Made-in-Medicine Hat products show at Wells store
The Women's Institute of Medicine Hat hosts a home products exhibit from May 31 to June 6 at Frager's Limited store opposite the post office. Daily visitors receive fifty free tickets. Saturday June 6 offers prize draws with twenty exhibitor prizes. The event follows a district conference urging Buy-at-Home campaigns and support for Alberta products. Queen Mary’s 88th birthday noted with public tributes as banners fly.
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Sth
Women’s Institute
Frager’s
Second St
Deas
Alberta
Liberal rift widens as Oxford letter stirs party
A letter from the Earl of Oxford among Liberals signals support for a break with the Liberal leadership. Lloyd George supporters insist he backs the party’s Commons allies who elected him chairman, amid a strike dispute. The former premier plans a Wales speech tonight while Thos. Waddell of Mossbank seeks the Moose Jaw by election in Saskatchewan.
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Sehen
Pee
Earl of Dubers
Sid Agquba
Lloyd George
Earl É of Oxfort
Foote
Idoud Georgé
Earl of Oxford
House of Commons
Landudno
Wales
Thos. Waddell
Mossbank
Moose Jaw
Saskatchewan
Sudden Meeting Spur of News About Mr Harry Cooper
Fragmentary notes report sudden events involving Mr Harry Cooper of Ninth Street. Affected by health issues including blood pressure and heart trouble, he was described as active before a recent, unspecified passing.
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Harry Cooper
Ninth Street
Baldy Robb loses appeal in Brule Mine poll case
Edmonton Alberta May 26 The appeal court dismissed P A Baldy Robbs appeal against a Supreme Court conviction for fraudulent practices tied to the Brule Mine poll run in the last Dominion election Robb must serve five years in Prince Albert penitentiary The court reduced two of three charges from five to three years to run concurrently with the five year sentence Each sentence was announced by the panel including Chief Justice Alimeus Justice Harvey and others with Crown counsel present
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Edmonton
Alberta Appeal Court
P. A
Baldy) Robb
Supreme Court
Dominion
Robb
Prince Albert
Wheat market ends higher on May futures in quiet session
Winnipeg May grain trading closed with May futures up 158 to 8 cents as May and July activity cooled early then picked up. Export demand remained steady with foreign buyers lifting rye and October wheat. coarse grains rose with wheat, while flax stayed firm and Spregda were largely unchanged.
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Winnipeg
Chicago
Flood Wreaks Havoc in Kitsura Japan Mayama Reservoir
Reports from Akita prefecture describe the Mayama flood displacing half the town of Kitsura with a population of about 7,000. The post office bank and theatre are reported washed away and details remain scarce.
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Pollo
Akita
Japan
Kitsura
Kitsara
Train Collision at Munich East Station Kills Twenty Four
A passenger train failed to stop at Munich East Station and collided with a stationary train, killing twenty four and injuring many. Investigations point to the moving train not stopping at the designated point, with several cars of the stopped train carried into the wreck.
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Munich
Bavaria
Horticultural Society Schedules August Show Amid Budget Concerns
The Horticultural Society discussed a late August show with cash prizes for best flowers fruits and vegetables and ribbons for garden competitions. The group decided not to overshoot this year due to financial conditions and to focus on organization for a larger event next year.
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The
Horticultural Society
Fire causes heavy loss in city warehouse blaze
A three story brick warehouse on Bannatyne Avenue in the wholesale district caught fire early today causing damage estimated at up to 140000 dollars. Fire started on the third floor and may have begun around May 96. No injuries reported.
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Bannatyne Avenue
Tokachi volcano eruption leaves thousands missing in Japan
Reports say Mount Tokachi in Hokkaido erupted Monday causing deaths and property damage. About 1,000 farmers in nearby districts were missing as floods and lahars swept villages such as Kamifurano and the spa at Matsuyama. At least 100 dead and over 200 injured were tallied, with many residents evacuated before the eruption.
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Tokio
Tokachi
Hokkaido
Bie
Kamifurano
Matsuyama Spa
Purano
Mina
Cali
Abd El Krim Surrenders to French Authority in Morocco
Fes and Paris dispatches report Abd El Krim the Rifian chief will surrender to French forces. Krim and family place themselves under French protection and release all French Spanish and native captives held in Rif. He is being moved to Casa for instructions from Gen Jules Steeg.
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Fes
Morocco
Abd-El-Krim
Krim
Kasa
Jules Steeg
France
Riff
Paris
Abd-El-Keim
Moreces
Bhf
Targalst
Judge Murphy Speaks on Mental Hospitals in City
Judge Emlly Murphy will lecture Friday night on conditions and work in the Province mental hospitals. The public health department sends Mrs Murphy at the request of local societies. She brings years of magistrate and Juvenile Court experience and is an informed, capable speaker.
