Fire Loss Reporting Resolution Passed by Conservation Commission
At the annual meeting the commission of conservation approved a resolution urging provincial governments to secure full reports on all fire losses within their boundaries and to document the extent of damage to property. The session also referenced worldly affairs and a note on a Japanese cavalry major invited by the San Francisco Japanese society to select a distinguished saddle horse in the United States.
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Commission of Conservation
Japapere al Parte
United States
Japanese Society of
San Francisco
British Columbia soldiers lead empire in mobilization
The text reports BC units sending more men to Britain’s armies than any other division. It notes 1,200 men joined from Cariboo Trail settlements in a month, Wallachia sent 47 of 67 eligible, Vancouver issued 16,000 from 110,000 residents, and Prince Rupert exceeded its ration.
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B.C
Hiritiah
Columbia
Empire of Great Britain
Cariboo
Wallachia
Vancouver
Prince Repert
British Columbia
Banish Pimples and Eruptions with Pink Pills
The text promotes Dr Williams Pink Pills as a tonic to improve blood quality and relieve pimples eruptions eczema rheumatism lumbago sciatica and neuralgia by restoring rich blood. It claims all ages benefit and offers six boxes for 2 50 with mail order from The Dr Williams Medicine Co Brockville Ont.
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Williams
Dr. Willams’ Medicine Co
Brockville
Ont
World potato crop yields by country and use
The report catalogs 914 era potato production by nation, noting total acres and bushels, with Norway and the UK high per acre yields. It cites Germany using only a portion for human food and describes direct animal feed, alcohol production, starch, and Japan as a user of potato as an input for item manufacture with $36.5 million output in 191?.
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Russia
France
United States
Norway
Great Britain
Ireland
Holland
Germany
Canada
Japan
Grenfell in London recalls front line work and grit
Dr Grenfell of Labrador spent days in London after months in front line hospitals. He praises patient courage and hospital efficiency and shares tales of miraculous surgeries by his brother surgeons. He recounts a bullet wound found less serious after a man’s trousers pocket yielded a small coin.
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Grenfell
Labrador
London
Dr. Grenfell
Make a Few Hundred Extra Out of Flax
The piece argues flax offers high returns on late sowing in the three prairie provinces with yields over 12 bushels per acre and potential profits of 20 to 30 dollars per acre. It notes flax tolerates late planting and wet land, presenting a money-making opportunity for settlers with new breaking before May 26, backed by J H Drnedale of the Dominion Experimental Farm.
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Prairie
J. H. Drnedale
Bagr
Dominion Experimental Fargi
British POW Families Reunite After Cameroon Captivity
British prisoners of war in Cameroon endured eight months apart as their families faced German restrictions. Mrs Wright could not see her husband for a year while baby Rey Stanton Wright was born near an American mission station. The group faced pigsty housing and scarce rations under German control before release.
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Messrs Hreakley, Lees
Lord
Manchester
Lernard Jameson
Leeds
G. F. Oglesby
Sheffield
C. Jamieson
Nottingham
Newport Wright
Norfolk
Cameroon
Plymouth
West Africa
Guardian
del Haywood
Rey Stanton Wright
Baby Wright
Jasson
Horh
Mra Wright
Meter
Preservation Order Extends West Lands for Pronghorn Antelope
An order sets aside a large western land area for the pronghorn antelope to prevent extinction. Some lands were previously taken by settlers, with provisions for compensation. An extra half section is granted in lieu of buildings and improvements in the new location.
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Secre
Never Again Must Britain Guard Its Armament Routes
The London Daily Mail argues that Britain funded Germany before the war by supplying money and providing access to markets. It claims this fueled Germany’s armaments and naval strength, and warns against allowing coastal dye and optical glass industries to be controlled by monopolies again.
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Germany
London Daily Mail
Minard's Liniment Cures Dancruff In Samoa War Era
Despite a long drought, Samoa prospers under New Zealand administration. German colony status, Bank of New Zealand branch success, and efficient local government and courts indicate a stable, healthy colony scene amid wartime.
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Samoa
New Zealand
Bank of New Zealand
Calais Recognition of Canadian Gallantry Highlighted
French officers award the Legion of Honor to 26 Canadian officers from the First Canadian division. A letter from Lieut-Colonel Charles H. Mitchell of Toronto credits Canadian troops for defending Calais and notes gas attack injuries during the engagement.
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Canada
Calais
Archdeacon Cody
Charles H. Mitchell
Toronto
Ssoe
General d'Olesee
Mitchell
Polesee
German Crown Prince publicity campaign unfolds in Berlin
Professor R. Junker arrives at royal headquarters for a series of sittings as part of a broad propaganda drive. Photographs show the Crown Prince aiding French peasant children, with the Kaiser’s health and wartime turmoil cited as background to the campaign.
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R. Junker
Swine
Germany
Berlin
Bealth
Reign of Terror in Germany Reported by Exiled Jews
Report claims a reign of terror inaugurated by military tribunals in the German empire. Accused persons face charges of impossible crimes such as supplying Russia and Japan to fear them. Laborers are court-martialed for distributing Socialist sheets calling for a peace campaign.
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Germany
Switserland
Russia
Japan
Birds trained to attack Krupp chimneys scheme told
Professor Sir J. J. Thomson reported a war inventions board idea involving cormorants trained to feed on lines of food placed along a wall. The birds would be taken to Basen to attack Krupp works chimneys with such vigor as to destroy them.
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J. J. Thomson
War Inventions Board
Basen
Krupp
German publishing in peril as paper prices surge
Since 2000, many dailies weeklies and nasties have ceased in Germany due to high paper and ink costs and dwindling ad revenue. The German Paper Manufacturers' Trust plans a forty percent price hike, forcing more publications to close.
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Germany
German Paper Manufacturers’ Trust
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Grand Rapids, Mich
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Dr. Cassels Co., Ltd
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