Canada to conduct comprehensive 1917 industrial census
Hon Sir Y Foster announced a wide scale 1917 industrial census by the Census and Statistics Office. Plans aim to separate industrial data from the decennial census, employ expert field investigators, and involve provincial and dominion departments to broaden coverage and keep figures up to date.
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Pha
Sir Y~ Foster
Canada
Census and Statistics Office
Iften
Ofice
Back Yard Gardens Boost Winnipeg and Calgary Food Supply
Western cities push backyard and vacant lot gardening to cut living costs. Winnipeg reports 55,608 vacant lots totaling 5840 acres plus 20,000 back yards ready for gardens and 169 city parcels designated for citizen use. Calgary has long practiced similar schemes to grow vegetables.
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Calgary
Winnipeg
Best soldiers now English officer says General Watson
The piece quotes General Watson praising the English officer as the bravest soldier who remains calm under pressure and endures to the end without fanfare. It notes his own valor as an accomplished officer and emphasizes courage as the key war factor beyond public bravado.
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Watson
Montreal Gazette
Average Test For Milk Fat Yields In Dairies
An Ottawa Dairy Division notice urges regular weighing and sampling to determine fat output. It explains that average test figures depend on total milk and fat, advises monthly tests and three days of weighings, and invites dairymen to request free record forms to improve herd yields.
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Ottawa
Texan soldier first to plant U S flag at Vimy Ridge
Ottawa dispatch from European Canadian headquarters reports a young American from Texas who enlisted in Canada and became the first to plant the U S flag on land in this war. He tied the banner to his bayonet before the Vimy Ridge charge, was wounded, survived, and lies in a hospital unseen by his countrymen awaiting his name.
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Ottawa
Europe
Texas
Canada
Vimy Ridge
New York Evening Sun
Boy Scouts Highlight War Effort Across Nations
The article notes British recruitment of 1000 scouts for shipbuilding at Sandwich with pay and allowances. It praises Scouts in Britain, Ireland, France, Belgium, Italy, Roumania, and Canada for citizen ship, loyalty, and service, including aiding farmers and crop production where possible.
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Ireland
France
Belgium
Italy
Roumania
Canada
Boy Scouts
Scouts of
England
Ontario
Ottawa
Pers
Hunry
Boy Scouts of America
Fragmentary OCR Reflects Kitchen Talk and Dinner Dilemmas
A damaged OCR passage reveals a domestic scene with garbled lines about dinner plans and new dishes. The text hints at a mistress asking what to cook and a girl or helper responding with unclear phrases and missing context.
Decline of Horse Stealing in Rural Communities
An old Montreal Herald note reflects on a once profitable crime of horse theft in rural areas. Neighbors spread word with handbills and rewards, thieves operated from border towns, and recovery was rare if the thief had hours head start. The decline followed better roads, telegraphs, telephones, and motor cars reducing opportunities for theft.
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England
Montreal
Herald
Canton Forms Women Legislators in China
China is the only Oriental country with women allowed to legislate. Canton formed a provincial parliament after the Republic with ten women elected by women voters. Two are school mistresses, others mainly wives of merchants. They participate in debates and handle parliamentary business. It is hoped other provinces will follow Canton’s example.
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China
Canton
Ndon Daily Chronicle
Bagdad Fall Seen as War Turning Point In Middle East
The piece argues that the capture of Bagdad would reshape the Near East, noting German strategist Paul Rohrbach warned that loss of influence would fracture Turkish independence, open routes to the Indian Ocean, and threaten German positions as British and Russian advances reshape the map.
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Bagdad
Paul Rohrbach
Hamburg
Orient
Turkey
Straits
Gulf
Port Said
Ararat
Backyard Gardens and Quiet Exchanges in Small Plots
A fragment discusses small urban plots enabling people to grow and exchange goods. It mentions private efforts turning tiny spaces into tangible value through simple, practical cultivation and social sharing within neighborhoods.
Spiders Spin Crosshair Threads in British Factory
A large British factory uses spiders to produce the cross hairs for surveying instruments. Spiders spin strong invisible threads attached to frames, worked by girls in a supervised room. Only large, fat spiders are suitable. the colony is renewed each winter.
German Girl Describes War and Prussian Supremacy
A translated letter from a German girl in Frankfort on the Oder asserts a fervent prowar stance and Prussian superiority. She attacks Swiss liberal ideas, claims Germany must dominate, and cites biblical justification for Prussian leadership. The letter grimly notes destruction in Belgium and supports aggressive action.
Floating debt and Tie te temldased summary
Fragmentary OCR text presents unclear references to debt terminology and a likely mistranscribed question. No discernible event, names, dates, or organizations are readable to form a proper news item brief.
Fertilizer Plan Aims to Boost War Turbocrop Yields
Nova Scotia agriculture official proposes city farmer co operation to raise farm output. City buyers supply high grade fertilizer at cost in exchange for fixed minimum potato payments, protecting farmers while expanding national food supplies.
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Halifax Chronicle
Secretary of Agriculture of
Nova Scotia
Pancifal
Call of Agriculture
Truro
Mville Cumming
Cumming
Mr. Cumming
England
Principal Cumming
Wit at Westminster and a Windmill in Water
Extracts recount witty moments in Parliament. Sheridan jokes that a windmill cannot go by water after a minister pauses for water. Burke’s dagger joke prompts a quip about a knife and fork. The text hints at election era behavior and labeling in voting.
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Richard Brinsley Sheridan
Sheridan
Westminster
Burke
House of Commons
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Adam
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