Alberta Rural Development League aims to settle lands
The Alberta Rural Development League formed at Olds in February seeks closer settlement of Western Canada by farmer organized settlement clubs. It plans land listings and targeted literature to attract outsiders, backed by testimonials from current farmers, and aims to distribute population, improve credit, transport and education while linking city prosperity with farm success.
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Alberta Farmers Farm Clubs
Charlies W. Stokes
Western Canada
Alberta Rural Development League
Olds
Alberta
Alrady
Canada
League
Hiram K. Jones
Iowa
Hiram
Pine Coulee Settlement Club
Mike
Hiram K
Loway
Pine Coulee
United States
Albertra
Calgary Consumers’ League
Calgary
Rural Development League
G. R. ‘Iarnoch
Lethbridge Board of Trade
H. M E. Evans
Edmonton
G. B. Smith
Camrose
R. M. Black
E. L. Richardson
William Georgeson
A. J. Matthews
Medicine Hat
S. H. Smith
A. T. Cushing
James Speakman
Penhold
United Farmers of Alberta
Victoria BC Health Record Sets Standout Mortality Rates
The 1914 medical officer's report for Victoria shows a 7.23 per thousand mortality rate and an infant rate near 6 per thousand. Typhoid cases totaled 18 with most from logging camps, aided by pure milk supply and clean water. Population figure appears garbled, with 367 deaths recorded and few over age 70.
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Victoria
G. A. B. Hall
B.C
Advertising cadence echoes through fog of memory
A brief musing compares a single advertisement to a lone bell in dense fog. Repeated, regular advertising creates lasting impact, cutting through obscurity like a clear signal in a dark night. The passage emphasizes systematic campaigns over sporadic inserts.
How Khaki Was Discovered
The Glasgow Times recounts how khaki color arose by accident in India. A Manchester businessman noted a fault dye resisting sun and soap. A young officer and a mauve dyer found a trick when laundry and a metal dish interaction produced the durable khaki hue.
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India
Lanudry
Manchester
Glasgow Times
Swede Knud Nystrom Unveils Torpedo Hydroseroplane
A new weapon, the torpedo hydroseroplane devised by Swedish inventor Knud Nystrom, was demonstrated before Swedish parliament. The high speed seaplane carries a long range torpedo that travels autonomously after launch, described as a highly effective submarine weapon.
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Knud Nystrom
Patriotism and Production Urges Canadian Farmers
The Department of Agriculture urges farmers to boost production for wartime needs. It stresses conserving resources, avoiding waste, and using Bulletins and Reports to guide profitable agriculture. Free publications are available from Ottawa Publications Branch with no postage.
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Canada
Efort
Department of Agriculture
Dominion
Ottawa
Record Wheat Exports to British Isles Reach New Canadian Peak
Canada reports 1914 wheat exports to the British Isles totaling 31 457 040 cwt, up from 21 787 900 cwt last year, with the United States the only country exceeding Canadian wheat imports. Oats barley and flour shipments from Canada declined, while Canadian frozen fish and turkeys gained a new market in Great Britain. Trade Commissioner Flood notes West Indian trade in flour rising, with nine months of 1914 showing an uptick of over 160 000 barrels worth more than 720 000 dollars and an expected year total near 200 000 barrels.
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British Isles
Trade and Commerce Department
Canada
United States
Great Britain
Flood
Barbadoes
Great Britain Faces Irish Militia Surge figures show mass enlistment
The Irish National League secretary says 450000 men of Irish birth or descent in Great Britain are of military age and 125000 have already joined the army. He argues this rate surpasses that of any other nationality.
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Great Britain
Irish National League
Artillery Ammunition and Harness Ordered for France
The High Commissioner's office in London reports orders placed with Canada for artillery ammunition and harness for the French government totaling over five million dollars.
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Canada
High Commissioner's Office
London
Admirals Beatty and Jellicoe praised for naval mastery
The piece extols Sir David Beatty as the era’s leading British celebrity and a master of strategy in World War I naval actions. It contrasts his tactics with German admirals Craddock and von Spee, credits Jellicoe’s grand strategy, and cites G W Smalley’s high regard for Beatty and the navy’s traditions.
