Whaling Industry Gaining Importance Across Pacific Coast
Canadian and American firms invest heavily in whaling stations in Alaska and the Pacific. W. S. Dwinnell of Minneapolis urges Congress to protect the industry, limit catch, and encourage development to prevent over whaling and monopolization by Canadian and Mexican rivals.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
U.S Congress
Alaska
Washington
Pacific Ocean
W. 8
Dwinnell
Minneapolis
Congress
Senate
Koute Nelson
Senate Committee Fisheries
Pacific
Atlantic
Chile
Mexico
British Columbia
Grays Harbor
Wash
Port Armstrong
Akutan Island
United States
Alaskan
Beattle
Ana Saban
Fragmentary OCR Note on Editor and Man Involvement
A damaged snippet shows a young man with multiple injuries and mentions a man bringing him to an editor who repeatedly questioned the man about his actions. The incomplete text limits clear facts or outcomes.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bnns
Lighting the Panama Canal With Automatic Acetylene Beacons
The Panama Channel will feature automatic acetylene beacons at the entrances and along the lake, with a double row of lights marking the channel. Rapid flashing range lights at each end of every bend will guide vessels and allow safe passes. Gas buoys and spar buoys will outline the sides, with lights mounted fifteen feet above water.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Panama Channel
Panama Canal
Jatun Lake
Ananeh Snart
Christian Sterco
Marconi Chief Predicts Wireless Link Wales to Newfoundland
Testifying in London the Marconi president voiced belief that wireless telephone between Wales and Newfoundland could be established within the year. He cited a laid foundation and the need for more powerful machines to transmit sound long distances, noting privacy would depend on equally powerful stations under major company control.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
London
Marconi Company
Wales
Newfoundland
Marconi
Atlantic
Canada’s vast resources surprise even Sir William Van Horne
He asserts Canada has barely tapped its resources. Official figures show the three prairie provinces hold about 272 920 000 acres of arable land with 59 006 000 broken. Last year wheat from Manitoba Saskatchewan and Alberta reached 251 717 000 bushels on only one fifth of land, signaling agriculture may not be the sole resource and hinting at future developments beyond farming.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Canada
Sir William van Horne
Prairie Provinces
Manitoba
Saskatchewan
Alberta
Salmon Migration to Fresh Water Captured by Oxygen Levels
At the French Academy of Sciences meeting Professor Roulemont reported that salmon ascent to rivers depends on dissolved oxygen in freshwater. Oxygen-rich water attracts salmon to Breton coast rivers, guiding their migration and revealing which obstructions hinder or help passage.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
French Academy of Science
Roulemun
Breton
Jessor Roule
Suffragette Outrage Shuts English Galleries
A suffragette protest in English picture galleries led to closures and widespread requests for special access. The National Gallery and embassies faced a flood of inquiries from visitors and personal friends of ambassadors seeking rounds inside. A reported London lady offered to hire two policemen to escort her through the galleries.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
National Gallery
London
Page
U.S
Hough
No Peace Stamp Proposals Yet From U S Post Office
The post office department stated no official representations have been made concerning peace stamps. No official consideration has been given to the matter by the United States.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Post Office
Birth Rate In Britain Rises While Death Rate Falls
Official returns for 1912 show Britain's birth rate at 22.8 per 1000, 3.0 below the long term average and 0.6 below 1911, while the death rate reached 13.3 per 1000, the lowest on record. Marriages rose to 16.5 per 1000, 6.1 above the 1902–11 average, with child mortality driving the decline in deaths.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Great Britain
Acrenke
Call for United States leper colony to provide humane care
The Argus reports urging Congress to establish a national leper colony in the United States citing an estimated 300 to 600 cases. It contrasts the humane care at Malokel Hawaii with the grim fate of isolated patients and notes England’s plan for a minor colony despite fewer cases.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Congress
United States
Malokel
Hawaii
England
Essex
Argus
Ground-saving harvest plow setup praised by tractor owners
West farms adopt a two-in-one method where a seven foot left hand binder and a six bottom fourteen inch plough are driven together. The engine pulls the plough while the binder drops bundles on the freshly turned soil to prevent baking and kill weeds. A two-section harrow completes the outfit.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Eahey
Torpedo Mine Described as Worst Naval Weapon Yet
The Naval Journal of 1914 reveals a new British manufactured torpedo mine with hover capability and automatic pellet activation. It sinks to depth, rises on cue, and could drift with tides to strike ships, drawing comparisons to infamous World War era explosions.
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H. G. Wells
Jules Verne
Vela
Hatsuse Cnath
Petropevioski
Skeleton Unearthed at Brechin Point near Nanaimo
Skeleton found by H B Greave at Brechin Point near Nanaimo dates back over a century. The remains lay about three feet underground and were encased by clam shells from an Indian feast. A cedar tree now covers the site, with locals speculating the bones may belong to a member of Captain George Vancouver's crew.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Nanaimo
Brechin Point
H. B. Greave
Tve
George Vancouver
Pre-emption Maps Cover North Central British Lands
Series of maps and pamphlets from the Department of Lands detail the Nechaco Chilcotin and North Thompson districts. Maps cover surveyed and unsurveyed land for preemption, with pink indicating available tracts and white for taken areas.
