Shipping and Ship Building In Full Swing In Montreal
Montreal's waterfront surged with activity in 1917 as grain, meat, dairy and other exports moved through the harbour. Ottawa and Montreal coordinated daily export freight to 650 cars while 647 ocean vessels entered the harbour. Shipbuilding expanded with 12 submarines, 9 steel trawler hulls, 8 hulls with boilers, 26 drifter hulls, 16 drifter hulls with machinery, and repairs to 30 vessels.
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Pacific Railway
Montreal
Harbour Commission
Montreal Harbour
England
Prairie
Europe
The Frugal Mr. Morris in Capper's Weekly
Nelson Morris of Morris & Co. is praised for wealth and generous pay while workers seek modest wage increases. The piece questions a 75,000 dollar salary for a 26 year old chairman against a family of five’s living costs and stockholder profits, arguing such disparity exposes pettiness.
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Morris
Capper’s Weekly
Nelson Morris
Morris & Co
Beirs
Mr. Morris
United States
Waterbury rents labeled extortionate by state panel
Hartford April 10 a special commission appointed by Governor Holcomb reported that a small group of Waterbury landlords have charged extortionate rents and provided substandard housing while most landlords did not exploit the crisis. The commission recommended remedial steps to be discussed with the governor and state council of defense. The panel members are Herbert Knox Smith Julius C Stremlau and Marshall O Wells.
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Hartford
Waterbury
Marcus H. Holcomb
Commission
Connecticut State Council of Defense
Council
Herbert Knox Smith
Julius C. Stremlau
Meriden
Marshall O. Wells
Orby the Derby winner Orby dies at fourteen
Orby, one of four American owned horses to win the English Derby, has died at age 14. Bred by Richard Crocker, he was a son of Orme and Rhoda B and won the 1907 Derby ridden by Johnny Reiff. After a celebrated career that included the Irish Derby, Orby retired in 1908 after bowing a tendon.
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Orby
Richard Crocker
Orme
Rhoda B
Croker
England
Ireland
Johnny Reiff
King Edward
Turkey's New Demands Threaten Balkan Peace
The New York Sun reports Berlin dispatches hint that under peace terms Russia may concede the Crimean peninsula to Turkey. Ankara seeks further gains beyond Batoum, Kars, and Karabagh, signaling a revived aggressive nationalism. Turkish expansion in Asia follows setbacks in Europe, echoing historic threats to Vienna.
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Turkey
New York Sun
Berlin
Russia
Crimean Peninsula
Batoum
Kars
Karabagh
Brest-Litovsk
Balkan States
Europe
Asia
Vienna
Schenck’s Mandrake Promises Quick Relief
An old advertisement touts Schenck’s Mandrake as a cure for constipation and bilious headache. It claims 80 years of reputation and offers 25c boxes in uncoated or sugar coated forms from Dr J H Schenck & Son of Philadelphia.
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Schenck
J.H. Schenck & Son
Philadelphia
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Canada
St. Lawrence
Ontreal
C.pr Bridge
BORAX
The
Connecticut Power Co
Liberty Loan ‘Committee of
Middletown
Glanwood
L. D. Mills Company
Glen
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