Editorial notes on prairie schools and street signs in Simcoe County
Editorial comments critique rural schoolhouse upkeep in Oshawa’s Reformer and praise Simcoe County for neat buildings. It laments scarce street signs in Barrie and urges clearer signage for visitors. Magistrate Comp ton Jeffs commends local press for publicizing police court cases amid debates on transparency. A final quip questions geometry in math.
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Oshawa Reformer
Simcoe County
Compton Jeffs
Scythes Family Hold Sunny Lake Simcoe Reunion Picnic
The Scythes family held the second annual reunion at Killarney Beach Lake Simcoe on July 23 with about 150 attendees. A formal record book captured all names from oldest to youngest, and activities included swimming paddling and photography. Officers for the new year were elected and next year’s picnic planned for the second Wednesday in July at Killarn ey Beach.
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Scythes Family
Killarney Beach
Lake Simcoe
N.J. Barton
Palgrave
George Scythes
Weston
Olma Whitesides
Elmgrove
Leslie Kerr
Aurora
Ted Scythes
Toronto
R. G. Agnew
W. J. McKnight
Egbert
Bertha Harvey
Newton Robinson
Beecon Albert Scythes
W. D. Scythes
Hendrie
F. Wilcox
Bond
Nelson Banting
Alliston
Harry Carter
J. Wilcox
Roy McClean
Tottenham
Compton Jeffs
Barrie
W. J. Watson
Bradford
Albert Scythes
Dalton Scythes
Joseph Fife
Anglo-Saxon Race Chosen People Sermon Continues
Col. McKendrick argues biblical covenants and prophecy support British supremacy in world affairs. He cites Israelite immunity in battle, predicts a future monarch and Armageddon, and credits national prayer with victory in war while praising Britain, Canada, and Anglo-Saxon settlers.
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Dr. Wilde
Gladstone
Britain
Egypt
Edom
Turkey
Israel
Palestine
David
George
Mary
You
Solomon
England
France
Ruhr
Germany
Russia
Turkestan
China
Canada
British Columbia
Isaiah
M. D. Morrison
A. W. Moffatt
A. F. A. Malcomson
President Beatty on Canada's Courageous Spirit
CPR President Beatty asserts that Canada's greatest asset is the courageous spirit of its people, noting an unquenchable faith in the country's future and high morale among Canadians. He emphasizes national resilience beyond gold or natural resources.
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Bloom
New York
Washington
Beatty
C.P.R
The Hurry In A Modern World Critique
At Elmira Signet a witness condemns hurried living and reckless pedestrian behavior. The speaker argues speed obsessed culture makes people rush through daily actions, from crossing streets to boarding trains, despite daylight saving and the existence of twenty four hours in a day.
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Elmira
Chicago
San Francisco
Road Building Provides Employment in Rural Ontario
Lindsay Watchman Warder argues road work costs taxpayers but benefits farmers through direct and indirect gains. He urges rural road construction by farmers, year round, to stabilize employment and prosperity, noting past Pioneer and Muskoka development as examples of sustained public spending.
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Lindsay
Ontario
Muskoka
Thunder Bay
Rainy River
Sir Joseph Pope of Ottawa Honored for Public Service
A Canadian with many honors, Sir Joseph Pope of Ottawa K C M G C V D C M E I S C is recognized by the Japanese government. Educated at Prince Edward Island's Prince of Wales College, he entered Canada’s Civil Service in 1878 and has forty five years of service, now Under Secretary of State for External Affairs. He previously served nine years as private secretary to Sir John A. Macdonald and contributed to Dominion and British commissions such as the Alaska Boundary Tribunal and the Sealing Conference of 1921.
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Sir Joseph Pope
Ottawa
K.C
Sir John A. MacDonald
Sir Joseph
Photograph of British Association delegates aboard the Allan Liner Parisian
Sir Ernest Rutherford leads the 1884 delegates shown in a special photo published with thanks to Sir George Green Hill. He arrives with most delegates in Quebec aboard the Cunard Caronia on Friday August 1. Green Hill stands at the rail as the oldest living member of the association.
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British Association For the Advancement of Science
Allan
Sir George Green Hill
Cunard Steam Ship Company
Sir George
Quebec
Cunard
Caronia
Sir Ernest Rutherford
British Association
Banting Named In Scoring Mix As Banting Teammates Play
Contained box score mentions Ivy Banting T Lennox F Banting F Jennett EB Banting W C Jennett B Jennett L Hatton Jennett eee Alliston Caesar Bergin Hand Jennings Small McKnight Black Doyle Merrick Ivy Beeton The summary references a Tw in g and ball handling notes with Jennett defending Hatton and Black umpires listed as King Cook.
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T. Lennox
F. Banting
F. Jennett
Banting
W. C. Jennett
B. Jennett
L. Hatton J. . Jennett
Beeton
J. Hatton
Jennett
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