Fleming Re-Elected President at Agricultural Society Meeting
At the annual City Hall gathering Hon. C. R. Mitchell was named honorary president and James Fleming was re-elected president. Officers for 1st and 2nd vice presidents were J. F. Howson and R. E. Starks, with a full board of directors announced. The Clydesdale Horse Society offered a silver medal for the best registered Clydesdale at next year’s show, communicated from Glasgow on Oct. 28, 1911.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Agricultural Society
C. R. Mitchell
J. F E. Howson
R. E. Starks
C. S. Pingle
J. J. Hargrave
T. Fawcett
A. J. Matthews
Nelson Spencer
D. Cargill
G. M. Johnson
W. H. Babb
D. Milne
Dr. Blythe
A. P. Day
Walter Huckvale
A. P. Burns
J. F. Fisher
J. J. Quail
Clydesdale Horse Society of Great Britain and Ireland
Glasgow
Council of This Society
Board of Directors
Rural municipalities bill seen in committee of the whole
The legislature spent Wednesday in clause by clause review of the rural municipalities bill. Key changes included a seven member council with the reeve elected by councillors, annual retirements, and elections by divisions debated amid calls for referendum and recall. The session extended polling hours and addressed representation for sparsely populated areas.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
House
Boyle
Duncan Marshall
Ontario
Peg Husband Shoots Wife and Then Flees
Winnipeg reports a man identified as Mrs Edward Wilburn's husband shot her in the left lung at a house near St Villa outside the city limits and fled. Mrs Wilburn, at Pembin hospital, remains in serious condition as police hunt for the suspect who disappeared after the shooting.
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Winnipeg
Edward Wilburn
Scotland Avenue
St. Villa
Wilburn
Down
Portage Junction
C.N.R
Pembin
Over Eight and a Half Million Increase
Winnipeg reports week ending December 14 shows an increase of over eight and a half million dollars from last year. Total business this week reached $30,539,949 versus $22,039,920 a year ago.
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Winnipeg
Clearing House
Winnipeg Electric Ry declares quarterly dividend
Winnipeg Manitoba December 16 directors of the Winnipeg Electric Ry last evening declared the regular quarterly dividends of 3 percent payable January 3 to all stock holders of the record of December 20.
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Winnipeg, Man
Winnipeg Electric Ry
Eckert will sustains contest over General Eckert estate
New York December 1 The Surrogate upheld the will of General Thomas T Eckert valued at 3 million dollars distributing most to Thomas F E Eckert Jr James Clendenning Eckert contested alleging his father was influenced by age and illness Marie L Davis widow of the General had her claim dismissed as arising from a disordered mind If the decision stands on appeal the contestant will forfeit his share to the State under the contested clause
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New York
Thomas T. Eckert
Western Union Telegraph Co
James Clendenning Eckert
Chalan
Thomas FE. Eckert, Jr
James
Gaq
Marie L. Davis
Dare
Supreme Court to rule on five man train crews
Washington on December 16 the Supreme Court announced it would not hear further arguments in the Indiana law case. The statute requires five men on passenger train crews and the court signaled it will uphold the law even for inter state mail trains entering Indiana.
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Washington
Supreme Court of the United States
Indiana
White
Cigar Factory Fire In Montreal Causes Major Damage
Fire at the Karkness and Co. cigar factory at 29 St Peter St Montreal caused $15 000 to $20 000 in damage. The blaze started in the basement and spread to the first floor with the hardest damage there. Cause undetermined though officials suspect furnace origin and the basement was gutted.
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Montreal
Karkness and Co
St. Peter St
Will Try and End Chinese Trouble
Shanghai December 16 The coming week may prove pivotal in the Chinese revolution Tang Shao Yu Imperial representative appointed by Yuan Shi Kai to bargain peace with the revolutionaries travels from Hankow on the Beattung with eighty aides and servants. He will pass along the Yangtse patrols by revolutionary gunboats and through towns governed by rebels Li Yuen Heng’s four lieutenants are aboard the same steamer. Observers see potential for a mutual settlement.
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Shanghai
China
Tang Shao Yu
Yuan Shi Kai
Hankow
Yang Tse
Tang Shao Yi
Li Yuen Heng
Grain talks set for January at LaSalle Hotel
Chicago is to host a two day meeting of the nation's largest grain exchanges at the LaSalle Hotel January 18 and 19. Each exchange will send two or more delegates to discuss key issues including a large operator’s plan to sell wheat off market and remove it from Chicago. The council also reviews enforcement after earlier discussions on corners and the move to board appointed default penalties.
