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Medicine Hat News

Location

Medicine Hat, Alberta, Canada

Date

Aug 27, 1923

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Dublin riots shadow Kerry government campaign amid polling

Dublin reports a lively outbreak of rifle and machine gun fire with no explanation. Balloting in the Dail elections proceeds quietly as National troops patrol the streets. A car carrying Kerry candidates James Crowley and Minister Vivian Lynch was attacked, and one man was seriously injured.

Dublin Midforenoon James Crowley Vivian Lynch Kerry Lixvaw Mount Joy James Larkin Laberty Hall Brean Cosgrave Waterford Redmond Longford West Meath Frank McGuinness P. W. Shaw Fom Ireland Waterford News Uncetainty Larish Free State Arthur Griffiths Michael Collins Cosgrove Hia Gr Labor Labor Party

Oil Site Preparations For Isithsh-American Co Ltd Project

The city empireer staked out a Saturday site for Isithsh American OU Co Ltd located 165 feet west of Prairie City Oil Co Ltd property. British American Oil Co Ltd workers level the land ahead of construction, with two large tanks already delivered to the oil warehouses site.

City Isithsh-American OU Co. Ltd Prairie City Oil Co. Ltd British-American Oil Co. Ltd

Threshing Starts in Sackatcrewan District

Saskatoon reports threshing underway in Hich, Melfort, and Carrot River areas. A. Stenhouse of Nansberry threshed a carload of wheat at 26 bushels per acre. Hidgedale claims the district early threshing record with J. Doerksen’s club wheat at 25 bushels per acre, sown May 1.

Saskatoon Hich Melfort Carrot River A. Stenhouse Nansberry Hidgedale J. Doerksen

U.S.A. Canada’s Best Customer

During the year ending July, the United States was Canada’s top customer taking Canadian goods worth 3402,158,005. The United Kingdom ranked second with 38,061,673. Canada bought from the United States 395,414,601 and from the United Kingdom 153,002,578.

Ottawa United States Canada United Kingdom

Labor Day Sports Committee Meeting Notice

A Labor Day Sports Committee meeting will be held Tuesday night August 28 in Labor Hall Becker Block at 8 o clock. All members are requested to attend as business is important.

Labor Hall Becker

Religious riots in United Provinces flare in Agra violence

Dispatches report ongoing religious riots in the United Provinces with Hindus and Muslims clashing in Agra last night. Firearms were used and casualties are said to be heavy as all business and postal deliveries in the city were suspended.

Stula British India United Provinces Agra

Frost damages northern Adirondack potato crops

Reports from Saranac Lake and surrounding communities indicate heavy frost damage across the Northern Adirondacks with many farms reporting near total losses to the potato crop. The impact is spreading through the region as frost reaches additional sections.

Saranac Lake Adirondacks

Kake Baking Contest Tees Up Rotary Carnival

The Kake Baking Contest with prize donations from Medicine Hat firms and from Toronto to Vancouver aims to attract a large turnout at the Rotary mid September carnival. Prizes totaling about 200 dollars include four class awards with cash payouts and a drawing led by Mayor Huckvale.

Rotary Toronto Hamilton Vancouver Medicine Hat Joe Caulder Moose Jaw Rotary Club Huckvale

Gold Basis Wage Reform in Germany

Berlin reports a shift to a gold based wage system for German workers after months of talks. Wages will be paid weekly in paper marks on a gold basis, set at one third less than pre war days, effective immediately or as soon as the transition can be completed.

Free State Pase Siz Berlin Germany

Alberta expects record wheat yield in 1923 in muta region

Alberta's wheat acreage for 1923 is put at 5,256,461 acres by the crop report issued in Edmonton. The revised average yield is 24 bushels, predicting a total harvest of 142,945,000 bushels, more than double 1922. The figures are compiled by the Dominion Bureau of Statistics and provincial department.

Edmonton Alberta Department of Agriculture Dominion Bureau of Statistics

Turks Keep Grip as Evacuation Shifts to Ankara Control

In Constantinople Aug 27 Turks assume formal control after Allied naval authority ends. Evacuation proceeds. three siren blasts mark allied departure. Non Turks face growing passport limits while old Turkish decorations and civil ranks are abolished.

Ucux Ile Port Gem

Demands Return of License Money After Failed Ceremony

A man who bought a marriage license in Toronto asked for a refund after his would be bride refused him just before the scheduled ceremony. He got his money back. Separately, Jack Holmes, jailed in Regina on forgery charges, received a three month sentence in the provincial jail.

