Made in Britain and Canada Trade Train Plan
A campaign secretary outlines a plan to tour Canada with six exhibition cars promoting British goods. The project aims to expand trade with Western Canada by showing manufactured products and highlighting rail routes including the Panama Canal. Each car costs about 10 000 a year to run and will be sectioned for different exhibits.
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Atlantic
Aan Organiatr
Beirne
Tan Chamber
Eaid
Panama Canal
Canada
United Kingdom
Dominion
Canadian Exhibits Sought for American Immigration Fair
W. J. White of the Canadian government reports a shift in sentiment toward Canadian displays at American fairs. After past anti Canadian shows, states like New York and Minnesota lifted embargoes, inviting Canada to exhibit. Syracuse and Springfield have opened to displays, while western settlement and a mountain Indian reservation opening may affect immigration patterns.
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W. J. White
Canada
United States
Minnesota
Syracuse
N.Y
Springfield
White
Telegraphing Photos Demonstration Promises Transatlantic Wire
A demonstration of the telegraphograph reproduced photographs at a distance, transmitting portraits over six hundred miles. The demonstrator said recent experiments indicate the process could be ready within two months for rapid distant photo transmission.
Fox den yielded six pupa four blacks and two patches
In Hante county Nova Scotia a Rowden farmer found a fox den in an old log that contained six pupa four blacks and two patches. The pups were kept and fed milk until tame. A neighbor reported the pups against the owner.
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Hante County
N.S
The Community Church and Its Purpose in Neighborhood Life
A Canadian Welfare League contributed article arguing for a community church that unites denominations without dissolving identities. It envisions the church as a moral powerhouse and social hub providing education recreation libraries and public services while remaining a distinct spiritual center.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jeney
Linda
Weill, Thes
Chamber of Commerce
Canadien Welfare League
New Grain Route From Rockies to Winnipeg Surveyed
Engineers of the Public Works Ministry survey the Saskatchewan River for a westward grain and coal route to Winnipeg. A five foot waterway is planned with locks along the river. Estimated cost about fifteen million dollars, reduced by waterpower along the route.
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Rockies
Winnipeg
Saskatchewan River
Public Works Ment
Boi
Skeletons Found At Alexandra Tied to Napoleon Egypt Expedition
English soldiers uncover two skeletons and bone fragments at Alexandra during excavation work. Tests confirm the remains belong to French soldiers who perished on Napoleon Bonaparte's Egyptian campaign, with the artifacts handed over to military authorities for Continental burial procedures.
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Alexandra
Napoleon
Egypt
Women Detectives to Handle Special Occasions at House
Women detectives are now employed for special occasions at the house of commhams. One or two of them are assigned to manage particular events and duties.
India census shows population 315 million in 1901
A British report notes the rapid India census across vast areas with travel kept to 7 pm and results published nine days later. Hindu 217,586,802 Muslim 66,647,299 Buddhist 10,721,453 Christian 3,876,203. agriculture employs 224,696,909, industry 35,323,041. Canadian officials urged to learn from India.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
India
Property values soar as central London plots sell by auction
A fragmented report outlines central London land values rising near the city core. It notes high prices per square inch, with rents totaling 111 185 annually and sales signaling westward business shift while central plots remain among the world’s dearest.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
London
Law
West End
Strand
Weastminster le
Austin Friars
Rugland
Kingham Street
Empress Dies in Ancient Tokyo Amid Ceremonial Farewell
The article notes the late dowager empress died in her palace but in Japanese custom she could only die in Tokyo. Thus a ceremonial procession accompanied her that marked her supposed living status. Troops lined the streets and arts were shown as crowds stood in silence revealing the imperial marriage's tragedy.
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Tokio
Radium Power Hinted For Moon Travel by Nordham
M Charles Nordham of the Paris observatory suggests radium could drive man to the moon inside a projectile. He says radium would supply motive force far greater than as it would be in rocket experiments and would require a slowing mechanism after reaching the target.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Radium
M. Charles Nordham
Paris Observatory
Jules Verne
M. Nordman
Ocean Survey Expedition Plans Amid World Ocean Routes
A quoted plan outlines a long expedition to survey and chart oceans starting near Nova Scotia and tracing routes to the Azores Rio de Janeiro Cape Horn Montevideo and Buenos Aires then to Cape Town Tristan da Cunha the Antarctic ports Mauritius Zanzibar Seychelles Bombay Singapore Hong Kong China and Japan The crew includes twelve scientists six officers and eighteen to nineteen others seeking $125000 more funding with no government grant yet.
