From the Archives of Western Newspapers

Posted on November 12, 2026 by admin

By Samantha Johnson
For Southern Alberta Newspapers

November 9, 1892 – The
Saskatchewan Times

To a dweller of Prince Albert accustomed to the sight of rivers, lakes, pine woods and poplar bluffs, the approach to the Northwest capital seems rather tame and uninviting. The environs are flat and monotonous. At this season of the year, it cannot be said to be very enticing to a visitor in search of the picturesque. However, Regina has many attractions and material advantages that do not usually fall to the lot of a young town in a new country. 

The Electric Light Co., who have been making some progress since putting in their new machinery, seem to have struck the proper gait at last. This week the light has been about what consumers would like to see and what they are entitled to. 

Two of our local nimrods, while out hunting last week, had quite an adventure with a moose. They being thick and having little skill, the moose escaped. 

November 9, 1911 – The Raymond Leader

For some years past, electricity as a method of propelling vessels has exercised a strange fascination. Two energetic Glasgow engineers have elaborated a system for achieving this ideal. The vessel is 50 feet in length and is certified to carry 50 passengers. With its novel machinery, the ship possesses many points of interest for the engineer. Experiments being carried out with the craft are securing valuable data concerning the use of electricity to propel ships. 

Two doctors made a prolonged ascent in a balloon in order to conduct a series of experiments at high altitudes. Special reference was given to the physiological effects of exposure to intense cold and to hot sun rays in rarefied air. 

The fantastic romances woven by Parisian journalists about the disappearance of Leonardo da Vinci’s masterpiece from the Louvre are not to be taken seriously. It has been said that a blue-eyed dreamer who fell in love with the Mona Lisa stole it. A French paper, who declared a year ago it had been stolen, has undertaken the crime to prove its statement as true. Another is the entire thing is a hoax to prove how easy it is to rob the Louvre. 

November 14, 1912 – The Bow
Valley Call (Gleichen)

A resident addressed the council to state the license fee of $15 per show for the opera house was too high. They only had 11 shows last year and had really made nothing out of them. They were obliged to advance $17 to a recent theatrical troupe to assist them to Calgary. Thus, it would pay better to use the hall for moving pictures, roller skating or other such activities. 

There is nothing wrong in a woman’s personality. After a man has apologized for something he didn’t do, she will always admit that she was wrong. 

Our local game warden, who oversees a very large district, succeeded in making his first conviction about two weeks ago when he fined a young man $10 and costs, amounting to a total of about $17. The man was shooting prairie chickens near the Red Deer River and the farmer, on whose land he was situated, advised he was not acting in accordance to the law. Ignoring the farmer, the young man continued with his sport and a complaint was made.