Medicine Hat Celebrates Fifty-Sixth Christmas Despite War
Readable history of Medicine Hat's Christmas celebrations from 1884 to 1908. Highlights include 1888 baseball, 1890 theatre, 1892 fires, 1895 hockey, 1897 growth in ranching, 1905 editorial gloom, 1907 progress edition, and Bruce Barton’s climatological praise in 1908.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ald
J. Haverty
T. Crawford
Medicine Hat
Nicholas Flood Davin
Western Assiniboine
Adine
Lim- Medicine Hat
Martest Fancy Co
Here
Great Lakes
Alberta
Bruce Barton
United States
Baltimore
Kansas City
Barton
Christmas Seals Fight Tuberculosis Worldwide Since 1904
The story recalls the origin of Christmas Seals begun in Denmark in 1904 to fund tuberculosis care for children. The idea spread quickly to Sweden and the United States, reaching 45 countries and funding hospitals, with Canada adopting seals in 1928 and provincial associations forming nationwide support networks.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Winar Holkvell
Denmark
Sweden
Emily P. Bissell
Einar Holbock
Canada
Canadian Tuberculosis Association
Home Christmas in Medicine Hat Seems Warm and Festive
Medicine Hat prepares for a home Christmas with no exceptional displays. The forecast suggests limited winter sports though cold snap could bring ice for hockey and skating. Skiing is unlikely while dances theatres and Christmas hikes attract crowds with church services anticipated to draw hundreds.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Medicine Hat
Scout Toy Shop Key Forwarding Address and Christmas Efforts
The Scout Toy Shop on Second Street in Medicine Hat is the city’s Santa workshop with reconditioned toys ready for Christmastide. Local Scouts and Guides organize a fluently run operation, with 84 boys and about 60 girls contributing weekly, boosting charity through Christmas Seals and the Kinsmen Club’s tuberculosis fund. The Dominion Bureau of Statistics reports a weekly economic index of 108.7, up from 107.2.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Santa Claus
Scout Toy Shop
Second Street
Medicine Hat
Dominion
Chamber of Commerce
Scouts and Guides
Dominion Bureau of Statistics
Keep Christmas Bright Across Wartime Homes
A wartime Christmas message from Mrs Santa Claus urges both young and old to make tomorrow a real Christmas. She recalls the first Christmas during oppression, notes many boys are away with the armed services, and encourages keeping the home fires burning and hanging stockings tonight.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Santa Claus
Army
Navy
Europe
Britain
Canada
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Chaneless
Dkt
Santa
Star Theatre Company
The
Times
Saratoga Lancers
Sir Rogers
A. C. Hawthorne
A. M. Parker
Parker
E. Chudleigh
Wizards
News
Circulation Department
Santarites
the Grownups
the Pole
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