Replanting Urged As Forests Sink After War Losses
A British appeal warns of amber shortages if forests remain bare and calls for bold reforestation. The American Forestry Association reports 25,006,000 seeds sent to Britain, underscoring neglect vs Norway and Denmark where each felled tree must be replaced with a seedling, with penalties for noncompliance.
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Britain
American Forestry Association
England
America
Norway
Denmark
Alberta Poultry Industry Shows Rapid Growth and Export
Hon. George Headley notes Alberta poultry has grown from two and a half million in 1911 to four and a quarter million by recent census. Provincial markets absorb nearly all production while exporters tap foreign chances as five cars of eggs went to Great Britain in 1920 and orders have continued.
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Alberta
George Headley
Hoadley
Great Britain
Alberta minister serves horse meat dinner to officials
Hon. George Headley, Alberta Agriculture Minister, hosted a dinner for government members featuring horse meat as a delicacy. Premier Greenfield and others were present. one member mistook the dish for moose. Headley ordered a horse killed to prove the point and is exploring a horse meat trade.
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George Headley
Alberta
Headley
Edmonton
Premier Greenfield
Costly Air Trip for British Air Minister and Lost Luggage
British Minister for Air Captain Frederick Guest faced a costly journey to Paris for the aviation exhibition. His luggage was lost when a luggage plane broke down, and a return plane fell into the Channel but was salvaged. Repairs are pegged at £2000 to £3000 before Guest returned to London by train.
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Frederick Guest
Air
Wartime Quip Targets Lloyd George In British Stage
A new quip mocks Lloyd George and wartime rhetoric in English music hall humor. The entertainer recalls the Prime Minister’s wartime line and adds a punchline about heroes living in the era, drawing half-bitter, half-amused laughter from the audience.
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Lioyd George
Tand &T
Geotch Tradition Sets Yeaste Estate Offer at Land Value
The Apcord tradition notes that the eetate wsee land Yeaste equals an offer of the same value. The statement underlines a customary link between land assets and proposed terms in the local practice.
British Rubber Institute Promises Growth for Industry
London opens the Institute of Rubber Industry to promote interests of growers, manufacturers and distributors and to raise industry standards. The piece notes 100 years since Thomas Hancock began rubber production in Britain and 20 years since his vulcanizing patent. It highlights seeds from Brazil arriving in 1876, the mackintosh invention in 1843, and Britain’s ongoing pre-eminence in rubber manufacture.
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London
Institute of Rubber Industry
Thomas Hancock
Great Britain
Brazil
Kew Gardens
Ceylon
Mackintosh
C. Mackintosh
Hidden colors found in Westminster Abbey tombs
Restoration work at Westminster Abbey uncovers long hidden medieval painting. Black varnish over Gothic heraldic designs on the Edmund Crouchback tomb and three other monuments in the Sanctuary reveal vibrant colors and heraldic details once covered by grime.
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Westminster Abbey
Edmund Crouchback
Earl of Lancaster
Crouchback
Origin of Piccadilly Tip of a Famous Song
The article traces Piccadilly London Fingland origins of the name and ties it to Piccadilly Hall lace making. It notes piccadilly refers to lace spear points, cites gambling houses once on Piccadilly, and recounts Beau Brummel winning $75,000 in ten minutes at a Waller run house with half given to Sheridan.
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Tipperary
Piccadilly
London
Fingland
Piccadilly Hall
Waller
Prince Regent's
Beau Brummel
Sherridan
Warning Signs and Subscription Warnings in 19th Century Ad
In a Christian Advocate note, a contemporary advises delinquent subscribers that frequent fainting spells with chills cramps corns bunions chilblains epilepsy or jaundice signal poor health and near death. It urges paying subscriptions in advance to ensure a solid obituary notice for readers who observe these symptoms.
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Christian Advocate
Meeting Expectations in the Old South Parish Tale
A domestic worker named Auntie tells Mrs. Worth of her tribulations, arguing that hardship is divine punishment. Mrs. Worth consoles her, but Auntie insists that when the good land sends tribulation one must tribulate and endure.
General Pershing Charms War Mother at Foch Banquet
The Ottawa Journal notes General Pershing kissed Mrs. A. E. McCudden, the British war mother, at the Foch banquet in Philadelphia. The gesture is praised as a noble sentiment and shows the American general’s graceful response to a pleasant emergency.
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Rees
General Pershing
A. E. McCudden
Philadelphia
Ottawa Journal
Work Harder For Happiness At Work
The note emphasizes progress through effort and joy in labor. It suggests increasing effort yields greater happiness, with peak satisfaction when one loves the work. The message promotes positive attitude toward daily tasks and career fulfillment.
Canadian Child Immigrants From Barnardo Homes Described
Article details the return of child immigration to Canada, noting 75 000 arrivals since early programs began. It covers sending children from Barnardo and other homes, selection standards, foster placement, supervision, and the diverse successful outcomes across provinces and professions.
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Cc. P. R
Canada
Quebec
Barnardo
London
Dominion
Atlantic
F. Y
Good Pay Means Work and Wages Buy Comfort
A London Daily Mail editorial argues wages matter for labor but stresses real value is the comfort pounds buy. It notes cheap goods boost consumption and create jobs, while art industry cannot sustain wages beyond what is earned.
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London Daily
Mail
Canadian teachers in London face tough assignments
Seventy seven Canadian teachers who recently arrived in London to gain experience in English schools are teaching in the poorest London schools for now. They hoped to work in better centres but confront squalid surroundings and difficult pupils, leaving some feeling low in spirits.
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London
War hero returned from France denied in town of enlistment
The body of a war hero shipped from France was refused at the town where he enlisted because no friends or relatives could claim it. If there had been no family, the article notes, the fate of the remains remained unresolved.
