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Fragments from Western Canada and Local Notes
A mixed batch of items notes railway work planned from Edmonton to Yukon with traffic figures for the week ending August 31, 1908, and a bank purchase in Winnipeg. It records a court case over libel in Portage la Prairie, lightning destroying the Washneton courthouse, and a Valencia-like remark about OK origins. Also reported is a Carman watermelon record with a 35 inch circumference fruit weighing 23 pounds, praised as the finest.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Portage
Huriet Beecher Stowe
Farmers’ Advocate
Carman
W H. Elford
Elford
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