Railway officials take long drive to Hamonton survey
Railway officials led by Hayes and General Manager Morse visited the site of a transcontinental line from Portage la Prairie to Edmonton. They reported 80 percent graded between Portage and Saskatoon and 92 percent to Edmonton with the route direct and grades under 4.1 percent. Labor was scarce but improving as grading aims to finish before season end. Terminal facilities were described as extensive with surveys continuing through passes and plans for future America-led expansions.
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Uamonton
Arta
Rrencent
Hayes
Morse
Portage la Prairie
GTP
Hamonton
Port Ge
Saskatoon
Hdlmonton
Railway Commission
Cone Railway
America
Astronomers Arrive From Yukon Boundary Mission
Edwin Smith and FA McDermid arrive from the American Canadian boundary on the Yukon where they have observed the meridian marking the boundary between Alaska and the Canadian territories. A survey party will place monuments from the Yukon river to St Elias and northward to the Arctic along the same meridian. Manitoba shows patriotism by flying the Union Jack over houses. Sir William Broadbent visits Canada and leaves pleased with the Dominion. Wheat blockade at Port Arthur delays traffic as cars fill tracks and trains must be marshaled to clear the line.
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Edwin Smith
Stronomer
Washington, DC
FA McDermid
Ottawa
Yukon
Alaska
Yukon River
St Elias
Arctic
Port Arthur
Mystery surrounds wreck at CPR line in Sadbury Ont
Inquest into the wreck on the CPR line near Sadbury is inconclusive with public details scarce. Newspapers suggest excessive speed by the east bound engine, a switch miscue, and brake actions as officials remain reticent while exploring modern angle cock designs for train brakes.
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Sadbury
CPR
Hatch
Montreal
Fulton
Bunt
Canada as a book buyer in the book monthly
London based Arnot Craick notes in the Book Monthly that Canada has little claim to be a major book buyer. She argues Canada has not yet developed its natural resources into broad cultural buying power. Demand is mainly ephemeral titles and private collections, with few enduring bookstores and limited Canadian publication.
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London
Arnot Craick
Book Monthly
Canada
Devlin to Resign and Contest Canadian Seat
Ottawa reports Dr Devlin MP who represents Galway in the British parliament plans resigning his seat and returning to Canada likely to contest a Dominion seat. He once served Wright and later Galway, with ties to immigration work before entering Britain’s House of Commons. Also noted is a report on Caucasus devastation and a railroad expansion plan north of La Voie.
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Ottawa
Devlin
Galway
Britain
Wilfrid Ker
Wright
Sear Folng
Ireland
Fis
Eral
Caucasus
Erivan
San
Canada Britain Japan trade pact text cited in blue book
London reports the blue book contains text of the British convention with Japan on commerce and navigation, supplementing the 1850s treaty. In Hong Kong a typhoon reportedly killed about 5000 Chinese, with mortality rising hourly. Ottawa notes royal mint official A H W Chere visited to supervise machinery installation and Philadelphia’s mint styles.
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Canada
London
Japan
Hong Kong
Canadian Mint
Ottawa
A. H.W. Chere
Royal Mint
Cau
Philadelphia
Cleve
Indians Hostile Report From Mounted Police
Ottawa dispatch reports from Superintendent Barge of the Mounted Police cutting the rail from Edmonton to the Yukon via Lesser Slave Lake. At Fort Graham he notes bad spirit between Indians and white settlers, with Klondike rush likely to heighten tension. No immediate trouble anticipated, but time needed to ease animosity.
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Ottawa
Mounted P
Mounted Police
Edmonton
Yukon
Lesser
Slave Lake
Fort Graham
Klondike
Selby
Flesh and Spirit in a Temperance Lesson
A Sunday School temperance lesson argues that all are born sinful and under wrath without rebirth. By receiving Christ, believers become new creations, led by the Spirit, displaying love, joy, peace, and self control, while the flesh should be crucified and works tested at Christ’s judgment seat.
