Canada Finds Wealth Of Undeveloped Ability
Canada is uncovering undeveloped ability among returned soldiers through vocational training. In Montreal a 13th Battalion veteran, once a bricklayer with a leg injury, qualifies as a contractor after a two month arithmetic course, showing marked progress under the military hospitals commission program.
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Canada
Strees
Military Hospitals Commission
Cana
13Th Battalion
Montreal
Stanley
D.S.O
Montreal Technical School
McGill
Knights in Armor and the Soldier’s Shrapnel Helmet
A Vancouver audience heard soldiers describe how a shrapnel helmet gives both physical and psychological protection. One man wore the tin hat tilted over his face while another admitted feeling winded crossing gun-swept roads, using the helmet as a blinker to shield the eyes and mood.
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Vancouver
Impetus to Dairying in Alberta Sees Rapid Growth
The Alberta dairy industry shows strong gains with 179,000 cows in 1914 rising to 325,000 by 1917. The minister of agriculture spoke at the thirteenth annual Alberta dairymen convention in Edmonton, noting a forty one percent increase in cattle and a notable rise in 1917 cheese production over 1914.
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Alberta
Edmonton
Castor Oil Shortage Impacts Airmen in Los Angeles
A fragment from the Los Angeles Times notes castor oil shortages affect airmen and question a youth's willingness to share the supply in Los Angeles.
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Los Angeles
Los Angeles Times
Brown Holds Clear Notions About His Own Funeral
A fragmented report notes Brown expressing definite plans or ideas regarding his own funeral arrangements. The item appears in a local column with limited context and no additional participants identified.
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Brown
Wc Bea, Steed Te
Remarkable War Service of Dr Elsie Ingles Highlighted
A Canadian paper extols Dr Elsie Ingles head of the Scottish Women's Hospital for saving 8000 Serbian soldiers by leading a perilous 1800 mile march from Roumania through Russia to Norway. It notes her death in November after British ships landed the men. The piece places her beside Edith Cavell as a hero of liberty and declares a forthcoming book by Lady Frances Balfour.
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Edith Cavell
Elsie Ingles
Scottish Women's Hospital
Ingles
Norway
Rourmania
Russia
Finland
Sweden
Frances Balfour
Toronto Globe
Getting Even Over Hog Sale Profits After War
A farmer boasted at a blacksmith shop about selling hogs eight months old for triple his prewar price. The smith, raising his plow sharpening fee to 1.50, accused the farmer of price gouging while arguing the wartime market affected profits and costs.
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Rascal
Treblin
Washington Star
How to Keep Boys on Farm and Improve Farm Distribution
Two imperatives emerge to sustain rural life share farming and better methods. An improved distribution system for farm products could entice young people to stay, rather than seek city life, by linking their care of animals to paternal support and profits.
How Hans Word Hold Foreign Trade
Anxious wartime tale from Le Cri de Paris shows a German trader pressuring a Swiss manufacturer to resume German sourcing by implying aid for a French prisoner. The man refuses, but after the Swiss orders a small shipment, the traveler claims he can secure the release of a nephew held as a prisoner in Prussia, highlighting wartime coercion and sacrifice.
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le Cri de Paris
Switzerland
Germany
le Cri
France
the Boche
Prussia
Berty
Lafter
Bockland
Alberta Farmers Build Cattle Herds After Duty Removal
Alberta farmers expand into cattle stock to supply the Do minion and feedlots as Canadian buyers cross into the United States. Great Falls reports several bulls and steers traded this week with expectations of more buyers, boosting loyalty to mixed farming and cattle investment for regional markets.
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Alberta
Great Falls
United States
Dominion
Ees
Wheat surplus aids allies if ships can be found
Australia holds millions of bushels ready to feed allied armies. Premier Crawford Vaughn told twenty eight state directors of the public service reserve at Adelaide that workers are aiding the campaign and emphasized the need for ships to transport the wheat to the front.
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Australia
Allies
Crawford Vaughn
South Australia
Public Service Reserve
Ana
Camenroll
Mr. V
Jimmie Simpson Hints German Presence in Europe
Jimmie Simpson intimates that German forces are advancing or entrenched in a contested area. The comment signals concern over enemy activities and potential strategic implications for the theater under discussion.
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Jimmie Simpson
Rae
Immigration into Western Canada historical trend report
Last year 36 361 persons entered Western Canada from the United States with cash and effects valued at 1 765 152 and a steady growth since 1915. In 1913 139 000 entered Canada from the United States, as 58 312 in 1907 and 243 ten years earlier.
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Canada
United States
Cana
Weather signs from animals in Indian lore noted
The Indian observer Dumb Weather Forecasters states that animals predict storms and cold via behavior. A cat licking fur direction, a frog croak timing, beaver dam thickness, muskrat height, woodchuck burrow depth, and bear hiss on snow are cited as relic signs.
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J. D. Athelney Evans
A Lesson From Russia on War and Peace
The piece argues Russia’s betrayal of peace shows the futility of diplomacy when Prussian militarism dominates. It praises genuine Russian resilience and warns against trusting German promises, citing AFL praise of peace parleys and urging realism about negotiations. The New York Tribune is cited.
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Germany
Russia
Executive Council
The
American Federation of Labor
New York Tribune
Britain’s New Old Army Stands At Attention In Med
A damaged transport torpedoed in the Mediterranean shows British troops on deck standing at attention as they observe traditions of the old army amid wartime service. The Calgary Herald reports on this display of discipline reflecting Britain’s wartime unity.
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Britain
Mediterranean
Calgary Herald
Paper Reinforced Cotton of Linen Enters Europe
Fragmentary notes describe a textile sheet with two pulp layers and reinforced cotton or linen, indicating a historic method of strengthening paper with fabric fibers in European production.
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Eugrope
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