Canada displays vast resources at Panama-Pacific Exposition
The Canadian Dominion exhibit in San Francisco impresses with a grand, orderly display of farms, railways, mills, and irrigation projects. It highlights population growth from 5 to 7 million, agricultural expansion, 160 acre homesteads, and vast wheat lands.
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San Francisco
Canada Way
Canada
James D. McGregor
Branton
Manitoba
Chicago
Glencarnock Victor
Europe
James J. Hill
Port Arthur
Alberta
Bassano
Dawson City
Vancouver
Panama Canal
United States
Canadian Pacific
Praise Britain's Part in War
The Paris Temps lauds Britain's role in World War I, praising naval mastery of the seas, industrial mobilization, and volunteer manpower. It stresses sea power as essential to Allied victory, notes coal and munition shortages, and salutes unity and sacrifices across the United Kingdom supporting the French and Belgian offensives.
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Paris Temps
Great Britain
France
Italy
Mabe
Mediterranean
North Sea
Times
Empire
United Kingdom
Bibles For Czar's Soldiers
The 1100 Sunday schools in Greater New York join a drive by the World's Sunday School Association and the American Bible Society. They ask five cents from each child to fund pocket testaments for Russian soldiers. Inside the cover would read a note from Czarevitch Alexander. Nickels pour in from nearly all American Sunday schools.
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Greater
New York
Alexandra
Russia
World's Sunday School Association
American Bible Society
the Czarevitch
Alexander Nikolaivitch
America
Sunday School Association
Europe
Farm Trade Totals Fifty Million Yearly
The farmer's share in international commerce is about five billion dollars annually. Estimates from Statistica via the U.S. Department of Agriculture list principal farm products in cross border trade with values: cotton billion, wheat and flour seven hundred seventy four million, raw wool four hundred eighty million, hides and skins three hundred ninety two million, coffee three hundred thirty six million, sugar three hundred eighty two million, rice two hundred seventy eight million, barley and malt two hundred twenty million, corn and meal two hundred ten million, unmanufactured tobacco and cereals, butter one hundred seventy three million, tea one hundred forty three million, rye and flour one hundred twenty five million, oats one hundred two million.
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U.S. Department of Agriculture
Lord Alverstone Silent Choir Story
A London church tale recounts Lord Alverstone’s singing reputation. An American visitor asks which choir member is the lord, and a verger replies that the choir members’ identities aren’t revealed while they behave decently.
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Lord Alverstone
London
Railway expansion in Saskatchewan boosts prairie farming area
A 1915 report highlights 3600 miles of Saskatchewan railways built from 1905 to 1915, mainly east–west with feeder branches. Measured by acreage, about 45 million acres gain potential for farming, though only about a quarter is cultivated now, with yields expected to rise as more land is tilled. The piece ends with a humorous exchange about a calendar spelling MCMMV.
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Great Wheat Belt
Canada
Peace River
United States Boundry Line
Brush Columbia
Great Britain
McDonald, Dryden
Laurier
Prairie Provinces
Saskatchewan
Force of Drops Damages Propeller in High Wind Rain
The piece notes that a rain drop at 60 mph hitting a propeller spinning 4 200 rpm can chip wood from the blade and bruise the aviator by the force of impact. It cites the London Spectator describing a pilot’s edge fretted as if gnawed by rats after flying through rain.
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London Spectator
The Monroe Doctrine and a New Germany Forecast
Perry Belmont predicts the German Imperial government will fall, labeling it modernized feudalism under the Hohenzollern dynasty. He argues the Monroe Doctrine embodies democracy against absolutism and urges its enforcement as world ties shrink and war looms. Belmont calls for liberty, warns regression, and asserts Germany’s system rests on war-driven authority.
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The
Seven Seas
Navy League of the United States
Perry Belmont
Belmont
Mr. Belmont
German Empire
Germany
Europe
Patriotism taught at a rural Saskatchewan school
An Austrian settlement near a hidden schoolhouse in northeastern Saskatchewan educates about 25 foreign born children each morning. A young Ontario teacher guides the class with hand washing, prayer, and a daily flag salute, ending with "God Save the King" and praise for noble teachers.
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Saskatchewan
The
Public Service Monthly
Regina
Ontario
King
Federal study to map lumber industry cooperation announced
The U S federal trade commission will join the forest service and the bureau of foreign and domestic commerce in a comprehensive study of the lumber industry in the United States and abroad. It notes structural material shifts and aims to uncover unclear problems and present constructive recommendations.
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U.S. Federal Trade Commission
The
Forest Service
Bureau of Foreign and Domestic Commerce
United States
Commission
Automatic Shell Feeder For 17 Inch Guns Unveiled
German designers reveal an automatic shell feeding system using an underground conveyor to move shells from the ammunition depot to 17 inch guns. After range is found, loading and firing occur automatically under armored observation. The device promises rapid fire and accuracy and includes a new use of the periscope for arming.
Employee Requests Salary Increase After Marriage
A worker asks for a raise citing recent marriage. The manager declines, stating the company will not cover off duty accidents and cannot assist with the request.
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Horneyhand
Germany Stands Convicted by World Judgment, Says Church
Samuel Harden Church, president of the Carnegie Institute, denounces Germany’s war and Belgium invasion. He cites Kaiser’s war plans, German officers’ conduct, and widespread American anger, arguing Germany’s actions destroyed its standing and trust. The piece critiques German claims of defense and highlights antiwar sentiment in the United States.
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Germany
Smuel Harden Church
Carnegie Institute
Pittsburg
Belgium
Britain
France
Church
America
Waiser
President Church
Dr. Church
Man'an
Loss of American farm implement exports in 1915 hits ten year low
The Department of Commerce reports American agricultural implement exports fell to about 10 million dollars in 1915 from a high of 40.6 million in 1913, with Europe suffering the biggest drop. Cuba and Siberia gained, Australia held firm, and Russia and France saw sharp declines as WWI reshaped world demand.
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Europe
Argentina
Canada
Africa
Cuba
Siberia
Australia
Russia
Germany
France
Department of Commerce
Tame fowls offer benefits and risks for keepers
Tame fowls are contented and lay well, while wild stock often yields poorer egg production. Calm birds are easier to handle and can be picked up without disturbing others, but tame hens may be overfed and become overfat if indulged. Keep fowls tame yet moderate in feeding.
Potatoes for War Fund Boosts Ontario Students’ Effort
The Canadian Countryman reports a plan in Ontario where 100000 bushels of school-grown potatoes will be sold in Toronto to fund the war. Pupils receive seed plots, prizes depend on care and crop quality, and proceeds help soldiers while teaching duty and cooperation.
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Ontario
Toronto
Department of Agriculture
Kitchener
Language Lessons From the Phonograph Stir Neighbors
Mrs Baron notes phonograph language learning, while Mrs Ebert observes a neighbor who spoke unfamiliar words, suggesting the device exposes families to new speech patterns and phrases once unused by local residents.
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W. W. Sutherland
Clay-Robinson Bulletin
Dominion
Paris
le Temps
Prairie
U.S. Commission
U.S
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