Tragic Ending Report From Rochester Motel Murder Suicide
Ethel B. Dingle dies from throat wound while Leland Kent survives with slashed throat after a Buffalo couple checked into Whitcomb House. Kent disputes coroners verdict. the pair reportedly planned death together. Other incidents include a farmer’s arsenic suicide and a Montreal stable fire with 27 horses suffocated.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Rochester
Ethel B. Dingle
Leland Doorr Kent
Homeopathic
Kent
Buffalo
Whitcomb House
Trey
Riverside Hospital At
Masonic Life Insurance Co
Riverside Hospital
British team wins Palma trophy and other brief items
Lord Strathcona in good health. The British team won the Palma trophy. The $8. Numidian is aground in the St. Lawrence river. James Dean severely injured in Rat Portage. Crop failure will raise Manitoba wheat needs. Two threshing accidents reported from High but, Man. Canadian cricket team badly defeated at Philadelphia. Twenty seven horses suffocated in a Montreal stable fire. King Edward convalescence complete now in Scotland. Preparations to sink another Winnipeg waterworks well. RC Archbishop appoints spiritual adviser to Quebec trades unions. Prescott Michigan mill to move to Georgian Bay district. Willie Freeman 15 murdered by Charles King near St Thomas. Mrs Albert Atcheson of Woodstock Ont killed by express train. husband in Manitoba.
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Lord Strathcona i
St. Lawrence
James Dean
Australia
Manitoba
Philadelphia
Montreal
King Edward
Scotland
Winnipeg
Prescott
Mich
Georgian Bay
Canada
Willie Freeman
Charles King
St .Thomas
Albert Atcheson
Woodstock
Ont
Forgotten Stroll on a Western Railroad
A fragmented reminiscence portrays Henry Clews traveling by a western railroad. A bald figure is tapped, triggering a tense exchange and muddled dialogue about absentmindedness and regret. An elderly tochteran figure reflects on folly and disappointment with a distant spouse.
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Stone Henry Clews
Mr. Clews
Telegraphic Briefs Sketch a Turbulent Era
Movements in England vow to expel Jesuits. Mormons in Canada choose a new president. British steel rail trust forms. fires damage properties in Rat Portage and Hamilton. Laurier healthy and sailing to Canada. Floods render thousands homeless in Bengal presidency. Boiler explosions injure workers near Warroad. Sawyers crushed by accidents. A woman assaulted near Winnipeg bridge. culprit chased and captured. Fire damages Chadwick Tires plant and nearby premises in Hamilton. insurances set. Multiple fatalities and drownings noted. one Englishman dies after fall near Kamloops. Captain of Kingston cotton mill shot after gun misfire. Fire and water damage plague Rat Portage. Hugoed by press, the dispatch summarizes a string of incidents across Canada and neighboring regions.
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England
Canada
Warroad
Minn
CPI
Winnipeg
Castle
Horne
Beatie
Horace Wilson
Arnprior
Shock after a burn and first aid steps from historical text
The excerpt describes shock from burns and the varied responses among individuals. It advises placing the patient flat with slight elevation, warming with hot water bottles, and giving small hot alcoholic stimulants like whisky, while avoiding alcohol if head injury is present. It notes historical references to large beer consumption in the fourteenth and fifteenth centuries.
Carp Threatens Native Wildlife and Legal Oddities Explored
A Toronto Star column details carp invasion harming wild rice beds in Cook’s Bay and Holland River, noting declines in wildfowl food sources and renewed calls for control. It also critiques a courtroom theft case where a lawyer was paid from a thief’s proceeds, asking if similar legal maneuvers would occur elsewhere.
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Iis
Detective Department
China
Toronto
Mixed Dispatches From North America and Britain
Condensed items report grain fires at Balmoral and Regina yields, Winnipeg cider limits, Peary arrival in Sydney, and a fatality in Hamilton after a railway accident. Cable Colonia reaches Vancouver Island, Queen's University memorial plans, and ongoing labor and bank earnings notes across Canada and Britain.
