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Newspaper
Rivers Gazette
Location
Rivers, Manitoba, Canada
Date
Jan 03, 1918
Page
6
In a frozen dawn escape, Kate and Cooper depart in a hooded cart toward Belgium. A gunfire outbreak and a fire destroy a farm as the husband dies by his own hand, leaving Kate to face sorrow and guilt amid the blaze and crowds.
In this chapter fragment, Hilary Strangways faces dispossession and social shift after a marriage and birth. The London Wife charms the protagonist, while shifts in estate power occur as Sir Gilbert South lies dead and Maxigolds changes hands through inheritance and will.
Hilary cares for a sick mother while Margaret tends her, with Langton urging patience. The trio shares quiet pain as youth contends with aging illness, duty, and unspoken love, hinting that Hilary’s turn to hope may come in time.
Tim Heaty heads a national drive with hotel coordinators reporting eager adoption of Food Administration rules. Be mindful of wheatless and meatless days, buckwheat griddle cakes, and rye molasses breads as diners pledge cooperation. Boston restaurants urge patrons to reduce sugar use citing French rationing and urging home practice.
A historical critique argues the failure of the German submarine campaign would outweigh Italy’s disasters, noting German setbacks threaten strategic warfare aims and could undermine Germany’s overall war posture this year. It emphasizes the submarine pullback as a pivotal test against a major foe.
Dr F W Hodge of the bureau of American Ethnology returns from three months in New Mexico reporting relics of an Indian civilization about a thousand years old. Artifacts include glass beads pendants and turquoise inlaid combs unearthed near Hawikoh ten miles from Zuni and near the Arizona line. Burial grounds reveal dismemberment and separate skulls and limbs at the lowest levels and cremation in bowls with grave goods at an earlier period.
Boston Transcript quotes optimism about airplanes becoming as common as automobiles. Dialogue suggests living to see widespread flight if risks are shared by others through experimentation.
In a nostalgic reminiscence the author links past and present wars, noting sweethearts long separated by conflict and the enduring allure of soldiers. The piece argues love, family, and bravery drive men to duty and that women cherish the strong, loyal fighter who returns or is honored in memory.
An exchange in the Rehoboth Herald quotes Grace hiding a fiancé behind a joke. An old friend chides her for a last minute wedding confirmation while Grace credits Jack as the personal conductor and herself as the small select party.
The piece denounces Kaiser Wilhelm II as a madman of Potsdam clinging to the idea that might makes right. It notes his use of Norse epithets for Hindenburg and Ludendorff and condemns his belief that the sword will restore Germany’s respect as the world reacts with fear and pressure.
An order in council restricts homestead entries in Western Canada to applicants who were British subjects at the war’s start and remained such or allied/neutral nationals. The rule exempts naturalized aliens who joined the Canadian Expeditionary Forces or were honorably discharged from the Canadian army.
A Louisville Courier-Journal humor item jokily notes oysters may secrete pearls under the ocean bed. The quip plays on scientific phrasing and a playful dialogue about natural wonders.
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