Settlement of Our Idle Lands Question of Vital Importance
The Calgary meeting cites Alberta’s 80,000,000 acres of arable land but only 5,000 LHD acres under cultivation. Manitoba Saskatchewan and Alberta hold 20,000,000 acres by railway companies and large corporations. Regina Leader notes much land is speculator-held and unproductive, urging Ottawa to act and suggesting Soldiers’ Settlement Act lands be used for returned soldiers.
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J. G. Rutherford
Calgary
Alberta
J. Bruce Walker
Winnipeg
Manitoba
Saskatchewan
Hudson Bay Co
Regina
Ottawa
Dominion
Bertha Gun Destroyed Near Paris in War Action
French observers reported that the German long range siege gun nicknamed Bertha was damaged by Allied fire near Paris. Two large shells ripped the railway nearby and a 50 foot long rent appeared in the gun’s shell-treated barrel. Air and ground gunners prepared to destroy the third Bertha as shells continued to fall.
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Paris
Petit Parisien
Bertha Krupp
Bertha
Kipling's letter to landlord over damaged tree
Rudyard Kipling complained after a tree at his home was damaged by a bus. The bus driver, also an inn landlord, sold Kipling's complaint letter for ten shillings. Kipling sent a second letter which netted £1, then visited the landlord to demand a response to his earlier letters. The landlord replied that he hoped Kipling would send him more money since it paid better than bus driving.
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Kipling
Boston Transcript
Happy Thought Miss Askit-Does Your Husband Smoke Those Cigars
A brief Missouri exchange notes a wife asking about her husband smoking cigars from Christmas gifts. The husband replies he smoked one and ate peas to rest to remind him of kindness.
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Missouri
War wariness and the Kaiser Wilhelm Trust for War Science
The Toronto Globe condemns the Kaiser's push for a permanent war science trust. It warns of a planned collaboration of chemical, physics, engineering, aeronautics, and metals committees aimed at arming Germany for future conflicts. The piece calls for destroying Prussian militarism to prevent another war.
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Kaiser
Picardy
Europe
Colonel Carnegie
Jiengerial Munitions Weard
England
Kaiser Wilhelm Trust For
Kaiser Wilhelm Trust
Germany
Teutons
Mr. Asquith
Immigrant inflow swells Western Canada farm push
Large influx of settlers from the United States and elsewhere moves toward prairie provinces with horses cattle and farming gear. Calgary Edmonton Regina Moose Jaw Saskatoon Vancouver gate towns report unprecedented land takers planning long term settlement and larger crop yields.
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Western
Canada
Western Canada
Unts
Calgary
Edmonton
Bridge
Alberta
Regina
Moose Jaw
Saskatoon
Saskatchewan
North Portal
Coutts
Kingsgate
British Columbia
United States
Vancouver
Prairies
Saskatchewan Agriculture Reports Strong Cattle Prospects
The Saskatchewan Department of Agriculture reports rising cattle inquiries under the livestock purchase and sale act. Demand focuses on purebred bulls and breeding females, with good progress in beef cattle and many dairy cattle applications noted.
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Department of Agriculture of
Saskatchewan
Riced Potatoes Add Flavor To Flour in Batter Mixes
Fresh hot potatoes passed through a ricer or fine sieve blend into batters or doughs. Cold leftovers blend less easily and may lack the same flavor, affecting the final texture and taste.
Take Up the Torch Call to Arm and Stand Fast
A London Daily Mail editorial urges immediate national mobilization to fill gaps in troops. It praises the miners for backing the war effort and declares no parleying, underlining a united stance from shore to shore with victory as the aim.
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Britain
London Daily
Increased Hog Production in Western Canada Campaign
The Western Canada drive to boost hog production led many farmers to keep pigs for the first time. Saskatchewan issued hundreds of hogs while Alberta bought grade females from packing plants and stock yards to distribute at Edmonton exhibits, aiming for a large fall rise in hog numbers across the province.
