Cadet Corps Reorganized After School Address
Cadet Captain J. W. Chander Lospector visited Rivers Tuestar to reorganize the Cadet Corps. He outlined training including drill rifle shooting first aid and games to nurture citizenship and self discipline. The Prince of Wales praised Cadets in Australia and New Zealand for instilling discipline without militarism.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
J. W. Chander
Cape
Chander
Prince of Wales
Australia
New Zaland
Ten Years of Cold Weather Colors the Gazette
The Gazette notes a morning thermometer at 52 degrees below zero, with a pattern around 25 to 59 below for nearly three weeks. Angus Tiltman and William Thomas departed for Minnedosa to join the CPR. Methdist Church youth prepare parlors for social and community use. A lathed Ibee was baked on Monday.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Angus Tiltman
Minnedosa
Thomas
Methodist Church
Boy single handedly defends cattle from four lions in South Africa
A farm boy at Romsey shoots down a tense attack by four lions on a herd of 108 head. He chases lions away with boots and a stick, rounds up the cattle, and returns home with the herd though one cow later dies from a lung wound caused by a lion’s claw. The feat underscores bold courage amid a rare predatory incident.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pourons
Romsey
South Africa
Coul
Learning How to Unlearn in Light of Atomic Theory
The piece compares early belief that atoms had two or three parts to modern views with about 1800 components. It notes a shift toward energy as the essence of matter, and imagines Thales debating with modern physicists who unite space and time. It mocks timeless debates between ancient thought and contemporary science.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sina Koein
Thales
Ailetius
Instanre
Birols
English Text Turns On Chinese Wedding Cake Tale
A fragmented English-Chinese tale recounts an English appointee in China who marries soon after a wedding cake incident. The scene features a Chinese merchant, a creditor, and a pointed exchange about cake and debts, ending with a taunting quip about language skills.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
China
Karlsbad spelling debate per New York letter
A New York reader’s letter to a Bobedia resident discusses whether the spa should be spelled Karlsbad or Carl s bad, noting confusion and business indifference. The writer argues both spellings may be acceptable while a printed item adds Karlsbad with the note English spoken.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Karlsbad
Bobedia
New York
Spa
Charles
Carl
Karl
Bach
Carlsbad
New York Tribune
Direction of burial and east wind lore in cemeteries
The London Express notes beliefs about burial directions with the east favored for the dead and the risen, tied to tradition and religious views. It mentions traditions linking the east to the Second Coming and assigns sequence to east south west north for the dead.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
England
Rhutele
London Express
Also Mentioned on This Page
Pete Fillets
Iern Kippers
Finnan Maddie
Wareham Bros
North Lumber Company
Erican
J, c. Stone
Mgr
Gazette Office
Columbia Records
Chandler
Rodolphe Lemieux Wih
House of Commons
Alo
Gazel
Chas. W. Angel
P.O. Box
Third Ave
Friendship Rebekah Lodge No
1.C.C.F
Oddfellows Hall
Sis
G. Dunsitore Sis
K. Cousin
N.G. Rec
Sec
Milentia
J. H. Barker
O Foresters
Oddfellows
T. A. White, C.R. H.bicknell,f.s
the Gazette
Jas. Taylor
Agent
Imperial Oil Co
Pacific Lodge
O. F
Geo. Barefoot Chas
W. Angel No
Rec
L.Q.L. No
Oddfellows Flat Rivers
Alwas
Jas. McFadden
H.wareham
WOM
Excelsior Lodge
L.ob.a
M Ibers
Anyineeting
Johnstone War
Sister Forman Rec
G.T.P
4Th Main St
Mt. Sinai
R.A.M
G.B.C
Masonic Hall
Rivers
A.W. Forbes
E.Z. F. W. Bugzgay, S. E
Great War Veterans’ Association
Rivers Branch
G. H. Barefoot
J. H. Foreman
J. H. Couch
B.C. L
Notary Public
Hto
Ontario
Insurance Rhal Hstath
Thompson Building
Butcher Sha
Columbis and
Fifth Avenue
Rivers Man
Jessie R. Murdoch
London
Eng
College of Music Piano
Phons
Canadian Power Farmer
This is just the beginning! Our collection holds over 300 years of history, including rare newspapers, obituaries, marriage records, birth records, and so much more—most of which you won’t find anywhere else!