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Christ
Jesus
Edmonton the Gateway to a Modern Canadian City
Edmonton's rise from a fort trading post to a modern capital is traced through rail links, river crossings, and civic growth. The piece surveys the city’s transformation, notes the Grand Trunk Pacific and Canadian Northern Railway projects, bridge plans, and the bustling trade era led by fur traders like Fraser, shaping a metropolis with expanding utilities, streets, and tax records.
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Tig and
Amo
Canadian Pacific Railway
Edmonton
Saskatchewan
Calgary
Canadian Northern Railway
Valley
Grand Trunk Park
Jasper Avenue
Strathcona
CP. R
Ing
Uttle
Grand Trunk Pacificil
Clover Bar
Mackenzie
Tonge
Jasper Eren
Colin
Lake Athabasca
Hudson's Bay
Northwest
Toronto
Port Rouille
Fort Chippewagan
Eas
Britain
Sir Alexander Mackenzie
Arete Ocean
Colin Fraser
Turay Kent
Athabaca
Athabasca
Lake Athaba
Lovell
Northwest Territories
Winnipeg
Hudson's Bay Co
Company
Edmonton Coal Lands and Northern Developments Mentioned
The text describes coal lands near Edmonton with an eight hundred and fifteen acre tract and seams up to twelve feet, noting high Edmonton demand and slow extraction. It mentions nearby towns, river transport routes to Vermillion, and a climate with long summer days and cool nights shaping a memorable season in Edmonton.
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Calgary
Peace River
Edmaton
Fick
Blackland
Lioyaminster
Vermillion
Edmonton
Goldwin Smith Adresses British Doctors In Toronto Banquet
Goldwin Smith delivers a humorous yet pointed toast to visiting physicians of the British Medical Association in Toronto. He reflects on Darwin, science, and spiritualism, warns about protecting medical privileges, and offers quips about advertising and farm labor.
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British Medical Association
Toronto
Goldwin Smith
Addres
Grange
Darwin
Tyndall
Winona
Ontario
Beig
Dane
Australa
Trea
Haileybury local paper recovers from fire damage
In a post fire notice the Haileybury edition explains it is temporarily reduced in size and asks readers to overlook technical defects. It states staff aimed to recover quickly, asks advertisers in business to rejoin, and invites orders for stationery and job printing as the paper resumes weekly publication.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Haileybury
We Are Seven Stone in Church Yard Damaged
The well known Words poem monument in a church yard has suffered irreparable damage from curiosity hunters. The simple stone is fast disappearing due to mutilations, and a movement seeks protection for the stone.
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Lonway
Market Report Shows Wheat Trade And Weather Impacts
Market notes describe wheat movements and option activity in the United States and Canada, with emphasis on Winnipeg and Chicago markets, futures spreads, and delivery patterns. Weather and train car shortages affect shipments. reports reference rail delays and bridge damage, plus mixed export demand and threshing conditions. Details include mentions of grades, prices in store, and a glimpse into Lady Sybil Grey's Newfoundland fishing anecdote with regional color.
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Winnipeg
America
Gelert
Opti
Immedi
CPR
CNR
Vincés
Bo Willaass
Ant
Arthur
A Grass Widow Explained as Veuve de Grace
The term a grass widow is likely a corruption of the French veuve de grace meaning a widow by grace or courtesy, describing a woman who has left or been deserted by her husband.
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Grand Trunk Pacific
New Zealand
Messrs
Bucknell Bros
England
Labrador St. Johns
Naj
Belle Isle
Labrador
ISS
Fisher-Tolk
Kingston
Messrs. Avery and Thompson
Arrowhead
B.C
Avery
Sharbot Lake
Frontenac
Kootenay
Rowland
Houndary
East Kootenay
Manitoba
Handon
The
Telegraph
Sir William Broadbent
Quebe
Acrom
Dominion
Transcontinental Railway Commission
la Vbittubi
Temaskamingoad
the Sunday School
Sueldes
Edmonton the Gateway
New Northwest
Coin
Fraser
Rev
Himerif
Fort Rouill
Ramonton
City Counci
Mater
Grelock
the Grange
the Market Report
Thompson, Sons & Co
Sybil
Lord Grey
Newtnd
East Grey
Calrency
Empire
West Coast Star
Sybil Grey
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