Coast to Coast Editors Tour Historic St Andrews to Quebec
The editor and his wife reflect on attending the Canadian Weekly Newspaper editors’ convention, shifting from St Andrews New Brunswick to Quebec City after a railway strike. They praise Quebec’s history from Jacques Cartier to Wolfe, noting their first visit and the brief Plains of Abraham battle lasting 18 minutes.
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Canadien
Canada
Dominion
St. Andrews
New Brunswick
Quebec City
Jacques Camer
Plains of Abraham
Cliffs
Wolfe
Penhcalm
Duplex Roomettes Shine in New Pullman Cars
The article reviews the new Duplex Roomette sleepers on Pullman cars, praising their design, privacy, and roominess. It notes twenty rooms per car, staggered window heights, beds that pull out or drop from the wall, private bathrooms, dim night lights, heavy curtains, and improved comfort over lower berths. The piece hopes for more cars and benefits to customers and staff amid calls for funds.
Summer to Winter In Quebec City Weather Shifts
The report describes a rapid seasonal change from summer to severe winter in Quebec near Montreal last Monday. Snow and slush blanketed streets as hotel roads iced and traffic struggled while attendees at a winter convention met at the Chateau Frontenac.
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Montreal
Quebec City
Rotary visit to Quebec City and bilingual welcome
The group attended a Monday start and Tuesday Rotary events in Quebec City. A luncheon drew about thirty visitors, including editors from the Southern States. The sales manager of the Steel Company of Canada spoke in English after limited French. The piece notes Canada’s steel expansion post 1939.
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Quebec
Rotary
Quebec City
Canada
Immersed in Old Quebec From Chateau Frontenac to Lower Town
The narrator describes a sightseeing tour of Quebec City focusing on Lower Town’s 200 foot drop from Upper Town, old streets, cobbled roads, and a durable historic atmosphere. A visit to a typical grocery store yields figs and a contrast between old methods and modern merchandising. The piece ends with plans to continue with impressions of the citadel and more historic sites.
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Chateau Frontenac
Quebec
Lower Town
Quebec City
Upper Town
Editorial notes question waste in wartime civil service
The Hanover Ontario Post argues that 24 576 civil servants served 49 954 armed forces members. It notes a wage bill of about 12 000 civil servants for 4 500 000 people and compares Mr Claxton’s staff for 47 000 enlisted men. It calls on Parliament to cut waste before raising taxes.
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Hanover Ont
Korea
The Good Old Days in 1900 and Local Notes
Items from the Free Press November 1 1808 recount local happenings. Capt Kingsmill in town with Mrs Beardmore on a wedding tour. Mildura sails to Australia. Nearby, Walter Beardmore and Mrs McLam improve their home and a worker suffers injuries at the GTN pumphouse. Nominations favor Henderson and McKinnon. voter registration in Milton. BIEN STEWART dies at Campbellville aged 52.
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Kingsmill
WaeHer Beardmore
Firitith
Mildura
Mildare
Austrelia Mere Kingsmill
Connie Beardmore
Acton
Walter Beardmore
W. W. Scott
Limehouse
Malin
GTN
S Dey
Milton
David Henderon
Seo McKinnon
Jlalton
Brempton marks lacrowm victory and town events
Brempton celebrated a lacrowm victory with a night of celebration. Hydra workmen extend a power line from Acton to Sperside as farmers prepare to install Unie utility in their land. The Know Church Young People's Society debated whether spoken word influences more than the written word. Fire destroys Campbellville Inn garage and stables with losses around 15000. The eighty fourth Know Church anniversary was celebrated with Stev J f Gibson as speaker and a large supper and entertainment. Died: Katie Reed Mull formerly of Acton in Cleveland Ohio.
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Brempton
Hydra
Acton
Miss MacMillan
Mo Orr
Jack Saunders
Sydney
Australia
Ft. Teaake Cphelmille
Parry
Campbellville Inn
Feas
Know
Stev J. F. Gibson
Toronto
Community Echoes of Service and Local Events
A fragmented local paper notes obituary for Mir Neseton Ro Vinten and his Legion work in Burlington from Summit Ont. It recalls Juvenile Ontario boxing and Oakville vs Strathroy titles, plus a special Thursday 21-page edition. Community Center arena events, weddings in Georgetown and Whitby, and local church nuptials are listed with brief notes and congratulatory remarks.
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Burlington
Canadian Legion
Antv
Ffortino
Ovacht Enthasacs
Heal Cross
Aogn Fessans
Ovakvallie
Wiecarvos
Oqlukwille
Strathroy
Oakvette
Oqukydh -Trafalar
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Mr. Talbot
Quebec Province
Ray Wilson
Shawinigan Falls
Talbot
Albert Waillot
Valleyfield
Que
Steel Company of Canadas
Success
Quebecker
Ontario
The
Free Press
Cleveland
Ohio
Katie Reed
James Go Mull
Norrth East West
Journal
All Pew Arti Star
Ronanes
Georretoun
Theo - Sha
Ce Moeries
Georgetown
Audrey
Norton Glen Wethams
Aubrey Masel
Corbeton
Glevt Willams United Church
Ives
Acton Free Press
Mall St
Hee
Peat Office Department
Ottawa
Audit Bureau Circulation
C.W.N.A
Ontario-Quebec Division
United States
Telephones
Tire Headquarters
Goodfyyear Sales and Service
Thompson Motors
Brights of Metcaly
Monarch
Red River
TIN
Florida
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