Medicine Hat Bonspiel Set to Open with Crowds Forecast
The Medicine Hat bonspiel opens Monday at nine with first draws staged as ice is ready. A special visitors’ room will serve as headquarters in a centrally located hotel with piano and phone. Prizes reflect curling prowess and there is an extra competition The Burns by I Burns Co Calgary. Outsiders from Brooks Manle Creek Guil Lake and Dow Island enter with 27 rinks abroad including Lethbridge Taber Cabsl. committees plan reception and entertainment and extend hearty hospitality.
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Pingle
Burns
I. Burns& Co
Calgary
Boyy Aut Brooks
Manle Creek
Guil Lake
Dow Island
Lethbridge
Taber
Cabsl
Medicine Hat
J. L. Hunt
Vern Parrish
Hume Pingle
Jimmy Singu
Taate Entertainment
Jack McLane
Bill Conrad
Alex
Milroy
Geo
Preston
Government grants 21 year grazing leases in Saskatchewan
The Governor General in Council authorizes the Minister of the Interior to issue twenty-one year grazing leases on vacant Dominion lands in Saskatchewan that are unfit for agriculture. It also permits renewing existing twenty-one year leases on condition lands remain unfit for farming and are used for stock grazing.
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Ottawa
Dominion
Saskatchewan
Interior
Remarkable 12-Year-Old Rescues Seven Children From Blaze
In St John New Brunswick on Feb 21 a 12 year old girl, Margaret Davis, repeatedly returned to a burning three story Malin street home to save the remaining children. The front exit was the only one usable as flames surged, and she carried the youngest to safety before returning for others, risking her life for all seven children in the house.
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St. John
Margaret Davis
Malin
Hb Tang Beene
Mott
I Ee “Davie
Margareta
Shibke Margaret
Prof Ottewell To Speak At Chamber Meeting
February Chamber of Commerce membership meeting set for Cecil Hotel next Thursday at 12 15 with Prof A J Ottewell of the University of Alberta Extension Branch delivering a talk on Wanted a sane immigration policy. The speaker is described as outstanding and well acquainted with the topic.
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Chamber of Commerce
Cecil Hotel
A. J. Ottewell
University of Alberta
Ile
Influenza Death Toll Rises Across Cities in January
London reports 92 influenza deaths in January as official statistics show a sharp rise nationwide. Cities including Birmingham Liverpool Leeds and Nottingham suffer significant impact with many cases and fatalities amid severe February conditions.
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London
Birmingham
Liverpool
Leeds
Nochdale
Tony
Gossip Tax Proposal Aims to Cover Deficit in Peterboro
In Peterboro Ontario on February 21 data suggests a tax on gossip to raise funds for this year's municipal deficit. The move targets closing the shortfall from last year's civic budget pressures.
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Peterboro
Pugsley Seriously Ill with Pneumonia in Toronto Hotel
Toronto February 24 Henry W. S. Pugsley former Liberal Cabinet Minister is very ill in a Toronto hotel. He was confined to bed a few days ago from a severe cold that worsened into pneumonia. Mrs. Pugsley is with him and reports a turn for the worse this morning.
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Toronto
W. S. Pugsley
Immigrants Rapidly Reaching Dominion From Western Europe
Immigrants are not waiting for spring to reach the Dominion. A train carrying about 400 Monnbuites of Kitchen er from Ontario arrived in Winnipeg, distributed locally for western movement. A second group of sixty from the stempehlps Doria, Columbia, and Lancastria, with diverse nationalities, dispersed to British Columbia, Alberta, Saskatchewan, and Manitoba. Tonight twenty four more from Central European nations will travel in a special car attached to the Continental Limited for Canadian National points west of Winnipeg.
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Winnipeg
Sping
Hirge
Western Canada
Kitchener
Canadie
Hinds
Stempehlps
Doria
Columbia
Lancastria
Cavern Pioneer Floyd Collins Hardens in Sand Cave History
Cave City residents recall Floyd Collins a lifelong cave explorer born near Sand Cave. He repeatedly ventured into dangerous passages including Crystal cave and Sand cave, enlarging openings and cataloging caves with aid from Ed Turner and his father Lee Collins.
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Cave City
Floyd Collins
Sand Cave
Collins
Floyd
Mule Cave
Johnny Gerald
Crystal Cave
Green River
Ed. Turner
New York
Salt
Lee Collins
Floyd’s
King's Condition Bulletin From Buckingham Palace
Buckingham Palace reports King George is suffering from bronchitis with a fluctuating temperature. The medical bulletin says progress is slow but continues, with daily updates expected.
