Canadian Businessmen Should Visit East and West to Study Conditions
The piece urges Montreal Board of Trade members and other Canadian businesspeople to tour both regions, stressing firsthand knowledge of local market needs, drought impacts, and paper demand. It highlights diverse Canadian landscapes and attractions from Windsor to Quebec, plus the value of travel for business insight and national pride.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Montreal
Montreal Board of Trade
Europe
United States
Canada
Ontario
Quebec
Maritime Provinces
Windsor
Saskatoon
Pacific Coast
Elles
Rockies
Okanagan
St. Lawrence
Saguenay
New Brunswick
Prince Edward Island
Nova Scotia
St. John
Halifax
Pedestrians Safer In Heavy Traffic Says T6
The piece notes that heavier traffic and busier streets may seem safer for pedestrians, citing London with ten fatal accidents last year. It discusses hospital accidents and a remark on the old safety motto, contrasting with U S figures of two deaths per hour from cars in 1921.
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London
Montreal Gazette
United States
Fractured Text on Rivet Pressure for Plate Riveting
A fragment notes applying pressure to squeeze metal plates and close a rivet. The exact force is unclear with a range given between 154 and 260 toms.
Memoria l Homes Erected In England For War Hero Father
Eight homes erected in Nottingham in memory of Captain Sibert Ball VC DSO MC by his father Alderman Albert Ball were opened by Lt Col Leslie Wises MP. A message from the King praises Ball as preeminent among Nottingham’s due to war service. Homes will house mothers or widows of men in the war with free coal and light. endowed by Ball with horses. Capital value exceeds £20006.
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Sibert Ball
V.C. Dso
Albert Ball
Nottingham
Leslie Wises
Alderman Ball
Inland Town Swimmers Hold Champion Channel Run
The article notes that champions in English Channel swimming come from inland towns rather than coast communities. It cites fishermen generally not swimming due to a long standing belief that swimming would worsen their wrecked fate far from land or rescue.
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English Channel
Prickly pear fuel eyed as half price gasoline substitute
In South Africa the Commerce Department reports a prickly pear juice based fuel named springbok shows promise as a gasoline substitute. It allegedly delivers 22.6 mpg for a six cylinder car and starts in cold weather, with a secret formula and a company formed to manufacture it.
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South Africa
Department of Commerce
A. C. Devillier
A Costly Comma in Tariff Law and Lost Duty
A copied Tariff Bill clause mispunctured by a clerk yielded a misread phrase foreign fruit plants. The hyphen was omitted and a comma inserted after fruit causing free entry of oranges lemons bananas grapes and other foreign fruits for about a year. Loss to the government exceeded two million dollars.
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United States
United States Congress
Thankoffering to Bradford hospitals from Lord Parnley
Lord Parnley of Blyth Hall Nottingham head of Francis Willey and Co wool merchants Bradford England, after an operation, sent a 5000 pound cheque to Bradford city for hospital division. Three thousand pounds to Bradford Royal Infirmary and one thousand pounds each to Bradford Eye and Ear Hospital and Bradford Children's Hospital.
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Lord Parnley
Blyth Hall
Nottingham
Francis Willey
Bradford
McGill University Admits First Woman Dental Student
McGill University enrolls its first woman dental student Miss Florence Johnston of Montreal. The report notes that in 1910 the first woman was admitted to law, and currently four female students are pursuing studies at the university.
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McGill University
Florence Johnston
Montreal
Lusitania Holds $50,000 Worth of Sheet Brass
Report notes recovery of sheet brass valued at fifty thousand dollars from the sunken Lusitania. Officials assess salvage potential and location details for future operations.
England Hosts 250000 Begging Letter Writers Today
A report notes that England currently has about 250,000 professional begging letter-writers active across the country, reflecting a sizable niche of auxiliary labor.
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England
Everywoman's Fund aids Saskatchewan tuberculosis victims
The Everywoman's Fund launches to assist women fighting the white plague. Regina clubs and the Metropolitan Church ladies aid join the Women's Labor League in backing TB patients as Saskatchewan seeks new sanatorium capacity at Saskatoon and near Regina. Gifts may be sent to the Fort Qu'Appelle sanatorium or to Mrs. Fred W. Bates in Regina for immediate acknowledgment.
