Food Drive Urges Farmers to Boost War Time Production
The Winnipeg Tribune reports Hon. Mr. Crerar promoting a nationwide push to mobilize agriculture for World War I. Plans include county agents, both men and women, to advise farms, organize canning clubs, and improve labor efficiency with machinery and co operative marketing.
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Crerar
South
United States
America
F. H. Higgins
Michican
One Agriculture
States
Winnipeg Tribune
Question for Allies on a Compromise Peace
The Yale Review ponders whether an armistice or compromise peace could still satisfy the German people. It warns that a peace blamed on Prussian systems might endanger the allies, urging they show the people the suffering and devotion of ordinary citizens as the true cause of victory. The piece notes ongoing internal debates as events unfold.
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Nkers
Yale Review
Sign the Food Pledge Ninety Per Cent of Food Passes Through Women
The piece urges Canadian women to conserve and properly use perishable foods to support overseas needs. It frames waste as disloyalty in wartime and stresses household responsibility to provide nourishing meals tailored to family members, arguing that saving begins at home.
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Canada
Fragmentary Baltimore quote on dinner table tech notes
A fragment from the Baltimore American references Jaggers and Saylor Cheiiber Telants in a discussion about rapidly developing teddans for distance dining, implying a well supplied dinner table.
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Jaggers
Baltimore American
The Heaven of Young Germany
A 1913 Pan-Ger man League issue extols war as the supreme human joy and the ascent of heroes like Frederick the Great and Moltke to a heavenly court. It rails against pacifists and envisions a Potsdam lance corporal welcoming the faithful dead, proclaiming this as the heaven of young Germany.
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Cave
Cloud Palace
Frederick the Great
Moltke
Roon
Bismarck
Potsdam
Fritz
Germany
Natural to Pair for Life in Unmarried Adults
The piece argues that most people seek companionship and that intimate family ties weaken with age as private life becomes more exposed. It contends only a few individuals, like Narcissus, can content themselves without partners, while parent child bonds grow strained when offspring become adults.
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Narcissus
Eres
RTI
George
Harper's Monthly
Humor in Germany Greet Americans Arriving in Europe
German Lokal Anzeiger greets American troops with irony and praise to their speed and cleverness. It notes Americans will need quarters and foresees more troops arriving, while Mr. Wilson seeks reliable wartime information from belligerent regions.
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Germany
Lokal Anzeiger
Europe
Rhine
Fragmentary dialogue note from unknown source
A garbled exchange presents broken speech with unclear context and missing names, likely a transcription error or clipped OCR. No coherent event or facts can be established from the readable text.
Canadians Move to Boost Airplane Spruce Supply
Canada’s wartime push to expand spruce timber for aircraft production is outlined. The munitions board will locate and secure large spruce stands in British Columbia, accelerating exports under license only to the United Kingdom and British possessions.
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Forest Reece
British Columbia
Commission of Conservation
Imperial Crenitions Board
Munitions Board
Canada
Sitka
Pacific
North America
United Kingdom
Protectorates
C.L
Milk test sample accuracy and composite sampling guidance
The article explains variability in milk test results from individual cows versus composite samples, stressing representative sampling and careful handling. It notes that single cow tests can differ widely, while composite samples give better overall quality insights, and suggests forming a cow testing association or contacting the Dairy Division in Ottawa for forms.
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Dairy Division
Ottawa
C.F.W
Decline in Drunkenness in England and Wales During War Years
The Toronto Star notes a drop in drunkenness convictions in England and Wales since 1909, with 128 196 male and female convictions in 1909 and 60 males plus 20 720 females in 1915. The change is attributed mainly to war measures and teaching focused on temperance, with overall declines continuing despite earlier high figures.
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England
Wales
Toronto
Star
Canada Urges Potato Use to Save Cereals
Lord Rhondda the British food controller urges Canadians to eat surplus potatoes to economize on cereals. A memorandum on potato imports to the United Kingdom notes resources must support essential foods like wheat bacon and cheese, and facilities for Canadian potato imports cannot be arranged.
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Canada
Rhondda
United Kingdom
Fragmentary line hints at legal matter or note
A brief fragment reads you will want an en ment c indicating a possible legal or contractual reference. No clear names, dates, or places are readable to specify parties or deadlines.
Geddes and Campbell Lead Britain's War Service
Sir Eric Geddes heads the national service department coordinating manpower for government needs including munitions and industry while Sir Campbell Geddes oversees recruitment and persuasion in France and England. Both brothers earn high praise from King George and the prime minister for their wartime roles.
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Wile Jauch
Eric Geddes
British Admiralty
Asquith
Eric
United States
Pennsylvania
Balsmore
Es Little
Sir Geddes
George
Order of the Bath
National Service Department
Ministry of Munitions
Neville Chamberlain
Sir Campbell
McGill University
Montreal
England
Sir Eric
War Department
France
King George
Pennies Sell at a Premium in Cincinnati Theatres
The Cincinnati Times-Star reports a penny shortage causing dealers to sell pennies at a five percent premium. Movie theatres in downtown Cincinnati rush to meet war tax provisions as managers seek cents worth. prices vary with tax. One theater manager aimed to buy at least fifty dollars’ worth, finding only six dollars ready. A newsboy was offered a dollar for every ninety five pennies.
