Canadian Formaldehyde A Farmer Friendly Product
A Canadian product formaldehyde is praised for home and farming use to treat seed against smut. The article notes its advantage over blue stone, easy use with hard or soft water, and war related demand boosts. It cautions on proper storage and delivery in bottles or stone jugs to ensure correct concentration.
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Canada
Germany
Europe
New
Ontario
Canadian Sea
Dardanelles
George H. Clark
Journal of Commerce
Prohibition Wave Spreads Through States and Industries
The Minneapolis Journal argues prohibition spreads by economics across the nation. It cites bans in Colorado Arizona Montana Idaho and potential moves in Utah and links loss of self control to safety in mines and farms. It credits the Copper Company and mining accidents as proof that saloon closures boost efficiency and reduce danger.
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South
West
Organization of Business and Industry
Colorado
Arizona
Montana
Idaho
Utah
American Copper Company
Butte
Europe
Minneapolis
Ournal
Crowding Out Cattle by Quarantine and Agriculture
The article notes crowding out of cattle due to strict quarantine and shifts in agricultural policy. It cites a 4.3 million acre expansion in winter wheat reducing grazing land and growing irrigation encroachment in states like California, with 24,589 irrigation projects, 4,076 added since 1910, affecting pasture values.
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California
Wall Street Journal
Government marketing plan boosts dairy farmer profits
Saskatchewan Dairy Bulletin describes government operation of creameries to manage marketing and finances. It notes growing participation from 213 farmers in 1907 to 3,625 by 1914 and 1,677 farmers in 1913-14, with advance payments of about 80 percent and free rail transport for cream shipments to government creameries.
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Saskatchewan Department of Agriculture
Fractured Anatomy Lesson Teaches Humorous Nonsense
A humorous specimen defines anatomy as the human body with three parts the head the chist and the stummick. It absurdly assigns organs to each part listing lungs liver and bowels while misnaming items and letters.
Canadian Banking System Critiqued at Winn Forum
John W. Ward spoke at the People's Forum in Winn about the Canadian banking system. He warned against wealth concentration and criticized banks for funding speculators and charging farmers high rates while benefiting manufacturers. He emphasized viewing banking from the common man's perspective.
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Winn
People's Forum
John W. Ward
Bella Hall
Ward
Bank of Montreal
Dominion
Treasury Board
Bankers’ Association
H. P. M. Eckhardt
New Farm Wisdom Encourages Production Push
A WWI era editorial urges deeper soil ploughing and broader production efforts. It cites a pioneer tale to illustrate agricultural wealth and promotes the Patriotism and Production Campaign. It urges unity, listening to advice, and expanding practical farming knowledge from Ottawa’s Agriculture Department publications.
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North West
Department of Agriculture
Ottawa
The British Water Wagon and Wartime Alcohol Policy
The Atlanta Constitution notes a warning in Lloyd George speech in Wales about workers in armament factories may be offered state help if they fail to resist alcohol. It observes Europe’s wartime move toward drink restrictions and cites Russia France Germany England as examples of drink controls during the conflict.
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Great Britain
Russia
Lloyd George
Wales
England
Europe
France
Germany
Atlanta Constitution
The Cost of War Reflects on Lifelong Taint of War
The Philistine essay laments war's lasting toll beyond combatants. It argues pensions expire with the veteran while war corrupts a people, leaving lasting scars and social consequences. It condemns large armies as irrational, funded by production to destroy labor’s成果 and human values.
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Lucifer
Make Children Hate War
Jane Addams urges a century focused on children and social service and urges immigrant communities to back international peace. She cites Boy Scouts, anti militarism among Russian Jews, and the need to mobilize humanitarian public opinion worldwide. Beef cattle numbers and population growth are cited to illustrate economic pressures during wartime.
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Jane Addams
Hull House
Chicao
Carnegie Hall
Europe
Chicago
America
A Century of Peace at Sea Filters Through Vision
The London Telegraph reflects on a century of peaceful seas, noting blessings of cheap food and abundant raw materials, plus freedom to trade. It contrasts current sea command achievements with past wars, citing ten thousand vessels lost in earlier conflicts and ongoing suffering even after Trafalgar.
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Trafalgar
London Telegraph
Brown on fishing trip boat sinks as men pray
A humorous exchange on a sinking boat shows Brown asking who can pray while Jones volunteers. Brown instructs the others to fasten belts as they face the danger together.
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Brown
Jones
Grey speaks on war blame and aims for European freedom
Sir Edward Grey in a London speech denounces German militarism and asserts Allied resolve to restore Belgian independence and end Prussian domination. He says war could have been avoided by a conference, pledges Britain to resist invasion, and envisions a postwar Europe ruled by equal liberty for all nations.
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Great Britain
Sir Edward Grey
Edward Grey
London
Europe
Germany
Prussia
Austria
Serbia
France
Italy
Russia
Czar
Hague Tribunal
Edward
Belgium
Essen
Bankers and Farmers Clash Over Credit in Saskatchewan
The Farmers' Advocate of Winnipeg argues that bankers fail to understand agriculture and charge high interest. It urges bankers to curb risk, improve branch manager contact with farmers, and lower loan rates, citing co operative loan models in Saskatchewan as a hopeful trend.
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Lueldiwer
Wall
Paak
Saskatchewan
Winnipeg
Man
Madame Curie at French Front Works With Radiographic Gear
Mme Curie, renowned discoverer of radium and Paris University professor, works near the French front in hospitals using radiographic equipment to aid wounded soldiers.
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Mme. Curie
University of Paris
Future of India in the British Empire after the War
In the Chicago Journal, a leading question about India's postwar status under Britain is weighed. It argues India will gain greater self government and imperial participation, but what form that autonomy should take remains uncertain amid loyalties shown in wartime and the question of shared governance with Europe and Asia.
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India
Britain
Europe
Kaiser
Sultan
France
Canada
Australia
Chicago Journal
Chicago Women Vote Quietly Against Reform Mayor
A Philadelphia Telegraph critique argues Chicago women failed to back reform in the Democratic primary. It contends they sided with entrenched ward leaders and against Carter Harrison, despite expectations they would push for clean politics and decency in local governance.
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Chicago
Worth
Flagg Young
Harrison
Young
America
Carter H. Harrison
Philadelphia Telegraph
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J. W. Ward
People’s Forum
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