Postal Library Urged by Canadian President before Lethbridge Club
Joseph P. Tracy proposes a national postal library for Canada funded by a 15 million dollar plan. Books would be housed in post offices nationwide with per volume costs and a two cent user fee, leveraging the mail system to deliver, lend, and collect books. The Woomen's Civic Club of Lethbridge passes a resolution urging government support for the project.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Woomen's Core Club
Lethbridge
Joseph P. Tracy
Postal Library League For Canada
Postal Library
Whiet
Canada
Portal
Owsing
Te Pro
Canam
Tewke
Poet Officies
Iereafter
Besi
Canadian Post Offer Department
Postal
Post Office
Heet
le Nit
Tal Library
Wut
Orden
National Council of Women
Germans Arrange for Tour Weighs on 1915 Trade Travel
The minister of trade reports growing interest among prominent financiers and social leaders in a five to six week 1915 tour. An agricultural tour mirrors this, with fifty farmers from the Cape Transvaal Natal Orange Free State and Rhodesia set to visit England Scotland Holland Canada and the United States. They will spend about a month in Canada and a month to six weeks in the United States.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Seome
Cape
Transvaal
Natal
Orange Free State
Rhodesia
England
Scotland
Holland
Canada
United States
China’s Great Encyclopaedia Towers Over World
The London Times notes Wilfred Merton lends a bamboo volume from the Chin lew Encyclopaedia to the London Library for weeks. The Great Dictionary of Young Lo Tea Tin comprises 22,877 sections in 11,106 volumes. if stacked, would reach 450 feet, surpassing St. Pauls. It involves over 2000 scholars and 17,480 pages with 256,992,900 characters.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Encyclopaedia
Wilfred Merton
London
London Times
Giles
St. Paul's
China
Cruising Plans for Lake Winnipeg Fisheries Cruiser
Preparations proceed for a new steel lake fisheries cruiser for Lake Winnipeg. The department accepted plans and let the Hull fabrication contract with parts shipped to Selkirk for erection. The vessel will serve as inspection and spawn handling boat, with full wireless, cost about $166,000.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lake Wingipee
Hull
Selkirk
Lake
Winnipes
Westminster Roof Repair Cost for Hall Carpentry
Repairs to the Jamoca Westminster Hall roof in the house of parliament are under way. The project may cost about 400000 dollars and take six more years to finish, with 5000 dollars spent this year on the roof.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jamoca Westminster Hall
House of Parliament
Richard the Second
German women groups seek indefinite prison terms for abusive husbands
The Federated Women's Societies of Germany petition the government to permit indefinite imprisonment for husbands who ill treat wives and children. Speakers at a meeting urged an alternative to the danger posed by drunkards, proposing that intoxicated men be kept in prison as long as there is risk of abuse if they are released.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Federated Women's Societies of
Germany
Hradetan
Cregatlig
Lin Petendet
Bradshaw
Hradehaw
Royal North Weat Mounted Police
Pir Os
Ee Rap
Cblid
Sportamen
U S Population Figures Reported in Continental States
A census note states the Continental United States houses over 8 million people while the nation and its possessions collectively exceed 96 million in population according to the figures cited.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
U.S
Continental
United States
Oldest Mason Alive Reaches 109 in Waterford Louisiana
The world’s oldest Mason, Abwm K, born in Waterford, Louisiana, will be honored as he reaches age 109 on October 3 and continues to live among the Masons.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wrold
Waterford la
City planning and franchise reforms urged by public leaders
A discussion led by John O. McCallum before the New York City Board of Estimate stresses the need to reform franchise grants and vest public rights in utilities. It warns that monopolies may arise from charters given to railways and telegraphs and urges careful municipal control of franchises amid rapid urban development and rising auto traffic.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
J. W. Engineer
John O. McCallum
Eletant
Board of Estimates and Apportionment
