New Pope Elected Pius X At St Peter's Aug 4
Cardinal Giuseppe Sarto elected pope at the Vatican ceremony on August 4, taking the name Pius X. He received the papal blessing amid the crowd on St Peter's balcony, and a new Fisherman’s ring was placed on his finger. The ceremony included Te Deum, kisses of peace, and the papal title confirming his role as Bishop of Rome and leader of the universal church.
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Apostolic Uriefs
St. Peter's
Cardinal Sarto
Pius X
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Tus X
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Mer Merry Det Val
Sacred College
Cameriengo Oreglia
Rome
Jesus Christ
St. Peter
Prince of the Apostles
Universal Church
West
Italy
Holy Roman Church
Carfer
Gieuseppe Sarto
Riese
Venice
Lions in balloon ascent terrorizes two handlers
A Paris linked voyage shows a lion pair aboard a balloon with a special car. They settle, then fret as gas releases cause a fall. both are injured but later recover with restoratives. Meantime news reports floods in Chestoo China killing many and widespread destruction along the Souris district.
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Paris
Sey
M_ Henri lion tamer
MM Weillat
Tu Chateau
Roubaix
Rouchier
Dunkel Officer Convicted for Brutality at Metz Trial
A non commissioned officer named Dunkel was tried at Metz for brutality toward private soldiers in Moershingen Lorraine. The court found 366 counts proven from 576 instances since last December and sentenced him to two and a half years imprisonment and degradation to the ranks. The scandal surfaced after a maltreated man killed himself, an anonymous letter alleging Dunkel’s cruelty.
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Metz
Dunkel
Moer- Shhingen
Loraine
Forerlgate Antes Aims at Tigris and Euphrates Reclamation
Sir Willing Wilcocks, former Egypt director general of reservoirs and Assouan dam designer, proposes reclaiming fertile Tigris and Euphrates valleys using ancient canals and reservoirs. He cites Ninevah and Babylon as historic centers and notes lands grow fertile from river overflows with Masdad railway completion and irrigation revival. Capital, labor, and tropical crops like cane, cotton, and tobacco are expected to follow, drawing European investment. The new King of Servia is over ten.
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Forerlgate Antes
Ames
Sir Willing Wilcocks
Egypt
Assouan
Tigris
Thephrates
Ninevah
Babsion
Europe
Virden Baseball Tour Opens With 1–0 Win at Portaze
Virden traveled to Portaze for a Pacific coast contest and shut out the host 1 to 0. A dead unknown man was found on the C. PR track near Ouimet, four miles east of Port Arthur, on August 4 with no identification.
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Virden
Pacifi Coast
Portaze
C. PR
Ouimet
Port Arthur
King Edward Proclaims Ireland Visit a Brighter Day
The King’s proclamation from Cowes expresses gratitude for Irish kindness during visits. He hopes for a brighter Ireland driven by self reliance and mutual respect, and prays for peace prosperity and public harmony under Divine Providence.
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Ireland
Edward
London
Treland
Prince of Wales
Nut
Treand
Queenstown
Horace Plunkett
Department of Agriculture and Technical Instruction
Timekeeper Fires in Canadian Camp Killing Galician Laborer
A timekeeper named Van Alstyne at a Canadian Northern construction camp sixty miles west of here shot into a crowd of seventy Galician laborers after a dispute over time checks. The man fled. police have not apprehended him. The wounded man died about four hours later.
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Elwood
van Alystree
van Alstyne
Wide World Tidbits From Canada to China
Ontario started new mine sea tee operations while a Vancouver cricket team tours Winnipeg August 24 to 29. Portage la Prairie seeks waterworks. a Chinese editor was executed by dowager orders in July. Seawankaka cup won by the Canadian yacht Thoreila in the third race. Swan River polls hint at a government return. Icelandic laborer fatally injured at work. Moses Finn charged with attempted murder in Winnipeg. Clara Barton plans a National Society of Cross in America. Old coin sale in London shows 1864 twenty-dollar piece and a 1910s coin values. F. Hanmore injures William Church with a pitchfork and is jailed in Barrie. Breslau despatch reports a rail disaster near Sucha Kavaria. Eleven-car stone train breaks loose, destroys a passenger train. about thirty killed, many injured.
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Ontario
Vancouver
Winnipeg
Portage la Prairie
China
Crery Praten
Esprons
Thoreila
Swan River
Ork On & Wis College
Moses Finn Haw
F. Hanmore
William Church
West Wallisbury
Church
Hanmore
Barrie
Breslau
Sucha
Kavaria
Austean
Silesia
Public bath drowning tragedy at St Helen's Island
Montreal dispatch reports a double drowning at St Helen's Island on August 2. George Lessard, the bath's swimming master and Humane Society medalist, and Arand Duplesses perished after Lessard went to rescue Duplesses who cried for help. Both men vanished beneath the St Lawrence waters.