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Canada
Saskatchewan Department of Agriculture
Government of Alberta
Exhibition Ground
Edmonton
Yorkshire
Duroc-Jersey
Berkshire
Poland
Large tracts to be broken for farming in Western Canada
Western Canada will see extensive land clearing this year as large outfits from the United States and local capital break and cultivate thousands of acres. A Washington owner plans 5 000 acres near Rosebud Alberta with 21 horses two tractors and a full set of farm implements. C S Noble near Lethbridge operates Steam tractors and gas tractors to break 15 000 acres and seed 5 000 to flax this season. Provincial steps in Manitoba aim to launch a sweeping campaign to break virgin prairie and boost 1919 crop acreage.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Western Canada
Washington
Rosebud
Alberta
Noble
Saskatchewan
Manitoba
Department of Agriculture
Big Game Season Attracts Eastern Canada Sports Fans
The 1918 season notes extensive Eastern Canada interest in hunting and sport. Saskatchewan issued 2250 licenses to residents and non residents. 1650 licenses went to farmers. Total big game killed reached 1806, including 1215 moose, 152 elk, 375 deer, and 64 caribou.
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Estern
Canada
Saskatchewan
Waste Becomes Illegal Under New Order
Citizens told waste of food is illegal and to report cases to legal authorities. Authorities may act, and municipalities or provincial officers collecting convictions receive half the resulting fines.
The Difference Between a Tune and a Sonata
A Boston Transcript quote explains the distinction. It notes that a tune is easier to recognize for lay listeners, while a sonata often hides its complexities. The remark contrasts audibility with structural depth in classical piano works.
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Boston Transcript
One of War's Virtues In The Theatre Of War
A fragmentary report notes a wartime virtue amid conflict with vague reference to Florida and theatre imagery. The text lacks clear subjects or events to identify.
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Inal Taair Gants Eerie
Florida
War Labor Rules Shape Britain’s Nonessential Industries
Britain’s war munitions act extends government control to war material factories while allowing nonessential sectors to continue under labor and wage safeguards. Profits are capped, wages frozen with possible increases to living costs, and government backstops allow quick wage adjustments. Few strikes have occurred, with any that did lasting less than a week.
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Greain
Bor
Great Britain
Syllabus Links English Literature to War Ideals
The Toronto Globe notes a University of North Carolina English department syllabus that frames English literature as a guide to liberty and democracy amid World War II era tensions. It highlights passages contrasting German writings with Western ideals and urges Britons and Americans to seek comfort from poets of freedom.
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Germany
Great Britain
United States
Department of English
University of North Carolina
Liberty and Democracy
Nmean
Toronto Globe
Wheat Dominates Saskatchewan in Early 20th Century Census
The 1915 Saskatchewan wheat harvest reached 233 million bushels while Canada total stood at 426 million. In 1916 prairie wheat output surpassed the rest of Canada by over 70 million, and 1917 saw over 90 percent of Dominion wheat from the three prairie provinces. The 1916 census recorded population gains of 135,403 with rural settlements exceeding 120,000. Farm acreage rose from 29 million acres in 1911 to 39 million in 1916, and farm numbers grew 78 percent with acreage up over 28 percent.
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Saskatchewan
Canada
Dominion
Prairie Provinces
International Institute of Ax
Culture
Unit States
Europe
Great Britain
France
Italy
Wm. Saunders
Dominios Experimental Parmes
Annapolis Royal
Nova Scotia
Upper
Lower Canada
Upper Canada
United States
Washington
Kingston
Great West
Canad
West
Grow Hog Feed Amid Grain Shortage Drives Self-Sown Ensilage
Scarcity of coarse grains and ensilage in Canada plus slow American corn supply pushes hog raisers to grow ensilage corn at home this season to secure feed. Plan to harvest silage quickly and stockpile for the herd.
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Canada
A Born General Mrs Exe The Cook And I Quarrel
A quarrel between Mrs Exe The cook and I concerns protecting crockery and ash cans. The fragment hints at household conflict and practical concerns over kitchen items and waste containers.
Try Some New Vegetables for the Home Garden
A column from Successful Farming champions expanding garden variety with cucumbers beets and other novel vegetables. It highlights spinach asparagus Swiss chard Obra warsnips salsify carrots rhubarb collards kale and eggplant as valuable additions for health flavor and year round harvests. The piece urges gardeners to try new plants and seed orders for a richer kitchen garden.
