Canada and the Trade With China and Japan
The Weekly Report highlights growing Canadian interest in trade with China and Japan, detailing potential Western Canada advantages via new routes after the Panama Canal. It notes extensive Chinese and Japanese markets, with emphasis on exports of flour and lumber from British Columbia and the role of consuls and Chinese students in shaping commerce.
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Department of Trade
Man
Canada
China
Japan
George
Panama Canal
R. Grice
Panam Canal
Isthgue
Panama
Tehuantepec
Eeport
Oriest
United States
Orient
Pacific
Manchuria
British Columbia
George Foster
Port Hole
Department of Trade and Commerce
Iman Man
Gardens of Fulham Palace Rioted by Suffragettes
A fragment reports a garden party at Fulham Palace or Pulham Palace raided by suffragettes. It notes beauti ful grounds with notable elf trees and recalls a former bishop who felled some trees. Bacon quips that he must be a food man for letting light on dark places.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pulham Palace
Londes
Bacon
Treasure of Lahun Unearthed by British School Team
Petrie and his British School colleagues uncover a major find at Lahun including a black onyx tadpole carving with gold serpents, a buried tomb of Gat HathorAnt, and numerous alabaster jars and flare lamps. The site yields rich artifacts and allegorical carvings, prompting further excavation.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sheffield
Birmingham
Fox farming in Alberta eyed for long term growth
Fred M. Lee, president of Pioneer Silver-Plate Fox, predicts Alberta fox farming will take at least 25 years to value. Demand for breeding stock rises, but risks include overcapitalized companies and inexperience. He notes locals selling foxes at market price and urges orderly development to match profits once the industry matures.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Fred M. Lee
Pioneer Silver-Plack Pox Company
Alberta
Edmonton
Tobacco as Drug or Luxury Sparks Irish Insurance Debate
In Ireland an argument over tobacco within the National Insurance Act splits views among authorities. Dublin district’s medical officer urged tobacco for a consumptive patient near death, offering to pay, while the local insurance committee ruled tobacco necessary to treatment and billed the insurance commissioners.
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National Insurance Act
Dublin
Insurance Committee
Insurance Commissioners
Mineral values in Quebec rise to new high
The Quebec superintendent of mines reports 191 year mineral production valued at 15,119,811 dollars, about two million higher than the previous year. The document notes a lower fatality rate of 156 per 1000 workers compared with Ontario's 400 per 1000, reflecting improved safety amid economic strain.
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Quebec
Province of
Ontario
Aerial Cableway Planned Over Niagara Whirlpool
A passenger cableway is planned to span the whirlpool at Niagara Falls to give visitors a close view and thrills with minimal danger. The system would be about 1470 feet long, suspended roughly 260 feet above the water, and would carry 50 passengers.
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Niagara Walls
Spain
Aged Briton Sails Atlantic in Homemade Craft
An elderly man named B Hoelbarrow, disabled, sets out from West Hay Bridgeport England in a self built craft to cross the Atlantic. He claims the boat is water worthy and built entirely by himself using makeshift materials.
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Atlantic
Hoelbarrow
West Hay
Bridgeport
England
Boost BC Lumber Trade With West Indies Link Explored
The analysis outlines potential West Indies to British Columbia lumber trade including shingles shooks staves and related products. It notes average values and cargo viability for sugars molasses cocoa copra coffee and green heart timber, and cites a route via the Panama Canal totaling about 4 60 miles to the canal and 1 900 miles onward.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Oritied
Columbia
British West Indies
West Indies
Canada
British Coumbia
British Columbia
Panama Canal
Alberta and Saskatchewan mixed farming gains noted
A Saskatoon area farmer seeds 2000 acres of alfalfa while boasting shipments and livestock totals. Alberta's dairy and egg sectors last year reached about 15 million dollars in value, with dairy outputs around six million. The piece argues western provinces move beyond wheat and toward diversified farming for stability.
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Saskatoon
Saskatchewan
Alberta
Forest Reservations in Washington State Grow Across Regions
The government approves requests to requisition forest lands for United States use for forest purposes. Since 1916 the program has totaled 1 164 000 acres at about 5 600 000 dollars. About 2 000 000 of the original funds include 133 000 acres in New Hampshire White Mountains while 971 000 acres lie in southern Appalachians from Virginia to Georgia. Nearly 400 000 acres were approved for purchase in the past year at 4.96 dollars per acre. The administration aims to protect forests from fire to steady streams and boost timber output, while permitting non detrimental uses of forest resources.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
United States
White
Centenary of Peace Stamps Announced by U S Postal Service
The U S Post Office Department plans two Special stamps to mark the centenary of peace 1814 1914 approved by Postmaster General Burnet designs show a 2 cent hemisphere scene with figures of America and Britain and clasped hands and a 5 cent winged figure with a dove of peace beneath it ready for fall issue.
