Mammoth Bridge to be Erected in Canadian Pacific Line
Remarkable steel bridge planned by Canadian Pacific to span Belly river at Lethbridge Alberta to straighten track and shorten the route from Lethbridge to Macleod. Project includes a double structure with railway above and traffic deck below. Estimated cost ranges from 800000 to 1000000 dollars.
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Canadian Pacific
Lethbridge
Onespan
William Whyte
Montreal
Thomas Shaughnessy
Brooklyn
Tyne
England
Robert Stephenson
CPR
Alberta
Macleod
Be'ly
Broadview
Winnipeg
Fort William
Stephenson
Sunday School Convention to Convene in Brandon Manitoba
The Manitoba Sunday School Association hosts a three day convention in Brandon with six to eight hundred attendees and 4700 enrolled. Mrs Bryner of the International staff will present five addresses and R A Hunt directs musical portions with soloists and a ladies quartet. Overflow meetings and a board session are planned with pastors and officers receiving special guidance.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Brandon
Manitoba Sunday School Association
Bryner
International
Manitoba
Portage
R. A. Hunt
Sunday School Association
Responsibility of Disease Laid to the House Fly
Mary Hinman Abel argues in the Delineator July issue that the common housefly carries disease including cholera and typhoid. It breeds in excrement and feeds on refuse and sputum, transferring germs to meat bread and surfaces. The 1902 Chicago typhoid outbreak, worst in the nineteenth ward, linked to poor sanitation and undrained closets, implicates flies as carriers.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mary Hinman Abe
Chicago
Young Batter Moran Doran Struck at New York Amateur Game
Moran Doran aged 21 was struck by a wildly pitched ball during an amateur baseball game in New York. He collapsed unconscious and remained unresponsive for several hours.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
Moran Doran
Gea
The Boy From Calabogie
A short metre reminiscence by William Henry Drummond from the Toronto Globe dated Kerr Lake Cobalt January 1 1906. It recalls Dannie a beloved youth who left Calabogie for the West and never returned home for Christmas as letters promised a return and a farm. The piece blends hometown pride with sorrowful loss.
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Dannie
Calabogte
William Henry Drummond
Toronto Globe
Kerr Lake
Cobalt
Dunsmuir Named Lieutenant Governor Of British Columbia
A Victoria correspondent notes the appointment of James Dunsmuir as Lieutenant-Governor marks an unlikely but natural turn in politics. Known for business aims rather than party loyalty, he faced skepticism yet public opinion shifted to support the selection.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Victoria
B. C
Toronto News
British Columbia
James Dunsmuir
House of Dunsmuir
Dunsmuir Named For Post With Royal Hospitality Aim
The selection stems from wealth and expected lavish entertaining for royalty. Dunsmuir will host events as part of his duties, with family abroad and an admired personal life. He owns a Victoria Arm home, supports charities, and pays well while staying temperate at 56.
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Dunsmuir
Victoria Arm
Brutal Toronto Teamster Attacks Spaniel With Whip
A large Toronto teamster casually lashes at a spaniel, severing the dog’s tail and leaving a bleeding piece on the sidewalk. Two well dressed women witness the act, express shock, and threaten the SPCA while the assailant guffaws at his joke.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Toronto Star
Our First Postcards in Canada 1871
Canada issues its first postcards on June 1 1871 marking a historic debut for postal communication. The introduction signals a new era in visual and written exchanges across provinces.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Canada
Old Time Actors and Stage Tricks In Richard III
The piece recalls old acting methods and elocution quirks from days past. It notes how tastes changed and mentions a tragedian who used soap foam to simulate ghosts and a rattling blade to frighten audiences.
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Richard Mansfield
Atlantic
Alphabet Test Seals Teacher’s Fate in Pioneer District
In early western Iowa a small district chose a local committeeman to test a young woman named Miss Burden for teaching. He hesitated, recalling old exams, but she recited the alphabet backwards. The official approved her certificate, writing the endorsement as “Fully profeeshunt.”
