Bringing East And West Together In Canada
A 24 hour leased wire service from Halifax to Victoria is praised as vital for linking Canada’s vast regions. The subsidy aids a national news system, helping eastern and western interests understand each other, with manufacturing and agricultural sectors benefiting from better information flow across provinces. The piece argues protectionist logic underpins the subsidy and foresees closer ties within industrial Canada.
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Faunt
Halifax
Victoria
Canada
Newe Brunswick
Quebec
Ontario
Manitoba
Alberta
New York
St. Paul
Seattle
Dominion
Canada Promotes Settlement and Investment Opportunity
The Economist outlines Canada as a land of growth inviting settlers and capital. It lauds self government, British leadership, and the Canada Pacific Railway plus a wide irrigation and land program. It notes fertile wheat lands, favorable climates, rising bank networks, and a major migration from the United States as war bonds Canadians closer to Americans. It highlights land prices and the Credit Wonder plan for newcomers while praising Canadian blood sacrifice in war.
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North
Atlantic
Pacific
Canada
Dominion
Great Britain
United States
Canadian Pacific
Federal Reserve Plan
Chicago
Board of Trade
Vancouver
Victoria
Dominios
Ali m Lekbetans
Europe
Central West
J Dennis
Canadian Pacific Railway
Col. Dennis
The
Economist
Conscientious Objectors Viewed Through a Puzzle
Harriet Rashnell in New York Outlook weighs the conscien tious objectors with skepticism, likening their self righteousness to German wartime mindsets. She questions their nonresistance stance amid danger and the pressure on fellow soldiers, contrasting idealism with real sacrifice.
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Dane Ger
Bilitkin
Harriet Rashnell
New York Outlook
Mail Boat Sternly Refutes Name Onboard in Detroit Tale
A nautical exchange aboard the Sappho unfolds as the skipper orders not to call the vessel “she” and insists this is the mail boat. The exchange captures a nautical dispute aboard a craft under way in Detroit.
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Detroit
Bowies Dreadful Tragic Killing by German Inspector
The Halle Volksblatt recounts Inspector Stertz of Leitskau kicking an eleven year old girl, Kohfer, employed in a turnip transplant, after calling her a little sow. The choleric official kicked her repeatedly until she lost consciousness amid a broader note of danger to other young workers.
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Halle Volksblatt
Stertz
Leitskau
Kohfer
Blinded Canadian Heroes Making Good
Sergt-Major Robert Middlemiss of the King's Own Scottish Borderers circles the states on a wartime lecture tour then enrolls in a poultry raising course at St Dunstan's school for the blind. About 31 Canadians blinded in the war study there to re-enter civil life, with many finding success in varied trades and professions.
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Sergt
Robert Middlemiss
King's Own
States
St. Dunstan's School For
Canada
Milita ‘Hospitals Commission
Harry “Turner
St. Dunstan’s
Saskatoon
Tinasseurs
Futile peace schemes clash with total war resolve
A London Times editorial argues there is no appetite for mediation as Allied aims are seen as crushing the German militarist system. The piece asserts surrender or defeat with no room for compromise, while noting record Alberta farm land prices at 890 an acre paid by a local buyer following Nobleford’s Barons farm sale.
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London Times
Atlantic
Germany
Europe
Tirpitz
England
Alberta
Noble Foundation
Nobleford
Noble
Canadians Occupy Many Posts in the Struggle for Freedom
War dispatch from Rowland Hill notes Canadian troops and officers serve across imperial services on the Western Front. Canadian railway troops, dockmasters, engineers, and transport officers help build tracks and logistics from Canada to France, with colonels from Nova Scotia and Ontario MPs directing diverse Canadian labor and supply efforts.
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Struggle For Freedom
Rowland Hill
France
Militia Department
Canada
General Currie
Tie
Fritz
Ontario
Rail Head
Agreat Electric Railway Company
Great Port
Pacific Coast
Vancouver
Victoria
Nova Scotia
Dominion
False Creek
Grading of Crop Unprecedented at Winnipeg Grain Exchange
Winnipeg Grain Exchange report notes unprecedented wheat grading with 4173 cars sampled. Among them 230 cars classified No 1 hard and 3029 cars No 1 northern. The report marks a rare record for high grade wheat in recent months.
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Winnipeg
Winnipeg Grain Exchange
Copenhagen Chewing Tobacco Popular for Mouth Comfort
Copenhagen Chewing Tobacco gains popularity for not requiring chewing. A small pinch placed between lip and gum provides satisfaction with a cool aftertaste. It is scientifically prepared from high quality real tobacco and comes as small grains to be used sparingly.
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Copenhagen
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SNUFF
Western Provinces
Western
Bowie
Girl
Bovril
Tedependen
Teaetenan
Gallant Sons of Canada
Imperial Service
Copenhagen Chewing Tobacco
Chase
Dr. Chase
Edmanson, Bates & Co., Limited
Torosic
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