Crop Diversification and Mixed Farming Remunerative, Says Study
The Journal of Commerce reports the Census and Statistical Office analysis showing mixed farming yields higher profits per acre than single grain cropping. 1913 costs and returns for fall wheat, spring wheat, corn, oats, barley, and flax are compared, with corn profit boosted by lower costs and flax falling sharply.
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Canada
Census and Statistical Office
Department of Trade and Commerce
Dominion
Alberta
Saskatchewan
British Columbia
Maritime Provinces
Ontario
Manitoba
Journal of Commerce
Freedom of Poland grants municipal self government nationwide
A new Polish law extends local self government to all towns, aligning administrative language with Russian for official correspondence and notices. Meetings must be recorded in both languages, and disputes resolve per state language. The reform mirrors Russian town autonomy and aims to improve Jewish representation.
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Poland
Russia
National testimonial seeking funds for S M O Leary VC
A Scottish Weekly Record note says funds are being sought for a national testimonial to Sergeant Michael O Leary VC the ex Northwest Mounted Policeman who single handedly struck eight Germans captured and saved an entire Irish Guards company The Earl of Brandon and the Lord Mayor of Cork back the movement with a Macroom Cork committee set to raise funds.
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Michael O'Leary
V.C
Northwest Mounted
Cork
Macroom
County Cork
O'Leary
Lloyd George cites three enemies and a proposal
In a playful exchange, Lloyd George states Britain faces Germany Austria and drink as threats. A partner refuses marriage, seeking a man with noble ambition and a worthy purpose, while he declares devotion, saying I am yours.
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Lloyd George
Britain
Germany
Austria
Canada
Toronto
George
Dominion Experimental Farms issues Seasonable Hints publication
A new seasonable publication titled Seasonable Hints is issued by the Dominion Experimental Farms with plans for monthly issues. It summarizes years of experience in a dozen pages and invites farmers to correspond for free discussions, seed timing tips, and regional agricultural guidance from trained experts across the provinces.
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Dominion Experimental Farms
Atlantic
Pacific Oceans
J. H. Grisdale
Coal for the Prairies Hidden Saskatchewan Coal Reserve
Canada reports about 60 billion tons of coal beneath Saskatchewan soil. The reserve spans 13,406 square miles across Souris district and 5,900 square miles in western province, signaling long term fuel potential and future industrial opportunities.
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Saskatchewan
Department of Mines of Canada
Souris
Crop Acreage Rise Promises Westward Prosperity
The Toronto Globe notes a large increase in crop acreage across the west, predicting overall crop expansion will average over forty percent. It argues prosperity will gain a solid foundation if gains in acreage translate into larger harvests.
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Toronto Globe
Wanted Man to Undertake Sale of New Patent Medicine
Advertisement seeks a person to sell a new patent medicine with a guarantee of profitability for the undertaker.
Canada has vast idle land could feed world says Armageddon
An Armageddon-like outlook urges rapid cultivation of idle Canadian land. Officials claim 434 million acres lie idle while only 36 million are currently farmed. If all idle land were cultivated Canada could produce billions of bushels of wheat, boosting prosperity and lowering living costs amid looming global food shortages. European demand grows as wars threaten supply, with Berlin restricting eggs and Europe facing oats and barley shortfalls.
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Canada
Agendon
Italy
Russia
United States
British India
France
Germany
Argentina
Europe
Berlin
Ontario University
Understanding Distances From Metres to Verst in War Reports
The piece explains metric units and their equivalents for readers in wartime reporting. It notes a metre equals 39.37 inches, a decametre ten metres, a hectometre 100 metres, and compares versts to kilometres, with a verst about 0.66288 miles.
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War
Compulsory Education Plan Bolsters Russia After War
The Indianapolis Star reports that Petrograd is drafting a decree to enforce universal compulsory education across the empire within five years after the war. It notes Russia’s population exceeding 160 million, with two thirds currently educated, and argues such schooling could unleash vast national potential and influence in world affairs.
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Petrograd
Russia
Indianapolis Star
Belgian Atrocities and a Poet’s Defense of Belgium
M Nothomb argues in Les Barbares en Belgique that official Belgian reports reveal a humanist tragedy of occupation. He paints Belgium’s martyrdom through vivid scenes of ruined monuments and suffered civilians, urging justice over pity while condemning German atrocities and war aims.
