The Unseen Bridegroom Ends in Mollie Dane’s Return
Mollie Dane returns to high society after a two week absence spent with a dying relative. Mr. Walraven’s tale of a secret romance is met with disbelief, while Mollie herself declares independence from interrogation. A grand dinner brings a shock as Mollie recognizes Reverend Raymond Rashleigh, a clergyman from her past.
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Kelly Kenny Appointed Adjutant General Amid War Dispatches
London reports Lieut General Thamas Kelly Kenny named adjutant general of the forces succeeding Sir Evelyn Wood. Lord Kitchener remains in theatre to complete tasks, with General Lyttleton to replace General Huldyard. Cape Town notes Schepner's 3060 man commando turning north after limited recruits, and Mozambique dispatches report seizure of Portuguese officials near Ressano Garcia with a large dynamite cache for the Boers.
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Thamas Kelly-Kenny
Evelyn Wood
Prevoria
Daily Telegraph
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Lyttleton
Huldyard
Cape Town
Schepner
A Sham Battle at Esquimalt Delivers Naval Lesson
Vancouver reports a naval exercise where bluejackets moved by train to the forts near Esquimalt and captured a sternwheel boat without firing a shot. The incident is viewed as a lesson to strengthen coastal defenses as torpedo boat destroyers Virggo and Sparrow Hawk are ordered to China, provoking concern over squadron strength.
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New Town for Canada Reports on Boundary Change
Vancouver reports suggest the boundary survey could place much of Blaine Washington inside Canada after lines extend into Sumas Prairie The Canadian team led by Engineer McArthur cautions final results await next summer’s joint survey. Three masked men robbed Kaiser's hotel in Ebolt stealing 400 dollars in cash watches jewelry and booze. Eight guests were threatened and the robbers vanished into the night with no clues.
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B. C
Blaine
Washington
Sumas Prairie
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McArthur
British Columbia Electric to Build 5000 HP Plant at Coquitlam
Vancouver Sept 6 Mr Honor Payne chairman announces BC Electric Railway will invest 600000 to install an electric plant at Coquitlam Lake fifteen miles from Vancouver to supply power to Vancouver and New Westminster The facility can be expanded to 15000 HP with extra cost as needed The project will start immediately and increases in capacity are planned as demand requires
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The
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Coquitlam Lake
Vancouver
New Westminster
Carnegie offers free public library to Riverside
Riverside seeks a free public library after Andrew Carnegie offers 20000 dollars. The news item lists other items from Sept 6 including deaths in Quebec and St Johns, a racing cup defense at Newport, and various international notes from Sydney to Paris.
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Fire damages Norman block in Picton
Picton Ontario September 6 fire damaged the Norman block when a gasoline stove exploded in a Chinese laundry basement. One Chinese worker suffered severe facial and upper body burns and may not recover.
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Norman Block
Winnipeg market prices for wheat oats cattle and more
Market notes show Winnipeg price quotes for wheat No. 1 at 6H for Fort William, country wheat S6 to 57c, oats 25 to 26c, barley none, corn 65c per bushel. Hay at $5.50 to $6 a ton in car lots, poultry prices by pair or pound, butter 10 to 11c, cheese 7c, eggs 12c per dozen, hides by grade, wool around Te, seneca root 20c. Cattle export steers 6s6d per ton, cows 2c, stockers $14-$16, two-year-olds $20-$22. sheep 4d off cars, lambs 4d, hogs 64 to 66c per lb off cars.
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Fort William
Manitoba
Winnipeg
Deakins
Montreal may have a 150000 labor temple
Montreal reports a potential project of a 150000 labor temple while the Cosmopolitan hotel Winniper is burglarized. Heavy rains affect multiple provincial points and international tariff concessions emerge among France and Russia amid broader Franco-Turkish tensions. The Islander inquiry opens as officers' sobriety is questioned. A large cache of war munitions bound for the Boers is seized. Canadian riflemen defeat the American team at Seagirt in an international match. The Norton lighthouse keeper death case grows quieter in new developments.
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Smallpox Case Reported in Ottawa and Other Brief Items
On Thursday September 5 Ottawa detects another smallpox case. Afrikander rebels reportedly join the Boers. Bandits rob an Arkansas express and flee with a large haul. Montreal to light streets at 5.60 per lamp for 1 200 lamps. Sevimour hotel Winnipeg burglarized with no clues. Treasonous England-Boer correspondence intercepted. Marie Eastwick arrested in London for forging a stock certificate PP. R. stock. The Duke and Duchess of Cornwall receive an address with tokens from Boer captives.
