Waves of Canadian immigration flood Western provinces
The article notes a steady influx of about 326,000 people to Canada, mainly from the United States and Britain, with immigrants settling in Manitoba Saskatchewan and Alberta. It describes reception halls, surveys opening new homesteads of 160 acres, railway support, and government efforts to accommodate settlers including trucks of machinery and livestock. A Antwerp dispatch highlights shifting emigrant routes affecting Atlantic steamship lines. A Winnipeg arrival reports 41 carloads and two sleepers bringing 25 families, all skilled farmers with equipment and horses ready to farm virgin land.
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Canada
United States
Istea
Europe
Western
Manitoba
Saskatchewan
Alberta
Antwerp
Red Star
Hno
Gothland
Samland
New York
Rotterdam
Winnipeg
Senators and their pages reveal the cloak room truth
A Washington writer mocks the idea that senate pages are studious youths, arguing pages hear whispers of deals and loyalties in the cloak room and roll calls. The piece notes nicknames among senators and the temptation of turning backstage chatter into periodical copy.
Capitol Stationery Store: Free Supplies Myth Debunked
A rookie congressman discovers a vast Capitol stationery shop offering low prices and sources of social goods. Clerks explain the $135 stationery allowance and a no profit policy, with Christmas and gift seasons making the shop busy like a national capitol store.
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Washington
Capitol
United States
House of Representatives
Capital
Sta
National Capitol
Snobbery at the Naval Academy prompts apology
Secretary of War directed a full inquiry after a Yale professor and his daughter Miss Katherine Beers were briefly barred from an Annapolis social event. Milas Beers, a companion to a naval officer wife, attended the hop. an unnamed midshipman resisted a superior view, and Captain Bowyer faced criticism for implying Miss Beers was not a desirable guest.
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John M. Bowyer
U. S.N
Naval Academy At
Annapolis
Secretary of War
Henry A. Beers
Yale University
Katherine Beers
Miss Beers
Ki Indiana
Academy
Taft
Feet
Navy Department
Milas Beers
William T. Tarrant
Michigan
Atlantic
Naval Academy
New Haven
Smithsonian Reports On Flight Experiments For Aviators
The Smithsonian Institution will publish papers on the flying organs of various animals and birds. Investigations were fostered by Secretary Langley and carried out under Professoryon Senniveraity for ten years. The work aims to yield information useful to engineers and others interested in aviation.
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Smithsonian‘Institution
Langley
Swithh
Bean ‘Carri
Yon
Speech notes reveal fragmented remarks from a campaign event
A fragmentary record shows a candidate and others trading disjointed phrases about appealing to the uneducated vote and using humor to counter snobbery and vulgarity. The garbled lines indicate a rough transcript from a political gathering.
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Seaman
Reader Cures Constipation Free Sample Offer
A reader reports relief from constipation using a simple remedy and offers a free sample by writing to Dr. EB Carnwall at Catswell Building, Monticello. The ad lists salt waters and cathartic ingredients and provides names and addresses as part of the offer.
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Jane Gasweling
Argperors
Detroit
Mich
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Carnwall
Catswell Building
Monticello
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