Canada Sees Anglo-Saxon Immigrants Surpass Other Nations
An analysis of Canada’s immigration returns shows Anglo-Saxon arrivals rising faster than other European groups and Canada attracting a larger share of its new citizens from favored countries. Comparisons with the United States indicate Canada receives a higher proportion from Britain and allies, while the U.S. intake remains heavily Italy and Russia. The report cites totals for the six calendar period ending March 31 and contrasts 1905-06 figures with 1906-07.
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Dominion
Canada
United States
Roblin
Picton
Ireland
Austria-Hungary
Belgium
Berlin
Montenegro
Denmark
France
German Empire
Norway
Sweden
Switzerland
Australia
Tasmania
New Zealand
Italy
Russia
Finland
Get Your Office Stationery Get Your Office
A garbled OCR fragment reads like an advertisement or notice about office supplies. The text is incomplete but implies guidance on stationery use or a sales pitch directed at a male reader. No clear names dates places or organizations are readable.
Over Sixty Years Mus Wimslow Spork Tity Shirr Cures
Fragmented OCR text mentions a product used by millions of citizens saving ten percent of their time. It references mothers and a claim about cures. Details are unclear due to garbled wording and missing context.
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Wimslow
Cies
Hudson Bay Route Would Halve Transcontinental Haul
Agnes C Laut argues in The American Review of Reviews that a Hudson Bay rail link could shorten east–west distances, moving Liverpool nearer western shippers while facing opposition from eastern ports. For twenty-five years Winnipeg to Hudson Bay projects were blanketed by rival railroads, but now a change has come.
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Northwestern States
Canada
Europe
Hudson Bay
Agnes C. Laut
American Review of Reviews
Globe
Pole
Equator
Japan
Liverpool
San Francisco
Seattle
Vancouver-Montreal
Prince Rupert
Grand Trunk
Montreal
New York
America
Churchill
Denver
Salt Lake
Portland
Vancouver
Edmonton
Western
Eastern
Winnipeg
Canada and the States in Time's Whirligig of Change
Time's whirligig shows Canada reshaping ties with the United States turning from a supplicant market to a partner. Fifteen years ago tariffs bound Ottawa to Washington, but a higher wall spurred Canada to expand east and west and seek limits on the imperial arena. The piece notes Canada now grants fiscal favors, while pursuing broader outlets for resources and trade with Britain and the Pacific. It also references the potential of using woods for charcoal and a brief technical note on wood yields by species.
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Canada
United States
America
Oregon
Maine
Motherland
Pacific
Old Laby's Long To Join Her Boy in Canada West
Mrs. Sarah Russell, an elderly Briton, sails June 8 from London to Quebec via Vancouver to join her son in Canada. The Salvation Army arranges travel. she recalls a cheerful fortune and plans to live with grandchildren in Sjiltcoats, Saskatchewan, after years of separation and hardship.
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Canadian West
Canede
Boelans
Pratt
Jayme
Sarah Russell
Lia
Quebec
Vancouver
C.P.R
Sjiltcoats
Saskatchewan
Holborn
England
Granny
Canada
The
Nore
London
Cupid’s
Gray’s-inn-road
An Amusing Notary of St. Paul’s Bay
Old Quebecers recall a notary famed for murky notarial instruments and margins scribbled during drunken spells. He joked about charges, offering first class deeds at one dollar and lower grades at half and a quarter, implying value depended on luck.
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St. Paul’s Bay
Rse
Enforce Lord's Day Act in Yukon Territory
The Department of Justice rules the Lord's Day Act applies to the Yukon Territory and duty to enforce lies with the Dominion Attorney-General. Dawson fears the ruling will disrupt mining and navigation with a shortened summer season and force work suspensions on Sundays.
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Department of Justice
Yukon Territory
Yukon
Northwest
Dominion
Dawson
Streetcars and barbers: cautionary glimpses from daily life
A Norristown reader clashes with streetcar reliance on horses versus electric power urging modern convenience. A Bostonbound son argues progress, while an elder laments the hard work of horses hidden behind efficiency. A barber story follows about trust and the oddity of barbers cutting their own hair during the day.
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Arber
Cleveland Plain ’ Dealer
Fragmented Atlantic humor and travel vignettes in old column
A collage of quirky dialogue and travel anecdotes, including a rustic backwoods exchange about a catamount and a Monte Carlo glove tale, plus notes on sand dunes on Pomeramia’s coast, a Bacon essay quote, and brief comic exchanges about automobiles and trains.
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Dare
Peck
Bad Boy
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Mr. White
Refue
Rufus Bank
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Ghee
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Sai Saal
Hobley
Savoy
Clark’s
Reliance
Sarjeant
King
Onur
Excelsior Business College
Barrie, Ont
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Particu
Central Telegraph School
Gerrard East
SHAW
Cheesman
Coal
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