Prairies Hope and Loyal Youth for Alberta
A patriotic piece from 1908 exhorts youth to defend Britain’s throne and guard Alberta, portraying the prairies as a chosen land. It invokes liberty, duty, and faith in God, with references to soldiers, homeland pride, and the call to ride the plains in defense if needed. Presented as a verse narrative attributed to Robert T. Anderson, dated December 21, 1908.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Prairies
Alberta
Britain
Weil
The Remittance Man Echoes Across Far Lands
A fragmented poem recaps a roaming remittance man fleeing London and wealth. He tracks a past life from riverbanks to mountains, dreams of distant places, longs for nature, and rejects urban fortune, ending in a vow to abandon fortune for a freer life.
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Flem
London
Paris
Loward Street
Fortune
Inauguration of depart iment boosts Western towns
The piece stresses the importance of a department’s inauguration for West towns and cities and national prosperity. It calls for information to those seeking location in the country for manufacturing or trade and praises boards of trade cooperation. It notes Canadian Pacific Railway support and hints at a systematic work plan.
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Boards of Trade
Ferrey
Canadian Pacific Railway
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Eo Pee
Me Continental Natural Gas
Harper's Weekly
Medicine Hat News
H. Morrow
CER
John Bull
Mbosta
Eg S Rive
Wolert T. Anderson
Lm Nto
Velvet Valley
Sur Xd
Glover
Heppy
Calia
Burns
Caleary, Ducember
Apa
Rosa
England
France
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