Soldier Settlement Board aids postwar land farming drive
Canada’s plan to place returning soldiers on the land proves popular and effective. About 9,000 applicants and 42,000 qualified, with 20,000 receiving advances totaling over 89 million dollars. Alberta leads settlers, with provinces reporting high loan approvals and strong farming success stories amid wartime rehabilitation.
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Lothcally
Ara Ane
Canada
Cenlers
Soldier Settlement Board
Alberta
Saskatchewan
Manitoba
British Columbia
Great Lakes
Ontario
New Brunswick
Quebec
Nova Scotia
Prince Edward Island
Prince Edwards Island
Marquis Wheat Dominates Seed Fair Milling Tests
The University of Saskatchewan report shows Marquis wheat toppling rivals in baking and milling tests at the Provincial Seed Fair. W. J. F. Warren placed fourth for Marquis wheat yet produced a near perfect loaf. Kenneth Canfield ranked 21st. Other Marquis entries led subsequent tests while Red Fishh and Ruby varieties fared poorly in milling and baking.
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University of Saskatchewan
University
W. J. F. Warren
Retbeck
Marquis
Kenneth Canfield
Shellbrook
Marquis Wheat
Seager Wheeler
R. M McCurdy
Asquith
Davis Bros
Perdue
Geo. S. Canfield
Wild Rose
Mr. Canfield
Vast War Literature Overwhelms Paris Museum shelves
The French War Museum in Paris holds space for over 100000 books on the war and stores two and a half miles of newspapers and periodicals. Eighty librarians and translators work to sort the vast material while historians fear the flood of printed words may overwhelm the task of distilling essential facts for posterity.
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French War Museum
Paris
Nature
H. G. Wells
N.Y. World
The Panama Route and Railway Expansion
The Montreal Gazette argues that three prairie to Rocky Mountain railway lines enable equal land transport capacity to meet demand. It notes no closed season for Pacific navigation, longer ocean voyage but cheaper transport, and that British Columbians must capitalize on routes as volume drives business.
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Praire
Rocky Mountains
Pracifc
Atlantic
Pacific
Montreal Gazette
Hall Named For Sir Arthur Currie At Royal Military College
The new assembly hall under construction at Kingston's Royal Military College will be named Sir Arthur Currie Hall to honor the commander of the victorious Canadian corps. The minister of militia announced the designation.
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Royal Military College, Kingston
Sir Arthur Currie
Militia
French Republic President Receives Official Airplane
The president of the French Republic is provided with an official aeroplane for state travel. Officials emphasize the status and readiness of the aircraft for official duties and international engagements.
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French Republic
Millonaire Rhodes Spent Cash Carelessly Despite Wealth
Cecil Rhodes lived frugally and gave away much of his income, often over a million dollars a year. His securities hid in coats or pigeonholes, and he signed gift checks on half sheets of paper. He clung to cleanliness, avoided loose clothes, and paid cab fares with uncounted coins.
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Cecil Rhodes
Emrpare
John Hays Hammond
London
Big Game Hunt Returns From Northern Saskatchewan
Chief game guardian F Bradshaw reports 2170 big game animals were taken by 3000 licensed hunters last season in Saskatchewan. Among them 80 caribou 870 deer and 1200 moose, with a map detailing kills per township. Caribou dominate north of Prince Albert while moose are widespread east of Onion Lake and near rail lines.
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Saskatchewan
F. Bradshaw
Bradshaw
Prince Albert
Onion Lake
Crooked River
Ofe
Higher Remuneration Bill to Raise BC House Pay
Mrs Cuse Oliver introduces amendments to increase indemnities for private members from 1600 to 2000 dollars and give the premier 9000 dollars, up from 7300, while the opposition leader gains to 2000 with a total annuity of 4000. Ministers’ pay would rise from 6600 to 7300 dollars.
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Cuse Oliver
Shipbuilding in Canada in 1919 Statistics Review
Canada’s ship and boat building sectors show 177 plants nationwide. Capital in shipbuilding is $70,854,028 and $1,260,243 in boatbuilding. Shipyards employed 23,500 workers in 1919, paid $29,836,848 in wages, with 281 vessels launched and a gross tonnage of 2,604,539.
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Canada
Dominion
Herne Appointed British Chancellor
Sir Robert S. Horne, president of the Peace of Trade, was appointed chancellor of the exchequer succeeding J Austen Chamberlain. Stanley Baldwin, parliamentary secretary to the treasury, becomes the new president of the Board of Trade.
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Robert S. Horne
Peace of Trade
Exchequer
J. Austen Chamberlain
Stanley Baldwin
The
Treasury
Board of Trade
Sydney Proposes Higher Living Cost Report
In Sydney Nova Scotia special investigator E McG Quirk from the Federal Department of Labor says the cost of living is higher there than in any other Canadian city after surveying the local steel situation for Dominion authorities.
