Railway rates spur western settlement and land values
Richard Waugh argues in the Manitoba Free Press that lower Canadian wheat freight rates, especially by CPR and CNoR, attract American farmers to Canada. He notes American lines reduce rates to compete, boosting Canadian land values near borders and prompting ongoing farmer migration. He warns of rate competition and calls for continued policy easing and agricultural institutes to minimize pioneer losses.
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E. W. Thomson
Boston Evening Transscript
Kalee
Canada
Joe Acrove
United States
Canadian Pacific Railway
Boston
Canadian Pacific
Canadian Northern
Canadian West
Great Northern
Norther Pacific
Canadian Prairies
Winnipeg
Calgary
Transcript
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Canadian Pacific Halfway Company
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Duluth
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Emerson Shippers
Boundary
Estevan
Avoca
Fort Duwm
Luthers
Canadian Pacific Railway Company
Grand Trunk Pacific
National Transcontinental
American West
Gay Fashions of the Past in Dandies and Clergy Attire
The article surveys historic wardrobes from the fourteenth century to the eighteenth, noting lavish church vestments, multi colored menswear, extreme tailoring, and footwear fads. It contrasts ancient splendid dressing with modern youth styles. It mentions bishops, earls, Chaucer era outfits, and fashion rules on shoe widths and long shoe points.
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Ely
Earl of Northumberland
Solomon
Chaucer
Joseph
Manchester
Europe
Henry II
Lava Destroyed Three Samoan Villages Broadscale Eruption
The Sierra reported from Sydney that a Samoan island volcano on Savai continues erupting in force. Three villages including Malacola were leveled and cocoa plantations lost. Lava flows into the sea at a three quarters of a mile wide channel twenty feet deep moving twenty feet hourly, with a five mile molten wall visible at sea.
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Sierra
Sydney
N.S.W
Samoa
Savai
Malacola
A. King
G. Barkeley
National Service League aims and universal training outlined
Field Marshal Lord Roberts presents the National Service League program to build Empire defense and national strength. It advocates universal military training for boys, rifle culture in schools, and stronger Auxiliary Forces while honoring volunteers and inviting widespread support and enrollment.
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National Service League
Lord Roberts
British Empire
League
Navy
Mercantile Marine
United Kingdom
United States
Endeavo
Famine in Japan Reports Spark Aid Efforts
A Canadian in Japan Alexander MacLean notes official statements describe the famine as appalling. Public and private relief is active with millions directed daily, and subscriptions from Japanese and foreigners bolster a famine fund. The toll grows from initial estimates of 700 thousand to over a million suffering. Authorities at imperial and provincial levels provide work and aid.
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Ottawa
Japan
Alexander MacLean
Imperial
Wealth's happiness twin: Carnegie argues wealth harms joy
Andrew Carnegie tells a London newspaper that wealth offers only a modest old age comfort and may reduce happiness. He notes that millionaires who laugh are rare, arguing riches are trifling beyond a secure future.
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London
New York Sun
Andrew Carnegie
New Furnaces Planned for Sault Ste. Marie
Lake Superior corporation adopts plans for new open hearth furnaces and contracts for construction are now being let. Work to begin this spring and the first furnace in addition to the corporation's prior capacity will be in operation before year end following reorganization.
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Sault Ste. Marie
Lake Superior Corporation
Ior Corporation
Senn Plans Lone Expedition To Zambesi Wilderness
Dr. Nicholas Senn, famed American surgeon, declares fatigue with civilization and aims to travel solo to the Zambesi district of Africa for a vacation amid savanna fauna and flora. He warns of dangers from unhealthy climate and seeks to observe equatorial peoples before civilization alters their way of life.
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Chicago
Nicholas Senn
United States
Africa
Zambesi
Dr. Senn
Empire census reveals population and area in blue book
The first organized census of the British Empire shows about 11.01 million square miles and a population near 400 million, with 4 million whites. Distribution highlights Asia 300 million, Africa 3 million, Europe 42 million, Australasia 5 million, America 7.5 million. Calcutta is the second city after London. Insanity rates are lower in colonies than in the UK and decline in India despite consanguineous marriages.
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London
British Empire
Asia
Africa
Europe
Australasia
America
Calcutta
India
Natal
Cyprus
Canada
West Indies
United Kingdom
Proscribed Echoes of an Anti Jew Proclamation in St Petersburg
A Russian official proclamation purportedly lists twenty one anti Jewish articles. It calls for expelling Jews from the city and Siberia barring higher education and holiday work stoppages. It proposes a lump sum tax in place of military service and restoration of former Jewish lanes along with restrictions on professions. It also says only Christian grandchildren of Jews would have full legal rights.