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Iowa
Stamp Forgery Hoax Riches Paris Se Dang King
A historic 1889 foray into stamp fraud stunned collectors across Europe. A self styled King Sedang, supposedly of the island of Se dang near China, advertised in Paris and sold seven stamps bearing three half moons. Prices soared to 1000 francs each before the hoax was exposed and stamps proved worthless.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Europe
Marie I of
Sedang
China
Paris
Language guidance on word choice and usage
A reader notes common errors in English usage. It warns against confusing liable with likely and unraveling with ravel. It clarifies the correct use of mutual friends and common friends, and cautions about misusing terms in conversation.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ravel
Shakespeare
Smith
Jones
Husband Returns After Night With Friends
After an all night session with the "boys" a husband arrives home at about 5 a m to find his wife waiting in the dining room. She scolds him for the time and his infidelity as furniture is displaced from the earlier turmoil. He agrees and notes it is a lovely morning. Both acknowledge they have not slept.
Real Simon Pare in A Bold Stroke For a Wife at Drury Lane
February 1718 Bristol heiress Miss Lovely falls for Colonel Feignwell who impersonates Simon Pure while the genuine Simon Pare, a Pennsylvania Quaker, later appears in Mrs. Centlivre's comedy staged at Drury Lane London.
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Simon Pare
Mrs. Centlivre
Drury Lane Theater
London
Colonel Feignwell
Simon
Bristol
Miss Lovely
Simon Pure
The Weather Prophet Joke
The Weather Prophet jokes about predicting weather and dates. He says the system can forecast weather well but fails to hit the exact dates, highlighting a humorous flaw in his method.
Great Ideas as Shared Spark Across Discoverers
A compact reflection notes that great ideas typically emerge from multiple discoverers. It suggests innovations arise when the world needs them and when ignorance is challenged, pushing for broader understanding. The quotation underscores collective emergence in invention and progress.
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A. Phelps
Quote by Ruckert on error and truth
A brief aphorism contrasts wise and foolish attitudes toward error. It states that wise people learn from mistakes and move toward truth, while fools cling to incorrect beliefs. The line reflects a reflective, moral stance.
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Ruckert
Strict Discipline in the British Navy Punishments Revealed
London Tit-Bits reports daily punishments aboard English ships for infractions. Sailors endure drills with hammocks, spoon-bailing, back and forth marches with a weighty projectile, forced laughter on forebridge, and spitting penalties using small tubs strapped to the chest.
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London
Jack
Manund and Maunder in regional usage history
The note explains that maund and maunder remain common in South Notts and Leicestershire. It defines maund as a square butter basket with two lids called the butter mawn and explains maunder as in phrases like what are you maundering at and he’s a maundering old fool, with a Northumbrian variant.
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South Notts
Leicestershire
London
The Color of the Ermine Turns White in Cold
Experiments show the brown coated ermine placed in low temperature changes fur color without shedding. The animal becomes snowy white almost immediately as winter approaches.
Smiles as Expressions and Their Varied Meanings
A quotation reflecting Lavater on the variety of smiles. It describes smiles signaling goodness and sweetness, sarcasm, bitterness, pride, languishing tenderness, and spiritual vivacity in human faces.
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Lavater
Machiavelli’s View on Threats and Caution
The quotation asserts that prudent men refrain from threats and contempt, since threats increase caution in the foe while contempt provokes hatred and revenge. It presents threats as counterproductive, arguing restraint preserves advantage and reduces aggressive responses.
Letter Fragments Reveal Tension Over Money
A series of clipped lines between Mrs Beach Mr Beach and Mrs Beach presents intimate exchanges. The scoundrel is named as needing more money, hinting at financial pressure and family tensions. The tone mixes affection with concern about a monetary demand.
He Was the Limit Gladys Yes She Is Going to Take Him
A short gossip item from the New York Press-poked exchange questions a woman's judgment as she vows to stay with her partner through thick and thin.
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Gladys
Dolly
New York Press
Stone Mesembly anthemum hides in plain sight
The article notes plant defenses like spines hairs and toxins and cites the Stone Mesembly anthemum from the Cape of Good Hope as a protected mimic that resembles surrounding stones to avoid herbivorous animals.
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Cape of Good Hope
Paint Brushes Cleaning Method From Historical Note
A historical note describes cleaning paint brushes by washing in hot soda water and using a soft cap for rinsing. The entry emphasizes a simple home remedy for brush maintenance.
Earliest Compass Record Traced to Ancient China
The Compass notes the mariner's compass earliest record and suggests Chinese knowledge as far back as 2054 B C. The statement places the invention in antiquity, highlighting a debated timeline for navigational tools.
Matrimonial Agencies and Advertisements
A historical note traces marriage ads to Vi laume who founded a Paris universal agency offering furnished apartments domestics wives and husbands as described by M. Henri d Almeras in La Revue Hebdomadaire and cited by Journal de St Petersbourg.
