Veteran defies age to continue on mission field
Milwaukee Aug 9 veteran Jesuit missionary Father William Gagnieur, well past 70, travels across Gault Ste. Marie country to spread his church among Chippewa communities. He arrived from Montreal 40 years ago, has led missions on Manitoulin Island, Fort William, and the Sault, and remains in charge of Indian missions despite hardships. He studies Chippewa language, conducts services at camps, baptisms, confirmations, marriages, and burials across 40 missions with thousands of parishioners.
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Sault
Michigan
Wisconsin
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CAT BOARDING HOUSE ADDED TO BERLIN INSTITUTION
Berlin Aug 9 The German Animal Protective association which already ran a dog boarding house has now opened a cat boarding house. It features 56 compartments with small fenced ground patches for outdoor time. Funds for the new building were donated by cadavers. Board and lodging cost 90 pfennings about 2 cents daily. Fences in the dog house range from 1.33 marks daily. Both houses can be heated in cold weather.
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German Animal Protective Association
Men Leave Wales Girls Plan Pursuit
In Abertillery Wales Aug the man problem grows acute as youths seek fortunes abroad leaving hundreds of girls stranded. The town reports more single women than men and 500 widows under 30, prompting talk of emigration to find husbands and work in America or the dominions.
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Dominions
Free State Buys Battery for Railways
The Free State has purchased rights to a storage battery claimed to charge in seven minutes to power a 60 mile train. Government aims to electrify Dublin to Cork rail line for under one tenth of five million dollars using the invention. A company is formed to promote the technology, with government holding controlling interest. The minister for industry and commerce, Patrick Mac…
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Industry and Commerce
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Gilligan Seeks 26000 for Promising Invention
In parliament Gilligan urged the Dail to allot 26000 to the government for an invention of potentially vast state importance. He refused to reveal its nature, but the Dail approved the appropriation for what proved to be an advancing electrical battery.
Belgian Women Back Prohibition Regime
Brussels August 3 742 The governmental committee investigating Belgiums prohibition law has received a petition signed by representatives of 145000 women from Democratic Christian and Labor groups. The petitioners from forty communities demand the continuation and enforcement of the existing regulations and oppose any anti prohibitive measure.
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