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Victoria
Nechaco
Chilcoten
North Thompson
Dvartment of Lands
Land Recording Division
Fort George
Ele Jaune
Nechacs
Sharelton
Great Interior Lake Basin
Nechnaco
Rodako
CNR
Canem Ke
Hriegeake
Bonaparte
Lillooet
Lake
Skeans
Cariboo
Peace River
Odds and Ends of Interest From an Old Newspaper
A scattered collection notes various curiosities such as a non crank ice cream freezer, telegraph industry hints, automatic message printing, and mental emotion research. It mentions a filter for phonograph noise, alcohol disinfectant strength, Spain’s paper cigarette export, a drive mechanism for leg amputees, a deadly lightning strike in the Belgian Congo, tiny arid-region seeds surviving years without water, and a foldable bed rail for invalid transport.
Food Eaten Determines Tint of Skin
A German doctor advances a queer theory that skin color is shaped by diet. He claims primitive humans were black from manganese rich fruit and roots, Americans by saw flesh, Mongols yellow from chloride rich herbs, and Caucasians pink due to salt liking.
Dutch Test Cugenic Study Office Opened in The Hague
BEB Maxse reports the Dutch committee for the study of public hygiene opened an office in The Hague where a medical man advises men and women intending to marry. The aim is to prevent unfit unions and to check race.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Beb Maxse
Netherlands
Committee For the Study of Public Hygiene
The
Hague
New Two Dollar Bills Issued to Commemorate Duke and Duchess Stay
Canada issues a fourth two dollar note to honor the stay of Duke and Duchess of Connaught. The bill features portraits of the royal couple and shows a central scene with a two and olive green tones. The back bears the Dominion coat of arms with provincial emblems. The first two notes were presented to the Duke and Duchess during their visit.
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Duchess of
Elewe
Bathtow
Eeek
Dominion
Duke and Duchess of
Difficult to import Persian sheep to Western Hemisphere
Three Persians led by John Abajian of Providence Rhode Island spent ten thousand dollars to import Persian lambs for a fur industry. Authorities in Canada and Ottawa refused landing due to foot and mouth disease, leaving only two lambs and many losses. Attempts to land via London and Holland failed, with Canadian officials ruling no compensation.
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Atlantic
M. K. Maljanain
M. G. Vartaiian
John Abajian
Providence
Rhode Island
Abajian
Montreal
Merete
Cauccesian Mountains
Batcum
Hamburg
Oritieh
Canada
Torrance
Ottawa
Catly
London
Holland
Faraday's Pay Crux Highlighted by Professor Thompson
Professor Silvanus Thompeaen lectured at Use Heyal Institution in London on Faraday and the Foundations of Electrical Engineering. He noted Faraday lived at the Royal Institution in poverty, earning 600 a year with coal and gas provided, while magnetoelectric induction reshaped the institution's fortunes and prompted a quip about science not paying.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Silvanus Thompeaen
Use Heyal Institution
London
Piraday
Foundaions of
Electrical Engineering
Faraday
Hoyal
Jury
Fareday
Tyndall
Franklin
Mayleleh
Thompson
Devys
Complex feud shapes Parliament inquiry over famous lord
Historical note describes a long running dispute between Nationalists and Jileck Mod in the British House of Commons. It mentions Henry VII’s charter naming a trusted noble to guard secret chamber doors and duties of the usher and premier officers. The passage references Lloyd George and Democratic opposition to Rod’s proposed reforms.
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Nationallat
House of Commons
Jileck Mod
Reed
Henry VII
Mick
Bir
Henry Birplensos
Maeaty
Lloyd George
Democrata
Substitute gasoline claim by McKeesport chemist John Andrews
John Andrews, a Portuguese American chemist from McKeesport, claims to have discovered a synthetic gasoline substitute that could be marketed for cents per gallon. After three years of experiments tested in trials, he asserts the fuel proved superior in many tests and he presented it to several automobile companies for approval.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John Andrews
McKeesport
Andre Faye
Goves Overal
Iar
Ecup
All Round-the-World Air Race Draws Attention At Exhibition
The All-round-the-World air race linked to the Panama Pacific Exhibition uses wireless telegraphy along a 21000 mile route from Newfoundland to Siberia. Prizes total over 160000 with many subsidiary awards. entrants expect costs between 10000 and 15000 dollars per pilot.
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Mr. Mareon
Shipboard
Newsfoundland
Labrador
Greenland
Iceland
North Tritein
Europe
Siberia
London
States
Goomilee
Hendon
Great Lintoln
Shetlands
Naval Aero Club
Shell” Company
Cheyenne
Wyoming
Chicago
NeweVork
Teonto
Montreal
Quebec
Great Lakes
Lawrence River
Belle Fale
Uv Trane Siberian Railway
Orean'red
Dry Farming Prospects in British Columbia Observed
A government experiment in Nicola and Lillooet investigates arid farming viability in British Columbia. Early records show promising results from dry farming methods using wheat, barley, oats, and vegetables sourced from Fergus County Montana and Australia.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Kritiah Corinbia
Nicola
Lillooet
Atiet
Fergus County
Montana
Western States
Australia
Montreal
Racial Segregation Ordinance Sparks Northbound Tension
In Lowleville Kentucky Montucky white residents challenge a city ordinance restricting black residency. The measure aims to segregate blacks to their quarters, drawing protests as black progress in education and wealth climbs. White fear declines in property value and potential unrest grows if conflict cannot be resolved peacefully.
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Loula Wie
Montucky
Megroes
Lowleville
Lawheville
Kentuck and
South
Cannes's Bin Forest Noted as Largest World Forest Claim
Fragmentary OCR notes describe a claim about a Bin Forest in Canada near Labrador and Hudson Bay, stating it would be the world’s largest. Details are unclear and sources are incomplete.
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Cannes's bin
Og Canada
Labrador
Hudson
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Vomas
North America
Provincial Land Department
Spain
Wowu
B.C
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