Acton Draws Interest From Bell Telephone Pensioner
A Montreal Bell Telephone pensioner and former resident of Semenkerell expressed desire to move to Acton after reading a Free Press article. The paper sent folders with town information promptly. The 1935 population note cites births exceeding deaths by 13,000 and immigration of 100,046 with 40,000 emigrants.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bell Telephone Company
Acton
Maxville
Blue Bell
Bell Telephone
Montreal
Semenkerell
Ottario
Free Présy
Free Press
Mequaine
Poets Corner and the Songs of Spring
Mary Ellen Variey notes a poem about April dawn and spring songs. The piece mentions encouraging German language study with two prizes offered by the Canadian Society for German Relief in Kitchener Ontario. In Niagara Falls Ontario sightseers get a Maid of the Mist upgrade as two new steamers are launched to replace ones damaged by fire.
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Mary Ellen Variey
Kitchener
Ont
Canadian Society For German Relief
Niagara Falls
Origin of Moose Jaw Name Traced to Native Word
The Canadian town Moose Jaw in Saskatchewan derives its name from an Indigenous term meaning the place where the white man mended his cart with the jaw of the moose, explaining the unusual toponym.
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Moose Jaw
Saskatchewan
Forest Fire Tragedies Mark Ontario History Through Century
A retrospective recounts major Ontario forest fires from 1901 through the 1980s. It details events in Baudette Minnesota area fires, South Porcupine in 1911, Cochrane and Matheson in 1916, Haileybury in 1922, 1923 season totals, Fort Frances district blaze, and the Mississagi fire of 198, stressing deadly tolls and the need for ongoing vigilance.
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Ontario
Coastal Plain
Baudette
Minn
Rainy River
South Porcupine
Sault Ste. Marie
Rester
A. J. Herridge
Cochrane
Pottsville
Golden City
Goldlands
Porquis Junction
Matheson
Monteith
Iroquois
Parquis Junction
Val Gogne
New Liskeard
Porcupine
Mr. Herridge
Haileybury
Charlton
Earlton
Thornloe
Uno Park
Heaslip
Englehart
North Cobalt
White River
Oba
Fort Frances
Mississagi Area
Lonely Bush Settler Endures 58 Years Offline Near Holberg
Andy Anderson, 76, living alone in the bush north of Holberg, BC, asks the government to repair access to his isolated farm. The RCAF delivered food and medicine after a snowshoe trek, and he may accept a helicopter visit for medical care. He settled in 1898 and has depended on occasional neighbors as company.
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Holberg
Here
Andy Anderson
Vancouver Island
Provincial Highways Department
RCAF
Rey Anderson
Spt
Hal Petlizrew
Bob Field
Anderson
Five
Traveling family uses cookie sheet as makeshift table
A family on the road uses an ordinary metal cookie sheet as a drawing board and game table for restless children. A small footstool gives the kids a view while the sheet also serves as an armrest for adults, easing travel comfort.
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Wilson Bros
Doz
Tim
Swift
Prem
Tin
Tin Ham
Jar
Florida
Serviettes
Far
Tall Tims
Schneider
Progen
Minute Maid
Haddock
Lortins
Lg.a
Poet's Corner
Ana
ROOT
Bob
Leslie
Rockwood
Engelfed
Hollinger
Timmins
West Deomie
Robert Weiss
Main St
Des. O'Rourke
R.R
B.C
Stanley Park, Erin
Modernaires Orchestra
MacKenzie News
Tipson
Carol Lane Women's Travel Authority
Poe
Moncton
Nbcpy
Charles Webber
Stamp Collectors’ Club
Canada
Hinton’s
Fish and Chips
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