The Kaiser's folly and the German fleet
Naval historian reflects on German and British sea power before the war. He argues Germany’s coast defenses and forts wasted wealth, while the fleet failed to compensate for strategic weaknesses. The piece foresees German ships enduring costly battles at sea and a cautionary monument to flawed imperial plans.
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Pot
James L. H
Prussia
William II
K.G
G.C.V.O
Fleet
Heligoland
North Sea
London
Haven
Kiel Canal
Jellicoe
Britannia
Saskatchewan appoints six weed enforcement field reps
Hon W R Motherwell appoints six field representatives from the weed and seed branch to tour the province this summer. Neil Gilmour Moose Jaw Wm Thompson Veregin J S Naylor Hawarden L B Kirk T M Tullis and W E Walker Saskatoon will meet municipal weed inspectors and councillors on enforcement of the Noxious Weeds Act. Substantial agricultural method improvements are expected with more meat animals on grain farms and smaller fenced farms with varied crops and surer returns.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
W. R. Motherwell
Saskatchewan Department of Agriculture
Neil Gilmour
Moose Jaw
Wm. Thompson
Veregin
J. S. Naylor
Hawarden
L. B. Kirk
Scot seeks month's interest on lost pocketbook
Sandy MacGregor from not far from Aberdeen loses a pocketbook with over fifty pounds in London on his way home. He asks London Station to hold it until his next southbound journey a month later. The finder, a young porter, returns the bag. Sandy counts the money and asks why there is a month's interest, making a sharp remark.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sandy MacGregor
Aberdeen
London
Sandy
Canada Railways Increase in Mileage During War Year
The Canadian railways added 4 787 miles of operating mileage in the year ended June 30, bringing total mileage to 5 582. Ontario saw the largest gain, 1 500 miles, with total mileage 10 703. Total tracks reach 45 885 including yards and sidings. gross earnings declined 17.8 percent to 199 843 072 while expenses fell 31 244 159 and payroll costs dropped from 111 762 972 to 90 215 000.
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Canadian Railways
Department of Railways
John Lambert Payne
House of Commons
J. D. Reid
Prince Edward Island
Ontario
Canada
Dominion
The Illusion of Victory on German War Strain
A London Nation urging restraint and endurance during a prolonged blockade. It argues Napoleon fell to attrition and Germany misread the war’s long-battle realities, warning that victory illusions collapse as civilian sacrifice and sea power erode.
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Napoleon
Germany
London
Marketing Wool in Saskatch ewan Plans Grade Based Sales
The Saskatchewan department of agriculture co operative branch circulates sheep owners promising wool marketing this year through the co operative system. Wool will be graded and sold by grade in arrangement with the Dominion livestock branch. Advance payments will be sent to wool owners pending bids and the sale.
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Saskatchewan
Co-Operative Organization
Department of Agriculture
Co-Operative
Dominion Livestock Branch
Self-made youth challenged by old man in Plymouth tale
A bustling little chap asserts his self-made status to Robinson and is sent home to finish the job before they discuss further. The dialogue captures a tense exchange between a confident youth and an elder figure in a local setting.
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Robinson
Cruel Treatment Reported For British War Prisoners in Germany
A government committee led by Justice Younger issued a report on typhus era conditions at the Wittenberg camp. It cites 15 000 prisoners housed in ten and a half acres, scant clothing and food, vermin, and German cruelty including flogging and dogs.
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Germany
Justice Younger
Wittenberg
Priestley
Idal
Lauder
Army Medical Corps
Wittemberg
United States
James W. Gerard
Laurer
Major Priestley
Captain Vidal
England
Aschenbach
Eken
Bardeet
Gerard
Sehwein Englander
Posta
Gains From Cow Testing Spur Canadian Dairy Growth
The article notes that dairy record keeping began in Canada around 1901 with 2 850 pounds per cow. By 1911 average yield rose to 8 805 pounds, while cow numbers grew to 2 594 174. Total production increased 43 percent, adding about 25 million dollars in value, justifying investment in testing.
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Canada
Pasture Feeding Boosts Pig Growth and Costs
Trials at the North Dakota Experiment Station show sows on pasture with 1 to 2.5 pounds of grain per 100 pounds live weight match dry lot gains, halving feed costs. Pasture requires supplemental grain for rapid spring pig growth, with alfalfa and other forages ideal. oats or barley or rape recommended if early sowing is skipped.
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North Dakota
Aristocrat Replies On Marrying His Girls Choice
A stately aristocrat, when asked by a rich young suitor for permission to marry one of his daughters, asks which of his household women the suitor would prefer the house maid or the cook, in a wry, witty reply.
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Kaiser
Fred T. Jane
Ottawa
Serbia
Belgium
France
Belgrade
Peter
Sofia
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