Canada Fifty Years of Confederation Growth and Change
Fifty years after Confederation Canada has expanded from four eastern provinces to nine plus territories, with coast to coast reach. The nation shows major gains in agriculture, banking, fisheries, mining, manufacturing, railways, telephones, and foreign trade, boosting output, capital, and population across regions.
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Ada
Canada
Nova Scotia
New Brunswick
Quebec
Ontario
Ottawa
North-West Territories
Yukon Territory
United States
Alaska
Confederation
Lake Superior
Dominion
Dramatic Air Combat Over Charmontois Ends Tragedy
Adjutant Casale recounts a French patrol duel that brought down a German biplane after Casale and gunner Sergeant LeRe shot the radiator. The German pilot Haspel survived while Lt Schultz died in a fatal in-fight aboard the doomed craft.
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Sie
Charmontois
Casale
Lere
Rench
Haspel
Schultz
The Food Problem and Global Shortages in War Time
Hoover warns the war may last a year and food supply must sustain allies. Argentine grain failure and US Agriculture reports foretell shortages as world grain shortfalls reach 150 million bushels. With Britain and France dependent on Russia and others, civilian and military needs loom large. Forty million men are in active service, underscoring urgency.
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Herbert C. Hoover
United States
Argentine
United States Department of Agriculture
International Institute of Agriculture
Serbia
Poland
Syria
France
England
Italy
Russia
Roumania
Bulgaria
Great Britain
War aims and defining a disaster at Glasgow speech
A New York Times quote reflects Mr. George delivering strong language at Glasgow. He warned that if the war ends before allies meet all aims, it would be the neatest disaster ever to befallen mankind. The speech centers on defeating tyranny and ending imperial power.
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George
Glasgow
Eely
New York Times
Improved Roads As Essential War Time Investment
The Ottawa Journal argues for continuous road construction and maintenance on a larger scale during war and peace. It contends roads boost food distribution military mobility and overall national security, urging officials to avoid economy hysteria and invest in better roads now as a safeguard for Canada's future.
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Europe
France
Paris
Canada
Ottawa Journal
Experimental Farms Report for Canada 1916 Volume I highlights
The first volume of the Experimental Farms Report for the year ending March 31 1916 describes work at the Central Farm Ottawa and fifteen branch farms. It covers chemistry field and animal husbandry with a note on costs of crops and benefits of barnyard manure versus commercial fertilizer.
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Canada
Ottawa
Wool clip sold to British government on same terms
The new Australian wool clip has been sold to the British government under the same terms as last year, maintaining the established trade arrangement.
The War's Greatest Result and a Growing Unity
Mr Bal four reflects on 147 years since the Declaration of Independence linking Britain to the American founders. He argues unity was possible only with common freedom and notes Canada’s 50th anniversary as a model of equality. He envisions a future where Anglo-Saxon empire founders cooperate in a world task.
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Mr. Balfour
Spain
Holland
France
England
United States
Washington
American Republic
America
Hanover and England Freed From Teuton Connection
A historical note recalls the 1714 accession of George I when Hanover linked to Britain ended after 80 years. It details Hanoverian aims, British perceptions, and political maneuvers surrounding Victoria era succession and German influence in Britain.
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Hanover
George I
James I
Great Britain
Prussia
France
Vienna
Queen Victoria
Duke of Cumberland
George
Kitchener
Veteran soldier recalls frontline service and wounds
A seasoned veteran jokes about his wartime medical visit and shrapnel injuries. He recounts serving nine years and time in India, noting he was among first to retreat at Messines and Somme battles, and this is his third wound battle report.
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India
Macneethe
Somme
Vast Dobrudja Shrouds Danube Banks In Primal Desolation
In Dobruja or the Dobrudja a vast, empty wilderness lies along the Danube with marshy islands, sunken river banks, and a desert Baragan steppe. The land exudes fatalism and remorseless nature, while Turk, Roumanian, and Greek vessels drift by.
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Dobru
Baragan
Danube
Pushing Work On Air Fleets
The London Daily Mail outlines a future plane program with nationwide concentration of energy and large-scale amalgamation. It notes a two year ahead supply plan, elimination of inferior designs, and long term contracts while maintaining air power on all fronts. The United States and Canada to supply raw materials amid doubts on manpower.
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London Daily Mail
Lloyd George
the Mail
Honduras
United States
Canada
Ex-tsar Nicholas II Served as a Private in Russian Army
The article notes that in his younger days the former czar Nicholas II served in the Russian army as an ordinary private, taking on the same restrictions and duties as any common soldier.
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Russia
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Wes
the Farmers of Canada
Britain
Home Gov't
Nicholas
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