A Labor of Love Saving Tuberculosis Patients in Canada
The piece recounts twenty years of the National Sanitarium Association led by W. J. Gage of Toronto and supporters like H. C. Hammond. It chronicles founding Muskoka Cottage Sanatorium, Muskoka Free Hospital, and child health efforts, noting rising government aid, reduced death rates, and appeals to help all sufferers regardless of wealth.
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Ontario
America
W. J. Gage
Toronto
National Sanitarium Association
Rockies
Kamloops
B.C
Sir William van Horne
Canadian Pacific
Canada
der. Trudeau
Adirondacks
British Columbia
Muskoka
Mr. Gage
Gage
Highlands
Harry A. Massey
James BE. Graham
Der
Kam
Free Hospital
Muskoka Free Hospital
H. C. Hammond
Winnipeg
Hammond
A. Friend
Weston
Ont
Duke of Connaught
Manitoba
Nova Scotia
Dominion
Sanitarium Association
John Ewan
Crusade In
Canada’s Northlands Rich in Minerals and Gold
The Northwest Territories form half the Dominion and hold vast mineral wealth. The Yukon yields gold valued at 5,000,000 dollars annually. White Horse mine ships about 1,000 tons of copper daily, with large copper deposits at the head of White River.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Canada
Northwest Territories
Dominion
Yukon
White Horse
White River
World's Happiest Girl Goes From Society To Farm Life
Miss Jack May daughter of Admiral May of the British navy abandons London society to manage a 320 acre Canadian farm near the CPR line. She dislikes pink teas and opera preferring plowing planting and horse work in the bracing western prairie life.
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Jack May
Wilds
Canada
Miss May
Admiral May
Mary
Swanley Agricultural College
Kent
Canadian Pacific Railway
London
England
The Lutheran Church in Canada Size and Language Reach
The Lutheran Church is the fifth Protestant body in Canada with about 500 000 baptized Lutherans. Roughly 100 000 are communicants and 100 000 are confirmed elsewhere, often worshipping with other denominations. Many young people, multilingual services, and new English speaking ministers are noted. A Waterloo seminary exists and a Saskatchewan seminary is planned. A Montreal Lutheran home for immigrants is proposed. Montreal hosts three Lutherans: German Danish and English. Montreal has about 5 000 Scandinavians and Toronto about 1 000 Finns, all Lutheran.
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Canada
Waterloo
Ont
Saskatchewan
Montreal
Toronto
Magistrate Jowett Appointed To Rockies District
Mr W A Jowett former editor of The Nelson Miner is named superintendent magistrate for the vast territory west of the Rocky Mountains opened by the Grand Trunk Pacific Railway. He will establish headquarters at Tete Jaune Cache with a roving commission and hold court along the line as needed amid thousands of laborers and rising settlement and mining activity.
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W. A. Jowett
Rocky Mountains
Grand Trunk Pacific Railway
Jowett
Nelson Miner
Tete Jaune Cache
Mustard Must Go Ends Mustard Weed Threat
Ontario government experiments show a copper-based spray kills mustard seed. Prof. Todd reports a Brockville 100 acre farm previously yellow with mustard produced a poor crop but yielded well after treatment. Next spring the method will be tested again to assess province wide use.
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Ontario
Prof
Todd
Brockville
Camphor Method Used Against Flies in India
A note describes burning camphor over a candle as an Indian method to drive away winged pests. The practice is cited as a traditional home remedy for flies.
Drinking Cups Harvard Note on Infection Risk Long Ago
A historical note recalls that the danger of infection from drinking cups was observed about 350 years ago and likely even earlier, highlighting early awareness of communicable illness linked to shared drinking vessels.
Romance of Mining and BC Mineral Wealth History
The article surveys British Columbia mineral resources from 1852 to 1911, detailing total production of about 397.7 million dollars with gold leading at 137.2 million and copper notable at 65.3 million. It recounts early discoveries around 1856 to 1858 on Thompson River and Hill's Bay, noting McLean of the Hudson Bay Co. and the spread of gold fever to Victoria and the Frasier River region.