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Grain Exchange
Chicago
United States
Hotel LaSalle
J. Ralph Pleckell
Pickell
Chicago Board of Trade
Italian Arrested for Four Murders Near Frostville
An Italian with blood-shot eyes and a letter to Ed Donato in his pocket was arrested by Coxsackie police as the wanted Ed Donato for murdering Mrs Conrad Morner, two daughters and one son at the Morner farm near Frostville last Tuesday. He will be brought to Albany for the case.
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W. A. P. Dispatch
Albany
N. Y
Italan
Ed. Donato
Coxsackie
Rennslaer County
Conrad Morner
Morner
Frostville
Blairmore Population Census Injustice Alleged
The Blairmore census figures are challenged as incorrect with the official count showing 167 but reported as 1166. Estimates now suggest the town may have about 2000 residents, signaling a serious error in the published returns.
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Blairmore
Anonymous Letter Mail Plagues Prime Minister in Ottawa
An Ottawa report notes prank letters sent to the federal Parliament mail, bearing stamped addresses but no letter. Anonymous senders mail second hand items like cigar bands and labels, with one envelope arriving today containing a medicine bottle label.
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Ottawa
Tariff Commission
Baby Nine Weeks Old Operated On For Appendicitis
Boston December 16 a nine weeks old baby at Merchants Hospital was successfully operated on for appendicitis. The child, Evine McKinney, became seriously ill and the doctors diagnosed appendicitis. The operation was performed and the father recently submitted to a similar procedure.
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Boston
Merchants’ Hospital
Canevine McKinney
Car Shortage Ravages Saskatchewan Headlines Across Province
Saskatoon December reports reveal a severe car shortage disrupting grain delivery. Some districts show hundreds of cars on order, elevators full, and storage housed in shelters while others report no shortage. Wheat shipments and threshing vary by district, with provinces facing dire conditions and farmers waiting days for unloading. Across Regina and towns like Mortlach Morse Herbert and Swift Current the scene is chaotic as grain piles, long lines, and police escorts mark the struggle to move crops.
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Saskatchewan
The
Phoenix
Regina
Sask
West
Mortlach
Morse
Herbert
Rush Lake
Rouleau
Pease
Sintaluta
Qu’Appelle
Indian Head
McTaggart
Lang
Milestone
Prominent Windsor man accused in $50,000 suit
Mrs Coatesworth of Windsor alleges Geo Jasperson of Salnsville tried to kiss her and make love to her so violently she fell ill. The Kingston Kingsville tobacco merchant, reputedly wealthy, denies the charge as a divorcees claims of ongoing persecution since her Chicago divorce eighteen months ago.
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Windsor
Ont
Kingsville
Jasperson
Chicago
Gould Buys Castle Menzies in Scotland
New York reports George J. Gould has purchased Castle Menzies near Perthshire, Scotland, with thousands of surrounding acres of woodland. The American billionaire plans to reside in a ducal-style castle while retaining citizenship, and the note adds a local real estate pitch offering a Ross Street lot for $20 down with no payment until May 1.
Homesteader Killed in Cypress Hills Coal Mine
A cavering mine collapse at Cypress Hills trapped Robt Stratton 33, a homesteader, who died alone while starting a new tunnel. Colleagues Cole and Newby were present earlier. Stratton’s body recovered under earth, with fatal head injuries. He leaves a wife and four children.
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Cypress Hills
Robt. Stratton
Homesteader
Stratton
Case
Geo. Newby
Newby
Cole
Stajanton
J. Bradley
Ny Cole
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PRES
OF Agric. Society
Mem
Fleming
Hassard
R. M. Napier
Hoadley
Muni
Mitchell
John Kemmis
Janga
Geo. P. Smith
Balgris
Clydesdale Stud Book
Great Britain and Ireland
Canada
Archd
Macneilage
Medicine Hat
Necesary
Napier
Captain Parker
Royal North West Mounted Police
Peg
CW. A. P. Dispatch
Supreme Court
Re Travis
CW. A. P. Cable
Albany N.Y
Borden
Saskatoon
Golden West
Geo Jasperson of
Salnsville
Gould
London
Geo. J. Gould
Castle Menzies
Perthshire
Lord Decies
Carnegie
Ross St
H. C. Pettet & Co
R. Stratton
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