Manitoba Game Protection aims to conserve wildlife wealth
Manitoba Game Protection chief Charles Barber outlines goals to secure game species for present and future generations. He cites insectivorous birds as essential for crop protection and urges public support for preserves, licensing, closed seasons, and anti-poison campaigns to boost lawful hunting and revenue while reducing violations.
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Stort
Charles Barber
Guardian
Manitoba
Canada
Barber
Caine
United States
Federal “Advisory Committee
North America
South
Qur Fieldman
Australia the ancient land with vast wheat and wool output
The article reflects on Australia as an ancient, large landmass with few navigable rivers and no snow peaks or glaciers. It notes prehistoric plant and animal life, ancient continental connections, and early native Australians living simply. It cites 1913 14 output of wheat over 103 million bushels and Russia employing 300000 in over 13000 factories.
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Australia
Europe
Asia
South Vale
Antarctic
South America
Russia
Alberta Farm Schools Plan for Agriculture Education
Hon Duncan Marshall the Alberta Minister of Agriculture outlines a policy to fund agricultural education with 100000 dollars for schools. He says four new schools are planned, with one ready now and others delayed until end of war, including sites south of Lethbridge Goose Lake line east of Calgary near Edmonton and possibly Peace River country to serve pioneer families.
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Duncan Marshall
Alberta
Lethbridge
Goose Lake
Calgary
Edmonton
Peace River
Noril Land
Naval billets for Marines and coast patrol volunteers
Notices from Ottawa announce naval billets for Marines and former mercantile officers to enter the Royal Canadian Navy as skippers or chief warrant officers during the war. Volunteers will join a coast patrol on Atlantic and Pacific. About 1500 youths trained at Halifax and Esquimalt will serve as patrol personnel.
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Mercantile Marine
Naval Service Department
Ottawa
Royal Canadian Navy
Naval Department
Atlantic
Pacific
Halifax
Esquimalt
Imperial Air Service
Economic value of birds cited in Minnesota report
The article notes birds save agriculture by destroying insects, with Minnesota valuing their economic impact at 2,500,000 dollars annually. It urges protection of birds, formation of clubs, bird houses and feeding stations, and highlights alarming depletion of grouse partridge and prairie chicken.
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Minnesota
State Department
Untimely wedding chatter in social column
Madge and her fiance are described as always wed to each other in gossiping exchanges. Marjorie agrees the situation is dreadful and wonders why they do not wait until they are truly concerned.
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Madge
Marjorie
Canadian timber trade wanes as McMillan urges Pacific merchant fleet
Hi Re Millian, special timber trade commissioner, reports Canada’s share of Australian timber imports has fallen to 3 percent while the United States holds 57 percent and New Zealand 14 percent. He blames British dominated trade chains and outside brokerage. He recommends building a Canadian Pacific merchant marine to restore balance and shows signs of improvement.
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Hi Re'McMillian
Canada
United States
New Zealand
Norway
Sweden
Japart
Pacific
McMillan
German Lutheran Preachers Parade Nazi Era Theological Roots
Toronto Saturday Night reports on German Lutheran pastors collecting sermons that praise German supremacy and align God with Germany. They frame Germany as chosen, urge conquest, and reference Zeppelins. Critics highlight a drift from traditional Christian teachings toward Germanist theology.
Underground river found on Australian farm with large eels
A farm in Australia yielded a running water stream three feet deep after a prior hole. Eels appeared in the bucket by night, several were caught, and some weighed up to six pounds. A nearby well reached eight feet to the same stream, which carried eels toward the coast.
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Waorkmien
D. Minogue
English Rector Pontificates on Family Repute Over Heir
A rector greets parishioner Thompson and notes his son and heir while joking about the household. The parishioner explains the family spans English and Scottish lines with a crying baby, reflecting light humor about national identities.
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Thompson
United Kingdom
Trish
War Supplies Investigation Reports Clear on Horse Purchases
The government released two Da vidson Royal commission reports on wartime procurements near Regina. One found no solid evidence contractors violated specs for food supplies to troops at Camp Hughes, while the other stated officials were often presumed wrong but concluded horses bought near Regina were honestly bought, of good quality and reasonable price.
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Davidson Royal ‘Commission
Regina
J. W. Laird
D.C . Army Service Corps
Camp Hughes
Preparing Poultry for Market Bulletin No. 83
The Dominion Department of Agriculture issues Bulletin No. 83 by F B Elford on preparing poultry and eggs for market. It covers marketing systems, crates, packing, crate feeding, plucking, cooling, and packing with illustrations including proper and improper methods. Copies available from Ottawa Publications Branch.
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Dominion Department of Agriculture
FB. C. Elford
Dominion Poultry Husbandman
Department of Agriculture
Ottawa
Free Milk Record Forms Help Compare Herd Cows
Two five-year-old cows in a cair herd showed stark milk gains and fat output differences. One yielded 6616 pounds of milk and 204 pounds of fat, the other 8370 pounds and 283 pounds of fat, a $27 income gap. Cow testing reveals true potential, guiding breeders to keep only the best cows and save time, labor, and feed. A request to the Dairy Commissioner in Ottawa for milk record forms should specify daily or three days’ weight per month, free on request.
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Ottawe
C.F.W
Britain Awake Long Ago and the War Measures
The Toronto News laments Britain’s persistence of wartime measures as a sign the nation remains vital. It notes Britain has mobilized millions, faces heavy daily costs, and has transformed industry, arguing the civilized world owes Great Britain for its ongoing democracy and achievements.
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England
Sonkin
Roth
Great Britain
The
Toronto News
Aye and Donald in the Tatler Cartoon Snippet
A brief fragment from The Tatler features a captioned exchange where a speaker scolds Donald for his sour look while joking about paying two shillings for something. The dialogue tone reflects light humor and period slang.
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Donald
Tatler
The Russian Revolution Ends a World War's Silent Fear
A New York Evening Post excerpt reflects on the 1848 era and the Russia upheaval as a catalyst for global democratization. It argues that democratic ideas quicken liberal forces worldwide, linking Russia's fall of autocratic power to renewed faith in humanity and the pursuit of world peace.
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Europe
Russia
St Peter -Ayl
St—Paul
Siberia
New York Evening Post
Chaplain as a Barber at the Front in Wartime
In a letter to the Edinburgh Scotsman, Rev Lavehlan MacLean Ware of the Highlanders recounts shaving wounded soldiers in a tent near France. He describes bringing cleanliness and a moment of humanity, the patients’ relief, and a surgeon’s quip about cleanliness being next to godliness.
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Lavehlan MacLean Ware
Highlanders
France
Editburgh
Wau
Padre
British Government to Buy Western Wool in Canada
A Calgary daily reports that Canadian wool is expected to be purchased in large quantities by the British government for military needs. English brokers say Britain will take wool clips from all colonies including Canada Australia and Cape Colony. Canada may supply about ten million pounds this year and J Koshland & Company of Boston has contracted roughly 640000 pounds in Alberta at prices higher than last year.
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Alberta
Boston
Mass
Australia
Cape Colony
Canada
J. Koshland & Company
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Hrover
Great White Throne
Suze
Francke
Yelept Lehmann
Zion
Toronto
Britain
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