New York City
Genne
Canadian Wheat Trade Advances Amid German Demand
Canadian grain reports show a 56 000 ton rise in wheat exports in 1913 over 1912 and 2 000 000 tons more than 1911. German appetite for Canadian hard wheat grows as a record German harvest lifts feed imports, despite shifts in Russian barley. Canada remains favored for breadstuff needs as purchases continue on a rising but cautious scale.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
CC P. Just
Department of Trade and Commerce
Canada
Haesla
Germany
Itte
Parcel Post Weights Raised and Local Delivery Fee Abolished
The post office announces removal of weight limits on parcel post up to 11 pounds and the abolition of the 5 cent local delivery fee. The change follows quick deployment of parcel post services and aims to give the public full benefit.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Post Office Department
Parcel Post
Russia celebrates first book printing jubilee in Moscow
The 460th anniversary of Russia’s first printed book, The Apostles, was marked in Moscow with a lavish display. Piotr Netaevalets and Ivan Fedoroff produced the original edition of 1000 copies over ten and a half months, of which only about six survive. A modest monument honors the pioneer printers.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Russia
Moscow
Piotr Netaelavets
Ivan Fedoroff
Remarkable Wireless Phone Discovery At the Eiffel Tower
A pioneering wireless telephony experiment at the Eiffel Tower used a sensitized receiver invented by engineer Marzi. The tenor voice of Broesels was heard from Paris but the rest of the message could not be clearly interpreted.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Eifel
Irrigation Congress Set to Draw Thousands to Calgary
Delegates from most countries are expected for the Calgary congress with irrigated farm product displays. The event will occupy the Calgary Horse Show building and neighboring exhibition halls, hosting about 56 000 attendees amid large international exhibits from western Canada and the United States. Government displays from both Canada and the United States are planned.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dominions
United States
Whia
Canada
Hudson Bay Fisheries Probe to Be Conducted by Marine Department
The department of marine and fisheries will conduct an air and schooner sponsored investigation into Hudson Bay fisheries. A schooner with a scientific party will depart Halifax soon after navigation opens. Early surveys suggest the bay and straits yield high quality fish.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hudson Bay
Department of Marine and Fisheries
Halifax
Regulations for Naval Cadets Entering Service
The naval branch issues amended rules for cadet entry. The entry age is set at sixteen instead of seventeen. The cadet course length increases from two years to three years.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Naval
Naval Branch
Naval College
New PAL Tug Naremata Launched For Okana Gan Lake Towing
The steel tug Naremata built at Okanagan Landing for towing freight barges on Okana gan lake has been successfully launched.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
PAL
Naremata
Okanagan Lake
Okanagan Landing
McArthur outlines vast Edmonton to British Columbia railway plan
McArthur announces a sprawling railway project from Edmonton via Port McMurray to Dunvegan and into British Columbia. He says 170 miles are completed to Lesser Slave Lake, with 131 miles to Smith, and a 400 mile extension toward the Peace River district. The Dominion has surveyed lands with thousands of homesteads available, and mineral wealth including gold and coal abounds.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Winnipes
DL McArthur
Fr McArther
Edmonton, Dunvegan and British Columbia
Great Waterways
McMurray
Ramonton
Dunvegan
British Columbia
Peace River District
Leeser Slave Lake
McArthur
Peace River
Britigh Columbia
Smith
Athbesea
Dominion
Alberta
Early Coffee's Odd Start in England and Turkey
In 1694 Sir Henry Meant, visiting Turkey, tasted coffee a new drink in England. A German traveler had introduced the beverage to Western Europe about twenty years earlier, though many in Europe remained slow to adopt the Oriental bean. Blownt notes Turkish coffee as strong, bitter, hot, enjoyed in social settings, and said to stimulate cheer and sociability.
