Conservation of Wildlife in Canada Moves Opposition to Extinction
A report from the Commission on Conservation highlights Canada's wildlife value and needs stronger protection for birds and fur bearing animals. It discusses a proposed Migratory Bird Treaty with the United States and suggests amending the Northwest Act to place administration with the Dominion Park and Resources Branch. The piece also calls for vocational training and demonstration stations to aid fisheries and inland waters development.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Canada
Comef
Commission
United States
Commission of Conservation
Dominion Iks
Atheania
Dominion National Parks
Canenth
Hay-Curing and Its Complex Chemical Life
The text explains hay-curing depends on cutting time and drying rate, noting complex cellular changes in plants as life ends and cells reorganize. It highlights sugars feeding yeasts and bacteria, the role of coumarin in the fresh hay smell, and the need to dry quickly enough to inhibit germs while avoiding excessive loss in grasses and clovers due to leaf-stem structure.
Epigram and exile in wartime justice at Brussels
Madame von de Wiart, jailed in Brussels over an epigram linked to a French minister, faces three and a half months and deportation under German occupation. Interrogators press about foreign affairs while a notebook and a stove raise suspicion. her exile underscores German oppression and strain on Allied relations.
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Seaneneoang
Harvard
United States
England
Es Lan
Brussels
Adame Carton de Wiart
Aed
Talleyrand
Delcasse
France
Madame von de Wiart
Belgium
Muensterburg
Germany
Toronto Globe
Anglo-Saxon Genius in Tool Building Questioned
A Yale professor’s book argues that England and America dominate creative tool building while France has refined and innovated, with the Swiss as clever artisans. the piece surveys the cross national contributions and history of English tool making.
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J. W. Roe
Yale
England
America
Germany
Germany's technical education system praised by Lord Haldane
Lord Haldane cites Germany's skilled training model as a model for national youth education. Employers fund and partner with schools, mandating hours away from work to combine practical and theoretical study. Munich's prewar system guided boys at 14 toward chosen trades, beginning with hands on tasks like making a knife to spark technical interest.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lord Haldane
Germany
Comuplaaig
Accom
Munich
Leity
Parrot 52 Years Without Water Charged Man Goes Free
A London magistrate hears a case where a man accused of cruelty to two goats claimed the animals never drink water. He argues goats may not drink while others drink very little. The testimony notes several species never drink and many animals drink only sparingly.
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London
Patagonia
Novel Deutschland voyage marks first cargo mercantile squirmecing ship
The excerpt notes Deutschland’s Atlantic crossing as a historic cargo voyage the first of its kind. It cites past submarine and convoy records, including ten British subs mid Atlantic and ships from Montreal to Portsmouth, reflecting wartime and naval curiosities with a tone of speculative progress.
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Atlantic
United States
Montreal
Portsmouth
J Miles
Dardanelles
Germany
Great Britain
Home Foods and Meat Prices in Times Editorial
The London Times urges strong government action to support home grown foods amid a meat price crisis. It questions who sets bread and meat prices and laments foreign control impacting dairy and cheese costs while stressing the need for immediate measures to prevent allied food shortages. Women suffer asthma across climates and Kellogg's Asthma Remedy is presented as a new hope with testimonials.
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The
London Times
Chicago Meat Trust
Meat Trust
Ford
Iim
D. Kellogg
Vladimir Volynski and the Queen's Lineage in Polish Partition Era
The note discusses Vladimir Volynski, linked to King Harold's daughter, and notes his possession after Poland's 1793 partition. It traces a ministerial name tied to Peter the Great, Biren, and links to historic figures Vladimir Monomach and an early Anglo-Russian alliance noted by the London Chronicle.
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Harold
Vladimir Volynski
Petrograd
Poland
Volynski
Peter the Great
Biren
Els
Courland
Vladimir
Vladimir Monomach
London
Dr Hamilton’s Pills Promote Appetite and Health
The advertisement claims Dr Hamilton’s Pills quickly restore appetite and digestion. It asserts benefits for liver and kidneys, stomach strength, vigor, and general health with a price of 25 cents per box.
Grain for Seed Purposes Too Many Varieties on Canadian Farms
Farmers in Waterloo, Northumberland, and Carleton counties used many oat and wheat varieties in 1915. The Commission of Conservation urges selecting well tested varieties from Central Experimental Farm Ottawa or Guelph. Sow proven choices and avoid chasing multiple new seed illustrations.
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Waterloo County
Commission of Conservation
Northumberland County
Carleton County
Commission
Exerimental
Ottawa
A.C. Guelph
A Heroic Spirit Mentioned by Mrs Dobbin of Hamilton
Mrs Martha Dobbin of Beach Road Hamilton quotes her son Private Ernest Dobbin killed in action and notes another son at the front with a third in training. The sentiment is echoed by others in the city whose sons have fallen in the war.
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Martha Dobbin
Beach Road
Hamilton
Ernest Dobbin
Expecting Too Much Onward British push risks disappointment
The piece warns that newspapers exaggerate the British army’s certainty of breaking German defenses. It suggests the Anglo French strategy aims to wear down German resistance rather than break through quickly, noting high casualties on both fronts and predicting possible German withdrawals and evacuation of parts of French and Belgian territory before year’s end. It also references Mother Graves’ Exterminator as a contrasting wartime appeal.
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Rhine
Hamilton
Battle-field picnic anecdote from Canadian trench report
A dated reminiscence from Lachute Quebec on September 25 1908 describes a platoon sergeant directing troops in close combat with Germans emerging from dugout exits. The correspondent notes cool leadership and decisive shooting, followed by a shoulder wound as the unit presses forward.
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No. 1
No. 2
Domestic Animals Suspected in Paralytic Diseases
Dr Simon Flexner notes that pets and livestock including horses cattle dogs cats and birds may suffer paralytic diseases. He says these illnesses are distinct from infantile paralysis and no direct link has been proven between them.
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Funder
Simon Flexner
Kitchener Vision Beats Time With Aerial Formation
London narrative recalls Lord Kitchener predicting WWI air power would form in regular battle order. Air reconnaissance now mirrors naval evolution, with British and French forces advancing from early methods to systematic formations. The text also mocks German leaders over milk and supply jokes amid wartime strategy.
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London
Lord Kitchener
Engla
Meney
Bit of Humor Dialog Satirizes Fashion Diet
A witty exchange has a worried woman asking a doctor about her complexion and face. The doctor replies a diet is needed and she considers which color would suit her best.
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Merapion
Excelsior Insurance Life Company
Excelsior
H. Clay Glover
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TLS Wet Siet Sirest
New York
Wood
Tomotts
Tom
Minard
Holloway
Sanity In Education
Dodds
London ‘Times
Dominion Experimental Farm
Sees
Lachute
Que
Arlington
Arlington Company OF Canada, Limited
SS Preser Avenue
Tereave
Wetel
Eddy’s
Hull
Eddy
Kitchener
Cannes
Cowes
von Tirpite
J. F. Galley
Gamada
Hamel
Tor
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