Manitoba Game Protection Efforts Emphasize Conservation
Mr. Charles Barber, Manitoba Game Guardian, outlines policy aims to protect game birds and fur bears, preserve habitats, and enforce licenses. Key points include sanctuary preserves, a strict bag limit system, closed seasons for endangered species, and campaigns against poison use to safeguard wildlife and future hunting revenue.
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Charles Barber
Manitoba
Canada
Mr. Barber
North America
South
United States
Australia a Continent of Ancient Roots and Modern Output
The article contrasts ancient Australia with its present wealth in gold wool and wheat. It notes Australia's old landforms and diverse flora and fauna, the early humans, and the shift from prehistoric to industrial society. It cites 1913 14 wheat output over 103 million bushels and a 1915 population near five million.
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Australia
Europe
Asia
South Pole
South America
American
Alberta Farm Schools Plan Four New Agricultural Schools
Hon. Duncan Marshall states Alberta will spend 100000 for agriculture education and build four new schools, with one ready immediately. A school is planned south of Lethbridge, another east of Calgary along Goose Lake, one near Edmonton, and possibly in the Peace River country to serve pioneers and northern families.
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Duncan Marshall
Alberta
Ogislature
Lethbridge
Goose Lake
Calgary
Edmonton
Peace River
North Land
Naval billets offered for merchant experience officers
Naval billets for men with merchant marine or related experience will be entered in the Royal Canadian Navy under an Ottawa order in council. Volunteers will join the coast patrol on Atlantic and Pacific. About 100 trained in Halifax and Esquimalt will be employed. 300 volunteered for Imperial Air Service mechanics roles.
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Mercantile Marine
Naval Service Department
Ottawa
Oyal Canadian Navy
Naval Department
Canadian Coast Patrol
Atlantic
Pacific
Halifax
Esq
Economic value of birds to agriculture and forestry
The Minnesota annual report outlines how birds aid agriculture by controlling pests, urging protection of insectivorous species. It notes clubs forming to promote bird houses and refuges, and cites state reports on partridge and chicken, calling for open protection and refuges.
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Minnesota
Imp
State Department
E-She and Fiance Joke Sparks Dreadful Wait
A fragmented note mocks a joke about a couple and engagement timing. The text questions if their union should wait, hinting at social pressure or doubt about readiness.
Canada After Antipodes Trade
H. R. McMillian special timber trade commissioner reports Canada holds only 3 percent of Australian timber imports while the US leads with 57 percent. He blames British trade channels and trans Pacific brokers. He proposes a Canadian Pacific merchant marine to restore balance as steps are being arranged.
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H. R. McMillian
Canada
United States
New Zealand
Norway
Sweden
Japan
Pacific
McMillan
German pastors push the idea of a German God in war era sermons
The piece notes Lutheran and other German clergy promoting a German divine mission. It cites Bang at Copenhagen University compiling poems and sermons in Hurrah and Hallelujah, with figures like Vorwerk paraphrasing the Lord’s Prayer to bless German arms and allies. It also mentions a long tradition of world conquest rhetoric linking Jesus, Paul, Luther, and Wilhelm II.
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Germany
Billy
Bang
Copenhagen University
Jesus
St. Paul
Luther
William L
Kaiser
Deitrich Vorwerk
Francke
Yclept
Eels Swarm After Deep Sinking On Australian Farm
In Australia a farm on a river sank a water well and struck a running stream. A large eel surfaced as water filled the hole, attracting light from a pean. Hundreds of eels darted through the open shaft and were caught later. Owner D Minogue sank a second well eight feet deep and saw eels flashing by in the stream. Some fish weigh as much as six pounds.
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Consid
D. Minogue
Oifirvime
Local Rector Discovers Heir Amid Household News
A confused parish encounter reveals a rector learning his parishioner has a son and heir. The dialogue hints at a surprising family development within the United Kingdom household.
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Lish
Thompson
United Kingdom
War Supplies Investigation Clears Regina Food Contracts
The Davidson Royal Commission report finds no evidence that contractors failed to meet sustenance specifications for troops near Regina, while confirming Major H W Laird’s testimony. It also concludes that Regina horse purchases were honest, of good quality, and reasonably priced despite public suspicion.
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Davidson Royal Commission
Regina
H. W. Laird
D.C
Army Service Corps
Camp Hughes
Preparing Poultry Produce for Market
The Dominion Department of Agriculture discusses proper poultry and egg preparation for market in Bulletin No. 88 by F. C. Elford. It covers preparing produce, marketing systems, packaging, crate feeding, killing, plucking, cooling and packing, with an illustration showing bird anatomy for processing.
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Dominion Department of Agriculture
F. C. Elford
Dominion Poultry Husbandman
Neloelia
Westesved
Bulletin
Department of Agriculture
Ottawa
Free Milk Records Show Big Dairy Gains and Losses
Two five year old cows in a dairy herd produced contrasting results in 1916. One gave 6 616 pounds of milk and 204 pounds of fat while the other yielded 2 370 pounds of milk and 288 pounds of fat. The income difference totaled twenty seven dollars. The dairy owner was surprised by the gap and the letter urges cow testing to identify top producers. A Dairy Commissioner Ottawa form request should note daily or three days per month use.
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Dair
Ottawa
C.F.W
Britain Awake Long Ago Hang Measure Announced
A Toronto News excerpt laments outdated British policies and calls for an end to the ongoing confusion. It argues Britain remains alive and urges the public to study the war and heed statements from leading authorities.
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Bri
Ange
Britain
Great Britain
Toronto News
Fragmentary Caption Highlights Irish Dialect Snippet
A fragmentary caption features a Dublin style exchange with men discussing a photograph and price, noting sour expressions and a humorous prompt about two shillings for the image. The OCR yields limited context but captures dialogue tone and regional vernacular.
The Russian Revolution and Its Global Echoes
The piece argues that liberal democratic ideas surge during upheaval, citing 1848 and the French Revolution. It links Russia as a symbol of modernization and freedom from autocratic rule, warning conservatives that liberalism will spread worldwide and threaten imperial power. The writer frames the czar’s fall as a warning to the Kaiser.
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Europe
Russia
St Peter and
St. Paul
Siberia
New York Evening Post
Chaplain as a Barber at the Front
A Highlanders chaplain in France recounts shaving bedridden patients between battles. He describes easing fear with a simple razor, noting the blood and wounds behind the care, and how the unlikely duty brightened soldiers with a touch of normalcy amid war.
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Lauchlan MacLean Watt
Highlanders
France
Edinburgh Scotsman
Ess
British government to buy Canadian wool in large quantities
A Boston wool buyer reports English brokers indicate the British government will purchase the wool clip from all British colonies including Canada Australia and Cape Colony. Canada is expected to supply about ten million pounds this year with prices ranging from 33 to 40 cents per pound.
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Alberta
Boston
Mass
Australia
Cape Colony
Canada
J. Koshland & Comfar
Purpose of the scheme revealed in Birmingham Age Herald
The Birmingham Age Herald quotes a participant claiming the plan aimed not at bat shearing but at another objective. Details are unclear in the excerpt, but the statement suggests a clarification of intent behind a local scheme.
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Birmingham Age Herald
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