Radium Discovery in London Mining Beds Claims Great Value
London analysts state discarded mine refuse contains varying radium quantities worth vast sums. They cite pitches from pitch industry by products and a Royal firm noting a piece of pure radium could fetch millions. The piece highlights byproducts and a shift to cheaper pitch in glassmaking.
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Tee
London
Willan Hamsey
Tohneon, Matthey & Co., Limited
Hatton Garden
Colvis
Joachizusthal
Snestrad
Santa Claus Barn Blaze at Knox Presbyterian Church
A blaze started by a firework or flare caught Santa Claus, Mr Arthur Taylor, at Knox Presbyterian Church in Vancouver last evening. The sudden flare singed his whiskers and burned his face and arms but church officials kept panic down and no one else was injured. The smashed Christmas tree contents were damaged. J Thompson resigns. R Mativier, a Parisian wine merchant, suicides in Montreal. Peter Carnegie funds an expedition to explore buried cities in Abkhazia and Iran.
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Vancouver
B.C
Knox Psbyterian
Santa Claus
Arthur Taylor
Stampede Likely Over White River Alaska Gold
Reported White River gold finds spur a mass movement with 200 miners en route and multiple outfits leaving for Alaska. Prospectors expect a vast belt along Ptarmigan Snag Ladue and Anderson creeks, though some claims cross into Canadian territory. Authorities accompany arrivals. large-scale blanket mining feared as new fields attract thousands.
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Dawson
Tarmmigan Cronk
Canadian
Alaska
Welock
White River
Ion
Montgomery
United States
Baxi
Seave
Ptarmigan
Snag
Ladue
Andersson
Alsek
Tousandis
Aleck
Ask
Shich
Atsek
Whileon
Ottawa city post office fire destroys customs house main ruin
A Jan 4 blaze at the Ottawa city post office customs house caused a top floor explosion and massive fire. Officials report an electric air pump may have overdrawn air, leading to a fast spread that destroyed the 1877 building and damaged mail and clerks. estimated loss stands near 100000 dollars.
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Ottawa City
Jand Sathin
Record of Theatre Fires and Global Disasters Through History
A historical survey notes the Brooklyn theatre fire of December 5, 1876, with 295 fatalities, the largest theatre fire toll. It lists prior disasters in Chicago 1871, San Francisco, London, Vienna, Paris and other cities, and compares fire losses to ongoing global events in transport and politics along with wheat harvest notes and King Edward pressuring the Czar for peace.
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Brooklyn
Kate Claxton
New York Chronicle
United States
Sie Ageigo
Operatuare
Chicago
Tham
San Francisco
London
England
Vienna
Pari
Edward
Czar
Manitoba Legislative Opening and Throne Speech
The Manitoba legislature opened with the Governor delivering the Speech from the Throne after electing a Speaker. He praised fiscal restraint and railway rate reductions while outlining plans for the public service, new estimates, and committee appointments, with the session adjourned to Monday.
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Fev
McFadden
James Johnson
Turtle Mourtais
Manitoba
Empire
Joseph Tamberlais
Sir Howe
House P
Sprecht
Blacklist A Failure In Liquor Control Act Debacle
A London reform aimed at banning drunken patrons faltered as the blacklist proved impractical. Photographs of habitual drinkers were shared with saloon keepers, yet only seventeen people were blacklisted and many moved districts to evade restrictions, exposing lax enforcement and gender gaps in the act.
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Ostice Alserstone
Lax
London
Fear
Toronto police court settles interecite divorce case
The Toron police court heard a case involving Thomas Worsley and his wife Eliza Hill Prentice and Mrs Worsley faced a big ny charge. The woman was allowed to go free but Prentice received ten days in jail. The writ of divorce Vinent from Worsley was noted and leads to more British migration as the government plans a new post office at Ottawa after a fire. Cited States citizens flee from San Domingo.
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Toronto
Thomas Worsley
Eliza Hill
Prentice
Ada
Ottawa
Dows
Nova Scotia Prosperous Year Marks 1903 in Province History
The Chronicle’s New Year number highlights Nova Scotia’s strong economy in 1903 with broad gains across industries. Reports say coal, ore, and steel outputs rose, pig iron sales up, and manufacturers anticipate high demand and wage stability.
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Nova Scotia
the Chronicle
Cements
Scottane
Ieee
Scotia
Canada
Scotia Steel
Pearie
Bonerocks
Ton Noval
Denand
Nova Scotia Steel and Coal
Real Isaver
A Wet Year in Great Britain Record
Official records show a wetter year with two of every three days rainy and monthly rainfall far above average in London. Despite relentless wetness, public health remained unusually good with low urban and rural deaths and no epidemics linked to influenza or pollution.
