Settlement of Idle Lands Urges Action Across Provinces
Dr J G Rutherford cites 80 million acres of Alberta arable land with only 5 thousand cultivated. J Bruce Walker reports 20 million acres in Manitoba Saskatchewan and Alberta held by railways and companies. Regina Leader notes vast unoccupied land near railways and calls for federal use under Soldiers Settlement Act.
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J. G. Rutherford
Calgary
Alberta
J. Bruce Walker
Winnipeg
Manitoba
Saskatchewan
Hudson Bay Co
Province of
Regina
Ottawa
Dominion
Silent mourner endures tragic breath while another egg is laid
A lone figure stands by the white form of the departed as sobs fail to move her. A piercing cry breaks the silence, followed by a second, more terrible outburst before calm returns and she remarks that she will lay another egg tomorrow.
Happy Thought Miss Askit-Does Your Husband Smoke Those Cigars
Mrs Newed recalls giving cigars to her husband as a gift for Christmas. He smoked one and said he would keep the rest to remind her of her kindness. Missouri.
Torch Speech Urges Nation to Fill Gaps in Youth
London Daily Mail reports a mobilizing appeal urging Britain to conscript men for wartime shortages. The Prime Minister’s electrifying address to miners spurs a nationwide resolve to back the army as heroes fight on. Victory or death is declared as nations rally from shore to shore.
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Britain
London Daily Mail
Increased Hog Production Spurs Western Canada Pork Boom
The campaign for greater hog production in Western Canada has led many farmers to keep pigs for the first time. Saskatchewan sold about 350 hogs and Alberta bought 330 hogs from plants and yards and kept them at Edmonton exhibitions. The stock, all grades, included Yorkshire, Duroc Jersey, Berkshire and Poland China breeds, and will be dispersed to farmers, signaling a large fall increase in hog numbers.
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Canada
Saskatchewan Department of Agriculture
Government of
Alberta
Exhibition Ground
Edmonton
Yorkshire
Duroc-Jersey
Berkshire
Poland
Reserved Homestead Lands For War Workers Leased
An order in council authorizes leasing of homestead lands held for soldiers overseas and war workers for cultivation. Western land agents report the same applies to lands held for insane or deceased owners. The ruling aims to boost production and aid soldiers. land may be broken and cultivated once or twice before full farming takeover.
Clarifying Music Forms in a Boston Transcript Quip
The Boston Transcript contrasts a sonata with a sonata madepiece, noting a sonata challenges the general listener to detect mistakes. It implies a difference between a tune and a sonata and stresses the performer's clarity in conveying intent.
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Boston Transcript
Non-Essential Industries Regime in Britain During War
The British system classifies all non-essential industries as not forbidden but limited by war needs. Labour and capital fall under the munitions act, with profits capped, wages fixed unless living costs rise, and government-backed wage increases. Few strikes occurred, shortest ones under a week.
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England
Great Britain
Pioneer Missionary John Sinclair of Selkirk Northland Hero
A biographical sketch outlines John Sinclair born 1825 at Oxford House and raised by Rev James Evans. He became a teacher at Norway House then devoted his life to translating the Bible into native dialects, aiding the Indian communities of Keewatin and the Canadian north.
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Selkirk
Manitoba
John Sinclair
Sinclair
Oxford House
Hudson Bay Company
Keewatin
Norway House
James Evans
Northland
Mr. Evans
Wigwam
Tepee
Religious Tract Society
Northern
Wilds
Canada West
J. D. Athelney Evans
British Dyes Progress Shows Postwar German Challenge
The British Dyes Company near Huddersfield has operated for over two years and reports strong progress, matching the German prewar position by developing intermediates and complicated plant for nitric and sulfuric acids and key dyes. Canada aims to boost wheat output to aid Britain and allies, with historic growth from 1605 to 1915 and forecasts of a wide expansion in western acreage amid labor shortages and renewed mechanization.
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Board of Trade
Treasury
Huddersfield
Leeds
Germany
Unity of Britain and United States in War Time Thought
A Toronto Globe comment lauds a University of North Carolina English department syllabus that links Britain's and America's shared liberty traditions with wartime aims. It contrasts freedom poetry against German oppression and urges Britons and Americans to seek inspiration in poets of freedom across English speaking nations.
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Germany
Great Britain
United States
Department of English
University of North Carolina
Britain
Toronto Globe
Kipling Sues Bus Driver Landlord Over Damaged Tree
The Kipling anecdote recalls a bus driver who was also an inn landlord who damaged a Rudyard Kipling tree. Kipling sent a complaint letter that the guest bought for ten shillings and a harsher note that netted a pound. He later confronted the landlord, who joked about preferring daily letters for pay.
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Kipling
Boston Transcript
Rent for Room with Piano Provokes Quip from Landlady
A prospective lodger asks about the rent including piano use and the landlady replies she cannot say offhand, adding that he must first play her something. The exchange hints at a humorous or teasing tone in a local lodging scenario.
Waste Waste Illegal Under New Order
The new order makes wilful or careless waste of food illegal and empowers legal authorities to act. Municipalities securing a conviction receive half the fine and provincial officers receive the other half.
Enclosing Stamps Versus Poetry Questioned
A London Opinion quip contrasts stamp enclosure with enclosing poetry. The exchange features a poet asking if stamps must be enclosed and an experienced author asserting the idea more essential than enclosing poetry.
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London
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Western
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Canad
International Institute of Agriculture
Ise
Cana
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