Toronto Swain Toronto Jack Holmes Regina

Violent Italian Storms Cause Widespread Damage

Uproarious storms across Italy leave Trieste cranes toppled and buildings wrecked. Naples endures hurricane like rainfall flooding over 180 houses and displacing residents. Tuscany suffers massive landslides and broken rail lines hindering Rome Milan traffic as the storm subsides.

Rome Italy Trieste Naples Tuscany Rome-Milan

New Glider Records by Maneyral in France

Maneyral, the French aviator, set new glider records at Vauville on Saturday evening. He flew 12 and a half miles on a Peyret motor-equipped glider and climbed to 12 450 feet in 64 minutes, surpassing Droubhins's 3 600 foot benchmark.

Vauville France Maneyral Ife Droubhin

Victoria man jailed for vagrancy and auto violation

Joni McCarty from Victoria B C received one month in jail after a police court conviction for vagrancy and begging. He was fined five dollars plus costs for operating an auto on the wrong side of the street around 6 30 Friday evening at the corner of Allowance and Maple avenues. His Chevrolet collided with a Medicine Hat Grocery Co truck, with each vehicle sustaining about 50 to 60 dollars in damage.

Joni McCarty Victoria B.C Allowance Maple Avenues Medicine Hat Grocery Co

Montreal Train Crash Kills Man in St. Lambert

A Montreal and Southern Counties Railway Company car jumped the track at Longwell curve yesterday. John Loiddard, 64, of St. Lambert, seated on a fence beside the line, was struck and killed when the car toppled and dragged him beneath.

Montreal Montreal and Southern Counties Railway Company Longwell John Loiddard St. Lambert

Tear Gas for Bootleggers

Fresno police chief Truax and District Attorney Lovejoy plan to use tear gas bombs on bootleggers who refuse to open doors during raids. The gas aims to blind owners and allow officers to seize liquor and evidence before owners react. A gas mask drill will be conducted by the police.

Fresno Cal Truax Lovejoy

Coroner’s Jury Finds Clarke Death Self-Inflicted

Saskatoon, August 27. A coroner's jury at St. Walburg, Saskatchewan returned a verdict of death by own action for N.R. Clarke, an R relief agent, who was found dead with a revolver bullet through his brain last Wednesday. The jury found no motive for the death by self destruction.

Saskatoon St. Walburg Sask Clarke N.R

Tragic Tilt Believed Auto Crash In Tilbury Township

In Tilbury Township, Geo. N. Scratch aged 41 died when the car he rode in dashed off the road. Companions Lance Malott and Gorden Hartford were seriously injured, one believed fatally, in the mishap reported at Heambaten Ontario.

Heambaten Ont Geo. N. Scratch Tilbury Township Lance Malott Gorden Hartford

G W V A Picnic Draws Strong Attendance at Healds Grove

The G W V A picnic at Healds Grove on Saturday drew a large crowd and much enjoyment. A full list of sports results will be printed in The News tomorrow. Aemilius Jarvis of Toronto is now featured at Cobourg Horse Show.

Aeamilius Jarvis Toronto Cobourg

Governor Pinchot Aims To Settle Sabotage Claim

From Washington on August 27 the hopes for an eleventh hour settlement of the sabo riate claim persisted. A sentiment moves that Governor Pinchot of Pennsylvania can secure a settlement, a task viewed as difficult but potentially earning prestige and presidential consideration.

Washinton Pinchot Pennsylvania

Early settler Benjanthi Bradley linked to Medicine Hat homestead

The brief notes mention Benjanthi Bradley as a pioneering homesteader in the Hat district, later establishing a business in Medicine Hat and Qu Appelle Sask. He lived there around 1886 or 1887, later moving to Winnipeg. Also, Alphonse Gagne of Sudbury died after touching a live wire and falling from a telegraph pole.

Mr. Bradley War, ii Reet Qu'appelle Winnipeg Alphonse Gagne Sudbury

British cabinet appointments announced in London

Official announcement lists Neville Chamberlain as chancellor of the exchequer and Sir Whitan Joynson-Nicks as minister of health following the recent appointments in London on August 7.

London Neville Chamberlain Whitan Joynson-Nicks

Also Mentioned on This Page

Larkin British-American Oil Coy Sackatcrewan Ridgedale U.S.A Labor Day Sports Committee Saranac Lake, SY Wake Baking Contest the Ogilvie Flour Mills Co Maple Leaf Millsme On Lake of the Woods Milling Co the Codville Co Crystal Dairy Ltd Moore's Silver's Men’s Clothing and Furnishings Lethbridge Mouse Jaw Nelson Calgary Alraidy Royal Distributing Company New York City Dude Bass Muta Parisons Constantinople Union Club Trafalgar Square High Commissioner Canada Leuse Canadian Pacific Railway
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