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Newspaper
Millbrook And Omemee Mirror
Location
Millbrook, Ontario, Canada
Date
Jul 22, 1909
Page
1
In a Verona sacked by Visconti the treacherous Mastino della Scala faces a loyal Veronese retreat. Vincenzo Este recalls a fiery dawn as d Este and Vincenzo prepare a doomed defense with the crucifix and powder ready, while Mastino watches Verona's fall in a dire moment of betrayal.
A fragment describes a once-great nobleman near Brescia awaiting the consequence of his dishonor on a sweltering noonday. The archaic tone evokes chivalric drama and a looming reckoning for a stain on his honor.
Mastino della Scala confronts a ruined Verona as the standard falls and Isotta d Este is returned in captivity. The old bond with Verona collapses as Isotta is found dead after Mastino’s World collapses in a blaze of sun and sorrow.
The T. and N. O. Commission plans a fine new station at Cobalt. Western miners reject funding for the Board of Conciliation.
A Despatch from Sault Ste Marie Ont reports D J Williams and Archie Hughill were struck by a car shunted from an open hearth furnace at Algoma Steel Company. They were hospitalized with serious injuries. Williams, superintendent of the open hearth, and Hughill, chief chemist, were conversing when pinned against girders. Both are prominent Canadian Soo businessmen.
A despatch from Edmonton reports Gary R. Barrett was hanged for the death of Deputy Warden Stedman of Alberta Penitentiary. He claimed innocence to the end and killed in self defense. The rope slipped, taking fifteen minutes to declare death by strangulation. The body was given to Barrett's son for burial in Butte Montana.
A Ottawa despatch recalls Joseph St Armour of Notre Dame de la Salette returning home after two years in northern Quebec to find only his father alive among a family of nine. He learns a landslide a year earlier wiped out half the village and killed five relatives, with two more dying during his absence without news reaching him.
A London despatch says the torpedo boat submarine C 11 collided with the cargo steamer Eddystone near Lowestoft late Wednesday night and sank. Of 16 crewmen, only three were saved. the crew reportedly had no chance to escape as they remained inside.
Inland Revenue Department bulletin reports analysis of many samples showing about 80 percent of cream of tartar sold in Canada is pure. The finding underscores quality control across major suppliers and highlights notable variation in market samples.
A Athens dispatch reports an Elis Province earthquake with Pyrofos as capital. Several villages were destroyed and many people perished. The material loss is heavy.
Senator Perley dies at Wolseley Saskatchewan on Thursday. The London Canadian Club begins a Tecumseh memorial fund drive. Rev Regnell of Kenora jailed for a year for forging a receipt. Michigan Central Railway orders seven new engines to Montreal. Montreal movi es face a $100 fine for Sunday operations. Montreal architects prepare plans for University of Saskatchewan buildings at Saskatoon with accommodation for 3,000 students.
World markets list quotes for flour wheat barley oats and rye across Ontario Manitoba and Georgian Bay ports with prices for No 2 Western Canada oats No 2 Ontario white rye corn and bran and several track and outside prices. Traders note export contracts and freight costs as part of price ranges across Canadian markets.
Bears-Prime meat prices range 2.20 to 9.95 with common 2.40 to 2.45 per bushel. Hay No 1 timothy 12 to 12.50 a ton on track, lower grades 8.50 to 10. Straw 7 to 7.50 on track. Potatoes small lots old 0.75 to 0.90, new 2.25 to 3 per barrel on track. Poultry chickens dressed 12 to 13 c per lb, fowl 9 to 10 c, turkeys 14 to 16 c per lb.
Butter prices range from 18 to 25 cents per pound across varieties including inferior 15 to 16c creamery 24 to 25c and separator 19 to 20c. Eggs quoted case lots 20 to 21e per dozen. Cheese quotes list large old and twins at 14e per pound with new quotes at 12c for large and 12% for twins.
The note lists bacon and pork prices per pound in various forms. Long clear bacon 13 percent to 13 percent per lb in case lots, mess pork 23 to 23.50, short cut 22 to 26, hams light to medium 154 to 6c, heavy 14 to 14e, rolls 12 to 13 cents, shoulders 11 to 12 cents, lards 14 percent in tubs 14 3/4 cents.
