Royal Visit Thrills Toronto With Duke and Duchess Arrival
Thousands greet the Duke and Duchess of York at Dupont street station as rain-swept crowds line Yonge and Queen streets. A royal procession, guards, and a city hall concert cap a day of pageantry, while night illuminations and Massey Hall host a grand royal entertainment.
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Duke and Duchess of York
Toronto
Ontario
Dupont Street
Duke of York
Big Ben
G. W.ross
Minto
Mary Lygon
Derek Keppel
Prince Alexander of
Teck
Charles Cust
Godfrey I. Ansset
Arthur Bigge
Lord Wenlock
John Anderson
Donald Wallis
Viscount Crichton
Duke of Ro
Jarvis and
Bloor
Ing
Queen and Yonge
Queen and
Yonge Streets
Yonge Street
Queen Street
King and Yonge Streets
King Street
Palace Hotel
Church Street
Temple
City Hall
Parliament Buildings
Osgoode Hall
Impressive royal review at Exhibition grounds in Toronto
A vast royal review unfolds on a misty Toronto common with ten thousand troops, royal pavilion, and bands in massed form. The Duke and Duchess inspect lines from a western vantage as medals are awarded to veterans including Major Cockburn who receives the Victoria Cross from the Duke.
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Exhibition Grounds
Stanley Barracks
Iris Royal Highness
Royal
Royal Canadian Dragoons
Royal Canadian Regiment
Col. Lessard
Col. Buchan
Royal Pavilion
Plains of Abraham
Parliament Hill
Duke of Roxburghe
Cockburn
South Africa
Howland
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Duke of
Wheat and flour markets ease in Toronto trade report
Toronto markets show general weakness across grains with No 1 hard wheat at 79c and No 1 northern at 75c local. Wheat values ease, flour steady near 2.65 to 2.70 in bags, Manitoba flour firmer for Hungarian patents, and oats and corn trading steady with modest freights and middles noted.
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Toronto
Manitoba
Northern
West
New York
Canada
Yellow West
White East
Hog product prices hold firm amid strong demand and light stocks
Prices for hog products remain steady as packers hold light stocks and demand stays strong. Pork-Canada short cut costs 22 dollars per heavy mess 21 dollars 50 cents. Smoked and dry salted meats show bacon 11 14 15 16 cents, ham 14 cents, lard 11 12 cents per pound with various pack sizes and formats.
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Canada
Tsi
Lee
Market Report Shows Mixed Dairy Prices and Strong Poultry Demand
Butter markets remain flooded with poor and medium quality items while high grade dairy products sell well. Choice packed and pound rolls sell best with prices steady around 16 to 17 cents. Creamery remains in strong demand with solid at 18 to 20 cents and prints at 21 to 24 cents. Eggs show firm prices as demand for select stock stays high though offerings are light. Best eggs at about 17 cents with ordinarys 14 to 16 cents. Poultry demand is strong with the market tight and prices likely firm.
Toronto Livestock Receipts and Prices October 15
Toronto stockyards report 60 carloads with 1,600 hogs 850 cattle 1 300 sheep and lambs plus calves and milkers. Demand steady for good cattle but prices weak for ordinary stock. Small stock weak. sheep steady. lambs weaker. Best hog price 6 32 cents per lb for prime quality. top hogs 160 to 200 lbs. Quotation ranges follow.
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Toronto
Dull Trade Yet Heavy Receipts in Poultry Markets
Trade on the street market was dull today though receipts, especially poultry, were very heavy. Prices remained steady for most commodities with wheat and grains showing slight firming or steady ranges. Butter eased with plentiful offerings while poultry fell slightly on light demand. hay and straw saw limited activity and higher prices for May locally.
London and Liverpool Wheat and Flour Markets Report
London and Liverpool market brief shows quiet but steady movement in wheat and maize on passage and in the open, with spot and futures prices mixed across regions. Paris and Antwerp also record dull to firm conditions in wheat and flour, with October activity and January and April futures noted.
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London
Calif
Kren
Liverpool
California
Walla
Paris
Antwerp
Steamer Hating Wrecked Near Texada Island
A CPR steamer named Hating ran aground in dense fog while approaching Sabine Channel near Texada Island British Columbia. Returning from Skagway with 75 passengers and treasure, the ship sustained a large hull hole but passengers are reported not in danger. Two steamers have been dispatched to assist.
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Vancouver
B.C
C.P.R
Sabine Channel
Texada Island
Skagway
Chamberlain at Home in Highbury Reflects His Garden
The Colonial Secretary Mr. Chamberlain spends recess at his Highbury estate near Birmingham. The article paints a vivid portrait of the house built in 1880, its serene grounds, and Chamberlain’s passion for gardening and exotic orchids. It notes his visits to Kew and the regular sending of orchid buttonholes to London.
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Mr. Chamberlain
Highbury
Birmingham
Chamberlain
John Millais
Sargent
Britain
Murrell Morris
Hamberlain
London
Kew
Mrs. Chamberlain
Lighbury
Austen Chamberlain
Sid Mnuse
Martial law proclaimed in Cape Colony districts
Cape Town district Wynberg Simon's Town Port Elizabeth and East London placed under military control. Proclamation follows visit of Sir John Gordon Sprigg and Rose Innes to Lord Milner. Constitution suspended over the colony. Likely signals vigorous measures to end the war.
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Cape Town
Wynbery
Simon's Town
Port Elizabeth
East London
Cape Colony
John Gordon Sprigg
South Africa
Rose Innes
Lord Milner
Patience urged as Roberts pledges war effort heed
A London despatch reports Earl Roberts, commander in chief, awarding medals to South Africa returnees in Liverpool. He told troops that all efforts to end the war were underway, and that General Kitchener complies with every demand. He urged national patience amid newspaper outcry over prolongation. The page also notes a cashier rejecting French money and railway wages, with 111,086 men earning under 20 shillings weekly and 9,861 earning over 40 shillings.
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London
Earl Roberts
Liverpool
South Africa
War Office
Kitchener
Forswearing Matrino People Who Are Pledg Never To Marry
An amusing case from Silesia and Leeds shows individuals who vow never to wed. A bachelor’s fortune and a maiden’s beauty sparked a pact to avoid marriage, echoed by families in Yorkshire. Variations include two sisters binding shares of fortune, and a Danish case where a legacy depended on marrying. The tales reveal how vows of single life fail against human emotion and fortune.
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Cerie World
Hhayy
Leeds
Oote
London
Ashley
Morris
Cuine
Court of Law
Nielsen
Woollie
Yorkshire
Graham and Wolseley in a storming episode
Fragmented account recalls Graham and Colonel Wolseley during a storming action with notes of theft, trench conditions, and a remark about the officer’s tension. The garbled text mentions Major Gratien, sappers, and a Chinese matchblock, with references to guns and a wounded or proud moment.
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Wolseley
Liewt
Graham
Gordon
Gratienmark
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