Farmer a Key to Liberty as War Ends Trade Gaps
A wartime editorial urges equal partnership between city and farm to raise food production and counter flour shortages. It argues farmers face marketing and pricing barriers from middlemen and railways and calls for reforms to free agriculture from restraining policies. It warns of global famine if crops do not rise and stresses shared responsibility across continents.
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Caecy
Canada
Winnipeg
American
Atlantic
Comic Exchange Snippet From London Passing Show
A humorous dialogue features a lady worker and a land worker discussing cleaning pig sties and home duties. Charlie recalls a doctor’s warning about smoking as a boy and questions his own restraint.
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London
Whitlock Refuses Germany Departure Plan in Belgium
Paris dispatch recounts U S minister to Belgium Mr Whitlock resisting German schemes to evacuate him before his staff. He insisted the party must depart together, demanding no special train for him alone. A special train then provided for all, including consuls relief workers and Chinese delegation.
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Brand Whitlock
U.S
Brussels
Germany
Havre
Belgium
Paris
New York Times
Whitlock
Mr. Whitlock
A Long Way From 76 Says Anglo Saxon Bond Remains
The Baltimore Sun editorial notes that British Americans keep a belief in the Revolution as a just struggle and see a future alliance of Anglo Saxons. It cites Viscount Bryce and warns that a British officer once organized a regiment in the United States to defend Old Glory.
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George Washington
England
Special Researches On Grain Rust Epidemic Areas
The grain rust epidemic in parts of Western Canada last year caused losses around 100 million dollars. Minister of Agriculture Martin Burrell orders special research at Brandon Manitoba and Indian Head Saskatchewan. W P Fraser M A leaves Macdonald College to lead investigations, holding BA from Cornell and MA from Dalhousie. He has long worked on plant pathology and rust life cycles.
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Canada
Martin Burrell
Agricultural Gazette
Brandon
Manion
Indian Head
Saskatche
W.P. Fraser
Fraser
Macdonald
Cornell University
Dalhousie University
Halifax
Sweden and the War in New York Outlook
Frank Dilnot notes in New York Outlook on Sweden's wartime stance. He describes German influence in Sweden via trade, academia, and politics, tensions over Allied shipping restrictions, and a war time election that brought a pro Allied parliament but a neutral king and government led by Wallenberg.
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Sweden
Russia
England
Germany
France
Poe
Mr. Wallenberg
Frank Dilnot
New York
Keeping Rural Youth on the Farm says Alberta Dean
Professor F. E. Howes of the University of Alberta argues at a Kamloops convention that rural depopulation harms Western Canada. He cites home conditions and outlook on farming as key factors and urges agricultural education in schools to elevate farming to parity with other professions.
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Rome
FE. A. Howes
Faculty of Agriculture
University of Alberta
Western Canada Irrigation Association
Kamloops
B.C
Howes
Self Renunciation In France by Joffre and Nivelle
The article recalls Joffre as the beloved French leader who valued merit over reputation, and notes a call for him to step aside for General Nivelle as part of a broader shift in military leadership during the war. It emphasizes his desire to mentor capable men who would earn renown through action.
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France
Joffre
Nivelle
German Inefficiency In Handling Food
A Swiss correspondent reports wartime German food distribution as inefficient due to red tape and rigid procedures. He cites Cologne meat and dairy shipments delayed by public storehouse inspections, bread shortages from typographical bread card errors, and praise of agrarian owners hoarding supplies.
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Germany
Pane
Cologne
King George V Donates Stallion to Aid Canadian Horse Breeding
A New York dispatch reports King George V donated a stallion to the Canadian breeding bureau to aid remounts for Allied forces. John F. Ryan, Canadian director general, organized vast horse consignments, coordinating with New York and Canadian bureaus to place thousands of thoroughbreds across the Dominion.
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New York
Canada
United States
George V
England
John F. Ryan
Canadian Breeding Bureau
Ryan
Dominion
New York Jockey Club
New York State
Australia
Russia to Tax Profits for War Funding
Russia proposes a new financial program to tax excess profits to sustain the war effort. Finance Minister Tereschenko outlines a system to reflect past deficiencies and enable the new government to share in increased profits amid wartime pressures.
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Russia
M- Tereschienko
M.ereschienko
Saskatchewan Law Aims to Curb Forest and Prairie Fires
The Saskatchewan legislature enacted a new law to prevent fires by restricting burning without precautions, appointing fire guardians, and enabling cooperation with the Dominion Forestry Branch. It targets debris disposal and mandates citizen fire fighting within 15 miles in wooded areas and 6 miles in prairie regions, aiming to cut losses to forests and reserves. The piece also argues Germany must pay for devastation in France, advocating orderly indemnities and an impartial tribunal for peace terms.
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Saskatchewan
Marmer
Dominion Forestry Branch
C.I
France
Belgium
Poland
Germany
Aerschot
Dinant
Hamburg
Hague Court
F.J. Mathes
Princeton
New Y ¥ Times
Great Mineral Wealth in Canada Could Cover War Debts
Marquis of Queensberry told Winnipeg audiences that Canada’s mineral wealth rivals the Urals, with British Columbia alone capable of financing both Canada and Britain’s war debts. He unveiled ten square miles of Porcher Island mineral claims and urged government investment to establish a grid survey and deter prospectors from ignoring valuable ores.
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Canada
Ural Mountains
Russia
Rockies
Marquis of Queensbury
Winnipeg
British Columbia
England
Great Britain
Porcher Island
Chinese Prime Minister shocked by German claims of will to victory
The North China News says the Chinese Prime Minister was disgusted after the German Minister in Pekin allegedly claimed Germany could extract glycerine for explosives from dead soldiers. The remark reportedly influenced his view on Germany.
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North China News
Far East
Germany
Pekin
Alberta Farmers Co op Plans Huge Elevator Buildout
The Alberta Farmers' Co operative expects to build about 40 new elevators across the province from Peace River to the southern border before the 1917 crop. Sixteen hundred thousand bushels of new storage capacity will be added, at roughly 350000 dollars total, with work starting now and around 150 workers employed.
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Alberta
Alberta Farmers’ Co-operative Company
Peace River
Professors blamed for Germany's failure to grasp others
An Evening Post column argues professors mislead Germany by overgeneralizing about race and psychology. It contends such theories erode common sense and inflate destiny and evolution as political weapons, affecting national understanding and policy.
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Germany
France
Russia
New York Evening Post
Food profiteers blamed as traitors in war economy
In a wartime editorial tone the piece condemns monopolists who charge high prices for essentials as traitors equal to munitions profiteers. It argues both sectors weaken national strength and deserve punishment. The critique targets profiteering during a time of national strain.
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China
Ucer
Carter
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Cromwell
Olivers
Okane Spokesman-Review
Imperial Oil Company Limited
Mbannes
The
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