Canadian Politician Turgeon Aimed At Cabinet Orator Role
William Ferdinand Alphonse Turgeon, a Quebec-educated lawyer from Bathurst New Brunswick, rose to prominence as a cabinet orator. Son of a New Brunswick M P, Turgeon moved to Prince Albert and partnered with J H Lamont before succeeding him as attorney-general in 1907. He is described as a ready platform speaker with strong family political ties and formal Laval Quebec education.
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Youk
Saskatchewan Canines
Trgeon
Mr. Turgeon
New Brunswick
Tominson House
O. Turgeon
Quebec
Laval
Prince Albert
J H. Lamont
Lamont
Turgeon
William Ferdinand Alphonse Turgeon
Bathurat
N.B
Laval University
George G Poster of Birney Castle Quebec Firm Leader Foster
George Green Foster K C of Montreal a leading Canadian commercial-law figure with roots in Knowlton Que He graduated from McGill and built a long career in company law advising Montreal’s major undertakings He has held posts at St Lawrence Power Company Eastern Townships Bank Dominion Guarantee Company George Hail Coal Aluminum companies Montreal Street Railway Imperial Realty Ottawa Johnston Richardson and others He is a Conservative organizer and speaker who ran in 1896 in Brome County though defeated He married Marty Maud Buchanan in 1896 and they had a son and a daughter.
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Birney Castle
Quebec
George Green Foster
K.C
Montreal
Canada
Foster
McGill
Knowlton
Que
Blarney Castle
St Lawrence Power Company
Eastern Townships Bank
Dominion Guarantee Company
George Hail’ Coal Company
Aluminum Company of America
Northern Aluminum Company of Canada
Montreal Street Railway
Canadian Light and Power Company
Imperial Realty Company of Ottawa
Johnston, Richardson Company, Limited
Orford Mountain Railway Company
Voter
Conservative Party
Eastern Townships
Sydney Fisher
Brome County
Marty Maud
Justices Buchanan
His Mistake Maria Becomes Target of Household Fringe Conflict
Maria the new cook clashes with Mrs Bennett and her husband in a Boston visit scenario. The husband demands better meals or dismissal, while Maria resists and defends her work in a heated dining room exchange. The fragment hints at class tension and household power dynamics.
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Maria
Ancient Egyptian papyrus shows early arithmetic knowledge
A papyrus roll from about 1700 B C discovered in Egypt reveals that ancient Egyptians understood arithmetic concepts including units and fractions, with methods for multiplication and subtraction albeit not in present form. It includes problems on dividing barley among ten people, a chain of seven men and seven cats, and attempts to square the circle, highlighting early mathematical reasoning.
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Egypt
Iran
Harley
Christmas week notes from Vancouver and Victoria
Listings detail Christmas visits by residents across Ferndale Vancouver and Victoria. Mentions include Mrs Bilinttana, Miss Don Alson, Mr A Morley, Mr and Mrs Heath, Mrs Edson, John McCallum, Eby, S Brooke, B S Colvin, and Mrs Gernacy. Also notes Leap Year Ball events, church tree success, and local shop notices.
Not Mother of Parliaments says writer counters title
A writer in T. P. O'Conner’s Weekly argues against labeling England as the “Mother of Parliaments.” He notes Spain held a parliament long before England and that England uniquely granted hereditary noble powers, suggesting the misattribution should honor Spain if the title is to be accurate.
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England
Spain
T. P. O'Conners
Burgos
Leicester
Shark evidence in trial of brig Nancy in Jamaica
Historical note describes a shark found with papers tied to the brig Nancy after capture by a British warship in 1799. The documents led to condemnation at Jamaica prize court, while the papers reportedly disappeared in a Jamaica earthquake and the shark’s head remained on view in London.
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Nancy
Jamaica
Abergavenny
Royal United Service of London
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Ton, Wit
Saskatchewan
George G. Poster, K.c
Abbotsford
Albert ‘Lee
Pulu
Ieom
Bilinttana Son
Ferndale, Wash
Don Alson
Mrs.McMenemy
8. A. Morley
Royal Bane
Vancouver
Heath
Mra
Edson
Miss Heath
Howe Hall
Ian
Mr. Samson
Provinental
Walerfy
Messrs
Hutton
And
Mackenzie
Jan Fut
John McCallum
Couver
Mrs. Eby
San
Mon
Tantsk
Misa ‘Moore
Victoria
Brooke Pent
Jan
Mrs. Gernacy
New Westminster
Campbell’s the Watchmaker
Clark
Sto. Abbotef and
Haippine
Harron Bros
Emitmers
Offa and
Chapel
Grauvinig
Utticg
Auvarticementa
Geo. Zeigler
Feed’& Crain Store
J. J. Sparrow, Prop
J.E. Parton
Matsqui
Hotel
Mission City
Persday Chas. &. Dewitt
St. Anne’s
E. & G. de la Giroday Proprietors
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