Word: pioneers
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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Canada is divided in its attitude on the liquor question. Seven provinces are absolutely dry legally. Of these, Prince Edward Island was the pioneer. Its present law was passed in 1907. Saskatchewan, Alberta, Newfoundland, went dry in 1915. Ontario, Manitoba, Nova Scotia, passed prohibition laws in 1916. Quebec and British Columbia have laws restricting the sale of liquor, passed in 1919 and 1920, respectively. Yukon Territory passed a law in 1920 which prevents saloons from operating there. In 1921 a complete prohibition measure failed to pass...
...right to be seen as well as heard, and who have felt that the supporters of the glorious banner of freedom were flagging of late; we are glad to be able to print, bit by bit, as it comes to light the hitherto unpublished journal of a freeman, a pioneer of the proletariat, who has been sustaining single-handed for years a magnificent fight against the forces of repression. If the daring entries are fragmentary at first, allowance must be made for the tremendous pressure brought to bear by a capitalistic society to have the whole suppressed. The diary begins...
...Binet, whose standard work, 'An Experimental Study of Intelligence' was published in 1903, was," the speaker said, "the pioneer in attempts to measure the mental capacities of man, and he first realized the fallacy of believing that an individual's intelligence was the sum of his separate abilities. As well might one suppose the beauty of a picture is the sum of the aesthetic effects of the separate lines and colors...
From Ormond to Miami through the lagoons of the Florida coast, the houseboat Pioneer took its leisurely course during the past week. Watched for more eagerly than a rum runner, and equally unpredictable in its appearance, it kept winter visitors at their windows and public functionaries on the docks during many long hours of waiting. On board the Pioneer, guests of Mr. and Mrs. Edward B. McLean, were President and Mrs. Harding and their friends. They had no time schedule to fill, and stopped daily wherever the President felt inclined to play golf. A foursome it was- usually with...
Died: F. Wayland Ayer, 75, pioneer in the advertising business and head of N. W. Ayer & Sons, at Meredith...