Blomidon and the Nova Scotia Mountain Dream
A travelogue praising Blomidon on the Nova Scotia coast near Wolfville. The author recounts a tour from Canning to the mountain, describing Purcell-like views, farm life, and a resilient mountain woman. Maritime landscapes, quiet woods, and the contrast with modern life are highlighted.
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Evangeline
Maritime Provinces
Bromiton
Nova Scotia
Mote
Blomidon
Nova
Blomides
Treveler
Wolfville
Minas
Ricmidon
Canning
Frederick Pordemn
Ceel Stadowr
Bay of Mires
America
Elmidon
Bromidon
Montreal girls revolt against moving picture steno myths
Three thousand Montreal girl stenographers sign a protest against being portrayed as gum chewing coquettish workers in moving pictures. They defend their accuracy, dignity, and essential role in business, urging truthful representation and fair pay.
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Forle
Montreal
Cause and Effect. Whr 40 roa Sieme erivironmest g Birks
Reading fragments show a note about a road area and a cross street near an environmental or Birks location. The text is largely garbled with missing letters, hindering clear identification of people or events.
St Augustine Seminary to House World-Rare Library
Archbishop McNeill leads efforts to assemble a unique library for St Augustine's Roman Catholic Seminary on Kingston road Tarento. Agents scour Europe for confiscated monastic volumes once sold after French confiscations and dust-laden relics now found in bookstalls. Paris and Rome agents report bright prospects for securing antiquarian volumes for Jesuit training.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
St. Augustine's Roman Catholic Seminary
Kingston Road
Tarento
McNeill
Europe
McNedil
Paris
Rome
Stage Coaches Replaced by Motor Cars In Ontario
In Ontario two veteran mail routes have seen stage coaches retired and swapped for motor cars. The Guelph to Erin run, once a day trip with horse changes, now gains two daily trips by the auto. The Lakefield to Apsley mail line, in service fifty years, is repaved and served by a modern auto making two trips daily.
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Ontario
His Majesty's
Guelth
Erin
Lakefield
Apsley
Teaching Physiology in St Anthony Schools
In Labrador, physiology lessons now use reindeer bones and organs to illustrate body construction, sparking intense interest among children. The approach emphasizes care of the body, contrasting with past doubts about bodily health.
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Labrador
St. Anthony
Montreal Port Sees Unprecedented Traffic and Docked Vessels
The port of Montreal reports record activity with 37 large ships on the ocean racing to the harbor and about a dozen freighters at berth. Wheat moves via the Lachine Canal from the upper lakes while a fleet of coal carriers arrives daily from Quebec.
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Montreal
Lachine Canal
Arctic Recruitment Drive Offers Numerous Open Posts
A Canadian Arctic expedition seeks personnel for all ranks from cook to officer. Commander Stef anasop leads the team with British education aims.
Ottawa Women Cops Lead Travelers Aid Founder’s Work
Miss Campbell of Ottawa founded the Travelers’ Aid society to help arriving women and girls. She and Ottawa’s first two policewomen, including Mrs. Cheney, will expand duties to protect women, meeting trains and guiding newcomers while earning trust amid social gaps.
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Travelers’ Aid
London
England
Miss Campbell
Ottawa
Central Station
Campbell
Aid
Mer
Cheney
Canadian Courier
Canada’s Shipping Shows Large Increase in 1912
Canada’s ship register rose to 8,080 vessels totaling 836,278 tons, up 292 ships and 65,832 tons from 1911. Steamers reached 3,657 with 641,225 gross tons, and net tonnage valued at about 26.09 million dollars.
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Canada
Great Britain
Germany
United States
Ontario
British Columbia
Nova Scotia
Queer
Ontario Sees Surge in British Immigrants Arrive
About 20 093 British immigrants have settled in Ontario in the first four months, roughly double last year’s pace. An immigration official says this year’s total will exceed all prior years. Austrians arrive via the new CPR steamship service from Trieste, integrating Austria Canada travel. Seventy five percent of British arrivals are English, with Scots and Irish making up the rest. domestic help among new arrivals remains under five percent.
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Ontario
Austria
C.P.R
Trieste
Canada
An Old Hand Becomes Apartment House Janitor
A veteran building owner hires as new janitor and proves skilled at immediate repairs. Within minutes on the job, he promptly addresses malfunctioning bells and specking tubes in the apartment house.
Getting Their Number on General Booth Visit in Montreal
During General Booths Montreal visit at His Majestys Theatre a crowd pressed forward as he preached, with Salvation Army workers guiding converts to the wing. Officers David Walker and H Quintus Brooks were led backstage to greet the General, prompting the audience to tally the new converts with shout of Number 47 Hallelujah and Number 48 Glory Hallelujah Fire a volley. The tale made Walker and Brooks known among intimates as Number 47 and Member 42.
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General Booth
Montreal
His Majesty's Theatre
Salvation Army
David Walker
H. Quintus Brooks
Walker
Brooks
Salvationists
Grace
Messrs
Neir
Toronto
Nakamura Appointed Consul General to London
Takasha Nakamura, Japan's consul general for Canada and a renowned figure in Ottawa society, is named consul general to London. He will depart Canada soon, with the vice-consul succeeding him temporarily. Nakamura, born 1873, has long served in imperial diplomacy and holds Japan’s Rising Sun and St. Ann orders.
