16 Jul 1908
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Newspaper
Millbrook And Omemee Mirror
Location
Millbrook, Ontario, Canada
Date
Jul 16, 1908
Page
1
Mrs. Ward endures days on a cliff side grotto at Great Duck Island while fearing redskins and a sinister captor Mr Woodsey. He reveals false loyalties and plots as she confronts doubt, later collapsing in a swoon as revelations surface.
Dispatch from Montreal reports the harbor reached 246 arriving ships by July 1, totaling 155000 tons, an increase over 1907 and 1905 records. Harbor improvements have enabled larger vessels to reach port.
A digest of Toronto and Winnipeg market notes lists wheat, oats, barley, peas, rye, buckwheat, flour, butter, eggs, cheese, beans, potatoes, pork, lard, and other commodities with prices by grade and region. Also reports on Toronto cash meat trends and hog prices amid steady sheep, lambs, and calf values.
Dispatch from St John New Brunswick reports police disarmament of Italian laborers after recent murders. Authorities conducted searches Tuesday securing knives and revolvers enough to equip infantry. Hallans objected but were overpowered.
Ottawa dispatch reports Dominion Dairy Commissioner J A Ruddick told the Agriculture Committee that higher home consumption reduced dairy exports. Census figures show Canada’s creamery butter cheese milk and milkmade products value rising from 29,200,000 in 1900 to 85,456,000 in 1907, with total dairy output near 84,000,000. Condensed milk production, once absent, now supports several factories valued at nearly one million dollars.
Despatch from Victoria B C reports negotiations on one of the largest coal deals on Vancouver Island involving Hon James Dunsmuir John Arbuthnot and New York financiers led by Luke Wishart. The deal concerns Wellington collieries near Ladysmith and Cumberland with value over five thousand dollars and terms to be settled.
A despatch from St. Pétegabucg reports M. Dobradennikoff, President Sfag of the Court of Appeal at St. Petersburg, wounded by a knife in a Wednesday assault. An anarchist worker is named as attacker. A related trial concerns an attempted explosion at Aptekurski Ostrof and a state bank robbery claim of 400000 roubles. Forty four prisoners face varying charges. several names appear among the accused. The trial is expected to last ten days.
A Bloomfield grocer Fritz Weber sold cheese to a woman who later found a diamond ring hidden in the cheese. Weber denied owning a ring. The woman showed him a three-stone ring valued at $1000, rescued from the purchase. The incident occurred on a Tuesday.
Vancouver dispatch reports a rich placer strike on the upper Chilliwack River. The original discoverer, a Scatsman, is said to have mined $12,000 in a few days. Nuggets drawn by a rush followed, with the site long noted in regional lore among pioneers and local Indigenous history.
Based on a nine million six hundred thousand acre crop area in western Canada, dealers estimate at least twenty four million pounds of twine will be required this season many orders are hard to fill and prices run about a cent and a quarter below last year. Shown is a broad market snapshot with rail and ranching notes and a Millbrook contact for suppliers.
Despatch from Ottawa reports the Royal Northwest Mounted Police acting swiftly in the Yukon. On June 5 a Russian named Elfors and a companion named Birgmen were involved below Selkid with a wounded associate named An dersene. Policeman Thompgen began immediate pursuit and the force tightened its hold the following day.
A severe streetcar collision left seven dead and several injured. Engineer Twohey died shortly after at a hospital. Brakesman Black was gravely injured and expected to die. Passengers McEachern and Jack were fatally hurt. Baggageman Archimbé died when cars telescoped. many survivors were lucky to escape with minor injuries.
Telegraphic briefs report new streets in Three Rivers six feet wide and a fire at Brunswell's planing mill in Lindsay. Yonge Street land sells above 5000 per acre. Port Sandfield drowning. C P R expands Y M C A branches. G T P adds freight cars and ships grain westward. London wards gain population and assessment. Regina fire harms Waverley Hotel. Windsor records 672 marriages first half year. Ottawa and Toronto officials discuss militiacamps and milk handling.
Reported arrest of James Hart at Sheeps held Bay over a dinner bet on a race result. James Hayes, a Westinghouse employee at Stamford Conn, survived an 11,000 volt shock. Four children and their father died near Los Angeles when an electric car struck their village. Gary of United States Steel says iron and steel markets improved in the last two weeks. Democrats in Denver nominated Bryant for President and Kern for Vice President. A coalition of wealthy southern and midwestern states aims to merge under a $300,000,000 tax plan. Nathan Levine confesses robbing a local hotel. William Reiman orders a bull to be shown at Long Island for a railway turntable. New England manufacturers oppose khaki or British-made gear for US soldiers. German officers on active service to wear swords. Nicaragua recruits in Honduras amid fighting. A thousand corps ordered by Gorean. The Swiss in World War I era produce materials. French tax private assessments discussed. The steamer Regul Nild ran aground. ten workmen died after a building roof collapse. Three Annamite officers implicated in a plot at Hanoi. A new policy likely to take effect on August first in Canada.
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