Efforts Underway to Boost Food Production in Dominion
War measures spurred federal aid and a major campaign to boost crops across western Canada. From 1913 to 1916 production and farm programs expanded, with new propaganda, experimental farms, and a dedicated department committee targeting wheat, oats, beans, peas, bacon, poultry, butter, and cheese. Potatoes are encouraged to support England while export remains limited.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Martin Burrell
Department of Agriculture
England
Russia
Australia
India
Canada
National Service
Wrk
J. H Grisdale
J. A. Ruddick
George H. Clark
Ho Ss. Arkell
W. J. Black
Britain
Count Ferdinand Zeppelin and the Promise of Peaceful Air Travel
The late Count Zeppelin is praised for pioneering the practical dirigible while noting his private financing enabled costly experiments. The piece argues Zeppelins, though used in war, will advance in peacetime for rapid transit, including Channel crossings and possibly cross‑Atlantic service, reshaping travel and industry.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Count Zeppelin
Herbert Maxin
Morse
Bell
Pacific
English Channel
North Atlantic
Toronto Globe
Longest Way to America Route Draws Americans in Copenhagen
A large Copenhagen tourist office sign promotes the Trans Siberian route to the United States with tickets for sale. Americans in Copenhagen await sea return options, as the proposed path would cover about 15000 miles from Copenhagen to New York via Petrograd Vladivostok Japan Pacific and across the American continent.
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Copenhagen
Denmark
America
Trans- Siberian Railroad
United States
New York
trans-Siberian
Petrograd
Vladivostok
Japan
Pacific
American
Oat Varieties Tested in Ohio Show Top Performers
Ohio Experiment Station at Wooster tested over fifty oat varieties for eleven years. Among those yielding above 65 bushels per acre, top ranks go to Siberian, Improved American, Big Four, Silvermine, Green Mountain, American Banner, Sixty Day, Lincoln, Czar of Russia, and Jeanette. Sixty Day matures about ten days earlier than the others, which are midseason or late.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ohio
Wooster
Lincoln
Czar
Russia
Clerk Seeks Eye Exam as Boss Warns of Job Loss
A boss berates a clerk for multiple absences this week and orders a thorough eye exam. The clerk sombrely says he wants to have his eyes checked, while the manager warns he will be looking for work after Saturday night.
Discharge and Pension Rules Changes for Canadian Soldiers
A memorandum from the Dominion of Canada sets new rules for discharge and pensioning of soldiers. Invalided personnel are discharged only after a medical board certifies non improvement or self management. Discharge for physical unfitness awaits pensioners’ notification detailing pension start. pay and allowances continue until that date. Pensions are paid in advance.
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Dominion Aiinister
Canadian Expeditionary Force
Could Employ Soldiers In Forest Work
The issue suggests using many returned soldiers in forestry and fire protection. It calls for vocational training in forestry, practical courses, and coordination with existing technical forest schools in Toronto Quebec Fredericton and Vancouver. It envisions supplementary ranger and forest engineering programs and government fire protection courses to place trained men with mutual benefit.
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Toronto
Quebec
Fredericton
Vancouver
Dominion
Provincial
Thrift in Cooking Suggests Soup and Pancake Savings
Miss Pearl MacDonald urges using cheaper tougher meats and bones to make nutritious soups. She notes these cuts have more fiber and flavor than tender steaks, while flour remains a cheap staple for pancakes and other meals highlighting thrift under price pressures.
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Imoney
Minneapolis Journal
Grateful Neighbor Thankful If Chicken Thief Caught
A visitor tells a police sergeant that his neighbor’s chickens were stolen last night. He declines to file a report, but says he will thank the thief if caught. The anecdote appears in the Boston Globe.
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Boston Globe
Women of Russia Celebrate Vodka Ukase
The article details how vodka prohibition in Russia is celebrated by women on July 2, with church processions and public thanksgiving. It claims benefits include less drunkenness, better wages spent on children, and improved family life, though a minority of men oppose the ukase.
