Long-Lived Maritimers Show Longevity Across Generations
A provincial portrait of long living residents in the Maritime provinces. Notes include octogenarian pilots and centenarian locals such as a 100 year old Annapolis Royal resident, a 102 year old who died after a cold, and a New Brunswick woman of 85 preparing a Christmas pudding.
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Maritime Provinces
Canada
Acadia
Ontario
Quebec
Charles Tupper
Atlantic
Lahey
CG. P. Ress
St. John Harbor
Secon
MacAvity
New Brunswick
New
Toronto Boy’s Voice Draws Record $500 Week for US Tour
Wilfred Morrison a 13 year old Toronto singer is slated to earn $500 weekly from a New York concert company for a one year tour from New York to San Francisco and Australia. His voice is praised as rare soprano though longevity is uncertain. Morrison is a familiar figure in Toronto with a youthful, childlike appearance and spiritual eyes.
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Toronto
Wilfred Morrison
New York
United States
San Francisco
Australia
Gerecele Hall
York
Canada
Ilfrid
New Tree Pest Detected in Gatineau Area
Senator W C Falwards reports a new timber pest identified by the Dominion Government entomologist as tortrix fumiferana, commonly the spruce bud worm. Rangers are advised to watch for affected timber as the insect threatens spruce forests in Maine and nearby regions. A separate note mentions the Canadian North Atlantic West Bound Freight Conference issuing a circular outlining land sorting and piling charges for Montreal bound freight from trans Atlantic ports.
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New Tree Post
Gatineau
W. C. Falwards
Frank Jane
Ontario
Dominion
Maine
Montreal
Consignees
Farmers Advocate Christmas Number Highlights Western Agriculture
The Christmas issue of The Farmers' Advocate and Home Journal from Winnipeg presents 84 pages of Western Canadian agrarian topics. Alberta Minister of Agriculture Duncan Marshall outlines department roles, with contributions on crop estimation, dairying, poultry, market gardening, Mormon settlements, and horse industry. Ralph Connor pens the Christmas greeting and fiction. the issue features essays, illustrations, and stories tailored to farmers and the Western region.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Farmers’ Advocate and Home Journal
Winnipeg
Duncan Marshall
Alberta
Department of Agriculture
F. Hedly Auld
Saskatchewan
British Columbia
J A. Barldick
Ottawa
W A. Wilson
Canada
Richard M. Keane
Ralph Connor
Home Journal Department
Costly Army of Travellers Burdens Canadian Goods
An observer notes 20 000 traveling commercial workers in Canada with average $2 000 yearly costs each, totaling about $40 million. The system is questioned as unnecessary, with a suggestion that trade could be done by catalogue and sample instead, reducing consumer costs.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Canada
Weekly
Sun
Toronto
Cash Only Retailing Stays Cited Against Dept Stores
The speaker argues a big handicap is competition from departmental stores and urges a nationwide cash only system. He says local shoppers should buy Russell goods with cash to avoid subsidizing credit sales and that retailers must match cash margins to keep business in town.
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Russell
Earthquake Shocks Felt in Cape Breton and Relief Efforts
Reports note a Monday tremor felt across Cape Breton while Vienna relief kitchens fed over 109000 people last week. The Winnipeg Free Press forecasts a January provincial election. Herbert Gladstone named governor general of South Africa. Canada records 10000 homestead entries in ten months by arrivals from abroad. Grand Trunk Pacific promises first transcontinental train in 1912. Saskatchewan farmers acquire 30 cars of autos from J J Coe of Moose Jaw in Detroit. Copenhagen University committee finds Dr Cook reports insufficient for North Pole verdict.
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Cape Breton
Vienna
Winnipeg Free Press
Herbert Gladstone
South Africa
Chamberlain
Grand Trank Pacific
J. J. Coe
Moose Jaw
Detroit
Saskatchewan
University of Copenhagen
Dr. Cook
North Pole
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General News
Dr. Shoop’s
W. Ledingham
the Banner Bookstore
Banner
Western
Noli Avenue
the Trust and Loan Company of Canada
J. Williams
Ussell
W. Tait. Angusville
A. Astbury
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