Pulpit Escape and a Secret Courtship at Church Social
Miss Marshall and Matt slip into the church pulpit amid beadwork hawkers and gossip. Matt improvises a recitation to calm the crowd, they share confessions about love, fear, and a half in search of the other half, and christened names deepen their budding bond before a hurried exit.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Matt
Drea Fual
Miss Marshall
Christine
Chris
Cass
Matthew
Christine Marshall
Marshall
Tea appointment with Broughton teased for tomorrow
In tense social dialog a character invites Broughton to tea, Matt responds with reluctant politeness as the general, trapped in a burning building mood, presses toward farewell in a scene that echoes isolation.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Broughton
Matt
Goodnight
A Man Faces Truths About Money and Fate
He awakes a changed man facing stark facts about his poverty and future. With less than 4500 dollars and no profession, he vows to leave for Kentucky while arguing the affair was a passing flirtation. He reassures Daggancourt and hopes the San Francisco money will arrive. the scene ends with a promise to continue.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Kentucky
Daggancourt
Victor
San Francisco
Prolongation of the War Warns of Continued German Strength
The Eye Witness with the British army warns Germany is not beaten, remains well organized with resources and confidence. It notes the war may widen, neutral countries may shift sides, and global food shortages will rise. Canada is urged to boost production and soil prep, seed selection, and livestock breeding, via Patriotism and Production campaign materials from Ottawa.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Germany
Canada
Britain
Department of Agriculture
Ottawa
Scraps of Paper and War Time Contract Rights Debate
A editorial argues against sweeping moratoriums on loan contracts and insurance payments, faulting provinces for using war as excuse to limit rights. It cites Manitoba plans to bar interest collection, warns of deflation, calls for targeted relief only for war-related hardship, and urges creditors not to punish prudent borrowers. It stresses maintaining investor confidence and fiscal restraint without erasing contractual obligations.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Caneca
Tumeiyara
The
Post
Severaianaaian
Tauem
Ontario
Manitoba
British Columbia
Passatchewan
Sender
Parrower
Lois Poolit
Europe
Great Britain
Locomotives Inspire Boy's War Motive Guess
An English schoolteacher asks a pupil what motive drove Territorials to war. The boy, recalling a railway send off, answers the motive was locomotives, not patriotism, highlighting a comic misunderstanding of sacrifice.
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Territorials
Eight Hundred British Soldiers Hold Calais Road
An officer recounts late October action at Gheluvelt near Ypres where about 2,400 British troops including Scots Guards, South Wales Borderers, Welsh and Queen’s Regiments steadied trenches against a 24,000 strong German assault. Worcester reinforcements joined late, and a 5600 strong charge by three Welsh and English companies led a counterattack, driving Germans back toward the village but at heavy cost.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ohbiy
Calais
Gheuvelt
Ypres
Scots Guards
South Wales Borderers
Queen's
Gheluvelt
Tere
Chateau
Worcester Regiment
Greel
Queen’s
Worcesters
24Th
Rorkes Drift
Gheluvel
Bold Charge Fails as Worcesters Suffer Heavy Losses at Calais
The report recalls a pivotal assault near Calais where 500 Worcesters charged and only 200 returned unwounded. Of 2400 British soldiers in the morning line, 800 survived to tell the tale of the great fight.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Calais
Calaig Road
Smoothing Smut Control in Grains Cited for Ontario and Prairies
The article estimates U S smut losses at over 35 million dollars and Canada at nine to twelve million. It notes low adoption of seed grain treatment among Quebec and Maritime farmers, higher rates in Ontario and Prairie Provinces, and urges formalin treatment as the cheapest effective method for Wheat, Oats, and Barley.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
United States
Canada
Quebec
Maritime Provinces
Commission of Conservation
Ontario
Prairie Provinces
Bari
C.N
German Goods on Exhibition in London Trade Show
The London Board of Trade promotes an exhibition of German goods to show British manufacturers the competition. A Canadian section displays German tools and hardware with trade catalogues. British makers report most items can be produced in Britain at equal or better quality and price, though a few lines need special plants. Over two hundred samples of German goods sold in Canada have been lent by British manufacturers.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
London
Board of Trade Ageacy
Canada
Blush at Feeding Men and a Priceless Sword Treasured
A reflective note on humble provisioning and the value of a grandfather’s sword as a priceless heirloom, urging discretion about a bread wage from a great-great-grandfather.
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Grandfather
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Lloyd Osbourne
Bobbs- Merrill Company
Cortinerd
Sengus
ORG
Winnipeg
Ee. W. Gillett Company Limited
Toronto, Ont
Montreal
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