Immigrations to Canada Rise in First Eight Months of 1919
The World Over reports immigration from the United States to Canada grew by 7079 for January through August 1919 compared with the same period last year. The piece lists various national and local figures, including changes in civil service, crimes, and notable deaths. It notes institutional appointments, treasurer bequests, and a treasure story from Vimy Ridge under militia inquiry.
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United States
Canada
Br. B. &. Braithwaite
The
Western University
London
Out
Vimy Ridge
Militia Department
Sinai Vachod
Sherbrooke, Inc
Methodist General Board of Missions
Toronto
Austria
Europe
Paris
Pessoa
Brazil
Congress
Tonala
Chiapas
Mexico
United States Army
England and Wales News Roundup From a Late Night Shock to Rich Legacy
A Chatham resident faced a sharp scare on arriving home to find a snake on the doorstep. A London sale room sold a William and Mary tankard and a Queen Anne pint tankard for $625. An ex-guardsman, honored with the Victoria Cross, faced a Westminster court for obstructing the military police but was discharged due to his prior record. The Colchester oyster season opened with royal charter traditions. Viscount Harcourt inherits $250,000 plus mace collection from Mary Lyman Burns, Pierpont Morgan’s sister, and wills allocate $8,000,000 to her two children with further provisions to Guy's Hospital.
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Chatham
Iioves
Harlington
London
Westminster
Colchester
Three Glasgow Men Die After Crane Accident at Leith Docks
A 65 ton boiler fallen from a crane sank a lighter at Leith docks killing three Glasgow men in the hold. Miss Isabel Emslie of Edinburgh, a physician who served with the Scottish Women's Hospitals in Serbia and now chief medical officer at Vranje, has been awarded the Royal Red Cross of Serbia and promoted.
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Leith Docks
Glasgow
Isabel Emslie
Edinburgh
Serbia
Scottish Women’s Hospitals
Vranje
Royal Red Cross of
Dublin sees 300 bicycles stolen in three months
Irish report notes 300 bicycles stolen in Dublin over a three month period. Other items include legal cases in Carrick-on-Shannon, a new Catholic cathedral dedication, fines in Tipperary for butter water excess, Iveagh House closure plans, a lost sailing party, and a fraud tale from Limavady involving a supposed heir to a Gretna estate.
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Dublin
Carrick-on-Shannon
Vreenstown
Tipperary Co-operative Creamery
Queen Mary of Roumania Arrives at Lausanne With Suite
Queen Mary of Roumania and her seventeen companions arrive in Lausanne Switzerland with a large suite. The arrival signals continued royal activity in European diplomacy amid postwar developments.
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Mary of
German Socialists split over news agency plan
Scheidemann used a Switzerland visit to arrange a German news agency for foreign press favorable to Germany. A proposal suggests renaming German Southwest Africa to Bothaland echoing Rhodesia. Prince Salidamin, cousin to the Egyptian sultan, elopes with Princess Maria Caracciolo di Brianza amid family opposition.
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Switzerland
Germany
German Southwest Africa
Bothaland
Cecil Rhodes
Rhodesia
Salidamin
Sultan
Egypt
Maria Caracciolo di Brianza
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