Replica Pioneer Wagon to Tour Acton for Mayor Challenge
A replica Pioneer Times wagon will travel to Acton next Monday to deliver a challenge to Mayor Tyler to plow at the International Plowing Match in Bresteau. The wagon will arrive at the town hall after 4 pm Labor Day afternoon and will begin a multi city tour through Ontario towns including Kitchenet, Guetph, Actin, Georgetown, Woodstock, and Stratford.
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Pioneer Times
Tyler
Conestoga
Ait Katee Feapler
Watsloo
Acton
Ehes
Bresteaw
Itas
Elaborate Fireworks Display At Canadian National Exhibition
At the Canadian National Exhibition a grandstand fireworks show will conclude each evening with a three position detonated display outlined by Mr H T Hand. Explosives will be triggered in front of the grandstand on stage in the grandstand and over the lake. Destinations are measured and the duration of each unit timed. The theme targets children with a finale intro by Mr Hands promising an elaborate display. Workers prepare daily and lay out plates for each show as the nightly barrage of low bursting mines lights the sky.
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Ephant
Giraffenaire
H. T Hand
Bull in the barn tests a farmer and neighbor’s herd
A neighbor’s bull wandered into the author’s cows, trapping Partner at the gate. The pair eventually corralled the bull after a tense struggle and with help later from the household. The week brought heat waves, fruit canning, a neighbor’s death, and storms that cooled the day.
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Toppy
Job
Johnny
Niagara
Jess
Art
Ace
Language Teacher Pioneer Embraced Immersive French Method
Calgary educator Catherine Barclay championed hearing and speaking French first, then reading and writing. Her career spanned teaching in Calgary since 1926, helping found French teacher associations, and contributing to youth hostel development from Bragg Creek to Banff.
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Calgary
Catherine Barclay
Sorbonne
Paris
ISSR
Haicay
Alberta
Tee Ontario Pace Cats
Gull Lake District
Univer of Alberta
Education Department
Mary
Bragg Creek
Alta
Mountai
Banff
Ci Wn
Cale
Miss Barclay’s Maxum
End of an Era for Dash Churns on Farms
The article recalls the dash churn once common on farms and describes its harsh operation. It notes the device resembled a copper barrel, required a standing operator to pump, and was viewed as an instrument of torture by those who used it.
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Sel
Wandys
Dutch Newcomers Make Good Farms in Ontario
More than one third of the 4 000 Dutch families arriving in Ontario have bought farms or housing. Since 1989 the immigration department reports about 12 000 families settling, with many entering farming and construction work. A local body found a drowned man near Sands Pastotas, raising hopes the body would be found.
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London
Ont
Susthaestsera Ontar Q
Lloyd Hunter
Winnipeg CP
Sands Pastotas
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