Canada School Attendance Across Provinces 1910 11
A census bulletin details Canada wide school attendance for ages 7 to 14 in 1910 and 1911. It highlights Prince Edward Island and Ontario as leaders in attendance, with western provinces showing lower rates due to settlement patterns and language barriers. Manitoba, Saskatchewan, and Alberta built new schools weekly to meet growing populations.
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Canada
Prince Edward Island
Ontario
Nova Scotia
Quebec
New Brunswick
British Columbia
Manitoba
Saskatchewan
Prince Edward
Maritime Provinces
West
Alberta
Prairie Provinces
Maritime
Yokor
Northwest Territories
Lost gold mine in Arctic draws explorer intrigue
Archdeacon Whittaker recounts an Arctic legend of a fabulous gold mine rumored between Fort McPherson and Herschel Island. Nine men once found rich wealth then died or vanished after failed attempts to relocate the mine. A Mexican engineer named McRae funded a later expedition, but the search ended similarly. Stefansson now reportedly uses the same motor launch in pursuit.
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Archdeacon Whittaker
Mackenzie River
Fort McPherson
Herechel Island
Archdeacon Whitcker
CPR
Porcupine
Dawson
McRae
Minio
Mexico
Stefansson
Smoke Nuisance Question to Railway Officials
The railway commission will ask railway officials to discuss requiring further smoke consuming devices and strengthening orders to abate smoke at terminals. Two years ago the board ordered use of proper coal and smoke consuming devices in round houses. The board will hear road officials' views before considering a more stringent order.
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Railway Commission
Largest Yards at CPR North Trersoune Opened
After nearly two years of construction the CPR completes its North Trersoune terminal yards. Winnipeg terminals are now the largest in America and possibly the world, with about 305 miles of Trafis cana tracks totaling 156 lines. Capacity could reach 12,000 cars as future work unfolds.
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C.P.R
North Trersoune
Winnipec
America
Trafiscana
Avalanches ravage Swiss valleys with record snowfalls
Widespread avalanches in Switzerland cause extensive destruction from Col des Montets to La Rosiere and Argentiere. Hotels and houses crushed, railway and electric works damaged, communications cut, and travel nearly impossible. One village notes snow six feet deep with telegraph and telephone lines down. No serious injuries reported though several escapes.
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Switzerland
Col Des Montets
la Rosiere
Argentine
la Frasse
Aiguilles de Chamonix
Chamonix
Lespraz
Argentiere
Aiguilles Rouges
Vilage
Arve
Giffre
Borne
Dying Shoes Linked to Acute Poisoning Risk
A historical report warns dyed brown boots risky when dyed black without drying. Aniline dyes absorbed through open foot pores causing blood poisoning symptoms. Cases describe rapid illness after wearing freshly dyed shoes, with health improving after treatment.
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Livii
Ice Cream Adulteration Study Highlights 157 Samples
A. McGill chief Dominion analyst reports analysis of 157 ice cream samples from instautamin showing 49 adulterated while several more were only slightly below standard. The study outlines varying quality levels among brands and calls for closer monitoring and stricter quality controls.
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A. McGill
Dominion
Dairy Instruction Tours Across Saskatchewan Rail Lines
A government dairy program used a Grand Trunk Pacific and Canadian Pacific coach-drawn car to showcase dairy methods. Slides illustrated breeds and production, drawing 3,861 farmers in 91 meetings across 43 points, with large audiences, extended sessions, and free rail support from both lines aiding dairy promotion in the province.
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Saskatchewan
Grand Trank Pacife
Canadian Pacific Railway
Department of Agriculture
Regina
Grand Trunk Pacific
Canadian Pacific
New Form of Civilization Foreseen for Basutos in South Africa
Lord Selborne, former High Commissioner for South Africa, predicts Basutos may evolve from tribal life to a new civilization independent of white influence. He notes generations will pass, observes shifts from huts to houses and from communal land to individual tenure, and warns that misgovernance rather than Basuto capacity risks danger.
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South Africa
Lord Selborne
Europe
Wireless telephony on moving train proves practical
The eastbound Lackawanna Limited on a non stop Scranton to Stroddsburg run featured C V Logwood of Deforest Engineering talking by telephone with Engineer Graf of Lackawanna from a compartment on the train. The De Forest amplifier boosted speech fiftyfold, marking the first successful trial of wireless telephoning between a moving train and a fixed station and signaling a practical use of wireless telephony.
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Lackawanna Limited
D. L
W.R.R
Scranton
Stroddsburg
Penna
C. V. Logwood
Deforest Engineering Company
Graf
Lackawanna Company
Lee Deforest
Lackawanna
Naval Training College Halifax Reforms Cadet Admission Rules
Changes at the Halifax naval training college shift cadets toward general and marine education. With Canada lacking a navy, graduates need not pursue naval careers and the government won’t guarantee navy employment. The college will resemble the Kingston RMC, offering marine subjects and engineering for hydrographic and tidal survey roles.
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Halifax
Canada
R.M.C
Kingston
Virginia offers Horndon statue of George Washington to Britain
The British government through Walter Hines Page, the US ambassador, expresses thanks for Virginia's offer to present a copy of Horndon's George Washington statue to the British nation as a gesture of appreciation.
