Far-Setiing Scot Rewards Children With Family Stock Farm
A Scottish farmer John McCallum splits his 1800 acre farm among nine children forming a family stock corporation. He titles the Lismore Stock Farm with a $100000 capital, assigns roles to each child, and holds regular board meetings. Eight children stay, one leaves to become a lawyer, some attend college, others join as directors and receive dividends. A surplus triggers annual checks and a veto battle over purchasing an automobile. The plan aims to keep the family on the farm after his death.
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John McCallum
Awoy
Lismore
Scotland
Farm Corporation
Mecallum Corporation
McCallum
Mr. McCallum
Deputy minister to inspect European immigration agencies
W. W. Cary, deputy minister of the interior, will leave for Europe to inspect Canadian government immigration agencies and survey the field. The government now promotes only agriculturists and warns others about Canada’s crowded labor market. The completion of the Transcontinental Railway is expected to raise unemployment, prompting migration limits toward homesteading or related work.
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W. W. Cary
Europe
Canada
Chinese Soldiers Executed After Kalgan Mutiny
News reports say 450 Chinese soldiers were executed after Kalgan mutinied killing residents and looting the city 125 miles from Peking. Kalgan garrison of 6000 troops mutinied looted burned the town and killed resistors. women faced assault during the violence.
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Kalgan
Peking
Bong
Darwin's Missing Line Seen in Elllis Island Finn
A Finn, 29, described by Dr. Howard Knox of the Eugenic Research at Columbia as the most ape like human in 22" form, with strong archaic features and hands with two phalanged little fingers, found in Ellis Island records as a rejected immigrant. The case, part of a paper on the mentally unfitted among immigrants, notes a pole-climbing occupation.
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Finn
Man
Mockey
Derwin
Ellie Island
Eugenic Research Association
Columbia University
Howard Knox
United States Public Health Service
Ellis Island
Dr. Knox
Knox
Free Law in Britain Attracts 1500 Applicants For Low Value Litigations
Britain's new system of free law for litigants under 250 value drew nearly 1,500 applications in two days. About 550 to 600 sought divorce, with monetary disputes next in line. Many cases may be frivolous, though each application is first screened by a committee of legal experts before any action. A panel includes over 250 counsel and 400 solicitors poised to assist poor litigants, but the surge risks large backlogs.
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Great Britain
Actas
Change in Dominion Cold Storage Act Expands Public Access
An order in council adds sections to the Dominion Cold Storage Act. Warehouses must give public preference for refrigerated space and cannot hoard capacity for firms. Subsidized storage managers must accept herring at usual rates regardless of use. Violations incur up to 50 dollars. The regulations take effect immediately.
Adam Ate the Forbidden Fruit Says Oxford Doctor
Dr Stephen Leydon of Jesus College Oxford claims Eve was innocent and Adam sinned based on a clay tablet from the Nippur collection at the University of Pennsylvania Museum. Scholars call the find groundbreaking and say it may redefine biblical history. A tablet on the flood and Noah's ark is also reported, with a copy to be sent to Dr Langdon in England.
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Stephen Leydon
Jesus College
Oxford
Adam
Eve
Langdon
Nippur
University of Pennsylvania Museum
University Museem
Dr. Langdon
England
Rural Vanhood and Country Religious Education
Article reviews Rural Vanhood magazine and argues for a practical, character‑building approach to country religious education. It stresses personality, home life, and community work through Y M C A and church teaching, warning against overreliance on revivalism and urging social gospel applications.
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Atu 1
America
Fiske
Oberlin
Y.M.C.A
Littl
Jesus
Retirement seals near complete line from Ottawa to coast
Major Leonard retires as commissioner of the National Transcontinental Railway marking practical completion except for ballast work and a few stations to finish by October 1. Grand Trunk Pacific may lease the line, with arbitration possible on total cost and 3 percent rent for 50 years. If leasing fails, others or government take over. Ottawa offices to adjust staff.
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Leonard
National Transcontinental Railway
Grand Tiune Pacific
Grand Trunk
Transcontinental Commission
Ottawa
Public Service
Trade of Canada Shows Increase in Exports of Agricultural Goods
A Canadian trade report for the last fiscal year notes total merchandise trade at 1 07 5 766 098 dollars, up 26 697 554. Imports fell 51 671 315 to 618 328 874 while exports rose 78 368 869 to 445 437 224. Agricultural exports climbed 48 074 468 to 198 220 029. animal produce up 8 564 526 to 53 349 119. manufactures up 13 750 644 to 57 443 452. Trade with the United Kingdom rose 37 634 098 and with the United States nearly three million. Exports to the UK reached 222 422 766, up 44 440 764. exports to the US 200 459 373, up 33 348 991.
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United Kingdom
United States
Trade and Commerce Department
British West Indies
Bermuda
Argentine Republic
Canada
Athabasca Trail Vision by Arthur Conan Doyle
Doyle writes of Canada from Jasper Park Alberta on June 18 1914 dreaming of the Athabasca Trail. He contrasts eastern warden cities with prairie hamlets and aims to girdle Canada with gems from sea to sea. The poem evokes packers voyageurs and the enduring call of homeland.
