Secret of Lady Acrise in the Rathbone Case
Sir Penywern presses Lady Acrise for truth about Daphne and the Rathbone death. He seeks a hidden family secret that might explain the alleged scandal while Daphne grows more withdrawn and anxious. The story follows tense exchanges as suspicion deepens and confrontations loom.
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Lados
Daphee
Daphne
Acrise
Dugine
Acris
Traskly
Sir Penywern
Rathbone
Salter
Cane
Aerise
Siena
Boy Scouts Aid Frontline Morale and Recreation Efforts
A report to Sir Robert Powell highlights the Boy Scouts of Canada aiding soldiers by providing a popular canteen and entertainment at the front. The effort boosts morale, with funds reinvested for field use, and praised for supporting troops during rest hours. The message ends with a reflective aside on a paradox about debt and money.
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Tate Gehoe
Gerald H. Brown
Sy Saat
A. H. McGreer
Sana
Goutinely
S Poquiee Lesort
W! Ges
Robert En Powell
Canada
McGreer
Boy Scouts of Canada
Fole
Themen
Thumb print system tested by banks for depositor security
Bankers in Pittsburgh and Philadelphia adopt a thumb print method to verify deposits. About 1,200 Philadelphia depositors already have prints on file to authorize withdrawals by matching thumb whirl patterns. The system aims to prevent improper access, aiding those who cannot write and simplifying identity verification for elderly or changing handwriting clients.
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Pittsburg
Philadelphia
Actors Best Officers: Artists Made Strong Army Leaders
A British drill sergeant cited in the London Daily Mail says actors make the best army officers, noting their eye for command, self confidence, and ability to impress soldiers. He cites educated actors as reliable officers, while schoolmasters suit non commissioned roles and business people struggle with adaptability. A staff officer adds imagination and observation shape top leaders, with trench service showing keen observers among Fleet Street journalists, barristers, and engineers.
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London Daily Mail
Trench
Fleet Street
The Curse of Germany and the Kaiser’s Rule
A Philadelphia Inquirer excerpt denounces the Kaiser and Crown Prince and their militarist advisers as a brutal, conscienceless force. It warns that peace for civilization hinges on ending the Hohenzollern rule and speeding the day for a future world at rest.
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Germany
Philadelphia
Inquirer
Australian Sheep Dogs in National Competitive Era
Australian pastoralists rely on dogs to manage immense flocks as sheep dog trials become a national fixture. Towns host agricultural shows where trials attract crowds. training is described as miraculous amid vast grazing estates.
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Australia
Revised Geology Proficiency Requirements for Scouts
The Geological Survey of Canada officials led a revision of Scout geology tests. New rules demand general rock knowledge and identification of seven of twelve common rock types with uses. The update emphasizes earth crust formation and field collection activities.
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Mie
Esa A. Jahmston
BE. M. Rindle
Geological Survey of Canada
Canada Returns to Prosperity After War
A Montreal survey for Financial America notes Canada paid its war debts with five percent rates, lent by both domestic and U.S. investors, and saw banks and exports rise. It credits geography and ties to the United States for strong finances, predicts an easy return to normal conditions postwar.
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Canada
Io Peneset
Montreal
New York
Financial America
Dominion
United States
Great
France
Great Britain
Buffalo Courier
England Must Feed Herself Great War Slogan Spurs Agrarian Revival
England faces food security as war shifts focus to self sufficiency. Selborne calls for a national effort to restore home production, arguing farmers can serve the nation as soldiers do, and urges a return to land to reduce reliance on foreign imports.
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England
United Kingdom
British Isles
Rd Selborne
Wheat Week Dedication in Saskatchewan Grain Drive
The Saskatchewan Grain Growers' Association ships 80 000 bushels of elite Canadian wheat to the Empire. Forty cars bear banners marking contributions from farms and towns while a motion picture project documents harvesting milling and transport to port and markets.
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Savtetcheoeen
Borden
Ihe Gus
Saskatchewan Grain Growers’ Association
Regina
Canada
Sas
Association
Red Cross Report Highlights Canadian West Efforts
The Canadian West shows progress in Red Cross work despite centralization challenges. Alberta receipts totaled 93? including 7,000 endowment for hospices and 4,477 for motor ambulances. Shipments from Winnipeg reached 678 cases valued at 19,772 dollars in three months. Saskatchewan reports 37 new branches since January and a base hospital tally above 210,000 items.
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Red Cross
Alberta
Dojon
Toronto
Winnipeg
Saskatchewan
van Base Hospital
English Airman Tracks Swallow in Aerial Race
An officer of the Brith Fi Corps recounts chasing a swallow in an airplane for about a quarter hour. Both bird and plane dive and rise, the swallow keeping pace until a wire on the aircraft struck the bird, ending the contest. the pilot laments taking the bird's life for sport.
Remarkable Crare Vor: See Peer Left Mominto Mourning
The fragmentary text describes a dramatic scene with a witness called See Fraeceen and a referred wrecked person. It mentions a crowded ground and uneasy memories among a group described as American rebels. The language is garbled with probable names and places obscured.
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Sadlot
Geli
Menem
Unreadable Clip Yields Fragmentary Social Scene
Fragmentary OCR text shows garbled phrases and unclear names and places making it impossible to identify a coherent event or人物. The readable bits resemble a social communication or message but lack structure and specifics.
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Florence Warden
Lutz
Boy Scouts
Bankers
Boy Scout
Resourceful Canada
Prairie Provinces
Eee Stee
Crare
Lanieg
Pactic
Vagheen
Sulleem Cdanheers
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