Parisians Lose 40000 in Canadian Dairy Scheme Swindle
A party of Count de Saint Phalie Baron de Seauise and two others visited Winnipeg en route to St Norbert intending a large French dairy and cheese factory. Their agent allegedly swindled them out of 40000 in cash, delivering only hay land and no stock or buildings. The group considers returning to France.
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Count de Saint Phalie
Baron de Seauise
Mons. H. Morin
Mons. E. Pepelland
Winnipeg
St Norbert
St. Norbert
Paris
DS Dominion
Canada
France
Republic
Sun Dances Stopped by Regina Officials
Dispatch from Regina reports protests over sun dances on eight reserves under Mr W M Graham. Etchease was found guilty of breach of the Indian act after organizers held circle dances with suppers. sentenced to three months. Shave Tait also convicted for enticing dances and released after severe reprimand.
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Regina
W. M Graham
Fire Hills
Ivapot
Graham
Etchease
Richardson
Shave Tait
Betchease
Radium Astonishes Science with Self-Heating Property
The Tab Jet reports radium as an unknown substance that heats itself for months without change or loss, maintaining a constant over two degrees Fahrenheit above surroundings. Curie and his wife present a paper to the academy, noting the phenomenon as inexplicable and extraordinary.
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M. Curie
Academy of Science
Crookes
Royal Society
U S Arming Against Canada Admiral Dewey Recommends Alaska Coaling Station
Admiral Dewey reports to Secretary Moody urging immediate establishment of a coaling station at Dutco Harbor Alaska with a coal depot of five thousand tons capacity. Estimated cost is 51000 dollars and the plan has been approved. Unit Bradford notes Alaska Canada boundary dispute adds strategic urgency.
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Dewey
General Board
Moody
United States Navy
Dutco Harbor
Alaska
Bradford
Canada
United States
Wer
Aleska
Amesville Mayor Faces Removal Under New Ohio Law
Columbus dispatch reports Ohio's new municipal code allows governor removal for cause. Amesville Athens county plans to use the provision after charges allege Mayor Alonzo Weed, a California transplant, is mentally incapable, illiterate, a drunkard, immoral, and a tramp. Governor Nash suspended him pending hearings.
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Columbus
Ohio
Amesville
Athens County
Alonzo Weed
California
Warshal
Nash
Weed
Captive of the Hares Defies Torture in Death Dance
A Native warrior faces torture by captors in a ritual death dance. He endures fire walking and a fierce war song, his strength waning but spirit unbroken, as he aims to honor his people and dignity beyond disgrace.
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Genesee
Rae
The Greek Church in Canada Opens in Montreal
A new Orthodox Greek church in Montreal hosts a dedication service in a large upstairs hall near Notre Dame. About 200 faithful attend including many children. Father George, the Syrian priest, leads services and oversees construction with a vivid, colorful congregational scene. The bishop in San Francisco once sought continental leadership, but Father George remains the de facto leader of Montreal’s Syrians.
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Montreal
Catholic Church of
Rome
Father George
Notre Dame
Leo the Thirteenth
San Francisco
Canada
George
Partibus Infidelium
Fresh Air Breathing Exercise Promises Quick Revival
Reader guidance suggests breathing deeply from fresh air to overcome fatigue. Daily practice for a month is advised to observe improvements.
Ministers squabble over Connaught move and New Zealand meat plan
London cable notes Ministers spar over placing the duke of Connaught in line for command amid reform pressures. Seddon pushes butcher shop openings in Britain to boost New Zealand meat sales, prompting criticism over state aid and beef quality. Canadian Produce Company plans depots in London districts and provinces to cut prices.
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Luke of
Duke Himesch
Seddon
Britain
New Zealand
London
Drought Pressures New Brunswick Farmers and Lumber Trade
Dry conditions in New Brunswick spark farmer pleas for rain as seeding delays threaten crops. Logging is hampered with up to a third of St John river lumber tied up, causing potential losses in the hundreds of thousands. Widespread forest fires burn across the province destroying timber and homes.
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New Brunswick
St. John River
Winnipeg Telegram illustrated edition promotes city as Western Canada hub
An ideal advertisement shows Winnipeg as a growing commercial metropolis. The May 30 edition, finely illustrated and well written, proves the city’s press can produce high quality promotional material without outside spending. The Telegram edition supports local pride and civic appeal.
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Winnipeg
Canada
Winnipeg Telerain
Unprecedented Floods Leave Thousands Homeless Across Plains
Ten days of near continuous rain flood central and eastern Kansas northwestern Missouri eastern Nebraska and northwestern Iowa. The grave situation reports many lives lost and at least 25 000 people displaced as homes and property suffer extensive damage.
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Kansas
Missouri
Nelaska
Iowa
Death Sentence For Woman At Monticello Trial
Mrs. Taylor was sentenced to death with execution set for the first week of July at Conemora. Judge Howard stated the trial was fair and impartial while she asserted her innocence and a new trial will be sought.
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Monticello
Woman Lays in Twenty Year Sleep Awakens Then Dies
Marguerite Hovanval of Thealies awoke briefly in Paris after twenty years in a cataleptic trance that began May 1, 1858. The French peasant woman, mother of a child who died soon after birth, described frights and rumors of murder before her long slumber. She died yesterday as doctors treated her, with life sustained by milk and spirits poured by a reed into her mouth.
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Marguerite Hovanval
Thealies
San Quentin
Paris
New York Herald
Malcierite
Marguerite
Marguerite Bovanval
Tife
Russian Estate Tragedy Ends in Double Death
A Russian estate owner lures a Vienna singer Baroness von Nagel to his home. The Baroness is strangled and her body found beside a hanging brother Alexis who left a remorseful note. Police reveal a murder suicide tied to a jealous sibling.
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Bertin Sys
Qidessa
Russia
Stelen Monvestyreki
Baroness von Nagel
Alexis
Steien
Odessa
Stefan
Hair Turns White After Drowning Incident
Miss Jennie Mackenzie suffered a frightful experience when her sister and Mrs. Bechet drowned Friday night in the Bay. A narrow one inch strip of hair on one side of her head turned white, a change physicians say may result from sudden fright causing temporary blood shift and scalp paralysis. The strip appeared Sunday and remains a mystery to friends and doctors alike.
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Toronto
Jennie Manckenzine
The
Bay
Mackenzie
Sis
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