Price of Dishonor as Visconti Seizes Power
In Milan palace, Valentina and Costanza face threats as Visconti moves to crush Graziosa and eliminate rivals. De Lana warns and guards carry out orders while the Duke schemes a bloodless victory, aiming to seize Lom bardy and compel loyalties.
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Costanza
Valentine
Duke of
d’Orleans
de Lana
Visconti
Giannotto
Tisso
Milan
Grazice
Graziosa
March on Milan Amid Hope and Despair in Verona
Mastino della Scala frets over Visconti's power as he weighs joining d Este and advances toward Milan. He vows to stand by Milan's walls and restore Isotta, believing fate must spare his wife and gamble on a fair fight. Ligozzi pledges loyalty as the two muses on fate.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Visconti
Isotta d’Este
Graziosa
Della Scala
Lombardy
Estes
Mastino Della Scala
Giannotto
Tomaso
Mastino
Conrad
Ligozzi
d’Este
Milan
Rome
d’Estes
Veronese
Isotta
Empire
Verona
Mantua
Padua
Bassano
Mestre
Chioggia
Heaven
Wheat goes west as New York ships back for consumption
A New York despatch reports the first westward wheat shipments for consumption. Texas inquiries for New York red wheat have risen as two boat loads head to Buffalo, four more load, and some rail shipments occur due to cash wheat scarcity in the west. No 2 red traded at 1.47 with 1.50 asked at close.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
Texas
Buffalo
Dead man found on Pardee station platform
A CPR agent at Pardee west of North Bay found a man dead on the station platform on Wednesday evening. The body carries papers identifying Dan Donnahue of Palmerston, who had two weeks prior spent time in Sudbury Hospital. No foul play is suspected. Reverend J W Wright calls Entwhistle the toughest town in the west as Grand Trunk Pacific construction ends there.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
North Bay
Pardee
Dan Donnahue
Palmerston
Sudbury
J. W. Wright
Grand Trunk Pacific Construction
North China feud fuels bitter clan war
Rival clans fight in North China as anarchists from Russia seek refuge in Australia. South Australia Premier Thomas Price dies, and German radical leader Theodore Barth is noted. Nine Muslims and six Armenians were hanged at Adana. Newfoundland runs a $150000 deficit in the last fiscal year. The fishing schooner Louris Belle sank near St John harbor after ice damage. crew rescued.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
China
Russia
Australia
Thomas Price
South Australia
Theodore Barth
Germany
Adana
Newfoundland
St. John Harbor
Rats Consume $100 Million Worth of U.S. Grain Annually
The article reports rats in the United States devour about $100,000,000 in grain each year. It notes Pittsburg steel mills operating at full capacity for the first time in two decades. It also mentions three Boston officials convicted of theft and an engineer on the New York Central who wrecked a train at Medina to save a child on the track.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
United States
Pittsburg Steel Mills
Boston
New York Central
Medina
N. Y
Scientific justification for cannibalism sparks Institute talk
A Royal Institute London speaker argued a scientific basis for cannibalism. The London Morning Post criticizes the Dominion Trades and Labor Congress for attempting to restrict emigration to Canada. Toronto biscuit prices rise one cent a pound.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Royal Institute
London
London Morning Post
Dominion Trades and Labor Congress
Canada
Italy’s King to Visit England in August
A Paris dispatch reports The Gaulois says the King of Italy will visit England in August and Germany in September, indicating a planned royal itinerary across Europe this season.
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London
Paris
Gaulois
Italy
England
Germany
Forest fires rage across provinces threaten mills and towns
Despatches report fires in Elk Lake Booths lumber camps and the Big Six mining area near Smyth, with flames reaching Smyth outskirts. A separate blaze burns along a hundred mile stretch between Crooked River and Bowsman destroying timber valued at least 75 609 dollars and damaging C N R tracks. Oak Bay near St Stephen reports a two mile burn with Bartlett and Kierstead owning property and Waweig mills in danger.
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Elk Lake
Booth
Montreal River
Big Six
Dauphin
Man
Crooked River
Bowsman
Hudson's Bay Junction
Pas
Ruby Lake
St. John
N. B
Oak Bay
St. Stephen
Jesse Bartlett
Wm. Kierstead
Bartlett
Waweig
World markets report on Canadian grain prices and freight
The Toronto market notes Ontario and Manitoba grain prices with No 1 Northern Wheat at 1.32, No 2 oats at 56c, No 2 Western Canada oats at 56c, and various patent wheat prices from 5.65 to 6.40 for export. Bran prices in sacks run 23.50 to 24, freight shorts 24.50 to 25.000
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Toronto
Ontario
Manitoba
Manitoba Wheat
Northern
Georgian Bay Ports
Western Canada
Bay Ports
Shorts
Market Prices For Fresh Produce And Poultry
Prices listed for apples, Epes Ealing, maple syrup, hay, straw, potatoes, and poultry. Apples notes vary from 4 to 5 dollars for choice, seconds 3 to 3.50. Epes Ealing 2 dollars, hand picked 2.15 to 2.20 per bushel. maple syrup 95 cents to 1 dollar per gallon. hay No 1 timothy 13.50 to 14 a ton, lower grades 11 to 11.50. straw 7.50 to 8 on track. potatoes car lots 95 cents per bag, Delawares 1.10 to 1.15 per bag. poultry prices 17 to 1Se per pound for dressed yearlings, fowl 12 to 14 cents, turkeys 15 to 22 cents per pound.