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Erie
Hill and Dale
Athabasca
Canada
Arthur Conan Doyle
Jasper Park
Alberta
Waves and ship stresses in Royal Institute lecture
Sir John Lyle explained that waves half the ship's length and one twentieth of its height barely raise stress versus smooth water. When waves match the ship length or exceed it by 1.5 times, stresses rise notably. For ships like the 900 foot Auguitania, maximum bending moments remain lower than on a 500 foot vessel.
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Royal Institute At
London
Sir John Lyle
Antarctic Coastline Survey To Span 150000 Miles
Mr J Foster Stackhouse plans a British Antarctic expedition sailing from London in December. The extended program will take four to five years and survey about 1300 miles of Antarctic coastline with oceanographical work along new routes opened by the Panama Canal. The charts indicate a voyage exceeding 150000 miles.
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J. Foster Stackhouse
London
Panama Canal
Timber loss in Alberta forest region north of Edmonton
Dominion Forestry Branch surveys show extensive destruction from forest fire over the last quarter century in the wooded area north of Edmonton Alberta. Re production is promising with remaining mature stands of white spruce thirty five inches diameter lodgepole pine twenty inches aspen poplar fifteen inches and paper birch twelve inches.
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Dominion Forestry Branch
Edmonton
Alberta
Government builds Panamia canal era trade elevators
The government readies western ports for European trade via the Panamia canal. Interior elevators open at Fort William Moose Jaw Saskatoon Calgary. A terminal elevator on the Vancouver government dock is chosen costing about a million dollars.
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Western
Europe
Fort William
Moose Jaw
Saskatoon
Calgary
Vancouver
Forest reserves and navigation policy discussed
The piece reviews a push for Dominion, provincial, or municipal action to purchase or protect forests to control floods and sediment in key watersheds. It cites the Trent Watershed Survey and Weeks Bill, noting acres set aside in Ontario, the Rockies, and British Columbia, and highlights the aim to safeguard waterways and support navigation and timber supply.
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Dominion
Provinces
Te -Eport
Trent
Commission of Conservation
Ontario
Eport
Canada
Rocky Mountains
Praire
Bitish Columbia
Friends of Conservation
United States
House of Representatives
Committee On the Judiciary
Congress
Appalachian Mountains
Ohio
Canada to Elevate Trade Commissioners Status
Sir George Foster plans to raise the rank of Canada’s trade commissioners abroad. Canada lacks its own consular service but uses British consuls. The proposal calls for top university men to be named vice-consuls after training in Ottawa to study Canada’s industrial needs from coast to coast.
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Sir George Foster
Canada
Naturalization Explained Under New Law Delays
The State department issues a circular clarifying the Naturalization Act. The new law is not yet in effect and will begin January 1 next year. For residents through year end the old law applies for three years. Judges previously granted naturalization. under the new law judges certify evidence while the secretary of state issues the certificate.
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State Department
Secretary of State
Saskatchewan Farmers Co operatives Grow Rapidly
Seventy two farmers co operative organizations have been organized in Saskatchewan for purchasing farm supplies and marketing produce. By year end it is expected that well over one hundred will be formed. Many members registered by the department of agriculture have begun business activities and most are purchasing binder twine needed by members.
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Saskatchewan
Department of Agriculture
Aviation records set in 1914 across duration and altitude
The 1914 records include a 16 hour 28 minute duration by Poulet, a 16 passenger carriage by Sik orsky, and an altitude record of 20 664 feet by Linnekogal. A day’s journey reached 1139 miles on October 22, 1914 aboard the Schiege.
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Poulet
Sikorsky
Linnekogal
Dominion Exhibit at the Panama Exposition
Col William Hutchinson, Canada’s exhibitions commissioner, describes the Canada building at the Panama Pacific Exposition. The 700000 square foot structure will feature natural resources displays with British Columbia products dominating space. Opening formally February 20, it will offer early access for preopening visitors.
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Col
Wiliam Hutchinson
Canada
Vancouver
Col Hutchinson
Dominion
Exhibition City
British Columbia
San Francisco
Col. Hutchinson
Pearls on Show at Bond Street Court Jeweller
A Bond Street court jeweller exhibits a striking pearl collection with iffy prices. A rope valued at £60,000 and a pear shaped drop at £14,009 stand out. a necklet costs £1,000 and pearls, black and pink, also appear. A pair of ear rings is priced at £8,000. An expert urges avoiding long safekeeping in darkness and recommends wearing pearls next to the skin to preserve life and luster.
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Bond Street
China Declares Opium Free in Most Provinces
Manchuria and eleven of the eighteen provinces are declared opium free. Britain accepts the move and bans Indian opium from these areas. The Chinese government orders remaining provinces to stop opium use and ban cultivation by year’s end. Despite praise for progress, bribe and smugglers’ evils remain.
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Manchuria
China
May Abandon Antarctic Trip For New Oceanographic Survey
The Stadhouse Antarctic expedition planned to sail next December may be abandoned as organizers switch to an oceanographical survey of a new route opened by the Panama Canal. The project would cover about 150000 miles and take nearly five years to finish.
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Stadhouse
Panama Casal
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Darwin
Leonaro
Trade OF Canada
Stackhouse Antarctic
Panama
Foreign Service
George Foster
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