08 Aug 1923
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Newspaper
Ontario Georgetown Herald
Location
Georgetown, Ontario, Canada
Date
Aug 08, 1923
Page
1
A poem praising the plain duty of the average man who bears burdens daily. It extols the common worker as the reliable pilot of progress, enduring toil and risk with quiet nobility across land and sea, from first light to final hour.
Travelers toured Prince Edward Island visiting Bedeyue and Summerside with stops at large fox farms near Borden and Summerside. They learned of the Prince Fox Breeders Association HQ in Summerside and viewed Bay and Northumberland Strait scenery before proceeding to Charlottetown for Parliament House events.
A narrative recounts a Charlottetown visit with greetings by Premier Bell and Hon. Mr. Nash, trips to the Experimental Farm, a supper at the Technical School, and evenings of music. It extols Charlottetown as a homelike, educationful city with St Dunstan's Cathedral and St Donstan's University, and notes beaches, fishing, and rural charm on Vancouver Island.
The piece urges coordinated action across Ontario to deter bank robberies and other crimes. It calls in provincial and local police chiefs, recommends a centralized directing head at the Provincial Police Department, and suggests forming rapid response units to pursue fast criminals.
An elderly Armenian man about 85 fell in front of an eastbound freight car and died at Brant Hospital a few hours later. Coroner Dr. Smith was notified. The Brant Military Hospital closure notice followed with questions about site choice, plus other local items including Ford speedometer tales, a hunger strike case, a motor theft arrest in Hamilton, Swiss farm workers arriving in Peel, and Milton sewer survey results.
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