Canada to Receive Large War Orders and Home Front Reform
Indications Canada will gain significant Allied orders for war supplies from Europe while domestic policy shifts unfold. Officials highlight rising exports and a push for returned soldiers to gain land and priority in employment. Parliament opens with plans for women’s eligibility to seats and measures toward shorter hours and highway expansion.
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Canada
Europe
France
Belgium
Quebec
British Columbia
Ontario
Europe’s wine problem and calls to curb alcohol
A panel of European figures denounces winemaking as a curse on society, led by physicians and reformers in France. They argue wine drinking fuels illness and crime, citing schoolchildren’s Mondays after drunken episodes and experts linking alcohol to attacks on children.
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Europe
France
Jimo
Vance Thompson
Tale of a Pig and the Brassbound Packer
A Chicago packer ridicules English ingenuity and a New Orleans pork gadget. The English audience member reconciles by noting English use of the device for decades and improvements with a reverse mechanism. The tale culminates with a jest about a preacher who lectures while others watch a shark outside the window.
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Chicago
England
New Orlpany
Engeishman
Plowing by Automobile Demonstration and Local Developments
A farmer adapts a motor car with a rear plow to turn over ground faster than horse power, achieving 1.5 miles per hour and proposing broader use. Town talks sewerage costs. Grand Trunk introduces automatic parcel lockers at Acton station. Halton County Children’s Aid Society reports on ward placement, foster homes, and court outcomes for 104 wards across Brampton and Acton.
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Apood
G. T. Rt
Grand Trunk
Acton
Halton
Mercer Reformatory
Unelus Ves
Capes
Halton County
Brampton
Afiton
Fragmented Reflections on Wealth and Self Worth
A reflective piece argues that truth and effort shape success, not others’ opinions. It compares wealth to productive output and warns against complacency, noting a person tied to conditions may face consequences as plans require heat and action.
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Walt
Moonlit Beach Echoes On Unsettled Tides
A fragment describes a moonlit scene at the Manhera beach where four men watch the sea. One asks what effect the full moon will have on the tide and another replies with cautious speculation about noticeable changes.
Ambition and pay in the modern workforce
The passage discusses how starting pay compares to future earnings and the impact on attitudes toward promotion. It argues that workers earning more than expected may face scrutiny and pressure to cut expenses, while advancement favors those who consistently earn more.
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Hatuday
Fragmentary note on schooling and learning ideas
The readable text hints at daily routines in a schoolroom focused on effort and progress. It mentions Belibola and trained teachers and contrasts willing and unwilling pupils with advanced and cautious instruction. The passage remains fragmented but points to education methods in a classroom setting.
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Belibola
Untitled Trainyard Chase in 1900s Slang Scene
A garbled police style account describes a chase near a station as a blind man pursues a Pennsylvania train. A red cap relieves a suspect of his crip while bystanders observe the odd scene with confusion.
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Minter
Murely
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