Patriotic Speeches Highlight 1920s Medicine Hat Banquet
The Sons of England Society at the Royal Hotel hosted a wide party praising Britain and Canada, with speeches by Dr. Boyd, Mayor Milne, and others, despite absences. Attendees celebrated English immigration, progress of Canada, and plans for railway links, with music, songs, and a royal toast to The King.
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Royal Hotel
Mitchell
Milne
W. G. Niblock
Canada
Sons of England
Bros
H.R. Bristow
J. Bruce
P.P
Bristow
Bruce
Toronto
Dominion
Medicine Hat
P. Schutte
Messrs. R. Collier
T. H. Kay
Messrs. Schutte
Gwynn
Jas. Fleming
Messrs. Ware
Collier
Bro. W. Funneil
Quail
Mordaunt Crisall
P. Schutter
Hallworth
P. Ortner
Bro
C. Prince
Mr. Gwynn
Mr. Marchant
Gray
W. Funnell
Many Missionaries Leave for China
The largest delegation of Anglican missionaries ever to depart Canada sails in January. Miss Allee Hague and Miss Clara Thompson head for Kangra India, Doctors Paul Hollowell and several ministers from Ontario and Quebec head for Honan China and Japan. Due to danger in Honan they will stay in Shanghai to study Chinese until it is safe to enter the interior.
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Toronto
Canada
Allee Hague
Kingston
Kangra
India
Clara Thompson
Paul Hollowell
Toronto Western Hospital
Honan
China
J. Williams
Winnipeg
N.L. Ward
London
Ont
W. M. Trivett
Wycliffe College
W. H. Gale
Montreal
Japan
Shanghai
Seventy Cases of Scarlet Fever at Winnipeg
Winnipeg, Dec. 30. A serious epidemic surrounds a North End family named Crawford with seventy cases in the isolation hospital. Among them, the Higgin's Avenue Crawford family has lost three children in the past fortnight, with a fourth in despair.
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Winnipeg
Crawford
North End
Higgin’s Avenue
Russian Complicity Is Responsible In Mongolia
In Tien Tsin on December 30, Mongolian officials allege Russian complicity at Urga contributes to Japanese dominance in Manchuria. They claim Russia seeks a buffer state in Mongolia similar to Afghanistan, while Gen Horvath denies ulterior aims but admits a buffer is needed there.
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Tien Tsin
China
Suktes
Mongolia
Urga
Manchuria
Russia
Afghanistan
Mukden
Horvath
Habin
India
War Probable Between Corporations
Toronto December 30 Possibility of a trade rift between the Dominion Steel Corporation and the Steel Company of Canada is discussed as the latter begins rod manufacture. A conference reportedly occurred in 1910 to arrange a truce. Both firms have lately expanded into rival fields.
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Toronto
Dominion Steel Corporation
The
Steel Company of Canada
Fire destroys Wardell store and home in Huntaville
Fire at M. Wardell and Sons store in Huntaville Ontario broke out in the rear about 7:45 am and within fifteen minutes the block was ablaze. Firemen failed to save stock or household furniture. the Wardell family were evacuated from upper windows in nightgowns.
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Huntaville
Ont
M. Wardell and Sons
Wardell
City council repudiates syndicate cash claim
A special meeting addressed alleged misuse of city names in syndicate ads. The council rejected a circular by Captain D N Bruce claiming a $20,000 city pledge. A resolution instructed the secretary treasurer to inform the syndicate of the council’s stance and regret.
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Western Canada
Alderman Brown
Spencer
Mo Bruce
How- Ron
D. N. Bruce
Western Canada Storage Syndicate
Quiet Restored in City of Tabriz
A telegram from Tabriz reports bombardment of the official quarter by the fifth regiment of the rifle brigade for two days. The troops entered the city and quiet was nearly restored among residents after the deputy governor-general fled to the British Consulate on December 26. A detach ment of the Rifle Brigade was posted to protect government property placed under seal.
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St. Petersburg
Tabriz
Rifle Brigade
More Troops for Southern Persia
The British Government will increase Indian troops in Southern Persia to guard British Consulates and traders after the Kazeroon attack on British Consul Smart of Shiearz. The foreign office states no occupation of territory or interference with Persian authority beyond protecting British interests.
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London
Persia
Kazeroon
Kashgi
Smart
Shiearz
Foreign Office
Publicity Meeting Held Last Night at City Hall
Mayor Spencer chaired a meeting at city hall last night despite expectations the industrial commissioner would attend. Speakers clashed briefly then agreed to delay any action until a follow up meeting scheduled for Wednesday.
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Spencer
English Cattle Prices Rise in Birkenhead Markets
Liverpool cables that general supply shortages have driven steers higher by one half to one cent per pound. Today's quotations list Birkenhead prices from 18 3 4 to 14 3 4 cents per pound for both States and Canadian steers.
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Liverpool
John Rogers and Company
Birkenhead
Wreck on Great Northern Train Kills Many Near Sharon
Westbound Great Northern passenger train No 4 left Minneapolis last night and ran off a broken rail near Sharon North Dakota. Four dead and as many as twenty killed are reported as wreckage burned in a ditch in 12 below zero conditions. Rescue trains and temporary hospitals rushed to the scene with doctors and supplies.
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Great Northern
Minneapolis
Winn
Sharon
Devils Lake
N.D
Nelte
North Dakota
Steel County
Gruber
Castleton
Cruber
Observatory
New Firm Takes Over Medicine Hat General Store
L. B. Cochran’s long running Medicine Hat general store changes hands at the start of the year. New owners Sprague and Williamson plan to focus on groceries and fruits, offering a large, well stocked store. Sprague has twenty years in the town and railroading, Williamson brings fourteen years in groceries and prior clerical leadership at Cochran’s.
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C.N.R
Medicine Hat
Calgary
Edmonton
Winnipeg
C. R. Mitchell
Messrs. Sprague and Williamson
L. B. Cochran
S. W. Sprague
the Hat
Robert Williamson
Scotland
Robi. Dunn
Sun Yat Sen Begins Cabinet Selections in Nanking
Dr Sun Yat Sen after a provincial convention in Nanking discusses cabinet posts with advisers. Chen Chin Tao is named Finance Minister after arriving with Lang Shai Toa. Li Yuan Heng is proposed as War Minister. In Tokyo, The Times notes pessimism about a Chinese republic and likely months before elections.
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Sun Yat Sen
Shanghai
China
Nanking
Chen Chin Tao
Finance
Lang Shai Toa
Yuan Si
Board of Finance
Yuan Shi
Injured Man in Car Accident Dying in Toronto
Toronto on December 30 reports Rob Hill gravely injured in a Xmas Eve street car wreck with a skull fracture and little hope of recovery. Arthur Blow, also with a skull fracture, is improving along with other injured passengers.
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Toronto
Rob Hill
Arthur Blow
Death of Under-Secretary Sir F A Campbell
London reports the death of Sir Francis Alexander Campbell former assistant under secretary of the Foreign Office since 1908 He was born May 2 1853 and was a descendant of Col Colin Campbell of the Grenadier Guards He married Edith Hamnerley
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London
Francis Alexander Campbell
Assisteg
Foreign Office
Colin Camball
Grenadier Guards
Edith Hammeriey
Typhoid Toll Rises in Sarnia Ontario Amid Epidemic
In Sarnia Ontario two more deaths occur within twenty four hours linked to a two week typhoid outbreak. The casualties include a newlywed Canadian immigration officer’s wife and a twelve year old boy in North Ward. A diver reports the intake pipe severed about two hundred feet from shore, apparently long damaged.
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Sarnia
John Brown
North Ward
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