Britain Reasserts Finance Lead After War Money Shift
The article notes Britain's return to dominance in world finance, reducing US borrowings and halting further loans from Britain to the United States. It highlights a rapid pound sterling rebound from February discounts and a lower New York discount rate as evidence of Britain's unimpaired initiative and trade strength.
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United Staes
London
New York
United States
Wall Street
Great Britain
Yankees
Britain
Sugar Shortage Controls Households As Canada Plans Stock
The piece notes a global sugar shortage amid wartime demand and reduced beet crops in Europe. It cites Canada restricting exports, urges gradual stocking for preserving season, and projects 450000 tons needed in the year with no price cuts despite a 25 percent world shortfall.
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Europe
Java
East
Cuba
Brazil
Argentina
Canada
Canadian Trade Commission
Wheat Shortage Seen Even With Good Harvests
The article argues a likely world wheat shortage in 1920 due to Russia’s chaos and limited output. It notes high prices in England, rising global demand, and Europe's shift to Canada, the United States, Australia, India, and Argentina. Estimated Russian production may reach only 70 million bushels, hindered by railway limits.
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London
England
Russia
Europe
Canada
United States
Australia
India
Marriage and Eugenics Through X Ray Examinations
France debates bachelor taxation in the Chamber of Deputies and imposes a levy on unproductive married people. Reports say X ray scans of breathing reveal character, used by some couples before obtaining marriage licenses to screen suitable mates.
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France
Chamber of Deputies
Verdict Names Lloyd George and Officials in Mayor MacCurtain Death
The inquest verdict accuses Prime Minister Lloyd George Viscount French and Ian MacPherson of murder along with several police inspectors. The police blame was expected but naming top officials marks a bold stance, while Sinn Fein supporters had anticipated a generic police charge. Viscount French and Sir John Taylor skipped summonses.
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Lloyd George
MacCurtain
Viscount French
Ireland
Ian MacPherson
Mr. MacPherson
Sinn
Sir John Taylor
Regina Teachers Get Higher Salary Schedule Starting 1920
Regina public schools adopt a new salary plan effective Sept 1 1920 with average increases of 400 over the prior 1919 20 levels plus a 300 bonus. Grade two certificates rise from 1100 to 1200 minimum and 1700 maximum with 100 annual steps. First class certificates start at 1300 with 100 annual increases to 1800. Principals for 15 rooms plus are set at 2400 to 3200. Increases not retroactive.
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Regina
Cheap Hay Freight Rates Arranged by Saskatchewan Dept
The Saskatchewan Department of Agriculture has set up special cheap freight rates on hay from eastern points to Saskatchewan. Railways quote $10 per ton from Montreal and western points to any Saskatchewan location. Farmers must buy through municipalities to use the tariff, and boundary duty is removed. Hay costs about $35 per ton in Ontario and Quebec.
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Saskatchewan Department of Agriculture
Saskatchewan
Montreal
Sackatchewan
Boundary Line
Ontario
Quebec
Plant Contract Awarded for Bienfait Lignite Plant
Big Plant Smith Bros. and Wilson, contractors, win the Bienfait project in the Souris district Saskatchewan for the lignite utilization board. The cost is 2000000.00 dollars and work starts immediately.
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Smith Bros. & Wilson
Bienfait
Souris
Saskatchewan
France’s practical view on marriage aims to curb lottery
The passage notes that matches are chosen to suit prospective mates and suggests this could reduce the gambling aspect often linked to marriage. It adds that French people are practical about such matters.
O'Conner and the Maud S. Horse Shoe Plot
Winnipeg pioneer W. J. O'Connor famed for O'Connor's Hotel and the Corona Hotel narrowly dodged a confidence trick in New York. Two crooks posed as racing enthusiasts to sell him a Maud S. horse shoe, but a Murray Hill bar keeper alerted him, sparing him a thousand dollars.
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W. J. O'Connor
Winnipeg
O'Connor
Main Street
Jerry Robinson
Corona
Driving Club
New York
Murray Hill
Belmont
Mr. O'Conner
Mr. O'Connor
Maud S
America
Brooklyn
Murray Hill Hotel
Smoking the Peace Pipe at Fort Garry
Sir Robert Kindersley plans to smoke the peace pipe with Crees Swampy Crees Plain Crees Blackfeet Piegans Assiniboine Athabasca and British Columbia tribes at Lower Fort Garry May 3 to mark the 250th anniversary of the Hudsons Bay Company. The ceremony includes a pageant, a brass cannon salute, a speech cycle, and a wampum belt presentation as tribal leaders honor the company.
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Robert Kindersley
Hudson's Bay Company
Lower Fort Garry
Company
Governor Kindersley
Hudson's Bay House
No. Lime Street
London
Hudson's Bay
James Bay
Winnipeg
Red River
Kindersley
Red
Assiniboine
York
Canada
Redmen
Sir Robert
Old Fort
Alberta cattle starved feeding improvised fodder crisis
The report describes an acute feed shortage in Alberta forcing people to feed anything available including excelsior from packed furniture and in some cases sawdust. The resulting indigestion has left cattle in some districts suffering as survivors struggle to cope with the scarcity.
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Alberta
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Cork
Mauds
Fort Garry
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