Census 15 Takes Glimpse of North Populations
Census bulletin sketches northern Canada populations with 1588 people on Hudson Bay shores, including 1260 Eskimos, 150 Indians, and 22 whites. It notes Eskimo conditions, languages, and lifespans averaging 35 to 40 years, with details on hunting value and trade hardships.
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Canada
Ungava
Hudson Bay
Churchill
Dominion
R. J Benison
Moosonee
Courtlandt Starnes
Fort Churchill
Royal Northwest Mounted Police
Fort Churchil
Melville Peninsula
Stearnes
Sergt
Hayter
M. Fabien Vanasse
Arctic
Bernier
Beffin Island
Kilkenek
Port Burwell
Hudson Straits
Esaimo
Pension plan for widows to support children in New York
A New York commission urges a sweeping pension system for widows with dependent children. It lauds widows as stabilizers of families and notes many mothers must work, leaving 5,000 neglected children. The report estimates $500,000 needed to enable poor but worthy widows to live comfortably at home.
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Commission of Inquiry
New York
Lady Survivor of Lucknow Dies in Edinburgh at 85
Eliza beth Anderson of Edinburgh dies aged 84 85 as one of the few remaining lady survivors of the Lucknow siege Her husband Dr Thomas Anderson served as a medical officer in India and was stationed at Delhi She stayed in Lucknow for nine months during the mutiny and recalled sheltering in the taikhana cellar beneath the room where Sir Henry Lawrence died
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Edinburgh
Elizabeth Anderson
Lucknow
Anderson
Thomas Anderson
India
Delhi
Sir Henry Lawrence
Canada Imports 13 Million Dozen Eggs in a Year
Canada imported 13 009 000 dozen eggs in a year with British Columbia receiving five and a half million dozen. The report highlights distribution across provinces and notes BC as a major destination for imported eggs.
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Canada
British Columbia
Railways Improve Fire Protection Across Board
The board of railway commissioners notes improved fire protection this year as railways comply with requirements and cooperate with Dominion and provincial fire services. Railway companies cut debris on rights of way, maintain spark arresters, run patrols through dangerous sections, and train workers to report and extinguish trackside fires. Most fires originate from slash burning away from rail lines, with May the peak period.
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Board of Railway Commissioners
Dominion
Lumbermen’s Cooperative
Ire
Quebec
Railway Commission
C. L
Reducing Strength of Permanent Units in Canada
The minister of militia plans to cut the permanent force by reducing the engineer corps and the army service corps to a workable size. Current totals are about 300 for the engineering corps and 150 for the army service corps, numbers set a decade ago, with transfers allowed to other corps for those displaced.
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Engineer Corps
Army Service Corps
Color Not Guide to Foxes in Ungava Report Summary
The 1887 Moose River find reported a fox litter of seven with two red, three cross, and two black and silver pups, suggesting color does not define variety. Northern Ungava yields the white Arctic fox rare south of Lake Michikamau, Hudson Bay coast seen to James Bay. Blue fox is rarer. individual furs fetch over 2000 dollars, live Ungava foxes valued 35000 to 100000 dollars.
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Low
Moose River
Ungava
Quebec
Lake Michikamau
Nichican
Hudson Bay
James Bay
Mawson recalls first landfall on Adelie Land Antarctic
Dr. Mawson spoke to Royal Geographical Society fellows about the 1911 11 expedition. He described landing the base party on Adelie Land south of Australia. The region proved the windiest on earth with drifting snow electrified at night causing objects and clothing to glow blue.
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Hierd
Mawson
Royal Geographical Society
Arelie Land
Australia
A Silent World rubber talk at IslingtonAgricultural Hall
Sir Henry Blake presided at the rubber congress in Islington predicting rubber replacing wood in street paving and flooring for churches and buildings. He cited world rubber output: 108,440 tons in 1913 vs 5,400 tons in 1908, showing a vast growth.
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Henry Blake
Agricultural Hall
Islington
Insects Destroy Crops Across United States
Injurious insects cause yearly losses to crops and forests in the United States, amounting to 300 million dollars. This figure highlights the substantial agricultural impact and ongoing economic damage from pest activity.
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United States
British Columbia Herring Could Expand Fisheries Industry
Analysts say vast herring shoals along British Columbia's coast are a missed opportunity for year round canning. While salmon packing dominates, herring runs extend through winter, suggesting new plants could operate year round and ease labor shortages.