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Emlly Murphy
Department of Public Health
Murphy
Death of Mra Kerrigan in Culver City
Mra J. E. Kerrigan, only daughter of Hon. C. B. Hyman of London, died at Culver City California.
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Mra
J. E. Kerrigan
Hon. C
Hyman
London
Culver City, Cal
Using Merchant Marine on Great Lakes Explored
A Canadian common committee on coal supply examined employing idle Ships of the Canadian Government Merchant Marine to haul coal to industrial Ontario. Montreal coal importer Harry Aird reported ships could carry fuel across the Great Lakes but canals would limit load to about half capacity. He described vessels as 2500 to 5000 ton bulk freight ships with single decks.
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Ottawa
Ontario
Common Committee of Coal Supply
Harry Aird
Montreal
Aird
Great Lakes
Came to Canada to give little ones a chance
Fred Foster from Marsh Lane near Sheffield England has arrived in Toronto with his wife and eleven children to farm in Alberta under the 8,000 My Scheme. The Fosters range from 19 to 9 weeks old, with six boys and five girls.
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Toronto
Canada
Fred Foster
Marsh Lane
Sheffield
England
Alberta
Foster
Budget resolutions to be considered in House of Commons
Ottawa May 96 Canadian Press reports in the House of Commons the budget resolutions will be under consideration today. Yesterday the Senate adjourned after disposing of routine business. In the Commons the railway statement was made by Hon A Dunning minister of Railways and Canals. Canadian National estimates were referred to a committee and the Department of Railways estimates were briefly considered with progress reported. No items were paused.
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Ottawa
Heouse of Commons
Senate
House of Commons
A. Dunning
Canadian National
Department of Railways
Railway Chief Seeks Denser Traffic To Ease System
Ottawa May 26. Minister of Railways C. A. Danning urged greater density of traffic to relieve the national railway system. He cited improved operating results for four months of 1926 and outlined budget needs of 31 million dollars for 1926-27 with 15.7 million planned capital expenditures. Opposition leader Arthur Meighen criticized government borrowing and the nationalization policy as debate continued.
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Ottawa
CC. A. Danning
Home of Commons
Danning
National Railway
Dunning
Grand Trunk Pacific
Grand Trunk
G.T.P
Mr. Dunning
Arthur Meizhen
Meighen
Liquor Commission
Murder Near Pisw Lamp Shocks Edmonton Near Rails
Reports from Edmonton indicate a drunken brawl at Pisw Lamp hunting ground ten miles north of Batradner or the Canadian National Railway left Abraham Cancher dead. Archie Gaucher Mancelier and Pat Bets court were wounded. Albert Gaucher and others faced injuries. Brent Gaudet was arrested and handed to Detective Skelton as the investigation continues with police aid.
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Edmonton
Batradner
Canadian National Railway
Abraham Cancher
Archie Gaucer
Mancliere
Mundra
Pat
Betscourt
Alvert Gaucher
Tita
Bronett
Brule
Skelton
A.P.P
Wheat West
Mathiesou
Engineer Warns Niagara Falls At Risk If Great Lakes Stay Low
Chicago on May 26. Robert Jehan Randolph, a Chicago engineer, warns that the ultimate extinction of the American size of Niagara Falls is mathematically certain unless Great Lakes water levels are raised. He notes erosion at the apex could reach four to five feet annually and cites the erosion as a threat to the falls.
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Chicago
Niagara
Great Lakes
Robert Jehan Randolph
Missiseippi Valley Association
Horgeshog Balla
Randolph
Rae Sek
Fire Rugged Mayhem Destroys Royal Tallow and Sea Yard
A San Francisco blaze damaged the Royal Tallow and Seay Company warehouse and waterhouse, injuring several men. The fire wrecked the facility and property lots were set at about $200,000. Authorities reported most of the damage to the warehouse and its contents.
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San Francisco
Royal Tallow and Seay’ Company
Charles Walpole Found Dead in Kensington Court Home
London reports Sir Charles Walpole a jurist and author found dead in his Kensington Court smoking room last night. Death attributed to a bullet wound with a revolver nearby, police investigating possible suicide or foul play.
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London
Sir Charles: Walpole
Kensington Court
PINGLE PRESSURES GOVT ON SOUTHEAST ALTA RELIEF
Edmonton May 25 Premier Brownslee said amendments to the Alberta Debt Adjustment Act would not pass until an agreement with Dominion authorities on relief and seed advances is reached. Charles S. Pingle asked about provincial plans, while Ottawa talks seek a workable relief settlement for distressed southeastern Alberta borrowers.
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Edmonton
Legisla
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