Alberta Municipal Districts to meet in Calgary in 1926
The eighteenth convention of the Alberta Association of Municipal Districts decided Edmonton on November 28. Calgary will host in November 1926. Gov Alex Ross outlined highway plans for 2300 miles of main roads under federal support. Delegates debated seed grain debts, auditing, and provincial cost sharing for tests on tax arrears. The meeting also rejected a frontage tax and discussed immigrant inspections and indigent relief policy.
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Edmonton
Alberta Association of Municipal Districts
Calgary
Alex. Ross
Ross
W. D Spence
Manitoba
Saskatchewan
British Columbia
Ontario
Alberta
S.S.B
Privy Council
Canada
Cipal
Fingers Caught In Flat Work Incident At Medicine Hat Laundry
Pauline Lefort suffered severe finger injuries after her hand became entangled in a hot ironer at the Medicine Hat Steam Laundry. The machine lacked a protective guard engaged by the injured worker, and quick actions by Forth Crane and Sailsier Lefort helped stop the device. Pauline was hospitalized with mangled fingers but no broken bones perDr Fish.
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Henry Lefort Tu
Medicine Hat
Ensileer Lefort
Pauline
Toronto University to ban initiations after egging and pranks
Toronto November 25 The caput of the University of Toronto led by Sir Robert Falconer announced a total ban on initiations at University College and the faculty of medicine after fall pranks involving eggs paint and liver. The president warned that strict action will follow and even freshmen receptions require approval.
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Toronto
University of Toronto
Robert Falconer
University College
Faculty of Medicine
Ingersolde Estate Appraisal Reveals Net Assets
An appraisal of the estate of Colonel Robert G. Ingergoll, agnostic and lecturer, who died July 24, 1809 at Debts Ferry, N. Y., was filed with the state tax commissioner. It shows net assets of $88,398 with debts of $68,893. Litigation delayed the appraisal since 1899.
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New York
Robert G. Inigergoll
Debts Ferry
N. Y
Red Rock politics letter defends local threshing crews
An unsigned correspondent rebuts an editorial view of Red Rock threshing operations. He describes Werner moving south through High Bank to Red Rock, threshing at Ivor Nearland and Ole Nearland, and Kirpywuerts, noting rye and wheat stocks were used, and defends local families against charges of foreign influence. The writer praises local service and asks the paper to stop labeling residents as foreigners.
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Red Rock
Medicine Hat Newa
Havling
Red Rock Politics
Werner
High Bank
Kirpywaerts
Ole Nearland
Nearland
McDaniels
Editorial on misinterpreted term in Alberta education note
The writer defends a communication after a misread editorial, noting the use of the word foreigner was to imply ignorance of Canadian customs not about the war. The News had asked Mr McDaniel to meet the men and explain that UFAs goals differ from the interpretation given in the action reported.
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Alberta
McDaniel
U.F.A
New Canadian National All Electric Railcar In Western Canada
The Canadian National Railway introduces an all electric car on an endurance Montreal to Vancouver run and returns to Edmonton for the Edmonton Vermilion service replacing a mixed train. The car carries about 60 passengers plus baggage and express and set a record to Vancouver. Similar cars with 120 seats operate in Hagtem, Canada offering low operating costs. Cars are built to haul a trailer when needed and use a fuel oil engine of airplane type for electricity.
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Arival
Western Canada
Canadian National ‘Railways
Montreal
Vancouver
Iedmonton
Edmonton
Hagteyn Canada
West
Canadian National Engineers
Husband Accused After Acid Attacks Kill Wife in Sleep
Winnipeg filed crime report describes Mau rice Desmedt a St Vital merchant accused of murdering his wife on May 6 by pouring acid on her as she slept at their home. Ateenager daughter recalls her mother's screams and a earlier sudden change in the father.
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Winnipeg
Strom
Maurice Desmedt
St Vital
Fireman’s Body Located Under Coal and Rock
In Cranbrook British Columbia on November 27 the body of Robert Eley CPR fireman killed when engine 3885 wrecked at Movie Lake Jerome was found buried beneath coal and rock near the engine. Divers exposed his feet under a pile of debris as rescuers prepare to lift the engine with a Calgary crane. Ribstone Conservatives nominate E C Tregall for Alberta Legislature.
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Cranbrook
B.C
Robert Eley
C.P.R
Movie Lake
Jerome
Calgary
Ribstone Conservatives
E. C. Tregall
Provost
Alberta
Ralph Connor Proposes Unity Plan for Canadian Govt
Toronto at Winnipeg writer Rev Dr C W Gordon known as Ralph Connor suggested three party leaders in Canada should reconcile their differences to run the government for the country’s best interests. He did not urge a coalition but urged an agreement to focus on essential business when no group can dominate.
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Toronto
Canada
C. W. Gordon
Ralph Connor
Winnipeg
Briand Seeks to Form New Cabinet in France
Paris reports former Premier Briand will again attempt to form a cabinet in succession to the Painleve ministry. The move was announced this evening as France contemplates a new government amid political volatility.
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Paris
Briand
Painleve
Epidemic of broncho pneumonia claims five young lives
Regina Sask November 28 Though the death toll rose to five children in an outbreak of broncho pneumonia at Polar Star ranch twelve miles north of Esterhazy Medical Health Officer Christie says the disease is abating Five victims aged eight months to three years died within two days of each other The outbreak began after German measlesTac indk from two Mennonite families from Drake Sask who settled there and crowded conditions worsened the spread
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Regina
Sask
Polar Star Ranch
Esterhazy
Wf. N. Christie
Drake
Peasants Tried for Gruesome Gypsy Kill Near Moscow
In Kaverino near Moscow, twenty six villagers face murder charges after attacking two Gypsies they blamed for misfortune. The victims were beaten, stripped, and burned alive under a rickety trap with a tree trunk forced atop them to prevent escape. Local reports say several men cut ends of the trunk to ensure complete burning.