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Klondike
John Clifford
Balmoral
Man
Regina
Winnipeg
Peary
Sydney
N.S
Arctic
A Wealthy Miner Drags Bride Then Vanishes in River
A wealthy miner in British Columbia identified as Rabson dragged his bride Phoebe Grant Stephens through the streets and into the river after marriage. Police battled to locate Rabson as bystanders aided, while the bride escaped and sought help. The incident followed Rabson’s sudden act of violence and a search by river authorities.
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Miiti
Columbia
Atieh <M
Charles B. Robson
Atlin
Mestiah Coluanebia
Phoebe Grant Stephens
Saginaw
Mich
Rabon
Stephens
Rabeon
Leity
Haid
Miss Stephens
William Grant Stephens
Lpekocin Ce
Aaron
British Columbia
Rabson
Flowelling
Wheat Prices Fall and Local Incidents Reported
The report lists a range of local events including falling wheat prices, hog cholera in Oxford county, martial law repeal in Cape Colony, a railway promise sought by Woodland municipality, and notable deaths and accidents. Notable items include Frank Soor of Conway, N D, death by suicide, John Wild of Osnabruck killed threshing, Annie Hadden and Annie Trawin of Port Hope drowned, and a proposed mayoral salary increase in Ottawa. The J Y Griffin company plans a large pork packing plant in Calgary and Lord Dundonald ends sword use by Canadian cavalry.
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Oxford
Cape Colony
Frank Soor
Conway
N. D
Winni
Wayburn
John Wild
Osnabruck
N.D
Oenhil
Stuartburn
Grover Miseeer
Welland
Ont
Hering
New York
Winnipeg
J. Y. Griffin Company
Calgary
Ottawa
Lord Dundonald
Vie
Comedian Mixes Up Composer and Physician Hoax
A playful exchange reveals a misunderstanding about a man described as a composer and a composer of soothing syrup. The dialogue centers on misheard roles and a humorous reveal.
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Joax
Nature's Oneficence in City and Suburbs
The Toronto Globe extols nature near cities, urging urban readers to explore suburban green spaces. It highlights wild flora flowering along streets, streams, and margins of forests, inviting contemplation and a respite from urban life.
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San
Toronto Globe
Nature
Maure
Roaisides
Thore
Demostay
Also Mentioned on This Page
Ake M. Dingle
Dred Wich Bey
D. Rent
Daniel Matthews
Waterford
John Hutton
Hamilton
Light Meat and Power Company
Ottawa Street
John Roberts
Lachine
Hydraulic Company
Walter White
George White
Humber
Quebec
Wien
Rat Portage
Sir Wilfrid Laurier
Gxt
Minmpeg
Jos. Hogg
Noah Seigler
Fémonton
Fort Erie
Tommy Ryan
Presidency of Bengal
William Cook
Kingston
Rideau
Chadwick Tires
King Street
Chadwick
James Scott
John E. Brown
H. Briggs
Kamloops
William Walker
Willian Smith
Walker
Momient
J. E. Stendal
Rat Portage Drug Co
Oliver
Garmens
Cary
Sheppard
America
Sheppard Hard
Cook's Bay
Sincoe
Holland River
Simeor
Newmaret
Shincoe
Holland
Khowiedge
Stuskoka
Lucky
Fee of the World
Gureriered
Magn R
Ton Meron
Sarnia
International Association of the Engineers
Alfred Mas
Jeath Ott
Great Britain
Winnipeg Parks Board
Brooksid Cemetery
Crescentwood
Materly
CPR
Ross
Colonia
Vancouver Island
Fanning Island
Bamfield Creek
B.C
Queen's University
Grant Memorial Hall
Hugh Cameron
Grand Trunk’ Railway
Stuart Street
Frederick A. Cook
Brooklyn
Lieut. Peary
South Pole
Pole
Cook
Atlantic
Bouthlette
Beaudin
Constantine
Yukon
Labelle
Fournier
White Horse
Mount 4
Leonard
Alp
Jean Vailiincourt
Thes
Palace Hill
Fand
Han
St. John
Labrador
Bete Yale
Bates
Scotsiman
Belle Isle
Nancy Davis
St. John's Ladies College
St. Andrew's
Cn, R
Bertin Trades and Labor Congress
Knights of Labor
Congress
Woodland
RF Wright
of the Oddfellows
Assiniboia
Annie Hadden
Annie Trawin
Port Hope, Ont
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