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Great
Britain
United States
U.S. Post Office Department
Burnes i
Rural Depopulation and Its Causes in Agricultural Change
The article argues rural depopulation stems from neglect of soil conservation and wasteful land use. It contrasts reckless forest clearing with mined soils, noting abandoned once thriving communities after fertility loss. It frames conservation as essential to national welfare and long term agricultural profitability.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Landa
Typhoid Legislation Urged by Montreal Delegate
Dr Armstrong of Montreal argued for pure water and drainage laws at the Clinical Congress. Reviewing 9000 Typhoid perforation cases, he said the illness mostly affected males aged 15 to 25 and blamed municipal neglect rather than the medical profession.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
de. Armatrong
Montreal
Armstrong
Pr. Armstrong
Croker Plans Return to Oust Murphy as Tammany Leader
Richard Croker, former head of Tammany Hall, will return from Ireland to New York to challenge F. Murphy for the Tammany Fall leadership. Harry Walker, Croker confidant, says big actions are expected and that Croker will renew opposition to Pryvy while in the city.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Richard Croker
Tammany Mall
New York
Ireland
Oe F. Murphy
Tammany Fall
Harry W. Walker
Croker
Walker
Charles Pr Vy
Missouri Pacific Solicitor Hopes Humorous Will Delays
The 64 year old Mr. Clardy left a will dated July 25 1910 that provides his widow Elizabeth Clardy will receive the estate with power to manage and convey. He asks his children Charlee Frierson Clardy and Martin L. Cardy Jr to receive a cane and his grandson Piggin F. Clardy a watch. He hopes the estate matters may be settled quickly with his name removed from the docket.
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Missouri Pacific
Clardy
St. Prancefe County
Pigin F. Clardy
St Louis
Twain and Depew Dinner Speech Swap on Ship
Mark Twain spoke first, delivering a twenty minute speech that drew praise. Chauncey Depew then quipped that Twain had already delivered his, joking about memorized lines and a lost speech, to broad laughter.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mark Twain
Chauncey Depew
Bo Seni
Howe
Mr. Clemens
Effort to Save Waterloo Field from Builder’s Hands
The article argues to preserve the Waterloo battlefield from development. It notes visitors will view the site with awe as generations pass and that the Duke of Wellington is linked to efforts to protect the historic landscape from encroachment.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Waterloo
Liow
Duke of Wellington
Elevating Teaching to Attract Men into Public Schools
A August suburbia life piece argues that teaching must gain higher social standing and adequate pay to lure capable men. It contends that improved professional status and security are essential to invigorate the public school system and prevent talent from leaving education for other fields.
Postal Pillar Displays Ordered for Winnipeg
The post office orders about 169 new postal pillar ars for Winnipeg after a two year delay. The six foot high pillars feature glass enclosures for ads and collect mail as well as stamp vending. Three hundred pillars have recently been installed in key locations and are lit at night.
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Winnipeg
A City of Churches and Diverse Worship
The article notes a city with three main places of worship representing nearly all Christian and Jewish denominations. It highlights visitors drawn to the area, with mention of grand Edmonton charts and a broader European trend of declining faith affecting the West, framed as a striking but contested phenomenon.
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Thost
Edmonton
Europe
Lumber Industry Plans Massive Hiring Surge in Ottawa Region
Officials announce the lumber operation will be unusually heavy in the upper Ottawa bush area. About 3500 men are expected to be employed, alleviating unemployment before decline affects the district.
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Hig Lamber
Otttawa
Ploneer Life Today The Western Canadian
The Western Canadian is set to bring improved machinery to the farm gate via railway, plus telephone and other conveniences, highlighting the contrast with newcomers who helped carry American civilization beyond the Ohio river.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ohio
New York Post
Minerals yield increased in Quebec during wartime year
The Quebec provincial superintendent of mines reports that in the war year the province produced minerals valued at 12,119,811 dollars, about two million dollars more than the previous year, with asbestos leading the list of minerals.
Labrador wilderness deemed potential national resource
A fragment notes the Labrador and northern Canada wilderness as a potential national resource. It references De Grenfell and his view on the barren lands possibly yielding value for the country, with mention of deer meat and unexplored areas.
