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...Quebec Bridge, St. Lawrence River (1917). Some of these achievements have since been surpassed in the progress of engineering, but the obstacles surmounted and the state of science in their day make them supreme...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Science: Canals, Bridges, Dams | 5/19/1924 | See Source »

...Premier of Quebec (L. A. Taschereau) : "In Montreal, I engaged a hotel room. While I slept, some one entered, took $1,200 from my trousers, escaped...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Imaginary Interviews: Feb. 18, 1924 | 2/18/1924 | See Source »

Unseeing Eyes. Even as middle-aged inhabitants speak with awed respect of the blizzard of 1888 so will cinema citizens mention Unseeing Eyes. It is up to its chattering teeth in snow. From the Winter sports at Quebec, the hero and the girl start in an airplane. Forced down on a frozen lake, Lionel (Lionel Barrymore has the lead) lopes away on his snowshoes for aid. The blizzard breaks. The girl (Seena Owen) goes snow-blind and wanders into a spider's nest of villains. Fights of varying ferocity follow, airplane rescues, blazing refugees...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Cinema: The New Pictures Oct. 29, 1923 | 10/29/1923 | See Source »

Baron Renfrew, alias Great Steward of Scotland, Lord of the Isles, Earl of Carrick, Earl of Chester, Duke of Cornwall, Duke of Rothesay, Edward Albert Christian George Andrew Patrick David, Prince of Wales, arrived at Quebec incognito en route for the "E. P." (Edward, Prince) ranch in northern Alberta...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Foreign News: Renfrew | 9/24/1923 | See Source »

Lord Renfrew (a title often used by his grandfather, King Edward VII) stayed at the Chateau Frontenac in Quebec for one day. In the afternoon he played golf in his TutankhAmen pullover sweater with the Hon. Martin Burrell and Sir Godfrey Thomas. In the evening he determined to "take it easy" but the strain of Yes, We Have No Bananas was too much for him. He marched to the ballroom and had fun with the flappers. Next day he left for his ranch...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Foreign News: Renfrew | 9/24/1923 | See Source »

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