The Justice of British Rule
A reflective piece arguing that German wartime propaganda aimed to ruin Britain’s image, while praising British actions in Africa and the Near East. It contends Boer volunteers supported Britain, condemns German lies about concentration camps, and credits Boer cooperation in African affairs and colonial era policy.
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Cape Town
Great Britain
Chamberlain
Queen Victoria
South Africa
Natal
Ells Island
Kolland
Germany
Egypt
Near East
Barron’s
Great Western Express Sets Record Speed at 162 mph
The Great Western Railway confirms a Plymouth to Paddington ocean special reached 162 miles per hour, with an average non stop speed over 66 mph on May 9, 1904. Observer C Rousmarten noted the performance before GM Sir James Inglis blocked publication of full details.
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Great Western Railway
Plymouth
Paddington
C. Rousmarten
Sir James Inglis
California Goes Dry After Ten Years Of Ballot Votes
California, once a top wine grape state with ambitions of rivaling French champagne and German Rhine wines, votes dry. The new law makes the eighteenth amendment and the Volstead Act enforceable by prose cuting attorneys grand jurys sheriff magistrates and peace officers.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
California
France
Germany
Canada’s Trade for First Six Months of FY1922 Totals
Canada records a grand total trade value of 759 million for the first six months of the fiscal year ending September 30 1922, up from 721 million in the prior six months. Exports reach 388 million, up 52 million from 1921, while imports total 364 million, down from 379 million.
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Canada
Harriman Outsmarts Train Policy For Goshen Race
In 1895 H Harriman wished to view a trotting race in Goshen New York. After a refused request to stop the Erie express for a personal accommodation he had a friend in Goshen buy a Chicago bound ticket and boarded the train there. He then went to the race and later helped save the Erie by advancing five and a half million dollars.
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H. Harriman
George Kennan
Harriman
Goshen
New York
The
Erie
Thy
Illnois Central
Buffalo
Chicago
Jersey City
the Erie
Pendleton man awarded Royal Humane Society medal
Samuel Jacob Dix of Pendleton Ontario received the Royal Humane Society Bronze Medal for saving Miss Amelia Boudreault from death under a moving train on February 11 at Pendleton Station. He pulled her clear as she clung to a coach handrail before the rear truck passed. the act was recognized by Canadian Pacific Railway officials and Assistant General Superintendent W J Uren.
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Samuel Jacob Dixon
Pendleton
Ontario
Royal Humane Society
Amelia Boudreault
Pendleton Station
Miss Boudreault
Mr. Dixon
Samuel J. Dixon
Medicinal Value In Tears by Dr Fleming Discovery
A newspaper note highlights lysozyme in tears as a germ killing substance. It claims Dr Alexander Fleming at St Marys Hospital London found the substance after six months. Lysozyme occurs in human tissues and in some animals and vegetables such as the turnip.
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Alexander Fleming
St. Mary’s Hospital
London
Faithfulness Rewarded in Don the War Mascot Return
A wire-haired fox terrier named Don, mascot of the 26th New Brunswick Battalion, searched Quebec docks for returning wartime friends. For four years he followed the unit and was later identified by Major Walter C. Lawson in Minto, New Brunswick, who saw the dog as his battalion mascot and requested its transfer.
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Quebec
Walter C. Lawson
New Brunswick
Don
Lawson
Minto
N.B
Germany
Northern Lakes Fishing Seassn Closes After Strong Exports
After a highly successful season, fishing on the northern lakes ends. Exports rose from 69 to 77 cars shipped this year, with Chicago listed as the heaviest buyer.
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Chicago
Millicent Tired by Noisy Neighbor Baby
Millicent explains to a neighbor that a new baby at their house kept them awake all night, leaving Millicent tired and sleepy. The cartoon scene from Farm Life portrays the sleepless household amid domestic humor.
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Millicent
Chicago to Replace South Water Street with $20 Million Deck
A $20,000,000 project will replace the aging South Water Street in Chicago with a new double decked street. The plan aims to improve traffic flow and provide additional capacity for freight and urban transit.
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Chicago
Aid For Tubercular Women Great Interest In Saskatchewan
A meeting of the Anti Tubercular War committee of the Provincial Council of Women endorsed the Everywoman's Fund aimed at caring for 50 tubercular mothers in Saskatchewan. The fund seeks 59 000 for care and invites contributions to Mrs F W Bates or the Sanitarium Fort Qu Appelle with prompt acknowledgments. The Royal Commission notes most patients cannot pay for treatment at Fort Qu Appelle and highlights poverty and widowed homes with active tuberculosis deaths in the province.
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Anti Tuberculosis League
Prairie Province
Saskatchewan
F. W. Bates
Angus Street
Regina
Fort Qu'Appelle
Royal Commission On Tuberculosis
Fort Qu’Appelle
Europe Needs Wheat Says Glasgow Importer
Andrew Law of Glasgow, a large importer of Canadian flour, says Europe will require all of Canada's surplus wheat. He notes unsettled markets and poverty across continental nations, predicting reduced consumption but enough demand to absorb the surplus, and he suggests wheat at $1 a bushel could be a good value to hold.
