New Canadian Railway Board Formed With Broad Powers
The act establishes a Railway Commissioners Board with a ten year term and 75 year retirement, appointable Chief Commissioner by the Government. Salaries set at 10000 for Chief and 8000 for others, with Ottawa as a base. The board governs tolls, tracks, crossings, land use, inspections, and dispute resolution, with vast regulatory authority and appeals to the Supreme Court on jurisdiction or law.
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Hay Tie
Ottawa
Conra
Supreme Court Powers Board
Hailways
Property Company
Thay
Tteek
Supreme Court
Am Pals
Special Act Board
Laree
Master of Biography Leslie Stephen and his era
A dense portrait of Sir Leslie Stephen, highlighting his royal KCB honor in 1902, his reserved nature, literary lineage, and prolific biographical work. The piece traces his family, education at Keble College and Trinity, and career from editor of the Cornhill Magazine to chief biographer of Johnson and the Dictionary of National Biography.
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Emus
K.C.B
Lelio Stephens
James Stephen
James Fitenes Stephen
Masbrick
Leslie
Leslie Stephen
Kensington
Eto College
London
Trinity Lege
Cambridge
MLA
Trinity
Sea of Literature
Pocatn
Cornhill
Hardy Norris
James Payne
Henry James Russell Lowell
Rma
Macaulays
Ian Bedding
Sir Henry Taylor
Nassau Senior
Tennyson
Dickens
Thackeray
Pall Mall Gazette
Harriet Marion Thackeray
Duckworth
Sidney Lev
Stephen
Lee
Johnson
Sone
Lee le Stephen
Decoy Letter Leads to Mail Robbery Arrest
A woman planned to trap a mail thief by placing a decoy letter in her box and sending a parcel with a bell. The bell activated an alarm at the postmaster’s office and the suspect, baited by the decoy letter’s money note, was arrested for robbing the mail.
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Ottawa
Abe
Old country couple tours gallery amid famous paintings
An elderly pair Wanders the Manchester Art Gallery reading a catalogue as they view works numbered in sequence. They pause before Madox Brown's The Death of King Lear and mistake Landseer’s dog picture for Lear, exchanging quiet, feigned sympathy as they compare the scenes.
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Manester
Madox Brown
King Lear
Jinny
Landseer
Sarge
Galt
Lear
Whistler Academy and Gaelic Revival Figures Highlighted
A historic tale recalls Whistler at his first official Paris art school visit where he praised students and urged high standards. The piece also notes the Marquis of Tullitardine and the Gaelic revival in Greenock with efforts to form the Scottish Horse unit and rekindle ancient language skills.
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Academy
Rature
Whistler
Paris
Whistler Academy
Ancl
Stuents
Mr. Whistler
John's
M. Douguer
Tion
Dan
Vigarus
Tullitardine
Breadalvane
Mod
Greenock
Tami
Gael
Lange
South Africa
Fragmented Passage on Social Strata and Employment
The text discusses how current acts by the public may reflect broader social dynamics. It hints that workers are placed in lower social strata due to circumstance and that some standards for health and ability may be shifting. Raises question whether stress on deficiencies like teeth or vision is increasing.
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Picata
Rose
Newfoundland
Acre
Gulf of St Lawrence
Sen
Binant T
Mystery Brings Shocking Coat Change to Brussels Pup
A Newtounaiean puppy, nearly white, was attacked by a large dog in Brussels. Within hours the pup grew black markings across its coat, and the change became permanent, leaving guardians puzzled by the drastic transformation.
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Brussels
Grain trade volumes move through Montreal and Great Lakes ports
A surge in Canadian grain traffic shows Montreal port handling over 200,000 more bushels than prior records up to August 23 1003 with Wheat and corn totals for 1003 far exceeding Boston shipments. Data from Northwestern Bell suggests large flows from Fort William Port Arthur Duluth and Chicago to Canadian ports and onward to American markets.
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Chicago
Montreal
Montreal Board of Trade
Boston
Seaboard
Lake Superior
Fort William
Port Arthur
Bufalo
Haron
United States
Duluth
Port Wiliam
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