Peace News Reaches Irish Exiles in Russia
Captain Francis McCullough reports from Ukmerge Lithuania that peace between England and Ireland is recognized the Russian frontier news. Rory, Irish exile, brings news of the Irish Republic and the end of the Civil War as a symbolic revival for displaced Irish families long abroad.
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Francis McCullough
Manchester Guardian
Ukmeree
Tathuenla
Russia
Ireland
Limerick
Rory
Kory
England
Free State
Rerma
Berlin Faces War Debt From Rabbit Trade
Berlin City Council uncovers a wartime debt of 140000.4960 marks tied to rabbit shipments bought from Holland in 1917 for 1250000 guilders. Rabbits were distributed for breeding, the Rochiits coal mine pledged as security, then the debt was forgotten and the rabbits were eaten as food costs rose.
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Berlin
Holland
Rochiits
Misconceptions About Blue Eyes and Thackeray’s Initials
Army records debunk the claim that blue eyed men are the best shots. The article notes a famous writer Thackeray used at least fifty initials and acronyms in his literary career.
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Army
Thackery
Few Defaulters Saskatchewan Rural Municipalities Meeting Their Obligations
The Saskatche wan Local Government Board report shows not one of 201 rural municipalities and 347 villages defaulted on debentures. It notes 734 municipal institutions with fewer than twelve failing to meet loan repayments, indicating a very small default percentage despite prior boom conditions.
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Saskatchewan Local Government
Saskatchewan
Dominion of
Canada
Regina
Library to the Farm Drives Rural Reading Service
Miss Gratia Countryman announces a plan to bring the Minneapolis Public Library to rural Hennepin County. Over 100 stations exist with a goal to double, plus farmhouse book delivery by automobile every two weeks funded by a county one mill tax.
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Minneapolis
Alberta Considers Separate Agricultural College System
The Alberta cabinet weighs creating an agricultural college absorbing the University of Alberta’s faculty of agriculture with a dedicated building on university grounds. Minister Geo Hoadley supports a distinct system linking college education to county agents and farm work, though university exams and non agricultural lectures would remain.
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Alberta
Agricultural College
Faculty of Agriculture
Alberta University
Geo. Hoadley
Fox Fur Tax Reform Sought by Prince Edward Island Breeders
A delegation of fox breeders from Charlottetown and Summerside, PEI, asked the Minister of Finance for tax reform to reflect market drops since 1913. They argue capitalized firms face taxation in a weakened market as prices fell from 20 000 per pair in 1912 to under 31 10 per pair, urging changes to the tax base.
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Charlottetown
Summerside
P.E.L
Vancouver to New York Fresh Fish Shipment Sets Record
An experimental 290 ton shipment of frozen fish departed Vancouver for New York via Panama. This marks the first waterborne route of this kind from British Columbia to the Atlantic coast, aiming to boost maritime trade.
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Vancouver
New York
Panama
British Columbia
Atlantic Coast
Canadian poetry gains from Irish Canadian travel verse in nova scotia
The article reviews a volume by young Irish Canadian poet Hargadon linking Ireland and Canada through nature inspired verse. It highlights Banff Lake Louise Nova Scotia Acadian scenes and Banff poetry as well as portraits of Irish and French Canada. It notes photographs and an introduction by Colonel George H Ham and praises Canada as a natural home for poets.
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Bilas Carman
Charlies G. D. Roberts
Archibald Lampman
Bliss Carmann
Grand Pre
Nova Scotia
Great Dominion
Hargadon
Ireland
Quebec
Canadian Rockies
Lake Louise
Canada
George H. Ham
Predicted Sinking of the Lusitania Foretold by Viereck
James P. Keating testified for the Chicago Tribune in a $500000 libel suit against the paper. He claimed Viereck, former editor of The Fatherland, predicted the Lusitania sinking four days prior, saying passengers were foolish as the ship would be sunk on Thursday or Friday. He said the remark came at Holland House luncheon as part of German information bureau chatter.
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James P. Keating
George Sylvester Viereck
the Fatherland
Keating
Chicago Tribune
Wm. Hale Thompson
Moayor
Timots City
New York
Viereck
Holland House
Worry a Foe to Health
A Toronto Star piece argues there is no influenza epidemic and urges calm thoughts, temperate habits, and plain food to strengthen bodily resistance. It warns worry invites illness and emphasizes steady routines over fear.
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Toronto Star
Snow Freight for Calgary Winter Carnival Ski Jump
The Canadian Pacific Railway transported snow as freight for Calgary's winter carnival. The snow, loaded in freight cars from Lake Lamice, was essential for the ski jump event.
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Caradian Pacific Railway
Calgary
Szow
Lake Lamice
Linguist Abdullah Foils Language Mystery in Cairo
Acmed Abdullah, famed New York linguist, faces a language puzzle in Cairo when a quiet street man speaks only as an American Baptist. Despite attempts in multiple tongues, the ragged traveler identifies himself as a Baptist after a visiting American confirms the claim.
