Wendred Saunders and the rise of scientific farming in Canada
The Winnipeg Tribune argues for expanding agricultural education and scientific farming. It highlights Dr. Saunders as a pivotal figure whose work increased wheat yields and national wealth. The piece questions selling the Manitoba Agricultural College and urges careful consideration of education's value to farming progress and provincial growth.
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Denmark
Canada
Nemanders
Saunders
Manitoba
Agricultural College
Alldings
Secas Ng
Dominion Government
Assiniboine ‘River
Gil
Winnipeg Tribune
Pinkham's Vegetable Compound Helped Woman in Fitts Pa
A woman recovering from long illness and weakness credits Pinkham's Vegetable Compound after her husband purchased three bottles on a friend's suggestion. She reports relief from backache and headaches and resumes work.
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Lydia E. Pinkham
Pinkham
Long Range Gun Targeted By Reconnaissance Flight
An aeroplane with observer and camera locates a hidden long range gun complex. Photographs reveal a concealed barbette and railway lines. After mapping the position, shells are fired from a distant battery to destroy the emplacement, while the town behind the front endures shelling.
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Flying Corps
Tos
War Medal Citations Highlight Allied Valor in WWI Battles
Dispatches recount acts of gallantry from Canadian and Vancouver leaders in September and October battles near Epinop and Cuvi llers. Officers and a sergeant led storms, held lines, and captured prisoners despite wounds and heavy fire.
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Canal‘du Nord
Hay- Inecourt
Epinop
Edmonton
Vancouver
Cuvillers
Givat
Match famine in London and Britain prompts caution
An official explains a severe London match shortage due to seaside travel and increased smoking. He cites daily per-person limits, rationing being impractical, and a national 100 billion matches distributed yearly with one third to military and Red Cross. He urges careful retailing and paper spills for winter fires.
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London
Great Britain
Match Control Board
Army
Navy
Red Cross
Aviator John Russell Rewarded for Heroic WWI Actions
Report by the American Information Committee details John Russell's wartime feats in twelve German planes engagement. He allegedly destroyed five planes, shot down two more, saved British comrades, bluffed enemy troops with a grenade ploy, rescued a wounded French soldier, swam a river under fire while escorting a prisoner, and landed upright with trophies in allied lines.
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V.C
John Russell
American Public Information Committee
Sugar ration in Canada keeps industry alive say food board
Henry B Thomson of the Canada food board warns that shutting factories would ruin the confectionery sector and throw workers out. He notes 300000 tons of sugar needed in 1918 with only 13000 tons for confectionery and urges consumers to reduce second helpings to save 50000 tons annually.
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Canada Food Board
Henry B. Thomson
Canada
Food Board
Lwe
The
Life Insurance On A Holstein Bull In Patterson
Paul T. Brady of Patterson New Jersey a Westinghouse Electric vice president took a 25000 dollar life policy on Mighty Mon Arch a pedigreed 75000 dollar Holstein. The animal also carries heavy fire insurance Brady refused to display the prize fearing transit harm and faces an eight percent premium totaling 2000 dollars annually.
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Paul T. Brady
Patterson
New Jersey
Brady
Westinghouse Electric Company
France Faces Food Shortages and Allied Aid Demand
France must rely on substantial external food assistance for the coming year as crops are smaller than last year. Cereals beans and potatoes provide less nutrition, with the potato crop especially grave, while wheat is up in quality. The U S food administrator cites M Boret and French reports and notes France will supply Allied troops despite shortages. A letter from Major General Sir David Watson recounts Canadian forces repelling German divisions at Cambrai praising reinforcements and Canadian resilience.
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France
America
United States
M. Boret
Chamber of Deputies
Boret
Cambrai
David
Watson
Sir David
Sugar in the Vegetable Kingdom analyzed for nutrition
The article notes that cooking often destroys sugars in vegetables and lists items rich in this nutrient including onions turnips carrots parsnips Jerusalem artichokes peas beans and other leguminous seeds Cereals potatoes and greens offer other valuable nutrients though less sugar.
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Jerusalem
Filing Sodium Deposit Claims Near Whiteshore Lake
Farmers near Whiteshore Lake about 60 miles west of Saskatoon join a rush to stake claims said to contain potash bearing strata beneath and along the lake. Claims cover townships 37 16 and 36 orange 18 with bottom and shoreline staking for sodium sulphate and other minerals. The district is not the firm source of Saskatchewan sodium salts and several other districts have appeared recently.
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Whiteshore Lake
Saskatoon
Township
Range
Orange 18
Itbonen
Saskatchewan
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England
Birr
ST Sea Rel
Sir David Watton
Royal Crown
Royal Crown Laundry
Goox
Ted
Royal Crown In Soaps, Limited
Winnipeg
Man
Main Street
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