Universal Education Meeting Proposals For Getting and Keeping Children in School
Norman Frisch and others discuss rural education gaps in Saskatchewan. Proposals include transporting children to nearest schools, boarding schools, and mobile perambulating schools nicknamed Cook cars with a College Education. Aimed to reduce truancy and improve attendance with low projected costs and touring teachers. Citizens are invited to comment on schemes and improvements to existing attendance laws.
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Norman Frisch MA
Dyeet
Kegisa
Haskatchewas
Pubic Education League
Peoples Political
Sena
L.sens
West
Record Wheat Yield Reported on Sutherland Estate
A Marquis wheat field on the Duke of Sutherland estate at Brooks Alberta yielded 69 bushels per acre, aided by special cultivation. Nearby plots under ordinary cultivation averaged 60 bushels per acre.
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Duke of Sutherland
Brooks
Alberta
Diphtheria Cure Claim and Classroom Joke
Minard's Liniment touted as a cure for diphtheria in a brief notice. A class history quiz stirs humor as a dull student misstates the origin of slavery, asserting that in 1619 the London Company sent girls who were married by planters, thus introducing slavery in America.
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America
Virginia
London Company
Moderation of Eye Test Expands Canadian Militia Access
Canada ends strict eye sight screening for overseas forces and adopts a milder standard similar to England. In Toronto and Ottawa thousands deemed unfit in three months under the old test will now be eligible to enlist, widening recruitment for the overseas army.
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Canada
England
Ottawa
Rotation Study Shows Major Wheat Returns From Simple Pattern
An experiment at North Dakota Station compares three plots over years. The first wheat rotation yields two bushels per period with $109.29 return. The second corn followed by three wheat crops yields 233 bushels and $170.30. The third plot with manured corn and three wheat crops yields 202 bushels and $196.09, nearly double the first. This demonstrates rotation greatly boosts profits.
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North Dakota
Freedom from Asthma Remedy Promises Relief
A medical advert claims Dr. J. D. Kellogg's Asthma Remedy provides dependable relief from asthma attacks and prolonged agony. It urges readers who have tried other solutions without success to obtain a package of the preparation at once.
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J. D. Kellogg
Our Silver Wedding Plan For The Pig Beside The Sty
An elderly couple standing before their pig debate whether to kill the animal for a past grievance twenty five years ago. The farmer asks what good comes from murdering the pig now, while his wife notes their silver wedding tomorrow.
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John
Poet Frustration Over Spotted Poem Silencing
A poet named Bill shows a friend a newspaper clipping that altered his poem about his son. The clipping changes "My son my pygmy counterpart" to "My son my pig my counterpart" highlighting a humorous yet harsh misprint by a compositor.
Hall's Catarrh Cure Advertisement Affidavit
State of Ohio Toledo Lucas County Frank J Cheney senior partner of F J Cheney Co swears firm will pay one hundred dollars for every case of catarrh cured non via Hall's Catarrh Cure sworn December 6 1850 Hall's Catarrh Cure taken internally acts on blood and mucous surfaces send for testimonials Toledo O sold by all druggists 75c Take Hall's Family Pills for Constipation
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State of Ohio
City of
Toledo
Lucas County
Frank J. Cheney
F. J. Cheney & Co
Hall
Serbia Appeals to America for Aid in Crisis
Serbia requests aid from the American people framed by Father Vel Nicolai. He argues the United States and North American institutions arose as a protest to old Europe conditions. He describes Serbia as a little America in Europe fighting starvation and oppression and urges American relief.
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Serbia
Vel Nicolai
United States
North America
Europe
America
Schiller
Goethe
Minard's Liniment Cures Distemper Ruse
Two Tokio misers trade fan-saving methods in a humorous anecdote from Everybody's. One man claims a fan lasts twenty years by opening one section at a time. The other boasts saving for generations by keeping the fan still and only lightly moving it under the nose.
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Tokio
A Wonderful Clock Petrograd Displays World's Most Complex Timepiece
The clock in Petrograd features ninety five faces showing time in thirty locations plus sun movement, moon phases, zodiac signs, and dates across Gregorian Greek Mussolman and Hebrew calendars. It took two years to assemble after pieces were shipped from Switzerland.
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Petrograd
Switzerland
Russia
White Wyandottes Dominate Show and Breeding Outlook
The article highlights White Wyandottes at Storrs with top show scores and strong breeding demand. It praises egg production, carcass quality, and market vigor, noting the White Wyandotte's high averages in 1914 contests and favorable standard changes boosting length and usability. It also discusses the breed’s appeal to beginners and the National White Wyandotte Club’s influence, ending with a plug for Miller's Worm Powders.
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Hiasy
Leveet
Storrs
Wyacdottes
Esas
Raodele Abd Keds
Leg Fue
Wilte Wyandottes
Hoode Island
Plymouth
Connecticut
S.C
Pennsylvania
White Wyandottes
Missouri
Wyandottes
Whit Wyandotte
White Wyandotte Club
Saskatchewan Agricultural Instruction Committee Meeting Notes
The Saskatchewan Agricultural Instruction Committee met to discuss rural high schools itinerant agriculture teachers and the creation of Rural Education Associations to promote agricultural education. They proposed longer summer courses with practical work and recognized diplomas, plus equivalence of the BSA degree for teaching certificates and plans to tie compulsory agriculture or household science to second class diplomas pending inspector reports.
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Saskatchewan Agricultural Instruction Committee
A. H. Ball
W. J. Rutherford
College of Agriculture
E. Greenway
University of Saskatchewan
J. A. Snell
Normal School
Saskatoon
F. H. Auld
A. W. Cocks
F. W. Bates
Department of Education
Alex M. Brown
Ida M. Graham
Oswald Emil Graham
Alice Louisa Monk
Ernest Pike
Lawrence Abel Rothwell
Beef Raising in Canada Delves Into Finishing and Markets
Ottawa issues new edition of Beef Raising in Canada No 13 from the Live Stock branch of the Department of Agriculture. The 100 page volume with many halftone illustrations covers breeds, feeding, housing, and marketing. It stresses that younger, well finished cattle command top prices and that proper fat distribution across the carcass yields prime quality beef.
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Ottawa
Canada
Department of Agriculture
Atlantic
Holloway's Corn Cure Helped Painful Corns Endure
The advertisement claims uniformed individuals suffer corns while the knowing ones apply Holloway's Corn Cure and gain relief.
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Holloway
Acadian Regiment Proposed for New Brunswick
Sir Sam Hughes grants permission to raise an Acadian regiment in New Brunswick. He estimates 20 000 to 40 000 Acadians in the province and believes at least one battalion can be formed from young men of French descent without difficulty.
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Sam Hughes
New Brunswick
Strike at the head declares a French British response
The Kaiser is described as pushing against France and Britain, with Zeppelins and aeroplanes failing to frighten them. The piece calls for brutal aerial strikes against German leaders and towns to break German chiefs and defend civilization.
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Kaiser
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