Polyglot porter aids puzzled travelers at Windsor Depot
John Cox, known as Number Eighteen, a British Guiana native employed by Canadian Pacific Railway at Windsor Station Montreal, speaks Spanish Italian English French Hindustani and Arabic and once learned Turkish prisoners’ speech at Mudros. His linguistic prowess helps decode unfamiliar languages and calm language barriers amid a wartime and postwar travel milieu.
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Selim Caz
Windsor
Canadian Pacific Railway
Montreal
Meenat
Rit
Berl
Kipling
Suez
Mezzofanti
John Cox
British Guiana
Seger
England
Brazil
Panama
Engeland
Mudros
Grecian
Dardanelles
Germany
Canadand
Windgow
Nusnbey
Ontario City Sees Record Building Year and Housing Data
The 1923 assessment for Hamilton shows 26 259 dwellings and 451 apartments as Ottawa city values rise. Fort William and Port Arthur report a booming building season with permits totalling 2 632 055 dollars for ten months ending October. Canada exports cheese worth 4 778 000 dollars in October with the UK as top buyer at 235 000 cwt. Nova Scotia aims for 6 200 000 tons coal this year, up from 4 642 196 last year. 1924 looks bright. The Prince of Wales plans annual Alberta ranch visits barring state affairs. E P Ranch chief notes Calgary Herald radio service now provides fur quotations to distant traders.
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Port Arthurs
Ontario
E. H. Amstrong
Nova Scotia
Prince of Wales
Alberta
William Carlyle
E. P
Canadian Society of Technical Agriculturists
Toronto
Saskatchewan
British Columbia
Calgary Herald
Dry Cleaning and Repairs Notice at Rablia Corner
J H Mesten advertises dry cleaning pressing and repair services at the northeast corner of 4th avenue Rablia. The notice claims no gasoline or perfume odor and guarantees work quality.
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Soda Biscuits
Pkt
McLaren
Invincible
Princess
B.C
Meindrest
4Th Ave
Rablia
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Sleter
W. R. Kaiser
Ed Williamson
Wells
Cameron
Roblin Bakery
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Fort William
Port Arthur
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United Kingdom
Union Bank OF Ganada
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Minister of Finance
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