Moving Picture Regulations Across Canada Echoed Calls
Police and civic officials urge provincial regulation of moving picture shows to curb abuses and improve safety. Reports from Edmonton Calgary Lethbridge Medicine Hat emphasize lighting ventilation aisles age limits and prohibition of sensational or gunplay content. The tone reflects a push for educational value and public morals in cinema.
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Lethbridge
Medicine Hat
Funny quips and quibbles sparkles in vintage columns
A playful collage quotes jokes from various papers. Lines reference notable characters, political talk, and misfit thrift in satire. Brief snippets include a California father of fourteen daughters, Depot lost among humor, and a jester guardian lamenting empty coffers.
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Maritania
Lippincott’s
This Date in History January 3 Events
This date marks events from 1724 to 1895 including Philip V of Spain abdicating in 1724 and the 1870 start of the Brooklyn Bridge construction. It notes Rev Jacob Duche’s death in 1798, the 1830 introduction of Methodism to Germany, the 1857 assassination of Silbour archbishop of Paris, Commodore Vanderbilt’s 1877 death, and the public degradation of Major Drevyfus in Paris in 1895.
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Sir Matthew Nathan 50th Birthday Note in London
Sir Matthew Nathan born January 3 1862 in London. He joined the Royal Engineers in 1880 and aided Sierra Leone fortifications in 1883. Nathan served in the Nile expedition and India before entering colonial administration in 1899. He governed Sierra Leone and the Gold Coast, Hong Kong, and Natal, with Egypt again mentioned for a possible Bible successor role.
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Gold Coast
Hong Kong
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Eldon Gorst
Public Opinion on Labor Unity and Canadian Solidarity
A Quebec Chronicle note praises labor men for standing by confreres in trouble and urges solidarity with comrades over strangers, urging Canadians to support fellow workers and unity across communities.
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Quebec
Four Children in Ten Months Stuns St. Jerome Village
Montreal reports a remarkable case in St. Jerome where Adelard Allaire becomes father to four children after his wife bore three more within ten months. All are healthy and baptized, with Abbe Marsoals presiding.
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Missing Clerk Sought in 3200 Dollar Robbery
Regina Sask January 3 A warrant issued for O Connor a clerk at Anderson and Lumney who vanished after the robbery at their office yesterday morning The missing man is said to be from Port Arthur where his father is a businessman
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Commons
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Regina, Sask
Anderson and Lumney
O’connor
O'Connor
Port Arthur
Personal Crisis Reports Before New Year Comes In
Vancouver Jan 3 Bert Simonds a storekeeper at Ocean Falls 200 miles up the coast died by suicide by drowning in the last half hour of 1911.
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Vancouver
Bert Simonds
Ocean Falls
Confidence man sought for $25,000 fraud
Winnipeg police pursue J. J. Caddigan a confidence man who swindled H. F. Caffee of Amerland out of 25000 dollars with a Western Canada pursuit aided by a $50000 reward to help capture him and end the scheme.
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Cw. A P. Dispatch
Winnipeg
J. J. Caddigan
H. F. Caffee
Amerland
Caddigan
Western
Canada
Postmaster in Walkerton Suicide Tied to Fear of Dismissal
A. Murat, postmaster of Mildman, Walkerton, Ontario, died after drinking carbolic acid. The 2 year appointee had lived in constant fear of losing his job since the September elections.
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Walkerton
Ont
A. Murat
Mildman
Angora Goat Breeders Open 2nd Northwest Convention in Dallas
Dallas Oregon hosts the second annual Northwest Angora Breeders Association convention drawing a large, representative crowd. The three day gathering features an Angora venison banquet described as the first of its kind in America.
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Dallas
Ore
Northwest
Angora Breeders’ Association
America
Western Fruit and Jobbers' Association opens in St Louis
Fifteen hundred fruit and produce men attended as President John M. Walker of Denver called the eighth annual convention to order. The gathering will remain in session for three days.
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St. Louis
John M. Walker
Denver
Western Fruit and Jobbers' Association
Calgary customs receipts show strong December gain
Customs receipts for December rise nearly 70 percent to 147 864.55 dollars. Calgary bank clearings for the year reach 218 681 921 dollars, up 64 004 890 dollars from 1910. An advertisement promotes PAZO ointment for piles with a 14 day cure claim.
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