Box Elder News Journal | 1913-12-25 | Page 7 | Canadian Nicknames

canadian nicknames our overseas brethren are keen on nicknames remarks tho the london C chronicle hron icle take canadians for example the other day I 1 read a short short leading article in a dominion newspaper in which reference was mide m ade to t 0 a neighboring town as the ambitious city and never mever an explanation was alven ivan as to which city was meant to me and to all others who have had real estate circulars sent them every city in canada la Is ambitious and etwas it was only after some inquiry that I 1 found that the special city referred to was hamilton i I 1 discovered also that nearly every city has its nickname winnipeg la Is the prairie city toronto Is IB the queen city kingston the limestone city quebec the ancient capital and montreal Is the metropolitan city even provinces have been nicknamed by the canadians do you know which la is the postage stamp province it is quito easy to er cr look at the map of canada and particularly at manitoba surely its ita shape indicates that it Ls is the meant