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Nova Scotia
Provost
Azores
Atlantic
Senden
Monttevedia
Buenos Ayres
Cape Town
Tristan da Cunah
Cape
Antarctic
Sir Dmaweon
Sandwich Islands
Pacific Ocean
Panama Canal
Mauretius
South Africa
Maretius
Zanzibar
Seychelles Islands
India
Bombay
Singapore
Tore Kong
China
Japan
Inverted Cinderella Ball for the Blind in London
Aid to the Blind funds support a late night ball at the Sayy hotel London organized by C Arthur Pearson. Tickets cost 26 dollars with limited attendance 1200. Lottery prizes included a 5000 dollar automobile and various costly items.
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Say_y
London
C. Arthur Pearson
National Institute For the Blind
Delaporte Woman Kills Four Lions in Minutes
Mrs Delaporte wife of a Delagoa Railroad official killed four lions in minutes near a distant hunt. Accompanied by two natives she located six lions, felled two, a third during escape, and the fourth as it charged. Ammunition ran out after the fourth kill. Howe had killed an antelope nearby.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mra Delaporte
Delagoa Railroad
Howe
Canadian Alkali Plant Near Windsor Strikes Salt Reserve
Manager Dodson of the Canadian Alkali Company says wells at Windsor Ontario have located salt sufficient to last 220 years. The firm plans to invest up to a million dollars in the plant project.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dodson
Canadian Alkali Company
Windsor, Ont
Prisoners Plant Forests on Waste Lands Across Ontario
The article notes prisoners planted trees on sandy waste lands redirected for reforestation and water supply protection. It discusses the profit motive, limited adoption in Canada, and legislation in Ontario Quebec and Dominion levels to promote such schemes, with India Head nurseries supplying millions of trees for Western Canada.
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Atone
Hig
Canada
Guelph
Ont
Ontario
Quebec
Dominion
Dominion Forestry Branch
Indian Head
Tamed Herds of Wild Sheep at Okanagan Falls Ranch
Rancher J. M. Thomas of Okanagan Falls BC has trained wild mountain sheep to come down from the hills to feed at his fields. A photograph sent to the provincial game warden shows eighteen ewes and lambs near clover hay, captured at 35 yards with several horses visible. Thomas, who has cared for wildlife near his ranch for years, believes nurturing such animals is better than hunting, and notes the herd’s trust grew during winters of feeding.
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J. M.thomas
Okanagan Falls
Thomas Ho
Okanagan Palis
New Westminster Penitentiary
Okanagan
Thomas
Aeas
Armitrong Whitworth Says Glendenning Solves Air Navigation
The Armitrong Whitworth Company plans to develop a flying craft based on Glendenning’s design. Glendenning, a Balloon Society of Great Britain member, claims a 13 ton airship can circumnavigate the world and stay aloft five days without resupply.
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Armatrong- Whitworth
Glendenning
Balloon Society of Great Britain
Maritime dispatch Minto to Hadson Bay for navigation aids
The marine department sends the government steamer Minto to Hadson Bay to install automatic gas burners in the bay and straits to aid navigation. Steamers Bonaventure Bellaventure Durley Chene Charon and Steba will sail from Hayfax in summer carrying supplies for extension terminal works at Port Nelson.
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Marine Department
Minto
Hadson Bay
Bonaventure
Bellaventure
Durley Chene
Charon
Steba
Hayfax
Port Nelson
Growth of Labor Unions in Canada 1913 Report
The third annual report on labor in Canada for 1913 shows total organized labor strength near 176000, up about 17000 from 1912. International affiliations dominate with 149577 members, 101 local branches in 1915, and a rise in independent bodies to 31.
