Moving Pictures of Darkest Africa Expedition Plans
London organized expedition aims to secure living records of African life in Nyasaland and Abyssinia. Led by Brian Cooke, seeks white rhinoceros specimens and phonographic records. Route includes Broken Hill, Lake Victoria Nyanza, and Nile via steamer and rail, facing fever and hostile tribes.
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London
Wiig Life
Uranowe Lange
Expe
Brian Bs Cooke
Bioncopie
Emu
Zoological Society
Nyassaland
Kates
Bellasa
Cooke Hope
Broken Hill
Lake Victoria
Nyanza
Abyssinia
Menelik
Africa
Nile
Soldiers Plan Colony In Western Canada For Veterans
American veterans seek land in Western Canada to form a soldier colony in Manitoba or the Saskatchewan valley. Ex soldiers from Fort Leavenworth plan to farm Western Canada, with many from Kansas and Montana expressing readiness to relocate after enlistment ends. The effort aims to establish farming as the colony’s sole industry and to offer the best opportunities for men with limited capital.
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Winnipeg
Kansas
Montana
Westernlp
Canada
Canaua
Can Fa
Minard Liniment and Canadian Bank Growth Comment
A period piece excerpt discusses Minard's Liniment praised by physicians while noting varied opinions on Canada’s expanding branch banks. It defends the banking system as sane and secure amid growth and cites Parmelen’s Vegetable Pills as mild and soothing, contrasting harsher tonics. A fragment references a butter question regarding whipping.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Variers
Canada
Milner recounts Grant mail delay and chaplain incident
Eliot M Milner describes Gen US Grant and his father Chaplain Miner the mail duties and a sign on the chaplain's tent about mail arrival. The episode shows Grant pausing, then moving on, while Milner notes the chaplain’s temper and a crude sign reflecting delay.
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Grant
Eliot M. Milner
New Orleans
Miner
Gen. Grant
Mil
Harper's Weekly
Slavery exposed as stockade abuse near Winseun Fare
Fragmented report details alleged slave-like confinement on a Winseun Fare area farm. Claims include prisoners kept in a stockade, denied wages, withheld work rights, and men forcing labor while women and families were separated. Warrants issued for several involved, including farmer Charles St Smith.
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Charen Smith
Smitha
Charles St Smith
A Real Ole Tumer and Canadian World Power Talk
A Cranbrook note sketches Roger Moore a Fort Stavie rancher in hale health who recalls arrival after leaving Qelathmus for Victoria and later Cranbrook. Canada is described as a coming world power with imperial granary wheat strength and strategic Pacific routes, per The Outlook and Laurier. The Red Deer memorial hospital closure due to lack of funds ends with town officials continuing institutional work.
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Orier
Americas
United States
Montana
Canada
Manitoba
Northwest Mounted Police
Toronto
Cranbrook Herald
Cranbrook
Roger Moore
Twig
Qelathmus
Victoria
United
Bates
Wien
al Dosle
Moore
Wilfrid Laurier
Pacific
Orient Elves
Minneapolis
Felice Rupert
Mareh
London
Vermillion Lake
Red Deer” Memorial Hospital
Hardy frost proof fruit trees and shrubs wanted
Wanted at once reliable and energetic men in Manitoba and the Northwest to sell hardy hybrids from Ontario. Full canvassing outfit and liberal terms offered. Apply to E. D. Smith Helderleigh Nurseries Winona Ontario established over a quarter century.
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Manitoba
North West
de. Win
Ontario
Ottawa
Brandon
E. D. Smith
Helderleigh Nurseries
Winona
Maxim questions Wellman airship polar expedition
Sir Hiram Maxim doubts Walter Wellman can reach the North Pole by airship. He notes that no motor propelled balloon is yet reliably controllable and that giant funding is the main obstacle, though the project may be done someday.
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North Pole
London
Hiram Maxim
Walter Wellman
Hiram
Ndt
Inspection of Manchuria Tour By Togo Kuroki Ito
Tokio views Admiral Togo Gen Kuroki and Marquis Ito to lead a party on an inspection tour of Manchuria. The mission follows a state council meeting on railways to be government run, likely requiring another large loan. The Navy celebrated the Sea of Japan anniversary with royal presence.
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Togo
Kuroki
Ito
Sun
Tokio
Gen Kuroki
Marquis Ito
Manchuria
State Council
Sea of Japan
Rekindles Life in the Nerve Cells Nerve Food Claims
An advertisement for Dr Chase's Nerve Food touts that it rekindles life in nerve cells and increases nerve force to restore vitality to organs. It cites paralysis and nervous exhaustion as dangers and shares testimonials from Mrs W R Sutherland of St Andrews and Mrs George Fuller of Lakeland praising cures and improved sleep, headache relief, and movement. Claims include new blood corpuscles and gradual restoration.
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Dr. Chase
Chase
Carrie
Edmanson, Bates & Co
Toronto
Chance to Build a Model City at Prince Rupert
The New York Sun notes Canaila has a chance to shape a model city at Prince Rupert, site chosen for the western terminus of the Grand Trunk Pacific line. Canada’s government controls the plan as it nears the Skeena river mouth, four hundred miles north of Vancouver, promising broad streets, parks, and public buildings amid wilderness prospects.
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Canaila
New York Sun
Grand Trunk Pacific
Ocean
Prince Rupert
Dominica
Vancouver
Skeena River
Alaska
Canada
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Jeter
Susanna Asken
Carthage
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Macy
Mrn Longworth
Southam
William
Thomas Belector
Paris
Hans Gat
Cheney & CO
Toledo
Kinnan & Marvin
Hail
Japan
Ayer
Dee
Minard
Parmelen
Bay
A. Dupuis
Comber
Ont
Shealde
Dr. Williams Medicine Co
Brockville
Parmelee
Papa
Lx Hut
Hollowas
Liniment
Fancy
Moos Jaw
Exina
Brangon
Winnipes
Dan Allan Meteoroogical Service
America
Ehilt
Cnneriaa Levi
Andrea
Grars
Great West
King of
Wilson
Archdale Wilson
Hamilton
Dominion Express
Eee
Mir
MON Dafoe
N. Dafoe
Alberta
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