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M. Henri d’Almeras
la Revue Hebdomadaire
Vilaume
Paris
Journal de St. Petersbure
Etiquetteed feast shocks a guest at Western Kansas wedding
A map narrator in a Western Kansas town attends a wedding supper where locals mock him for eating late. An old lady and an old man notice he has eaten at the usual hour, then tell him “you've et,” highlighting a social quirk where guests save meals for the occasion.
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Kansas
The Fate of Cities and Their Silent Deserts
An archaeologist probes ancient cities to reveal why capitals vanish. Trade route shifts, warfare, sanitation failures, and crowded populations contribute to decline, yet enduring hubs like Rome, Athens, Byzantium, Jerusalem, Antioch, and Damascus show municipal tenacity amid centuries of change.
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Athens
Byzantium
Jerusalem
Antioch
Damascus
A Glimpse of Herbert Spencer’s Mind at Table
Two sisters recount a moment when Spencer, absorbed in nebula photographs, uttered a perplexing remark about thirty million suns and their distances, then abruptly changed topic noting a cushion’s fluff as he left the room.
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Herbert Spencer
Patent humor as seven ton pump defeats examiners
A New York attorney filed for pump improvements and the patent office deemed the device inoperative and asked for a working model. When asked to send an examiner to Trenton, the office refused. The attorney then shipped a seven ton pump from Trenton to the office to satisfy the skeptical examiner, aided by twenty one men to move it.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Patent Office
New York
Trenton
Scientific American
Titles In Germany Stir Debate Over Shared Ranks
The article notes the delicate issue of titles in Germany, especially how women insist on their husbands' titles attached to their own names. It contrasts civilian etiquette with military circles where both sexes resist sharing titles such as Frau Lieutenant. Lieutenant von B objects to being addressed as Frau Lieutenant, a title also held by wives of other lieutenants.
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Germany
von B
Schmidt
Haff
The Most Curious Known Animal
The most peculiar animal is the Ornithorynchus paradoxus from Australia. It resembles an otter with beaver fur, webbed feet like a swan, a duck bill, and a fox tail, and it is the only fur covered creature that lays eggs. A feathered biped would be an egg laying bird that bears live young.
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Ornithorynchus Paradoxus
Australia
Rimer Poetry Sparks Editors Clash Over Worth
A terse exchange highlights rime or rimer debate as editors dismiss the poet’s work as pitiful while Rimer defends his own seriousness and aims. The dialogue frames critics labeling his poetry as pathetic and the public dispute surrounding it.
Impatience Turns Aches Into Plague Of Tempers
Quote attributed to Jeremy Taylor on how impatience transforms minor ailments into larger harms and emotions into extreme states. The passage frames impatience as a driver of escalation from sickness to fever, fear to despair, anger to rage, and grief to astonishment.
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Jeremy Taylor
The Best Education Is Gained by Struggling to Live
A concise statement argues that true education comes from the effort of making a living, highlighting practical learning through work and self-reliance. It emphasizes experience over formal schooling as a pathway to understanding and skill development.
When Spencer Traveled a First Class Ride
When Herbert Spencer journeyed by rail he asked for a first class compartment with a hammock swing to lessen vibration. Onlookers found the sight amusing as the eminent thinker shouted for the blinds to be drawn, summoning four porters to attend him.
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Herbert Spencer
Spencer
Origin of Ox Tail Soup Tale from Paris Terror Era
During 1703 in Paris amid terror and famine nobility faced starvation. Abattoirs sent hides to tanneries with tails still attached. A hungry man requested a tail, received one, and crafted the first ox tail soup. Word spread as others sought tails, tanners faced pressure and a price was set on them.
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Paris
Ambition and the limits of striving
A reflection on ambition noting that desire wanes after fulfillment. The quote suggests that once a goal is achieved the spirit seeks a new object, but may instead turn inward and feel restless, longing to descend after reaching the summit.
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Corneille
Coster Leaves £20,000 Fortune Carried By Hearse Procession
The Bow Cemetery funeral of Jock Hewett known as the king of costers drew hundreds who followed the hearse through South London streets including Brix ton Newington Butts East Lane Walworth Old Kent Road and High Street Whitechapel en route to Bow. Hewett who died at Ferries Road Streatham left a fortune of about £20 000 from selling cheap food to the poor and was widely known and respected among coster markets.
