In memoriam notices from 1934 Ontario obituaries
BIMPSON At Tottenham September 4 1934 Sarah Ann Kitching wife of James Simpson aged 61. MCISAAC Guelph General Hospital August 31 1934 James McIssac husband of Elizabeth Bell aged 73. IN MEMORIAM DILLS September 4 1923 Mrs George Dills remembered by family. To live in hearts is not to die.
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Bimpson
Tottenham
Sarah Ann Kitching
James Simpson
McIsaac
Guelph General Hospital
James McIssac
Elizabeth Bell
Dil
George Dills
Acton Fair Looms as Main District Attraction
The Acton Fair is the next major event in the district with attractions including a double feature on Tuesday September 18 and a second day lineup on September 19. Halton clubs win in Holstein judging at the C N E and prizes awarded across local contests.
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Halton
Holstein
Acton Fair
Halton County
Mind Reading Machine and Its Claims
A new device by Dr. Alexander Cannon records mental reactions via tubes connected to a subject, plotting brain responses on graph paper. It purportedly detects emotions, fatigue, tension, concentration, crisis tendencies, and truthfulness, and claims telepathy as a physical fact. It also suggests music and breathing patterns can ease asthma.
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Alexander Cannon
Letters to the Free Press on Cartier centenary events
The letter recalls visiting Montreal during the Jacques Cartier quarto centenary celebrations with British French and American delegates. It describes activities at Mount Royal Hotel Lanfontaine Park and a Cartier bust unveiling, plus travel observations from Quebec to Montreal, an account of livestock and crops, and comments on a new post office project amid school preparations and local inflation.
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The
Free Press
Oon
Britain
France
United States
Maritimes
Quebec
Three Rivers
Mount Royal
Comte-Francais
Ste. Jean Baptiste Societe
Lanfontaine Park
Houde
Cartier
Jacques Cartier
Vermont
Mississquai
Bay
Lake Champlain
Montreal Reader Calls for Compulsory Labor Clause
A Montreal letter to the editor dated September 15 1934 urges the government to include a compulsory labor clause in original contracts to remove earth by hand labor. The writer J B Coleman from Wilson Avenue argues the ultimate good justifies the extra cost.
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Coleman
Wilson Avenue
Montreal
Canadian pulp and paper production in 1933 falls from 1929 peak
The Canadian pulp and paper industry produced 123,415,492 dollars worth in 1933, down 9 percent from 1932 after a sharper drop from 1931 to 1932. Pulp mills operated 70 plants producing 2,979,562 tons, while newsprint dominated 84 percent of output. For six months in 1934 output rose about 41 percent versus 1932, with Canada’s production outpacing the United States.
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Canada
United States
Poor Fellow And How Old Is The Little Fellow
A young artist tours a visitor around her studio showing paintings and explains that all the works are by her brother. The visitor asks his age, prompting a puzzled reaction to the obscure claims.
Defining a Court in a Jim Crow Trial
A lawyer questions a Black witness asking what a court is. The witness replies humorously and critically, calling a court a place where justice is dispensed, reflecting tensions over legal fairness.
Winnipeg-born sapper rises to Egypt aviation chief
The Winnipeg Tribune profiles Tait Bey Col Tait a Winnipeg native born 1893 who rose from sapper in the Canadian Engineers to Royal Air Force squadron leader and wireless station chief then to lieutenant colonel directing Egypt's air forces. He modernized Egypt's military aviation after 1931 loan.
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Canadian Engineers
Royal Air Force
Egypt
C. V. Combe
Winnipeg Tribune
Kaimakam ‘Tait Bey
Avia Hon Tait
Cairo
I. Samuel ‘Tait
Waterloo Street
Winnipeg
Fort Rouge
Old Central Collegiate
Anitoba University
France
England
Tait
Col. Tait
Aga Khan Seated Second in Dinner Rank Despite Wealth and Power
The Aga Khan, spiritual leader of about 70 million, is noted for humility in manners and modest jewelry, deferring to English dukes for precedence at dinner. He owns famed gems like the Golden Dawn diamond but wears only cuff-links and a tie-pin in public.
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Paris
Aga Khan
Europe
Poona
Bombay
Scutta
Arachi
New fingerprint system solved by university professors
Two professors at University College Piottnghan developed a method to reveal fingerprints on colorful backgrounds. Sprinkling a fine powder of anthracene or zinc sulfide and exposing to dark ultraviolet light makes the powder phosphorescent, allowing clear photographic imprint of ridge details on challenging surfaces.
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University College
Piottnghan
Oil From Waste Gas Boosts Naphtha Output in Turner Valley
Experiments in the Turner Valley oil field near Calgary have proven successful at recovering extra naphtha from waste natural gas. An absorption plant operated by a major field company will add about 124000 barrels yearly to normal production, with daily gains around 342 barrels and gross annual revenue exceeding 374000 dollars.
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Turner Valley
Calgary
Nada
Brutus the Gallery Cat Dies After Long London Lineage
Brutus a black and white cat with a famed lineage linked to Pepys and a ticket to the National Gallery of Art died, mourned by many. The cat was a familiar sight on the National Gallery terrace and noted for traceable descent through history.
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Brutus
London
National Gallery of Art
National Gallery
Pepys
New York Times
New Brunswick Leads World in Smelt Production
New Brunswick dominates smelt production, being the world's largest producer while Canada’s coastlines in New Brunswick, along with other provinces, supply this small yet highly prized fish. The note includes an unrelated Bertrand Russell quote about reform.
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New Brunswick
Canada
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