Theo and the Bridge Encounter at Strathmore Park
Theo travels home from school and slips past a dangerous approach at Strathmore Park. She is saved from an ex-secretary by a handsome stranger who later claims to have genuine concern while she faces Major Strathmore and Violet Kensington.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Theors
Theo
Flo
Strathmore Halls
Tihos
Park Gate
Homself
Strethmoore
Strathmore
Strathmore Park
Major Strathmore
Violet
Kensington
Mrs. Kensington
New York
Voce
A Son's Letter to an Afflicted Father About a Piles Cure
A Manitoba to Nova Scotia tale extols Dr Chase s Ointment as a marvel in curing piles after three doctors failed. Letter from Donald M Leod of Talbotville Nova Scotia describes a Winnipeg son cured and urges others to use the remedy at 60 cents a box with Toronto distributors Edmanson Bates Co.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Manitoba
Nova Scotia
Donald McLeod
Talbotville
N.S
Winnipeg
Dr. Chase
Talterville
Tornato
Dr. Cosse
Godos
God
Uncertainty Clouds Everything Russians Repulsed
London reports the conflict in China intensifies with Macdonald seeking relief but fears of a massacre. Communications between Taku and Pekin spark power tensions while Japanese and Russian forces report costly moves and strained alliances amid near daily dispatches.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
McKinley
China
Carrington's First Fight Reported in Selous River Action
London reports Gen. Carrington with the Rhodesian force launched an attack on the Boers at Selous river, sustaining 4 killed and 3 wounded after a sharp engagement. Separate dispatches note Cape Town's martial law repeal vote, railway repairs, Canadian veterans lodging money woes in Toronto, and the Prince of Wales backing Lady Randolph Churchill's marriage.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
London
Carrington
Selous River
Cape Town
Cape Assembly
Cape Colony
John Xavier Merriman
Cap Town
Fowler
Toronto
South Africa
Hyde Park
Prince and Princess of Wales
Golden Hill
Hampstead
Government to ship twine west as experimental sale
The Dominion government will send one carload of binder twine from the Kingston factory to the North West with a department of justice officer in charge. If the experiment succeeds more carloads will follow, with twine sold at fair rates to farmers in the region.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ottawa
Dominion
Kingston
Department of Justice
Fatal Explosion at Sultana Mine Kills Hedland
Rat Portage July 22 report of a fatal accident at the Sultana mine Saturday afternoon at 4 o clock. Blacksmith Hedland aged 27 died from a crushed windpipe after a fragment of tin from an old powder can exploded. Gus Anderson his helper was severely injured. The blast occurred while workers made a spittoon using an improvised tool.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Rat Portage
Sultana
Hedland
Gus Anderson
Multiple Events Across North America July 25
A miscellany of brief items reports a submerged sapdriver drowning near Eora, a Belle Isle coal mine strike ending with gains for workers, Montreal rail traffic receipts up from a year earlier, a man struck by a train near Portage and dying, the National Council of Women session in Victoria, wheat market activity in New York, a placer mine excitement at Glacier Bay Seattle, a Chicago Milwaukee St. Paul train wreck near Wa basha with fatalities, Manitoba and Northwest Territory military reforms, and a new comet sighting by Dr. William Brooks in Geneva New York.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
St. John’s
N&i
Montreal
C P. R
Portage
Ost
Daniel Darrah
Victoria
National Council of Women
Miss Perrin
Taylor
Dommuir
New York
Seattle
Jupeau
Ottawa
Department
Manitoba
N.W.T
Northwest
Manitoba Dragoons
Brandon Infantry
Geneva
N.Y
William R. Brooks
Smith Observatory
Wm. Linton
St. Lawrence Hall
James Linton
British Columbia
Pacific Northwest States
Dawson City
Brakeman John Bucknell Killed at Oshawa Station
In Oshawa on July 25 at 30 o clock John Bucknell a T R day switchman was instantly killed at the Grand Trunk station. The freight motor arrived with an empty car and Bucknell attempted to couple it to another car. He stumbled on cinders and the wheels passed over his body.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Oshawa
Grand Trunk Railway
John Bucknell
T.R. Day
Oshawa Railway
Bucknell
A.din
Fire Devours Imperial Confederation Life Blocks in Winnipeg
Fire at 3:30 a.m. levelled wooden structures and small brick blocks on the Imperial Confederation Life blocks near McDonald Bros electrical shop in Winnipeg. Flames destroyed the buildings in about 15 minutes. several occupants including D. A. Ross G. A. Mattlebury McDonald Bros Robt Strang and A. Lake were listed among the occupants affected. Firemen performed valiantly during the blaze.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Winnipeg
Imperial Confederation Life Blocks
McDonald Bros
D. A. Ross
G. A. Mattlebury
Robt. Strang
A. Lake
Weather and events mix on July fair day in Winnipeg
Winnipeg reports delightful weather on Ladies Day of the fair with strong attendance and praise for officers and directors. Separate notices cover Constantinople noting a Turkish force to China, the Prince of Wales joining the Royal College of Surgeons, Draper resigning as US ambassador to Italy, and a Calgary cattle stealing appeal dismissal with Judge Rouleau dissent.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Winnipeg
Constantinople
Ikdam
Porte
China
London
Prince of Wales
Royal College of Surgeons
William MacCormac
Royal
Marlborough Halls
Worcester
Mass
the Gazette
Milford
Calgary
Forsyth
Scott
Rouleau
Chinese Legations Report Safe as Mediation Talks Begin
Washington receives word that Pekin legations are safe and ready to move toward Tianjin as McKinley offers mediation between powers and China. Dispatches from Shanghai and London recount foreign officers and missionaries evading danger amid Boxer threats and escalating military actions in Manchuria.