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England
Sir Henry
Turkey
Western
Europe
Sir Henry Blownt
Lacedemonians
Silver Lead Mining Surge Expected in Colombia and BC
Increased silver prices and Mexico's reduced supply prompt activity in Colombian silver lead mines. Many non Bloran group operations in provinces yield large quantities while British Columbia sites remain relatively quiet, with galena deposits yet to be developed despite a brighter market.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mexico
Unitied
Colombia
Provines
Bloran
British Columbia
Arctic Study Planeer Patterson Heads North
John Patterson of the Toronto observatory leaves for an Arctic expedition to study air currents and meteorological stations along the Mackenzie river. He will meet the Stefanason party at Fort McMurray and supply instruments for field work. Patterson travels by train to Athabaska Landing then to Fort McMurray then sails to Fort Smith and up the Mackenzie river to the Arctic.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John Patterson
Toronto
Fort Smith
Arctic
Northern Indian education and prairie resource notes
The article discusses development in the Clearwater region with cattle ranching, river transport, and potential power from water in a northern district. It references 1871 settlement under trading companies, missionary activity, salt and potash prospects, and interest from railway and American groups seeking charters to connect North Battleford and open the area to rail transport and industrial expansion.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Clearwater
Dietrie
Raihways
Ile Trading Companies
Ingland
Ung
North Battleford
Fresh air and sunshine boost pupil health and attendance
Historical note reports tests at a Philadelphia school showing students taught with wide open windows during winter performed better, stayed healthier, and attended more regularly than those in overheated rooms. The piece argues schools should prioritize fresh air to aid all children’s health and learning.
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Oman
Bache
Midladelphia
New Comet Discovered At Pothkamp Observatory
The comet discovery by Herr Kritzinger at Pothkamp Observatory is reported as bright with magnitude UV and visible with modest telescope. Initial observations at 3 am on March 10 place it near Delta Oph and nearing the sun, with position details and rising times noted.
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Pothkamp
Herr Kritzinger
Delta Ophiaehl
Warships Sold at Portsmouth Undergo Break Up
Obsolete battleships including the Renown and Revolution were sold from Portsmouth. The Renown fetched £195,000 and the Revolution £36,450. Other vessels and parts were sold to buyers such as Megara Hughes Kolekow for £2195,000 and Forte to the Shipbuild Co.
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Portsmouth
Tela
Veewe
Megara
Hughes
Kolekow
Middleshorourh
Forte
Shipbuild Co
Molland
Mesers, Garnham
Thamestreet
London
Damaged text hints at naval vessel design claims
The fragment describes a light armored vessel claimed as fast and capable of towing and powering by burning engines. It mentions a vessel designed for battle meet attendance, scout duty, and potential to overrun and cut down any destroyer afloat, with unclear details and possible misread terms.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Patna
Sky Visitors This Year
Astronomers foresee a bright object in the heavens in the last quarter of the year. Dr Jim of the British Astronomical Association calculates comet Delawan’s orbit and predicts perihelion around October 28, bright enough to be visible to the naked eye after discovery.
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Jim
British A Association
Delawan
Peri
Ube
Call to protect game birds and regulate spring shooting
A public call from F Bradshaw urges the authorities to enforce game laws and curb spring shooting to prevent further decline of game supply. He argues that 95 percent of the population must cooperate, warning that current measures have failed to preserve wildlife and urging action across the province.
Fire Notices In National Park Fire warning notices issued by Demminion park branch
The Dominion of Canada announces new fire warnings for its national parks with metal facing and red and black lettering. The notices are designed to endure harsh weather and replace older cloth notices. They are distributed to park superintendents for posting across the parks.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Demminion Parka
Dominion of Canada
Aegeist
eSakiee Victor
Coe
Man Lives a Year Without Brain Cited by Perrier
At the Academy of Sciences Prof Edmond Perrier cites a case of a 62 year old man who reportedly lived a year with no brain function. He showed no paralysis or convulsions before dying from a sudden ailment. Perrier offers an amodie theory to explain the case.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Academy of Sciences
Edmond Perrier
Asa Shell Perrier
Woman's Re Political Union Records Slight Increase
The organization reports a £6000 expenditure for the past year, showing a modest rise from the previous year. Key figures include donors and committee heads guiding public affairs and reform campaigns.
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Woman's Re Political Union
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Postal Department
Cruiger
Lake Winnipeg
Fisheries Department
Westminster
Irrigation Congress
International Irrigation Congress
Calgary
C.P.R
Lesser Slave Lake
Gummer
Fabher le Marche
Saskatchewan
British Admiralty
F. Bradshaw
Game Guardian
Pivinee
Ian
Mr. Hravtshow
de Willian T Tormeiey
New York
Comtemont
Anne
National Park
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