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Cacede
de. Grenfell
Labrador
Can
Russian cabinet pursues universal education bill before parliament
The Russian cabinet proposes a bill to establish universal education overseen by a central administrative framework. The plan aims to standardize schooling nationwide and raise educational access across regions.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Russia
Ae Poe Dartian Dngree Sabine
Population in the Canal Zone Declines Since 1912 Census
Census tallies show the Panama Canal Zone population dropping from 1 279 in March this year with 670 white American men and 1 596 children among Americans. Other nationalities total 16 404 men 5 474 women and 5 625 children. Net decline since the earlier census reduces American residents by 2 and other nationalities by 708 in under five months.
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Panamwa Caval Sone
Ehrie
Housete-Towse
Panama Cape
Panama
Liesem
Aml
Coton
Pusame
Canal Zone
Department of Civil Administration
Ume
Ancen
Bepite
Christobel
Carelessness Causes Adirondack Forest Fires
New York Conservation Commission reports that 86 percent of 1913 fires in the Adirondacks were preventable. Careless smokers ignited many blazes, with about one third of fires avoidable. Fishermen and campers also contributed, while locomotives caused 11.3 percent of the 688 fires.
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New York Conservation Commission
Adirondacks
Campom
C. L
Serbs Vision of a Nation United by Poetry and Patriotism
The text portrays Serbs as living in a land of social equality with minimal official pomp and little work. By 1900 there were no paupers or workhouses, and citizens preferred politics and poetry to drinking. It highlights national heroes in sing song poems and a strong patriotic mood toward Austrian rule in 1908.
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Jim
USA
Egypts Assembly Prolonged to November First
The Egyptian legislative assembly, which began January 22 under the July 21 1912 law, has been prorogued to November 1 next. The recent session, first under new conditions, drew large public attention with over 800 petitions, crowded galleries, and extensive press reports.
Traveling scholarship funds travel to European artists
Trustees of the National Gallery for Canada grant a travelling scholarship of stem to painters or sculptors who are British subjects. The winner must depart for Europe within three months of the award and reside there for one year. Canada loses much through pests, with studies showing woodpeckers and other birds consuming large insect portions of pests.
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National Gallery For
Canade Deve
Stem
Ee A
Ae Academy of Arts
Europe
Inurope
Canada
Revelations On Attu Island Aleuts Dying Rapidly
Attu Island natives, the western Aleuts, are dying rapidly and the island may become depopulated. Officers of the revenue cutter Usalga report large numbers dying of disease, with mortality highest in winter and spring.
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Attu
Attu Island
Alaska
Usalga
Uwatlet
Unalge
Divean
Unclear Quote on Vegetarian Theory Sparks Beach Ramble
A quirky Toronto Star line mocks a vegetarian idea by claiming beachgoers subsist on rubber plants, suggesting the theory is nonsensical and widely known to be false.
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Cate
Toronto Star
River of Doubt Col Response Ques Official
A terse note confirms an official response related to the River of Doubt matter. It references Theodore and a moment, mentioning a constant state akin to a tin wine. The fragmented text leaves the exact action unclear.
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Theodore BP
National Parks of the Dominion Highlight Travel Value
A government publication promotes Canada’s national parks as vital for tourism and national life. It argues for parks as major revenue sources, educational and patriotic tools, and centers for health and recreation in the open air.
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Department of the Interior
Colque
Les Teen
Rocky Mountains
Caneda
Bimpeon Pass
Banat
Dominion
Switzerland
France
Italy
United States
Bia Fe Sador
Kusland
Japanese crude petroleum output in 1913 cited
The British Commercial Attache at Yokohama EK F Crowe reports for the Board of Trade Journal that Japan produced 752 500 cases of crude petroleum in 1913 versus 7 228 900 cases in 1912, up about 19 percent. The chief contributor and district figures appear noted but are unclear in the fragment.
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Yokotama
EK. F. Crowe
CMG
British Board of Trade Journal
Japan
District of A
Calgary leads Dominion in street railway mileage per thousand
The report shows Calgary has 48 miles of street railway track per 1000 people, the highest in Canada. Saskatoon follows with 76 miles per thousand, Edmonton 70, Regina 60, while Winnipeg and Toronto reach 29.
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Calgary
Dominion of Caneda
Saskatoon c
Edmonton
Cancer Report Settles Myth Of Cancer House infection
An annual Imperial Researchy report debunks the long standing myth that cancer is infectious and discredits the cancer house as proof of contagion, presenting a formal conclusion from the study.
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Cancer
Cancer House
Imperial
Saskatchewan fox industry season opening notes
The report outlines early spring fox industry activity in Saskatchewan with government fees reaching up to 14 082 dollars. It notes expectations for the season and mentions the involved processes and timelines for licensing and payments.
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Saskatchewan
Fox
Sowa
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National Galery
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