Montreal market notes list oats with No 2 Canadian Western at 59 cents and various grades, barley from 72.44 to 74 cents, buckwheat 69.14 to 70 cents, flour prices for Manitoba Spring and Winter patents, and Manitoba feed items. It lists cheese at 11.5 to 11.9 cents, butter at 21 cents pound lots and 22 to 22.4 in trade, eggs for selected stock 23 cents and straight 18.5 to 19 cents per dozen.
United States markets report from Chicago and Minneapolis on July 20 shows steady grain pricing. Wheat cash and futures range from about 1.29 to 1.42 per bushel with various No. and spring grades, while corn and oats trade across multiple No. grades. Minneapolis offers July and Sept wheat futures near 1.32 to 1.13 and cash No.1 hard and Northern around 1.30 to 1.36, with flour patent and clears price bands listed.
Prime beef sold from 5 to 8 cents per pound with near 6c to 9c for better stock. Milking cows ranged 25 to 50 dollars each. Calves 2.50 to 8 dollars. 3¼ to 6 cents per pound. Sheep 3¼ to 3¾ cents per pound. lambs 4 to 5.50 dollars each. Fat hogs 8½ to 8¾ cents per pound. Sheep and lambs steady. ewes slightly firmer. Butcher cattle, medium and common, lower.
Two inmates at Edmonton Penitentiary escaped on Wednesday from the yard where they were digging for a new cell block. Johan C. Atkinson, serving five years, and Jack Johnson, a Black man with about six years left, were aided by a plank and cleats to vault the fence. Guards on duty fired warning shots as the pair disappeared into the nearby bush.
The market data shows cattle prices shifting with calves and stockers steady for good quality, export cattle $5.90 to $6.23 for heavy finishes and $5.50 to $6 for mediums, with milch cows and springers mixed as good quality milkers hold value. Hogs bring choice at $7.75 to $7.99 f.o.b and $8 to $3.15 fed and watered, with overall market movement noted.
A New York despatch reports the National Association for the Study and Prevention of Tuberculosis issued a statement on Wednesday noting the United States spends annually millions educating children who will die from tuberculosis before eighteen. Nearly one million schoolchildren face this fate, while 3,509,000 of 17 million pupils received tuberculosis prevention training during the just closed school year.
A Toronto despatch reports Ontario in a period of “good times” for provincial finances. Treasurer A. J. Matheson notes that the first half of the year shows ordinary revenue over $400,000 ahead of the same period last year. Increases span the board with Crown Lands and Provincial Secretary’s Departments largest. A big loan bond day followed with subscriptions exceeding $70,000 for the issue.
A brief cartoonish exchange features a photographer showing a new photo to a friend. The friend compliments the image, saying it almost resembles the subject, prompting a witty, self-referential reply about likeness.
Despatch from Sheboygan reports Miss Maggie Bloomer arrived from Toronto to discover her fiancé Harry Cleveland dead. The planned wedding was to occur Wednesday. Cleveland, about 53, had housing arranged and furniture picked. he had sent $35 to attract her and had connections at Badger State Tanning. He had several hundred dollars in a local bank, and relatives have yet to be heard.
A Montreal despatch reports Recorder Du Puis calling J. Altimus, a Longue Point milk-dealer convicted for the fourth time of selling diluted, unfit milk. The Recorder directed a severe lecture to the accused and several other milkmen arrested for selling milk below standard nourishment.
Despatch from Rainy River reports detectives have tracked the men believed to be the bank robbers from Oak Island near the head of Rainy River. A strong posse led by Pinkerton men has gone out to seize them.
A Pittsburg despatch reports a day of violent rioting at the Pressed Steel Car Company mill complex at McKet's Rocks. About 100 injured in gun battles and by thrown stones. midnight crowd of 1000 strikers with bricks and clubs. One ship, the Steel Queen, fired on by 300 strikers while attempting to dock. many wounded treated at Ohio Valley Hospital with no confirmed vessel casualties.
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