Lost White Woman of Canada and Champlain Era Tales
A historical narrative traces Marguerite de Roberval on Roberval Island and her two-year exile in Newfoundland, then follows Champlain era tales of Marguerite de Hoterval and Helene de Champlain in New France, detailing tragedies, rescues, marriages, and early Canadian settlements.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Marguerite de Rattorvat
Mer Cn
Plymouth
France
Quetes
Canada
Nary
Mary Sifton
New France
Ratile France
Mar- Fuerite de Roberval
Andre ‘Thevet
At- Tantic
Lonely Island
Marguerite de Hoterval
Tantienne
Newfoundland
Sieur de Roberval
Xrier
Roberval
Marguerite
Picardy
Find
Abe
Hhrleking
Marguerite Hill
de Roterval
New World
Champlain
Quetec
Can
Anne Tlebert
Marriet
Stephen Jouers
New England
Guillemette Cou
Perpet Couflard
Sieur Hevert
Quetee
Heverts
Hebert
St Germain
Cardinal Kicuene
St. Lawrence
Quebec
Plymouth Rock
Trelene
Samuel de Champllain
Lake
Chane
Sieur de Toulle
Tor Ming
Madame de Champlain
Ter
Chasplain
Monsieur de Champlain
Laliaouces
Helene
de St. Helene
Montreal
Smoky River Pass Mystery In Old Canada Survey
Mr. Armstrong the C N R surveyor returns to Edmonton from an October trek along Smoky River and Yellowhead Pass. He reports the Porcupine river is the Yellowhead Pass outlet and notes Indians say terrain makes railroad construction through the area extremely difficult. He also mentions Shep Creek joins Smoky River about 25 miles upstream from Porcupine and that the western pass is very difficult.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Smoky River
Armstrong
C.N.R
Edmonton
Yellowhead Pass
Yellowhead
Armstrong Dias
Morse
Porcupine
British Emigration and Urban Strain Highlighted in Cable News
A London cable notes rising eastern city overcrowding as Britain faces migration pressure. It cites Canada seeking farm labor and emigrants mainly to the United States, with 205 910 leaving last year. The piece argues for redistributing colonial populations within the empire and hints at policy shifts amid social reform.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Wld
Wit States
United States
British Empire
Diverse brief news items from Canadian press year unknown
The itemized notes report hospital crowding in Winnipeg area reminders of gas price cuts by Consumers' Gas in Toronto, a fatal train incident near Jordan and a CN elevator at Port Arthur handling wheat. Other notes reference peasant nestorians, a Regina baker heir, clerical instruction to vote, Ottawa customs circular on cross border cattle, and strict penalties for foreign livestock and estrays in Canada after June 1903.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Winton
Consumers’ Gas Company of
Toronto
John Foster
Elmer Moyer
Jordan
Cn.r
Port Arthur
Dominion Department of the Interior
John England
Regina
Cobourg
St. Noniface
Ottawa
Customs
Canada
Canaada
Cate
Death claims Henry J Toews schoolteacher in Altona case
Henry J Toews a Atena schoolteacher held at the provincial jail in Winnipeg on a murder charge died January 19 from effects of a self inflicted head wound and complications from an abscess. The October assault on Abraham Kehler John Hebert and Peter Kehler led to shootings of Kehler’s children and Toews then turned the gun on himself. He died after weeks in hospital, his trial unresolved but guilt presumed by surrounding evidence.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Henry J. ‘Soews
Atena
Altona
Abraham Kehler
John Iiebert
Peter Kehler
Kehler
Jude
News in Brief from Across the World and North America
A wide miscellany notes progress on Alaska placer work near the Yukon, CPR shop plans at Portage la Prairie, and a London Times correspondent's death. Other items report Trans-Canada rail subsidies, border policing steps, and various court and crime updates including a murder trial in Selkirk. Agricultural policy, refrigerated transport, and western orchard profits in Hong Kong and Vernon feature amid broader geopolitical and local happenings.
Two Transvaal Loans Proposed by Imperial Government
A cable from January 19 reports Colonial Secretary Chamberlain presenting a plan to guarantee a loan of 175 million pounds for the Transvaal and Orange Free State assets. The funds would pay debts, railways, and public works, with a second 150 million pound war debt to follow. Chamberlain urged parliamentary approval and proposed a labor commission to study the matters in detail.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Johannine
Chamberlain
Stohannesburg
Transvaal
Orangia
Ary Veen
Chamterlain
Mome
Nitherto
Peace in Ireland and land settlement prospects
Cable from London quotes John Redmond urging passage of a land reform measure to heal Irish wounds and avert worsened conflict. Stedman Urther backs voluntary purchase. advocates long term treasury savings, end to poverty, and reduced emigration tied to land settlement. Also notes fisheries crisis in Northern Norway due to seals and a Tyrolean councillor choosing cannon duel.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
London
John Redmond
Beinturgh
Dhan
Iends
Ireland
Redmond
Stedmod Urther
America
Liverpool Mayhem as Lynch Faces Treason Verdict
Colonel Arthur Lynch of Galway is found guilty of high treason after joining the Boer forces during the war. The jury returns a death verdict per count. Lord Chief Justice notes wartime naturalization offers no excuse. Lynch shows no remorse as he is led away, wife present, awaiting potential commutation amid a rare British treason case.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
London
Arthur Lynchner
Galway
Lynch
Ted
Edward Carson
Col Lynch
Counsel Ten
Wills
Hritan
Sethes
Toned Hs Lession
Col
Arthur Lynch
Lillestale
Ballarat
Australia
Annie
John D Powell
Melbourne University
Berlin University
Paris
Methonene University
Tive
Sis
Meiourne
Diegan Journal
America
County Clare
Ireland
County Galway
House of Commons
Bee Sy
Also Mentioned on This Page
Dominion OF Canada
Te Landolt
Britain
Hern
Alberta
New York
St. Andre
Alaska
Yukon
Locke
CPR
Portage la Prairia
London ‘Times
Pauths
Fort San Carlos
Venezuela
Marcon
England
Agriculure
Minneapolis
Lideau
John Putrain
Selkirk
J. Prothero
Shake Island
Lake Winnipeg
Winnipeg
Benson
Trans-Canada Railway
Dominion
Manitoba
North West
J. J. Hill
Baron von ‘Kettler
Boxers
Washington State
Columbia
Saxony
Giron
Fave
Mentone
Bund
Mamd
Mme
Andre Gerard
Miss Lillie Purdy
Rsing
Gilesour
Crowing
Trenton
Ont
The
Poultry Association
Connecticut Cat Club
Whitney
Lord Aberdeen
Hong Kong
Vernon
Sidney Fisher
Department of Agriculture
Faros
Monreal
Butte
Mr. Fisher
Norway
White Sea
Roncegno
Tyrol
Col. Lynch
Fartiamens
Atta
Ontario
Thomas Shaughnessy
Dominion City Reserve
Marlatt
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