R C Church Plans New School and Convent Here
The Roman Catholic Church in the city reveals plans to build a new church on the Altawana site. A separate school at Balmoral Street and East Allowance will be erected with a convent adjoining the church. The old site may be sold due to space limits. Construction to begin when weather permits, with the four-room school estimated at over $15,000. English-speaking nuns from the States will teach.
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Hat
Balmoral
East Allowance
Altawana
Balmoral St
Alberta Storm Downplays Hail Damage On Crops
Victoria reports D R Ker returned from Alberta stating storms caused little harm to crops. He notes threshing halted briefly but weather improved, with North of Calgary nearly complete and south about forty percent unthreshed. Quality is higher than earlier grain, due to clear skies. Also, Montreal Stock Exchange will not meet today or Monday.
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Victoria
D. R. Ker
Alberta
Mr. Ker
Calgary
The Last Night Of 1911 City Council
The 1911 City Council’s final meeting closed with Mayor Milne’s remarks and farewell. Alderman Pingle thanked the mayor, noting squabbles but a successful year. A steel plant site and a subway on 4th Avenue and Toronto Street were discussed. a by law on electric wiring was passed.
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Ald. Howson
Milne
Ald. Pingie
Pingle
Alderman McKay
Reindeer Meat as Food for States
Washington reports reindeer meat from Alaska could become common on American tables within 25 years, with three million prime reindeer expected. Lopp of the reindeer service notes a cross between mutton and beef, more palatable. An ad promotes a double handle grip leather fried item for $10.00 at Foster's, Main St. 14002.
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Washington, D. C
Alaska
Wm. Lopp
Reindeer Service
United States Bureau of Education
Lopp
Foster’s
Main
Bribage Rampant Across China Inspires Fear and Looting
A band of brigands attacked an Imperial convoy in Manchuria near Harsin and fled with $850,000 in bullion. Brigandry has surged as soldiers desert to join looters. murders occur on roads and in settlements. In Pekin, officials expect Shanghai talks between the Imperial government and revolutionaries to fail. Yuan Shi Kai seeks to settle differences before the peace conference, hoping foreign interference harms both sides and preserves the throne with ambiguous future form.
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Harsin
Manchuria
Kirlne
Kirin
Pekin
Shanghai
Imperial Government
Revolutionary Party
Pukow
Yuan Shi Kai
Tang Shao Yi
Tube of radium lost in Paris
Paris authorities warn of a missing tube of radium valued at 8,000 dollars carried by a messenger to an American physician. The messenger says his pocket burned suddenly and the tube disappeared.
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Paris
Presentation To Mayor Engineer and Treasurer
City hall staff presented Mayor BD Milne a gold chain with pendant in a surprise tribute as his term ends. The engraved pendant carries a Masonic emblem and a farewell inscription, while staff members signed a long address of thanks and good wishes for Christmas and the New Year. A. K. Grimner, city engineer, also received a gift, a cut glass berry bowl, from his staff, with others presenting Perry, the secretary treasurer, with a pipe.
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Milnes
BD. Milne
Medicine Hat
A. R. Perry
Milne
A. K. Grimmer
W. Craft
City Hall
Perry A. R. Perry
Nelson Murderer Shoots Three Men at Hotel Bar
A masked black assailant entered a Nelson hotel bar at 4 am and opened fire, killing Jack Gould and J L Barton and wounding F Barton who lies dying. Police search for the shooter while rounding up Dolla Grignon, a white man on premises believed to have witnessed the tragedy. An empty revolver was found. Barton was recently a saloon partner. Bolton faces murder charges in Gould's death.
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Nelson
B. C
Jack Gould
J. L. Barton
F. Barton
Barton
Dolla Grignon
Prairie Fire Sweeps Foot Hills Near High River
High River December 23 driven by a fierce Chinook prairie fire swept from the foot hills through Mosquito Valley destroying grain in fields both threshed and unthreshed. Fire breaks could not be ploughed due to three inch deep frost. A heavy snow last night cooled and halted the blaze.
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W. A. P. Dispatch
High River
Mosquito Valley
Two Implicated In Woman's Murder
Fred G. Boneman and William Channel were held to the Grand Jury in Toronto for the death of Mrs. Hattie Kaufman who was shot from an automobile as she returned home from a theater. The verdict urged police to pursue George Rabineau and John Stacey, named in the Boneman confession.
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CW. A. P. Dispatch
Toronto
Fred G. Boneham
William Channel
Hattie Kaufman
George Rabineau
John Stacey
Boneham
Christmas Day Tragedies Hit Boston and New York
In Boston Miss Bridget Pritchard crawled to her uncle’s Hyde Park home, dying from a stab wound after naming an Italian assailant. the suspect remains at large. Also in Boston Judge Dickson granted a suspended sentence to Philip Winston, a bank clerk who stole $2,600 to cover his ill wife’s medical bills, his punishment softened by personal tragedy. In New York two fatal fires claimed lives, including Gus Roth, a varnisher, at Terminal Warehouse and 60-year-old Mrs. Mary Lawrence in a downtown apartment, with combined losses around $50,000.
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Boston
Mass
Bridget Pritchard
Hyde Park
Philip Winstol
William Dickson
Court of Common Pleas
State Reformatory
Young Winston
Winston
12Th Avenue
28Th Street
Gus” Roth
Mary Lawrence
Liverpool Market Dull Cattle Prices Drop Sharply
John Rogers & Company cable from Birkenhead reports a dull market and a large price drop. Cattle were hard to dispose of with States and Canadian steers quoted from 13.125 to 13.75 cents per pound.
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CW. A. P. Cable
Liverpool
John Rogers & Company
Birkenhead
Kenneth Kingston Death. Ottawa Probes Deepens
Mistatum Saskatchewan Dec 23 The coroner jury ruled Kenneth Kingston was killed by a gunshot from an unknown shooter on December 14 The shot is said to have entered Kingston’s back with the bullet tearing the lungs and death appearing instantaneous but locals doubt the scene The two trappers who found the body are cleared after police and jurors examination Ottawa authorities will pursue a wide search to uncover clues with Sergt Loggin and detectives to lead a prolonged inquest and field search for miles around the area The body is being sent to Ottawa for autopsy.
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Mistatum, Sask
Kenneth Kingston
Kingston
Ottawa
Sergt. Loggin
Will
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Edmonton
Prairie Country
Montreal
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Fawcett
Industrial Committee
W. R. Hull
4Th Avenue
Toronto Street
China
G. H. Marwick
J. M. Crisall
RW. Pyper
J. W. Craft
John N. Meiklejohn
W. Jackson
RR. Parkins
W. KE. Gover
H. Baker
James Bruce
A. A. Johnston
James Daly
J. McGuire
George Camapey
A. W. Gleaves
A. McKellen
K. A. Stone
W. Unwin
W. E. Hatcher
Grimmer
H. C. Pettet
Bolton
Gould
Manhattan
Alta
New York
Surveyor's
Slaver
Dominion Land
Sask
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