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Lence
Flax on Old Soil and Crop Rotation Benefits
The article argues flax is not hard on land if rotated every six to eight years and grown after corn or potatoes. It notes flax roots are shallow, but proper rotation and disease control reduce problems. Emphasis on clean seed, education, and using a fanning mill to remove trash improves yields.
Germans Angry Over U S Spy Crusade Criticism
The Frankfurter Zeitung denounces American tolerance of German spies and charges the U S with organizing hatred of Germany. It condemns what it calls persecution of upright Germans and notes the spy hysteria began in wartime and extended into America’s fourth year of war.
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United States
Frankfurter Zeitung
Germany
New World
America
Government to lease homesteads for farming by soldiers
An order in council allows leasing of homesteads held for soldiers overseas and war workers for cultivation. The same rule applies to estates held for entry by the insane or deceased. The move aims to aid the war effort and help soldiers who hold land to cultivate it.
Take No Chances? Prospective Ledger in Review
A fragment notes a discussion of a ledger's future use and a challenge to perform a move or game. The speaker insists on playing first, referencing a strategy or sequence tied to the Landy remark in a cryptic room context.
Poets Debate Necessity of Enclosing Poetry
A fragmentary exchange questions whether enclosure is essential beyond poetry itself. The dialogue hints at deeper debate on form and preservation within literary craft.
Wheat production in Canada surpasses other nations says report
A Manitoba writer lauds John Sinclair and outlines Canada’s wartime wheat potential. Historical notes cover Sinclair’s missionary work and the rise of Canadian wheat farming from Annapolis Royal to the Great West, with projections of a 20 percent rise in western acreage and a 1915-like record yield amid labor and submarine pressures.
British Dyes Company Fills German War-Gap
The British Dyes Company, aided by the Board of Trade and Treasury, has operated for over two years to reclaim prewar German position in dyes. Huddersfield works expanded to a townlike scale, producing intermediates and chemicals such as nitric acid and benzidine, with strong financials showing maximum dividends for two years.
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Board of Trade
Treasury
Huddersfield
Leeds
Germany
Western Canadian cities expand vacant lot cultivation this year
The article reports a large expansion of urban gardening in Western Canada. Calgary will cultivate over two thousand lots for potatoes and vegetables this summer, with similar efforts in other cities. Regina plans 50 acres and Mary secures 200 acres from the Canadian Pacific Railway for breaking and cultivation within city limits.
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Canada
Calgary
Alberta
Regina
Saskatchewan
City of Mary
Canadian Pacific Railway
Cnstration
Saskatchewan Wool Clip Estimates Outline 1918 Plan
Director of cooperation projects 300 900 pounds of wool from over 40 000 sheep to be marketed by the cooperative branch of Saskatchewan's department of agriculture. About 700 sheep will be in cooperation. plan spans May 25 to June 1 with wool expected to reach markets between June 24 and July 25.
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Saskatchewan
Director of Cooperation
Department of Agriculture
Easy methods to grow crisp radishes in summer
Readers who like fine crisp radishes can grow them in summer as well as spring. A manure bed yields excellent radishes with rapid development, while ordinary soil slows growth and can heat the roots, making them unfit for use. Scatter stable manure on the surface, sow radish seed, and harvest quickly for tender crops.
Fragmentary Verse: Silent Suffering Echoes
A fragmentary lyric scene depicts a woman grieving, hearing a sobless, breathless cry as silence settles and a low gurgle escapes. The lines convey haunting emotion and unresolved tension in a stark, poetic moment.
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Del
Rudyard
Ata
Aaice
British and American Unity
The
Prairie
Mrs. Exe
U. S
Selkirk
John Sinclair
Dian
Sinclair
House
Eben Bay Company
Tamarac
Keewatin
Norway House
James Evans
Forthland
Loom
Norway
Religious Tract Society
Northern
Wilds
Canada West
Osxford House
Northlandistory
J. D. Athelney Evans
Teuton
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