Constitutional Wes ton Most Intant
In Annapolis Royal the speaker warned the constitutional issue is the rights of the people, condemning Meighen for taking $54,000,000 by governor general warrants. He urged the government’s defeat, arguing the constitution follows common law and should be controlled by the people.
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Annapolis Royal
Canada
M. Macon King
House of Commons
Meighen
England
King
Mr. Meighen
Sevy Seveters
Digby
Nova Scotia
Hero of Yoh o Slide Receives Gold Medal
Calgary August 26 J S Partridge awarded by the Canadian Humane Association for saving five workers during the Yoh o rock and mud slide. He later flagged a train to prevent further loss of life. The honour came as Liberty magazine bestowed prizes including $1000 and a gold medal.
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Calgary
CC. W. Beatty
Canadian Pacific
J. S. Partridge
Yoh
Oral Canadian Humane Association
Partridge
Liberty Publication of
Chicago
Yoho
J. M. Eastwood
Royal Canadian Humane Association
Mistake in Local Voters Lists Causes Postcard Confusion
The News reports a mix up where Dominion lists were used to guide provincial voter lists. Registrars removed about twenty improper inclusions and sent postcards to affected voters. Three days remain to correct errors or add names. check City Hall or polling divisions for inclusion.
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O. M. Biggar
Ottawa
Drowning Ferry Disaster in Noakhali Claims Ninety-Four
Ninety four passengers are believed drowned when the Megna river ferry capsized in mid stream near Noakhali Bengal on August 27. About one hundred aboard. six saved. Many passengers swept away by swift current.
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Noakhali
Bengal
India
Megna
Four Unionists Executed in Angora Conspiracy Case
In Angora four prominent Unionists convicted of conspiring to kill Mustapha Kemal Pasha were executed at midnight. The special court handed down the death sentences yesterday and the men were carried to the prison yard for the final act.
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Constantinople
Mustapha Kemal Pasha
Turkey
Angora
Madman with shotgun and knife rampages at rail depot
In Chicago at the Illinois Central terminal Joseph Mazza an immigrant railway laborer armed with a shotgun and a knife killed one man wounded three others and sparked a fifteen minute rampage before he was shot dead by a veteran and a barber who returned fire.
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Chicago
Joseph Mazza
Illinois Central Railroad
Charles Danloff
Louis’ Kikakos
Big cattle shipment from the district to eastern markets
Last night a major Hargest shipment reached eastern markets with 818 head by H Miner of Medicine Mut, 450 by J English of Thelma, and about 50 by J Halliwell of Theling. The cattle were high quality and the landing drew a large crowd at Dunmore, recalling southern cattle-raising glory.
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Hargest
H. Miner
J. English
Thelma
J. Halliwell
Theling
Medlene Hat
Dunmore
South Country
Election Day Bulletin Service at The News
The News announces enhanced returns service for the Alberta general election. Government telephones and a new CPR telegraph line will relay results from all sixteen constituencies to Edmonton Calgary Lethbridge and Medicine Hat. A central point will collate progressive returns for rapid newspaper publication.
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Charlies Harper
Government
G. Pauling
Alberta
Trovince
Reugeet
D.R
St Ae
Edmonton
Calgary
Lethbridge
Medicine Hat
Aimee Semple McPherson Case Reels From Drowning of Lawyer
Minnie Kennedy, mother of evangelist Aimee Semple McPherson, says the drowning of Russell A. McKinley the blind Long Beach lawyer halted the Angelus Temple kidnapping investigation. McKinley and two others died when their car overturned in Beach City, pinning them in a ditch.
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Los Angeles
Mra
Minnie Kennedy
Aimee ‘Semple McPherson
Russell A. We Kinley
Long Beach
Angelis Temple
McKinley
Beach City
Wheat Prices Slump in Winnipeg Market
Wheat offerings exceeded buying orders as the market fell from a fractional opening, closing 1 1-2 to 2 1-4 cents lower. Early declines reached 2 3-8 to 35-8 with December futures hit hardest, then recovered slightly as shorts covered. October, December and May prices closed at 1.33 1-4, 1.80 5-8, and 1.35 1-2 respectively. Coarse grains and flax were steadier with light trade.
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Winnipeg
Forty-Four Miners Lost in Clymer Mine Explosion
Clymer Pa Aug 27 bodies of nine miners badly burned were recovered at noon today raising the death toll from yesterday's blast to forty one. Eleven or more remain unaccounted for as rescue efforts continue amid dangerous gas and debris in the Clymer No 1 mine of the Clearfield Bituminous Coal Corporation.
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Clymer
Clenfield
Clearfield Bituminous Coal Corporation
W. E. Dodd
Dixonville Hospital
A. J. Musser
Musser
Prisoner Halvorsen Escapes From City Police Station
Knut Halvorsen, jailed for breaking into a building at the night sell grounds, bolted during booking. He fled from the city garage area onto First Street, with a nationwide search underway. Norwegian immigrant, 20, 5'7", 160 pounds, wearing dirty grey clothes and a khaki shirt.
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Knut Halvorsen
Halvorsen
First Street
Norway
Alderman Guppy Ordered to Relocate Building
Saskatoon alderman F E Guppy faced council action after constructing a structure without a proper permit. The council voted to have the building moved back to its original site, obtain a permit, and then relocate it to the new location.
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Saskatoon
F. E. Guppy
Miners Strike Continues as Proclamation Extends State of Emergency
A royal proclamation extends Britain's state of emergency for another month amid the seventeenth week of the Miners' Strike. Miners leaders discuss settlement talks with the Labour Ministry as government dispatches extra police to Nottinghamshire and Derbyshire. Most picketing ends and many miners return to work, though only about 50,000 of a half million are back.
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London
Great Britain
A. J. Cook
Miners’ Federation
Ministry of Labor
Arthur Ramsey Steel Maitland
Scotland
Labor Ministry
Nottinghamshire
Derbyshire
Mansfield
Highest Earnings in History of C N Ry
Montreal Aug 27 An increase of 11869711 25 in net earnings for the first seven months of 1926 compared with the same period last year is shown in the Canadian National Railways financial statement for January 1 to July 31 1926 issued today This statement also shows the highest gross earnings for any seven month period since the consolidated system figures were set up in June 1922 and the highest gross and net for any July in five years.
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Montreal
Canadian National Railways
J Tne
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