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Newspaper
Medicine Hat News
Location
Medicine Hat, Alberta, Canada
Date
Dec 24, 1925
Page
4
A 22-year-old RCMP agent testified in a local Ottawa police court case that “every drug addict of necessity becomes a thief.” He admitted past drug use and current treatment. He said he began using drugs at age 16 after receiving drugs from a Quebec physician.
The United Ladies Aid plans a December 31 watch party at the home of Mr. and Mrs. J. W. Denison one mile north of Winnifred to usher out the old year and welcome the new. Activities include day games, pep, candy, and a midnight lunch. All members and friends are invited to attend.
The cold spell brings a concert at Little Plume school with thanks to Miss Fleming and Miss Bayne for Goose Lake performance. John Seitz injures knee. A Kilaiber buys a new Overland. Visitors at Jacob Seitz include Hiedinger family and Kiaiber clan. Miss Jean Fleming to spend Christmas in Medicine Hat, Helmut Neuman heads to Hilda for winter. Dancing after Wisdom concert. Kurptwist team runs away injuring Mrs Kurptwist. A Clark moves to winter home with brother. Victor Trunut returns from Medicine Hat hospital.
Snow storm setback noted yet weather remains favorable as district residents recall a Longfellow schoolhouse dance on the 11th. Attendees include Grace Woolley Ida Worth Norman Woolley and others. reports describe a late dancing spell and a delicious lunch.
Citizens gathered for a holiday evening after the school term closed. A favorable الاجتماع weather drew a good crowd to the Christmas concert, followed by dancing that lasted into the early hours.
In Anourn, California, December 22, Dr. G. Hel Fay hit a full shot with such force in a tight round that two of his irons snapped. The incident raises questions about golf’s dangers in amateur play.
At a Winnipeg banquet, E. W. Beatty of the Canadian Pacific Railway urged a humane, national approach to immigration, stressing family ties, welcoming newcomers, and land remains a shared Canadian soil. Sir Thomas White lauded Beatty’s role, noting CPR’s wartime service and postwar employment efforts.
In Baltimore Maryland John P. Brady completed a monument to Adam after 17 years, while in Greenville District of South Carolina Robert M. Quillen dedicated a memorial to Eve. Brady died as the event reached him. The Adam monument bears an inscription praising memory of the world’s glory and the Constitution monument was later added on Brady’s estate. Quillen’s Eve monument faced neighborly discomfort and humorous carving.
The article recalls a distant relative of a historical queen and describes a grand monument to honor her memory after 6000 years of history she was neglected by posterity. It notes a blind worker beneath the earth for ten years earning full wages and briefly mentions mantis shrimps with clawed heads.
Andy Ducat the football star and manager of Fulham is reported seriously ill after a dangerous throat operation performed by a renowned London hospital surgeon at a nursing home. William Call, longtime rugby administrator and former treasurer, died at 75.
Six top ranking players including William Tilden join charity exhibition matches in New York risking USLTA sanction. The event, intended for charity, proceeded as plans but prompted a sanction policy note from Louis B. Dailey. Tilden with Mary Mallory led a mixed doubles win 6 4.
New York December 22 Clas Thunberg nine Finland Olympic speed skating champion arrived Monday on the Leviathan to begin a two nations campaign on Canadian and American ice. He will challenge for the world outdoor championship at St. John New Brunswick where Paavo Nurmi previously led a track tour.
A nationwide ballot of cinema owners in London shows 679 voting against and 489 for a plan to require showing a percentage of British films. The proposal, urged by the board of trade, will be reviewed by the Cinema Exhibitors association general council before further action.
The Globe sports editor foresees pro hockey spreading to major U S cities including Boston New York and Pittsburgh with Philadelphia Cleveland Detroit Chicago and others likely to join. Canada will supply players as the game grows coast to coast with plans for large arenas and multiple teams in forthcoming circuits.
Okotoks Dee 21 A B King president AH A announces executive committee decision that teams in classes eligible for Dominion championships fall under the May 15 residence rule. Seniors in Abbott Cup and Dominion championship race affected. other groups set for November 1. all players with affiliated teams must hold amateur cards.
Archie Comp on of England and Arnaud Massey of France will make their first American appearance January 3 facing Bobby Jones and Watts Gunn, the champion and runner-up among United States amateurs, in New York.
Wheat inspections yesterday totalled 1 800 cars with 1 044 of contract grade. Coarse grains accounted for 334 cars, up from 242 a year ago. Comparisons show marked year over year increases in Winnipeg.
A night robber slugged W S Foyle in Wolseley Saskatchewan and stole a locked mail bag containing registered mail for Reston subdivision. The thief fled after knocking Foyle unconscious as police tighten a district-wide search hoping for a quick arrest.
Montreal division of the Canadian National Hair Dressers Association will urge the city to draft a by law establishing standards for hair dressing and manicure establishments. The move aims to regulate practices and raise professional requirements in the city.
The 1540 Norwegian schooner Gossholm, reported in distress, was searched by tugs near Sandy Hook and towed to Lower Bay by a pilot boat after being thirty days overdue on its voyage across the Atlantis.
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