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Women of
Russia
Woman's Journal
Nicholas
Moscow
Petrograd
Inheritance Worth Defending Says Lloyd George Speech
A Lloyd George speech extols Britain's heritage and island nation status. He urges personal duty to defend liberty and civilization, warning against relaxing effort while praising Britain's rich soil, people, and past. He frames defending freedom as a personal obligation for all citizens.
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Belgium
France
Russia
Britain
Lloyd George
New South American bean named mulatinho touted as wheat substitute
A Sao Paulo developed bean called mulatinho is claimed to contain all wheat nutrients and yield four times per acre. More than 2000 tons were shipped during 1916 to Brazil states and Europe for Allied troops. Report says trenches soldiers are fat on it and large plantings are expected to challenge wheat.
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South America
Acre
Sao Paulo
Brazil
Europe
Omaha World-Herald
Purely Surface Indications of Charlotte’s Yard Presence
A brief exchange describes Charlotte entering a yard looking sweet and pretty. She challenges a man working in the ward, claiming she is prettier, and the man warns behavior dictates appearance. She verdicts that he must have been naughty as she assesses him.
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Charlotte
The
Christian Herald
Meteor business stokes a flood of words not yet in dict
A humorous exchange riffs on spelling and dictionaries with an ironic note about meteor work spawning new terms that haven’t appeared in the dictionary yet. The quip about stenographers and spelling underscores language playful mood.
Credulity of German People Delays End of War
A commentary blames the German language press in the United States and German propaganda for prolonging the war. It argues German credulity, state control, and misinformation hinder peace as Allied victories and blockade erode German resolve. The piece links German officials, media, and public to sustained support for autocracy and hostility to Allies.
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United States
Great Britain
Germany
Wilson
Republic
New York
Leather shortage pushes England to adopt wooden clogs
Amid a leather shortage in England, clogs once mocked as Dutch footwear become common. The Textile Mercury notes many London schoolchildren wear clogs costing about three shillings, with teachers supplying for ill pupils and workers considering town use. An order for 100,000 sabots for Belgium boosts domestic clog production.
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England
Netherlands
John Bull
Textile Mercury
Manchester
London
London County Council
Lancashire
Yorkshire
Boy Asks Why Conductor Shakes At Soprano
Robbie recalls a Pearson's Weekly account of an entertainment for a patriotic fund where a celebrated soprano sang with a famous orchestra. The boy watches the conductor gesticulate and asks his mother why the conductor shakes his stick and why the soprano screams, providing a child’s humorous view of the scene.
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Robbie
Pearson
New Homestead Regulations Ban Land Grants to Non Allied Subjects
An order in council bars homesteads or rights to nonallied non British subjects who joined the war late. It applies to water powers forestry dominion lands and other sources including schools mining timber grazing parks and irrigation. A second order grants returning soldiers priority in applying for donation lands.
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Minister of the Interior
Admiralty
Dominion
British Columbia
Dominion Parks
Northwest
Lumber Timber Cut In British Columbia In 1916
Preliminary figures from the forest branch of the British Columbia Department of Lands show a larger timber cut in 1916 than 1915. The value is expected to reach at least 33 million dollars, higher than 1915’s 29 million, with demand strong in Ontario for flooring paneling and moulding lumber.
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Forest Branch
British Columbia
D’partment of Lands
Intania
Manitoban Dairymen Adopt Resolution Shrinking Margarine Use
At the Manitoba Dairymen’s Association annual convention resolutions were adopted urging prohibition of oleomargarine in Canada, strict enforcement of last session’s cream-buying restrictions, full effect of butter and cream standard grades, creation of a Manitoba Special butter grade, mandatory pasteurization at creameries, and continued creamery inspection for industry benefit.
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Manitoba Dairymen's Association
Canada
Legiellure
Manitoba
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Jutland
United Kingdom
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Kaiser
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Father
Tommy
B.C
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