Calgary Fireman Saves Five In Rocky Mountain Rail Slide
In avalanche danger on the Canadian Pacific Railway Field Till line near Kicking Horse Pass a rock mud slide swept the area. Fireman J. S. Partridge raced across debris to warn and remove section men and the station agent, saving five lives as the section house was demolished. He joined CPR in 1907, served in WWI, returned in 1919.
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Calgary
Rocky Mountains
Canadian Pacific Railway
Kicking Horse Pass
Great’ Divide
Partridge
Hves
Mauds Crew Reports Perils of Arctic Drift
Nome Alaska August 22 Members of Amundsen exploration squadron report the Maud drifting over the Arctic ice in 1922. Captain Victor Jacobson recalls perilous years with many accidents as the ship weathered pressure, blizzards, and attempts to reach the Pole.
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Nome
Alaska
Amundsen
North Pole
East Cape
Siberia
Victor Jacobson
Wast'Cape
Jacobson
Liverseh
Maud
Wiessling
Curtis
Wiesling
Jacobsen
Jshimo
mid-Arctic
French airmen plan non stop Paris to New York flight
Paris August 22 French airmen Lieutenants Francois Goll and Paul Tarascon aim for a nonstop flight from Paris to New York. They will likely pass over the Atlantic coast region of Canada, head north then cross Cornwall England and over South Ireland before jumping the Atlantic to southern Newfoundland and turning along the Canadian shoreline toward New York.
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Paris
New York
Francois’ Goll
Paul Tarascon
Atlantic
Canada
Cornwall
England
Ireland
Newfoundland
Stinnes Newspaper Allemagna Zeitung Changed Hands
Berlin August 22 The late Stinnes estate holdings are being liquidated to meet heirs obligations. The Deutsche Allemagne Zeitung, once Stinnes’ mouthpiece on finance and politics, has been sold to an unidentified buyer via a banking syndicate.
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Stinnes
Allemagna Zeitung
Berlin
Germany
Stinnes Holdings
Plague outbreak at Piraeus seaport Athens deadly
Paris reports the Greek legation confirms an outbreak of plague at Piraeus, the Athens seaport. Five cases reported at the port with three fatalities, plus three more cases aboard ships from Alexandria, Egypt.
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Paris
Piraeus
Athens
Alexandria
Egypt
Local Liberals elect 33 delegates for upcoming nominating convention
Local Liberals held a city hall meeting to pick 33 delegates for the Friday nominating convention. Rural Liberal delegates will vote as part of the city quota. Frontrunners will choose provincial and federal candidates at 1 and 3 pm, followed by addresses and a mass meeting at the Empress theatre with notable Liberal figures.
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Empress Theatre
O.r.mitchell
W. A. Buchanan
Alberta
Liberal Association
Charles Stewart
Auto Bandits Lift Payroll in Newark Bank Heist
In Newark, on August 22, two automobiles halted a high payroll delivery from the Guarante Fur Dressing Co. A bandit blocked the path, forcing Frank Budman secretary treasurer to surrender $2500. A second car with armed men drew alongside as the crew fled with the money.
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Newark
Frank Budman
Guarante, Fur. Dressing Co
Budman
Body found suspended in barn near Thornhill
The body of Marshall, 65, was found suspended from a rope in the barn of the Thompson firm north of Thornhill yesterday.
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Toronto
Marshall
Airship’s Wing Ticked Steamer In Sea Storm
In a report from Cebu in the Philippines the Italian aviator Commander de Pinedo flying from Rome to Tokio encountered a storm. His airplane Heady struck a steamer but the craft was not seriously damaged.
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Rome
Ange 22
de Pinedo
Tokio
Cebu
Pmlipiie Islands
The
Commissariat of Aeronautics
False Rumor on CPM Calgary Football at Local Field
Rumor spread that the CPM football team of Calgary will play the local Calities tonight. The Dennett Shield game between these two has not yet been arranged.
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CPM
Calgary
Wilb
France Holds Indian Sign On Ripfians Front
Fez Morocco Aug 22 official dispatch reports Franco Spanish army patrols advancing deep into rebel lines with little resistance across the front. The communication describes conditions as distinctly favorable to French and Spanish forces as they push through enemy territory.
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Fez
Morocco
Counterfeiters Rounded Up Across Midwest
Federal Secret Service agents in Chicago have begun a roundup of counterfeiters believed to have flooded the Midwest with bogus $20 gold certificates. Authorities report arrests in Detroit, Rockford, Kenosha and other cities as the counterfeit operation is traced to a likely total of about $500,000 in fake notes.
