Centenarian Father Dandurand Remembers Western Canada
The aged priest of St. Boniface, Father Dandurand, born March 22, 1819 in LaPrairie, reflects on western Canada’s growth from wild prairie to prosperous farms. He arrived in St. Boniface in 1872, helped plan Ottawa’s Basilica, and remains dean of western Canada while wearing glasses due to weak eyes.
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Winnipeg
Daimase
St. ‘Bee
Red ‘River
St. Boniface
St. Boniface Mission
Canada
Father Dandurand
Dandurand
Whittier
LaPrairie
Quebec
Nelson
Ottawa
Bytown
National Capital
Western Canada
Four Dollars for Filing Horse Teeth Scam in New York
Two men posing as U S inspectors stopped Albert Deubig at Chouteau avenue and Fourteenth Street in New York. They examined a horse’s teeth and demanded four dollars for filing. Deubig signed an order, paid the money, and the pair drove away with the horse.
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New York
Albert Deubig
Park Avenue
Chouteau Avenue
Fourteenth Street
Hind
Deubiz
United States
Dobbin
Deubig
Brothers Reunite After Months Believed Dead at Camp Dodge
In Des Moines, two Petty brothers Herschel and William J. Petty reunite at Camp Dodge Red Cross house after months apart. They trained together in Omaha and Camp Cody and served in the same unit overseas ending with wartime separation when Herschel was wounded at Verdun and William later wounded. Herschel had sent twelve letters to Bill after partial recovery, none of which Bill had received.
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Des Moines
Red Cross
Camp Dodge
Herschel
Willian J. Petty
Omaha
United States
Camp Cody
Verdun
William
Bill
Nanot
War Department
Explosive Mishap Hits Greencastle Zinc Mill
In Greencastle Indiana a 1500 horsepower engine in the American Zinc Products rolling mills exploded for the third time in two years injuring Miss Marjorie Williamson who was seated beside a destroyed screen. Mills idle pending repairs after prior blasts injured three men. a Mercer county man plans seed potatoes from last year’s tuber.
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Greencastle
Ind
American Zinc Products Company
Marjorie Williamson
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Homo. Medicine CO
William and
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Elven Watchmakers
Quild Time Hill
Cincinnati
U. RA
Jepson Jewelry Co
City
Rid-a
Chak
D. C. Lees
Mercer County
Walter
Nippes
Weber
Hills
Illdus
Cheyenne, Wyoming
TEX Austin
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