Rainy summer folds into a town drama
Amid storms and retreating visitors, Kitty and Hilary drift through strained family ties and budding confidences. Loyd helps manage chores while Mrs Lloyd and Mrs Liesmith bend under age gaps and anxious expectations. The group awaits Modemns for its theatre as tension rises.
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Syebiiwe
Loyd
Engnd
Lloyd
Sinihe
Saat
Netty
Kit
Meyrick
Langton
Kitty
China
Neigor
Hilary
Sakety
Owen Sense
Bern
Tense Morning News Sparks Plans For Return Home
Hilary reads an obituary in a Times front page and learns Sir Gilbert South, Bart, has died. He urges a quick departure with Mr Langton, while the Squire clings to the hope of news and to Calais or Boulogne as a dreary final stay ends.
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Ulasi
Hotel de 12 Marine
Lonch
Lloyd
Tmes
Times
Fortaighs
Ald
Colinn
Saxford
Gilbert South
Bart
Hilary
Mr. Langston
Dufour
Mr. Langton
Tad
Squire
Hhis
Beran
Madame
He Splendide
Paris
Enghad
Calais
Boulogne
Lloyds
England
Hess
Fiimse
Hotel de la Marine
Mrs. Lloyd
Kitty
Madame Dufour
Monsieur
Simpatical
Gonne
Rilly
Adame
Dolly
Invasion Horrors and Belgian Suffering 1914
Fragmentary survivor account from World War I describing German invasion of Belgium and its brutal consequences. Observations include destroyed homes farms churches and cemeteries with many noncombatant fatalities and displaced families.
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Belgium
Beersheba Place Explored In Bible History And Geography
A long extract examines Beersheba from Dan to Beersheba as a proverb and a southern Palestine locale twenty eight miles from Gaza. It traces the site’s ancient wells and mentions biblical verses in Genesis and Judges, noting Ottoman vandalism and British actions and exploring the word meaning seven wells and the city’s name origin.
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Beersheba
Eader
Dan
Rheims Wantants
Bir-es-Seba
Beer-sheba
Israel
Halifax
Vancouver
Abimelech
Abraham
Hisaac
Isaac
Jit -Shebah
Shiba
Hagar
Jacob
Amod v
Elijah
Musselman
Pall Mall In War Echoes Of Quiet Centred Life
A wartime Pall Mall stroll reveals a subdued city with few private cars or carriages and mostly soldiers in uniform. A patient colonial hospital group, crutches, and a sense of changed bustle replace the prewar and recruitment days, reflecting wartime austerity.
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Pall Mall
Circus
Hyde Park Corners
Westminster Gazette
The Lesson of Italy and the German Threat
The Ottawa Journal-Press cites Lord Northcliffe on the Italian defeat underlining that German strength remains formidable. It argues only sustained, intensified Allied ground effort can break Prussian military power and secure democracy, referencing long war-time concerns.
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Lord Northcliffe
Northcliffe
Corman Suce
Joffre
Paris
von Kluck
Aisne
Germany
Prussia
Ottawa Journal-Press
Germans Accused of Flag Deception On Gravenstafel Ridge
Providence Journal reports German forces allegedly advanced under a white flag to vault a two mile front near Gravenstafel ridge and gain ground a fifth of a mile deep, but could not hold it amid widespread accusations of treachery and dishonor.
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Gravenstafe
Germany
Providence Journal
Indians and Franchise Language Test Debate
A Toronto Daily News correspondent argues Indians in Canada should not gain franchise rights until they can converse and read English, a view Chief Whetang of the Chemote tribe counters. He says Indians are aboriginal residents and deserve recognition, while immigrants receive voting rights without language tests. The Neverborough Review supports applying equal educational criteria to all.
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Toronto Daily News
Indiana
Canada
Whetang
Peverborough Review
Victoria Crossee Awarded Since the Victoria Cross
The piece notes Victoria Cross awards since its creation 60 years ago and cites totals: over 1,000 awarded, with 522 before the current war and 317 in the last three years. It includes a side remark about Miss Bute granting the first dance and a joke about facing disagreeable things early.
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Crimea
London Express
Charly
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Gillette Safety Razor CO. OF Canada, Limited
Mactreal
Eversberg
Canada Starch, Co. Limited
Montreal
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