Late Senator D Wark in His 102nd Year and Career
The obituary recalls David Wark born Feb 19 1804 in Londonderry Ireland who settled in New Brunswick and pursued politics from 1842 in the Assembly then the Legislative Council. He witnessed Confederation, served four administrations, and remained in the Upper House until his death, the last remaining member from Confederation era. He was a Liberal, a devout abstainer, and known as a “big little man” with a measured diet and long public service.
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David Wark
Londonderry
Ireland
New Brunswick
Mr. Wark
Legislative Council
Wark
Confederation
Miller
Red Chamber
J.C. Aikins
Boucher de Boucherville
Alexander Vida
Peter McLaren
J R Gowan
Aikins
Vidal
Gowan
Cief
County of
Simcoe
Million Cases Of Salmon Packed In British Columbia
British Columbia reports about one million cases of salmon packed this season. Fraser River accounts for 600,000 while Naas Skeena and Puget Sound regions contribute 400,000 to 700,000 cases. Commissioner Babcock blames low water and reduced fresh-water flow for weaker US-side catches and notes hatcheries may be boosted to support future runs.
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British Columbia
Fraser River
Naas
Skeena
Puget Sound
United States
Pacific
Dominion
P. Babcock
Fraser
Babcock
Sacramento
Columbia
Canada
Washington
L Missioner Babcock
Beton Lake
Harrison Lake
Burkenhead
Shuswap Hatchery
Bon Accord
Lakelae
Owekagno Rivers Inlet
Jumbia Packers’ Association
Alert Bay
St Mary's Needle A Norway Stone Pillar Prophesied End
A Norway tradition centers on a natural stone pillar near Augvaldsnals church on Karmeen Island. About twenty two feet tall, it leans toward the church wall and villagers, including the minister, fear when the tip finally rests against the wall the world will end. The column is known as St Marys Needle and has been chipped down to avoid catastrophe.
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Norway
Augvaldsnals
Karmeen Island
St. Mary's Needle
Peace Day Dinner Honors South African War Veterans
Lord Kitchener continues a yearly Peace day dinner to mark the war's end inviting officers who served in South Africa and who are now in India to this year's May 31 celebration at St Simia.
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Lord Kitchener
South Africa
India
St Simia
Professor Spencer Studies Niagara Gorge Theory at Falls
Prof Spencer of Washington DC seen at Niagara Falls pursuing a long debated theory about an ancient river gorge from the Whirlpool to St Davids. He aims to confirm if glacial fill formed a prior channel and plans test holes along the route to record depths from wells and excavations.
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Niagara
Spencer
Washington, D. C
Niagara Falls
Quest
St David's
Queenston
St. David's
Tock
Davida
Absent-Minded Canadian Returns Home Missing His Mother
A tale of a Canadian man who travels to town with precise business but, convinced he has forgotten something, searches his pocketbook three times on the way home. He arrives to be greeted by his daughter who jokes about where he left his mother, in a humorous village voice.
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Pail Mall Gazette
Biand
Poland
Japanese War Bonds and the Empire s Financial Leverage
A profile praising Japan s wartime finance credits, highlighting a Harvard-educated baron as a key figure in securing two friendly creditors, amid British and U.S. loan competition. The piece notes his polished demeanor, Harvard doctorate, and service as Minister of Justice, plus ties to Prince Fushimi and the Mikado.
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U.S
Baron
Harvard University
Japan
Eliot
United States
See
Prince Fushim
Wifch
New Motor Boat Sets Speed Record Claims Fast Fifty
The Den, Herreshoff’s watercraft, aims at forty to fifty miles per hour. Barred by cautious testing, Charles F. Herreshoff Jr asserts a top pace of about forty mph, with the craft touted as a modern speed leader beyond earlier whitewater designs. An unseen spin yielded speeds exceeding forty during trials.
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Herreshoft
Herreshoffs
Charles F. Herreshoff, Jr
The Yellow Peril Myth and Japan Russia War View
Baron Komura argues the yellow peril is European imagination and predicts global gains from the Russo-Japanese War. He praises Japan for justice, clean public service, and simple living aiding war success and forecasts better US, England, and European ties with Japan. He notes humane treatment of prisoners and improved relations ahead.
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Europe
Baron Komura
Japan
China
Rusela
Russia
United States
England
Woman and lover quarrel over courting in parlor
Readable fragment shows a determined young woman accusing the lover of neglect while he resists. She insists she won’t sit alone in the parlor, and he replies uncertainly, prompting a tense exchange about their relationship dynamics.
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Yung
Financier Ex-MP Hugh Watt Arrested for Murder Plot
London police court heard Hugh Watt former Glasgow Camlachie MP offered detective 25 000 to lure his ex wife to Watt's flat for chloroform murder. Chloroform and peppermint found at his apartments. Watt remanded for trial with 3000 bail.
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London
Hugh Watt
Camlachie
Glasgow
Marshall
A. London
Watt
Old Laws Reset and A Pair in the Hand
Fragmentary line of aphorisms and maxims referencing experience, desire, and wisdom. Appears as a collage of phrases with unclear context or source attribution, including mentions of tob y bliss and a proverb about a pair under uncertain author.
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Toby Bliss
The Uligant Threat Under Czarist Russia Explored
A long exposé describes the Uligant, a new underworld in the Russian Empire, feared by authorities and civilians. It portrays the autocracy’s terror, Peterhof defenses, and urban rookeries where Uligant plan robberies and murders. A factory owner is murdered after resisting extortion by masked men linked to the group. The piece notes widespread unrest, police inaction, and tax and rent evasion amid Polish upheaval and social strain.
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Russia
Nicholas HL
Peterhof
Bisinh
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D. Wark
Wexaton David Wark
British, Columbia
Baral New Yorkch
Baron Kentaro Kaneko
Mikado
U. S
Aron Kentaro Kaeeo, Eachmar
Coe Ener
Asia
Kentaro Kaneko
Kaneko
Tokio
Elswick Shipbuilding Company
Baron Kaneko
Republic
United Res
Kenjiro Kimeko
Den
M.P
Ma Rem Watt
EMP
Violet Beauchamp
Roden
Rezinild Beauchamp
Order OF Lawsreakers
Uligan
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