought.
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Trades and Labor Council
Carpenters’ Hall
Macdonald
Merchants’ Association
Prince Rupert
Valuation to be placed on all railways in Dominion
Ottawa July 25 A communication from the British Columbia Federation of Labor asks for the first risk before investment by railways in Dominion valuation. The article notes J H McVery as a commissioner under the Workmen's Compensation Act. Continued on page four.
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W. E. Thompson
Prince Rupert
A. F. of L
Ottawa
Dominion
B. C. Federation of Labor
Austria Fears Russian Move Across Eastern Front
London reports Austria panic as Russian advances threaten the eastern front. The frontier crowds the royal palace demanding a response while reserves are called up, and 400000 men are estimated to be available. Conditions in Hungary grow critical with troops rushed to aid the defense.
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London
Austria
Hungary
Lloyd George Optimistic About War Prospects
London July 25 Hon. David Lloyd George then Minister of War expresses strong optimism for the war. He believes British resourcefulness will secure victory within a few months.
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London
David Lloyd George
German Torpedo Boats Beat Retreat Off Schonwen Bank
London reports British ships engaged six German torpedo destroyers off Schonwen Bank compelling them to retreat to the Belgian coast in a damaged condition.
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London
Schonwen Bank
Happy Party Of Young Ladies Invaded The City Last Night
A party of about forty young ladies arrived by the G T P from the east and plan to travel to Alaska then Seattle before returning east. Led by Frank Secord of Montreal with chaperone Mrs Ingraham, they praised the westward service and enjoyed a formal Alaskan train welcome and dancing with the Majestic Orchestra aboard the train.
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Boston
St. Johns
N. B
Alberta
Frank Secord
Montreal
Alaska
Seattle
Ingraham
Moxley
Ward
Frappier
Len Bell
God Save the King
Prince Rupert
Germans perturbed by non arrival of the Bremen
Norfolk Virginia reports Germans bitterly disappointed by the Bremen not arriving in the United States. The second big commercial submarine from the Elbe may have met disaster. The Deutschland departure has been delayed indefinitely.
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Norfolk
Bremen
Elbe
United States
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Geo. A. Sweet
C. C. Loop
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Ieee
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Czar
Central Empire
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Merryfield
Insurance
M. M. Stephens Notary Public
Ning
Sears McHenry
Denison Iowa
Abbie Anna McHenry
Denison
Iowa
Mary Sears McHenry
Isabelle 1
Pearl
Mount Sasketchewan
Mary Pask
Walhalla
N. C
Margaret McHenry
Jows
Avoh
C. Abraham
Monreal Herald
More Young
Oshkost
Wis
Marrion Ef
Allen
Grand Rapids
Mich
C.F. Trikhan
Milwaukee
Mra
G. P. Tr Lian
Milwaukee Wis
Thelma &, Trinklan
Milwau
Kee
Anna Herbener
Mayville
Frankie E. Dittmar
Esther Toot
Genevieve Nolan
Ioma
Jennie L. Densmore
Bellane
Mdh
Edna Ennings
Ewart
Adie Haugh Amedin
N. D
Matilda Ouverson
Candy
Minn
Gladys Joy
M. B. Bellamy
Boss
Mary E. Lund
Nashwa
Ithel Blood
Bogs
Masston
Mary Upton
Verna B. Hounsell
Alexandria
Loretta C. Denk
Detroit
Mick
Harry Atkins
Third Avenue
Spurrs Market
Westholme
Opera House
Britain
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