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Andrew Law
Glasgow
Europe
Canada
Law
Outside View of Canada Prospering Under Strong Governance
Detroit Times quotes praise of Canada noting prosperity, at par money, abundant crops, efficient railways, and “Strike” resilience under orderly government. It claims Canada’s growth is creating a northern empire destined to surpass Britain’s current reach, with the U S viewing this as beneficial.
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Detroit Times
Unlikely Friendship Between Tigress And Peacock At Belle Vue
In Belle Vue Gardens Manchester a tigress and a peacock have formed an inseparable bond over weeks. They share a cage and water, and the peacock even nibbles the tiger’s food while she eats. Proprietor George Jennison calls it a unique phenomenon unseen in 3,000 years of zoological history.
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Belle Vue Gardens
Manchester
George Jennison
That Pacified Her Well, Husband Quips About One Perfect Thing
After a heated argument on gender, the husband concedes a single good thing a man cannot have. The wife retorts with a firm denial and questions the assertion.
Apples Bear a Second Crop in One Year Claim
Duncan Martin of the second concession of Haldimand township Ontario reports two crops of Yellow Transparents from a single tree this season. The claim describes producing two harvests of apples in one year.
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Duncan Martin
Haldimand Township
Ontario
Rural editor recalls insult over cash register offer
A rural editor says he was grossly insulted but only once when a heartless wretch offered him a cash register in exchange for advertising.
Lethbridge Experimental Farm Guides Alberta Irrigation Era
The Lethbridge station, part of Canada’s Dominion Experimental Farms, marks 15 years of irrigation research. Covering 400 acres with half irrigated, it studies profitable crops, irrigation timing, and water use while testing alfalfa, mixed pastures, small fruits, raspberries, strawberries, tree growing, poultry, and bees. Farmers watch the results for practical guidance in Southern Alberta.
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Dominion Experimental Farms System
Canada
Lethbridge
Alberta
Agricultural Gazette of Canada
W. H. Fairfield
Rome
Alberta Steers to Eastern Shows for Royal International Circuit
Seventeen pure bred steers from the University of Alberta travel from Edmonton to Toronto for the Royal Show and onward to Chicago for the International before returning to Guelph Winter Show. The exhibit, led by Prof. Sackville, aims to showcase Alberta feeding finish and quality against top continental competition. A Shorthorn steer from Kids School of Agriculture joins the group in transit.
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University of Alberta
Toronto
International
Chicago
Guelph
Alberta
Kids School of Agriculture
Sackville
College of Agriculture
Canada Foreign Trade Totals by Region
Canada maintains a commercial exchange with Asia including Japan excluding Russian and Turkish Asia valued at 43 million dollars annually. Oceania accounts for 20.09 million and Mexico plus South American Pacific-bordering nations for 14 million yearly. Overall, imports and exports are about evenly balanced.
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Canada
Asia
Japan
Dominion Bureau of Statistics
Oceania
Mexico
South America
Pacific
City Beautification Campaign Plants Six Thousand Peonies
Winnipeg residents joined a "plant a peony" drive to beautify the city by planting thousands of peonies and tulips in gardens around City Hall and the Provincial Parliament grounds. The bulbs were sold at low prices with planting instructions to guide gardeners.
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Winnipeg
Russians Study Agrarian Progress Tour Saskatchewan and Canada
Russian agronomy officials Professor N. Me Tulaikov and D. N. Borodin toured Saskatchewan and Saskatoon meeting F. H. Auld and M. P. Tullis, collecting samples and literature to aid Russia's postwar revival. They sent over 9,000 Canadian grain and forage samples home to guide Russian production. Printed at Parliament Buildings Regina, they noted grasshopper challenges and Russia's similar issues.
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Saskatchewan
Russia
N. Me Tulaixov
Petrograd
Russian State Institute of Experimental Agronomy
D. N. Borodin
New York Russian Agricultural Bureau
F. H. Auld
Saskatoon
Saskatchewan Agricultural College
Canada
United States
Tulaikov
Regina
M. P. Tullis
New Republic
Lignite Plant Probe Sienfall Sask Stirs Federal Manitoba Talks
An independent inquiry into the lignite utilization plant at Sienfall Saskatchewan notes uneasy prospects as full scale operation has not begun this fall. Officials lack policy details and the lignite commission faces funding questions with Saskatchewan, Alberta, and the Federal Government contributing roughly one million dollars.
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Sienfall
Sask
Manitoba
Saskatchewan
Alberta
Aviators Use Condensed Milk To Cool T 2 Engine
Lieutenants Oakley Kelly and John Macready completed a coast to coast attempt in the army plane T 2. They landed at Fort Benjamin Harrison after exhausting all liquids in their ship, a radiator leak forcing use of coffee soup and condensed milk to cool the engine. They reported about thirty hours aloft amid rain and strong winds in the mountains, with the storm and 50 mph winds nearly turning the aircraft over.
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Oakley Kelly
John Macready
Fort Benjamin Harrison
Indianapolis
Brighter Prospects for Winter Employment in Canada
Ottawa government official states employment will improve this winter with stronger demand in building and construction trades, lumbering, and farming. Superintendent Ford of the Government Employment Service predicts activity and ample job opportunities for men in these sectors.
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Canada
Ford
Government Employment Service
Ottawa
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Union
Illinois Central
Everywoman’s Fund
Hubby
Dominion
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