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M. Pierre Notombd
M. Nothomb
Belgium
M. Pierre Nothomb
Everyman
Germany
Ypres
Saint
Martin
M. T
Tormonde
Raise Pure Bred Stocks Spurred by University Extension
The University of Minnesota agricultural extension promotes pure bred poultry stock among farmers. N E Chapman cites Douglas county as a success, where 435 youths received 12 egg settings each to raise Plymouth Rocks Rhode Island Reds Leghorns Orpingtons and Wyandottes. Many now keep 50 to 75 birds, boosting the county poultry industry.
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University
Minnesota
N. E. Chapman
University Farm
Chapman
Douglas County
Plymouth Rocks
Rhode Island
International Law and U-Boat Warfare Debate
The Brooklyhn Eagle quotes that England battles a dangerous enemy who ignores international law. It argues the 1915 precedents will shape a new law with stiff penalties for outlaw nations or fade into the waste basket after the sinkings of ships.
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England
Brooklyn Eagle
Vernon Castle’s Modern Dancing Taught by Bookseller
A bookseller offers instruction in modern dancing techniques as popularized by Vernon Castle. The lesson focuses on steps, posture, and rhythm to fit contemporary social dances.
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Herodotus
Vernon Castle
Gallant British Regiment Breaks Kaiser’s Road to Calais
An officer recalls the October defense at Gheluvelt where about 2400 British soldiers from the Scots Guards, South Wales Borderers, Welsh and Queen’s Regiments held a German force of 24 000. Despite heavy losses, the Worcesters arrived to lead a 500 strong charge that halted the breakthrough, leaving only about 800 of the original 2400 alive at dawn.
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Calais
Britain
Snds
Gheluvelt
Ypres
Scots Guards
South Wales Borderers
Queen's
Chateau of
Gheluvet
Chateau Grounds
Chateau
Worcester Regiment
Welsh
Hordas
Worcesters
24Th
Rorke’s Drift
Saskatchewan Wool Sales Plan Expands Car Lot Program
The Saskatchewan government plans a wider co operative wool selling system with a receiving and grading warehouse in Regina and carload deliveries from local shipping points. Last year about 180 sheep raisers joined, assembling 69 404 pounds for sale to American dealers at an average of 16.47 cents per pound after freight and other costs, a notable rise from 10 to 13 cents in earlier years.
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Saskatchewan
Noln
Regina
Co-Operative Organization
Move for County Agents Aberdeen South Dakota
A regional push in northern South Dakota aims to form county agricultural extension associations under the Smith Lever plan. Counties Brown, Day, Hason and Dayigan hold or plan many meetings and expect to hire county agents this spring under the state legislature acts.
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Aberdeen
S.D
South Dakota
Brown, Day
Hason
Dayigan
Corpulent Individual Refuses Reason to Enlist
Dialogue fragment shows a spouse remarking on a failure to persuade an overweight individual to enlist while citing German opposition, set at Londen Mall. The snippet reflects wartime recruitment chatter and civilian wartime humor.
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Londen Mall
Compensation for Loss of Live Stock in Foot and Mouth Scare
Canadian farmers would receive compensation if foot and mouth disease spreads from the United States to the Dominion. Liberal MP Duncan C. Ross pressed for immediate assurance from the government and Agriculture Minister Martin Burrell affirmed that if the contagion reaches Canada, arrangements would be made to compensate farmers for any slaughtered stock.
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United States
Dominion
Duncan C. Ross
West Middlesea
Ross
Department of Agriculture
Ontario
Minister
Martin Burrel
Rowse
Rosa
Canada
Banner Year For Temperance Progress in 1914
The Journal of Providence notes strides in temperance in 1914. Russia bans vodka and later beer, France bars absinthe, and England curtails open pub hours. Tennessee enacts statewide prohibition March 1. West Virginia starts prohibition July 1. November 2 constitutional amendments ban liquor sales in Arizona, Colorado, Oregon, and Washington. A House majority votes December 28 to submit a federal prohibition amendment to the states.
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Journal of Providence, R.I
Russia
France
Tennessee
West Virginia
Arizona
Colorado
Oregon
Walsington
National
House of Representatives
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