Fort Ellis and the Sioux Frontier Reminiscence
The narrator recalls Fort Ellis a strong frontier post on the Assinboina River with a sixteen palisade and a wall walk. Chief Archie McDonald, sister to Sheriff Inkster, leads the fort as young clerks James McKay and others face Sioux incursions near the boundary. The tale covers trade, provisions disputes, and the harsh life of early western exploration.
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Ellie
Ellis
Assinboina
Archie
Mc Donald
Martinet
Inkster
James Bay
Hiudson’s Bay
Mackenzie River
New Caledonia
Great West
Sioux Uprising at Fort Ellis Resisted by Plains Men
The incident unfolds as tensions rise at Fort Ellis where Sioux workers receive pay. A drunk clerk assaults a chief’s wife, triggering a swift tribal reaction. White guards and plainsmen intervene, with one miner hidden and the crowd calmed by elder scouts. The narrative ends with a cliffhanger.
Giant irrigation project planned by Can Land and Irrigation
London's Can Land and Irrigation Company offices report a $7,000,000 mega project for Medicine Hat aimed at building distribution systems to water thousands of acres. The plan follows years of preparation and signals a major urban and agricultural development.
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Calgary
London
Can- Land and Irrigation Company
Medicine Hat
Irish Arms Plot Disclosed as Dublin Dump Found
U S authorities disclose an underground Dublin ammunition dump used by Sinn Fein operatives. Boxes bear Massachusetts powder works stamps and show shipments from Irish American sympathizers linked by wireless to gun runners on Ireland’s west coast and in the United States.
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London
Ralph Connors Picture Sold to First National Company
Calgary readers learn Ralph Connor film adaptation The Royal Mounted produced, marketed as Grat picture. The project was sold recently to the First National Company of New York with an initial down payment of $123,000.
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Ralph Connor
Calgary
Caméron
the Royal “Mounted
First National Company of
New ‘York
Vancouver Kiwanis Heard Freight Rates Must Fall
Hon F B Carvel chairman of the Dominion Railway Commission urged Kiwanis Club to cut unnecessary train services and curb wages to lower freight rates. He warned against maintaining costly Sunday trains and cited McAdoo 1918 and Chicago 1920 wage awards as factors.
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Vancouver
F. B. Carvel
Dominion Railway Commission
Kiwanis Club
Chicago
Canadian National Railways
Senate debate on Transcontinental Railway diversion of grain
Ottawa Senate discussed the National Transcontinental Railway and the diversion of Canadian grain through U S ports. An immediate investigation was urged into export trade from Quebec while praising the railway’s shortened Winnipeg to Quebec distance and time. Casgrain supported expanding use of the line and downplayed deepening the St Lawrence channel.
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U.S
Senate
Ottawa
United States
Quebec
Lorne Webster
Winnipeg
New York
West
J. P. B. Casgrain
St. Lawrence Channel
Veterans Seek Government Support For Unemployed Ex-Servicemen
J F Marsh for the Grand Army of United Veterans appeals to the special reestablishment committee urging the government grant pay and allowances to all unemployed ex-service men until they find work. He says veterans are stranded in Canada due to lack of jobs and do not want doles but subsistence means.
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Oitawal
Government of Army
J. F. Marsh
Grand Army of United Veterans
Marsh
Canada
Pleading for Peace In Ireland Draws Nonconformist Backing
Nine bishops and leaders of major nonconformist churches in Great Britain endorsed Archbishop of Canterbury's protest against reprisals in Ireland. In a letter to the Prime Minister and Irish Secretary, they urge peace, arguing current policy invites misunderstanding and hostile criticism from even friendly nations.
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Archbishop of Canterbury
London
House of Lords
Ireland
Great Britain
Scottish United Free Church
Congregational and
Baptist Unions of Scotland
Wesleyan
Methodist
Presbyterian
Society of Friends
Labor Minister Criticized Over Union Treatment in Commons
Ernest Lapointe charged the labor minister with unfair handling of Catholic National Unions from Quebec East during a debate on supply. He said the minister discriminated against delegates in favor of international unions and declared unions dangerous, risking race and religious conflicts amid a request for representation at the upcoming building trades conference.
