Service as Cardinal Policy of Canadian Pacific Railway
The pamphlet from Mr E W Beatty of Canadian Pacific Railway argues service should be the core policy of business. It asserts self preservation and community usefulness as drivers, warns against excessive state interference, and cites the CPR’s wartime resilience as evidence of public trust and service.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Alexander Hamilton Institute of New York
E W. Beatty
Canadian Pacific Railway
Hamilton Institute
Uiem
Usl
Winnipeg boy violinist Ben Loban arrives in Liverpool
Canada’s greatest boy violinist Ben Loban of Winnipeg arrives at Liverpool aboard the Menta after winning the silver medal from the Associated Board and Royal College of Music. He earned two years of free tuition at the Royal Academy of Music. He once sold newspapers and sought violin lessons from John Waterhouse in Winnipeg, who mentored his progress.
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Ben Loban
Winnipeg
Canada
Liverpool
Associated Board
Royal Academy of Music
Royal College of Music
Dominion
London
John Waterhouse
Waterhouse
Clydesdale Association Urges Canadian Heavy Horse Quality
The Clydesdale Horse Association of Canada meeting in Toronto adopted a resolution urging authorities to improve heavy horse quality in Canada. Over the past three years the country saw 200000 more horses but 120000 fewer colts and fillies, signaling a decline in breeding.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Clydesdale Horse Association of Canada
Toronto
Canada
Edith’s Taste Leads to Sepia Ink Tale
A fragment notes Edith and Jack enjoying plain food while Miss Hival remarks plain fare appeals to some. It then mentions Sepia, the cuttlefish ink flood used to hide from foes.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Edith
Jack
Nic
Livestock Industry On Sound Basis In Canada
The Toronto Globe notes the livestock industry in Canada is on a sounder basis than in 1914. War prices boosted production but culled inferior stock. a postwar price slump led to further disposal of culls. Purebred blood is more common as stock prices fall. Feed shortages in Ontario threaten some liquidation, but good foundation stock remains. Western conditions are satisfactory with 200,000 more cattle than 1914. Sheep numbers decline as their wartime popularity wanes.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Toronto Globe
Ontario
West
Canada
The Balance Wheel Of A Watch
The balance wheel is built from tempered steel with brass fittings around the rim to regulate expansion and contraction. The wheel pulses about 432,000 times daily and must withstand wide temperature changes from body heat to below zero.
Derivation of Salary and the Salt Connection
The origin of salary traces to Roman soldiers receiving a daily salt portion as pay. Salt in Latin is sal, and when the salt portion was swapped for money, the amount became known as salary. Hence the phrase not worth his salt reflects his wage.
Lightning rod laws regulate sales and licensing in Saskatchewan
A Saskatchewan act regulates sale and installation of lightning rods. It places dealers and agents under license by Fire Commissioner A E Fisher, requires material approval, bonds of five thousand dollars, and a damage guarantee to owners. The original licensee bears installation responsibility and enforcement includes bond recovery.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Saskatchewan
A. E. Fisher
Fire Commissioner
Price of a Battleship and Mission Budgets
Dr Arthur J Brown ranks the cost of a battleship against the price of a U S missionary program. He states the American mission network with sixteen countries and thousands of workers operates for less than a single battleship’s price, implying greater global peace through diverted funds.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Arthur J. Brown
Presbyterian Fellowship
America
Agricultural Instruction Act pamphlets aid prairie farming
A Dominion Department of Agriculture pamphlet series lists 348 publications on field crops livestock dairying insect pests orchard and garden poultry and more. The 1920 21 year shows Manitoba Saskatchewan and Alberta grants supporting agricultural representatives schools women s work and extension services with substantial sums directed to home economics and rural education.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dominion Department of Agriculture
Department
Ottawa
Agricultural Instruction Act
Dominion Entomologist
Dominion Experimental Farm System
Prairie Provinces
Manitoba
Saskatchewan
Alberta
Killarney
Louis XIV Presented Toy Soldiers Worth 5000
As a child, Louis XIV of France received a set of toy soldiers valued at five thousand dollars, illustrating the early lavish gifts associated with royal upbringing.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Louis XIV
France
Globe Trotters Enjoy Winter Sports at Quebec Chateau Frontenac
New York Cir cum navigators Club led by Newton G Gilbert ex governor of the Philippine Islands and W Tyrie Stevens visits Quebec City. They tour Ste Anne de Beapre shrine and learn curling at Garrizon Club after sledding on the Tob is the terrace and dog sleds.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Anne de Wbeapre
Garrizon Club
Gilbert
Old City
Quebec City
N. A Hubert
New York
T. A. Buckley
W. F. Smith
Robert F. Hand
Plainfield
L. H. Potter
R. W. Orcutt
Tyrie Stevens
N. W. Gilbert
J. M. Gibbon
CPR
Tnufferin Terrace
Hudson Bay
Dufferin Terrace
Quebec
Frank Carrel
Orcutt
N. A. Hubert
Hubert
Buckley
Newton W. Gilbert
Stevens
Smith
Ex-German Ships Sold to British Buyers
Ex-enemy steamers undergoing repair in German yards have been sold to British buyers. Four prize steamers and one prize sailing ship were disposed of, with Field Marshal not available until May after trooping service ends. Prices achieved are described as satisfactory in the current secondhand market. Lord Inchcape has sold all 465 ex-German vessels allocated to him except the Antonina, a 5500-ton cargo steamer built in 1898.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Germanischer Lloyd
Field Marshal
Bavarian Bill Targets Gluttony With Heavy Fines
Bavaria moves to curb overeating with a proposed law imposing fines up to 100000 marks and five years penal servitude on a second offence. Foreign residents and restaurants accused of promoting gluttony could face penalties.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bavaria
Fares and utilities surge, fares up fourteenfold in year
Street car fares and the price of gas and electricity have just been advanced 100 percent, making them 14 times more than they were one year ago. A Milwaukee wife seeks divorce after five years of receiving only one cent from her husband. The notice ends urging readers to buy from local merchants to support home industry.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Milwaukee
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Pany
Canadian Padre Railway
Winnipeg Newsboy
England
Menta
Department of Agriculture
Detroit
Animal Welfare Association
Globe Trotters
The
Cha
Teau
Circumnavigators’ Club
Lord Inchcape
Vienna
Owl Town
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