Conservation of Fish Birds and Game in Canada
Report from the Commission of Conservation outlines Canada’s wildlife protection needs. It notes bird reservations being created and calls for Northwest Game Act amendments to target administration, plus vocational training for fishermen and new demonstration stations to modernize methods. It also discusses the value of fisheries and potential future industries.
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Canada
Commission
United States
Commission of Conservation
Dominion Parks Branch
Dominion National Parks
Fisheries of
Hay curing and the biology of drying grasses and clovers
The article explains how hay curing depends on drying rate, noting that premature or rapid drying can harm quality while slow curing wastes nutrients. It discusses cellular life, sugars as food for yeasts and bacteria, and the role of coumarin in fresh hay. It contrasts grasses with clovers whose leaf-stem structure affects drying and rot risk.
Exiled Belgian Official’s Wife Endures German Frightfulness
Madame Carton de Wiart, wife of Belgium’s Justice Minister, was arrested in Brussels for alleged plots and jailed for three and a half months by German authorities. A hot air stove and a notebook with an epigram prompted the action, while interrogators misidentified ministers and mocked German justice as Prussian rule tightens its grip in occupied Belgium.
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Muensterburg
Harvard
Teuton
United States
England
Belgium
Brussels
Madame Carton de Wiart
Talleyrand
Delcasse
France
Professor Muensterburg
Germany
Toronto Globe
Warts Treated with Holloway's Corn Cure Promoted
The notice claims warts are disfigurements that disappear when treated with Holloway's Corn Cure.
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Holloway
Anglo Saxon Genius in Tool Building Claim
A Yale professor asserts in English and American Tool Builders that English and American developers dominate tool building history. He credits the French with refinements, the Swiss with artisan skill, and German pre-1870 tool development, framing English and American work as central to the field’s history.
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J. W. Roe
Yale
England
Americans
Germany
German system of technical schools and apprenticeships
The text describes Germany's employer driven education model with shop-floor training and compulsory trade continuation schools. It details Munich before the war where nearly all 14 year olds entered trades, combining practical and theoretical work, and directs pupils toward jobs matching their interests with hands on factory experience starting at age 14.
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Tverman
Ana
Weil
Germany
Munich
Man Charged Over Animal Cruelty With Goats Plea
A London magistrate hears a case charging cruelty to two goats after they were kept away from water. The defendant claims goats do not drink, but the record notes goats drink sparingly and cites various species and animals with different water needs.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
London
Patagonia
Deutschland Makes History As First Cargo Submarine Vessel
The Outlook notes that Deutschland’s voyage is notable not just for Atlantic crossing but for being the first cargo carrying mercantile submarine. It recalls earlier British subs built in the United States traveling Montreal to Portsmouth 3600 miles, and compares long distance records from home ports to the Dardanelles by Germany and Britain.
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Atlantic
United States
Montreal
Portsmouth
Dardanelles
Germany
Great Britain
Express Speed Locomotive Produces 1056 Puffs Per Mile
A locomotive running at express speed is reported to emit 1,056 puffs for each mile traveled. The figure appears in a historical account of steam engine performance and air-borne particulates during rapid rail travel.
Editorial urges government action to protect home foods in crisis
The London Times argues foreign producers control most staple foods and urges strong domestic measures. It cites meat price leverage and trade dependence while noting wartime needs for ships and armies. It also highlights Dr. Kellogg’s Asthma Remedy as a remedy for women with asthma.
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The
London Times
Chicago Meat Trust
American Meat Trust
Vladimir Volynski and the Harold Connection in Context
The article traces the name Vladimir Volynski tied to two Russian names and linked to the Polish partition of 1793. It notes a Volynski minister of Peter the Great, Biren’s role in his execution, and suggests the name evokes Vladimir Monomach and his marriage to Gytha, reflecting a historical tie between Russia and England.
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Vladimir Volynski
Petrograd
Vienna
Poland
Volynski
Peter the Great
Biren
Courland
Vladimir
Vladimir Monomach
Gytha
Harold
London Chronicle
Appetite of Youth Restored by Dr Hamilton’s Pills
The copy touts Dr Hamilton’s Pills to restore appetite and digestion, claim quick vigor and health by stimulating the liver bowels and kidneys. It urges insistence on the medicine priced 25c per box and promises renewed youth and happiness.
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Dr. Hamilton
Selecting Grain Varieties for Seed on Farms
Farmers should choose tested varieties for seed rather than following neighbors. A 1915 survey across Waterloo Northumberland and Carleton shows many oats and wheat varieties grown locally. Central Experimental Farm Ottawa and OAC Guelph testing guides suggest sowing top-tested, proven varieties for years of good results.
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Waterloo County
Commission of Conservation
Northumberland County
Carleton County
Commission
Central Experimental Farm
Ottawa
O.A.C
Guelph
Dominion Experimental Farm
Agricultural College
F.C.N
A Heroic Spirit From Hamilton Loss of Private Ernest Dobbin
Mrs. Martha Dobbin of Beach Road Hamilton declares she would rather have her boy dead hero than a live slacker upon learning Private Ernest Dobbin was killed in action. She notes another son at the front and a third in training. Many from the city share this spirit. Stratford Beacon.
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Martha Dobbin
Beach Road
Hamilton
Ernest Dobbin
Expecting Too Much On The German Front War Outlook
The Hamilton Herald questions sensational Allied victory talk. It cites Anglo French strategy as wearing down German resistance, warns of overoptimism, and predicts possible German line shortening and French Belgian retreat by year end.
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Kiine
The
Hamilton Herald
Mothers Trust Mother Graves Worm Exterminator
Thousands of mothers attest to the value of Mother Graves worm exterminator, citing proven usefulness from experience in home pest control.
Off to Battle as if to a Picnic
A platoon sergeant tells how they advanced under fire at close quarters. German foes rush from two trench exits while the officer coolly directs, firing with precision. The narrator is shot in the shoulder but sees the unit press forward as if headed to a picnic.
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No. 1
No. 2
Minard's Liniment Praised By Returning Soldier
John Walsh of Lachute Quebec writes of persistent fever sores on his legs. After trying various salves and blood medicines he used Minard's Liniment and says two bottles cured him, enabling him to work daily again. He regards the remedy as almost magical.
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Lachute
Que
Minard’s Liniment Co
Minard
John Walsh
Animals Susceptible to Paralysis Linked to Infantile Cases
The article notes that domestic animals and pets may suffer paralytic diseases. Poultry pigs dogs and cats are suspected of spreading infantile paralysis germs, though most cases are unrelated. Sheep cattle and horses can also suffer paralysis but not as the infantile form, per Dr. Simon Flexner.
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Simon Flexner
Kitchener Predicted Air Warfare Formations
A London tale recalls Lord Kitchener during the early war visiting a flying ground. He warned the secretary for war that pilots must fly in regular formations. Airmen now conduct reconnaissance and observation in regular battle formations, mirroring naval development.
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London
Lord Kitchener
England
War talk echoes across high command lines
In a wartime exchange the German Chancellor jokes about milk shortages, while the Crown Prince contemplates sourcing milk from Cannes if he breaks the French line. A successor to Tirpitz mentions sending the navy to Cowes for supplies.
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Cannes
Cowes
von Tirpitz
Bits of Humor Lady and Doctor Exchange Jokes
A comic dialogue shows a worried woman seeking beauty advice. The doctor suggests dieting, and she asks which color would suit her, prompting a lighthearted pun about appearance.
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