Canadian Masons In England Promote Dominion Bond
The article notes Canadian Masons in Britain forming a lodge for Canadians and Brethren visiting the Old Country. Edward Kike Sir Gilver Marker and others attended a banquet in London to seal bonds between Dominion Brethren and the British Empire. Archival details cite 150 initiates and 24 members active in H M forces. Carmichael, Glasgow native, elected W M of Canada Lodge ARMICHAEL, with a long transatlantic shipping career, serves as general passenger agent for Canada Pacific Ocean Services Ltd in London.
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S. Carmick
Pacifc Ocean
W.ml
London
Kts
Rt. How
Edward Kike
Gilver Marker
Gewrsi
Ros
Canada
United Great Lodge of
Beet
Celer
Great Britain
British Empire
Leder
Dominion
Lodge
Bre
H. M. Forces
My.trogh Strain Carmichael
W.M
Armichael, W. M
Glasgow
States
Allan Line
Canadian Pacific Company
Geer
Liverpool
Canadian Pacific Ocean Services, Ltd
C. P. R. and
Alisa Lines
Ciexipo Place
England
Army Construction in Europe Surges as US Engineers Build in France
American engineers in France undertake massive constructive work exceeding Panama Canal efforts. They run eighty sawmills with plans for more, supply timber and lumber, and lay ten miles of docks as part of a vast network of camps, railways, and facilities for an army of over a million.
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France
Panama
Goodsiz
Orvy Im Steelh
Cluges
Panama Canal
United States
Lowber
Farmer Near Manitoba Harvests 240 Acres by October
A farmer and his wife near Min-M Manitoba have cut 240 acres and expect to harvest about 20 more acres by October. The note records steady progress in field work and anticipated yields.
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Min- Manitoba
Canadian Consumers Allowed to Test Food Prices via Municipal Committees
Canadians may appoint fair price committees in each municipality to investigate retail food prices and judge whether they are fair and reasonable. The move, urged under a recent order in council from the department of labor, aims to inform consumers and encourage cooperation in wartime food efforts.
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Consumers of
Canada
Department of Labor
United States
Perise
Lucky Jack Meeting With Last School Teacher
A fragmented note mentions a meeting with a former teacher and a missed allowance or ban. The source text is incomplete and lacks clear names or dates to anchor a fuller summary.
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Lucky Jack
Lowes
Verdun to Somme Battle Guns and Wary Firepower
A wartime sketch explains machine gun and artillery effectiveness in major battles. It notes Verdun and Somme periods, German and Allied gun use, ammunition types, and the strain on ordnance as batteries suffer losses and require replenishment amid heavy firing.
Western Canada butter shipments push exports to Europe
An order requiring butter manufactured in Western Canada to be shipped to Europe highlights the rising output from Manitoba and Saskatchewan creameries. The forward consignment consisted of 761 boxes at 56 pounds each, mainly from Winnipeg creameries, with year to date exports surpassing last year’s figures.
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Ronlaies
Crepmeries
Europe
Odot
Canada
Manitoba
Coustey dl
Saskatchewan Co-operative
Artificial Eye Shortage in World Markets During War
The piece notes Germany’s early dominance in artificial eye manufacture, supplying England at about 10 per annum by end of 1914, stock of around 30 years later absorbed as English production began. It mentions German control of buying knowledge and widespread availability of prosthetic eyes, with high prices discussed.
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Germany
England
Ger
Paper Clothes and Beds Foil Advertisement Notes
Fragmentary ad text mentions fabrics dresses upholstery and bags. Notes unclear names and dates but references Ronnette Beri Voasteche Ze tung of March 6 and various paper staff items for bags pillgn cases.
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Ronnette
Beri Voasteche Zetung
Sone
Famous Naval Names From Drake To Nelson In Britain
A feature tracing enduring naval lineage from the Armada era to Jutland. It notes the Dreadnought as a symbol of modern power, recalls the Revenge and Triumph vessels, and celebrates Nelson’s Victory as an eternal emblem of British sea tradition.
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Fate 3
Navy
Perpeta
Drake
Britain
Vse Grenville
Azores
Nelson
Jutland
Jac Ut
Jord
Jellicoe
al Eet
Garland
Blake
van Tromp
Dungeness
Ates
Portland
Newbolt
Temeraire
Southampton
Ivor
Pevone
Nels
Swinburne
Bruges Belfry Used by Germans as Workshop
Allied troops entering Bruges found the famous belfry had been repurposed by German occupiers as a garage and workshop. Interior walls were broken down and chimneys altered to meet workers' needs, with damage noted near the station area and Porte Marche.
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Bruges
Porte Marenchale
September Cattle Movements Reach Historic Yards Peak
Canadian cattle receipts in September reached 58 020 an all time high aside from 1917 with nine month totals at 250 five thousand over 1917 and over 1914. Of September cattle 17 393 were feeders with the United States supplying about half the feeders. In the nine months of 1918 the United States took 20 015 western Canada cattle while most remained feeders with breeding stock a small fraction amid heavy liquidation as Western Canada lacks breeding stock to spare.
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Ita
United States
Wiensec
Western Canada
Dominion
Retribution and war causality amid the Brest Litovsk era
The article reflects on wartime motives and the motives behind suppressing or manipulating crop yields and alliances. It quotes a political voice from Philadelphia noting tepid assurances from nations like Belgium Russia and England regarding shared aims and responsibilities in the wartime economy.
Breeding Shetland Ponies in Canada
In 1912 T B Macaulay of Sun Life Insurance first imported Shetland ponies to Canada after studying their breeding. His Hudson Heights estate near Montreal hosts famed ponies including the Silver Star line. Visitors see ponies from foals to mature stock as experiments explore bloodlines and characteristics.
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T. B. Macaulay
Sun Life Assurance Company of Canada
Canada
Macaulay
Scotland
Hudson
Montreal
Canadian Pacific Railway
Point Fortune
Ottawa
Victoria Pony Load Farm
Adson Heights
Silver Star
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T. A. Crerar
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Crerar
Ministry of F
Hk Shanks
Aigle Gill
Aspatria
West Cumberland
Aaais Mary Service
Verdun
Cormans
von Falkenhayn
Somme
von Kirchback
Draitle
Dreadnought
Brest Litovsk
Philadelphia
Prince of Thule
Douglas
Edith
Percy Cowans
Trangy
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