Inrush of Settlers Forecast for Alberta in 1912
Publicity Commissioner Hotchkiss says Alberta will see a record year for new entries in 1912 with an influx of settlers from the American continent the British Isles and Europe. Californians intend to homestead there and English readers will be reached by a new book in the History of National series highlighting Alberta’s growth prospects and women’s position.
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UAT
Capital
Alberta
Publicity Department
Howard Bayly
York
England
Leo Thwaite
John Bull
Banks and Branches Across Canada by Province
Canada’s banks operate 2628 branches in 29 chartered banks. Ontario hosts 1020 branches, Quebec 398, and the Maritime provinces 2019 combined in the east. Prairie provinces hold 729, British Columbia 208, with Yukon and Northwest Territories hosting three and one.
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Canada
Newfoundland
Dominion
Ontario
Quebec
Nova Scotia
New Brunswick
Prince Edward Island
Prairie Provinces
Manitoba
Alberta
Saskatchewan
British Columbia
Yukon
North- West Territories
Financial Post
Leap year law urges women to seek husbands in Margaret of Norway era
The Woodstock Sentinel Review notes a 1288 leap year statute in Margaret of Norway's Scotland allowing any woman to solicit a man, with penalties for rejection, while quipping such rules fail today. It also discusses Alberta's marriage-seeking appeal and a historic proposal to send women northward. The piece suggests the remedy lies beyond such statutes and might be a problem for women to solve.
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Woodstock Sentinel Review
Margaret
Norway
Scotland
Sentinel Review
Alberta
New France
This Date in History Highlights Major Events
1775 Andre Marie Ampere born in Lyons France and later died in Marseilles in 1836. 1846 Telegraph completed between Philadelphia and Fort Lee opposite New York. 1858 Philadelphia gets first steam fire engine. 1862 Jesse D Bright Indiana senator expelled for disloyalty. 1886 Mersey tunnel opened linking Liverpool to Birkenhead. 1891 King Kalakaua of the Sandwich Islands died in San Francisco born 1836. 1900 John Ruskin died born February 8 1819. 1911 Reconciliation agreement reached by American Canadian Reciprocity Commissioners.
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Andre Marie Ampere
Lyons
France
Marseilles
Philadelphia
Fort Lee
New York
Jesse D. Bright
Indiana
United States Senate
Mersey
Liverpool
Birkenhead
King David Kalakaua
Sandwich Island
San Francisco
John Ruskin
Birthday Tribute to Mrs Harriott Stanton Blatch
The text honors Mrs Harriott Stanton Blatch born January 20 1856 in Seneca Falls New York daughter of Elizabeth Cady Stanton. It notes her Vassar education time in England return to the United States to continue her mother’s suffrage work and her roles as sociologist authority on child labor and president of the Equality League of Self Supporting Women.
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Harriott Stanton Blatch
Senica Falls
Elizabeth Cady Stanton
America
Public Opinion on Education to Meet Economic Competition
Montreal Witness urges readers to prepare for rising competition by upgrading educational tools for all citizens. It argues against racial exclusion and stresses equipping the population to ride a wave of prosperity rather than be overwhelmed by tougher, cheaper labor from others.
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Montreal
Hewitt and Armstrongs Open New Becker Block Store
Medicine Hat reports Hewitt and Armstrongs expand from Toronto Street to the Becker block with a modern up-to-date grocery store. Electric scales coffee mill and grinders speed service while canning varies. about 600 articles stocked with plans for a vegetable fountain and fresh produce display.
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Hewitt
Wiliam Armstrong
Medicine Hat
Toronto Street
R. C. Becker
The
Finn
Becker Block
McPherson Hardware Company
7. S. Arnott of
Souris
Man
Ottawa's Largest City Deficit for 1911 Declared
City Treasurer Ellis announced Ottawa's 1911 deficit as the largest in the city's history. The shortfall is estimated at not less than $50,000 and may exceed $75,000.
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Ottawa
Ellis
Gun Club Meeting Date Changed to January 23
The Gun Club alters its meeting from Wednesday January 24 to Tuesday January 23 at 8 p m in City Hall. The change updates members on the schedule and venue for the public safety group.
Patent medicine advert promises one day cure for cold
An old newspaper advertisement touts laxative bromoquinine tablets claimed to cure a cold in one day. It promises a refund if the remedy fails and includes B. W. Grove’s signature on each box with a $0.50 price, and an address in St. John.
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B. W. Grove
J. K. Drinnan
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Glasgow House
D. J. Downey
S. C. Taylor
C. A. McDorman
H. W. Ireland
H.W. Ireland & Co
Ed Stewart & Tweed Block
Maln ST
CHUNE
Ceylon
H. Morrow
North Railway Street
the Royal Bank OF Canada
C. H. McDunneugh
Fourth Avenue
the Merchants Bank
Savings Bank Department
Medicine Hat Branch
W. C. Joy
Hollinger
Anderson Transfer Co
Medicine Hat News
Medicine Hat News Co. LM
Main Street
Alta
A. J. N. Terrill
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Public Opinion
Armstrong
Hewitt & Armstrong
Hewitt & Armstrong's
W. A P. Dispatch
Finlay &Co
Lumber People
P.O
Pingle’s Drug and Book Store
Hotson & Leader
City Hall
Reynolds & Stewart
Sam
Binning
R.B. Taylor
J.J. Lait M6
Montreal Street
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