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London
Buckingham Palace
George
Noaesty
Golden Whistle shines by Medicine Hat youths at Empress
The Golden Whistle presented by the Medicine Hat Juvenile Operatic Society at the Empress Theatre last night featured about a hundred young performers. Mrs. W. M. Currie and Mrs. Gertrugle Marshall were praised for training. The show impressed with staging, costumes, dancing, and singing, including soloists like Grace Clements and Anna Maria Kahn, and dances by John and Roderick Ashburner and Phyllis Becker with James Robertson. Continuous vivid performances and charming harmony marked the two-part operetta with notable fairy queen scenes and instrumental numbers.
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Empress Theatre
Medicine Hat
W. M. Currie
Gertrugle Marshall
Fairaud
Stanton ‘Morris
Beppo
Grace’ Clements
Anna’ Maria Kahn
Dinkee
Jessie Clucas
Robin
Kenneth Robertson
John
James Roertson
Helen Johnston
Catherine Gonnors
Hildegarde Stafford
Beverly Momakman
Sadie Plem- Ing
Priscilla Boyd
Cuckoos
Jean Ells
Rita Wallace
Mine Cave-In Rescue Underway In Indiana City
A cave-in at a nearby coal mine entombed fifty one miners with sixteen bodies recovered so far. An official statement by Edward Dally, chief state mine inspector, says rescue work by the coal company will halt for several hours to continue recovering the entombed workers. The blast occurred yesterday morning near the city, with officials reporting the accident and ongoing rescue efforts.
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Suliivat
Indi
Coal Company Nine
Edward Dally
Indianapolis
Here's An Idea For Armstrong Bros On the East and West
Sault Ste. Marie Ont February 21 a trapper rigged heavy fish hooks on a wire with bait to catch wolves in his traps. Wolves pulled free then ran into more traps and were caught. The tale comes from the suburbs with mixed reactions.
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Armstrong Bros
Sault Ste
Labor Member Targeted For Belittling Wales Debate
Labor MP David Kirkwood of Dumfries and Galloway faced a barrage of mail after a heated attack in the Commons on Prince of Wales tour costs. More than 300 letters poured in, some urging him to mend his ways while warning he may be watched after leaving the house at night. Other Labour supporters reportedly received similar messages.
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House of Commone
Harry Lezcher
Portage la Praise
United States
W. R. Motherwell
M. A. Huey
Progressive
Springfield
Iwnoli Agricultural Association
Washington
Hoey
Manning Doherty
Harry Leader
Portage la Prairie
Chicago
Winnipeg
Canada
David Kirkwood
Labor
Dumbarton
House of
Kirkwood
Parliament Debates Estimates Across Departments
The Canadian House of Commons moves to private members' resolutions with upcoming votes on department estimates. In yesterday's session the main votes included allocations for agriculture totaling 1,790,000 dollars, a grant of 200,000 to the Canadian horticultural council, fertilizer and weed control funds of 295,000, dehydration experiments at 15,000, and stock health funding at 1,280,000.
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Ottawa
House of Commons
Department of Anilitte and Fisheries and Custome
House of Conunoims
Ricultural Department
Canadian Horticulture , Council
Man Fatally Shot After Defying Police Hours
Niagara Falls on February 21 reports John Smith was shot and probably fatally wounded after resisting police for over three hours at a barricaded 27th Street house. He fired into two houses including a relative’s, then hid in Stanley Zemwoskl’s nearby home.
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Niagara Falls
John Smith
27Th Street
Smith
Somuck
Stanley Zemwoskl
Dismissal of Theft Charge Against Christina Eberhardt
Megistrate Whii discharged Christina Eberhardt on the theft charge of $12 from I. Moscovitch. The judge cited the manner of her leaving Moscovich’s employ and urged proper notice in future separations. R. I. Davidson led the prosecution and A. MacGregor defended.
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Megistrate Whii
Christina Eberhardt
I. Moscovitch
Moscovich
R. I. Davidson
A. MacGregor
Odd Fellows Lodge Sees Elections and Dance in Medialay
The Grand Lodge officers and committees chosen include Grand Master and officers from Calgary and Claresholm. A Grand Lodge session is planned for February 1926. The Oddfellows hosted a dance in Medialay with decor praised as the best yet, featuring Fairylands themes and emblem panels painted by H. Road and sponsored by Mills Greenhouses and Moore & Son.
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Goeslon
Grand Maater
Sagnilers
Calgary
Schroder
Walal
Claresholm
W. G. Berry
Lloydminster
C. B. Nob
W. A. Collier
W. Mac
Regor
Lethbridges H
Edson
J. Smith
Christie
Caly
W F. Layton
Bee
Ee Distribution—Co
P.G.M
H. Ross
Montillan
Magler
Etrand Lodge
Rebekahs
Bro. H. Road
Lodge No. 3
H. S. Moore
Moore & Son
Bro. Wy ‘Lakey
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