Suffragist Opposes Peace Plea Amid German War Threat
Mrst St. Clair Stobart argues that voting for peace while Europe faces German domination would mean enslaving mankind. She recalls suffragist efforts, the women convoy corps, and war hospital service to press for national defence and human freedom against annihilation by German militarism.
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Europe
America
Germany
Treitschke
Belgium
Asand
Brussels
Vand
Kirk' Kilisee
Bulgaria
Wott
Essnee
Ser- T
Hell
Bia
I. Army
Aigatons
Albania
Erat Goring
Sert
Belegium
Eest
Nero
Rome
House of Commons
Eace
St. Clair Stobart
New York Times
Statement by Conserving Henry Brancher on Western Canada livestock aims
In Winnipeg an interview quotes Henry Brancher returning from Britain about aiding Allied war effort in Argentina last year. He urges increasing livestock production, urging women to breed cattle sheep and swine, and stresses conserving food for troops while price and profit can wait. He notes Western Canada must tighten food use as French English and Italian crops fail due to bad weather, leading to shortages next spring.
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Henry Brancher
Argentina
Great Britain
Winnipeg
Canada
Western
France
Aly
Food conservation message for wartime effort impact
A wartime plea outlines Canada and the United States boosting wheat exports by conservation to aid the Allies. It argues fat production and farming output are critical, urging reduced personal food use and more home farming to sustain war needs and prevent shortages.
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Hoover
Canada
Atlantic Seaboard
United States
Grateful Prisoner Says Wounds Cared For in English Hospital
A translated British hospital letter from a wounded German prisoner praises kind care and generous meals in England. He expresses gratitude to doctors nurses and orderlies and urges peaceful conduct toward captured enemies. He notes tea is unpleasant coffee preferred and thanks God for the mercy shown.
France's Food Outlook Cited by Minister Long
Mr. Long, France's minister for general victualling, warns Canada of a grave food situation. He cites 1917 cereal crops of far lower yields than 1913, 1914, and 1915, with France needing vast increases in grain, cereals, and beetroot to feed a war-tarred nation. Women labor in fields, draft animals are scarce, and many plows are pulled by hand.
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Maurice’ Long
General Revictualling
France
Canada
Peter
Amer
Brave Northampton sergeant recalls dramatic river crossing battle
Sergeant Cope of the Northampton regiment tells in his own words how he warned of an imminent attack on the Belgian coast. He led multiple sorties, held off German troops, and escaped through a canal despite heavy fire and injuries, returning home after ten days of rest. He is the son of a Peterborough shoemaker and has been wounded five times.
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Northampton
Yeer
Belgist
London
Bochcz
Sergeant Cope
Peterborough
England
Currie Praises Canadian Soldiers In Interview
In a Excelsior interview Lieut Sir Arthur Currie commander of the Canadian army corps extols his troops as mixing French dash with Anglo Saxon bulldog grit. He recalls their morale and refusal to know defeat and says the 450 000 volunteers fight for justice and civilization. He predicts end of war only when no more Boches remain.
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Excelsior
Arthur Currie
Canadian Army Corps
Passchendaele
Lsidge
Currie
Trades Opened To Returned Men
The military hospital commission runs 39 vocations in Canada offered through its vocational training centres. Plans aim to expand to all industries as the program places men needing to learn new trades due to injuries. Canadian Manufacturers’ Association supports providing real industrial settings for training.
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Military Hospitaly Commission
Canada
Canadian Manufacturers’ Association
Birthplace of Flying Links to Stuttgart Raid
The piece credits Stuttgart as the cradle of aviation science noting Daimler and Otto engine work, French innovation, and Count Zeppelin’s airships. It asserts internal combustion and artificial flight depended on Stuttgart’s motor workshops and industrial progress.
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Stuttgart
Daimler
Daimler Motor
Betany
Uttgart
Zeppelin
Fragmentary Historic Note On Aged Voices In Translation
An OCR fragment captures brief references to an old man and a collapsed phrase about moaning and seeking care. The readable terms point to age and voice, with no clear event or location and limited context for full reporting.
Dominion wide drive to raise hog production in 1918
The Dominion launches a nationwide campaign with the food controller and provincial agriculture departments aiming for a 50 percent rise in hog output in 1918. Ottawa reports united efforts across Eastern and Western provinces, with officials including Mr Hanna and Hon. T Crerap outlining measures to regulate packing, price support, and distribution while securing US and British aid for meat supplies.
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Dominion
Federal Department of Agriculture
Departments of Agriculture
Canada
Ottawa
Canadian Food Bulletin
Western Departments of Agriculture
Federal Department
Hanna
Hoover
United States
Ministry of Food
Owen Smith
The
Hays
Lord Rhondda
Hon
T Crerap
Diceaes
Gil
Arkell
Sir Caret
W. É. Hansa
Scrubbing by Electricity Introduces a Self Contained Scrubbing Machine
A 100 pound electric scrubbing machine operates from any standard socket and scrubs wets sweeps and dries floors in one pass. It uses a 16 inch wide cylindrical brush driven by a one horsepower motor at high RPM and recovers dirty water into a separate pan. Capacity about 7000 square feet per hour. Not yet available for large kitchen use.
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Farn
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Avis
Soldiers Wives’ Club
M.K.C. Perfecta
Copenhagen
Provincial Departments of Agriculture
Union of
Live Stock Breeders’ Associations
British Columbia
Alberta
Saskatchewan
Manitoba
Regina
J. D. McGregor
Livestock Commission
Food Controller's Office
Western Canada
Ranka! of Labor
Saving” Devices
Boston
Transcript
Copenhagen Chewing Tobacco
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