Why Newfoundland Stays Out of Confederation
A historical overview argues against Newfoundland joining Canada, detailing economic gains, population trends, and major local fears during past confederation campaigns. The piece cites fisheries wealth, emerging pulp and paper, mineral resources, and Labrador prospects as factors shaping the island’s independence debate and political battles from 1869 onward.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Newfoundland
Candia
Newfoundlannd
Ba Wrador
Canada
Agialust
Nova Scotia
New Brunswick
Prince Edward Island
Cansuda We
Harmsworths
London
Labrador
Charles Bennett
F. Carter
William Whiteaway
A. Shea
Lamble
Gandia
Quebec
Messrs. Carter and Shears
Bennett
Carter and Shea
Newfoundland Confederation Debate From an Atlantic View
The article surveys historic Newfoundland debates on joining Canada, detailing unions sought in 1886 1895 and 1909 and the public anger around the Morris Bond split. It explains strategic value for Canada from Newfoundland access to St Lawrence routes fisheries bait and markets and contrasts pro confederation and anti confederation arguments with Newfoundland’s prosperity and rail and coast projects.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Canada
Charles Tupper
Thorburn
Halifax
Confederation
Whiteaway
Messrs
Loud, Morris, Norwood
Emerson
Robert Bond
Newfoundland
Gulf of St. Lawrence
Labrador
Prairies
Ontario
St. Lawrence
Montreal
Dominion
Nova Scotia
United States
Gloucester
Tf Canada
Nova
Newfoundland Confederate
Camila
Domion Geological Bureau
Ada Tere
Sdoner
Prince Edward Island
Pederaey
Maritime
Sydney
Ife
Ottawa
Cumudhane
Uncle Sam
Seaboard
Prize fighting aftermath and wide reactions at Reno
The defeat of Jim Jeffries sparks mixed family and national reactions as clashing reports note religious and moral reflections, calls for calm, and ongoing debates over boxing’s place in society. Authorities ban fight pictures in several cities while newspapers discuss racial tensions and the future of prize fighting.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jim
Alexis C. Jeffries
Reno
P ‘Ze
St. Louis Post- Dispatch
New York Tribune
Tiny
Johnson
Nace
The
Baltimore Times
John
Christian Budeaver Society
United States
Jared
Boston Transcript
District of Columbia
Ilinois
Virginia
Indiana
Maryland
Maine
Louisiana
Montana
South Dakota
Milwaukee
Cincinnati
Boston
Los Angeles
San Francisco
Atlanta
New Orleans
England
Australia
New Zealand
India
Calcutta
Honey Boy
Watterson
Conti
Texas
Georgia
Arkansas
Illinois
New York
Pennsylvania
Missouri
West Virginia
Colorado
Delaware
Ohio
Kentucky
Paterson Call
Jef’fries
Memphis
Jeffries
Macon Telegraph
Tleir
Kansas City Star
Rochester Democrat
Uchronicle Suy
Tex Rickard
John G. Sullivan
Seattle
Toledo Blade
Elope Ordeal Of Women Passing As Men Across Paris And Brittany
A lengthy recounting of women who secretly lived as men and married, including Marie Ambert and Juliette Civray in Brittany and the Russian Consulate official Nicolis de Raylan in Chicago. The text describes years of concealed gender, multiple marriages, societal judgments, and dramatic revelations after death. The stories highlight masquerade, romance, and the social complexities of gender in historical contexts.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Paul Story
Paris
Marie Ambert
Juliette Civray
Brittany
Ailes Bernay
Jules
Bank of Prince
Mme. Beriany
Pere Hernay
Nicolis de Raylan
Chicago
Nicolius
Nicolas
de Raylan
Notable Equal-Opportunity Romances From Hidden Identities
A column recounts disguises and gender swaps in historical romances. It profiles Marguerite Bios known as Lucia the brigand queen, a child prodigy turned highway robber who wooed a landowner’s daughter and left a city in shock. Also noted is Catherine Coombes who lived as a man named Charles Wilson for decades while painting docks and ships.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Marguerite Bios
Lucia
France
Lucian
Porto San Giorgio
Ancona
Servadeo
Ajiconn
M. Servador
Westminster
TMG
Charles Wilson
Catherine Coombes
Percival Coombes
Wisband
Huddersfield
Catherine
Charlie Wilson
Jean Richebourg
Joan
Paris
Rouen
Moving a Capital by Motor in Oklahoma
Oklahoma Statehood years were marked by a capital dispute between Guthrie and Oklahoma City. Governor Haskell backed Oklahoma City claiming the capital, while Guthrie sought to block transfers of state records. The June 11 vote and subsequent actions moved the capital to Oklahoma City, provoking appeals to the U.S. Supreme Court and a historic, tense political showdown rooted in compact law and local power.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
TLE
Oklahoma
Guthrie
Oklahoma ‘City
C.N. Haskell
Oklahoma City
Brent
Haskell
Maskell
Congress of the United States
Nct
Shawnee
Chamber of Commerce
Capitol
Hitith
Wastell
United States Supreme Court
Also Mentioned on This Page
Moe
Britain
Dee
West
Canida
Lake of the Woods
Winnipeg
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