Growth of co operative elevators transforms Western Canada grain trade
Western Canada sees rapid co operative elevator expansion led by Grain Growers' Grain Company and provincial cooperatives. By 1916 three main firms operate about 520 elevators with over 4 million bushels storage and substantial livestock, lumber and tool sales. Government support funded up to 85 percent of elevator costs, and mergers push toward a United Grain Growers consolidation.
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Western
Canada
Aries
Thee
Grain Growers’ Grain Company
Farmers
Saskatchewan
Ige
Manitoba
Fort William
Co-Operative Department
Saskatchewan Co-operative Elevator Company
Alberta Cooperative Elevator Companies
Alberta
Alberta Company
Pacific
Farmers of
Grain Growers’ Association
Western Pro
Alberta Co
True Patriotism and the Call to Service
A discussion defines patriotism as devotion to civil duty and sacrifice. The true patriot embodies the individual idea of serving country through defending its laws, institutions, and security against threats or invasion.
Hunting Yet At a Public School
A fragmented excerpt recalls a public school practice where teachers wrote on the board and a pupil grasps a math problem. The scene shifts to a student in a room exclaiming about a lost greatest common denominator, reflecting a playful math moment.
Temper and Control in Farm Stock Management
The article argues that a well controlled temper is vital for both humans and animals in agriculture. It stresses that nervous, high strung stock can be highly useful when under firm human guidance, while vicious animals arise from poor training or hereditary factors and must be culled or corrected.
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Homan Ae
Lareler
Provisional Russian Rules Limit Alcohol Sales and Exports
The Russian provisional government issues regulations on alcohol sales. No drinks above one and a half degrees alcohol may be sold in Russia. Export of grape wines to foreign countries is allowed regardless of alcohol content. In wine regions local wines up to twelve degrees may be sold. outside districts sales are limited to towns and may be barred by local authorities.
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Russia
Out Where the West Begins poem excerpt
Poem fragment by Arthur Chapman describes the West as a place of brighter sun bluer skies truer friendship and kinder breezes with more giving and less despair. It emphasizes a hopeful rustic ethos and communal goodwill as defining the West.
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Arthur Chapman
Cake Etiquette Question Sparks Gentle Family Debate
A humorous exchange about sharing a final cake piece prompts a mother to scold Bobbie for rude behavior and suggest offering it to a visiting child. The dialogue, from Life, reflects domestic norms and playful reproach within a family.
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Bobbie
The District Magistrate and the Basket Justice Tale
A Chinese district magistrate governs many roles from coroner to religious official. In a case over a bean oil basket, the magistrate pressures the inanimate object to declare ownership, then vindicates the oil man by ordering the rival to receive blows and sending the basket to its rightful owner.
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China
Court of Justice
Canada
Basket
Boy Scout Ethics and Bird Nesting Nonsense
Scout notes urge protecting nests and birds during nesting season. It defends the Boy Scout program as a major educational contribution and highlights its moral code, physical training, and responsibility.
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Scout
Boy Scouts Movement
Teachers College Record
If Germany Should Win It Stagger World Order
The piece warns that German submarine dominance could starve Britain, unravel the British Empire and detach Canada Australia Egypt and India. It argues the United States would face Monroe Doctrine challenges and loss of economic control amid a broader global shift. It notes massive U S forest fires in 1915 and the lasting call for decisive action.
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Great Britain
Canada
Australia
Egypt
India
Germany
United States
Germans in High Places at Windsor and Parliament
The article notes German ties among British leaders amid World War I. It cites Duchess of Albury at Windsor, Duke of Saxe-Coburg-Gotha fighting for Germany, and a ship captain Kipenhausen with German links. It discusses government actions to retract confidential instructions for British mariners with German-parentage and cites the Ottawa Citizen on perceived double standards.
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Duchess of
Albury
Windsor Castle
Duke of
Saxe-Coburg-Gotha
House of Commons
Great Britain
Kipenhausen
Scotland
Dundee
Hanover
Ripenhausen
Edward Carson
Admiralty
London Daily Chronicle
Prince Louis of Battenburg
Germany
Lord Milner
Felix Cassel
K.C
Sir Alfred Mond
Gleichen
Bri
Ottawa Citizen
War changes to science and machinery in modern conflict
The piece argues that future warfare hinges on science and advanced machinery rather than manpower alone. It credits England’s munition ministry and Lloyd George for unifying munitions production, enabling its forces to match opponents who benefited from abundant armaments.
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Europe
England
Lloyd George
Better Rural Roads and a National Highway System
The article argues the United States has over two million miles of roads but only about 30 000 miles are truly improved. It compares to Europe and Canada and urges postwar Dominion style cooperation, focusing on main arterial highways first to benefit villages, farms, schools, and rural economies.
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United States
Europe
Canada
Marketing Farm Products Across Regions Urged
The article argues for stronger farm markets to improve profitability as farm output shifts from war to production. It notes Washington state creating a farm markets office to study distribution costs and marketing, and advocates federal action to grade standardize and expand markets both at home and abroad. It stresses the need for better market use and centralized grading.
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Toda
Western
Canada
Dominion
State of Washington
Farm Markets
Prussia the Culprit in the War Discussion
The text argues Prussia bears sole responsibility for exploiting military advantage by enforcing harsh standards across land and water, claiming its growing mastery over the great enemy compounds violations in both number and kind.
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Prussia
Substitutes for Flour Found by German Scientists
A wartime report notes German researchers discover a substitute for flour using linden and beech buds. The article previews postwar food ideas and suggests a four man meal could be prepared from this substitute.
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Toronto
Rand y tm hi ge entry prompts Swedepee meeting
A fragmented OCR snippet hints at a first meeting involving Mrs Rand and a Swedepee figure. The garbled line suggests curiosity about happiness and an introduction, but the rest of the context is unclear.
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Rand
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