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Chicago
Federal Scout Service
Detroit
Rockford
Ills
Kenosha
Wis
Pennsylvania Express Versus Broken Rail Derails Near Paris
In Paris Ohio on August 99 thirteen people sustain minor injuries when Pennsylvania Railroad passenger No. 10 traveling from Columbus to Chicago derails after hitting a broken rail two miles west of town. Four sleepers, a day coach, two baggage cars and the engine are thrown off the track. The wreck is cleared in two hours and all injured board a relief train from Columbus.
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St. Paris
Ohio
Pennsylvania
Columbus
Chicago
Here
Veteran Mounties Officer Dies After 20 Years Service
Vancouver reports the death of Michael Kerrigan Riel, a veteran of the Royal Northwest Mounted Police who served twenty years in the force.
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Vancouver
Michael. Kerrigan, Riel
R.N.W.M.P
Wheat market in Winnipeg dull with light trade
Wheat prices held firm with modest gains across futures as Chicago strength spills over. October flax rose about 11 4, coarse grains steady, cash wheat nearly nonexistent due to stock shortages and no transactions in Conrad cash grain.
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Winnipeg
Chicago
Conrad Cash
Alberta Outline of Alberta Freight Rate Policy Position
The Alberta government releases a formal submission on freight rate revisions citing unanimous provincial support. It argues current rates unfairly burden Alberta and outlines the province’s proposed corrections, prepared by counsel for the government and agreed with Edmonton Calgary boards of trade and others.
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Albertus
B. Woods
K.C
Tt.ig
Alberta
Canada
London Seamen Strike Sparks International unrest
Unofficial strikes erupt in London and spread to ports abroad over a wage cut agreed by two Seamen's Unions and shipowners. About 15,000 sailors are said to be involved with 35 ships idle in London while reports link communist leadership to agitators abroad.
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London
Australia
Canadian
Big Exhibition Opens Next Week in City Show
Auto dealers will exhibit best cars at the Industrial Horticultural and Automobile exhibition to be held at the Community Arena next Wednesday and Thursday under the Medicine Hut Agricultural Society. The event features a flower show and a Department of the Interior buffalo robes exhibit curated by Mr D McDougal. Horticultural entries must be in Secretary Richardson's Chamber of Commerce offices by Monday evening.
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Medicine Hut
Dept. of the
Tnterior
Buffalo Head
D. McDougal
Department
Richardson
Chamber of Commerce
Shirley Dies Noted British Dramatist at 72
London August 92 Arthur Shirley veteran British dramatist author of My Old Dutch and Two Little Vagabonds died today aged 72.
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Shirley
London
Arthur Shirley
American agricultural editors tour Western Canada in late Aug
American agricultural editors, visiting Canada on joint government and railway invitations, arrive in Winnipeg August 24 to inspect western resources and opportunities for settlers. The two week tour includes Regina, Medicine Hat, Calgary, Banff, Lake Louise, Victoria, Jasper, Edmonton, Saskatoon, and Winnipeg with multiple stops.
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Winnipeg
Strong
United States
Canada
National’ Railways
Canadian Pacific Railway
Western Canada
Regina
Aue
Monsenay
Medicine Hat
Brooks
Calgary
Banff
Lake Louise
Victoria
Vanover
Jasper
Edmonton
Wainwright
Saskatoon
British Journalists Visiting Canada For Knowledge
A group of UK journalists from major papers arrived in Quebec aboard the Montclare to gather first hand information on opportunities for settlers from coast to coast in Canada. The delegation includes reporters from the Times, Daily Telegraph, Glasgow H late, Morning Post, Daily News, and others invited by BE W Beatty of the Canadian Pacific Railway.
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Quebec
Canada
Atlantic
Pacific Oceans
United Kingdom
Montclare
BE. W. Beatty
Canadian Pacific Railway
W. A. Renton
London Daily Chronicle
Hh.peterson
the Times
John A. Buist
The
Glasgow Lerald
E. Altham
Morning Post
Hugh’ Martin
London Daily News
C. J. Jory
London ‘Daily Telegraph
John
Sayers
Belfant Telegraph
R. Av Colwill
Plymouth
Mornng
Pee Read
Cardiff
Daily News
Chayter
London
Westmaster Gazeta
Coal price report shows no Virginia 8 anthracite in Montreal
The listing notes coal prices with no Virginia 8 anthracite available in Montreal at 16 dollars per ton.
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Montreal
Horticultural Industrial and Automobile Show at Warden
A regional show highlighting horticultural displays industrial exhibits and automobile selections opens in Warden. Organizers promote vendor booths and demonstrations aimed at visitors and local businesses.
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Western Canada Coa’ Operators'’ Association
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Baxtenden
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