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England
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Lomdon
Duke and Duchess of Cornwall
Bor
Death of J C Waldron and other brief notes
The Stone wall Gazette editor J C Waldron died suddenly. The Ophir was sighted ahead of schedule off Cape Verde. Wheat deliveries exceeded 90 000 bushels at C P R points on Monday. The Wanipeg option market opened with large wheat deals. King Edward appointed a commission to study Prof Kochs tuberculosis theory. Thomas Greenways cattle exhibit in Toronto won prizes. A fire started by a thresher damaged George McCauley farm near Glenboro. James Waldron, lighthouse keeper on Tomahawk Island, Lake of the Woods, was found dead.
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Glenboro
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Lake of the Woods
Lighting Contract Award Sparks City Council Fight
The Montreal city council voted 18 to 15 to grant the five year lighting contract to Royal Electric, part of Montreal Heat and Power, at 60 dollars per lamp for 1,200 lamps. The decision is expected to trigger further clashes between reformers and Royal backers.
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Narrow Escape on Ottawa Express Near Russell
The Ottawa and New York express to Ottawa experienced a broken tender axle near Russell, 16 miles from Ottawa. The broken ends jammed in a V, but the train stayed on track. Axle ends damaged rails for about 300 yards as the train, moving at 60 mph, passed.
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Ottawa Ami New York Express
Russell
Man hanged at Dantzig for 23-year-old murder
Aman, hanged at Dantzig, confessed to killing a woman twenty three years ago after believing lapse of time had exempted him from punishment. He was arrested immediately following his confession.
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Elevator Contract Awarded for Montreal Harbor Project
The harbor commission awards the contract for a new million-bushel steel fireproof elevator to J. O. Jamieson for $642,000 pending Public Works minister approval.
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Smallpox Case Reported at Dunrea
Information arrives of a smallpox case in Dunrea. Fred Oakes, from Vancouver, worked in the harvest and was isolated after symptoms appeared. The Beaupre household is quarantined and authorities search for a second Vancouver arrival linked to Oakes.
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Armenian Massacre System Warned by Ex-Turkish Consul
Ali Nouri Bey former Turkish consul at Rotterdam writes in the Daily Mail that the massacre of Armenians by Kurds has resumed as part of a planned extermination. He says deaths will rise with European outcry and pressure on the sultan, repeating yearly until all Armenians are killed.
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Daily Mail
Ali Nouri Bey
Rotterdam
Europe
Winnipeg men hurt in railway wreck at Lewiston
Several Toronto residents injured when a railway wreck occurred at Lewiston, ne. The incident disrupted travel as workers and bystanders sought safety after the collision.
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Lewiston
C P R Trackmen Strike Settlement Reported
The C P R trackmen's strike has been settled. An attempt was made to drive non union CP trackmen out of Morris A delegation of Minnesota farmers has purchased seven townships near Kraik Asea A harvest hand from Vancouver has been taken down with smallpox at Punrea Maa
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Asea
Vancouver
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Maa
Monarch the Circus Lion Cowed by Darky Driver in Wreck
In a railroad wreck the Monarch the lion is terrorized by a black handler who lassoed the cage and dragged the animal toward a roadside shelter. The incident ends with Monarch cowed and hiding in a far corner as others free the wreckage and treat injuries.
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Jess
Lawdy
Nevah
Monarch
Darky
Saberice
Seppresesing Cruelty Refines Cruel Words Toward Humans
A reflective editorial urges restraint in speech, noting that cruelty is often spoken not with force but with biting words that assault social sensibilities and self esteem. It compares verbal cruelty to physical violence and calls for gentler discourse toward all people.
English distrust of the military and its political impact
The passage argues that English popular sentiment resents military control and fears the domination of the military idea in the state. It notes past unpopularity of government and generals, the long resistance to a standing army, and warns this mindset threatens individuality and individual liberty.
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Oliver Cromwell
Origin of the loving cup traced to Henry IV
The article recounts Lord Lyons's tale of Henry IV who, after spilling wine from a single handled cup, orders a two handled cup, then a three handled cup. The maid’s careful handling inspires the king to create the three handled loving cup for future toasts.
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Paris
Henry IV
France
Iun
Living stones of the Falklands resemble mossy anchors
Visitors note peculiar trees on the Falkland Islands that grow as weathered moss-covered bowlders rooted to the ground. These "living stones" form a sparse forest shaped by polar winds, lack grain, and resist cutting for fuel despite their tree-like appearance.
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Falkland Islands
Mexican Tortillas A Mexican staple described
The piece explains tortillas as thin flat cakes fried on iron over charcoal, made from limewater-soaked corn mashed with a metate, shaped by patting. They retain a sweet cereal flavor yet are tough for American digestion and are often folded to scoop chilies or beans.
Health and Vitality For the Old People
A promotional piece claims old age weakens muscles and nerves and that Dr Chase's Nerve Food restores vigor. It asserts the product calms nerves enriches blood and rebuilds tissue for seniors, from childhood to old age, as a medical blessing.
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Dr. Chase
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