Canada backs it new transcontinental line proposal
Sir Wilfrid Laurier announced a government Grand Pacific contract to build a national railway from Moncton New Brunswick to Port Simpson on the Pacific a distance of 8300 miles. The state will finance Moncton to Winnipeg with a 50 year lease to the company and a seven year free period. The government guarantees 75 percent of construction costs up to 130 dollars per mile on the prairie and 30 thousand dollars per mile in the mountains with a first mortgage held as security. The plan aims to keep Canada commercially independent and open a maritime port to the seaboard.
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Ottawa
Ont
Sir Wilfried Laurier
Grand Pacific
Moneton
N. B
Port Simpson
Pacific Ocean
Winnipeg
The
Pacific
Grand Trunk Railway
Grand Trunk Pacific
Moncton
St. John
Halifax
Portland
Sir Willfred Laurier
Maritime Province
Seaboard
Canada
United States
Alaska Hatcheries Proposed to Aid Cannery Industry
Seattle August reports that the Alaska salmon industry would gain three government hatcheries along the coast to supply ten fry per fish taken. The plan, urged by Dr. David Stratton Jordan and Col. H. M. Kutchin, would shift hatchery costs to canneries, relieving their burden and aiding many remaining in business.
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Seattle
Treasury Department
Alaska
Fish Commission
Congress
David Strat Jordan
Jordan
California
H. M. Kutchin
Treasury
Kuyuk
Perry
Col. Kutchin
Alaskan
New Road to California Incorporation Filed
Articles of incorporation for the Lewiston and Owyhee Railroad Company are filed. The line would terminate at Altroras California and Wenatchee Washington, running through multiple counties in Oregon and Washington to tap mining and farming districts. A separate Seattle disaster reports three laborers killed by a clay slide at the Great Northern tunnel on Washington Street.
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Spokane
Lewiston, & Owyhee Railroad Company
Altroras
Cal
Wenatchee
Wash
Modoc County
California
Lake, Malheur, Harney
Union
Baker and Wallowa
Oregon
Aschin, Whitman, Adams and Douglas
Washington
Seven Devils
Seattle
Great Northern Tunnel
Washington Street
Jokes and Quotations Parade Across The Papers
A collage of outlandish witticisms from various papers features jokes about rheumatism gossip news and gossip ready quips about boarders engagements and daily life. Notable quips include a rheumatism joke from Homeopathic Envoy a farewell to money line from Washington Star and a tale of a weather bureau occupation at a courtroom.
The President's Gift Horse from Wyoming Citizens
A thoroughbred named Wyoming, presented to President Roosevelt by Wyoming citizens led by Senator Warren, after admiration during a Western trip. The gift cost $500, the President rechristened it Wyoming, and the horse has adjusted to urban life amid public transport.
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Roosevelt
State of
Wyoming
Laramie
Cheyenne
Wyo
Ragalong
Douglass
Senator Warren
Quentin
National Capital
Literary Gossip and The Bonnet as a Poem
In a witty exchange a literary club president questions a secretary about a new bonnet, debating whether it is a poem or a historical novel. The judge notes the sharp banter as the pair glare at each other. A separate remark suggests a woman’s husband must be kind and that delicate refusals rarely work.
Venezuela in a Writer’s Caracas Portrait from Outlook
James Barnes, writing from Venezuela, describes Caracas amid turmoil. He notes the northern barracks with a gun gifted by Empress Eugenie and other defenses, the tense guards, and wary locals. A deep distrust of the ruling soldiers colors the vivid scene and a notorious incident ends with a colonel killing a restaurant keeper.
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Caracas
Venezuela
James Barnes
Outlook
Eugenio
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Moncton, N. B
Alaska Hatcheries
Somerville Journal
Washington Star
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Mr. Boerum
New York Times
Old Goldman
Lve
Philadelphia Press
Chicago
Tommy
Ms. Brown
Chicago News
Corn Tessel
Chicago Tribune
Weather Bureau
Philadelphia ‘Telegraph
Post Office
Brooklyn
Wredink
Hides
Brandt
New York Weekly
Kiel
Ucincinnati Post
Victoria
Texas
Flanagan
Marcus M. Marks
Grandpapa
Johnny
Dents Gift Horse
Aberdeen Brewing Co
A.B.C. Prima
W. B. Lowrie
C. M. Demerer
Washington Abstract Company
Chehalis County
Grays Harbor
Heon Street
Aberdetn
Thomas R. Hayes
Bellefonte
Penn
Harry A. Hayes
Hayes & Hayes
Bankers
Aberdeen, Wash
Ly Ig
Domestic Exchange
J. G. Lewis
C. W. Miller, Cashler
Aberdeen
State Bank
George L. Hilton
Heron ST
Francisco Examiner
R. P. Porter
Choice Brands
Pacific Transfer
Robert Lowry
Prop
Pacific Hotel
Chaega
H Street
Montesano
W. E. Crist
Palace Restaurant
S. Baretich, Prop
Heron Street
Royal Restaurant
M. Francescovich
M. Antich
Walters
Heren
Wiehkah
Telephone
Forbes & Lupton
Fred Redinger
Barber Bhop
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