Electric coal price claim sparks mining critique
The Vancouver Daily Province clipping reports Mr. B A Haggen claiming coal prices could drop $3 a ton with proper electrical equipment for Vancouver Island mines. Critics note Comox district mines already rely on hydro power from Puntledge and warn Haggen's statements ignore established facts and local progress.
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B. A. Haggen
Vancouver Island
Province
Haggen
Vancouver Daily Province
B. C. Mining and Engineering Record
Comox
Canadian Collieries (Dunsmuir) Limited
Puntled
No Disgrace Englandborn Bishops In Gotham Eyes
The Los Angeles Times remarks that birth in England should not disqualify a bishop or cause disgrace. It notes many proud English natives, including good bishops, have shaped scripture understanding for New York readers.
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Hearst
New York
England
Bill Shakespeare
Old York
New
Stuttgart
Los Angeles Times
Crimes by Canadian youths shock nation
A 1917 to 1919 Dominion Bureau of Statistics report shows over twenty percent of indictible crimes in Canada were by youths under sixteen. Since 1910 boy crime rose nearly threefold, with war, parental loss of control, and moving pictures blamed. The piece urges earnest action to curb this alarming trend.
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Canada
Dominion Bureau of Statistics
New Zealand Mandates and Samoa Policy Debate
Christchurch, New Zealand presses critique New Zealand's mandate over Samoa. The paper argues the Dominion lacks capacity to govern overseas possessions and doubts future success with Samoa, citing experience with the Cook Islands and arguing for caution in handling difficult dependencies.
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New Zealand
Samoa
Cook Islands
Dominion
Christchurch
N.Z
Doing Nothing and Public Discourse Across Borders
A collection of verbatim quotes and excerpts discusses social idleness, Boer loyalty under British rule in South Africa, U.S. liquor prohibition logic, divorce rates among traveling salesmen, Emerson on faith, and Brooke on true friendship. The passages reflect opinions on politics, morality, and human connection in a clipped, editorial voice.
Glass shard in sausage sparks $100 diamond claim
A New York bookkeeper choked by glass in a German sausage later shows the piece to a jeweler who declares it a diamond valued at $100. A series of humorous exchanges follows, featuring directors and young lovers in quips about age, marriage, and love.
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New York
Scheme to Turn Roots and Stumps into Money
A British Columbia land clearing plan proposes distributing small sawmills to settlers to cut stumps and roots into fixed sizes for wooden wares in demand. Apple tree wood is noted for grain and polish, with profitable use in hand-saw handles and planes, amid provincial discussions on land settlement incentives. A separate anecdote has a patient offering five dollars for a medical exam with a promise of half if found useful.
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British Columbia
Mand
Canada
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