Churches Split Territory Nord to South in Medicine Hat District
A joint Methodist and Presbyterian committee divided the Medicine Hat District into nine sections, assigning ranges and towns to each church. The meeting closed with prayers and a note that adjustments may come later, amid a tone of cooperation.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Methodist
Presbyterian
Medicine Hat
Central Methodist Church
McDonald
Hench
Province
C.P.R
Coleridge
Saskatchewan River
4Th Range
Red Deer River
Methodist Church
Medicine H
Range 8
Redcliff
Bowell
Range 15
Suffield
Carlstadt
Brooks
Range 19
Presbyterian Church
Bassano
Feldman’s Lake
Walsh
Irvine
Range 6
Crow's Nest
Range 10
Range 12
Bow Island Town
Crow’s Nest
Little Bow
Bow River
Reid
Buchanan
Fanatics of Self Torture in Kairouan
John Foster Fraser recounts a visit to the Aissaoua rite in Kairouan. In a moonlit Friday ceremony outside the Gate of Djelladin, followers undergo self torture with see saw dancing, drums, and tormented chants as knives pierce the flesh and blood pools form on the floor.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Kairouan
Ali Hassan
All Africa
John Foster Fraser
Manchester Chronicle
Zaoula
Djelladin
Reciprocity to Lead to Much Greater Things
President Taft orders an extra session of Congress. The Senate passes the Tariff Board bill amid turbulence. Townsend of Michigan tentatively links reciprocity to a grand canal and rail freight plan, envisioning Great Lakes to sea access and vast national and farm benefits.
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Washington
Taft
Congress
Tariff Board
Senate
Gore
Oklahoma
Townsend
Michigan
United States
Canada
Great Lakes
St. Lawrence—Welland Canal
Mr. Townsend
Fielding to tout $30 million budget surplus in speech
Ottawa reports that Finance Minister Fielding will present a surplus near 30 million dollars in the coming Budget, with eleven months revenue at 104,302,705 and a yearly estimate around 117 million. Expenditures for the year projected about 36 million, capital outlays about 28.6 million, and the net debt reduced to 331,844,198 by February.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Canada
Ottawa
W. S. Fielding
Fielding
National Trans-Continental Railway
Consolidated Fund
Dominion
Dominion Land Office March Report Summary
The Dominion Land Office release covers March activity with sections on Homesteads Pre-emptions and South African Script Purchased. The readable elements show a structured ledger of land allotments and associated entries for the month.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dominion Land Office
Murder erects fear in St Leonard Cashton area
Residents of St Leonard and Cashton Quebec are aroused by word of a murder. Maurice Plouffe formerly of Three Rivers, was found dead February 27 on the Steelestin Road with a severed head and multiple wounds after arriving in town and walking toward his home.
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St. Leonard
Cashton
Que
Maurice Plouffe
Three Rivers
Plouffe
Steelestin
Gas City Quartette Sings Tomorrow at Century Church
The Gas City Quartette will perform at Century Methodist Church tomorrow morning inviting community members to enjoy a morning concert.
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Gas City Quartette
The
Century Methodist Church
Weeds nuisance to be dealt with in district
The Board of Trade meeting chaired by President Tweed sets action to curb the weeds nuisance. A committee will advance advertising, assist the Bowell Farmers Union on passenger service, and seek help from the Department of Agriculture for a regional remedy. Prof Murray may address Farmers on April 6.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Alberta
Board of Trade
Prof
Murray
Canadian Wheat Fields Co
Suffield
Bowell
Farmers Union
Medicine Hat
Messrs
G. M. Johnston
J. C. Hargrave
G. A. Cochran
G. W. Eliott
H. L. Tweed
Philadelphia
Boards of Trade
Department of Agriculture
Demented Man Captured While Headed for Minneapolis
Authorities in Fergus Falls Minnesota captured a half demented man who walked from Winnipeg with intent to kill a newspaper man whose name he would not reveal. He claimed to be baseball pitcher Reuben Waddell. He is slighted demented and was sent to the Fergus Falls asylum.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Fergus Falls
Minn
Winnipeg
Minneapolis
Reuben Waddell
Urging Early Orders for Flax Seed
Minneapolis March 4. Oil and paint makers warn flax farmers to place seed orders immediately to ensure supply at seeding time. Last year a 12 million bushel shortfall occurred due to near total crop failure in North Dakota and reduced fields in South Dakota and Minnesota, stressing seed requirements.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Minneapolis
North Dakota
South Dakota
Minnesota
Fifty Young Husband Hunters Reach Canada
A party of fifty young women from the Old Country arrived at Windsor Station seeking domestic service in Canada. Their aim was to secure husbands as the nominal bosses of households. The group, brought by the Canadian Northern Steamship Company under special arrangements aboard the Royal George, planned to work in Toronto and Regina.
