Britain to Exhibit Made in Britain Train for Canadian Trade
Canadian chamber of commerce to launch a year long exhibition train to showcase British goods across Canada. Train built in the United Kingdom with six cars, each costing about 20 000 dollars to run annually, visitors to see models from major British firms and towns, aiming to boost imports from Britain without displacing Canadian manufacturers.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Old Country
Canada
Cni
Britain
United Kingdom
Atlantic
J. Beirne
Canadian Chamber of Commerce
Panama Canal
Dominion
Telegraphing photos shows long distance image transmission
Demonstration of the telecograph reproduces a photograph at a distance and transmits portraits over 600 miles. The inventor expects pictures to be flashed between New York and London soon with wireless transmission trials promised within two months.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
London
Lion Hunt by Mrs Delaporte Net Four Lions in Minutes
The Delagoa Railroad official's wife Mrs Delaporte killed four lions in minutes near an antelope kill. Accompanied by two natives she located six lions feeding, felled two as they charged, shot a third as it fled, and killed a fourth with a shot to the eye at eight yards. Two lions escaped after ammunition ran out.
Skeletons Found of French Soldiers in Egypt Expedition
English workers digging at Alexandra unearthed two skeletons and bone fragments identified as French soldiers from Napoleon's expedition to Egypt. The remains were handed to the French consul by English authorities and will be sent to Cairo for fitting ceremony in the sarcophagus shared by their company’s discovered bodies.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Alexandra
Napoleon
Egypt
Cairo
Radium Power Could Propel Men to the Moon
M. Charles Nordham of the Paris observatory envisions manned lunar travel in a projectile aided by radium as motive power far surpassing nitroglycerine. He notes the propulsion would be far less violent than Verne’s imagined schemes and would require devices to slow the craft as it nears the moon.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
M. Charles Nordham
Paris Observatory
Jules Verne
M. Nordmann
Auction to Sell Central London City Lots At Measured Value
A vast area in London described as the city within Cannon street Queen Victoria street Upper Thames street Idol lane and St Mary at Hall will be offered at auction. Values near the centre exceed 1.2 dollars per square inch with annual rent totaling 111185 dollars. The sale aims to indicate central market trends as city values rise little while Westminster and West End demand grows. The Bank of England three acres is valued around 35009000 dollars. King William street plots fetch 200 to 250 dollars per square foot. Total city square mile worth about 1250000000 dollars.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
London
Law Courts
Cannon Street
Queen Victoria Street
Upper Thames Street
Bred Street
Idol Lane
St. Mary-at-Hall
West End
Strand
Westminster
Austin Friars
Bank of England
King Wiliam Street
The Community Church as a Unifying Social Force
The article argues for a community church in western neighborhoods to unite diverse ethnic groups and provide a social, educational, and welfare role. It urges using church buildings as multiuse centers to meet community needs, including recreation and public welfare, while promoting unity without erasing differences.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Winnipes
Ontario
Quebec
Maritime Provinces
Dakotas
Iowa
Union
Scotland
Ireland
England
Winnipeg
Europe
Community Church
Chamber of Commerce
Canadian Welfare League
Exhibits From Canada Sought for American Fairs
Lee White of the Canadian government notes a shift in sentiment toward Canadian displays at state exhibitions. After past objections from American real estate interests, fairs in Syracuse and Springfield have lifted bans and invited Canada to exhibit its immigration gear. Local fairs show growing interest despite fewer arrivals from the United States and a planned Mountain Indian reservation opening.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lee White
Canada
Canadian Immigration Department
State Exhibition
United States
New York
Illnois
Minnesota
Syracuse
Springfield
Iditior
White
Big Mountain
Fox pups found in Nova Scotia woods valued at fifty six thousand
A Rawden farmer discovered six fox pups in a den beneath an old barn in Hants county. He kept them as household pets until a neighbor alerted him the act was illegal. He released the tame foxes, valued by experts at 56 200 dollars.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hants County
N.S
Rawden
Gramophone Signals Heard via Wireless on Sea Voyage
A third officer aboard the Nelson steamship Highland Scot reported wireless music from a private yacht about 200 miles away. The strains of the Merry Widow Waltz and God Save the King were heard as the yacht’s gramophone and wireless setup apparently transmitted over a long distance. Signor Marconi noted it as a possible gramophone wireless experiment.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Nelson
Buenos Ayres
V.go
Signor Marconi
Marconi
Fawrey
Southampton
Salt strike powers Windsor plant expansion claim
Manager Dodson of the Canadian Alkali Company reports that four bored wells at Windsor Ontario intersect salt deposits enough to supply the plant for 220 years. The firm plans a half a million dollar expansion to complete the factory.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dodson
Canadian Alkali Company
Windsor Ont
Sport Om Te
Will Survey and Chart the Ocean Next Summer
J Foster Stackhouse plans a six to seven year expedition to survey and chart the world oceans. The route covers Atlantic soundings from London to Iceland to Nova Scotia, the Azores to the Cape, then proceeds to Montevideo, Buenos Aires, Cape Town, Tristan da Cunha, Ant arctic legs, Pacific work from Panama to Asia, and ends near Mahe Mauritius. The crew includes twelve scientists, six officers, and eighteen to nineteen sailors. funding sought is $125000 with no government grant yet.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
J. Foster Stackhouse
Stackhouse
London
Iceland
Atlatic
Nova Scotia
Halifax
Azores
Atlantic
Trinidad
Rio de Janice
Cape Horn
Montevedio
Buenos Ayres
Cape Town
Tristan da Cunah
Cape
Antarctic
Sir D. Mawson
Sandwich Islands
Pacific Ocean
Panama Canal
Mauretius
South Africa
Maretius
Zanzibar
Seychelles Islands
India
Bombay
Singapore
Hong Kong
China
Japan
Empire trade commission tour plans outlined in Canada
