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Newspaper
Rosetown Eagle
Location
Rosetown, Saskatchewan, Canada
Date
Sep 28, 1916
Page
6
Sir Penywern presses Lady Acrise for clues about Rathbone’s death as Daphne hides the truth. Lady Acrise, shocked by the discovery of a gun wound, struggles to confess while the mansion buzzes with tense conversation and mounting suspicion.
A Canadian Boy Scouts of Canada tent at the front provides recreation and morale for soldiers. Capt A H McGreer notes tents offer letters magazines and a dry canteen, with profits spent on the men. The camp is praised for its expanding entertainment work and morale-boosting support to troops.
American bankers adopt thumb print records to verify deposits and prevent fraud. Philadelphia banks already register about 1,200 depositors thumbs for quick verification and to curb withdrawals by misidentified holders. The system aids those who cannot write and protects elderly or nonliterate customers.
A British drill sergeant cited in the London Daily Mail argues actors make the best army officers due to command presence and personality. He favors educated actors for leadership, alongside schoolmasters and journalists as strong contributors to military roles.
A biased condemnation targets the German state under the Hohenzollern rule. It accuses the Kaiser, Crown Prince, and their advisers of militarism and deception, claiming only their removal could bring Germany and the world to peace.
The piece notes that in Australia sheep dog trials are a national pastime tied to vast grazing estates. It highlights the vital role of dogs for pastoral life and the popularity of agricultural shows featuring these trials. It also hints at humorous interjections from readers about church pews.
The Boy Scout geology merit badge requirements have been revised to suit Canadian conditions. Work was prepared by K A A Johnston and E M Kindle for the Geological Survey of Canada with changes reflecting local context.
The Budialo Courier extols Canada's wartime efficiency noting reduced agricultural labor strain due to army mobilization, reliance on U S states, and government bond funding of 222 million dollars. It argues Canada will return to normal after the war with less disruption than other belligerents.
A fragmentary early 20th century note argues for self sufficiency in food for England, noting limited meat production at home and referencing a past slogan England herself as a rallying point for national agriculture.
The Saskatchewan Grain Growers Association raises soldiers’ support by pledging an acre each. A patriotic fund guides 80 000 bushels of No 1 northern wheat to mill into four to aid famine relief. Forty train cars carry 3 200 000 pounds of flour donated to the Empire. A film plans to document the production and transport process.
A citizens committee in Quebec City plans a monument to Lewis Hebert, the first farmer editor in Canada, who arrived in 1677 from Paris with his family and cleared land that would become part of downtown Quebec. The project commemorates Hebert and the colony’s early agricultural efforts.
The report highlights Red Cross work across Alberta Manitoba and Saskatchewan with substantial receipts and expenditures. It notes cadet hospital beds medical supplies motor ambulances and convalescent care funding plus thousands of clothing items and socks. Saskatchewan and Manitoba branches show growing networks and large shipment totals.
An airman recounts a one hour chase chasing a swallow in flight beside his aeroplane. He says both bird and craft climbed and dived at full speed until a propeller wire struck the bird, ending the pursuit and leaving him regretful for killing the bird for sport.
The 23 ton yacht Mana arrived safely in an English port after a 100000 mile voyage. Mr and Mrs Routledge led a party of eleven aboard. They left England more than two years ago to pursue a South Pacific tide mission to Easter Island and San Francisco was the last leg five months ago. They describe encounters with whales, a grave marked Annie Larsen, and a drift into the Gulf of Panama where elephantiasis was rampant. The Panama Canal closed to traffic but the Mana, as expedition vessel, was permitted to pass.
An American passenger with a pro German passport was robbed of 10000 dollars in gold during a voyage from New York to Kirk, while condemning British actions and echoing anti-British sentiment. The piece attacks English authority and calls for a tighter blockade to curb sedition.
An odd trial scene features a detective clarifying a weapon's likeness while a wedding orchestra plan unfolds. Dialogue includes a mother noting music for Thais at Harold's wedding and a father's comment on timing for meditation.
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