Norwegian Local Government and Farm Welfare Discussed
A historical article outlines the Norwegian Storting structure with deputies and payment, plus local governance and rural welfare. It notes department duties, county councils, and municipal autonomy while stressing efficient administration and social support for farmers and households.
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le Tore Marion
Thesia
Tie Turing
Sera Simivers
Storting
Gootte
See Kromer
Cave of Ifinest
Stortingsmen
Tews
Gisteiet
Cieir
Norwegian Sea
Feerr
Indians Guard Forests and Fire Stations in Manitoba
Dominion foresters mobilize Indigenous workers to patrol 125 000 square miles of crown timberland. Wireless telegraphy stations and ranger towers boost safety as summer fires loom. Government aims to improve efficiency and expand patrol coverage across remote forests in Western Canada.
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Ferman
Manitoba
St Forest
Westers Camara
Dominion
Themusi
Forestry Branch
Las Witt
Pas
Fort Charcull
Forestry
Ottawa
America
Maple Sugar Souvenirs and the Maple Day Idea
The Quebec government embraces the Maple Day concept, linking maple sugar purity and education to promote industry across provinces. It follows CPR tours, plans rapid sugar souvenirs for passengers and aims to educate farmers on tapping and production methods through provincial programs.
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Deana
CPR
United States
Quebec
Quebec Ministry For Agriculture
Type Reading Octophere Readings by Inventor Fournier
A device reading papers by ear, Type Reading Octophere, is praised for perfection by inventor Fournier. The system uses electrical input to vary sounds heard on a receiver as light through a photocell changes, enabling letter differentiation by light position. Experimentation at last year’s British test shows peculiar optical current relations through Caries, with telephonic reception tied to light levels.
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Trent Wiies
Fournier
Lawyers Convicted in Russia Face Imprisonment
The trial at Kies saw Beinse and colleagues convicted, with six to twelve months imprisonment imposed on lawyers and claims of fabrications and prejudice by racial and national hostility. The sentences strip many met the best civil rights but not civil rights.
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Beinse
Factice
Mme Court
Kies
Suppressing Opium Traffic at The Hague Congress
Delegates at The Hague conferenced on an international opium traffic suppression treaty. The draft aims to curb opium and cocaine trade and habits, with 44 nations participating and ratification awaited from adherent powers amid some abstentions.
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The
Hague
Universal Penny Postage 15 Urged by Veteran Reformer
A veteran postal reformer argues for universal penny postage and a one penny a word rate for cable communications between the British empire and the United States. He urges creation of coordinated postal and telegraph reforms, seeks talks with the imperial postmaster general, and calls for assembling the world’s financial backers to consider universal penny post by letter and penny a word for cable rates.
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Nugur Nea Charies
Asute
Hencsker
Mpite
United States
Admiralty Plans Oil Depots Worldwide for Navy
British government pursues a secret plan to establish oil depots on major sea routes to supply the navy, with agents reporting from the United States Canada Persia and other territories. California and Western Canada are under broader examination as oil sources. Sir Owen Philipps and Lord Pirrie are linked to the prospect.
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Admiralty
United Tex
al Fornia
Canada
Owen Philipps
Lord Pirrie
Confidante of State Secrets The Rothschild of London
A London banker, Leopold de Rothschild, is described as the confidant of ambassadors and a major behind the scenes influence in finance and politics. The article portrays him as essential to government loan schemes and infrastructure projects, with extensive informal access to cabinet ministers.
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Leopold de Rothschid
London
England
Rothschild
Rotts
Leopold Ae
St Swithin's Lane
Eopald
Ds Rothschild
House of Rothschild
Census of seals and policy debates feature in 1913 report
The article reviews a 1912 congressional ban on seal slaughter and the first census of the Pribilof herd. It notes the United States and Britain treaty roles, native food needs, and estimates a herd around 215,340 seals with debate over management and population growth under protection.
International patrol to free North Atlantic from derelicts proposed
Britain France Germany and the United States will fund a joint patrol to clear derelicts from North Atlantic routes. Two cutters now operate from Halifax to warn ships of icebergs. the plan envisions bases in the Azores and Newfoundland while extending patrols to European and American transatlantic lanes. The treaty becomes effective July 1, with Britain covering 30 percent and France Germany and the United States sharing the remainder under a partially international maritime conference mandate.
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Britain
France
Germany
Uni
North Atlantic
United States
Halifax
Europe
America
Azores
Lanne
Newfoandland
Scotia
United Sta
Unitedtates
Sperry and Son Display Automatic Aerial Balancers
Report from near Paris describes Sperry and his son testing gyro stabilized devices on an experimental Curtiss waterplane. The system uses gyroscopes to maintain balance and an automatic lateral stabilizer. During tests at height the crew demonstrated lifting, descent, and a return to the water with the machine responding instantly to balance changes. Commandant Barres and other French air experts observed the performance with interest.
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Herons
Paris
Americang
Sperry
Bis Kon
Elec
Syronconen
Jepersy
Tose
Sei
Ace
Nawsie
Spity
M. | Maurin
Renard
Barnes
Dairy Herd Milk Sanitation and Inspection Regulations
The Dominion Department of Agriculture plans to cooperate with cities and towns to ensure dairy sanitation, requiring air space, ventilation, drainage, and two square feet of window glass per cow. Each town appoints inspectors to keep herds clean, with veterinary inspectors dispatched after conformity. Cows testing positive for tuberculosis or other diseases face slaughter under inspector guidance, with compensation based on appraised value. periodic tests and herd health certificates follow, as reactors are quarantined or slaughtered.
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Dominion Department of Agriculure
Mystery of Menelik Death Deepens in Addis Ababa
Diplomatic officials in the capital admit limited knowledge on the emperor Menelik of Abyssinia's death. Reports of his passing have circulated, yet details remain undisclosed as Thesiger’s forces clash along the Abyssinian frontier. An Abyssinian escort accompanies raiders toward Nairobi, camels lacking water in the scorching march.
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Aystery
Menelik
Abyssinis
W. Theskeior
Abyssinia
Adis Adeba
Atycain
Aval
Minimura
Capias
Fife
Adye
Bewish East Africa
Lave
Juine
Nairoba
Women harmed in masked agitation over capital punishment debate
A fragment describes unrest in the United States and Britain over punishment of women criminals. It notes two violent incidents where women were harmed by men with clubs and axes, and references mediaeval methods and ongoing tolerance by authorities toward militants.
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United States
Demonstrates New Receiver Shown Before Royal Society
Report on Lieutenant-Colonel Jorge Jauber's telephonic receiver demonstration before the Royal Society. The device uses existing telephone wires as a radio free line, allowing long distance messages to be received clearly without interference. The system is described as cheap, simple, and scalable to handle multiple messages simultaneously.
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Royal Society
Jorge Jauber
Cineriean Ibasey
Royal Socie
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