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Moscow
Kaverino
Death of Dowager Queen Alexandra Links Three Tragedies
London mourners file by the bier in Westminster Abbey as Dowager Queen Alexandra’s funeral proceeds. Three deaths are tied to her passing, including the Lord Mayor of London’s wife and two church officials, all occurring amid the memorial services and tolling at Westminster Abbey and Windsor.
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London
Queen Alexandra
Westminster Abbey
Alexandra
Edward VII
Windsor
Lacy
W. Pryke
St. Paul's Cathedral
Women Rob Bank in Renner Getaway Near Sioux Falls
Two armed women robbed the First State Bank of Renner in Sioux Falls area and escaped in a battered touring car. They seized about 500 dollars in silver and cash, with one noting she would not hesitate to use force. The robbers, one about 25, the other near 40, demanded the cashier stay still as the loot was gathered.
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Sioux
Falls
S.D
Renner
Wilkenson
Caghier
Society Bandit Raffles of the Northwest Dies in Jail
Jack Saunders known as The Society Bandit and Raffles of the Northwest hanged himself in a Minneapolis jail Monday morning. He had been identified in Winnipeg by Matthew Yundak and Mrs Nicolas Wandzura, with another sister in Winnipeg. The sister says Saunders’s crime career, raiding wealthy northwest homes, will be kept from her.
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St. Paul Minn
Jack Saunders
Raffles
Northwest
Mathew Yundak
Winnipeg
Nicolas ‘Wandzura
Minneapolis
Arsenic in Apples Sparks London Legal Action
London reports two fruit dealers face probable charges after police court heard apples from the United States sold locally contained arsenic. Officials said the poison, linked to arsenic spraying of trees, equaled one tenth of a grain per pound in the fruit.
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London
United Sttes
Manitoba Fox Shipment Sends 116 Silver Foxes Abroad
Winnipeg and navy reporting new export trade. 116 silver foxes shipped to Europe via U N express. Of these 114 bound for Boulogne France and two for Hamburg Germany, with nine Manitoba foxes sent to Toronto. Since Nov 1, 442 foxes have passed through Winnipeg east and west to Canada and the US.
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Winnipeg
Navy
Manitoba
Expor
Europe
Boulogne
France
Hamuburg
Germany
Canadian National Railway Express
Toronto
U. N. Express
Prince Kidward Island
British Columia
Washington
Oregon
California
Barnister's Wife Arrested For Neglect Of Child
Mrs Hilda Letty Cooke wife of Toronto barrister Henry J Cooke was arrested on a charge of neglect of her child Shirley Betty Cooke and released on a $1000 bond by the Juvenile Court in Salt Lake City Utah. The child remains in Juvenile Court care as authorities oversee the case. The story notes the wife of Senator Richard Blain from Brampton Ontario died suddenly from heart failure.
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Salt Lake City
Utarh
Canatian Press
Hilda Letty Cooke
Henry J. Cooke
Toronto
Shirley Betty Cooke
Cooke
Harris
Richard Blain
Brampton Ont
Alberta delegates back provincial tax plan and education levy
Delegates at the Alberta Association of Municipal Districts convention endorsed keeping liquor profits with the province while shifting the supplementary revenue tax to municipalities. The body also backed a 3 mill rural land tax for education to aid weaker districts, and urged centralized provincial taxation authority. Debates covered Workmen's Compensation, medical aid, and election fee deposits as hundreds attend the three day meeting in Memorial hall.
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Edmonton
Dele‘gates
Alberta Association of Municipal Districts
F. H. Holmes
Perren Baker
Workmen's Compensation Board
W. D. Spence
Ister
Hever
Bao
Dent John Gair
Xesowlatigat
Memorial Hall
Mitchell
Alex. Ross
Minster of Public Works
Edmonton Journal Doubts Redistribution Will Happen
The Journal reports that redistribution is unlikely this term as sub committee reports show no strong demand. Farmers fear merging key towns or cities, and provinces’ settlement patterns complicate changes. Immigration growth may later force reallocation, but current signs point to minimal impact.
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Comd
Thong
Citiea
of ‘Trade
Canada
Poisoned celery scare prompts crackdown on Japanese farmers
Health authorities in Los Angeles seized and buried poisoned celery after discovering a Japanese garden sprayed with 300 times the legal lead arsenate amount. Officials ordered inspections of 192 Japanese vegetable gardens southwest of the city and issued warrants for the gardeners responsible.
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Los Angeles
Here
Aged Man Takes His Life By Swallowing Dose Of Strychnine
Ottawa reports 76 year old Harry Burnette died after taking strychnine at his son’s home. He left no explanation for the act and had been ill for months amid despondency. Mrs M Malette of Kindersley Sask is noted as a daughter.
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Ottawa
Harry Burnette
Aderick Burnette
Winnipeg Labor Candidate For Mayor Reelected In Landslide
Winnipeg mayor H Webb won reelection with 23 781 votes against F Tipping who earned 12 927. The Labor candidate’s margin surpassed the Independent Labour party’s prior year result, continuing Webb’s two year win streak amid a total voter turnout near 40 000.
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Winnipeg
H.webb
Tipping
Labor
Webb
Independent Lady Party
F. J. Farmer
Ring
Choga
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