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Aispatch
Montreal
St Helen's Island
George Lessard
Arand Duplesses
Lessard
Humane Society
Duplesses
Duplessen
Lessant
St. Lawrence
Tragic Family Tragedy In Swede Household In Canada
A Swedish family arrived weeks earlier as M. Manson, his wife, and four children, with Mrs Manson killing her six month old child in bed with a razor before slashing her own throat. The husband found them at 5 pm after returning from work at the Canadian Copper company shop. Authorities note possible temporary mental illness.
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M. Manson
Sweden
Canadian Copper Company
Manson
Opium Poisoning Fatal in Jaen Hospital Children
Officials in Jaen Andalusia Spain opened an inquiry after a spike in child deaths at Foundlin hospital. More than eighty children reportedly died from opium poisoning administered by wet nurses to wean infants, triggering a major investigation into hospital care.
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Foundlin Hospital
Jaen
Andalusia
Spain
Proposer in Church Causes Scene at Abilisation
At St. Clair Congregational Church on Sunday morning Miss Hattie Cook publicly declared her love for Rev Ralph Dutt during a sermon. Dutt, taken aback, warned her and restrained the moment, noting there was no truth to rumors of any romance.
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St. Clair
Ralph Dutt
Hattie Cook
Dutt
Dulf
Dull
Miss Cook
Rev. Dutt
Last Reader Reports Winter Wheat Crop Test Near Stony Plain
Advices from Ramonton say J M Logan of Stony Plain is the last in the district to report starting this year’s crop. He cut a small patch of winter wheat on July 28 using seed from Southern Kansas. The wheat, sown mid August, survived winter well and looks promising for a full sowing this fall. Other crops are growing well and a bountiful harvest of wheat oats and barley is expected if favorable weather continues.
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Ramonton
J M. Logan
Stony Plain
Kansas
Filipino insurgents organize and drill on islands
W uering of Unicago reports after arriving on the Tacoma that Filipino insurgents are organizing and drilling on the islands. He says many deserters from the U S Army and British and European soldiers join the rebel ranks, with pirate-like control of island coasts and cargo traffic.
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Unicago
Orient
Tacoma
Victoria
United
United States Army
Wheat Market Review Reflects Active Week and Frost Risks
The market shows an active irregular week with high price expectations amid favorable winter wheat weather but reports of small fields. Manitoba and northwest Canada expected average crops with early cutting in eastern areas, while frost risks loom in spring wheat regions. Prices for No. 1 hard and other grades are noted with Winnipeg values and regional livestock and byproducts. Weather remains dry and cold with frosts dipping below the frost line on several nights, clouding yield certainty and prompting early harvest help scramble.
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Manitoba
Northwest
Europe
Fort Willian
Port Arthur
Oast
Quizzical Latine Hook and Serpents Stir Colonial Tales
A fragmentary tale quoted in archaic Latin speaks of serpents and burning bravado. The narrative mentions Ashton and Fyeke, a foxlike serpent leader, and a confrontation with countrymen as a thief is discharged after the prosecutor fails to prove motive.
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Vien Peat
Ashton
Howe
Fyeke
Corm
Aduers
Mons Voyce
McStagg
Panica Ob
Moving the Crop Prepares Manitoba Wheat Exports
Whyte states the Canadian Pacific and Canadian Northern railways will haul wheat to elevators before winter, aided by ample cars and engines. Manitoba and Territories acreage totals rise to 3.2 million, with a slight per acre drop offset by increased cultivated area. overall Northwest yield should improve.
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Canadian Pacide
Canadian Northern Railways
Manitoba
Territories
Toronto Star
Montreal
Win. Whyte
Winnipeg
Canadian Pacifi Railway
Ries
New Anthracite Coal Find Reported Near Okotoks
Dispatches from Groves describe a new coal discovery sixty miles west of town along Sheep Creek with early surveys by Richards Brown Dowling and others. Dominion geological party and prospectors from Calgary High River and Okotoks converge to assess the site and potential branch line connections to the main line.
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Groves
Messrs
Richards
Brown
Dominion
Dowling
Ci Jore
High Iver
Calgary
A. P. Patrick
Eed, Hennett
Burns
Sheep Creek
Okotoks
Rider Dies After Bucking Horse Accident at Wild West Show
Lee Marshall foreman for Calgary Cattle Co dies after horse rears and saddle horn punctures his stomach. He had joined the wild west show two years earlier and was 28. Comrades describe grief at the show and burial in Ridgens, Pennsylvania.
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Heras
Calgary Cattle Co
Lee Marshall
G. R. Robinson
de Ceased
Lee
Law
Ridgens Pennsylvania
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