Farming Taught by Tramp Teacher Converts Pupils to Young Farmers
In Niles township Illinois 29 pupils aged 7 to 14 in Seth Sheppard’s district No 73 class banked 645.46 last season with profits near 2000. The program had students rent small plots, farm, and account with Niles Centre State Bank, learning real farming through field work supervised by the itinerant teacher and a county plan to revitalize rural schooling. Christine Marshall and Matt’s romance is noted in a separate narrative excerpt abroad.
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Champaign
Seth” Sheppard
Niles Township
America
E J. Tobin
Tobin
East Prairie School
Chicago
Seth” Shepard
Niles Centre
Elmer Dohde
Mariel Baumann
Caroline Katz
Otto Hoffman
Mabel Wagner
Shepard
Cook County
End of the Road Between Matt and Miss Marshall
In a muted farewell by the tennis courts Matt reveals he must leave tomorrow to begin serious work, while Miss Marshall urges him not to go. She confesses she loves him, yet he fears the future and the ache of separation, admitting a sense of hopelessness with only a few thousands to his name.
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Cortraved
Matt
Miss Marshall
Christine Marshal
Othello
Chris
French officer Desclaux sentenced for theft of military stores
Colonel Francois Desclaux former paymaster general in the French army convicted of stealing military stores and sentenced to seven years solitary confinement and military degradation. Madame Bechoff wife of a German and a householder where the goods were found is jailed two years. A soldier Verges aiding the theft receives one year. Other defendants cleared. Desclaux once chief secretary to Caillaux and arrested January charged with stealing supplies. Public interest rose due to political ties and Mme Bechoff’s prominence.
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Francois Desclaux
Legion of Honor
Madame Bechoff
Verges
Desclaux
Joseph Caillaux
Caillaux
Mme. Bechoff
Paris
Desciaux
Canada faces poultry shortage as exports lag demand
Canada's poultry division reports a shortfall of fifteen hundred thousand hens and an average of 80 eggs per hen annually, with potential gains to 180 eggs per year through better feeding and housing. Britain bought poultry and eggs from Belgium and other nations in 1914, while pamphlets from Ottawa offer free guidance on increasing production and organizing cooperative egg circles.
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Canada
Dominion Department of Agriculture
Britain
Belgium
France
Russia
Germany
Austria-Hungary
Ottawa
Department of Agriculture
W. A. Brown
T. A. Benson
J. H. Hare
W. H. Ault
F. C. Elford
Victor Fortier
German plans for Europe seen in captured officer reports
The Press Bureau cites captured officers claiming Austria will be dismembered with parts going to Italy and Germany, Belgium joining a German confederation, Antwerp an international port, and a pan Germanic federation including Scandinavia. The Pope’s mediation is hoped, as Central Europe reorganizes under German hegemony.
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Italy
Germany
Austria
Belgium
Antwerp
Meuse
England
Luxemburg
Great Britain
Europe
Vosges
Austrian Empire
German Empire
Poland
Russia
Allied war orders outline large Canadian and US material outlays
An official memorandum notes at least 95 million dollars of war materiel ordered by the allies from Canada, not counting Canadian contingents' costs over 23 million. Seventy two Canadian companies received shrapnel shells orders and sixty seven produce parts. US orders exceed one billion dollars.
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Canada
United States
Wombat Chooses to Break Engagement Plans
A lighthearted note follows Wombat who suspects he has picked the wrong fiancée. His plan to end the engagement is complicated by an installment purchase of the engagement ring.
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Wombat
Milkless Jones Tells Grand Theft Coffee Trick
A tale contrasts two men, Jones a milkless millworker and Smith with wealth in coffee. Jones boasts of thefts as lunch hour nears while Smith denies them. After Jones leaves on a trivial errand, someone steals the milk from Smith's coffee, confirming the boast.
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Jones
Smith
Dorothy visits country kin and notices feathered hens
Dorothy visits her grandparents in the country and finds many feathers scattered around the henyard. She tells Grandpa he should do something to keep his chickens from wearing out their feathers.
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Dorothy
Brave Soldier Confesses Hidden Wound and War Pain
A disabled veteran writes to his father about surviving amputations after loss of his right leg. He admits prior failures but says he has at least done one useful thing by enduring pain. He asks that his wife not be told he has only one leg until he is out of danger.
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Matt
Jitneys Arrive in Vancouver and Cut Rail Traffic
U S consul-general Robert E. Mansfield reports jitneys began in Vancouver around January 1, 1915 with about 350 in operation and average daily receipts of eight dollars. The British Columbia Railway lost passengers and city payments dropped 33 percent from January 1914 to January 1915, risking a $30,000 revenue loss to the city if trends continue.
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Robert E. Mansfield
United States
Vancouver
B.C
British Columbia Railway
War costs and taxes in major 19th century conflicts
The article compares Franco German and Russo Turkish wars noting France paid 9 287 000 francs with half as indemnity, while Russia spent 152 680 000 pounds over two years. It contrasts wartime income tax attitudes from Crimean and Boer wars, with maximum rates of 4d and 3d in the pound.
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France
Germany
Russa
Michael Hicks-Beach
Local Cartoon Humour Sparks Tale Of Hair Burn
In a brief spoof a brother tells Mr Jones that Sis had a terrible accident but was not at the scene and does not yet know of the event. The joke hinges on the mistaken impression of a fire burning her hair.
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Lippinecott’s
New Floating Mine Marks Era in Naval Warfare
The British navy unveils a new floating mine with no floats or tackle. It can be ejected from a torpedo tube or thrown overboard and fixed to rest on the sea floor until activated. A tiny propeller lifts it to the correct depth for the bows to strike, allowing it to move in underwater leaps beyond sweepers' reach.
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Scotsman
Man in a Million Theme Echoes in Song Duo
A playful exchange contrasts desires for a unique partner with a rare fortune in a lyrical back and forth. The dialogue uses figurative language to compare worth and appeal.
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