Grand Forks meeting on welfare commission aims at health insurance
The Grand Forks audience heard the welfare commission discuss state health insurance, mothers and widows pensions, and public health nursing. Included were E S Winn and D McCalluto with other officials, noting workman’s compensation as a baseline for broader coverage and cost control.
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Grand Fork
Court House
Social Welfare Commission
E. S. Hy Winn
Workmen’s Compensation Commission
D. McCalluto
8. B. Green
New Westminster
C. Spafford
Vancouver
M. Fitzgerald
Winn
Boundary District
Prohibition Question Letter to The Sun
A reader thanks The Sun for a lucid front page exposition on the prohibition issue. The letter notes the editor does not assume responsibility for opinions and requests real names for publication.
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Grad Forks Sun
Prior 15 Now Licut Governor Honored in Victoria
Victoria December 18 Fifteen minutes sufficed to dispose of the ceremonial attendant at the swearing in of Hon B G Prior British Columbia s new lieutenant governor The motion however was shorn of one of its befitting dignity
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Victoria
B. G. Prior
British Columbia
A Family Gift: Subscribe to Family Herald and Weekly Star
A year’s subscription to the Montreal Family Herald and Weekly Star is pitched as the best family gift. In December it costs 81.28 and includes a 16x22 inch portrait of the Prince of Wales. The paper stresses overwhelm from orders and claims it is a great family and farm paper.
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Samily
Family Herald
Weekly
Star of Montreal
Prince of Wales
Theamily Herald
Bel Bad
Four fired on the table riddle explained by pupil
A teacher asks a riddle about four on the table and one is killed. A bright girl answers that there would be one left, the dead one. The exchange captures a child’s blunt humor in a classroom moment.
Fright Wreck Delays Eastbound Train Through Week
A wreck on the O. Pak ay Sherman line delayed the eastbound passenger train until yesterday morning causing service disruption and resumed regular runs after cleanup and clearance.
Peace Probable By Christmas
London reports peace seems likely to be concluded by Christmas as German experts offer to supply docks and dredges for reparation talks in Paris. The International Farm Congress at Kansas City blames high living costs on idleness and employer demands. Ontario farmers elect a legislature aligned with United Farmers, led by Drury, pledging prohibition and initiative and referendum.
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London
Foreign Office
Paris
International Farm Congress
Mit
Kansas City
Farmers of
Ontario
United Farmers’ Organization
Drury
Haa
The Farmer in Politics and the Independent Voter
The Youths Companion notes that rural voters, though not a majority, are pivotal and fiercely independent. Farmers resist collective wage bargains, favor increased production and work, and doubt unions promising easier conditions without effort. The piece suggests a potential realignment as old lines fade toward class and occupation boundaries.
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Ile
New Labor Party
Doulhobors
Gan This Be So It Might You Know
Fragmentary dialogue shows Vera pressing about marriage with Herbert T fear and Vera questions. Herbert says he has money set aside for a joyous event and mentions an unwanted business venture. The exchange hints at tensions over finances and approval of a union.
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Herbert
Vera
Ami
Borden To Remain In Office As Prime Minister
Ottawa reports Sir Robert Borden will stay prime minister after pressure from colleagues and outside sources. The decision ends uncertainty about leadership and maintains Canadian wartime government policy.
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Borden
Ottawa
Sir Robert Borden
Canada
Bea
Maple Leaf Discontinues Machine Drills Operations
The Maple Leaf plant in Pyanklin has discontinued operating its machinery drills for the weather and the Medethie days will shortly pass. We ask customers to stay with us and we will continue to work by hand.
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Pyanklin
Clingy
Agap
Miner Severely Injured In Danville Train Fall
Charles Radigan a 27 year old miner from Republic attempted to board a westbound train at Dat ville last Saturday evening. He fell between the platform and the coach as the train started, with two coaches passing over his legs. One leg was amputated and the other may follow after his strength improves. He is in Grand Forks hospital in good condition given the circumstances. Local officials and medical staff aided his care and relatives have visited him this week.
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Datville
Charles Radigan
Republic
Kingston
Grand Forks
Radigan
Lucille Dreyfus
Danville
Flo
Stanley Davis
Ladigan
Weather Unclear Fragments From Local Record Note
Fragmentary OCR notes show daily temperatures and a chaotic report from a government weather relay. The readable bits mention a live collapse of a snap and a fire on a ranch, with references to victory echoes and a snived event. The text is garbled with missing dates and names, offering little concrete detail.
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Victoria House
Friends of Prohibition
Gorvox
the Farmer
Arthur
American Forest Service
J. M. Flevir
James Radiguo
San
Great Northern Railway
the Weatiter
Governent Thermeriver
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