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London
Halliday Macampey
Pekin
Tien Tain
Chibe'en le Feng la
Sheng
Chinese Railways and Telegraphs
Tao Tai
Shanghai
Tsung li Yamen
Foreign Office
Wan Jan
Daily Mail
Shan Tung
Pekis
St. Petersburg
Konraptkin
Manchuria
Times
Li Hung Chang
Washington
McKinley
China
Hay
Toledo
Ohio
Cheney Company
Roberts
Koo Fan
Johnson
Ratas of China Arrive in Yokohama and Other July Dispatches
Telegraph briefs from Yokohama Quebec St Paul Winnipeg Cornwall London Belleville Montreal Victoria cover ships arrivals deaths fires suicides and clerical decisions. Notable items include the Raatess reaching Yokohama from Vancouver, the death of shipbuilder George H Parke in Quebec and a $750000 fire at St Paul Cold Storage in Eagle Street with $540000 insurance.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Yokohama
Raatess
China
Vancouver
Quebec
George H. Parke
St. Paul
Minn
St. Paul Cold Storage and Warehouse Company
Thurston & Sons
Eagle Street
Winnipeg
J. E. Wright
St. Boniface Hospital
Kerr
St. Mary 3
Cornwall
Welland Canal
London
Chas. Tapper
British Empire League
Mansion House
Lord Strathcona
Duke of Devonshire
Kumassi relief column reaches coast amid hardship
From Fomsa July 24 the Kumassie relief column arrives after leaving Kumassie July 17 with the garrison, about 60 fit men and many invalids and dependents in a pitiful state. Col Willcocks chose a western route via Picci avoiding Ashanti concentrations on the eastern road. Ashantis harassed the march while mud clogged roads. few casualties but many bodies seen. Native troops were weak. British officers praise relief and supply of food and ammo.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Fomsa
Kumassie
Wilcocks
Picci
Willcocks
Rwanda
Col Willcocks
Various World and Local Notices From July Reports
Victoria debates queen's speech and appointive policy spar over lieutenant governor. Paris exhibition halves progress as 14,000,000 tickets sold and 15,000,000 left. Sing Sing reports electrocution of Joseph Mullen for murder. Kent county pioneer Charles Colby dies at 100. Atlanta judge Robert Pleasant Trippe, last surviving member of the last Confederate Congress, noted.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Victoria
Bantlow
Vancouver
Hayward
Esquimalt
Paris
Alanta
Robert Pleasant Trippe
Supreme Court of
Gsorzia
Desi
Seizure of Coal Cargo by Bayonet at Belle Ile
The schooner Hector McGregor arrived from Helle Isle Mid carrying coal. Strikers threatened the captain while landing. He sought police help at St John, returned with bayonets fixed, and discharged the cargo at Belle Ile. The strike leader is described as an American.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sydney
Hector McGregor
Helle Isle
Mid
St. John
Belle Ile
Highlanders Captured and Boer Movements Reported
London and other fronts report Lord Roberts’ lines cut by De Wet, with 100 Highlanders and supply train seized. Dispatches detail Palmiet Fontein fighting, railway disruptions, and Canadian casualties tied to broader Boer War actions near Honingspruit and Zandsfontein, plus Milner’s casualty updates and Bisley results.
