Postal Library Proposed for Canada by Joseph P Tracy
Adérees delivered to the Women's Civic Club of Lethbridge outline a plan for a national postal library in Canada. The proposal argues for 10 million books, housed in post offices, funded by installation costs and small per loan charges, with the post office delivering, collecting, and expanding services to music and research through a nationwide network. The resolution calls government support and forwarding to Prime Minister Borden and the National Council of Women.
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Adérees
Women's Civic Club of
Lethbridge
Joseph P. Tracy
Postal Library League For Canada
Postal Library
Canada
Pst
Cacadian
Astor Service
Post Office
Citi Gen
R. L. Borden
Dominion of Canada
Borden
National Council of Women
Germans Plan 1915 Canadian Businessmen Visit
The German minister reports Leipzig talks of a 1915 business trip to Canada lasting five or six weeks. A large, representative party drawn from financial and social circles is expected to accompany the tour. Separately, fifty South African farmers will tour England Scotland Holland and then Canada and the United States for about two months.
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Cape
Transvaa
Natal
Orange Free State
Rhodesia
England
Scotland
Holland
Canada
United States
China Produced Biggest Book and Great Chinese Dictionary
Wilfred Merton lends to the London Library a volume from the Chin s0 Encyclopaedia covering bamboos. The Yung Lo Ta Tien dictionary comprises 22,877 sections bound into 11,160 volumes, enough to form a colossal column towering over St Pauls. The encyclopedia involved over 2,000 scholars and totals 917,480 pages with 336,992,000 characters.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wilfred Merton
London
London Times
St. Paul's
Great
Encyclopaedia of
China
Open Windows in School Rooms for Health and Learning
The article argues for wide window openings in winter classrooms after tests at the Bache School in Philadelphia. Pupils taught with windows open showed better work, healthier attendance, and fewer illnesses than those in overheated rooms.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bache School
Philadelphia
Aurora light armoured cruiser fastest small protected ship
The Aurora, a British launched light armoured cruiser of about 3700 tons and 416 feet, will use oil engines totaling 30 000 hp for a maximum speed near 29 knots. Armament is expected to be six to eight 6 inch guns and the vessel is designed for fleet service, scouting, and overtaking destroyers.
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Aurora
Income of Suffragettes Sees Large Yearly Gain
The Suffragette reports that the Women's Social and Political Union HQ income reached £26.99, rising by £8,000 from the prior year, indicating a strong fundraising surge.
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Woman’s Social and Political Union
Northern Saskatchewan’s Promising North Report
Rev Father Le Marche operates 300 miles north of Battleford educating Indians in farming. The valley hosts ranchers with cattle and potential mineral and forest wealth. Prospects include coal, iron ore, pulp wood, water power, and possible railway expansion attracting English syndicates and American interests.
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Father le Marche
Battleford
Clearwater
Hunt
Church of England
North District
North Battleford
Canada Increases Wheat Exports To Europe In 1913
Canadian grain reports confirm Canada lifted wheat exports by 50 000 tons over 1912 and over 1911 by 2 300 900 tons. The German milling trade values hard wheat, with ongoing purchases expected as Germany’s breadstuffs demand grows. Oats from Canada decline due to Germany’s record harvest, while Canadian feed barley imports improve on price and quality amid Russia’s large offerings.
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Germany
Canada
Cruiser on Lake Winnipeg to Be Built for Fisheries
Preparations are underway for a new steel cruiser for Lake Winnipeg to serve as an inspection boat and spawn carrier. The contract for fabrication is let to Hull with assembly in Selkirk, featuring wireless gear and shore station links. the project costs about $165,000.
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Marine and Fisheries
Lake Winnipeg
Hull
Selkirk
Department
Lake Fisheries
Pas
Winnipeg
Brain in a Man with Tiny Brain Challenges Theory
Prof Edmond Perrie reports a 62 year old man who lived a year with almost no brain after death. Autopsy revealed a brain reduced to a thin shell yet no paralysis or convulsions. The case may challenge the idea that specific brain parts control all body functions.
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Academy of Sciences
Edmond Perrie
Perrier
Remarkable Wireless Phone Discovery At Eiffel Tower
An Italian engineer M Marzi invented a sensatized receiver enabling a tenor to be heard singing at Lack en near Brussels about 226 miles from Paris. The air of the song carried clearly but words were not discerned. Earlier the same receiver allowed wireless reception of a gramophone playing the Marseillaise at a distance of 62 miles.
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Eiffel Tower
M. Marzi
Lacken
Brussels
Paris
Irrigation Congress Set to Draw Thousands to Calgary
Calgary hosts the 1914 International Irrigation Congress October 5 to 9. Some 3,000 delegates from nearly every civilized country and hundreds of officials, engineers, and agriculturists are expected, with total attendance near 10,000. Exhibits from western provinces and U S showings, plus government displays, are planned across Calgary’s exhibition grounds.
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D'Arcy Rowe
Calgary
United States
Canada
Fire Warning Notices Replaced by Tin Tin Sealed Signs
The Dominion parks branch issues durable tin fire warning notices for national parks. The enamelled metal signs resist weather and porcupine damage, feature red and black lettering and a forest fire image, and will be posted in conspicuous park locations after distribution to park superintendents.
