Provincial Farm Loan Legislation Across Provinces
The Agricultural Gazette outlines how Ontario Saskatchewan Manitoba Alberta and British Columbia adopt varied Farm Loan Acts this year. It notes Ontario uses municipal borrowing with limits, Manitoba creates a million-dollar farm loans association, Saskatchewan forms a board with a $5 million treasurer loan, Alberta sets 30-year mortgages with 40 percent loan caps, and BC follows The Agricultural Act 1915.
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Ontario
Prairie Provinces
Quebec
Caisse Populaire
People’s Credit Bank
British Columbia
Manitoba
Saskatchewan
Agricultural Gazette
Truth by Degrees on the Loss of German Cruiser Lutzow
The New York Tribune notes a gradual reveal of German wartime losses after the Battle of Jutland. It cites delayed admissions of the Lutzow and Rostock sinkings, and purloined British prisoner accounts, to paint a full but evolving history of events and casualties.
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Thenon
Associated Press
Jutland
Washington
Ceutral
Rostock
New York Tribune
German Robber in Paris Paper Details Prince Eitel Friedrich
Andre Chevalier, correspondent at the French front, notes life at Avricourt where the Kaiser’s son Prince Eitel Friedrich stayed in the Chateau of Comte Baby D Avricourt. He is described as fat and red faced, hiding in shell proof dugouts, living quietly with occasional visits from his father, and surviving on simple fare.
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Paris
Andre Chevalier
Prince Eitel Friedrich
Avricourt
Oise
Chanteau
Comte Baby D
Mr. Chevalier
Canada’s War Expenditures and Aid to Britain
Officials report total Canadian war outlay to July 20 1917 at 623000000 including France upkeep. Net debt stands at 831000000. Daily war cost about 850 nationally and abroad. Advances to Imperial Munitions Board reach 288000000 plus 22000000 for cheese hay flour. Open account with Britain roughly 272000000 plus overseas upkeep. Banks have lent 100000000 to imperial treasury. Canada now furnishes 25000000 monthly for munitions and markets about 10000000 monthly for cheese. season cheese purchases target 1000000.
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Canada
Great Britain
Finance Department
France
Dominion
Imperial Munitions Board
Serscnal Banks of
Imperial Treasury
Samalitees
Why Russia Likes Kerensky
Two Russian soldiers waited in Perograd for an interview with the minister of war. A man with clipped brown hair and flashing eyes emerged and beckoned them inside, identified as Alexander Feodorovitch Kerensky, the minister of war who had lately led Russian forces in Galicia.
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Perograd
Henry Snydam
Alexander Feodorovitch
Keren
Japanese Women Liberated in Progressive Era Editorial
An English Japan Advertiser editorial asserts progress for women in modern Japan. It praises rising self respect and equality, noting the shift from centuries of inferiority and subordination to increased recognition and potential voting rights.
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Japan
We Shall Build a Stronger Nation After War
The piece argues the United States will become more efficient with vast plants repurposed from war to peace, a trained workforce, disciplined citizens, and a self denying economy. It envisions expanded farming, increased food production, and a growing merchant fleet to compete in foreign trade.
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Philadelphia Inquirer
Giant Bible Bound For English Crusade At Horbury Mall
Oxford University Press bound a colossal Bible for a Bible crusade at Horbury Mall London. Standing on end the volume exceeds five feet two inches high and seven feet ten inches across when open. Rich red Levant morocco leather, blue heraldic panels, and royal arms adorn the covers. The book uses 175 sheets of stout paper and six hemp ropes for binding, with a wooden staging and pulley to lift the tome.
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Oxford University Press
Horbury Mall
Notting Hill Gate
London
England
Scotland
Mice Plague Hits Rural Australia Causing Farm Losses
Mice run riot across large parts of Australia crippling farms and risking wheat shipments. Farmers and officials urge decisive federal action as millions invade homes and grain stores, with reports of seven tons killed at Sheep Hills, Victoria, yet numbers remain high.
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Australia
Sheep Hills
Victoria
Straw returns and soil health boost farm fertility
The article argues farmers should not burn straw but spread it on fields as humus, phosphorus, and potash enrich the soil. It cites increased future yields, better moisture retention, reduced erosion, and improved seed bed for wheat, clover, alfalfa, and corn, noting straw mulch aids winter protection and spring growth.
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United States
United States survey tallies tonnage value in 1915
Survey from Nebraska alkali areas reports about 1 ton valued at 3 500 000 dollars as of 1915. The information comes from a United States survey.
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United States
United
Nebraska
Tramp Traps Used by Railways to Entrap Hobo Emigrants
The Southern Pacific railway uses freight cars as tramp traps. The cars are left accessible to invite tramps inside. After several are aboard the doors close mysteriously, turning the men into prisoners aboard the moving cars.
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Southern Pacific Railway
Straw as feed improves with molasses soaking
Dairymen in Washington state boost straw as cattle feed by soaking in molasses. The method, cited by C. A. Goss in Successful Farming, increases palatability and value, allowing straw to partly replace expensive leguminous hays.
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Washington State
C. A. Goss
Great Lakes Legends Turn From Ocean Tales to Inland Lore
The Great Lakes inspire romance and danger, with tales of La Salle's Griffin voyage, countless wrecks, and hidden depths. In 1878 to 1898, 5,999 ships wrecked, 1,095 total losses, nearly eight million dollars in cargo vanished. Navigators fear unfathomable pits beneath Superior and recount the Bannockburn tragedy with eerie certainty.
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Great Lakes
America
Geo. W. Stark
Atlantic
Pacific
England
France
United States
Lake Superior
Rene Cacelier de la Salle
Lake Erie
Lake St. Clair
Lake Huron
Griffin
la Salle
Northern Lakes
Lakes
Bannockburn
Duluth
Kentucky Novel Mentions Swallows Nesting in Rye
Richmond News Leader notes an author from Kentucky misstates a natural detail as the rye allegedly hosts swallows, while the piece observes regional nuance in the writer’s background.
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Kentucky
Richmond News- Leader
Inducing Others to Do Tasks Proves Efficient
A note on achieving efficiency by delegating work to others. It highlights the value of directing tasks to capable assistants and the resulting productivity gains.
What England Is Doing
A Kansas City Star correspondent notes England's wartime contributions in detail. Premier Lloyd George and Chancellor Bonar Law are cited for figures on troops shipping and spending, including 34 million dollars daily and over five billion advanced to allies. The piece questions American pace in matching Allied efforts.
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England
George liI
Albion
Europe
Napoleon
Waterloo
Lloyd George
Paris
Englan
Bonard Law
McKenna
United States
France
Kansas City Star
Pacifist Premier W A Holman Sees War as Defense of Democracy
Hon W A Holman premier of New South Wales spoke at Sheffeld arguing pacifists must accept sword power to safeguard Europe’s peace and democracy. He framed the current conflict as pacifists against militarism and warned reform would stall if peace talks favored Germany’s policy.
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W. A. Holman
New South Wales
Sheffield
Europe
Sertenny
Bismarck
British In France Wear Chain Visor
Article describes the chain visor used by British troops in France. The steel chain mail visor covers the eyes to protect against splinters, allowing clear daytime vision and partial lift for one eye. Soldiers complain of nose abrasions and impaired bayonet sighting. Some wearers reported front to back use at Arras, risking blindness.
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France
Arras
Conditions of Peace in World War I
The article argues the Teutonic powers must be beaten to retire from the Rhine and pay indemnities for outrages violating international law. It calls for assurances that such acts will never recur by the German autocracy and military caste under the Hohenzollerns, insisting on a truce.
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Rhine
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