War on billboard nuisance and auto signs in St Thomas report
Annual report of the St Thomas Ontario Horticultural Society notes campaigns against off limits signs and tack-ons. Campers caused 246 forest fires in British Columbia last year a drop from 1919. Alberta coal finds near Moose Jaw show potential value. Karakule sheep trials move to Vernon district. Alberta coal shipments to North Pacific Coast to expand. Penitton plans boys building funded by public subscriptions. Civil War began in 1860 secession and ended 1865 slavery ended. Campers and hunters urged to exercise care in forests.
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St. Thomas, Ont
Horticultural Society
South Carolina
Richmond
United States
Tercentenary of Potato Planting in North America to Be Held
Dr. Laufer announced at the AAAS that December marks the tercentenary of potato cultivation in North America. He traced the potato’s introduction from Bermuda via England, countering De Candolle’s Spanish adventurer theory and noting its Chilean and Peruvian origins before naturalizing in the United States.
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North America
Laufer
American Association For the Advancement of Science
de Candolle
Bermuda
England
Chile
Peru
United States
Gas masks for battleships proposed by West Point chemist
Prof W Lee Lewis of Northwestern University warned at West Point that future naval warfare could include armor piercing toxic shells and poisonous fumes. He proposed a shipwide gas mask system as a defensive measure and noted three antycyclops in the United States, blind in light but sharp in darkness.
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Military Academy
West Point
N.Y
W. Lee Lewis
North Western University
Lewis
United States
Nanaimo Amends City Milk Bylaw
Nanaimo City Council amended the milk bylaw after dairies closed due to tuberculosis concerns. The revised rule requires a clean health bill from dairymen and compulsory herd inspections every six months.
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Nanaimo
City
Nightlife in Lunnon Town Captivates With Dark Pageantry
London nightlife is described as the empire's capital of strange pleasures with Heath Brandon stage shows featuring a black armored knight death announcement. A coffin procession unveils a model performing eerie dances to the Danse Macabre, drawing attention at the London Pavilion revue.
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London
Paris
Berlin
Heath Brandon
Convicts Run Still Inside Michigan Prison Uncovered
Sonia Mich. Major Marsh in charge of Ionia State Prison found a liquor still operating in a cell block. Convicts had stolen molasses from the prison kitchen to distill and produce about a half gallon daily.
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Sonia
Mich
Major Marsh
Ionia State Prison
Memorial Verse on Driving Friends
A fragmentary memory poem recalls Ollie Pidd at fifty miles and Edward Shawn at ninety miles. The motor failed but Edward pressed on, honoring a chance taken and a friend who did not survive the run.
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Ollie Pidd
Edward Shawn
Methodist Church Shows Pictures to Attract Attendees
Vancouver church sought relief from theatre licence fees for moving picture shows used to draw worshippers. The finance committee took no action to avoid setting a precedent, but agreed the licence would not be charged as long as future advertising stops and visitors may contribute or not.
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Vancouver
Wesley Church
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Cumberland Motor Works
Dunsmuir Aven
Cumberland
British Columbia Breweries, Limited
Alexandra Stout
U.B.C. Beer
Cascade
Union Brewing Co., Ltd
Nanaimo, B.C
British Columbia Telephone Co
THE
Canadian Bank OF Commerce
Capital Reserve Fund
Cumberland Branch
J. Grainger
British Columbia
Calgary
Parks Board
J. F. Irwin
Ardell
Moose Jaw-Assiniboia
Saskatchewan
Irwin
Vernon
Asia
Alberta
North Pacific Coast
Prince Rupert
Penticton
Comox Creamery
Comox Jersey
Comox
Courtenay
Comox Creamery Assn
Courtenay, B. C
Lunnon Town
Michigan
P.O
H. Parkinson
Cumberland, B. C
Glven
Royal Insurance Company Limited OF
Liverpool
Life Department
R. W. Winch & Co., Ltd
H. G. McKinnon
Edward W. Bickle
William Lake
William Whissen
William Jolley
Bill
Chance
Methodist Church
D. Campbell’s Meat Market
Cambridge
Phillips
Royston Lumber Co
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