Saskatchewan’s Prosperity Driven by Farmland and Livestock Growth
The article highlights Saskatchewan’s 1905 to 1915 agriculture expansion noting grain output rising to 194 million bushels and per acre yields increasing across wheat barley and flax. It cites livestock increases, butter production, lumber, minerals, and railways as growth drivers, asserting agriculture anchors the province’s overall prosperity and that 11 million of 93 million total acres are under crop.
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SaskatcheWan
West Dominion
Canada
Western
East
Shaw
United States
Western Canada
Canadian West
Atlantic Seaboard
Horse Sense: Business Ability in Farm Success
An excerpt from Farmers Bulletin 704 argues that true farming success hinges on horse sense or business ability. It stresses adapting plans to weather and markets, valuing products, and marketing efficiently to fetch fair prices and meet market standards.
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Farmers
British Soldiers Bathe Freely Behind Front Lines
Lieutenant R R Hebblethwaite describes sanitary work at the front with an Expeditionary Force. He notes France’s canals became bathing sites with unit ownership signs and improvised diving boards, rafts, goalposts, and water polo nets. Civilians rarely swam, while onlookers marveled at the scene.
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Institute of Sanitary Engineers
England
R. R. Hebblethwaite
France
Slmost
Farm Help Question Argues for Better Wages and Livable Homes
In a Breeders' Gazette letter, Wm. D. Fiat urges more farmers and farm help, better homes and affordable farm goods, and stable employment. He compares to Britain, says good wages and homes will attract men and women to agriculture, and warns against constant job hopping.
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Wm. D. Fiat
Breeders’ Gazette
North American
Great Britain
The Brown Move by Herbert Quick
A review that promotes the novel The Brown Move which argues rural schools need updated curricula, including agriculture, to reflect modern standards. It contends country education is often obsolete and urges educators to reform courses to better serve rural boys and girls.
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Herbert Quick
Quick
Science and industry must unite to beat rivals
The article argues Britain failed in commerce due to lack of science and enterprise. It urges government banks and universities to collaborate on a detailed plan, noting Germany’s success stems from scientific industrial organization and that Britain needs a similarly comprehensive system.
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Germany
London Daily News
Wife and Husband Dialog Sketch in Topeka Journal
A brief conversational quip from the Topeka Journal shows a wife asserting candid speech to her husband Henry. He responds with affectionate acceptance, highlighting everyday domestic humor.
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Henry
Topeka Journal
Every man Must Wear Boxing Gloves With Fate
A hard line urges men to meet life with resolve, embracing struggle whether they want it or not, framing fate as an arena where effort shapes outcomes.
Britain must secure control of air as well as sea
The history of the war shows Great Britain must build a second navy to rule the winds as the first rules the waves.
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Britain
Great Britain
Life in Berlin Told by a Woman of Berlin
A lifelong Berliner claims the capital is a dead city with rioting daily and scarce food. She describes Kaiser Wilhelm II as pale and ailing, Potsdam retreats, closed streets, and troops guarding the royal court. She notes shortages, rising prices, and a public plea for peace at any cost.
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Berlin
Manchester
Daily News
Kaiser
Potsdam
England
Road Work Sparks New Life in Town and Air Power Rise
A town long hampered by poor roads finds renewed vitality as hard, dry paths are stretched through dragging effort. A believer from a region of good roads leads a revival, inspiring others to improve, with a future of better mail access and community energy. Meanwhile Henry Dalby notes Great Britain must master air power as aircraft and dirigibles gain strategic and commercial value beyond the sea and land.
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Tigh Tech
Great Britain
Lord Northcliffe
Teutons
Lalbach
Burt
Henry Dalby
Montreal Star
No Halfway Peace for German War Makers Says Westminster Gazette
The Westminster Gazette argues the German military caste faces a binary outcome victory or total disaster. It asserts a peace without plunder would undermine Kaiser and regime, forcing massive new taxes and discrediting leaders. If Germany ends by merely defending its old borders at great cost, public anger toward its rulers would be extreme.
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Germany
Westminster Gazette
Stretcher called after crowded dressing station
A wounded individual was picked up by Seo jad as the dressing station filled. Officials telephoned headquarters to dispatch a stretcher and bearers for removal.
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Seo Jad
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