Lord Aberdeen Celebrates Fiftieth Anniversary of Peerage
The former Governor General of Canada, Lord Aberdeen, marks fifty years since his accession to the peerage and the family estates at Haddo House. The event includes a tenant and friend demonstration as the aging nobleman is praised for his public service and long career.
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Lord Aberdeen
Canada
Huntly Gordons
Arran Hamiltons
Haddo House
Earl of Aberdeen
Cambridge
Lord Haddo
Mariner
Miss Braddon
Edna Lyell
Majoribanks
Lord Tweedmouth
the Kaiser
Winnipeg gathering applauds Lord Aberdeen speech
In a Winnipeg event two addresses were delivered in the same building. After Lord Aberdeen spoke the chair, a prominent local lawyer, moved a vote of thanks to Lady Aberdeen for her role. A person rose and led the National Anthem as the occasion closed.
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Lord Aberdeen
Winnipeg
Lady Aberdeen
Good Citizen Dr McRae and the Empties Recall
Dr McRae principal of Western Canada College in Calgary joined Mayor Brown on a West tour promoting a Western Land Settlement Board. He impressed crowds with concise speeches and shared a jocular Edinburgh anecdote about temporary preachers as a station procession passes by.
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Dr. McRae
Western Canada College
Canada
Mayor Brown
West
Western Land Settlement Board
Sandy
Calgary
Nova Scotia
Dominion
R. G. Dunn
Regina
Royal Bank
New York
Brown
Edinburgh
McRae
Waverley
Passing of Archbishop Legal Ends North West Mission Era
The obituary notes Archbishop Legal’s death in Edmonton and outlines his rise from Brittany priest to co adjutor for Bishop Grandin, then Archbishop of Edmonton. It highlights his role within a historic cadre of Roman Catholic missionaries who shaped western Canada, tracing links to Fathers Lacombe Hugoward and LeBre, and to Monseigneurs Tache and Segal.
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Legal
Edmonton
Tache
St. Boniface
Red River
Rocky Mountains
Arctic Circle
de la Verendye
Canada
Father Lacombe
Father Hugoward
Qu’Appelle Mission
Father Lebret
Qu’Appelle Lakes
Grandin
St. Albert
Pascal
Prince Albert
Segal
France
Brittany
Nantes
Lachine
Montreal
Ontario Ranchers Take Hold of New Phase in Agriculture
At the first annual meeting of Ontario ranchers in Toronto during the second week of February the rise of drover ranching is outlined. C M Laidlaw of the Ontario Department of Agriculture cites 30 ranchers, with the largest units at Algonquin and Burleigh ranches, and stresses cattle knowledge as essential to success.
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Ontario
Toronto
C. M. Laidlaw
Ontario Department of Agriculture
Burwash
Laidlaw
Mule-Footed Pig Raises Bacon Interest Across Midwest
A cloven hoofless pig with a mule like horned foot spreads like a horse hoof. Originating from razorback lines in hill Kentucky, a hog raiser crossed them with good feeders to breed a thrifty bacon strain. Today several hog men in the middle west raise mule footed pigs for their unusual feet and productivity.
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Kentucky
Middle West
Prinz Friedrich Wilhelm to join Canadian Pacific route
The former North German Lloyd liner Prinz Friedrich Wilhelm arrived in the Mersey last week and after alterations will serve on the Canadian Pacific Ocean Services between Liverpool and Canada. A tip suggests sprinkling salt on gas mantles while burning to remove carbon deposits, prolong mantle life and boost efficiency.
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Prinz Friedrich Wilhelm
Mersey
Liverpool
Canada
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