History of Canadian Titles Reveals Rich Royal Echoes
A survey traces Canadian titles from the French regime to modern times noting 140 titled individuals, including peers and baronets, with concentrations among lieutenant-governors, chiefs justices, generals, premiers, and cabinet ministers. It lists holders such as the second Earl of Strathcona and Baron Beaverbrook, and notes many prominent knights whose titles have died with them.
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Canada
Reginald Iberville Charles Grant
Baron de
Skmcoe
Empire
Earl of
Hamar Greenwood
Edward McKay Edgar
Robert Borden
Arthur Currie
George Kirkpatrick
Percy Lake
Frederick Loomis
A. C. Macdonnell
William Otter
Richard Turner
Edward Burstall
George Corey
W. Heneker
I. J. C. Herbert
Richard Lake
Allan Aylesworth
Frank Barnard
Hi. Cordeaux
Robert Falconer
John Gibson
William Hearst
Percy Girouard
Lomer Gouin
J. D. Hazen
Edward Kemp
Daniel McMillan
William Mulock
George Per
Canadian knighthoods debated amid heritage and modern practice
The article discusses proposed Canadian knighthoods arguing merit and dignity need, but notes Canada lacks aristocracy and estates. It cites examples of titled successors in Montreal Winnipeg and Montreal working as a lawyer, partner in a firm, or CPR official, while some held non ceremonial roles abroad keeping titles quiet.
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George Burn
George Bury
Henry Drayton
Eugene Fiset
G. Garneau
Frederick Haultain
Samuel Holt
Charles Kingsmill
H. Laporte
Felix Lemieux
Hugh John Macdonald
Donald Mann
Andrew McPhail
Henry Pellatt
Frederic Stupart
Thomas Tait
Frederick Williams-Taylor
George McLaren Brown
Arthur Harris
William Wanless
Toronto
George Badgerow
Canada
Britain
Montreal
Winnipeg
C.P.R
New York City
Edmonton Topographical Map Shows Inland Development
The Edmonton sheet of the sectional map of Canada, issued by the Department of the Interior, highlights progress from a single Calgary Edmonton railway to a network of main and branch lines. It details 280 miles of trunk roads, 493 miles of secondary roads, and 2,850 miles of local roads in fair condition across 104 townships. Fort Augustus links past to present as Edmonton grows on the old fort site. The map, in seven colors, costs 25 cents in sheet form or 50 cents linen backed.
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Topographical Survey
Department of the Interior
Our Dominion
Edmonton
Canada
Calgary
Alberta
C.P.R
Old Fort Augustus
Saskatchewan
Fort Saskatchewan
Alexander Henry
Fort Augustus
Fort Des Prairies
North West Company
Hudson's Bay Company
Fort Edmonton
Surveyor-General, Topographical Survey
Ottawa
Vice-Royalty To Lead Calgary Stampede Parade
The Governor-General and Lady Willingdon will head Calgary's stampede parade mounted, followed by the Royal Air Force band and about a thousand horses, chuckwagons, and frontier features. The Governor-General aims to view the event fully and will present trophies on closing night. He will also lead the grand match at the cowboys ball.
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Lady Willingdon
Calgary
Royal Air Force
Silly Parlor Chat Snaps Hat Price Guess
A playful exchange captures Ted joking about returning home to his wife with slippers and a pipe ready while Harry shifts to quizzing the cost of her new hat in a lighthearted moment. The banter reflects domestic humor and witty misdirection.
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Harry
There Are A Thousand Talkers To One Thinker
A reflective aphorism on the value of thoughtful judgment over endless chatter, noting that if wisdom were more common than talk, the world would improve. It emphasizes the virtue of quiet contemplation and measured thinking.
Growing pains seen as early rheumatism warning
Ministry of Health experts in London warn that growing pains in children are the first warning signs of rheumatism.
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Ministry of Health
London
Hemphill and the Office Boy Conversation
A private office exchange reveals Hemphill asking about a caller and the office boy noting only a colored woman appeared. The boy recounts Hemphill’s instruction to mislead a caller by stating he was out, suspecting the caller might be his wife.