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Takasha Nakamura
Canada
O Vans
London
Eng
Charles Fitzpatrick
Nakamura
Japan
Imprial Foreign Office
Fusan
Masamo
Corea
Foochow
China
Foreign Office
Cat-Bird Imitates Ontario Birds In High-Nonging Song
A nature lover in Ontario describes a small cat-bird singing, mimicking many species. The creature delivers a meadow lark trill, bobolink peals, whip-poor-will phrases, and bluebird notes before flying into a willow thicket, showcasing its versatile repertoire.
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Gray Sonester
Ontario
Bob-e-link
Boblink
Boys Wireless Experts in Toronto Club Building
Toronto hosts a boys wireless telegraph club meeting in the Boys' Dominion tower with strong attendance and a waiting list. Each boy builds his own outfit while the group, led by an expert instructor, regularly intercepts signals from leading Atlantic stations including Sandy Hook and Key West. The most notable achievement was receiving the morse signature from a distant Color unit.
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Toronto
Boys’ Dominion
Atlantic Seaboard
Sandy Hook
Mass
Key West
Florida
Nace
Stoney Creek to honor 1813 battle with a national monument
Canadians celebrate a centenary of the 1813 battle at Stoney Creek with a memorial project. The Canadian Government plans a tall shaft near the old Gage homestead, designed by E. L. Ras Trick and built by F. H. Dickenson of Hamilton. Queen Mary will unveil it by electric button in London as dignitaries gather in Hamilton and Stoney Creek.
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Dominion
Women’s Wentworth Historical Society
Canada
John Calder
James Gage
Stoney Creek
Gage
Niagara Peninsula
Toronto
Lake Ontario
Fort George
Kingston
Gage Homestead
Minto
John French
E. L. Rastrick
F. H. Dickenson
Hamilton
Queen Mary
London
Col. Hughes
New Pillar Boxes Introduced With Street Names and Ads
A licensee will install upgraded pillar boxes that show street names on top and feature a revolving four sided advertisement panel lit at night. The boxes will offer stamp sales and letter intake, replacing older units with taller narrower design while remaining the same color.
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Dominion
Amd
Perder Waters Analyzed Across Ontario Border
Analysis of Ontario border waters shows progress with Provincial Sanitary Engineer F A Donald leading work near Kingston and moving headquarters to Niagara Falls. The team, including ax men, collects about fifty water samples daily in portable labs as they survey east and west through the summer for the International Waterways Association with a sixty foot launch shared by Canadian and American sides.
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Ontario
F. A. Donald
Kingston
Niagara Falls
International Waterways Association
Love Letter Found In Flour Bag At Northampton Baker
A Northampton baker found a letter inside a bag of Canadian flour from Kenora Ontario. The writer describes himself as devout, sober, not handsome, and advises any young woman seeking a good man to correspond.
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Northampton
Eng
Kenora
Ont
Quebec House at Westerham Tied to Wolfe Legacy since 1607
The Westerham Quebec House, linked to Conadian history and the Wolfe family since 1725, sits amid a legacy dating back to 1507. Henry VII arms once found behind dining room panelling add to its storied past as it attracts Wolfe enthusiasts from across the Atlantic.
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Westenham
Wolfe
Quebec
Westerham
el Perte
Te Empin
Gibene Thompson
Wolfend
Allentic
Edward Wolfe
Spiers
Henry VII
Colum Us
Magnificent Wolfe House Treasures Feature In Westerham
A historic manor near Westerham, linked to Col Wolfe, is celebrated in Thackeray’s Virginians. The home holds relics from Wolfe’s youth, including a hair lock and seals, military volumes, and manoeuvres annotated by aides de camp. The site, noted for its roadway built by Wolfe, draws interest from historians and literary fans.
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Wolfe
Col. Wolfe
Tackeray
Lambert
Marty Warrington
Westerham
Quebec House
Kingsley
Maidstone
Thackersy
Lord Lansdowne
Bell
Red Haired Girls Said To Ease Path To Marriage
London society debates whether red haired women, once common in Titian tones, are rarer now and whether such hair increases chances of marriage. Sir Philip Burne-Jones argues red hair helps brides, while anthropologists and Sir William Ramsay offer cautious notes on the link.
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Fr Philip Burne-Jones
London
Sir Philip
Sbarne-Jones
William Ramsay
Easter Eye Theory Promises Scientific Eggs
A writer from The Laz claims Easter eggs rest on a strictly scientific basis. The piece describes a marzipan filled egg with a daily nutrient dose and discusses the supposed effects of such a substance on nutrition and medieval diets.
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York
Movies Threaten St Joe Theatres Losing Patrons
Fragmentary OCR notes indicate movement on St Joe territory involving rival theatres and attractions reducing attendance. Specific names or dates are unreadable, but references to competing picture show venues suggest ongoing shifts in local cinema competition.
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Lordon's Night
Wien
St Joe Terhality
Picture Theatres
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