Résultats

      A listing of the women in the Woodstock Social register for 1916. Included are their addresses. A supplement of the index of house names has been added when the booklet was reproduced for Oxford Museum.

      A newspaper article reprinted from Saturday, June 2, 1916 detailing how Brockville was involved in the Fenian Raids, including the troops stationed in the area.

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      Annual Report for 1916 of the Waterloo Public Library. Includes names of members of the Library Board.

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      An assessment roll is a public record of taxable property. The headings for each column on a page is listed under full text.

      Three page history on the works of the Sundridge Women's Institute's work during the First World War. During the First World War the Sundridge Women's Institute hosted many fund-raising activities such as concerts. The money raised went to various funds such as The Patriotic Fund and the Machine Gun Fund.

 Rev. P. W. Taylor, Padre, Branch 164 Royal Canadian Legion, The Haldimand Press (Hagersville, Ontario), 6 Nov 1980, p. 6     ...

      A stock certificate made out to Grace Walby for 1000 shares in the Calumet & Montana Consolidated Mining Company of South Dakota.

 Donovan, A.E., The Empire Club of Canada Addresses (Toronto, Canada: The Empire Club of Canada, 1917), 16 Mar 1916, 128-136     The sound economic war policy of increased production in order to repair the wastage of war. The need for money and supplies to wage war successfully; these can only come from production. A patriotic obligation rests upon the great agricultural industry to raise greater field crops and rear more food …

 Mulloy, Lt.-Col., The Empire Club of Canada Addresses (Toronto, Canada: The Empire Club of Canada, 1917), 23 Mar 1916, 137-151     Democracy and the volunteer system. Asking whether the volunteer system is best suited to us; is it economical? These questions being asked today by ten thousands of Canadians, both in and out of the King's uniform. A few words on the phenomena of war itself: an examination of several schools …

 Willison, Sir John, The Empire Club of Canada Addresses (Toronto, Canada: The Empire Club of Canada, 1917), 30 Mar 1916, 152-165     Not forgetting the pioneer federationists; who they were. A statement that the speaker was not one of the pioneer advocates of imperial federation; that he wants a full citizenship in this country or some other country; that he is not contented with the relation under which in all the imperial …

 Putnam, Major George Haven, The Empire Club of Canada Addresses (Toronto, Canada: The Empire Club of Canada, 1917), 8 Apr 1916, 166-186     The speaker's belief that in this great contest not only sympathies, but practical and direct cooperation should be given to England and to England's Allies; and that he is expressing the opinion of hundreds of thousands, even millions, of his fellow citizens in the United States. His further belief that …

 Perley, Sir George, The Empire Club of Canada Addresses (Toronto, Canada: The Empire Club of Canada, 1917), 29 Aug 1916, 193-204     Perpetuating the British Empire; making it come closer together. The speaker's belief that the British Empire is the greatest secular force for good that the world has ever seen. Finding some practical way in which we shall get a voice in all matters of any concern, such as peace and …

 Guinness, Capt. Hon. Rupert, The Empire Club of Canada Addresses (Toronto, Canada: The Empire Club of Canada, 1917), 5 Oct 1916, 205-209     The speaker's object today to get the audience interested in his mission to get men for the Royal Navy. Why Great Britain is recruiting for the Navy from the Dominion. Some personal background and history of the speaker. The kind of men wanted. Difficulties involved in recruiting and training. A …

 Hearst, Hon. W.H., The Empire Club of Canada Addresses (Toronto, Canada: The Empire Club of Canada, 1917), 19 Oct 1916, 210-224     Some of the things the speaker saw and the impressions he received in connection with the great struggle in which we are now engaged, on his recent visit to England and France. The speaker's increased admiration for the British people and his appreciation of their bull-dog determination, perseverance and pluck; …

 Harris, Very Rev. W.R., The Empire Club of Canada Addresses (Toronto, Canada: The Empire Club of Canada, 1917), 26 Oct 1916, 225-241     A review of theories advanced in efforts to explain the existence of primitive man on our continent. A description of these lands and their inhabitants before the daring Genoese sailed on his wondrous voyage of discovery. A series of personal reminiscences, with detailed and evocative descriptions follow, of the ancient …

 Guthrie, Lieut.-Col. Percy, The Empire Club of Canada Addresses (Toronto, Canada: The Empire Club of Canada, 1917), 2 Nov 1916, 242-252     How dear the word Empire is to every British heart. Telling of the sons of the Empire who are fighting in France and Flanders today. Going back to the beginning of the war when we all thought little of war; when we had not prepared for war. Preparation by the …

 Foster, Right Honourable Sir George E., The Empire Club of Canada Addresses (Toronto, Canada: The Empire Club of Canada, 1917), 7 Nov 1916, 253-264     The situation and conditions which will confront us, or may confront us, when war ceases and when peace again commences to bless the world. Ways in which production and distribution have been profoundly affected all over the world by this tremendous war. Yet some things that it appears to some …