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St. Petersburg
Siopean
Russia
Siberia
Imperial troops to vacate Work Point barracks in May
Imperial forces at Work Point barracks Esquimalt will depart in May with Canadian troops taking over. About 350 royal engineers and royal garrison will be reduced to 150 men, with roughly 50 transferred to the Canadian unit.
Vatican watches French cabinet crisis with wary eyes
The Vatican follows France’s cabinet crisis with keen interest and fears a Catholic setback. A prelate quipped that France has fallen from frying pan to fire as a sixpatch delays the cabinet announcement until the thirteenth, while the pontiff softly notes superstition may helm bad days for Catholics.
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Rome
Vatican
France
Messenger Boys of Aberdeen Face Age Ejection
Every year about thirty or forty young Aberdeen post office messengers reach the 16 year age limit and lose employment. Postmaster Hagerty urged Lord Strathcona to help place them in Canada. Strathcona expressed confidence that those suited to farming in Western Canada could find initial farm work and, through perseverance, secure comfortable, independent positions.
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London
Messenger Department
Post Office
Aberdeen
Canada
Hagerty
Lord Strathcona
Barnardo Immigrants Sail to Canada This Month
William Baker successor to Dr Barnardo appeals for funds as 250 boys depart this month for Canada in the current year plan to send 1200 children. Up to now 17484 youths have gone abroad with 9314 per cent proving desirable colonists.
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London
William Baker
Barnardo
Canada
French Mining Disaster Destroys Hundreds of Alike
French mining catastrophe near Lens leaves eleven hundred dead and thousands of relatives bereaved. The Lens region coal pits echo with sorrow as workers and families confront ruin. The tragedy unfolds across outlets near Lens Courrieres Verdun and surrounding mines as 2000 miners faced the explosion.
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France
Lens
Department
Pas de Calais
Courrieres
Verdun
Aberdeen talks on medicine and genius in modern practice
Sir Frederick, addressing Aberdeen University, warned that crude genius in medicine is harmful and that success depends on health, knowledge, honesty, and service. He likened the physician to a palaeontologist who reconstructs the patient from observed fragments.
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Frederick
Paris ministry outlines policy on church state split
The new ministry presented to the chamber of deputies detailing a rigid separation of church and state, accountability for inventory resistance, and adherence to the prior Morocco stance. It also endorses the French Russian alliance as part of its cabinet approval.
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Paris
Chamber of Deputies
Morocco
Hill's Railway Scheme Reaches Regina Saskatchewan
Reports claim J J Hill agents are buying land in Saskatchewan for the Great Northern to build a Regina branch this fall and extend trunk lines from Lethbridge to Winnipeg tapping the wheat country with connections at Moose Jaw Brandon and Winnipeg.
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Regina
Sask
J.J. Hill
Saskatchewan
Great Northern
Lethbridge
Winnipeg
Weyburn
Wheat Country
Hill
Frank
Moose Jaw
Brandon
Soo
Arcola
Canadian Pacific
Qu'Appelle
Craven
Half Year Wheat Shipments Shown at Port Arthur Fort William
Ottawa reports from the Trade and Commerce Department show that receipts of wheat at the Port Arthur and Fort William elevators for the first half of the current period, up to the end of February, total 39,688,705 bushels, compared with 41,831,333 last year, while shipments reach 34,794,523 bushels versus 18,840,109 in the previous season.
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Ottawa
Trade and Commerce Department
Port Arthur
Fort William
Simplified Spelling Board Formed in New York
A new organization named the Simplified Spelling Board has been formed with leading men of affairs and letters to promote easier English spelling for educational and practical reasons. J Andrew Carnegie funds the venture, believing simplified spelling could help English become a world language and aid universal peace by removing spelling obstacles.
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New York
Men of Affairs
Eading Men of Letters
J. Andrew Carnegie
Carnegie
Nail Born Legacy Sealed After Old Explosion
Wilkesbarre engineer John Spires living in Sayre was previously struck by a nail blown into his neck in a Fourth of July blast 26 years ago. A London lawyer found him after two years search and learned an aunt left him a $25,000 legacy, now ready to send on request.
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Wilkesbarre
John Spires
Lehigh Valley Railroad
Sayre
Eyeepers
London
Spires
The Gun Queen's Income Report
The text notes the yearly income of Queen Bertha Krupp who inherited the Exsen ironworks in Germany. It details the financial figure and hints at her managing wealth and industrial holdings in relation to the Krupp fortune.
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Bertha Krupp
Exsen
Germany
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