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Great Britain
London
Eating horseflesh in city diet rises amid scarcity
The text notes rising use of horse meat by the poor as abattoirs must expand. It cites 30,000 horses consumed yearly, describes meat as darker and stronger but palatable, and mentions horses worked for years being bought for about $50, with shortages for farm work and in the Nord area.
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Arare Sand
Nord
Woman Identified in Mail Fraud Case in City
A nurse Margaret Cunningham of the University area has seen changes in sending of funds linked to a mail fraud case. The woman identified markets a parcel to a drugstore owner who taught confectioners and involved a Western Union messenger. The messenger claims he was sent with a package to the home.
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Margaret Cunningham
Profesor Chas
University
Michael Cams
Paris Great Moat
Wew
Western Union Telegraph
Whding
Wenty Killed In Night Collision Between passenger and freight
A night head on crash near Willard Kansas between the Rock Island express and a cattle train killed twenty people instantly and injured many more. Two passenger cars were demolished and locomotives destroyed as stock and debris covered the right of way. Rescue crews removed bodies and survivors, with one child calling a doctor papa as she was treated for broken bones and scalp injuries.
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U. Dispatch
Kassax
Rock Island
Chicago
Willard
Kansas
Fopeks
Rogineer
Kas
Tounie Martin
Topeka
Rajureet
Fire destroys Montreal club in early morning blaze
Fire at Mount Royal Club in Montreal roared through the exclusive building near the heart of the city, injuring a newspaper carrier Jas Wilkinson and others. Firemen battled flames from around six, a man named Arthur Mabos re was rescued, and the cause is under investigation with several residents hospitalized for injuries including a broken leg. Colonel Liardet, once of the 17th Foot Guards, is among those mentioned as connected to the area.
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Mount Royal Clap
Moentreal
Los
Lie
Frank Hatt
Sas Ihetantiy
Arthur Mabos
Montreal
J. J.C. Abe Hott
Liardet
Jinan
17Th Foot Guards
Heiress Clue in Guardianship Case and Town News
Clara Irene Laing of Chicago sues for accounting as guardian claims to free her father from responsibility. Miss Laing, heiress to a fortune, discovered the loss of her wealth after a Toledo trip involving a signed release. Governor John M. Hamilton presents evidence in probate court.
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Clara Irene Laing
Chicago
Toledo
John M. Hamilton
Miss Laing
Yorkshire Farmers Sail to Canada in Spring Flight
The Yorkshire yeomen, praised as the pick of our people, plan to leave York for Canada in the spring. The piece argues their pure lineage and steadfast agricultural skill will benefit the Empire, despite departing from the homeland for the prairie west.
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York Tire
Canada
Yorkshire
Atlantic
Fondon Express
Australian scholar tours and global science views
Dr Parks recently toured Australia and spoke on university schemes while contrasting attitudes in Canada and New Zealand. He cited Rutherford and McGill as examples of progress and warned the Labour party as a menace to Australia’s safety in a coalition with Deakin and Reid while noting Canada’s earlier reputation for slowness.
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Parks
Austia
New Zealand
Parkin
Tutherford
McGil
Rhodes
Parkin Sisite
Nessfoundland
West Indiew
North
Labor Party
Australia
Deakins
Reid
Canada
Death of famed founder of Raymond Sewing Machine Works
Under Operation Buel the well known founder Mr Raymond of Raymond Sewing Machine Works died at the hospital this morning after several weeks illness. He was near 70, born in Lowell Vermont in 1830s, an inventor of several innovations and a long service figure in sewing machine development.
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Buel
Raymond Sewing Machine Works
Raymond
Lowell
Vermont
Guelph
Fire at Stirling Bros hoot and shoe Warehouse kills chief
Fire broke out at one o clock this morning in Stirling Bros hoot and shoe Warehouse. The south walls collapsed killing Fire Chief Katie Rowe and seriously injuring Firemen Swanwick Robinson Secombe and Robertson. The building is a total loss. Also notes the Indian Industrial School at QuAppelle burned on Jan 4 and Ottawa hockey team won the Stanley Cup final 2 goals to 0.
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London
Stirling Bros
Hoot and Shoe
Aorinas Beckett
Chit Rowe
Swanwick, Robinson, Secombe and Robertson
Sterling
Qu'Appelle
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Albert Brassey
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Board of Uartians
General Booth
Hadleigh Farm
Lanted
Tarif Reform League
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Torosto Board of Trade
N.j. Thompson
R. Mativier
Carnegie
Abhazie-Itan
Becsig
Insantrome Theatre Fores
NP Express
Union Poist
Fitern Pawmongers
East
Russia
Secnion
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Orticcs
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Wenty
Rebved
Grand Trunk Pacific Survey
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Masampho
Ted
Katie
Ottawa Hockey
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