12 Mar 1912
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Newspaper
Medicine Hat News
Location
Medicine Hat, Alberta, Canada
Date
Mar 12, 1912
Page
1
A Globe correspondent recalls nine close calls at railway crossings and urges a universal halt before any crossing. The proposed rule would require all vehicles and pedestrians to stop and verify safety, aligning with streetcar practice, to prevent accidents and save lives.
A Toledo Blade column attacks lenient treatment of killers, citing per capita conviction rates in New York Chicago Alabama and Texas and noting no hangings among Louisville murders in 1910 as part of a broader critique of crime punishment.
The article argues death penalty statistics imply 100000 murderers at large in the United States and predicts a violent reaction against lax law. It cites 9475 executions and an average murder age under thirty, warning of a harsher public mood and Bible-like justice.
The Laurier government is shown to have spent 8,400,000 on immigration over ten years for 1,715,326 immigrants. An estimated value of a single immigrant is placed at a thousand dollars, making five dollars per head a modest cost. Ottawa Free Press notes Kipling protects the name Medicine Hat from translation.
Kingston audience questions if Protestant churches meet the needs of the poor. Salvation Army and Catholic Church aid the needy, while dress sensitivity prevents full church integration. The piece urges missions to serve poor neighborhoods but warns against social separation amid the Christian ideal.
A playful exchange recalls a wartime barter where a boy mentions swords bought out by their father, and the tale notes the weapons will not rust before summer, reflecting a light wartime anecdote from a reader.
March 12 entries include figures born or died such as George Berkeley 1681 Aaron Dennison 1812 Sir Alexander Mackenzie 1820 and William Lyon Mackenzie 1795 Also notes on 1825 pasture rules in Boston and 1833 US Pension Bureau establishment with a stray fragment about a Russian assassination remains.
Rt. Rev. Joseph Schrembs, born March 12 1866 in Ratisbon Bavaria, educated at St. Vincent Archabbey Beatty Pa Grand Seminary Montreal ordained 1889 by Bishop Richter. He served in Saginaw Bay City Grand Rapids then St Marys Grand Rapids pastor and vicar general, domestic prelate monsignor in 1906, auxiliary bishop then bishop of Toledo in 1909.
The item lists Hilary A. Herbert at 78, Adolph Ochs at 54, Charles D. Norton at 41, and Prince Luitpold, Bavarian Regent, at 91 marking birthdays. It highlights Herbert as secretary of the Navy under Cleveland, Ochs as a leading publisher, Norton as Taft's former secretary, and Luitpold as the world’s oldest ruler.
The Globe writer surveys Manitoba Saskatchewan and Alberta showing about seven hundred industrial establishments in the three prairie provinces led by Manitoba with Winnipeg hosting roughly 250 to 300 plants. It notes vast untapped water power in Manitoba and Saskatchewan and coal resources in Alberta while citing high living costs and freight barriers as main obstacles to Western manufacturing growth. It argues the West could supply more of Canada’s food and keens on shipping in needed materials to fuel diversification.
Sir William Whyte notes Western Canada imports 40 thousand dollars weekly in cream. He argues farmers should focus on dairying, but wheat remains easier to grow in short summers. He contrasts Ontario farmers, once poor, now prospering from dairy and cheese production.
Advertising claim promises a one day cure for a cold using laxative bromide quinine tablets. Druggists refund money if it fails. The box bears E W Grove signature and a 265c price.
Balmoral House offers room and board two blocks from the station with daily or weekly terms at moderate rates. Apply Mrs. Herbert Love at 808 Balmoral Street for details.
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