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France
Sarcaem Clerk Salary Dispute Revealed in Exchange
A Sarcaem clerk contends her pay is less than due, while the employer questions whether she could be aware of the correct amount. The exchange highlights payroll concerns and possible wage gaps.
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Sarcaem
McClung Praises Women Institute Aims For Rural England
Nellie McClung in Toronto says rural England faces loneliness as youth move to cities. She cites Women's Institute as a democratic force uniting women for community service, noting leadership across counties and growing membership. She also visited Canadian cemeteries in France near Arras and Vimy Ridge and praised efforts to beautify them with hedges and poppies in bloom.
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England
Prairies
Nellie McClung
M.P.P
Toronto
Women’s Institute
New England
Widower Seeks Final Touch on Wife Bust
The husband views a clay bust of his late wife and asks the artist to enlarge the nose, saying it is her honest sign of goodness and that he can still alter it. He tears up while insisting the nose be a little larger.
The Woolsack Origin and Flanders Wool Ties
The article explains King Edward III inaugurated the Woolsack to symbolize frigid relations with Flanders while England fostered its wool trade. The measure aimed to strengthen diplomatic and economic ties through the Lords Chancellor seat.
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Edward III
Flanders
England
Toothless Bhuda Men Reported in Hyderabad Sind
The Hindu Amil community in Hyderabad Sind notes a tribe of toothless men called Bhudas. Affected males marry normal women and produce normal children, while mating with normal males yields Bhuda sons. No documented cases of toothless women or daughters of Bhudas.
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Hyderabad
Sind
India
Asia
Where Cats Are Prized in Moscow News Notes
A Moscow correspondent reports many walk cats on leashes as streets grow crowded with rats after sanitation work broke down. Stealing cats for their value is common. Also noted is rising demand for safety razor blades as Russian men adopt shaving, a shift from prewar beard culture.
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Moscow
Russia
Germany Faces Potential Bankruptcy Amid Economic Struggle
The piece argues Germany may reach financial insolvency as the mark nears a bottom, with leaders counting on escape or a path to stronger prosperity. Allies view the crisis with greater agitation than Berlin, conveying a cautious yet hopeful wartime tone.
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Germany
Berlin
New York Herald
Learning In Iceland Education System Exam Discipline
The article notes Iceland's population is fully literate and education is largely parental duty. From ages ten to fourteen all children must pass annual exams to advance a grade, with the educational committee able to require schooling at parental expense if they fail.
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Iceland
Smut in Oats Spores Attack Spring Sown Crop
Tests show smut spores wintered in soil can attack oats sown next spring. A farm plot used heavily infested soil mixed with surface soil to three inches. Hulless oats grown in substituted soil showed seven percent infection versus one percent in nearby unaffected soil, likely from proximity.
Bus Driver Reprimand on Fifth Avenue Public Vehicle
A Fifth Avenue bus driver scolded a woman disturbing passengers with loud food talk and disruptive actions. He declared in a thunderous, cryptic rebuke that she must remember she is in a public vehicle and behave accordingly.
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Fifth Avenue
Gooseberry Bush Grows to 200 Feet in England
A fragment reports an enormous gooseberry bush in England reaching about 200 feet in height. Details are sparse and unclear due to damaged text.
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England
Engand
Good results from sale of poppies campaign
The poppy day drive under the G V A in Canada raised over 80 000 for the French Children's League. Dominion command headquarters announced the balance 90 000 stays with branches to aid unemployed soldiers this winter. More than 1 060 000 poppies were sold.
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French Children’s League
Canada
G.W.V.A
Dominion Command
Leisure Time Of Workers And The Growing Leisure Issue
Arthur Pound argues in Atlantic Monthly that shorter workdays expand leisure for the masses. He notes workers are kept efficient at work but lack control over their unbought time and urge intrinsic hobbies as a form of self guidance amid rising leisure. The piece foresees a shift from vocational to advocation training to cultivate personal hobbies for youth in mills or offices.
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Arthur Pound
Atlantic Monthly
Britain to pay interest on wartime loan to U S
The Hamilton Herald notes Britain borrowed billions from the United States to aid allies in the great war. It reports the next budget earmarks 250 million dollars for interest payments to the U S Government, highlighting uneasy prospects for American citizens over Britain shouldering the debt.
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Britain
United States
U.S
Hamilton Herald
Russian government blamed over Bolshevik plots in Asia
The case against Bolshevik emissaries in Afghanistan India Turkey and Persia is well established. Continued hostile propaganda and revolutionary incitement breach the trade agreement. The text states no quarrel with the Russian people but demands rulers keep faith while offering to resume trade and aid famine victims.
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Afghanistan
India
Turkey
Persia
Russia
London Daily Chronicle
Fame and Publicity Fade After War Heroics
The piece argues that publicity sustains public interest, while silence after fame leaves war heroes forgotten. It laments how names once on every lip vanish from headlines as public attention shifts away.
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Walkerton
All Nations Equally Musical Opinion Cited
The London Daily Mail argues that all European nations are equally musical or unmusical with a majority indifferent to sound beyond engines or golf. a minority remains mentally alert and enthusiastic for music and offers constructive opinion.
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London Daily
Mafi
Heat Uplifts Southwest Persia Coast Regions
Reading from coastal zones along the southwest coast of Persia shows temperatures exceeding 100 degrees for extended periods, with some areas recording sustained heat for months. The scorching conditions impact daily life and local industries as heat waves persist.
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Persia
Radium Supply Traced to Austria Before 1913
Before 1913 the world relied entirely on Austria for its radium supply. The statement highlights Austria as the sole source prior to that year, reflecting the era's limited scientific resource network.
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Austria
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