Beatty stresses study effort and health as path to success
Edward W. Beatty, head of Canadian Pacific, urges boys to value hard work and health. He recalls his rough school start, credits a strict but supportive teacher, and highlights honesty courage modesty and manliness as essential traits for lasting achievement.
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Edward W. Beatty
Canadian Pacific Railway
Mr. Beatty
Bows Farm
Shawbridge
Quebec
Rotary and
Kiwanis Clubs
Montreal
Beatty
Flour Dust Explosions Warned In Home Baking
An article notes flour and other dusts pose explosion risks when dispersed in air. It cites a six pound flour sack ignited in a room could lift debris, and that gas from burning flour can rupture walls. It mentions fatalities and property losses in North America over recent years.
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Canada
Will of Sailor Bequeaths All to Wife Found on Sea Disc
A probate file in Somerset House reveals the last will and testament of William Skinner, a sailor who perished when the Inde fatigable sank at the Battle of Jutland. His brass identification disc bears, under angled light, a 75 line testament bequeathing all to his wife.
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Sailor
Somerset House
William Skinner
Jutland
Skinner
Indians Dying Off From Influenza At Lake Athabasca Posts
Reports from trappers arriving at Edmonton say influenza is decimating aboriginal groups at Lake Athabasca. Fond du Lac population around 400 shrinks as 74 natives have died, with bands at Chippewran Fitzgerald Fort Smith Fort Resolution Bocher River and other posts also losing members. The total toll is expected to be large as yet another group returns from the Barren Lands.
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Lake Athabasca
Edmonton
Fond du Lac
Chippewran
Fitzgerald
Fort Smith
Fort Resolution
Bocher River
ehGiiciy
Witty quips circle a Lakewood dinner table
At a Lakewood dinner party a young divorcee admires Mrs Gould's jewels and notes their wedding ring. Mrs Gould responds that past rings were wider and heavier, meant to last a lifetime. A quip about laughing at yourself follows, and a remark about employment linked to a wife’s father closes the scene.
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Lakewood
Mrs. Gould
End of Sickness Celebrated in Peaceful Return
A brief notice reflects on illness overcoming hardship as a community marks recovery and renewed health. Citizens express relief and look forward to normal routines and gatherings after a period of ailment.
World Warmer Trend Across Hemisphere Cited
A London Daily Mail article argues the world is warming and drying, not cooling, noting historical frost declines, shorter winters, and retreating glaciers from Europe to the Arctic. It predicts future climate shifts will bring palm trees and oranges, unseen by the current generation.
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Hemisphere
Europe
North America
Germany
Seine
England
Hudson's Bay Company
North Western
Aletsch
Grand Desert
Kaltwasser
Lotschen
Tinal
Caucasus
Poles
Antarctic
The
London Daily Mail
Long Distance Forecast from 1878 on telephone network expansion
The letter by Alexander Graham Bell, dated March 25 1878 from Kensington London, predicted underground and overhead telephone cables linking city dwellings to a central office. Bell urged investors to keep this ultimate public use in view as the system expanded beyond current gas and water networks.
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Alexander Graham Bell
England
Kensington
London
Turn About is Fair Play in Bleachers Advice
A dressed man stops a house painter and criticizes his technique. The painter replies he is not the painter but the manager of a ball team and has noticed unsolicited advice from the bleachers. The exchange illustrates reversed roles and social feedback in public spaces.
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Boston Transcript
Deaf Saskatchewan Children Attending Winnipeg School and Brantford Blind School
According to the annual report by F. J. Reynolds, 46 deaf Saskatchewan children attend the Winnipeg school for the deaf and 13 attend the Brantford Ontario school for the blind.
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Department of Dependent and Neglected Children
F. J. Reynolds
Saskatchewan
School For Deaf
Winnipeg
School For
Brantford
Ont
Nebraska man leads hero medal candidate list after elopement
A Nebraska man who recently eloped with his toothless mother in law now heads the list of candidates for hero medals.
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Nebraska
Immigrants in Canada Largely Agriculturists in West
The Saskatchewan government will not aid municipalities for unemployed housing this winter except in real need. Many migrants head to farms for work, with emphasis on agricul turists from Britain and the United States. Immigration prospects brighten as doors reopen and Canada markets hope for faster land settlement and domestic service needs.
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Saskatchewan
Manitoba
Winnipeg Tribune
Canada
Dominion
United States
Amd
England
Hebrides
Royal Irish Constabulary
India
British Columbia
Salvation Army
British Isles
Holland
Norway
Denmark
Scriptural place names appear on British maps
A jesting remark in a club about Lord Balfour cites the number of Scriptural placenames borrowed for Palestine maps. A diligent member lists Jericho and Paradise multiple times, with Nineveh Zion Ararat and Ephraim appearing thrice, and names like Calvary Wood Noahs Ark Nod and Moabs Wash Pot noted across counties.
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Balfour
Palestine
King Land
Jerichos
Land of Nod
Worcestershire
Hebron
Joppa
Bethlehem
Jerusalem
Gideon
Herod
London Morning Post
New Use For Movie Camera In Rails inspection
The moving picture camera is used to detect rail deformation as a heavy train passes. Pictures are enlarged to reveal depressions under locomotive wheels, allowing stresses in the metal to be gauged. The kinema aids railway engineers when laying new track at Dew.
First Line of National Defence: Solvency Urges Budget Ways
Lord Inchcape comments on the British budget committee report, stressing solvency as the first line of defense for a country. He warns that overspending and perpetual borrowing will ruin a nation, urging immediate expenditure reduction to avoid catastrophe.
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Lord Inchcape
British Budget Committee
Trouble Ahead With a Million Americans in Strikes
A Boston Transcript excerpt warns of widespread strike activity and waves of spending as Americans broadcast money abroad in Europe. It notes persistent labor action and the idea that staying employed could seem fortunate amid the financial tension.
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Europe
The
Boston Transcript
Woman in Motion Picture Shows Chin in Action
A moving picture captures a woman demonstrating her chin in motion. The brief clip focuses on facial movement as a notable feature.
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Flo
Toronto
Herpanne
Stot
George Gould
Ted
Chester E. Moffat
Rocky Mountain House
Alta
Gazette
Sylvan Lake
Bell
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