This Week in History
Exodus from the North – the Royal Visit of 1939
The six week tour of King George VI and Queen Elizabeth was the first time a reigning monarch had visited Canada. As World War II
The six week tour of King George VI and Queen Elizabeth was the first time a reigning monarch had visited Canada. As World War II
Even during Christmas week practicalities were in the forefront. This large ad appeared in both the Herald and Signal newspapers this week. It seems that
The Dec. 22, 1914 edition of the Herald newspaper has a small announcement at the bottom of page 1 – a son born to Mr.
An item from the Moose Creek City Notes in the Frontier Signal of Dec. 10, 1914 describes a hair-raising boat ride on the ice of
This auction sale notice appeared in several papers, and in January 1915 the Notices to Creditors and Claimants were published in the paper. Reading the
Anyone looking through the old newspapers is startled by the headline on page two of the November 26, 1914 Frontier Signal: “Ku Klux Klan Successfully
Two items in the November 17, 1914 Herald invited people to take part in activities to pass the evenings. At Hermit Lake, a literary society
Having two newspapers in Grande Prairie must have been quite a challenge for the editors and writers, as in a small town there is only
This short item shows how everyone helped out in an emergency, from the flour mill owner blowing his mill whistle, to the citizens who rushed
Even with two newspapers in town, it is difficult some weeks to find something interesting. This week, the Frontier Signal’s entire front page was a