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Sydney
Canada
E. McG. Quirk
Federal Department of Labor
Why You Should Not Put Off Making a Will
A Toronto Star essay argues against delaying a will, noting many deaths occur intestate and even prominent advisers fail to act. It contrasts businesspersons who keep updated wills with individuals delaying until illness or death forces action, calling prudent preparation essential.
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Couarse
Toronto Star
Back to Sparta Decree on Mandatory Physical Training in France
The French Chamber of Deputies orders all French youths to take physical training courses. The piece notes war era mobilization exposed insufficient physical fitness and compares modern reform to ancient Spartan methods, adding that health and sanitary science will accompany the old plan.
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French Chamber of Deputies
France
Sions
United States
Detroit Free Press
Colorado Counties Surpass Rhode Island in Size
A state overview notes that all 36 Colorado counties are larger than Rhode Island. Geographical comparison highlights the vast land areas of Colorado's counties compared with the smallest U.S. state.
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Colorado
Rhode Island
The Prince of Wales Book Aids Sailors And Soldiers
The Calgary Herald reports Hodder and Stoughton publish The Prince of Wales Book to benefit St Dunstan's Hostel. It features photos from the Prince’s tours in Canada the US New Zealand Australia and the Pacific with introductory notes and captions. The price is 7s 6d net with a detachable autograph sheet urging support for blinded veterans.
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Messrs. Hodder and Stoughton
Prince of Wales
St. Dunstan's Hostel
Canada
United States
New Zealand
Australia
Pacific Islands
Empire
Virgin Falls
Qu’Appelle
Lake Saskatchewan
Trinidad
Nature Restores Timber Rapidly in Ontario Farm Test
The report from Magnetawan Ontario by Mr William Keppy notes that scorch trees planted 30 years ago grew to 40 feet tall with 12 inch diameter. He adds that a burned portion of his land, unsuited to farming, now hosts spruce balsam fir and pine trees about 25 feet high.
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William Keppy
Magnetawan
Ont
Lonely Widows Seeking Husbands in Canada
A widow from Bigheart Oklahoma writes to Winnipeg postmaster T. T. Bower claiming many widows of American ex soldiers in Canada seek husbands. She describes herself as young and good looking and warns that “trifiers” need not apply. The letter is presented as the most cynical sight he has seen in years at the post office.
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Canada
Bigheart
Oklahoma
T. T. Bower
Winnipeg
Postimaster
Deer Herd Growth Noted Around Watertown Lakes Park Alberta
Reports from Watertown Lakes Park in Alberta say deer herds are increasing due to protection rules. One morning 46 deer were counted on the townsite and they remained all day, ignoring residents. The deer are in good shape for spring after a mild winter.
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Watertown Lakes Park
Alberta
Big Plane For North Country Lands at Edmonton
The Larsen all metal plane for Imperial Oil Company, third of its kind to reach the north, arrived at Edmonton from New York after a Saskatoon stop. The flight took four hours ten minutes from Saskatoon and twenty eight hours twenty minutes from New York. Lt. Myers led the flight with passenger J. L. Myers who controls American rights for the machines.
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Imperial Oil Company
Edmonton
New York
Saskatoon
Lt. Myers
J. L. Myers
Priests in Urga Mongolia Reach Fifteen Thousand
A report notes that Urga, Mongolia's capital, houses about fifteen thousand priests. The figure highlights the city’s religious presence and clerical community in the region.
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Urga
Mongolia
A Word for Barley From Alberta Agriculture Dept
A study from the College of Agriculture at Feiton urges early sowing of wheat and timely sowing of oats and barley. It notes oats and barley after May 20 risk poor yields in hot late summers, advises hot wind regions to seed early, and suggests thicker late seeding. A field husbandry calendar No. 2 is available from the Edmonton agriculture department.
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College of Agriculture
Feinton
Provin
Department of Agriculture
Edmonton
Manitoba Legislature Eyes Resource Transfer to West
The Manitoba Legislature plans unanimous action urging the Dominion Government to transfer natural resources to western provinces. Group leaders were to confer on the resolution, proposed by Conservative leader J. T. Haig and accepted by Premier T. C. Norris.
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Manitoba
J. T. Haig
T. C. Norris
A Real Aid to Agriculture Initiative by Duncan Marshall
The province advances agriculture through soil surveys and district agents under Minister Duncan Marshall. The Lethbridge Herald notes this progressive step reflects practical agricultural knowledge in action and aims to develop the province.
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Duncan Marshall
Lethbridge
Herald
Bond of beans seals deal at London docks
Two men at a London dock arrange a trade pact using black beans as tokens of honesty. The exchange is described as more binding than a formal written contract.
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London
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Britain
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Sir Auckland Geddes
Washington
Robert Cecil
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