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Old Country
Canadian Northern Steamship Company
Regina
Montreal
Mar
Winsdor Station
Roayal George
Canada
Toronto
Dabbit and Other New Parlor Games Highlight Olympia Display
London coverage describes Dabbit a new game by Percy Fullerton played on a tray with arches under a center bar. The piece reviews rival games Castello Holo Stepping Stones and Three Ticks noting skill, novelty, and broad appeal for both children and adults.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
London Daily Sketch
Percy Fullerton
Liverpool
Dabbit
Olympia
Fullerton
London
Wheat and futures and cattle prices in Winnipeg and Liverpool
Winnipeg closing prices show May wheat 93 3 5, July 95 5 8, October 89 1 2, cash grades mixed. Oats No 2 29 3 4, flax May 2 48, Liverpool reports Birkenhead cattle supply tight with a quarter cent advance. States steers 1 23 4 to 1 3 1 2, Canadians 1 27 1 2 to 1 3 cents per pound.
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Winnipeg
C.W
N.W
Liverpool
Mar
John Rogers and Company
Birkenhead
States
Canadians
Estate of W J Terry Leaves $26779.55 in Toronto
The late William James Terry baggage man for G T R died at 123 Major Street Toronto. Estate valued at 26779.55 with Frances Louise Terry Harriett R Terry Thomas H Terry Frances J Terry Blanche Terry as beneficiaries each receiving 5165.91. T C Terry of Medicine Hat named only brother.
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William James Terry
Major Street
Toronto
Frances Louise Terry
Harriett R. Terry
Thomas. H. Terry
Frances J. Terry
Blanche
Terry
T. C. Terry
Medicine Hat
Calgary
Trades and Labor Council Discuss Real Estate and Wage Contracts
The executive committee met last night and planned topics for the next general meeting. Officials expect focus on the real estate market and the issue of incorporating a fair wage clause in contracts with manufactories locating in the city.
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Trades and Labor Council
Glasses Are Clear Says Clifford Sifton
Ottawa reports the Evening Free Press prints Sifton letter rebutting an editorial. He states he is not a manufacturer and has no manufacturing investments, defending his political vision as never cloudy and always clear.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Clifford Sifton
Ottawa Free Press
Ottawa
Evening Free Press
Explosion injures Saskatoon coal worker at city plant
A Saskatchewan Cartage Co employee in Saskatoon was badly burned when a stick of dynamite exploded while unloading coal for the city power plant. He remains at the city hospital with severe burns to face and neck. The incident prompted an ensuing commotion in the car and a promised thorough investigation by the city, with shipment risk on Spicer Co.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Saskatoon
City
Saskatchewan Cartage Company
Correndos
Spicer Company
Express Charges On Returned Empties In Canada
The new express classification approved by the Board of Railway Commissioners takes effect March 1 1911 and imposes charges on all returned empties. A temporary period allows empties to be returned subject to certain conditions and restrictions.
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Utah
Boston
Los Angeles
Canada
American
Board of Railway Commissioners
Railway Commission
Bat Aiaiok
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Methodists
Ward
Aissa
Biss
Earth
Hassan
Mahammedans
Gairouan
Paradise
Saasovhieens
Quartette
Council of the Board of Trade
A. P. Burns
W. J. Terry
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