Western Canada Pushes Plan to Build Empire in Ten Years
The North Battleford board promotes a convention to shape a Western Canada empire with a population goal of 10 to 19 million in ten years. Advocates urge centralized advertising and a unified development league to attract settlers, industries, and commerce across provinces, railways, harbors, and ports, envisioning Western Canada as a major exporting nation.
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North Buileford
Othe Dominion
Saross
Sto
North Battleford Board of Trade
Western Canada
Asada
Great Lakes
Hudson Bay
Pacific Ocean
Fiera
Eten
Jan Haegon
Parlding
Western
Canada
St Kested
Worm
Western Camfia Colonization and Development League
Boards of Trade
Tus Propang
FEVER RECRUITS FOR ARMY Continued Activity in Trade and Em eraton Move Afected Scheme
The annual report on British army recruiting for the year ending September 2 1913 shows a decline in regular army and colonial corps recruits versus last year. Special recruits dropped as well with government labor exchange impact noted. Emigration schemes and Australia’s immigration incentives for ages 16 to 20 are cited as factors reducing army enlistment possibilities.
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Gallary
Heved
Canada
Australia
Special Reserve
Vancouver council backs city employee preference during work
Vancouver approves a resolution limiting city work to British subjects and ratepayers until further notice, with preference to married men to boost efficiency. Calgary plans three bridges costing 512000 with Centre Street Bow River bridge at 230000 and others. Winnipeg assigns RP Lewis as traffic inspector to supervise street railway and roving houses, charging inspector fees to contractors. A Dominion telescope project at Polatres observatory will be the largest in the world with a 50 foot focal length and a 10 foot lens. A Vancouver real estate firm ships a large Panama Canal model for display showing Gatun locks and lighthouses along the coast.
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Vancouver
Meteorological Observatory
Polatres
Mount Wilson
California
Cigarette Cure Draws Toronto Women Seeking Habit Help
Dozens of Toronto women seek a cigarette cure delivered by doctors linked to a private institution. Patients attend at residences rather than branches, many are respectable wives and some are little known in society. Demand grows as reported success prompts more referrals.
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Toronto
Aden
Reportedas Koad
Weyburn lands office records show eight month revenue and entries
Revenue totaling 75752 over eight months equals about 300 per month with operation costs around 450 monthly. Weyburn district reports 356 homestead entries and 142 preemption fees paid during the period. Canada’s water power is estimated at 16 million horsepower with limited coal power development. Lord Strathcona’s will bequeaths 35000 to John Burne for a leper home in the United Kingdom.
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Weyburn Dowlands
Weyburn
Canada
Lord Strathcona
John Burne
United Kingdom
Immigrant Flow to Canada Seen From United States
Dennis says most settlers will arrive from the United States this year as Canada seeks colonization. He outlines a new land policy, irrigation importance, and extended purchase credits to boost mixed farming and agricultural settlement across the western regions.
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JS Dennis
Canada
United States
JF. Dennis
Department
The
C.K
Lethbridge
Itt
Wintiper
Victoria
Western Canada
CPC
Sears
Europe
British Isles
Boards of Trade
Terr
Kong
Howe
Coal Production In Alberta Year 1913 Lethbridge Record
The Lethbridge district within 100 miles produced 2 200 000 tons or 66 percent of Alberta coal output in 1913. Crow's Nest Pass output was 70 000 carloads, Lethbridge alone supplied 32 trains annually. Alberta mines employed 4 268 people, with Crow's Nest Pass mines yielding 1 774 796 tons and other districts adding significant totals.
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Lethbridge
Alberta
Crow's Nest Pass
Caroads
Pax
Taver
Bow Island
Ani Ik
Lord Strathcona Cheques Found After Death at CPR
Executors report uncashed cheques totaling about 50 were found among the private papers of Lord Strathcona extending over his 22 year CPR directorship. Directors fees rose from 1000 to 2000 annually. Estate expects to recover 40 000 to 50 000 from the uncashed cheques as claims against the CPR.
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Strathcons
CER
Lord Stratiscona
Lord Strathcona
CPR
Hig
Strathoors
Penguins and Arctic Mission Inspire Scottish Zoological Hope
A long passage discusses Rev Pere Edouard Gouy and his exile, his Edmonton return, and plans to visit Rome before Fort Smith life. It then describes Antarctic animal notes from William Brace, noting Weddell seals and penguins. Six penguins moved from South Georgia to Scotland, where the Zoological Society now holds four. The king penguin’s vivid plumage and nesting behavior are noted as highly distinctive. The article lauds the Scottish collection as unique among global zoological parks.
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Scotsman
William Brace
Zoological Society of Scotland
Messrs Salvesem
Deith
Scotland
James Weddell
Leith
Scott
Fred
Weddell
Orkneys
Coats Lands
South Georgia
Scotteh Zoological Park
Zoological Park
Karden
Locks and Canals Boost Great Lakes Freight Traffic
The article notes that the St. Marys locks on the Great Lakes handled at least 72 million tons of freight last year. It describes the expansion of the canal system to improve inland navigation, including parallel locks and a widened canal. The plan aims to prevent seasonal disruption by January to April shutdowns and increase traffic capacity on the American side.