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British Columbia
Nanaimo
Pender
Prince Rupert
Quatsine Sound
Freser River
Alaskan
Immigration Act Revision In Canada Debates Penalties
Parliament debates revising the Canadian Immigration Act to grant stricter powers. Proposals include holding ship owners liable for transporting certain migrants and making the vessel itself subject to sale. Other stiffening points are under consideration to tighten enforcement.
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Canada
Japan
Gurdit Singh
Displaying Whale Bones in Ottawa Yard Exhibit
A remarkable whale skeleton, forty five feet long, is hung on a clothes-line at Queen and O Connor streets in Ottawa. Large fins and vertebrae are suspended from an iron pipe near the Dominion Fisheries exhibit. Assembly and mounting will take all summer.
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Queen and
O'Connor
Ottawa
Vominion
North Atlantc
No Standard Railway Fence Debate In Dominion Commission
The Dominion railway commission should not prescribe a universal fence standard as groups oppose it. The board noted varied fencing by railways: Grand Trunk Pacific five-wire with board, Grand Trunk ten-wire, Canadian Pacific five-wire for animals, seven-wire on level ground with bottom wire six inches high, and Canadian Northern seven-wire.
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Dominion Railway Commission
A. Cartwright
Grand Trunk Pacific
Grand Trunk Railway
Canadian Pacific
Insect Losses Prompt Bird Protection urged in Gazette
Canada loses at least fifty million dollars yearly from crop damage by insects. The Agricultural Gazette urges protection of insect-killing birds, noting birds like woodpeckers fly catchers and wrens rely heavily on insects for food and that many birds also eat weed seeds.
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Canada
Agricultural Gazette
Department of Agriculture
Canadians Like Sugar Show Big Per Capita Intake
Canadians consume sugar at about 70 pounds per person annually, compared with Italy where the figure is roughly eleven pounds per head. This highlights stark dietary differences between the two nations.
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Italy
Yukon Railway to Link BC and Yukon Aims for Behring Sea Route
Dr Alfred Thompson MP predicts a future Canadian rail line from a Grand Trunk Pacific point in British Columbia through the Yukon to Alaska's system. The project would open vast northern territory, connect Sydney to the Yukon boundary, and boost Vancouver trade. Yukon gold output this year is estimated at 6 million dollars, while US plans to spend 35 million on Alaskan rail could spur Yukon trade growth.
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British Columbia
Yukon
Vancouver
Behring Sea Ty
Alaska
Canadian Northern Pacific
Grand Trunk Pacific Railways
Alfred Thompson
Canada
Grand Trunk Pacific
United States
Sydney
C.B
Behring Sea
Dr. Thompson
Franklin K. Lane
Washington
Richard McBride
Yukon Territory
Pulpwood Consumption in Canada 1913 Rise in Output
The 1913 Canadian pulp industry saw over a million cords of pulpwood consumed by 65 mills across 4 firms, up 28.1 percent from 1912. Quebec led production with over half of pulp, while British Columbia rose to third place as spruce remained the primary wood, though balsam fir and hemlock gained share.
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Canada
Forestry Branch
Interior Department
Quebec
British Columbia
United States
Survivors of Chillianwalla Battle Mark 1849 Anniversary
General de Berry of Rochester is 91, one of three survivors of the Chillianwalla fight. Drum-Major John Harvey of Manchester and W D H Bailie of Wellington near 90 also survived. The battle on January 13 1849 shifted the Second Sikh War toward annexation of Punjab, with the 24th Foot later known as the South Wales Borderers, taking bayonets and 20 guns. De Berry and the regiment earned despatch recognition for courage.
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de Berry
Chillianwalla
Rochester
John Harvey
Manchester
W. D. H. Bailie
Wellington
New Zealand
India
Punjab
24Th Foot
South Wales Borderers
Quebec Law Reversal Halts Separate Status For Spinster Bride
In Montreal Justice Demers held a case involving Mrs. Joseph Giroux nee Virginia Bradley. The decision overturned separation rights finding her marriage to her second husband a brother of her late spouse and thus void under Quebec civil code. The ruling highlights a gendered anomaly in provincial marriage law.