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Admiral
David Beatty
Drake
Rodney
Nelson
Heligoland
North Sea
Beatty
Craddock
Falklands
von Spee
Sturdee
G. W. Smalley
London
The
New York Tribune
Smalley
Jellicoe
Grand Fleet
England
Mountain View with Ease Incline Railway Planned near Banff
An incline railway to climb Cascade Mountain near Banff is proposed to ease access for tourists. An order in council authorizes the Minister of the Interior to enter an agreement for a right of way with Thomas R. Deacon of Winnipeg who seeks permission to construct and operate the railway.
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Cascade Mountain
Banff
the Interi
Thomas R. Deacon
Winnipeg
Alfalfa Proves Profitable For Lamb Feed In Alberta Trial
Dominion Experimental Station at Lethbridge tested alfalfa as the main lamb feed on irrigation lands of Southern Alberta. Results show profit per head exceeding one dollar when alfalfa, oat sheaves, and grain are used, with alfalfa valued at eight dollars a ton and oats barley at market prices. The study notes marketing crops on the hoof as more profitable and highlights strong demand for alfalfa in the region. It also briefly mentions Austro Hungarian use of high explosive ecrasite and its destructive potential.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Alberta
Dominion
Lethbridge
Teaching Agriculture in Schools Would Be of Value
C H Cathout argues agriculture should be taught as practical country use rather than theory in city high schools. He urges country schools teach real farming, cites lack of lab facilities, and questions memory-focused curricula that fail to help students earn a living.
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Hopkins
Illinois College of Agriculture
Vicksburg
Meades
Lee
Gettysburg
Rhine
Danube
Columbia
C. H. Cathout
Efficient manuring and feeding urged by Aberdeen talk
Professor Gilchrist of Armstrong College lectured Aberdeen students on farm efficiency based on Cockle Park experiments. He showed legume crops boost yields, clover followed by 11 bushels more wheat or oats, and barley nine extra bushels. He advised soil dressing with slag for pastures and warned against over or under feeding in stock rearing.
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Gilchrist
Armstrong College
Newcastle-on-lyne
Aberdeen
Farmer Students’ Association of
The
North of Scotland College of Agriculture
Cockle Park Farm
Cockle Park
Canada
Montreal
Kid Glove Jobs And The Labor Dilemma
An unsigned New York Commercial editorial argues that American-born men avoid hard manual labor while aliens occupy rough, low wage tasks in the city. It claims progress should not be hindered by auttalion laws and that workers willing to toil are not a danger, unlike those demanding a living without work.
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New York City
Subway
New York Commercial
War, Love, and a War Kit Bond Across Front Lines
An American fundraiser sent comfort kits to French soldiers. Adele Leuville of Planquemine La donated two dollars and learned a soldier, Maurice Dubois of the Fourth Army Corps, once shared school days with her in Nancy. Their reunion tale inspired her to go to France as a nurse on the front.
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Cupid
Lafayette Fund
Adele Leuville
Planquemine
Miss Leuville
Maurice Dubois
Sixth Cavalry
Fourth Army Corps
France
Argonne
Dubois
Vanderbilt
New York
Nancy
Leuville
America
Canada loans in US rise after Wilson stance
Secretary of State Bryan cited President Wilson's disapproval of US loans to belligerents, including Canada. Since then Canadian provincial government loans totaled about 14 million dollars and municipal and corporate loans about 30 million dollars have been placed in the United States. Count von Bernstorff in Washington notes the paradox of speaking German while acting otherwise.
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Bryan
Monetary Times
Wilson
United States
Canada
Sinc
Count von Bernstorff
Washington
Lady French Receives Waterloo Pistol From Wellington
The wife of the Field Marshal in France is presented with the pistol from his holster at Waterloo by the Duke of Wellington. The moment links military leadership with a personal token amid ongoing campaign memories.
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French
France
Waterloo
Duke of Wellington
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