Mounties’ famed westward march marks 80 years
Eighty years ago this month 274 officers and men with horses and carts began the trek from Camp Dufferin toward the Cypress Hills and Fort Whoop-up. The 1000 mile campaign helped spark prairie homesteading and the rise of grain production, shaping western Canada.
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March West
North-West Mounted Police
Red River
Rockies
Prairies
Chicago
Camp Dufferin
G. A. French
Fort Benton
Mont
Cypress Hills
la Roche Percee
Estevan, Sask
W. D. Jarvis
Edmonton
French
Alberta
J. F. Macleod
Belly
St. Mary's
Fort Macleod
Fort Walsh
Sitting Bull
Canada
G. A. Custer
U.S. Cavalry
Little Big Horn River
Fort Qu’Appelle
Fort Pelly
Winnipeg
By Their Fruits Ye Shall Know Them
A reflection on Jesus words about bearing fruit, contrasting hypocritical religion with genuine善, noting the fruits of the Spirit listed by Paul including love joy peace long suffering gentleness goodness faith meekness temperance, and urging a life fully manifesting all these virtues.
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Jesus
God
Paul
Christ
Shells Reissues Have Not Silver Right Right Franc
The fragmentary list presents items 1 through 10 with repeated rights and negatives. It reads as a sequence of terms including shells reissues silver and franc, noting do not and cannot in places. The source lacks coherent context or complete events to form a full news item.
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England
Reneemapiie
Lincoln
Washington
Eskimos
Side observations on daughters wallets cars and wolf whistles
The piece links pricey daughters to fathers profitable marriages and notes heartburn as neurotic introversion. It cites Gene Tunney boxing profits and losses, jokes about tailwear in old poems, and claims women enjoy wolf whistles while younger men push car lines and performance. It ends with Alexandria arrest data and a coy remark on women liking whistles.
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Alexandria
Egypt
Saskatchewan vehicles checked in July end
Saskatchewan Traffic Board chairman J A Christie announced 6595 vehicles were checked by the Safety Lane to the end of July. He said despite occasional bad weather the lane is having a successful season.
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Regina
Saskatchewan
J. A. Christie
Highway Traffic Board
Christie
Percheron Twins Born to Calgary Owner
A purebred Percheron mare named Sprucevale Lucille Laet presented Dr. Bright W. Banks of Calgary with rare equine twins sired by a government stallion. The report notes superstition about knocking on wood stems from beliefs in protective tree spirits.
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Sprucevale
Dr. Bright W. Banks
Calgary
Front Arm Power in Hitting and Planting for Poles and Blood Health
The article emphasizes how the front left arm boosts bat speed and control by pulling the bat through firmly. It also notes pole vault planting technique used by Cornelius Warmerdam and advises drills for a smooth plant. It ends with a health point on maintaining high red blood cell counts through diet.
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Cornelius Warmerdam
Kitchen Meditations By Jane Dale
The poem recalls a child growing up moving from crib to own room and bed. It argues that independence brings space for treasured possessions and private chats with friends even as it preserves a quiet plea for closeness through a slightly ajar door.
Canine Breed Crossword Clue Packed with Clues
A compact crossword puzzle grid lists across and vertical clues for dog breeds and related terms. Readers solve by filling entries such as breeds, objects, and general wordplay while tracking positions like down clues and themed hints.
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Emerson, Man
Torto
United States
Far
Bow
Sweet Grass Hills
Macleod
NWMP
Royal
Royal Canadian Mounted Police
Weekly Bible Comment
Sealine
Papa
Gene Tunney
Dempsey
New York
Tom Heeney
O'Brien
Mr. O'Brien
Tampa
Fla
Rebecca Arnold
George
Percheron
Sports College
Lloyd
Ace” Percival
Jane Dale
West Point
East Indian Island
Merganser
Latvia
Tierra del
Virgil
By Len Kleis
Joey
Priscilla
By al Vermeer
Erste
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