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Quebec
Montreal
Justice Demers
Superior Court
Joseph Giroux
Virginia Bradley
Fearless Women Divers of Toba Japan
The shellfish divers of Toba perform demanding work in bitter cold seas while men stay mostly ashore. Two women dive from a sampan to depths of about twenty five feet, staying submerged one and a half to three and a half minutes to gather shellfish and seaweed, then resurface to rest before repeat dives. Their underwater passages are accompanied by eerie vocal sounds that appear to prepare their respiratory system.
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Toba
Japan
W D. Cameron
Far East
American coal ships seize Mediterranean trade raise Welsh fears
Card if order for 109000 tons of coal from Italian state railways over six months brings total 300000 tons this year. Egyptian state railways bought more from America this year, diverting about 2.5 million from South Wales. American cargoes reach French and Spanish ports as Welsh price and freight drop. Welsh miners at full capacity fear irregular future orders and competition from Italian and Egyptian demand.
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Mediterranean
South Wales
Cardiff
Wales
America
Archduke Francis Ferdinand Prize Banknote Gift
Archduke Francis Ferdinand valued a 100 franc Swiss banknote given as a tip by an American. He was an Alpine climber and hunter with a Blumbachtal lodge in the Tyrolese Alps. He once guided three Americans near Bernina pass and accepted payment, later framing the note.
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Francis Ferdinand
Archduke
Blumbachtal
Tyrolese Alps
Bernina Pass
Meteor Stone Found By Arctic Explorer Aboard Danish Schooner
The Hans Egede schooner belonging to the Parish government arrived at Lerwick from Greenland en route to Copenhagen with stores and passengers. Knud Rasmussen, famed Arctic explorer, recounted a 10,000 pound meteor stone found during a 1200 mile sledge journey, valued at half a million pounds, awaiting transport to Copenhagen. the stone remains property of the Danish government. Four Eskimo men and one Eskimo woman also traveled aboard.
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Hans Egede
Lerwick Harbor
Greenland
Copenhagen
Knud Rasmussen
Rasmussen
Earl Grey Denies Benefit Ties in Imperial Building Plan
Earl Grey testified at the Dominion Royal commission that no one connected with the Aldwych imperial building scheme sought personal gain. He said the project aimed to display Dominion produce only, not to create a market. The commission reconvenes in London in November after a Canada tour.
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Earl Grey
Dominion
Royal Commission
Aldwych
London
Canada
Tree Planting Drive Spends 25 Million in France
France has allocated 25 million dollars to plant trees along key watershed streams. The program targets erosion control and water quality, involving multiple regional sites and environmental groups coordinated with national agencies.
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France
Vast Prairie West Homestead Openings Attract New Settlers
An editorial notes 174,706 free Manitoba Saskatchewan and Alberta homesteads remain, covering about 27.95 million acres. About 142,262 border the Canadian Northern Railway. 15 percent lie within 15 miles of lines and 60 percent within 30 miles. If taken up, fees total about 1.75 million dollars and west population could rise by near a million.
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Canadian West
Manitoba
Saskatchewan
Alberta
Oak Point
Dominion
Winnipeg
Canadian Northern Railway
Canadian Northern West
Panama canal to boost lumber trade from British Columbia
A Panama trade report says opening of the canal will let shippers from British Columbia compete for West Indies lumber trade. Samples of Douglas fir and western pine will be sent to Trinidad Jamaica British Guiana and the northern islands for comparison with Eastern Canadian and U S woods to guide early export readiness.
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Department of Trade and Commer
Panama Canal
British Columbia
West Indies
Barbadoes
Tropics
Canada
United States
Trade Department of
Trinidad
Jamaica
British Guiana
Islands
Government Buys Cattle For Saskatchewan Farmers
Saskatchewan live stock branch reports purchase of about 200 head of cattle for distribution to farmers. Cattle from Negina Lloydminster Duval North Hatt ford and Lumsden were shipped to centers for allocation. Pure bred males and large grade females form the stock, with policy aiding unised farming and rising demand as head numbers grow.
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Saskatchewan Livestock Branch
Negina Lloydminster
Duval
North Hattieford
Lumsden
Eas
Saskatchewan
Dutch Government Invites Nations for Peace Conference
The Dutch government sent invitations to nations to participate in the second peace conference and appoint delegates to a convention at The Hague on June 1, 1914 to draft a definite program for the third conference.
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The
Hague
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