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Acmed Abdullah
New York
Cairo
Abdullah
Hoss
Postage In Russia High Stamp Toll For Registered Letter
A letter arriving at the Newark New Jersey post office bore 500 stamps with a total value of 2000 rubles and was fastened by metal fasteners due to the small envelope. It notes that sending a registered letter to Russia costs 15 cents and contrasts wartime costs with prewar rates.
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Russia
United States
Newark
N.J
Trotsky Orders 360 Aeroplanes For the Ted Army
The London Sunday Pictorial questions whether Trotsky can justify buying 360 aeroplanes for the Ted army. It argues such military spending is unaffordable for any government and could instead fund substantial purchases of wheat, rye and maize for hungry children.
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Trotsky
London Sunday Pirtorial
A Garden for Every Home in Ontario Horticulture Push
At the Experimental Union convention the Ontario Agricultural College president urged communities to beautify urban and rural areas through cleanliness and greenery. The Ontario Department of Agriculture offered guidance via publications and lantern slide programs, with cities like Ottawa St Thomas and St Catharines cited for plantings under the Community Hall Act encouragement.
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Experimental Union
Ontario Agricultural College
J. B. Spencer
Guelph
Macdonald College
Que
Department of Agriculture
Ottawa
Dominion
W. T. Macoun
Tys
Ontario
St. Thomas
St. Catharines
English Woman Who Lived Remarkable Life Dies at 96
Weymouth obituary for Mrs. Ann Kingston age 96. Her husband joined the relief party amid Sir John Franklin’s lost Arctic expedition. Her mother made clothes for Napoleon. She rode the first Plymouth train and attended Dev on port docks opening. She once warned a Solent yacht fire saving lives.
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Plymouth
Ann Kingston
Weymouth
Sir John Franklin
Napoleon
St. Helena
Devonport
Coastguard
Elihu Root Anecdote On Patience For Peace
At a Metropolitan Club dinner Elihu Root mused that universal peace will come someday and urged patience. He recalled a boy who lamented his first teeth saying they would grow back, a reminder to temper longing for miracles with time.
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Elihu Root
Metropolitan Club
Fiji Grants Preference to Canadian Goods
The Fiji Islands have granted a 12 percent preference to Canadian products entering Fiji for ad valorem items and a 50 percent reduction on most goods with specific duties. With a limited free list, this effectively applies to nearly all commodities.
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Fiji Islands
There Was a Reason No One Travels on Trains or Buses
A terse newspaper item notes frequent contests between mothers and a conductor over a child's age and fare liability. One mother asserts her child looks older than three, while the conductor and parent discuss the child's prior troubles.
Management Of The Dairy Herd In Nova Scotia Talk
A. H. White outlined three core practices for profitable dairy farming feed, culling and breeding at a Nova Scotia Dairy Men’s Association talk. He stressed selecting pure bred sires, weighing feed costs against returns, and keeping production records with cow testing. He urged calf feeding start, individual cow study, and precise use of Babcock tests and milk scales to improve profits.
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Nova Scotia Dairymen's Association
A. H. White
Dominion
Iie
White
Swedish Singer Jenny Lind Shares Noble Act of Kindness
A charming tale recounts Jenny Lind walking with a friend to an almshouse door, giving aid to an elderly woman. The woman longed to hear the Swedish star sing, and Lind surprised her by singing a favorite song, bringing joy at last and the chance to hear Jenny Lind.
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Jenny Lind
Jenny
Membership surge in Alberta farmers union growth
The United Farmers of Alberta reports membership rising from 39,760 in 1920 to nearly 28,000 in 1921 under general secretary H. Higginbotham. The organization also shows a large jump in locals, totaling 1,505 with 1,081 ULFA locals, 309 Ufwa locals, and 118 junior locals.
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United Farmers of Alberta
H. Higginbotham
ULFA
U.F.W.A
American settlers migrate to British Columbia in 1921
Data from Commissioner T Gelley shows 12 086 US settlers arrived in 1921 and settled in districts between Port Arthur and Kingsgate British Columbia. They brought cash totaling 3 786 000 dollars and effects valued about 952 070 dollars.
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Canada
United States
Port Arthur
Kingsgate
British Columbia
T. Gelley
Saskatchewan Leads With Motor Cars in 1921 Rise
Saskatchewan tops Canada in vehicle growth as total autos reach 467 426 with 64 623 new units. Ontario adds about 34 000 and Quebec over 15 000, placing Saskatchewan at one car per fourteen residents amid a national expansion.
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Saskatchewan
Canada
Ontario
Quebec
Dominion
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Heaven
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Paradise
Describ
Ada
Ery
Wahargadow
Snow
Freght
U.S. Bears
Solent
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Glea
U.F.A
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