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Regina
Ladies Aid
Metropolitan Church
Women’s Labor League
Rural Commission On Tuberculosis
Sasakatchewan
Anti-Tuberculosis League
Saskatoon
Saskatchewan
Provincial Council of Women
Everywoman's Fund
Fort Qu'Appelle
Fred W. Bates
Angus Street
Canada Wheat Crop Produces Vast Bread Supply
Canada harvest yields 343 million bushels equaling 26.58 million pounds or 10.29 million tons. The crop could bake 12.8625 billion loaves of bread, each 24 ounces, enough for 35,339,726 people per day for a year.
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Canada
German Publicist Counts WWI Merchant Ship Losses
Dr Christian Siegfried Toesche Mittler, a German publicist, claims 19060000 tons of enemy mercantile shipping were sunk by German submarines in the war. He says 14360000 tons fell in the unrestricted campaign starting February 1 1917, including 12300000 tons in English ships.
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Christian Siegfried Toesche-Mittler
Canada Holds Enough Coal for 30000 Years Says Minister
Dr Chas Camsell deputy minister of mines and chairman of a special committee says Canada has coal sufficient for 30000 years. He notes Alberta contains about fifteen percent of the world's total supply with major coal fields also in British Columbia and Nova Scotia.
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Canada
Chas. Camsell
Alberta
British Columbia
Nova Scotia
Control Of Radio Licensing Proposed By Telephony Authorities
Recommendations ask for authority to be vested in the Minister Of Telephones for issuing licenses for transmitting or receiving stations for radiotelephony. Provinces would license states and 59 percent of license fees would go to the Dominion Government. Executive favors restricting forwarding of commercial messages by broadcasting stations and requiring chartered licenses issued by the relevant provincial government.
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Minister of Telephones
Primitive Post Office Stones Carried News in Capetown
In the early 19th century ships of the Fast Indian Company stopped at Capetown and other ports on routes to India. Officers buried letters under flat stone markers engraved with the vessel’s name. Homeward travelers sought the stones for news, and one stone with the date and ship name remains in the Capetown Post Office vestibule.
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Fast Indian Company
Capetown
Table Bay
India
Homesteader Hugh A. Sharon Seeks Saskatchewan Homestead Record
Hugh A. Sharon visited Regina after filing a homestead on the western prairies at age 80 and securing title at 83. He worked for decades in Ontario around Confederation before moving west and undertaking all development work unaided.
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Prairies
Hugh A. Sharon
Regina
Sharon
Ontario
Saskatchewan
German Women Lead Silk Growing Push in WWI Era
A 1916 movement formed a Women’s Silk Growing Club to plant mulberry trees and boost German silk production. The effort produced enough for 58 dresses and spurred new societies to sustain silk farming. Experts now pursue domestic raw material and aim to make Germany a major silk exporter with dye firms backing the venture.
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Germany
Dobbin Holding His Own in the Modern Market
A New York Evening Post note observes that horses still dominate rural work with teams of 2,500 pounds plus valued around $400, while urban demand shifts to truck horses as motor trucks rise but horses retain role in short hauls. The piece humorously predicts Dobbin’s longevity beyond Ford cars.
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Dobbins
New York State
Hiorses
Express
Henry
Dobbin
New York Evening Post
British economist Sir William Schooling on debt policy
Sir William Schooling argues Britain will become sounder by paying debts and forgiving debtors. He contrasts this with the United States, which he says disputes that approach and refuses to recognize its indebtedness.
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William Schooling
Great Britain
United States
Deferred Loan Spender
A judge notes a debtor asks for ten dollars until next week and the lender refuses, ruling on the request in a brief exchange. The dialogue captures a small, informal financial dispute handled in court.
Turks Trust Question Sparks International Debate
The New York Herald reports Hamid Bey claiming Turkish governance will protect all religious groups, a stance the West doubts. It notes repeated assurances from Turks and worries about capitulations and Turkish jurisdiction over non Muslims in Turkey.