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Hemphill
Scott
Office
Lothario recalls near marriage to widowed laundress
Lothario explains a near marriage to a widow who left her job in the laundry, a move that disappointed him. Sleeper asks if she jilted him, and Lothario says practically she did by giving up her position.
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Lothario
Sleeper
Fashion Pattern No. 920 for Woman’s Dress and Book
New Union pattern No 920 shows a collarless V neck dress with diagonal vestee and decorative tucks. Sizes 16 to 46 inch bust with yardage details and a contrasting trim. Also offered is a Fashion Book priced at 10 cents containing a material chart and sewing instructions.
How To Order Patterns From Winnipeg Newspaper
Advertising notice describes ordering pattern packs from the Winnipeg Newspaper Union located at 175 McDermot Ave. Winnipeg. It lists address and contact cues for placing orders and note on pattern size options.
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Winnipeg Newspaper Union
McDermot Ave
Winnipeg
Had First Requirement Bill Mooney Becomes A Dentist
Bill Mooney, after running a barber shop in Pawtucket for years, decides to become a dentist. His uncle Si visits and jokes that dentistry should be easy since he already knows how to work the chair. Switzerland places its first Pullman train in service.
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Bill Mooney
Pawtucket
Bill
Billy
Switzerland
Seed quality guidance for Canadian farmers to boost yields
Chauncey M Depew notes that clean graded seed raises yields and lowers costs. Canada’s Seed Branch enforces a Seed Act ensuring seed sold meets purity and germination standards with registered seed inspected by the Canadian Seed Growers Association. Farmers are urged to use registered seed and obtain grading regulations from Ottawa.
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Canada
Dominion Seed Branch
Dominion Department of Agriculture
Canadian Seed Growers Association
Department of Agriculture
Ottawa
Government May Take Over Radio Control Plan
Hon. P. J. A. Cardin announced in the House that the Government is considering a national broadcasting system modeled on Britain's. He cited broadcasting developments and deemed it potentially advantageous to adopt a government policy of national broadcasting.
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P. J. A. Cardin
Canadian trade envoy lauds brisk China shipments
Col. Moore Cosgrave, Canadian Government Trade Commissioner to China, said on arrival from the Orient that Canadian products, especially British Columbia goods, are well received in China. He noted no effective boycott and that Chinese merchants know prices and where to place orders, signaling strong trade prospects.
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Tam
Ol. Moore Cosgrave
China
Orient
British Columbia
Balloon Flight Ends as Air Thins with Altitude
The balloon rises due to buoyancy but the atmosphere becomes thinner with height, eventually stopping further ascent as the air density decreases toward space.
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Earth
Population milestone in 1882 United States
In 1882 the United States population barely surpassed the fifty million mark, marking a significant demographic milestone and growth trajectory for the era.
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United States
Peace River population growth and settlement surge noted
Government officials estimate a twenty percent rise in Peace River country population in Northern Alberta this year. Last year's wheat crop reached 9,000,000 bushels. Herman Trelle of Wembley won consecutive world grain championships at Chicago's International Stock and Seed Show, spurring settlement. Over 100 homesteads were filed at the Peace River Dominion Land Office in the first two months of the year.
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Peace River
Alberta
Herman Trelle
Wembley
Chicago
Hat remark at theatre sparks comedic seat wager
A lady at the theatre tells a man in the seat behind her she hopes her hat is not troubling him. He replies that it worries him because his wife wants one like it.
Fire alarm system uses glass break and call-in method
Edinburgh street fire alarms installed operate on loud speaker principle. When glass is broken the device can be called into for notification. The system emphasizes rapid alert and public safety response in urban areas.
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Edinburgh
Scotland
Beer and trade jibe in Berlin bar dialogue
A Berlin Dorfbarbier quote shows a professor taunting masons about wealth and beer. The mason retorts that learning a trade would allow the professor to live similarly, underscoring class and skill in a casual bar exchange.
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Mason
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Intero
Pitter
Robes
Kobes
Lustige Kolner Pelture
Cologne
T. C. Norris
Manitoba
National Board of Railway Commissioners
A. C. Boyce
Ww. N
Stampede
Newspaper Union
Chauncey M. Depew
New York
America
Kowloon
Hong Kong
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