Canadian North West Land Regulations Homestead Rules
Head of family or a male over years may homestead quarter sections of Dominion land in Mani ebe Sesketchewen of Alberta. Entry by proxy via Dominion Lands Agency with 12 months residence and three years cultivation. Houses required, livestock may substitute, preemption possible in some districts, price per acre. Must reside six months each of three years, cultivate nine acres and build a house. further details by Deputy Minister of the Interior.
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Dominion
Maniebe
Sesketchewen
Alberta
Dominios Lands Agency
GebAgency
Dietriet
Dominion Lands Agency
Suit Cleaning and Pressing Offered at Reasonable Prices
The ad promises cleaning and pressing services with good workmanship and fair pricing. It mentions SEE FAW and Watson as points of contact or references for the service.
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Faw
Watson
War Notes Salient Advances Across Fronts and Salonika
Italians and Russians land at Salonika as British French and Serbians push on from the front. Russians prepare to invade Bulgaria along the Roumanian frontier. Greece remains pro German as officers rally to Saloniki. In France British and French gains extend 11 miles north of the Somme with advances at Ginchy Gullemont Maurepas and Thiepval area. Two British light cruisers sunk. German losses include a dreadnought and a submarine.
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Somme River
France
Ginchy
Gullemont
Maurepas
Somme
Thiepval
North Sea
Portrait of Marshal von Hindenburg as War Hero
The Deutsche TagesZelitung portrays Hindenburg as the war’s hero in Germany. It praises his calm, purposeful character and refusal to seek popular applause, noting his quiet duty and claimed pension life in Hanover if different times required.
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Deutsche TagesZelitung
Marshal von Hindenburg
Germany
Hindenburg
Himeltf
Hanover
Navy remark in Reichstag echoes amid 1885 Danish event
The source notes Archibald Hurd recounting a Reichstag remark from January 10 1885 about England’s naval strength and its relation to Europe. It argues the opinion predates broader military estimates Bismarck held, suggesting caution about naval power as a sole indicator of European strength.
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Reichstag
England
Europe
Archibald Hurd
Daily
Bismarck
Milne Exposed Fraud Loses Government Job
Sergeant Alexander Milne who supplied information leading to fraud disclosures involving J. P. Brown and E. H. Deviine was discharged from civil service. Milne had aided Conservative organizer W. J. Gallon and testified before the Wetmore Commission, saying he acted from duty to expose irregularities in government finances.
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Alexander Milne
J. P. Brown
E. H. Deviine
Milne
Saskatchewan
Sergt. Milne
Civil Service
Wetmore Commission
W. J. Gallon
Brown
Gallon
Government Employees Warned Against Revealing Frauds
A warning is issued to government staff not to expose frauds or risk losing their jobs. The notice emphasizes caution and loyalty within official channels while framing whistleblowing as a career threat.
Pigeons in Warfare From Pioneering Flyers to Modern Scout
A fragment notes pigeons as battlefield assets capable of danger to aircraft and army safety. It cites Popular Science Monthly describing carrier pigeons with breast-mounted tiny cameras and their ability to take about thirty photographs, reflecting revived warfare methods from medieval and ancient times.
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Popular Science Monthly
Balkaneug train story spreads through German papers
German newspapers focus on the new Balkaneug project with coverage of its launch and potential impact. Reports discuss technical features and symbolic significance while noting uncertainties and regional reactions.
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Balkaneug
Introduce The Farmer's Advocate Subscription Offer
The Farmer's Advocate publisher offers a special introductory rate of $1.00 to new subscribers, presenting the journal as the premier Western Canadian farm and home reading material. The Watson Witness appears as a referenced element in the promotion.
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Farmer's Advocate
Farm Home
Western
Canada
Advocate
Clubbing Rates for Watson Witness and Telegram
Advertising rates list The Watson Witness and The Daily Telegram at 2.50 in advance and The Weekly Telegram The Watson Witness at 1.75. The notice presents pricing for multiple newspaper subscriptions.
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The
Daily Telegram
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