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Hamid Bey
Turkey
New York Herald
Smyrna Ships Escape with Fig Cargoes Amid Fire
Only two ships fled Smyrna carrying this year’s fig cargoes bound for America as flames destroyed the waterfront. Greeks reportedly burned figs to keep them from Turkish hands, leaving only cinders where packing once stood.
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Smyrna
America
Arthur D Page Dead at 44 Inches Tall in Doraville NY
Arthur D Page known as the smallest man in the world died at his Doraville New York home at age 44. He stood 32 inches tall after traveling with theater troupes and circuses across the United States and Europe. He is survived by a sister and several cousins of normal height.
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Arthur D. Page
Doraville, N.Y
Page
Europe
Ancient routines echoed in modern men over fifty training
Medical experts today prescribe exercises for men over 50 that align with ancestral Chinese practices from over three millennia ago. The comparison highlights enduring fitness wisdom across eras and cultures.
Chimney Money Tax Levy Under Charles II Reign
A chimney money tax was levied on every hearth in a house during the reign of Charles the Second, illustrating a historic levy tied to home heating.
Gradual Transformation On The Prairies Through Tree Planting
The Prairie transformation stems from a government led tree planting program in Canada. Seedlings distributed since 1905 have created shelter belts and green crofts. 40,000 belts now line farms, with owners valuing them at roughly 1.6 thousand dollars each on average.
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Indian Head
Canadian Pacific Railway
Wolseley
Sound photographs in police court test of motor noise standard
In Bromley England a court heard of a scanner that uses a studiometer to record engine noise. Stanley Pound Vine faced a fine after being cited for riding a two stroke motorcycle with an inefficient silencer at Keston Common.
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Bromley
England
AutoCycle Union
Stanley Pound Vine
Newnham
Metropolitan Police
Keston Common
A. M. Low
Vine
Scotland Yard
British Isles deemed extinct as pupil redraws map
Midlands grammar school pupils were asked to map the British Isles. One student drew only England Wales and Scotland, claiming the British Isles are extinct because Ireland is a Free State and only Great Britain remains.
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Midlands
British Isles
England
Wales
Scotland
Great Britain
Ireland
Canadian Bank totals by region finish August
By the end of August Canada counted 4 725 chartered banks with 4 530 in Canada 43 in Newfoundland and 152 elsewhere.
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Canada
Newfoundland
Pessimist Finds Less Joy in Mie When Optimistic View Falters
A brief philosophical remark notes a pessimist may dislike Mie only when his outlook flips from hopeful to skeptical, implying taste aligns with mood rather than the dish itself.
Brilliant Meteor Lighted Chicago Sky In Early Dawn
A bright meteor streaked toward the southwest entering Earth's atmosphere and lighting the sky with colors. It appeared as a giant red falling star leaving a long incandescent trail and exploded into burning fragments, with a rainbow glow lasting over a minute.
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Chicago
Municipal hospital boards elect officers at Calgary meeting
Representatives of municipal hospital boards from across Alberta gathered in Calgary to address persistent problems. R. G. Reid was elected Hon. President, Norman McClellan of Vermilion became President, Dan Green of Hanns was Vice-President, with R. M. Lee, Wm. R. Menzies of Lloydminster, and K. T. Dorwood of Viking named to the Executive Board and G. R. Dundal of Mannville as Secretary.
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Alberta
Calgary
R. G. Reid
Public Eye Caution on Blinding the Public in Speech
A columnist argues that visibility is fine but warns against tactics that obscure truth. The piece stresses accountability and urges clarity in public messaging to prevent manipulation.
Some men are like pins they have their good points
A cautious proverb warns that certain men, though useful at times, can cause trouble or harm if not handled carefully. It uses a playful comparison to pins to convey mistrust of unreliable or biting people.
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Hon
Regina
New Hallan airship to have electric kitchen for 106 meals
The New Hallan airship will feature an electrically operated kitchen designed to prepare meals for 106 passengers. The advance promises efficient in-flight catering and streamlined service for travelers aboard the vessel.
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Hallan
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