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Newspaper
Cumberland Islander
Location
Cumberland, British Columbia, Canada
Date
Oct 18, 1913
Page
3
A Cubist Autumn Shapes Autumn Fashion Statements
A New York exhibition signals a cubist autumn with extreme silhouettes and jarring color clashes. Designers embrace mismatched beads, nonuniform buttons, and sculptural neck ruffles while pleats and fit distort figure lines, promising a season of dramatic, irregular styling.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dry Goofy Economist
New York City
Btroller Costume For Fall Wear
The girl about town is set for fall in a natty tailored gait of dark blue serge. Her hair is coiled under a walking derby, gloves are heavy dogekin, and a monocle on black ribbon swings over a neat ascot.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Reen
Card Party Pencils Pinned At Each Table Corner
A card party novelty features pencils fastened to table corners with ribbon and thumbtacks. About a yard of baby ribbon is used for each pencil, tied to one end and secured under the corner, preventing loss. The hostess recently arranged pencils for every guest.
Mohawks Win Payment for 1764 Lands After Long Battle
A Brant County Ontario reserve community learns of over a million dollars due from New York for lands sold in 1764. The story recalls 1776 war divisions among Mohawks Cayuga Oneida Onondaga and Seneca leaders Joe Brant and Red Jacket. Brant and Mohawks moved to Grand River settlement in 1794 with imperial support. Payment efforts have continued since 1880.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Brant County
Ontario
New York
America
England
Joe Brant
Red Jacket
Tro Uds
Brant
Britain
Hia
Mohawk Valley
Grand River
Haldimand
Canada
New York State
Thames River
Middlesex
Five Nations
Onondaga
Clergy Scheme a Success in Western Canada
The Archbishop of Canterbury’s program to place Anglican clergy in sparsely settled western Canada shows strong results. About thirty English clergy, sent by Canon Gardiner, are now in the Northwest often traveling two per pair. Once districts are populated enough, churches and parishes form, spurred by growing immigration to meet demand.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Canada
Canon Gardiner
Tunnel Project through Kicking Horse Pass to Open Route
The CGP R announces a plan to start construction of the longest U S tunnel in the Rockies. Through Kicking Horse Pass the 16 mile bore, costing 14 million dollars, will take seven years to complete. It will surpass the Simplon tunnel in length and remove many miles of hazardous snowshoe routes.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
CG. P. R
America
Kicking Horse Pass
Rocky Mountains
Simplon
Alps
Medicine Hat Gas Field Says Vast Supply Will Last
A noted gas expert reports the Medicine Hat gas belt covers over 330 trillion cubic feet and, even with optimistic growth, consumption, and city demand, the supply would endure for more than ninety years. The statement concerns the Medicine Hat gas field only.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Medicine Hat
Enemy of Oath: Roberts Targeted by Montreal Underworld
John H. Roberts, secretary of the Quebec branch of the Dominion Alliance, has faced repeated assaults in Montreal as he campaigns against saloon owners and dives. A Welsh temperance worker turned organizer, he and allies clash with the city’s underworld and police. Roberts vows to continue raids and prosecutions, despite brutal beatings.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
John H. Roberts
Quebec
Dominion Alliance
Montreal
St. Lawrence
Roberts
Good Templars
St Andrew's Lodge
Mr. Roberts
America
United State
Canada
Remai
Toronto
Ben Spence
Ontario
John H
Uite
Alliance
Julian
Hiawatha Dies as Iroquois Chief in Ontario
The last hereditary Iroquois chief Hiawatha has died in Ontario after presiding over the dwindling tribe. His top electable successor is unclear since his son Lazarus, renamed and studying for the ministry, will not stand. The tribe, numbering under 12,000, remains organized on the Canadian reservation where chiefs traditionally named Hiawatha by birth are now rare.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hiawatha
Ontario
Prince Lazarus
Lazarus
Otario
Dominion Day and Canada’s Path to Nationhood
The piece recalls Dominion Day marking Canada’s forty six years since Confederation, noting the origin of the term Dominion from a biblical prophecy and the Fathers of Confederation’s vision of a nation spanning from sea to sea as settlement and colonization transformed the vast wilderness into a thriving country.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Canada
Fathers of Confederation
Dominion
From Page Boy to Parliament Member J D Taylor
J D Taylor of New Westminster British Columbia began as a page in the House of Commons. He ran messages to the Library posted letters and stored Hansards. He later made good in BC owning a newspaper and representing an important constituency. He understands what the mage boys think of them.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
J. D. Taylor
New Westminster
B.C
House of Commons
British Columbia
Sir Richard Scott’s West Gateway Dream Seated Ottawa Stir
The late Sir Richard Scott, a Cabinet veteran, admired western growth and predicted Parliament might relocate from Ottawa to Winnipeg or Brandon within fifty years, a notion that stirred Ottawa while Western papers welcomed the idea. His sons, Ottawa residents, were noted as bald heirs despite political promise.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Gr Richard
