Remarkable Early Royal Mounted Police Record in Western Canada
The article details the formation and swift expansion of Canada’s Royal Northwest Mounted Police starting in 1873, marching 800 miles from Fargo to Fort McLeod with two field pieces, securing 500 000 square miles without gunfire. It notes Fort McLeod 1874, Calgary post 1875, and Regina as headquarters before moving to Ottawa after the war, plus Sitting Bull's brief Canadian foray and peaceful handling by constables.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mounted Police
Canada
Western Canada
Gentlemen Adventurers
Hudson Pay
Hudson's Toy Company
Missouri River
Alberta
Saskatchewan
John A. Macdonald
Royal Northwest Mounted Police
House of Commons
Toronto
French
Fargo
N. D
Great Northwest
Fort McLeod
Northwestern Territory
Rockies
Blackfeet
Indian Territory
McLeod
Fort Edmonton
Brisbois
Calgary
United States
Sitting Bull
Gautier's Versatility
A London Quarterly Review excerpt notes Gautier's breadth as a novelist critic traveler and poet. It argues his wide range may hinder fame as specialists doubt his excellence across multiple fields while praising his superior French writings.
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Gautier
Henry Bett
The
London Quarterly Review
Could Sing but Wouldnt at Indianapolis Church Social
Civic pride ran high as congregation members gathered in southern Indianapolis for a social. Parents watched their children perform songs of musical standards while some boys and girls sat out. A group of young girls received hearty applause for a Sunday school song, provoking a four year old boy to declare I know a song I could sing but I wont.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Indianapolis
Lallanapolis
Oxford influence shapes new Paris university block plan
Architects publish plans for a new Paris university site on dismantled fortifications with Oxford inspired blocks. The first block abandons French style for Anglo Dutch influences similar to Brasenose. Ground plans show gardens and marked spaces for football rugby and baseball. Prices for living include francs per month for rooms with hot and cold running water and meals at franc levels. Emile Deutsche de la Meurthe funds the block and reserves ten rooms for women. Canada and Argentina agree to establish student hotels. Oxford may participate.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New
Paris University
Oxford
Manchester Guardian
L'Illustration
Paris
M. Emile Deutsche de la Meurthe
Canada
Argentina
University of Oxford
Exterminating the Prairie Ant by Carbon Bisulphide
Kansas State Agricultural College endorses carbon bisulphide as the most effective method to destroy prairie ants. Apply when workers are active, seal nest with a tub, pour 0.5 to 1.5 ounces of chemical, cover and leave five hours. Handle fumes with care to avoid fire or explosion.
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Kansas State Agricultural College
So Shines a Good Deed From a Mountain Girl
A Kentucky mountain girl with infantile paralysis crawled to school over a mile and a half of rough path. A Louisville physician operated to straighten her legs, enabling walking within a year. She learned to read in hospital and finished her education at Beera college. A benefactor deposited 1,000 dollars to her bank account.
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Kentucky
Louisville
Beera College
Getting His Bearings
A narrator recounts a street encounter in Chicago Tribune style where three friends walk one mile north to visit a neighbor. A car with only a driver asks if they are headed north, the narrator confirms, and the driver speeds off after saying he was unsure of his direction, leaving everyone amused.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chicago Tribune
Exchange of Students Opens U S University Doors
A prominent American woman funds six British students to enter Princeton Harvard and Yale each year. She secured scholarships for Oxford and Cambridge entrants. She hopes exchanges with other enlightened nations will follow.
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United States
Princeton
Harvard
Yale
Oxford
Cambridge
Dearborn Independent
Motorist League promotes countryside preservation drive
Seve Woodlands. Organization of local chapters of the Motorist League for Countryside Preservation throughout the United States is progressing rapidly, automobile owners and civic clubs generally having indorsed the leagues creed that motorists owe to themselves, their fellow men and the nation the care and preservation of woods, hills and countryside.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Motorist League For Countryside Preservation
United States
Clvic
Buenos Aires Homes and Courtyards Reflect Rich City Life
Rev. Francis E. Clark describes Buenos Aires as a wealth dominated capital where vast ranch wealth flows in. He notes one room homes for many families around open courtyards and balconies, with charcoal cooking in the yard and shared beds, contrasting with the well to do’s patios and gardens.
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Buenos Aires
Argentina
London
New York
Chicago
Philadelphia
Francis E. Clark
D. D
The
Christian Herald
Plea for Wild Flowers and Their Protection
The article warns that areas popular with tourists and picnickers suffer from wild flower picking. It notes that even moderate picking can lead to loss of moderation and eventual extermination, as plants are pulled up or broken, with less desirable species often surviving.
Tamable Lake Fishes Become Handfed Pets in Lugano
Swiss Doctor Fastenrath in Zurich claims success taming Lugano Lake fish to eat from his hands and allow caressing. He stood in water for six months offering bread in each hand and photographed the pets against a white screen with a special camera.
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Doctor Fastenrath
Zurich
Lugano
Anon Becomes Favorite Poet in Humorous Exchange
A student asks which poet is preferred, and replies that her favorite is Anon, confessing she is in love with him though she does not know his first name. The professor asks for his identity in the lighthearted dialogue.
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Miss Gush
Longfellow
Rogues Gallery of Insects Headed by American Nature Association
In Washington the American Nature Association organizes a rogues gallery of insects. It will identify pests and collect data on their migrations and the best control methods. Hessian fly and boll weevil are expected to lead the undesirables.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
American Nature Association
Washington
Hig Turn to Biueh Mary Refuses Father's Authority
Mary defies her father after he reproves her for a foolish act. She bursts into tears, then snaps, declaring she will not be his wife and rejecting his claims or authority in a sharp, defiant moment.
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Mary
Administrator's Sale of Real Estate in Putnam County
The Central Trust Company of Greencastle as administrator for Margaret B. Case offers by private sale the decedent's interests in two parcels in Putnam County Indiana. Sale subject to court approval with minimum at least appraised value and options of one third cash and balance in six and twelve months secured by mortgage. Auction to begin August 20 1923 at 10 am at Central National Bank with terms and possession per court order.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Margaret B. Case
Putnam Circuit Court
Central National Bank
Greencastle
Indiana
Putnam County
THE
Central Trust Company of
Hays & Murphy, Attys
Notice of Final Settlement of Estate for Sarah Massey
Creditors heirs and legatees of Sarah Massey deceased are summoned to Putnam Circuit Court Green Castle Indiana on September 24 1923 to show cause why the final settlement accounts should not be approved. Heirs must prove heirship and receive distributive shares. Clerk Walter S Campbell signs the notice dated July 28 1923 with August 7-14 publication.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sarah Massey
Putnam Circuit Court
Greencastle
Indiana
Walter 8S
Campbell
Notice of Sale of Frame Dwelling House Greencastle 1923
The Greencastle Consolidated Schools announce a public auction of a frame dwelling on Lot 7 Block 6 in the Central Survey of Greencastle Indiana. The sale is set for August 27 1923 at 9 am for cash at not less than appraised value. Buyers must remove the building within 30 days and the tenant has right to occupy for at least one year.
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Greencastle
Putnam County
Indiana
Greencastle Consolidated Schools
J. 0. Cammack
E. R. Hamrick
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the Herald
Putnam County Counscl
Putnam County Council
Ralph E. Knoll
Ing
Nora Pitter
Gilbert G. Barnes
Terre Haute
Levi Marshall
W. H. Kennedy
Christie & Potter
Ord
Ead
Eresting
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