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Walter Hines Page
United States
Virginia
Horndon
George Washington
Canada to Have Largest Telescope
Canada plans a major astronomy project with a 72 inch parabolic mirror and 30 foot focal length to measure stellar radial velocities beyond fifth magnitude. The $100,000 instrument, built with a Brashear mirror, Warner and Swasey mount, and St Gobain glass, emphasizes spectroscopic work over visual observation, using a Cassegrain setup and a second hyperboloidal mirror. An atmospheric study across Canada seeks the best telescope site.
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Parsonstown
Lori Resse
J. Brashear
Warner and Swasey
St. Gobain Glass Works
Paris
United States
Melbourne
Canada
Scientific American
Would Decimalize Time Proposal Sparks Decimal Day Scheme
A Revue Bleue suggestion aims to align time with decimalized measures by dividing the day into twenty chores and each into fifty chrones, with dhrones further into centichrones. One chrone equals about 1.5 minutes and a centichrone equals a second. Proponents claim easier marine observations and calculations, but the French government shows no interest in adopting the plan.
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Revue Bleue
Massachusetts Opposes Vaccination Debate Sparks Outcry
A U S journal denounces Massachusetts for a senate move against vaccination. It condemns the bill as barbaric and cites vaccination’s long history, vast success, and the near erasure of smallpox as evidence of its public health value. The piece warns that legislative support for anti vaccination reveals regressive thinking in a leading state.
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Massachusetts
U.S
Senate
Prairie into valuable land and Bow river dam
The Bow river irrigation project nears completion at Passaneo Alberta. Three years of work by 3000 Canadian workers, steam shovels, concrete machines, and 2060 teams have culminated in a 17.9 million dollar dam. The Bassano dam lies 83 miles east of Calgary, forming a vast irrigation canal system feeding lands from Calgary to Red Deer and north to Hantinton.
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Bow River
Passaneo
Alta
Corps of Engineers
Alogether
Rocky Mountains
Calgary
Red Deer River
Hadinton
Bow
Alberta
Bassano
Proposal for Wool Grower Associations Assistance
The Dominion department of agriculture offers practical aid to wool grower associations for preparing and displaying wool clips. Eligible groups must be organized under branch regulations, include actual sheep owners, and meet minimum head counts. Expert classifiers will grade and prepare wool, with a central bureau to track domestic and foreign market information. Interested raisers should contact the livestock commissioner, Ottawa.
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Dominion Department of Agriculture
Fort William
Livestock Commissioner
Ottawa
Aerial Ports Planned Across Britain For War Effort
The Aerial League with the War Office and Admiralty plans aerial landing sites across Britain to combat apathy toward aviation. Initial spots will serve services, with 40 to 50 ports hoped later. each needs about twenty five acres, hangars, fuel, spare parts, telephone, and wireless if possible. Funding may come from renting grounds for football and recreation. initial costs require substantial finance to begin.
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Britain
Aerial League of the
British Empire
War Office
Admiralty
Great Britain
Old Country
Dominions
Penalty for Landing There in Kirgischansk
Hans Berliner the German aviator captured at Kirgischansk after a balloon landing from Bitterfield Germany has been sentenced by Russian authorities to six months of solitary confinement. His two accompanying passengers received the same sentence for the same incident.
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Hans Berliner
Kirgischansk
Russia
Bitterfield
Germany
Drug Regulation Bill Aims to Curb Opium Trade in France
A sweeping bill to regulate opium sales is to be introduced in the French chamber of deputies. Police prefects in Paris Toulon Marseille and other cities have orders to crack down on all traffic without sparing any offender regardless of status.
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Chamber of Deputies
Paris
Toulon
Marsailles
Po Poe
History of Mexico From Aztecs to Porfirio Diaz
A condensed chronology surveys Mexico from the Aztec empire and Spanish conquest through independence led by Hidalgo, then Iturbide, to the republics under Juarez and Diaz. It notes Texas revolt, French intervention under Maximilian, and the later political evolution toward a US‑style system, plus Mexico’s mineral wealth and demographics.
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Cortez
Montezum
Miguel Hidalgo
Iurbide
Quadalupe Victoria
Texas
Mexico
France
Napoleon II
Maximilian
Charlotte
Juarez
Lerdo de Trejada
Portfirio Diaz
Diaz
Manuel Gonzalez
Piaz
United States
Congress
Homestead Map edition details for prairie provinces
The twelfth Homestead Map is being prepared by Ottawa in the railway lands branch and shows land status as of January 1, 1914 across Manitoba Saskatchewan and Alberta. Separate sheets for Saskatchewan and Manitoba are available now, with Alberta to follow. maps include lands home steaded reserves timber berths grazing leases post offices railways and more. Free distribution. request Saskatchewan or Manitoba sheet from F. C. C. Lynch superintendent railway lands department of the Interior Ottawa.
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Manitoba
Saskatchewan
Alberta
Railway Lands
Department of the Interior
Ottawa
Prairie Provinces
F. C. C. Lynch
Department of the Imterior
Rural Mail Routes and Post Office Closures in Ontario
The post office department reports about 2,200 rural mail routes currently in operation with 95,000 mailboxes. Since rural delivery began on April 1, 1912, a number of Ontario post offices have closed due to the service expansion.
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Post Office Department
Ontario
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Arctic
W. A. Wilson
Republic OF Mexico
United States of Mexico
Spain
New World
Peru
South America
Central America
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