Canadian Invasion Sets Canada Nerves Alight at Esquimalt
A Canadian navy training vessel will be based at Esquimalt with Raymond Prefontaine arranging the ship under Canadian control. Sir Frederick Borden warned of war preparedness while noting immigration from the United States. rural areas welcome American farmers as industrious citizens, though royalists fear annexation sentiment grows in cities. Fraternity between Canadians and Americans remains strong with Americans respecting Canadian laws and settlements in Alberta adopting American customs.
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Royalias
Esquimalt
Raymond Prefontaine
Marine and Fisheries
Engand
Vancouver
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Sir Frederick Borden
Militia
Canada
Uncle Sam
United States
Alberta
Lessons of Japanese War in New Army Manual
Washington reports the army will issue a streamlined sabre and bayonet drill manual. Wielding flair fades. the push is practical technique using bayonet combat in war. Reports from Manchuria influence updates. Koehler and Cunningham advise on fencing and swords. A sharpened edged sword will be kept in a wooden scabbard with a new bayonet adopted recently.
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Washington
Manchuria
General Staff
Herman J. Koehler
Military Academy
Cunningham
Navy
Naval Academy
War Department
Farmers to form unions in drive on farmers
On September 29 in Chicago the American Federation of Labor announces a determined effort to unionize farmers nationwide and affiliate them with the federation for mutual benefit and protection. Wisconsin and Minnesota already have several farmers unions as officials report progress.
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Chicago
American Federation of Labor
American Federation of Labor For
Wisconsin
Minnesota
Federation of farm unions may join American Federation of Labor
The federation leaders anticipate an alliance with city wage workers farm hands and farmers as western farmers are to be represented at the next AFL meeting in Pittsburgh in November. Officials expect no opposition to affiliation and view it as only a matter of time.
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American Federation of Labor
Federum
Pittsburg
Federation
Inventor claims year round potatoes grown in stacked layers
At Great Falls Montana county fair an inventor introduces a new process for producing quick growing potatoes call ingless potatoes. Darst tests a box eight feet square with layered potato beds, claiming each layer yields new potatoes in two to three months and that frames can be stacked to any height for year round market supply.
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Great Falls
Mont
Darst
Inyera
Dirst
Darnt
Immense prune crop boosts Boise Valley shipments
Boise Sept 49 prune season appears strong with shipments to exceed last year and prices higher. By Sept shipments reached 42 cars with 20 more under contract and, including Meridian Nampa Emmett Caldwell Parma Weiser Payette, total cars may top 250. Dealers report continued active shipment into eastern markets, signaling a prosperous crop year.
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Boise Valley
Boise
Houxei
s@VON Cire
Meridian
Nampa
Emmett
Caldwell
Parma
Weiser
Payete
Prines
Beet Harvest in Grand Ronde Valley Faces Short Crop
The Grand Ronde beet harvest has begun with dry weather and late frosts reducing yields. In Union county irrigation and heavier soil favor beets, but overall about half of the 2880 acres planted will be productive. Labor will be mainly local with limited outside help, and the beet factory may operate for only about a week with a full crew.
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Vicki
W Union
Grand Ronde Valley
Sand Ridge
Union
Women's Health and the Pinkham Remedy Claims
A period-piece promo touts Lydia E Pinkham's Vegetable Compound as a solution for menstrual pain backache and fatigue among working women. It cites testimonials from Miss P Orser and Miss Pearl Ackers and advertises free advice from Mrs Pinkham in Lyon Massachusetts.
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Pearl Ackers
North Summer Street
Nashville
Tenn
Pinkham
Lydia
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