Military strength of Germany shows signs of crumbling
The article argues German military power is weakening as Allied and German figures show declines in manpower wealth and sustained resistance. It discusses potential impacts on future battles, suggesting a breakdown of cooperation among German forces and a turning point if the Allies hold firm.
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Alnes
Teutonicale
Repian
Poorez
Ypres
Riga
Altbouugh
Italy
Erman
Jaestiny
Gert
Germany
Laon
Veres
New York Globe
American airmen in the British army gain notice
The article notes a prominent Canadian leading airmen in the British army and mentions about sixty American airmen serving there. It highlights that the names of Americans in British service have been restricted but suggests that this may ease soon. It praises Royal Flying Corps volunteers from the United States for their fine work.
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O Eneoy
Imth
Royal Fivine Corps
United States
Prizefighting tale from Baltimore American fragment
Fragmentary lines recount a conversation about a prizefight. A brother mentions a debtor being put to sleep, implying a violent scene or punishment connected to boxing. The text is unclear but centers on a rumored fight and its aftermath.
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Baltigtore
Irish Hero Defies Fire To Seize Blockhouse
Private Cooper of Glengarris Ireland earned a Distinguished Conduct Medal after planning and single handedly assaulting a blockhouse near a shell shattered wood. He coordinated eight men in two flanks, entered under heavy fire, ordered surrender, and was commended for his strategy. Ten attackers were killed or wounded as the rest surrendered.
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Cooper
Glengarris
Ireland
Conner
French Camouflage Artists Shape War Scenes On Front Lines
French camouflage painters and sculptors in Tepe and across France function as scene makers for warfare. They study from aircraft to measure effect, often dawn to replace trunks or walls in No Man's Land with rapid, bullet proof shelters for observers, risking danger in aloft reconnaissance and night missions.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Tepe
France
Micke
No Man's Land
Immigration Surge in Western Canada in 1916 Nine Months
Department of Immigration at Winnipeg reports immigration to Western Canada from the United States during the first nine months of 1916 rose to three and a half times the 1915 pace and more than double the first nine months of 1915. Most newcomers are experienced farmers or intend farming, with arrivals spread across the three prairie provinces.
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Copenhagen
Department of Immigration
Winnnnipeg
Canada
United States
Prairie
Lloyd George Sees Revolution in Germany Foretold
Harold Spender, biographer and friend of Lloyd George, previews a forthcoming life of the premier. He outlines Lloyd George’s wartime stance, including belief in a German revolution, matched force, and cautious goals. Spender notes the prime minister’s blend of firmness and olive branches, and his demand for American ideas and aid.
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Harold Spende R
General Botha
Lloyd George
Asquith
Spender
Germany
Coare
Gerald
England
Wilson
Britain
Tre
America
Ry Arthur
Draper
New York Tribune
Germany faces ruin from war born decline in birth rate
The article asserts a dramatic drop in Germany’s birth rate by over 400 percent from prewar levels and a sharply increased death rate due to war and famine. It warns that the population would shrink by about 1.59 million annually, risking long term economic collapse even if the war ends soon.
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Germany
Milk bottle losses cited by Winniper dealers
Milk dealers of Winniper declare that 400 400 milk bottles disappear each year. A woman telephoned a dairy claiming fifty or sixty empty bottles in her cellar and asked their value. She noted that when buying a quart of milk the bottle is thrown in. Bottles cost about six cents, and losses from breakage and sequestration are high, with the consumer paying.
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Winniper
Toronto News
War rates threaten small post offices in Lewisville
A Lewisville Courier-Journal snippet notes concern that three-cent postage could close many small post offices. Local merchants fear higher costs will drive customers away and strain rural communities reliant on mail service.
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Lewisville
Courier-Journal
Canada Tests Blind Soldiers Reeducation Vision
Canada reports only 31 blinded soldiers among 400000 sent overseas. Nine have returned ready for work learned at St Dunstan's in London. others in England in training. Halifax program under Sir Frederick Fraser to educate new cases includes Braille printing and raised-dot literature. St Dunstan's trainees are diversifying into stenography, insurance, gardening, shoemaking and more.
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Pote
Canada
St. Dunstan's School For the Blind
London
England
Halifax
Sir Frederick Fraser
Frederick
Ami
St. Dunstan's
Winifred Molt Im
St. Dunstan’s
Empire
Decimal system debate in the British House of Commons
Mr King questioned postwar decimal reforms for weights measures and coinage to aid trade and simplify industry. Dr Addison said the issue is being considered by the committee on commercial and industrial policy after the war. A unrelated quip about marriage ends the note.
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Commons
King
Addison
Committee On Commercial and
Shadow of a New World on the Horizon of Future
A New York Tribune excerpt argues the rising shadow of global conflict signals a clash between militarism and liberty. It contrasts German aggression with Allied aims, condemns pacifism, and stresses the need to build a new world on reason, not tyranny, noting the dawn of a harsher age and the necessity to resist militarism.
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Lincoln
America
Ronin Kolland
Maxim Gorky
Hinate
Ehelms
Dex
New [York Tribune
Wholesome Substitutes for Wheat Flour and Meat
Canadians urged to follow food controller advice and use barley for soup and thickening corn meal for bread oats and barley as cereal substitutes potatoes in many dishes bread can be omitted sometimes. Fish and beans offer meat alternatives with similar nutrition while reducing meat intake for non manual workers. The aim is cost savings to support soldiers, not to starve them.
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United States
Dominion
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