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Quebec East
Internationals
National Union
Building Trades, Conference
British to Protest Turkish Atrocities in Asia Minor
London reports an official British protest is expected over alleged Turkish cruelties against Greek and Armenian Christians in Asia Minor. تفاصيل describe killings in Caesarea as tensions rise and charges flow between Greeks and Turks during hostilities.
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Britain
London
Asia Minor
Caesarea
Calgary Teachers Hold Line Ends With Offer Accept
Calgary teachers decide not to strike and accept the school board offer totaling 40 000 under protest. Earlier talks considered a 50 50 compromise raising the total to 87 000.
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Calgary
Dr. Calgary
School
Speech Recovery Report From Minneapolis Leader
Robertson of Brooklyn, a former soldier who lost his voice in France after being gassed for 31 months, suddenly recovered his speech. An update from Moncton, New Brunswick notes shorter working hours in Canadian hops.
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Minneapolis—Paul
Robertson
Brooklyn
France
Moncton
New
Farmers Back Co operative Grain Market Plan
Delegates at a convention voted unanimously to adopt the committee of 17 report creating a cooperative agency to market the nation's grain. Amendments to make pooling compulsory failed 61 to 38. London reports Great Britain faces a serious industrial crisis as coal owners and striking miners clash and rail and transport workers may join a national dispute.
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Chicago
Farmers In Convention
Committee of 17
Carl Williamis
Oklahoma
London
Great Britain
Lloyd George
House of Commons
J. R.clynes
Parliamentary
Labor Party
Miners' Federation
Miers’ Federation
Lloyd George Serted
Primpera
Huns in New Role Berlin Plan for Rebuilding Devastated Areas
The government has agreed on a reparations plan for French devastated zones. Officials and industrial experts reached accord on methods of rebuilding, use of materials, and labor. An official said the aim is to demonstrate sincerity and do all in their power to reconstruct the district. details to follow.
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Berlin
Moderate Claim of France Defends German Reparations
Rene Viviani envoy extraordinary to the United States and the New York Chamber of Commerce argues France’s position on German reparations. He says Germany must pay its debts and that the problem concerns the world, since peace depends on restoring economic balance. He notes France has reduced claims since the treaty and extended concessions to Germany.
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New York
Rene Viviani
United States
France
Germany
Emperor Charles Reaches Switzerland in Exhausted State
Zurich dispatch reports former Emperor Charles arriving in Lucerne Switzerland with former Empress Zita meeting him at Buchs. He appeared in a very exhausted condition and traveled under heavy guard amid ongoing political turmoil in exile.
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Emperor Charles
Switzerland
London
Lucerne
Zurich
Exchange Telegraph Company
Zita
Buchs
Charles
Hungarian Ministry Quits After Royalist Split
Budapest reports the resignation of the ministry of Count Paul Tele key amid a government split between Royalist and Republican factions following ex-Emperor Charles’s attempt to regain the throne.
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Budapest
Hungary
Paul Tele
Charles
Resigns From House Ottawa Sir Thomas White
Sir Thomas White resigns his seat in the House of Commons leaving Ottawa politics without its veteran Liberal figure. The move shocks colleagues and unsettles party plans as authorities initiate successor procedures.
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House
Ottawa
Thos. White Haa
House of Common
U S Claims Right to Participate In Peace Settlements
Washington asserts the United States will not lose its rights in peace settlements despite not ratifying Versailles. Secretary Hughes tells Britain France Italy and Japan that US participation is not affected by such ratification issues. He notes the Japan mandate over Yap and argues the League of Nations cannot bind the United States.
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Washington
United States
Hughes
Great Britain
France
Italy
Japan
Yap
F Nations
United
League’ of Nations
League
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McKay
McDonald
Plains
Fort Ellis
Jarge- Swan River
Mr. St
Yalliallala
Gouldie Harper
Alberts
University of British Columbia
Arthur Vi White
Commission ‘of Censor- Canada
Wurmier
The
Dublin
Army Bay
Victoria—The New
Liquor Copital
Hume Cronyn
Huns
Viviani
League of Nations
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