Great Lakes Voyage Describes Soo Locks and Grain Ports
A vivid travelogue from Port Arthur Ontario to Fort William recalls the Soo Locks and the Canadian Pacific Halfway Bridge. The piece celebrates the vast grain exports, wheat-banks, and the immense scale of the Great Lakes shipping era with evocative detail.
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Port Arthur
Ont
Head of Great Lakes
Soo Locks
S.S. Keewatin
Harbor
Fort William
Port McNicoll
Marquette
Georgian Bay
St Mary's
Canada
States
Seleton
Simon
Canadian Pacific Halfway
Haseule
Thunder Cape
Fort Wiliam
Milestone bylaw seeks debt for cistern and fire hall
Milestone council introduces bylaw to borrow 6000 dollars to fund a cistern, fire hall, and fire engine. Debentures repayable over 15 years at a fixed rate. Voting by Burgesses set for July 17 1916 at the town office with officers appointed to tally results. Returning Officer Walter B. Perkins chairs.
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Milestone
Land Titles Act Mortgage Sale Of Saskatchewan Farm Property
Public auction will be held at Hotel Milestone Milestone Saskatchewan on July 22 1916 at 1 30 pm Mountain Standard Time for the NE quarter of Section 10 Township 11 Range 20 W2M containing about 160 acres. Terms require 20 percent cash at sale with balance per conditions disclosed. Property lies seven miles south and five miles east of Milestone and is not under cultivation.
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Milestone
Province of
Saskatchewan
Second Meridian
Public Auction Sale of Saskatchewan Farm Property in Milestone
Under the Land Titles Act a mortgage power of sale prompts a public auction at Milestone Hotel on July 22 1916 at 1 pm MST. The SE quarter of Sec 2 in Tp 12 Rg 20 W of the Second Meridian, with two acres for a school site, about 7 miles from Milestone, 140 cultivated acres. Terms 20 percent cash, balance later. sale subject to reserve price crop lease taxes and liens. further details from R J Brandon Milestone Saskatchewan dated June 17 1916.
Tenders for Yankee Ridge School Foundation and Basement
Bids are invited by the Secretary for concrete foundation and basement work at Yankee Ridge School. Deadline is July 1. Send each tender with specifications and plans to Horace P. Jones at Wilcox Sask Mia.
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Yankee Ridge School
Mia
Horace P. Jones
Wilcox, Sask
Home and Hidden Rooms in James Broad's London Villa
In a sprawling New York house James Broad keeps a secluded upper suite rich with rare East Indian curios. His secretary Desmond, his young daughter Ce Desmond, and Mrs Desmond shape a complex web around Broad as he works on memoirs and a diary from a perilous past.
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James Broad
Orient
Ranjab
Desmond
New York
James Brood
Brood
John Desmond
Broad
Deamond
Mrs. Desmond
Frederic Broad
Desmonds
Fatoaat
Heifer Stray Found Near Milestone Seeks Owner
A one yearling white heifer with a red white spotter was found on the premises of F. W. Nichol. Located at section 10 block 11 township 10 range 2 eight miles south east of Milestone. Owner may reclaim by proving property and paying expenses. 1223,p.
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F. W. Nicholas
Milestone
Ned White
Wanted Girl for House Work on Farm
A farm in Milestone seeks a girl for house work. Wages paid. Apply by writing or calling A. R. Innes.
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Aod
A. R. Innes
Milestone
Fragmentary Note on Local Transactions
Readable parts show mentions of transactions and dates in a rough ledger. Several names and numbers appear, including a reference to 85.00 and a Deputy N. B. with an unclear context. The fragmentary text lacks coherent events or identifiable entities to fully interpret.
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Great Lakes
Atlantic
Bylaw No
Smd
Walter Kb, Perkins
Berg
Walter B. Perkins
Rouleas
R. J. Brandon
George Barr McCutcheon
Illustrations By
Ray Walters
Lydia
Man
Illinois
Legal Medical Frate! Church
Astray
Synop
N. B. Thie
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