Western Canada poised for vast 1913 works boom
The 1913 outlook details massive railway and city projects across Western Canada. Major lines from Lake Superior to the Pacific will expand with double tracking and new trunk routes. Vancouver and Victoria expect bold development as permits exceed ten million dollars, with American settlers fueling growth across prairie provinces and British Columbia.
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Met
Canada
Capitalisma
Lake Porte
Mountain Base
Canadian Pacific Railway
Panama Canal
Lake Superior
Pacific Coast
Grand Trunk Pacific
Canadian Northerns
Succeasful
Cies
Western
Prairie Provinces
British Columbia
Vancouver
Haldine
Victoria
Hollow pumpkin scare sparks family quip and bravado
The boy laments a frightening hollow pumpkin as the uncle explains it is only a pumpkin with a candle. The father teases him, saying even prominent statesmen have been frightened by less, while the uncle reassures the kid.
Proper Rescue
A witty remark about surviving a clash with a beauty doctor ends with a quip on choosing a silent food courier. The exchange hints at vanity and practicality in a light, social tone.
Sympathy Follows Convicted Whitecaps to Prison Train
Bloomington Ind Jan 17 Three hundred Monroe county men gathered at the station to bid farewell to Tobe Snoddy and Silas Adams, convicted of whitecapping Harvey McFarland, as they began sentences from two to fourteen years in Michigan City. Sheriff Walter Jones escorted them to prevent attempts to escape.
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Bloomington
Ind
Monroe County
Goodby
Tobe Snoddy
Silas Adams
Harvey McFarland
Michigan City
Walter Jones
Old Monroe
Snoddy
Joe Shields
Man Drowns After Traversing Big River
Adam M. Ellis, 26, floated down the Big River near Shelbyville after sleeping on his horse and fungy. He reached a sand bar and waded to the bank but later died from exposure, with neighbors Lee Fox and Charley Rhodes rescuing him and reviving him briefly at the Rhodes home.
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Shelbyville
Adam M. Ellis
Eilis
Charley Rhodes
Lee Fox
Ells
Tle
Rhodes
Thieves Drill Open Wells Bijou Safe Looted for 1300
Cracksmen blew the Wells Bijou theater safe in Evansville and took 1300 in cash. They used an electric drill to blast both outer and inner doors and are believed to have hidden in the theater after Sunday night’s performance. No other entry methods are evident.
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Evansville
Wells-Bijou
Indiana News in Brief A Crash and Court Actions Across Cities
A South Bend watchman, 70, was killed by a passenger train on the L. N. track. In Columbus a parcel post talk is set for January 3. In Municie two youths, 19, arraigned for criminal intent against two girls. A 12 year old hunter near Cedar Lake died from a gun discharge after an ice fall. In South Bend, Hawkins sues for 20,000 in a mattress factory injury case. In Seymour a four day old infant died smothered by clothing. In Terre Haute a Martinsville woman settled for 1500 in a personal injury suit. In New Albany Dr. Albert Dierking’s body found on Monon track. cause unknown. In Munie a license appeal to three more saloons is heard. In Shelbyville the Sons of Veterans division council to meet Feb 1 with a banquet. In Tipton a court inquiry led to Brockman’s arrest for whisky distribution. In Jeffersonville Conttsued a damages suit against American Car and Poultry for injuries at Terre Haute plant.
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South Bend
R. Bair
Columbus
K. H. Bryson
Indianapolis
The
Presbyterian Church
Muancie
Robert Bunch
John McGuigan
Hammond
Frank Franck
Cedar Lake
Russell & Ober
R. Hawking
Hawkins
Seymour
Jacob Darkiss
Medora
Terre Harte
Rebecca Kester
Martinsville
Vandalia Railroad Company
New Albany
Albert W. Dierking
Celtic
Joseph G. Ewing
Munele
Fred Puckett
John Evans
Circuit Court
Shelbyville
W. H. Eller
Sons of Veterans
Division Council
William M. Janshe
Richmond
A. W. McDaniels
Valparaiso
Willam
Fagel
Tipton
Compton
Logan Briggs
William Brockman
Brockman
Briggs
Jeffersonville
Gilbert Conts
American Car and Poultary Company
Terre Haute
Renmer
Limbaeter
Limbaetier
David Fisher Dies at 101 in Frankfort After Fall
David Fisher, who would have turned 102 on January 25, died today in Frankfort following an injury from a fall. He traveled from Pennsylvania to Indiana on horseback and made two journeys between the states, passing through Indianapolis when it was still a village.
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David Fisher
Frankfort
Pennsylvania
Indiana
Indianapolis
Four Boys Drown in Glendora Ice
Four boys living at Glendora drowned when ice on a mine pond broke as they skated. The victims are Logan McGinnis, nine. Herman Harlowe, seven. James Harlowe, nine. and Luther Warner, nine, reported from Sullivan on January 17.
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Sullivan
Glendora
Logan McGinnis
Herman Harlowe
James Harlowe
Luther Warner
Compromise Desire Disturbs Quiet Farm Life
A hired man objects to endless work from Mr. Levi a kind hearted moral exemplar who also shows a stern side. The man recalls Levi s odd demands and a calm yet uneasy scene unfolds as plans to start are discussed.
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Levi
Maeterlinck
Mr. Levi
Army officers forbidden as ball game umpires
Army orders bar officers from acting as game umpires to preserve discipline. Privates commonly berate umpires with terms like mutt and bone head, undermining authority and decorum during baseball play.
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Army
Castorlia bottle ad urges careful use for infants
Important to Mothers Examine carefully every bottle of Castorlia a safe and sure remedy for infants and children and see that it bears the big signature of In Use For Over 30 Years Children cry for Fletcher's Castoria
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Fletcher
Lydia E. Pinkham
Lydia E.pinkham
Lena Masn
Wombat the Genius? A Canard Firelight Tale
In a terse exchange, falsehoods about Wombat being a genius circulate as a canard. One speaker rebuts the rumor by recalling a simple dollar loan that Wombat repaid, implying the claim lacks credibility.
Delicious Brown Cakes Advertised With Pancake Flour
A short ad notes brown cakes made from Mrs Aus tins Bag Pancake flour sold by grocers. An accompanying line jokes that a man cannot recall what a girl said when she proposed.
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Uniontown
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Resino) Chemical Co
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Pisd Company
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Wome Cary
Maine
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