Premier's Impressions of England Front and War Travel
Premier Sir Robert Borden describes his visit to Great Britain and the front, praising Canadian troops at Shorncliffe, the Second Canadian Division, and Allied resolve. He recalls near trenches, hostilities, and the purpose of war as a birth of a freer civilization with Allied victory assured.
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Great Britain
France
Ottawa Canadian Club
Robert Borden
Dominion
Empire
Shorecliffe
Sir Robert
Britain
Canada
England
Shorncliffe
Lord Kitchener
Archibald Murray
Robert
Women Officers in Czarist Armies Stir World Interest
Reports from Kiev describe Alexandra Lagereva, a female officer in a Don Cossack regiment, who escaped captivity by killing a sentry with a stone. Olga Jehlweisser, a veteran Lithuanian cavalry member, is highlighted for her experience and battlefield knowledge. Yellow Martha, nicknamed for golden hair, recaptured a flag under heavy fire and killed two pursuing Germans.
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Kiev
Don Cossacks
Alexandra Ephimonia Lagereva
Alexandra
Olga Jehlweiser
Rennenkampf
Sokachev
Yellow Martha
Martha
Marketing Ideas For Cream Routes And Distances
The text discusses selling whole milk or sweet cream to individuals or to hotels and restaurants as the most profitable method. If markets are scarce, express service to hotels or a creamery is viable, keeping skim milk on the farm. Even distant communities can form cream routes.
Census Simplified for Western Provinces with Population and Agriculture
A brief note outlines a simplified general census for the Western Provinces focusing on population and agricultural data. It contrasts methods and implies adjustments to standard census practices.
War Inventions Grow From Peaceful Private Minds
The piece argues that war machines arose not from military men but from civilian inventors and engineers. It cites Ericsson, Hiram Maxim, Janney, H Ward Leonard, and Robert Fulton as examples of private citizens who developed pivotal war and peace technologies, while noting the broader role of dreamers in national progress.
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Army
Navy
Ericsson
Hiram Maxim
Commodore
Janney
H. Ward Leonard
Edison
Hull
Nelson
Robert Fulton
United States
Producers Demand Fairer Marketing From Speculators
Producers of wheat and corn argue that marketing conditions favor speculators who push prices down to fund profits for professional operators. They claim excessive gains shift from producers to consumers, labeling the speculator a parasitic raider in commerce. Some day the
August Traffic Toll in New York Outside City Limits
In August in the State of New York outside New York City, forty four people were killed by automobiles and wagons as a lengthy toll report notes fatalities across three streets in the region.
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New York
Canada’s Wheat Dominance and Imperial Harvest Outlook
The Dominion reports 13,?86,400 acres of wheat yielding 147,559,200 bushels, 91 percent above last year. Oats reach 445,000,000 bushels from 11,365,000 acres at 42.49 bu/acre, with barley rye flax yields also listed. The Globe notes Canada’s role in imperial strength, rail expansion, and food supply for the war effort, underscoring per head wheat production four times that of the U.S. and urging continued sacrifice and aid.
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Canada
Dominion
Prairies
United States
Toronto Globe
Financing Movement Of the Grain Crops
The minister of finance reports ample facilities exist to finance western grain movement without rush. Banks are stronger with liquid assets near 350 million dollars, plus gold and Domin' notes and potential new circulation. Banks may issue against gold and grain securities. government advances will use rain bills and warehouse receipts as collateral.
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Gentral
Winnipeg
Russia Contains 140 Races The Population of the Czar's Nation
The article notes Russia hosts over 140 peoples with varied language religion dress and customs. It lists major groups including fifty million Great Russians two million Lithuanians one and a half million Letts and about four and a half million Armenians among others.
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Russia
United States
Porto Rico
Phillippines
Zulu Islands
Alaska
Grand Duchy of Moskva
Poland
Gus
Timber trade showing renewed activity in interior
The forest branch reports indications of renewed timber activity in the interior with moderate demand for small timbers. Northern Pacific prompts expectations of fare increases that could spur further business.
