A Six Days Leave From Shorncliffe
A correspondent recounts a six day excursion through Edinburgh and London with visits to the High Court and St. Giles Cathedral, sights at Edinburgh Castle, the Royal Academy art exhibition, Buckingham Palace, Westminster Abbey, and a return to barracks, noting crowded scenes as soldiers head to the front and comparing typhoid cases to the Spanish-American War figures.
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St. Giles Cathedral
High Court
John Knox
Lord Montrose
Edinburgh Castle
Marmion
Douglas
Queen Victoria
Queen Mary
King James
James
Argyle Tower
St. Margaret’s Chapel
Mons
Zoological Gardens
Royal Scottish Academy
Moore
Barracks
Roy
Nate
Edinburgh
Glasgow
Pariffin
Queen Street
Central Station
London
the Clyde
Euston Station
Picadilly
Victoria League
Buckingham Palace
Lord Balfour
Duke of Connaught
St. James’ Park
Admiralty Building
Westminster Abbey
Abbey
St. Margaret’ S Chapel
Parliament Buildings
V A. C
Moore Barracks
His Majesty’s
France
Triumph of Science in Wartime Health
Medical science and sanitation reduced battlefield disease impact. Sir Alfred Keogh noted 23 typhoid cases among British troops in France last summer, versus 80 000 in earlier eras for the same force size. The United States deployed 170 000 men on the Mexican border from May 1.
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Toronto Star
Alfred Keogh
France
United States
One Cause of Rural Depopulation in Gravenhurst
The Gravenhurst Banner notes a large shipment of Eaton catalogues to the local post office and analyzes how mail order houses divert regional wealth. It cites costs of 1400 catalogues, postage of 84 dollars, and production around 1750 dollars, arguing advertising and outside firms drain local business while Ontario's population and commerce decline.
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Eaton
Gravenhurst
Germany
Ontario
Trials of a Montreal Star founder to peerage
A profile of Sir Hugh Graham of the Montreal Star who rose from $200 capital to build a leading Canadian newspaper and enter the House of Lords. The tale recalls his early debts, paper shortages, and a makeshift horsepower solution to keep the press running. The piece also denounces anonymous social items as cowardly dishonest.
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Hugh Graham
Montreal Star
Canada
House of Lords
the Star
Boorish Personal Item Sparks Local Debate
Alliston Herald reports objectionable personals listing youths who vacationed together. The editor defends youth rights and condemns the coarse writer who mocked a couple’s trip, noting a shift away from publishing such items. The piece signals community standards and future restraint.
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Alliston Herald
The
Herald
Etobicoke Pioneer Janet Anderson Canning Dies at Home
Janet Anderson Canning of Etobicoke widow of Matthew Canning died February 7 at her son in law John Scott’s Scarlett Road home after a two month illness. Born 1829 at York Mills she moved to Etobicoke with her family and married in 1848. Her husband led Etobicoke Council for over 30 years and served as reeve. She leaves eight children among 74 grandchildren 54 great grandchildren and one great great grandchild. Survived by eight sons and daughters including Henry John Francis Mrs J Mills Mrs A Ford Wilkie in Sask and others.
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Janet Anderson
Matthew Canning
John Scott
Scarlett Road
Etobicoke
Cornelius Anderson
York Mills
Canning Homestead
W. Torque
Francis
J. Mills
Michigan
A. Ford
Wilkie, Sask
Funeral services for Mrs Blanchard Dixon Scott and kin
Funeral services were conducted by the Rev. H. A. Toye of Lambton Mills on Friday February 9. Interment was in Richview Cemetery. Six grandsons acted as pallbearers. Floral offerings were numerous and beautiful.
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R. Blanchard
West Toronto
A. Dixon
McLeod
Alfa
J. Scott
Scarlett Road
Weston
H. A. Toye
Lambton Mills
Richview Cemetery
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Farmers
Ontario Dept. of’ Agriculture
W. H. Hearst
Agriculture
J. Laughland
Collingwood
Shorncliffe
Spain
Chamberlain
Craniy’” Chamberlai
Gover
Kendall
Br ‘B. J. Kendall Company
Enosburg Faille
Vermont
Beecham
Thomas Beecham
St. Helens
Lancashire
England
Verdun
Britain
Department of Agriculture
Department
Care Department of Agriculture
Toronto
Minister of Agriculture
Adler
A. W. Chase, M.D
Énsay
Yonge
Westminster Hotel
Union Station
Wharf
Jarvis Street
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