Back Blake Plots and Parminier Negotiates a Payoff
In Chapter XXII, Blake moves to trigger Susan Parminier by sending a note arranging a meeting. Parminier, a cunning opportunist, agrees to ally with Hilda’s scheme for profit. Wilbda observes as Parminier agrees to a money-based collaboration to advance the plan.
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Dark Deal Over A Despatch Box
Hilda and Parminter scheme to gain control of a despatch box through a cash arrangement with Jarvis leaving the scene. Hilda contemplates dirty means to avoid naming herself while Parminter promises safe handling and compromise with Jarvis for quiet possession.
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Not Feeling the Pinch War Debt Commentary
A Monetary Times excerpt argues that trade, imports, and war loans sustain the economy despite wartime strains. It notes donations to the Red Cross and other funds and frames debt as an investment, claiming the nation is not feeling the pinch compared with overseas burdens.
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Global Wheat Shortage Report Cites Limited France Scotland Ireland
The International Institute of Agriculture states wheat shortages persist in France Scotland Ireland Switzerland and the United States with minimal impact expected in 1915. In contrast the corn crop remains seventeen percent above the five year average ending in 1915.
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France
Scotland
Ireland
Switzern
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Handia
Unclear Scribbled Quote Prompts Reader Confusion
Fragmentary text from Boston Globe sources shows garbled lines about Edith dancing and references to men who would sign dance proofs. The snippet hints at social or literary chatter but lacks coherent narrative, names, places, or dates to identify a concrete event.
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Edith
Sacrifice the Sweet Tooth in War Times
A wartime appeal urges Canadians to give up sugar to support France and allied armies. It argues households must reduce personal luxuries, ration sugar to 100000 units, and redirect resources to sustain soldiers during ongoing conflict.
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Canada
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Untitled Narrative on Horse Handling and Feeding
A fragmented account describes a woman and a dog driving a horse in Kildonanne. It mentions starting methods, commands like whoa and sick em, speeds, and the taste of horse meat as a feed option, ending with wandering references to wolves and city travel.
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Atrocities Reported From Invasion of Belgium 1914
Vernon Kellogg describes German invasion effects in Belgium including homes ruined farms destroyed and families torn apart. He recalls vast casualties and cemeteries with many graves while noting both truthful and exaggerated stories from Dinant Wise Tamines and others.
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AES waste waste of time to tell a man he is a liar
A terse remark notes that accusing a man of lying is pointless when he already knows the truth. The line reflects a blunt, sardonic view on honesty and confrontation.
Beersheba in Bible Narrative and Historic Covenant
Fragment discusses Beersheba in Genesis and its naming after wells, linking Abimelech and Abraham, then Isaac, and mentions Beersheba's biblical significance and possible modern wartime echo with British artillery. It notes debates over origin, covenants, and divine manifestations cited in Genesis and Amos.
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Pall Mall in War Time Reflects Quiet Streets
The Westminster Gazette notes Pall Mall feels subdued in wartime with scarce private cars and carriages, few pedestrians aside from soldiers, and a group of colonial hospital uniformed figures strolling quietly. A tall officer on crutches contrasts with the old bustling Pall Mall.
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Hyde Park Corner
Westminster Gazette
Judge criticizes alimony ruling over extravagance
A New York judge comments on alimony cutting a woman's award citing extravagance as a factor. He argues that if she is extravagant she would need more, prompting speculation about women's voting for judges.
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New York
The Lesson of Italy in War Outlook
The Ottawa Journal Press quotes Lord Northcliffe’s remark that a Prussian victory would imply victory for the war. The piece argues the only hope to break German strength lies in sustained Allied force and destroying German fighting reserves to secure democracy worldwide.
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Ottawa Journal Press
German Treachery on Gravenstafel Cited by Providence Journal
The Providence Journal accuses German forces of abusing a white flag subterfuge to advance along a mile front near Gravenstafel, gaining a trench in the fifth of a mile before losing it to moral judgment and calling on Germany to cleanse its stained reputation.
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Germany
Providence Journal
Indians and the Franchise Debate in The Toronto Daily News
A correspondent argues Indians in Canada should not receive the franchise until they are educated to speak read and write the local language and to pass a universal educational test. The piece compares conditions for Indigenous voters to those for immigrants born abroad, urging equal standards for all.
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Toronto Daily News
Canada
Victoria Cross awards and wartime honors noted in Express
The London Express notes that more than a thousand Victoria Crosses have been awarded since its inception over sixty years ago with 522 before the present war. It states seven medals were issued in the last three years. A separate chatty aside mentions a dance with Miss Bute and a sharp remark about disagreeable things ending quickly.
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