Deputy minister F. T. O Hara announces Dominion trade commission will visit Canada in August and September with 230 selected officials. The tour will cover railways and finance, trade statistics, exhibitions, patent rights, imperial laws and the proposed empire development board to aid loan programs and imperial cooperation.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Trade and Commerce
Canada
Dominion Trade Commission
England
Empire Development Board
German Doubts on End of Battleship Era
German papers question Sir Percy Scott’s claim that battleships are obsolete. The Consecative Post notes past French doubts after Admiral Colomb proposed torpedo boats. It says submarines’ limits prevent making battleships scrap iron, even if submarines could threaten ships.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sir Percy Scott
Sir Percy
Germany
Admiral Colomb
France
Dominion butter analysis finds most samples genuine
Analysis of 340 butter samples from Canada in November to January shows 316 genuine, 18 practically genuine, and 6 adulterated. Of 26 Quebec samples where oclocmar g arine was alleged, all were genuine.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Canada
Dominion
Quebec
Women Detectives for Suffs at House of Commons
Women detectives are employed on special occasions at the house of commons. One or two work for Scotland Yard to sit in the ladies gallery during big debates to react immediately to any suffragette intruder. They are fashionably attired to be easily distinguishable.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
India
Wight
Aoa
House of Commons
Scotland Yard
Ladies’ Gallery
Prisoners Plant Forests Across New South Wales Lands
A New South Wales report notes convicts at the state prison engage in reforestation rather than crime. In 1913 about 25 000 trees, mainly American ash and pines, were planted and expansions are planned. The piece compares efforts in San Diego and Canadian counties to reclaim waste lands, stressing profit and employment from forestry rather than charity.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New South Wales
San Diego
California
United States
Canada
Guelph
Ont
Ontario
Quebec
Dommon
Dominion Forestry Branch
Indian Head
Unique Cinderella Ball for the Blind at Savoy London
The Cinderella Ball for the blind at the Savoy in London featured a midnight start and breakfast finish, with 1200 attendees paying 26 dollars a ticket and some resellers paying 50 dollars. Organized by C Arthur Pearson for the National Institute for the Blind, the event offered two special dances a waltz and a ragtime, plus a lottery with prizes including a 3000-dollar automobile and various gowns and gifts. Mrs Cosmo Hamilton wore a sleeveless floral gown with detachable cuffs and fourfold trouserettes in the Chinese style.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Theno
Savoy Hotel
London
C. Arthur Pearson
National Institute For the Blind
Cosmo Hamilton
Empress Dies in Ancient Tokio Exposed By Imperial Funeral
An account notes the late dowager Empress died in her country palace but was required to die in Tokio by imperial law. The journey to the Tokio palace included ceremonial carriage movements with troops and silent crowds, revealing a deceased figure within the imperial carriage.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Tokio
Air navigation secret claimed by Gilendenning design
Gilendenning, a miner turned aeronautics researcher, claims Armstrong Whitworth will develop his aircraft design. He asserts a craft over thirteen tons will sail around the world without calamity and stay aloft sixty days without resupply. He cites years studying with the Balloon Society of Great Britain.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Armstrong- Whitworth Company
Gilendenning
Glendenning
Balloon Society of Great Britain
Gas Burners For Hudson Bay Navigation Aid
The marine department plans to send the government steamer Minto to Hudson Bay to install automatic gas burners in the bay and straits to aid navigation. Support ships Bonaventure Bellaventure Durley Chene Charon and Sieba will sail from Halifax in summer carrying supplies for extension terminal works.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Marine Department
Minto
Hudson Bay
Bonaventure
Bellaventure
Durley Chene
Charon
Sieba
Halifax
Regulations Curbs Amateur Wireless Operators Across Canada
The naval department issues extensive rules governing all radio telegraph equipment in Canada and aboard Canadian vessels. Licenses are required for amateurs and professionals alike with penalties up to 50 dollars fine or three months imprisonment. Fees vary by license type and wave length controls, while listening for the Stop signal may force amateurs to cease transmissions until permitted.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Naval Department
Canada
Naval Service Department
Swiss immigrant achieves farming success on twenty acres
Martin a young Swiss, who arrived in Pawnee City fifteen years ago, built a twenty acre farm at $12.50 an acre. Now worth $150 an acre, it yields $150 per acre yearly with rare crop failures. He uses a dyke to protect soil, wins prizes worth $1,450, and earns $75 yearly by being barred from competition. The department of agriculture offered $2,500 to act as demonstrator, which he refused. The example shows how scientific methods and persistence can transform small holdings.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Nebraska
F Martin
Pawne
Department of Agriculture
Art
Hawes Seeks Ban on Convict Made Goods Import
Harry Hawes of St. Louis told a Senate committee that U S convict made goods amount to 24 million dollars yearly and foreign convict production tops 566 million. He argued prison labor undercuts American workers and urged prohibition of imports from prison and pauper makers.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Harry Hawes
St. Louis
Senate Committee of Manufactures
Hawes
United States
England
Postage hike for newspapers to fund railway subsidy
The Post Office Department plans higher rates to support railway subsidies for Malta. The current postage is a quarter of a cent per pound. Future charges would be one cent per copy where letter carriers exist, or one quarter of a cent per copy where no carrier system is present. The change stems from a memorandum issued under Postmaster General L. P. Pelletier.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Malta
Post Office Department
L. P. Pelletier
Pos
Also Mentioned on This Page
the Community Church
Ocean
Commission
iInvention— Vesse
Twenty-acre
America
This is just the beginning! Our collection holds over 300 years of history, including rare newspapers, obituaries, marriage records, birth records, and so much more—most of which you won’t find anywhere else!