Telephone for Every 181 Persons in Canada
Census like figures show Canada adding telephones steadily to 533,080 by 1915, an 11 percent rise from 1914. Rural areas led growth while 1,300 companies earned 4,784,957 in gross earnings, with capital stock at 74,286,000. Express earnings fell to 11,311,797, yet net income dropped only slightly to 68,668. most express revenue flowed to railways via ownership links with the express firms.
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Railway Department
Canada
Belog
Jths
Trans
Stouk
Ol Tle
The Demands of the Time for Agriculture and Industry
A reflective essay arguing farmers and breeders bear vital responsibility for national wealth and welfare. It urges industrious, moral effort beyond mere following, critiques misuses of resources, and calls for conservation, better markets, and prepared trade freedom to sustain Canada’s future through disciplined farming and eduction.
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Yorl
Chanada
St. Talo
Hvan
Farocity
Germany
City of the Salt Mines Underground People Of Galicia
Families in Galicia live underground in a vast salt mine city created hundreds of feet below the earth. The population exceeds 1000, with a town hall church theatre and assembly room carved from crystal salt. Streets are wide and squares large, lit by electricity, and generations have never seen daylight.
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Galicia
Land use policies across Europe in wartime measures
The article notes Germany requires utilization of every foot of land as a first principle, France enforces use of all space to support reduction with state seizure if unused, Britain orders all courses and meadow land to be used for grazing, and pastures to be converted to crops. Private parks are being wooded and roads repurposed for agriculture.
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Germany
France
Britain
Sixth Universities Company Reinforcements For Princess Pats
The article describes the Sixth University Company at McGill recruiting for the Overseas Universities Company to reinforce the Princess Patricia's Canadian Light Infantry. It explains the Western Universities Battalion overseas role, training in Montreal, and rapid path to front. mentions officers and medical examinations, and invites prospective recruits to contact the commanding officer at McGill University for details.
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Pat Field
Princees Patziefe
Ypres
Belgium
Princess Patricia's
Canadian Light Infantry
Atestly
Compapieg Ang
Bboracliffe
Universities Companise
Canada
Univerities
Universities Battalion
CBP
Western Universitiea
Western Universities
Overgeas Berghca
Ars
Princess Patrioks
P.p.g.la.ts
Universities
University
Tyne
Pat's
McKetgon
McGill University In Arms
McGil- University
Tevea
McGill
Tolan
Montreal
England
Te Tyne Afmp
Sid Overesas
Canadian Army Veterinary Corps Praises Western Front Horses
Canadian Army Veterinary Corps members Lievi Lowan and Evvinworth report Canadian horses from Westmount and Marysville, Ont, are hardy with low pneumonia cases after ten months on the western front. They note no contagious disease among arses and praise horse welfare despite long travel and hardship.
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Lievi
Western Front
Milaworth
Keeping Accounts On Farms Affects Work And Dairy Worth
A fragmented text discusses farm bookkeeping, urging accounts on all farm departments to reveal profitable areas. It highlights that on small farms modest income still requires careful spending, while large investments justify a formal system. It notes dairy herds benefit most from individual cow records.
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Furmier
Algborland
Thors
Ste
Neighborly Co operation Fails in Farm Feed Trade
A co operative group of farmers attempted to pool two car loads of mill feed. One member volunteered to oversee orders but failed to coordinate delivery. The rest followed, but when payment and storage issues arose one man paid the exact cost months later while others avoided duties. The business manager concludes cooperation costs outweigh benefits, noting true neighborliness must be backed by solid business methods. An obituary line: A crazy man is a dead one with no burial.
Shade Trees Boost Property Value by Planting
The article argues for planting tree seeds in prepared spots to increase shade and property value over time. It advises choosing small trees four feet tall or less for easier transplanting, clipping tips and lowering branches gradually, and buying from forest nurseries at low cost to save labor. It also notes non alcoholic beer trials and a humorous neighbor exchange about a gramophone.
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Lwholegala Forest
Forest Destruction in Canada by The Canadian Woodsman
A Canadian woodsman laments forest fires in Canada, noting nearly 10 000 timber fires annually. He argues European forests suffer less damage while Canadian forests are also being destroyed, urging a new perspective on the issue.
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Canada
Clyde shipyard workers urged to boost full time war aid
Arthur Henderson, president of the national advisory committee for War Output, urged Clyde area workers to increase full-time labor in shipbuilding. He warned that merchant shipping must be rebuilt as enemy submarine activity and rising demand strain the fleet. He called for skilled work to be used only where essential and for all workers to commit to full-time service to win the war, citing 16 700 hours unused in one Clyde district.
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Clyde
Arthur Henderson
Liv
Board of Trade Haa
France’s 75 cm cannon fooled German spies in war scare
The article recounts how French engineers misled German intelligence by passing off plans for an older, failed cannon. A German attache was fed false tips about a debt ridden foreman to obtain drawings of a previous weapon. Germany, believing it learned from France, discovered too late that France held a superior incomparable instrument that helped secure victory.
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France
Germany
Paris
Nine Germans a Hour Sniper Story from Verdun Front
A French corporal machine gunner near Verdun held a well for 18 days, firing on Germans and killing nine an hour at peak. The piece highlights Zouave bravery when two men protected a machine gun amid shell debris, then withdrew under heavy fire. An anecdote of a porter and a misdelivered leg follows.
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WDD
Nimeelf
Tome
Verdun
Guite
Mini
Big Irrigation Convention Held With Notable Leaders
The article reports on a large irrigation convention with prominent growers and officials from British Columbia, Alberta, and the Dominion governments. It notes dates July 26 27 and 28 as favored by prairie and Pacific farmers, mentions Kamloops and Penticton as sites, and lists key executive members and attendees including J Le Brown, W.C. Ricardole, J. C. Dufresne, and Arthur Chibertain.
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Worman
Sanusa
Aoardof
O. B. Lawrences
British Columbia
Alberta
Dominion
Neive
aVery
Penticton
Bassano
Alberta Prairies
Kamloops Agsin
T Executive
Thaft Sestus
Hater Diekzon
Kalowate Ae ‘Overseas Poraes
Aor
Palmer
Cowichas, Bay
Isinaw
Terie Drawers! Association
W.J Rowley
Bank-of -Commerce
Wionipee
Jona. V
Brandon
Tollo
J. C. Dufresne
Pentiato
Frances
Arthur Chibertain
Kamloops
J. le Brown
Agricultural Association
S.C. Burton
Capt. Worsneg
Dobson
Tirrell
Irtigation Association
German infant mortality figures disputed by officials
The Hague Star notes Habte Samuel MeClure reports from Germany, Poland and Austria claiming German babies die from milk shortages. Officials call these reports judicially untrue. They state current health and infant mortality are at historic lows, with Berlin recording an 11 percent rate in late 1915 versus 19.6 percent in late 1914, and general conditions closely watched by the government.
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Hague
Germany
Poland
Austria-Emeary
Urkeys
Berlin
Britain Pushes Relief Fund For Beictum and Northern France
The British government’s relief contribution to Beictum and Northern France runs about £500,900 monthly, stated by Sir Edward Grey in Parliament. He explained funds come from the Belgian government via loans, and that the United States has not lent money to Belgium.
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Britain
Beictum
France
Edward Grey
Torelein
House of Commons
Edward
United States
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Shanks
Alice
Mamma
Stuhlub
Pol
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