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• W299182213 abstract "ABSTRACT/RESUME This paper emerged out of much larger study of social effects of brutal winter of 1906-7 in region between Canadian Shield and Rockies. While most historians attempt to find origin and impact of change over relatively long periods, this project concentrates on twenty-three weeks between middle of November 1906 and end of April 1907. In an effort to gauge effect of that winter on average resident, dozens of weekly community newspapers and most of region's dailies from Saskatchewan, Manitoba and Alberta were examined. By stressing depth rather than breadth, interesting patterns emerged from these sources. Besides expected editorial comments and local news reports of dislocation, inconvenience and product shortages, reports of tragic events which took place elsewhere in region appeared frequently. Moreover, stories were often repeated wholesale, or modified in either minor or significant ways, in a number of other similar publications. The paper concentrates on one of more sensational stories published that winter. It involved Joseph Ratcliffe family, father, mother and three young boys who had arrived from England in late spring of 1906 to homestead in southeastern corner of Saskatchewan. They were typical settlers who remained anonymous until mid-February 1907 when reports began to circulate that Mrs. Ratcliffe and her sons had been found frozen in their sod shack which was devoid of fuel and other provisions. Meanwhile, father was found in a similar condition having been caught on a nearby lake with his oxen by a severe blizzard while returning home with a load of coal. In bringing prominence to this alleged incident this paper describes story as it appeared in a number of publications and how it took on a much greater significance than a mere regional rumour. Not only did it strike at heart of public policy as it related to Imperial immigration at time, but by its spread throughout North America, to B ritish Isles and possibly beyond it confirmed and helped perpetuate image of Canada as unsafe for immigrants or investors because of its near-Arctic climate. As a consequence a policy of damage control initiated earlier that winter by an apprehensive Canadian Government to stem flow of erroneous and harmful information was accelerated to discover the and to ensure that as many as possible would be so informed. Indirectly paper also discusses role of those national icons, stolid Royal Northwest Mounted Police stationed in field in struggling to not only proffer assistance where necessary but to react rationally to unsupportable rumours in face of considerable pressure from senior officers and government bureaucrats. Once truth was known, police information was used to provide legitimacy to counter campaign. In short, by providing context to Ratcliffe story this paper attempts to explain why such an ugly and potentially harmful rumour developed. Ce appier a emerge d'une etude plus grande surles effets sociaux de l'hiver brutal de 190607 dans la region entre le bouclier canadien et les montagnes Rocheuses. Bien que la plupart des historiens entreprennent trouver l'origine et l'impact de changement sur des periodes relativement longues, ce projet concentre sur les 23 semaines du milieu de novembre 1906 a la fin d'avril 1907. Pour essayer d'evaluer l'effet de cet hiver-la sur le residant moyen, on a examine des dizaines de journaux y compris des hebdomadaires de communaute et la plupart des quotidiens de la region de Saskatchewan, Manitoba et Alberta. En insistent sur la profondeur plutot que la largeur, des modeles interessants ont emerges de ces sources. En plus des commentaires attendus editoriaux et des reportages des nouvelles locales de la dislocation, de l'incovenient, et des manques de produit, des reportages des evenements tragiques qui se sont arrivees ailleurs dans la region frequemment apparaissent. …" @default.
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• W299182213 title "The Rise and Incomplete Fall of a Contemporary Legend: Frozen Englishmen in the Canadian Prairies during the Winter of 1906-07. (1)" @default.
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