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Lead Department
Interior
Winter Campaign Poised Across Fronts, Predicted to Favor Allies
The article argues a winter campaign will favor Allied lines in Russia and the West, with German gains stalled by cold and supply issues. It notes Russians must endure Alpine and Dardanelles hardships, while Italians and Balkans present varied conditions. The piece predicts heavier German losses and stronger Allied positions come spring.
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Russia
Germany
Italy
Dardanelles
Straits
Gallipoli
Mediterranean
Wartorn
Balkans
Balkan
Montreal Star
Listen post front line paper from 7th Canadian Battalion
A Vancouver paper紹介 The Listen ing Post is now published in the firing line as the regimental journal of the 7th Canadian Infantry Battalion under Lieut Col W W Odlum. The first issue reflects the soldiers from Vancouver and British Columbia with bantering verses and topical notes including a mock ad about a dug inn lease and a note on a ruined site.
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Vancouver
7Th Canadian Infantry Battalion
Britis Columbia Regiment
W. W. Odlum
Ormrod
Dug Inn
Jeft
Soldiers face reporting rule and roam allowed after dark
Insurance experts estimate mortality among officers of the British Expeditionary Force at 240 per 1,000 per annum. In the South Af
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South
Drink Temptation and Crime Tied to Barroom Access
An Ottawa Citizen editorial argues that drunkenness and crime fall when barrooms are limited or hours shortened. It cites Pasadena, London, and San Francisco examples, noting fewer temptations reduce drinking, with higher temptations increasing incidents.
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Ottawa Citizen
Toronto Junction
Owen Sound
West Mount
Pasadena
Cal
London
San Francisco
H. Arnott
M.B
M-C_P.S
Eat Apples At Cook County Institute Ides of Health
Professor Benson, a horticulturist, urged universal apple consumption at the Cook County Teachers Institute in Chicago Normal School. He touted apples and apple pies as healthful and argued home canning is easy and profitable, warning against apple waste and high living costs.
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O. H. Bengon
Benson
Uncle Sam
Cook County
Teachers* Institute and
Chicago Normal School
United States
Chicago Tribune
Canadian doctors bolster war medical efforts at Ypres
Major C. E. Doherty reports over five thousand wounded soldiers passed through a Canadian field hospital in 77 hours during and after the Ypres fighting. He arrives to organize convalescent care as Canada fields five ambulances, three base hospitals, one hospital, and two casualty units.
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Canada
Ypres
C. E. Doherty
Young Stafford Grammar School Boy Serves as Sergeant
The youngest sergeant in the region is Slimm, a sixteen year old Stafford Grammar School pupil. He is tall for his age and has earned a place in the local training corps.
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Perview
Stafford
Eng.) Grammar School
Slimm
Government committee to solve difficulty of marketing crop
Sanford Evans outlines a government committee plan to gather facts and opinions on crop marketing. He invites letters and interviews, envisions the group as a clearing house, and stresses factual analysis of ocean transport and European demand to align Canadian exports with market needs.
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Sanford Evans
Canada
Europe
Immigration to Canada Seen As Inevitable After War
The Ottawa Journal notes immigration to Canada will surge after the war. 1914-15 arrivals were the lowest in a decade, with prewar years tallying over a quarter of a million bi monthly and near 500,000 in 1913. The war reduced Continental European arrivals and British flows as men joined war effort.
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Canada
Ottawa
Ottawa Journal
Europe
British Isles
Germany weighs theories on sea murder devices
The article outlines speculative motives and methods for a maritime disaster, suggesting possibilities such as a whale swallowing a mine or a passenger tainting the voyage with submarine plans. It notes rumors about staff behavior and a captain’s cabin artifact, with scattered, uncertain details.
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Germany
Training Canadian Horses for Army Remounts in Surrey
Hundreds of Canadian horses are trained near Redhill Surrey for army remounts. Five to six year olds are shipped to Britain, paraded by riders and stable boys, then rated as lance corporals by a white stripe after harness acceptance, with promotion to sergeant if they take to team work.
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Redhill
Surrey
Canada
Neutrality Challenged by Global Conflicts
A muddled report reflects on the moral difficulty of American neutrality as global struggles intensify. The text notes United States interests and the urge to act against aggressive powers, signaling a shift in public stance.
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America
United States
U Cawe
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