Vast Wealth of an Inland Sea
A historical feature describes Lake Winnipeg as the ninth largest freshwater volume, its geography, fisheries, and industry. It outlines summer and winter fishing seasons, major shipping firms like Northwest Navigation, Selkirk storage facilities, and crews of hundreds, noting whitefish abundance and hatcheries aiding conservation.
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Lone Lind
Lake Winnipeg
Rupert's Land
Hudson Bay
Lokhe Winnipeg
Selkirk
Kerel
Winnipeg
Thern
Northwest Navigation
Redsmith
Riverton
Med Lecelandic River
Grand Rapids
Department of Marine and Fishery
Big Island
Dauphin River
Little Saskatchewan
Little
Big George Island
Sandy Islands
Black River
Warren's Landing
Eagle Island
Lake Winniteg
Lake St. Martin
Cedar Lake
Great Waterway
Lake W
Albertan dairymen mark rapid butter expansion
The Alberta Dairy men at their convention hailed the rapid growth of dairying in the province. Alberta creameries under dairy commissioner C Marker have standardized cream and butter, eliminating the fishy taste and twang in Canadian butter. A carload shipment to the old country proved Alberta butter competes with Denmark, and in two years Alberta captured markets on the coast and in Toronto and Montreal. Marker, born Danish, leads a coalition of Danish-Canadian dairymen achieving unprecedented progress for empire.
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Rta
Alberta
Calgary
Denmark
Great Britain
Canada
Montreal
Department of Agriculture
C. Marker
Toronto
Altia
Dominion
Marker
Empire
Dominion of Canada
New South American Bean Mulatinhe Poised to Rival Wheat
A Brazilian bean variety named mulatinhe is said to contain all wheat nutrients and yield four times per acre. From January to October 31, 1916, over 2,000 tons were shipped from Sao Paulo to Brazil’s states and Europe, where Allied soldiers are reported to gain fat on it. The crop could compete with wheat and is praised for a flavor akin to wheat.
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South America
Acre
Sao Paulo
Brazil
Europe
orld-Herald
Improved Conditions Manifest In Russia
A Russian peasant majority now holds unprecedented savings from higher wages and reduced expenses. Machinery purchases, farm artels, and new state and parish banks drive a push toward modern banking with check payments and money boxes as part of a broad savings expansion.
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Russia
Ee Jnew
Artel
State Savings Bank
Ministry of Finance
Holy Synod
Bea
Thrift in Cooking and Soup Making
Miss Pearl MacDonald, a Pittsburg economy expert, urges making and eating more soup to use tougher cheaper cuts of meat. She argues these cuts have more fiber, flavor and nutrition, reducing waste and boosting resourcefulness amid high prices.
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Minneapolis Journal
Fragmentary quotation about courage and British soldiers
A damaged snippet reports a supposed remark praising courage by a leader, noting British soldiers and a front, with unclear attribution and context. The fragment lacks full names, dates, or a clear event, leaving the core statement ambiguous.
Prevention of Coal Shortage Urges Summer Purchases
The article notes a winter coal famine caused by lack of foresight and freight congestion. It urges households to buy coal in summer or autumn and enlarge storage to cover March or April, citing past famines in 1901-02 and the current year as lessons. It compares U S conditions and advises proactive stocking.
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Canada
United States
Peeaiesere
Indian Nizam's Observatory Fueled by Stolen and Safe Plates
Ten years ago an Indian faction presented two large telescopes to the Nizam of Hyderabad, leading to a grand observatory. English astronomer R Pocock led efforts on the international photographic map of the heavens. A recent shipment of plates from Persia was torpedoed, then more plates sent from Nataloja faced further submarine danger, yet work continued with continued funding and resolve.
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F.R. A.S
Nizam
Hyderabad
R. Pocock
International Committee
Hyderabad Observatory
Persia
Mediterranean
India
Missouri hen experiment shows profits from Leghorn flock
A Missouri trial of 55 White Leghorn pullets kept for one laying year shows 12 dozen eggs per hen at market prices and a net profit of about 20 percent after accounting for feed costs and depreciation. Eggs averaged 25 cents a dozen. hens valued at year end.
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Missouri
Crown of Thorns sermon links Armenia and Israel relief
Israel Zangwill writes in support of Armenian and Relief Fund aims. He links suffering of Armenians to Jews, arguing for physical salvation and solidarity among sister nations. He places the crown of martyrdom on Armenia and Israel, urging aid and recognition amid World War I horrors.
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Israel Zangwill
S Relief Fund
Susan Romum
Terkieh Arsene
Belgium
Zion
Ararat
Armenia
Persia
Babylon
Jesus
Forsooth
Israel
Earth
Eden
Hell
Barefooted Europe After Present War
John F. Stucke of the American Chamber of Commerce in Italy warns a barefooted Europe is possible if the war continues. He notes heavy mountain shoes wear out soldiers in six weeks, are largely Italian made with US leather and machinery, and cost the government about four dollars each. Shipping losses and scarce materials push Italy’s retail price to seven dollars, with US-made styles fetching ten to twelve dollars.
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Europe
John F. Stucke
American Chamber of Commerce
Italy
America
Mediterranean
Spain
Manitoba Dairymen Set Resolutions At Annual Convention
At the Manitoba Dairymen's Association annual convention resolutions were adopted urging banning from Canada the emer measure, strict enforcement of dairy legislation, standard butter and cream rates, and pasteurization of cream. The text also mentions the memory of a family and a stray line about a suitor.
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Manitoba Dairymen's Association
Emer
Ee. Canada
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J. D. A. Evans
Com. A
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Armenia’s
Crown of Thorns
Zangwill
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