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London
de Wet
Lord Roberts
Kronstad
Broadwood
Honingspruit
Palmier Fontein
Knox
Honingsprait
Pretoria
Potchefstroom
War Office
Forestier-Walker
Spitzray
Cameron Highlanders
Highlanders
Keith Hamilton
Oxfords
Brown
Lieut
Stuart
Camerons
Ottawa
Sir Alfred Milner
Lord Minto
Cape Town
Ragret
A. D. W. Crawley
Bthlehem
K. Lett
A. Wetmore
Bloemfontein
F. W. Coomis
J. Wilson
L. Mulloy
Canadian Mounted Rifles
Milner
Orange River Colony
Drowning and Lightning Fatalities Reported in Ontario
Thorold Ontario July 20 Merrol Paterson 12 years old drowned during bathing. Lightning struck a church at Cleve ford during a funeral service wounding several others fatally. A Dominion commission investigates townette transactions at Virden Si vcose Jaw Appelle region returns show Canadian exports up over 42 million dollars for the year ending June 30 from 1896.
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Thorold
Ont
Merrol Paterson
Cleveford
Dominion Commission
Virden
Sivcose Jaw
a'Appelle
Canadian Pacific Railway Schedule Summary
Intercity rail routes list daily and intermediate stops from Montreal to New York and east, Portage la Prairie to Brandon, and western points to Edmonton and Prince Albert. It notes daily services, weekly patterns, and names James Oborne and McPherson as senior officials.
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Montreat
Tororto
New York
Montreal
Torsats
Itatty Raay
Portage la
Brandon
Lethbridge
Comet
Kootenay
Portage la Prairie
Brasston
Intermidiate
Sun
Portage
Alrie
Beninhogina
Mouse Jaw
Pointe Eilv
Sanseep
Gindstone
Newpa
Carly
Yorkton
Chicago
West Selkirk
Friis
Stonewall
Emerson
Morden
Deloraine Sondienebedaars
Glenboro
Souris
San
Prince Albert Jobat Sun
Prince Albert
Thors
Edmonton
James Oborne
CE. McPherson
Vass
Crime of Snoring Provokes Memoir Style Satirical Protest
Victorian era column mocks a Boston judge denying a divorce over snoring. It cites ancient authorities and famous figures from Cesar to Napoleon to argue snoring as a social menace and a charitably ridiculous crime, urging restraint and humor in domestic life.
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Boston
Massachusetts
Chicago News
Cesar
Brutus
Ebers
Cleopatra
St. Helena
Napoleon
Waterloo
Beacons of Homework Evasion in Family Parable
In a domestic exchange Jacques jokes that his large family leaves little time for good marks. His father questions the lack of grades as Jacques replies there are many siblings so when his turn comes no marks remain. The brief vignette reflects humor and familial dynamics.
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Une
Jacques
Papa
Laurier appoints commission on Manitoba townsite lands
Ottawa July 21 Sir Wilfrid Laurier is ill with lumbago and cannot leave home. James Allan Smart and Edwin F Stevenson are named auditors to report on sales and management of lands for the Regina Moose Jaw Qu Appelle and Virden townsites. Wm Hope is appointed sub collector in Berlin. Alpine accidents kill seven Berlin residents in a week. The era of door lock keys novelty noted.
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Ottawa
Wilfrid Laurier
James Allan Smart
Edwin F. Stephenon
Winnipeg
Regina
Moose Jaw
Qu'Appelle
Virden
Man
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Laura Jear Libbey
Strathmers Hall
Caesar
Strathwoor
Frank Hawthorne
Strathmerre
Farhoefred
Atebison Globe
Claude Macdomah
Masacre
Conger
Taku
Col. Liscum
Dorward
Fukishima
Gen. Dorward
Standard
Tein Tein
Leslie
Wu Yu
Owen Sound
C.P.R
Chibchen
Lo Feng Luh Hn
Lord Salisbury
Canada
Claude Macdonald
Grodekoff
Khabarovsk
Layouet
Jugevitech
Charbin
Randolph Churchill
Cornwallis-West
Binder Twine
Cable and Wire
Eora
One
Mclntyre
Winnipeg Industrial
Legation
LN Loxpoy
Tientsin
MacKinley
Home and Abroad
Belleville
Edward Cartwright
John S. McGurn
Thurlow
Cartwright
Kumassi
B. C. Parliament
Chatham
Chas. Colby
Kent County
Harwick
Maine
Newfoundland
The
Rifle Association
Bisley
Tink
Carruthers
Graham
State Department
Italy
Canadian Pacific Railway
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Uv Ak
Canadian Northern RY. CO
Golme
Amneemepmngnseleinesratention
Tolone
Winglee Mon
Swan River
Satohas
Manitoba and Southeastern Railway
Anne Marel
St. Ni Simeuit
Letsone
Winnipg
St Anne
Ami Suimoit
Warroad
Schimit
Marcha
St Anny Winnipeg
Winnipes
St Mirhand
Townsite Commission
Berlin
Alps
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