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Dominion Parks Branch
Dominion of Canada
National
Arctic Study Expedition Heads North From Toronto Observatory
John Patterson of the Toronto Observatory sails to the Arctic to study air currents and inspect meteorological service stations along the Mackenzie river. He will meet the Stefansson party at Fort McMurray and supply instruments for field work before continuing to Fort Smith and into the Arctic.
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John Patterson
Toronto Observatory
Arctic
Mackenzie River
Stefansson
Fort McMurray
Mr. Patterson
Athabasca Wanding
Fort Smith
Hudson Bay Fisheries Investigation Planned
The department of marine and fisheries will send a schooner with a scientific party from Halifax after navigation opens to study fisheries in Hudson Bay and its straits. Early findings suggest the bay yields superior grades of fish.
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Hudson Bay
Department of Marine and Fisheries
Halifax
New CPR Tug Launched at Okanagan Landing
The CPR tug Naramata, a steel constructed vessel built for towing freight barges on Ke paddled Okangan lake, has been successfully launched at Okanagan Landing.
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C.P.R
Naramata
Okanagan Lake
Okanagan Landing
Edmonton to Lesser Slave Lake rail plan outlined by McArthur
In Winnipeg interview J D McArthur outlines steel laid from Edmonton to Lesser Slave Lake covering 170 miles and predicts Peace River valley settlement this summer. He details Edmonton Dunvegan and British Columbia railway expansion, waterways to Fort McMurray, 350 miles, and 400 miles into Peace River district with 14 000 homesteads available between Smith and BC. He notes coal, gold and gypsum resources and that 141 miles to Smith are under construction.
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Winnipeg
J. D. McArthur
Edmonton
Lesser Slave Lake
Peace River
McArthur
Edmonton, Dunvegan and
British Columbia
Great West
Inland Empire
Great Waterways
Fort McMurray
Dunvegan
Peace River District
Smokey River
Smith
Athbasca River
Dominion
Alberta
Early Turkish coffee visit described by Sir Henry Blount
In 1634 Sir Henry Blount visited Turkey and drank Cauphe, a bitter hot drink pervading Turkish cafes. He noted it as an exotic bean brew, resembling old black broth, said to soothe the stomach, sharpen the brain, and foster fellowship.
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England
Sir Henry Blount
Turkey
Western
Europe
Lacedemonians
Parcel Post Weigh Limit Raised and Fees Abolished
The parcel post service now allows packages up to 11 pounds. Restrictions on weight and delivery have been removed and the 5 cent local delivery fee is abolished. This follows early organization, which led to heavier parcels being handled already.
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The
Post Office Department
Parcel Post
Warships Sold at Portsmouth Break Up Ordered
Obsolete warships sold include the battleships Renown and Resolution. Renown fetched $195,000 to Hughes Bulckow of Middlesbrough for conveyance to India in 1905. Resolution sold for £235,650. Two light cruisers sold with no breakup deadline. Forte for £18,500 to Holland Shipbuilding Co. and Medea for £10,735 to Garnham.
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Portsmouth
India
Messrs. Hughes
Bulckow
Middlesborough
Resolution
The
Shipbuilding Co. Holland
Messrs. Garnham
Thames Street
London
U S Population Figures From Census Bureau
The census bureau reports continental United States population at over 98.9 million and total including possessions above 109 million. Projections set July 1, 1914 population for continental U S at about 98.78 million, rising from 91.97 million in April 1910.
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Continental
United States
Census Bureau
Continental United States
Oldest Mason Alive Makes Home in Kingsville
Abram Kittlehuse, claimed as the world’s oldest Maroon, resides in Kingsville. Born in Waterford in 1827, he would turn 109 on October 3 if he lives until then.
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Kingsville
Abram Kittlehuse
Waterford
Masons
Saskatchewan Game Guardian Urges Public Help to Save Game
Bradshaw warns game supplies steadily decline in Saskatchewan and appeals to sportsmen and all citizens to cooperate with authorities. He condemns spring shooting as unfair and urges action to preserve wild life, noting declining populations and the need for broad public involvement.
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Bradshaw
Saskatchewan
Game Guardian
F. Bradshaw
William T. Hornssey
New York Zoological Park
United States
Canada
New Comet Discovered at Potncamp Observatory
The first cometary discovery of the year reports a new comet at Potncamp Observatory by Herr Kritzinger. It displays a tail and is described as about 9 percent bright, roughly 80 years from visibility in moderate telescope views. It was found at 2 a.m. in March near Kisht Ascension 1th and Delta Ophiuchi, with predicted position RA 18h20m, Dec 7°59'. Observers note it rises near 10 a.m. and appears outside Earth's orbit, likely approaching the sun, though final development awaits more data.
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Potncamp Observatory
Herr Kritzinger
Kisht
R.A
Sta Delta Ophiuchi
Indefinite Sentences Sought for Drunken Husbands
The Federated Women's Societies of Germany seek a government move to allow indefinite imprisonment for husbands who ill treat wives and children. Speakers argue there is no other way to protect families from danger and drunkenness. The proposal would keep drunkards in prison as long as there is a chance they could reoffend.
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Federated Women's Societies of
Germany
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Postal Department
Encyclopaedia
Saskatche
Wan
Fisheries Department
Irrigation Congress
International Irrigation Congress
Valley of the Peace River
British Admiralty
U.S
Mason
Braishaw
Royal North West Mounted Police
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