Gladstone’s Grandson Elected Oxford Union Secretary
William Glynne Charles Gladstone, grandson of the Great Commoner, is elected secretary of the Oxford Union Society a post his grandfather held 76 years ago. He comes of age in two to three months and will inherit the Hawarden estate which has been managed by uncles Herbert and Henry Gladstone during his minority.
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William Glynne
Charles Gladstone
Hawarden
Oxford Union Society
Mr. Gladstone
Herbert
Henry Gladstone
Juror Nods Off in English Court Verdict Debate
A juror drifted to sleep during the closing speech in an English trial and was awakened by the judge who rebuked him. The juror insisted he was sworn to render a verdict based on the evidence and not mere snatches of the testimony.
Tally Sticks Proved Right to Payment
The article explains the old tally stick system where a loan was marked by breaking a stick into two matching pieces. Each party kept a piece, and when repayment was due the holder of the matching piece to the creditor’s stick received the money. No two sticks were ever identical, preventing disputes.
Bishop’s rebuke over repeated sermon by Toronto clergyman
Dr Strachan, Bishop of Toronto, is asked by two churchwardens to intervene as their preacher repeats a single sermon twelve times. The bishop demands the text, which the churchwardens cannot recall, and orders the clergyman to preach the sermon again before returning with the text.
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Dr. Strachan
Toronto
Installment System Used for Family Purchases
Egbert explains using an installment plan to acquire household members starting with his wife then her father and mother and now her siblings. The dialogue notes a humorous take on arranging family by purchase.
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Bacon
Egbert
Extreme views disturb calculations based on their data
The fragment notes that extreme views are never just and that some factor disrupts conclusions drawn from their data. It hints at inconsistency or unforeseen elements arising from biased input. The excerpt emphasizes caution in deriving outcomes from extreme positions.
The World Is Full of Pains and a Remedy Found
A health ad notes widespread aches and pains from many causes and credits Dr Thomas Eclectric Oil with speedy relief. It frames neglect of health as a root issue and presents the remedy as answering a universal cry for a specific pain reliever.
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Thomas
Dr Leonhardt Hem-Roid Piles Cure Guarantee
Prolific piles caused by drastic cathartics are treated with Dr Leonhardt Hem-Roid the internal remedy claimed to cure and prevent itching blindness breeding or suppurating piles. Each package includes a guarantee. One dollar. Sold by all dealers or the Wilson Julie Co Limited Niagara Falls. On 18.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wilson
Julie Co., Limited
Niagara Falls
Canadian Honored at Chicago Convocation
J Carlyle Moore son of John T Moore MPP for Red Deer Alta received the Doctor of Law degree at the University of Chicago convocation on Tuesday June 12 he is the first Canadian to earn it. He will be called to the Ontario bar in September and likely practice in the west.
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J. Carlyle Moore
John T. Moore
M.P
Red Deer
Alta
University of Chicago
Graduate School of Law
Graduate School of Arts and Sciences
Moore
Ontario
West
Bright Canadian children kept well with Baby's Own Tablets
A Canadian parent testimonial touts Baby's Own Tablets as a safe cure for minor childhood ailments. Dr Williams Medicine Co promotes the remedy, noting a family claim of a five month old near death to a lively eighteen month old after use, urging households to keep a box.
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Canada
A. Danais
L D
Rivier du Loup
Que
Dr. Williams Medicine Co
Brockville, Ont
Not for a Lazy Man A Canadian Farm Offers Opportunity
The article argues that a diligent person with health can build a livelihood on a Canadian farm, especially in the West, in a few years. It contrasts this with remaining in the Old Country as a farm hand for life.
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West
Old Country
National Association of Dancing Masters plans universal rule book
A rule book of a waltzing standard to unify dance instruction worldwide was planned by the National Association of Dancing Masters at a convention in Winthrop. Separate copy lines, but the article notes the aim of consistency in dancing across regions.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
National Association of Dancing Masters
Winthrop
Mass
Manitoba Wheat Beats Gold in Abroad Opinion
London reports from South Africa where Richard Webb compares Bulawayo and Winnipeg noting similarities yet doubts gold’s certainty and suggests Bulawayo may not fill up while Manitoba wheat remains resilient. He observes Canadians across the province.
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London
the Post
South Africa
Richard Webb
Bulawayo
Winnipeg
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