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Canada
Department of Labor
Pope
Mwo
No ® International
C@ndda
Dominion
Twenty Acre Swiss Farmer Proves Scientific Intensive Method
In Pawnee City a Swiss immigrant known as the twenty acre farmer built a successful smallholding. He bought land at $1250 an acre, now valued at $1 an acre, aims for $150 per acre yearly, and uses a dyke to protect soil. He earns prize money, is paid not to compete nearby, and declined a $2500 yearly demonstrator post, illustrating results from scientific farming.
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Nebraska
Martin & Young
Pawne
City
Tila Hors
Department of Agriculture
Birth rate decline continues in France in 1913
Official figures show 6 221 fewer births in 1913 than 1912, the lowest rate since 1911. Births exceeded deaths by 41 901 in 1912, or about ten births per 10 000 inhabitants, versus higher excess figures for Germany Austria and Hungary.
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France
Germany
Austria
Mary
Mangary
Postage Increases for Newspapers to Fund Rail Subsidy
The Post Office Department announced higher postage for newspapers to offset rail subsidy costs. Current rate is one quarter cent per pound, with a proposed one cent per copy for mail delivered by letter carriers and a quarter cent per copy where no carrier exists. The memorandum cites the authority of Postmaster General as the basis for the change.
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Post Office Department
Politi
Te L. P
Gramophone Strains Transmitted by Wireless at Sea
A third officer aboard the Nelson steamship Highland Bom reported gramophone music including the Merry Widow and God Save the King heard via wireless near Vigo on a voyage to Buenos Ayres. Signor Mareon commented such long distance transmission on a private yacht is possible and likened it to earlier gramophone wire telephone experiments by Marconi at a house on Farroway near Southampton.
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Nelson
Highland Bom
Buenos Ayres
Vigo
Lkwan
Signor Mareon
Marconi
Fawiay
Southamp
Discovering Lost Tablets Leeads Langdon Unveils Genesis Fragments
Professor Stephen Langdon of Jesus College deciphers tablets found in Philadelphia last year and linked to the Genesis story. The fragments, alleged to predate common belief, are presented as a historic find from the Pennsylvanian repository.
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Langdon
Stephen Langdon
Jesus Col
Pennsylvan
Philadelphia
Radio Wireless Rules Enforced Across Dominion Amateurs Targeted
Government issues regulations governing all radio telegraph operations in the Dominion. Amateurs face strict licensing and penalties up to fifty dollars or three weeks in jail. Fees range from one dollar for amateurs to ten dollars for public commercial licenses. Operators must heed Stop signals, carry unique station calls, and maintain constant readiness with emergency power for ocean voyages.
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Canada
Naval Service Department
Commission to Develop Empire Visit Details and Plans
Fr. T. O Mara states Canadian local officers prepare for August and September commission visits. Boards of trade aid in planning topics on commerce, railways, capital and debt, exhibitions, patent rights, and imperial cooperation. An empire development board may assist in loan facilitation and resource development across the empire.
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Fr. T. O'Mara
England
Empire Development Board
Convict Made Goods Debate Hearings Stir Commerce Concerns
Harry Hawes of St Louis tells a Senate committee that convict and pauper made goods flood the U S market. He cites $24 000 000 worth of domestic production and $560 000 000 abroad and argues lawmakers should bar imports to protect boot and shoe manufacturers. He notes convict wages and foreign pay disparities and claims English contracts allow prison goods to enter Britain, fueling competition with American labor.
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Harry Hawes
Louis
Senare
Louis Hawes
United States
England
Skeptics Lose Confidence In End of Battleship Thesis
The Conservative Post questions Sir Percy Scott's claim that the battleship age has ended. It cites German skepticism and recalls how Admiral Colomb's torpedo boat proposal led to similar doubts, with France later warning about torpedo weaknesses against land fortifications.
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Sir Percy Scott
Sir Percy
Germany
Armee
Admiral Colomb
Balletehipe
Dominion invites tenders for 1100 foot dock at Esquimalt
The Dominion government calls tenders to build a 1100 foot long dock at Esquimalt. The structure will be a full size duplicate of the existing dock and will serve the largest ships of the navy. Work is to be completed to the department’s specifications and bid terms.
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Teo
Esquimalt
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the Community Church
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Stackhouse Antarctic Exploration
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Labor Organization IN Canada
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