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Loremmer Poe
Cincinnati
Smanager
Cincinnati Times-Star
Japan and United States Reach Open Door War Cooperation
Secretary Lansing announced a complete agreement with Japan on China and a clear understanding on military naval and economic cooperation in the war against Germany. The notes exchanged with Viscount Shii reaffirm the open door doctrine for commerce and industry.
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Japan
United States
China
Germany
Secreta
Lansing
Viscount Shii
Forcrn Republic
Britain Seeks Canadian Munitions Amid War Strain
A London cable reports Britain eager for Canada's munitions to support wartime needs. It notes a labor diversion to shipbuilding and credits as the main barrier, with Canada urged to accelerate production while avoiding misrepresentation.
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Britain
London
Canada
Cape May Skipper Recounts Narrow Waters Tale
Senator Penrose recalls a Cape May skipper describing shallow seas and near misses. The captain jokes about sailing through meadows when heavy weights threaten their passage and even guiding the lead man with a watering can.
Pan-German hate Christianity claims spark debate
A fragment argues that Pan-German beliefs aim to uproot Christianity and establish a Germanic religion tied to Wodan, refined by race theory and Darwinism, dismissing Christian ethics as weak. It condemns Nietzschean ideas and portrays German nationalists as power-driven aggressors challenging the world.
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Rand Aring
Woes An
Hoover faces millers in wheat price revolt
A Philadelphia Inquirer excerpt laments the decline of the country mill and warns that Herbert Hoover may force millers to lower flour prices. It argues a milling trust keeps wheat cheap for farmers and cites past community needs, noting concerns over patent flour versus whole wheat bread amid wartime shortages.
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Mr. Hoover
Hoover
McGuffey
Making the Home Attractive on the Farm
A drainage inspector visits a Canadian farmer who keeps a clean modern house and comfortable rooms to retain his son on the farm. He explains that decent housing helps prevent boys from seeking city life, reflecting planning principles from rural development texts.
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Phil
The Swagger Stick in Training Camps
The swagger stick has been misunderstood in the United States though Canadian recruits in training camps use it to keep hands from pockets. The practice helps new soldiers avoid idle hands while off duty, contrasting with the finished soldier who never slips a hand into his pockets.
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United States
Canada
Ram
Jamtily Valcartier
Scopi
Iy Ridge
Football Cup Held in Samarra Reportedly
In Mesopotamia Edmund Candler notes that during June a football cup was played at Samarra in the hottest phases of play and kept up as usual, with matches continuing despite the heat.
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Mesopotamia
Edmund Candler
Samarra
Sheep breeder Mr Goodwin builds large Lincoln flock in Alberta
In Alberta Mr Goodwin expanded from a small eleven head flock to about a thousand purebred Lincoln sheep. He purchased 600 rams from Ontario and 265 ewes plus 160 lambs, investing in breeding stock to improve the western sheep industry. His ram sale at Lethbridge brought $25 per ram as proceeds funded further purebreds. He reports wool lengths of fourteen inches and aims to create one of the country’s best grade flocks.
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Harry Case
Rta
Goodwin
Im the West
Ontario
Alberta
Lethbridge
From Telegraphist to Cabinet Minister in One Year
The Halifax Herald notes the rise of Mr. Robertson from a railway telegrapher to senator and now cabinet minister. Appointed by Minister Crothers, his mediation in the Fernie miners dispute helped end a severe deadlock and promises further significant public service ahead.
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Robertson
Labor
National Cabinet
Crothers
Calgary
Fernie
Halifax Herald
Bacon Hog Market Shifts Boost Ontario Farmers
Mr. Duncan Anderson explains Ontario farmers moved from fat hogs to bacon hogs twenty years ago. Over the next eight years this shift helped Britain import bacon and ham reaching fifteen million dollars annually. He urges farms to grow bacon quality and prepare it in the British preferred manner.
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Duncan Anderson
Ontario
England
Names of Streams Shift Between Languages in Belgian Front
The Despatch notes highlight confusion from streams changing names every mile south of Houthulst Forest. The Broenbeck becomes St. Jean stream, with French officials sticking to Broenbeck while noting St. Jen. Sir Haig uses St. J with Flemish form St Janshkock, a correspondent calls it St. John's Brook. The same waterway is Maartje Vaart lower down, near Yser Canal, about eight miles long.
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Houthulst Forest
Broenbeck
St. Jean
World food supply tied to labor transport and weather
The article notes that production and distribution factors including labor, fertilizer, weather, and transport shape the world food supply. It mentions Australia storing millions of bushels of old wheat awaiting shipment and urges investigation into causes of small crops and transportation shortages.
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Australia
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