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Panama
Sint Ste. Marie
Great Lakes
Innes
Trafic
Nang Tring
Rongreas
Canah
Panatoa
Congress
Crop area wheat and colonial grain trade notes
Fragmented OCR mentions wheat area in millions of acres, growth projections, and a crop survey. It references Winnipeg, German nobility in a related note, and a grain exporting company with a colonial context. Names and details are unclear due to garbled text but imply agricultural scale and trade implications.
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Julian Bee
Faber
Winnipeg
Beichertiners
Compen i
Sen
Svar
Bronze Bravery Medal Awarded to A Mandamin
A bronze medal with a fine engraving is awarded by the Royal Canadian Humane Association through the Department of Indian Affairs in Ottawa. It honors 16 year old Alexander Mandamin, pupil at Cecilia Jeffray boarding school, for rescuing Charles E. Aitkin from Growling in Shoal Lake in December 1913. Presented by Mr. McKenzie in due time.
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Aneneuais
Kenora
Department of Indian Affaire
Otawa
Royal Canadian Iumane Association
Alexander Mandamio
Cecilia Jeffray
Charles E. Aitkin
Growling
Shoal Lake
Stolen Paintings Highlight Toledo Museum Heist
A fragmentary report notes the Toledo Museo Del Greco suffering theft of three valuable Greco works. Mentions Madrid origin, public schools, and a 422 registration figure amid a larger population count. References El Greco paintings and a famous piece titled People’s Portrait.
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Quebec
Madrid
Toledo
Arobe
Museo del Greco
Spain
Vince
iGrees
Fan Courier
Music Is Factor For Good Arthur Farwell Speaks At Ottawa Club
Arthur Farwell, New York City municipal music head, argued music for the people unites classes. He cited mass appreciation as the public’s rush to orchestral concerts and world masterworks, noting a million in attendance and 760000 at concerts featuring masters. A Mediren town pageant showing Puritan life dramatized communal unity.
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Arthur Farwell
Ottawa
New York
Cty
America
Farwell
Central Park
New York City
Mediren
New Haipolite
Boot Black
Boston Man Receives King’s Gold Medal for South American Expedition
Dr. Hamilton Rice of Boston, Massachusetts, awarded the King’s Gold Medal for exploration in South America. He left London in December for Barranquilla, reached Bogota after 25 days, and guided a party through Southeast Colombia and Northwest Brazil. They traversed nearly 100,000 square miles of largely unknown terrain, ending at Manaos, Brazil, 1,000 miles upriver.
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Boston
Rosai Geographical Issoria Ot
Hamilton Rice
South America
Rice
London
Teil
Barranquilla
Magidtena River
Bogota
Colombia
Torro Mupplien
Ana Uo
Cox
Brazil
Manaos
Brasil
Prison Reform Plea By Archibald On Prison Labor
Parcit Officer Archibald urges prison labor reform as a humane, practical system. He argues pens should train and employ inmates rather than treat them as static offenders, noting parole patterns and administrative support. Warden McCaulay cites wartime changes, workshop foundations, and farm output aiding the penal institution.
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Kingston
Ewan
Ishar
Goverm
Archiball
Prion
Lery
Archibald
General Greely Celebrates 70th Birthday In Washington
General Adolphus Greely, famed Arctic explorer, turned seventy and remains active in aviation and military studies. Once leader of a doomed polar expedition, he later aided by relief efforts and lived in Washington, DC, with decades devoted to geography and related sciences.
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Walt
Adolphus Rely
bin Ife
General Greely
Washington, DC
Bastie
Greely
Hinkel Scott Schley
Canadian Import Trade Campaign by Canadian Chamber of Commerce
Canadian Chamber of Commerce London forms a British section to mobilize support for boosting Canadian import trade with manufactured goods. Nearly a hundred prominent English firms join the station and plan immediate collective action in a trade campaign to win a larger share of the Dominion’s import market while addressing Canadian transportation and freight issues.
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Canadian Chamber of Commerce London
Demonstration Farm Planned by Southern Alberta Land Co
The Southern Alberta Land Company will set aside 113 acres for a demonstration farm on its new tract about 113 miles from the river at Renolane. An experienced irrigationist from Colorado will oversee alfalfa and other field crops, with irrigation work broken and leveled in preparation to receive water.
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Southern Alberta Land Company
Bos River
Renolane
Colorado
Grain growers claim millions drained by freight costs
The Toronto Globe notes ocean freight rates rose four cents per bushel of wheat, costing grain growers about 6.5 million dollars last year. Canadian flour mills now reportedly hold a daily capacity of 121,000 barrels, with two more lines expected.
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Miave
Toronto Globe
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