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British Columbia
McLean
Hudson Bay Co
Kamloops
Thompson River
Fort Victoria
Pacific Coast States
Victoria
Fraser River
Fort Gale
Hill’s Bay
Billy’’ Bardon
California
A. G. Morice
San Francisco
Otter
Energetic Author Gilbert Parker Courted as Unionist Hope
The Gravesend member Sir Gilbert Parker, famed more for fiction than politics, is considered for an Under-Secretary post in a future Unionist government. A Canadian by birth, he studied at Trinity College Toronto and once lectured with a magic lantern to supplement income. He later edited The Sydney Morning Herald before settling in England.
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Sir Gilbert Parker
Gravesend
Eng
Trinity College
Toronto
Australia
Sydney Morning Herald
England
Immigration to Canada Rises in First Six Months
Canada welcomed 273,649 immigrants from April 1 to October 1 in the current fiscal year. Ocean arrivals reached 183,990 and 89,669 came from the United States, a 13 percent rise from the previous six months. September saw 31,140 arrivals, including 20,990 by ocean ports and 10,400 from the United States.
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Canada
Ocean Rts
United States
Ocean Ports
U.S
Count de Fronsac the Montreal Monarchist Aura
A Montreal journalist profiles Count de Fronsac, a shy shabbily dressed aristocrat who preserves French nobility lore. He travels between Huntingdon and Montreal, seeks to revive noble estates, and hosts North American seigneurial gatherings recorded in his archives.
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Count de Fronsac
Montreal
France
New York
America
Huntingdon
Que
Louisiana
Cervantes
Jacques Cartier
England
North America
New World
Abdul Baha in Canada promotes universal brotherhood
A Montreal audience heard Abdul Baha Abbas, the Servant of God, advocate peace and love among all peoples. The Iranian prophet spoke at the Church of the Messiah in Sherbrooke Street West, urging that true religion rests on reason and unity, while prejudice and racial divisions be abandoned.
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Abdul Baha
Mirza Ahmad Sohrab
Abdul Baha Abbas
Abbas Effendi
God
Acra
Syria
Baha'o’llah
Orient
Asia Minor
Persia
Europe
London
City Temple
R. J. Campbell
St. Johns Church
Wilberforce
America
United States
Canada
Church of the Messiah
Unitarian
Sherbrook Street West
Montreal
Dinosaurs From Alberta Describe Western Canada Fossils
Explorer Charles H. Sternberg describes Western Canada as a rich fossil source. He arrived in Ottawa with over twenty thousand pounds of specimens for the Victoria Memorial Museum, including a 35 foot duckbill skeleton weighing more than 6,000 pounds and a Triceratops skull seven feet long with horns. He notes the Duckbill lived three million years ago and other finds could yield forty feet of animal length.
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Charles H. Sternberg
Western
Canada
Sternberg
Ottawa
Victoria Memorial Museum
Duke of Connaught Chats with Boy Scout Numbers
The Duke of Connaught strolling in Victoria British Columbia questions a schoolboy about age and then learns of 30 000 Boy Scouts in Canada. The boy replies sarcastically and the duke remarks that they likely do not miss him given the large scouting ranks.
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Duke of Connaught
Victoria
B.C
Canada
September Labor Record Highlights Fewer Disputes
The Dominion Department of Labor reports 2 percent disputes in September, down 21 from August though higher than September 1911. Major conflicts involve 3,000 coal miners on Vancouver Island and 450 Moosejaw carpenters. About 5,000 workers were laid off. 89 killed and 419 injured in September across rail, metal, mining, and building trades.
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Dominion Department of Labor
Vancouver Island
Moosejaw
Calumet Word Origins in Indian Languages
The article traces the term Calumet to various Indigenous languages and notes it as likely introduced by French explorers. It explains that the word generally means pipe and describes different names for the pipe of peace among Iroquois, Algonquin, Winnebago, and other tribes with terms such as gat owduce neagun pog an talneehou.
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Canada
Mahogany In Demand Across England Imports High Volume
England imported 104,718 tons of mahogany last year valued at 4,307,492 dollars, illustrating strong global demand for the timber. The figure highlights the scale of England’s mahogany trade and its economic impact on market prices.
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England
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Isritith
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