Hawn
Sir Richard Scott
Sir Richard
Ottawa
Queen Victoria
Canada
PePaisiea
Great Lakes
Innipeg
Brandon
Toronto’s Museum at University Nears Completion
The new university museum in Toronto will serve as a major educational facility with rich paleontological invertebrate collections, minerals, and geological specimens. It will exhibit archaeological items across sections, including tapestries, embroideries, medieval plaques, rare Italian Renaissance art, armor, furniture, and Asian and Egyptian artifacts dating back thousands of years.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Toronto
Toronto University
Della Robbia
Bambino
Strange Coincidence in Deaths of Two Victoria Cross Holders
Two British Army heroes who earned the Victoria Cross died in separate incidents. Major Cockburn, buried in Toronto after being kicked by a horse on his Alberta ranch, won the VC in South Africa. Major M. T. Meiklejohn, VC recipient, died in Hyde Park after a fall from a horse. he also won his VC in South Africa. Meiklejohn rallied Gordon troops at Elandslaagte before being fatally wounded. He suffered severe arm injuries and quipped that the enemies did not know he was left handed.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cockburn
Toronto
Alberta
V.C
South Africa
London
Eng
M. T. Meiklejohn
Hyde Park
Elandslaigte
Gordons
Meiklejohn
Caterpillars Stop Train In Quebec Plague
Quebec faces a caterpillar plague hitting orchards and maple groves. Public parks are coated with a cottony caterpillar layer. City crews and boy scouts are fighting the infestation. A luggage train was halted by caterpillar traffic until sand was used. Farmers use trunk wrapping with tanglefoot and men with torches scour the nests.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Quebec
Supervised Play Spreads Across the Continent
Miss Peters of St John New Brunswick began supervised playgrounds to benefit children. The Local Council of Women expanded the movement to six well supervised playgrounds in St John, with Ottawa Toronto Hamilton London Winnipeg Edmonton and Victoria following suit. The program features trained staff, swimming facilities, and city support to promote healthy civic-minded youth.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
St. John
Peters
Acarcely
Ottawa Playgrounds Association
Hodgetts
Ottawa
Toronto
Cominion
Hamilton
London
Cameron
Thames
Winnipeg
Edmonton
Victoria
Watch Exchange Fails as Farm Hand Loses $250 Security
Ontario farm hand W. Lawson, sent from Simcoe by the Ontario Government Bureau, could not pay $1 fare on a train. He offered a $250 gold watch as security, but the conductor declined. A mechanic-type man then exchanged the watch for the fare, took Lawson’s name and address to return the watch, and disappeared. Lawson seeks recovery at the Bureau office in Toronto.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
W. Lawson
Simcoe
Ontario
Toronto
Lawson
Hamilton
Ontario Government Bureau
Remembering James Conmee A Liberal Front Bench Speaker
A Conmes Story recalls James Conmee. After a stint in the Ontario Legislature he became a Liberal front bencher and sparred with the Government in the House. His plain speech and mispronunciations often sparked laughter, notably during the famous Gamey session when he defended a high court judge against what he called ignorant accusations.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
James Conmee
Ontario
Liberal Party
Geologists Find Potentially Vast Nova Scotia Coal Resources
Eminent geologists touring the Maritime Provinces suggest mislocated Fraser Mountain fault in the Pictou coal beds may be corrected. The Pictou field is described as among the most interesting globally, with the upthrow feature ending in a notable hinge line.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Nova Scotia
Fraser Mountain
Pictou
Maritime Provinces
Padaal
Capture of Detroit Prize Money Reveals Canadian Officers Pay
Essex Historical Society reports prize money records for the 1812 Detroit capture show French Canadian lieutenants and captains across the Essex Regiment Militia sharing sums from £6 to £111 halifax currency, with the staff officers receiving the largest total. The documents link Moy Hall and Angus Mackintosh to prize distribution and tie local history to Detroit events.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Great Lakes
Wesex
Metrojo
Michigan
Charles L. Barker
Toronto Globe
Perry Lick
Fort Detroit
Gen
Hull
Detroit
Wen
Isaac Brock
Francis Cleary
Essex
Essex Historical Society
John Davis
Winisor
Cleary
Davis
Mra. Davis
Moy Farm
Angus Mackintosh
Moy Hall
Hudson Bay Co
Windsor
Walkerville
Mackintosh
2Nd Regiment
Essex Isitiny
Jean B. Labadie
Serzt
Antoine Gosan
John G. Watson
John Rice
Jean B. Goyon
Andre Beneteau
Antoine Major
Basil Tourneau
Nicholas Janisse
Hypolite Janisse
Jean B. Beneteau
Jean J. Bonvouloir
Jacques Chamberlain
Charles Tourneau
Joseph Mayou
Louis Normandie
Charles Beneteau
Victor Tournea
Alexis Maisonville
Parent
Charles Smith
Thomas Lewis
Theresa McKee
Tobin Askin
Thos. McKee
2Nd Essex Regiment of Militia
Kent Militia
Ipany
William Shaw
Thomas McCrane
Earl of May
Inverness
Scotland
Aden Mackintosh
Archange St. Martin
Walter Beatts
Earldom of
Moy
House of Hanover
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Seyugas
Rockies
the Dominion
Page Boy
Commodore Perry
City of
Essex Society
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