Market Prices for Dairy Meats and Eggs
Butter 18 to 18c per pound tubs and large rolls 16 to 16.2c inferior 14c to lic. Creamery rolls 21 to 22c and solids 18 to 19c. Eggs case lots 18.5 to 19c per dozen. Cheese old large 14 to 14.4c per lb twins 4.5 to 14c. New quoted 12c for large 13c for twins. Bacon long clear 13.4 to 13.8c per lb in case lots. Mess pork 22.50 short cut 25. Hams light to medium 15% heavy 14 to 14.5c rolls 12 to 12c shoulders 11 to 11.5c backs 17 to 18c breakfast bacon 16 to 18c. Lard tiers 8c tub 14.5c pails 14.5c.
Montreal market prices for grains and dairy
Montreal reports current prices for peas oats flour feed and barley with Manitoba and Western Canadian values. Prices listed include oats 59c extra No 1 feed 58 4c 1 feed 5 No 3 Canadian Western 58c, Manitoba feed barley 66 24 to 67c, cheese Westerns 12 to 14c, butter 22 to 23c, eggs 19 to 20c per dozen.
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Montreal
Manitoba
Wheat and flour price listings from Minneapolis and Buffalo markets
Market notes from Minneapolis and Buffalo detail wheat prices for July September December and cash grades, with No 1 Northern to No 3 Northern ranges. Flour prices for patents and clears listed. bran prices in bulk. Buffalo reports firmer spring wheat and mixed corn and oats/ barley values.
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Minneapolis
Northern
Buffalo
Market Report on Canadian Livestock Prices
From Montreal and Toronto markets on June 8, cattle and dairy stock show varied prices. Milk cattle valued around 55 to 65 dollars per head. cattle 25 to 50. calves 2 to 8. cows for milk 4 to 5 percent per pound. hogs 8 to 8.5 percent per pound. sheep 5 to 5.5 percent per pound. lambs 4 to 7 dollars each. Butchers cattle in Toronto seen as in strong demand.
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Montreal
Toronto
Nothing to Fight About Count Von Bernstorff Says
Count Von Bernstorff the German ambassador in New York says war between England and Germany is unlikely. He dismisses English jingoism and notes no hostile sentiment between governments or peoples while praising German aeronautical progress and denying secret war airship plans.
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New York
Count von Bernstorff
Columbia University
England
Germany
Count Zeppelin
Market Report Shows Price Shifts Across Livestock Sector
Prices rise 15 cents with firm market. Exporters active. buyers paid for nonstandard stock. Demand strong for stockers feeders and near springers. Sheep calves and lambs steady. hogs weaken. Select hogs quoted at 7.70. 7.40 to 7.50 f o b.
Smothered in Sawdust Bin Fatality in London Ont
A ten month old boy, Gordon Knokles of 1 High Street London Ontario, was smothered to death in a sawdust bin used as fuel for an engine. Hedley Weaverly found the child with a hand protruding as he checked the bin after dinner. The depth of sawdust and the timing around 1 o'clock Thursday are noted.
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London
Ont
Gordon
A. Knokles
High Street
Thurssday
Hedley Weaverly
Knowles
Canada April immigration falls from prior year figures
A Ottawa dispatch reports total Canadian immigration in April at 24 237, down from 29 723 a year earlier. US arrivals rose to 12 609 from 9 084, up 39 percent, while ocean port arrivals dropped to 11 625 from 20 669, a 44 percent decline. Additionally 2 725 returned Canadians were recorded.
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Ottawa
Canada
United States
Ocean
Desperate escape attempt during horse stealing trial
A Moose Jaw despatch reports William Duff, on trial for horse stealing, broke from his door, seized an iron bar, and attacked the guard with ferocity. Assistance quickly arrived and Duff was overpowered.
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Moose Jaw
Sask
William Duff
Street Cars Set On Fire in Philadelphia Riots
A strike on May 29 triggered violent protests as Philadelphia Rapid Transit used strikebreakers. Kensington mobs pulled motormen from cars, set vehicles on fire, and battled police. One officer was shot, another ducked in a water trough, and nearly a hundred people were injured amid chaotic clashes.
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Philadelphia
Philadelphia Rapid Transit
Kensington
Ghosts Hold Le Steamer Moncenisio in Palermo Hold Up
A Rome dispatch reports the Italian steamer Moncenisio bound for New York with pumice stone was held at Palermo by ghosts. Upon arrival from Lipari, the crew refused to sail due to hauntings seen in the hold, fearing wreck. Police found no Mafia stowaways. once they left, the ghosts grew louder and the crew refused to reboard. Other hands could not be obtained.
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Rome
New York
Palmero
Lipari Isles
America
Explosion at Mosquetara Mine Kills Six Miners
A Madrid despatch reports a fire damp explosion on Wednesday at the Mosquetara mine in Oviedo province. Six miners were killed and several injured in the incident.
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Madrid
Mosquetara
Oviedo
Oxford to Award Earl Grey Doctor of Civil Law
A London despatch reports the University of Oxford will confer the degree of Doctor of Civil Law on Earl Grey during his upcoming visit to England.
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Oxford
D.C. L
London
University of Oxford
Earl Grey
England
Meeting of William II and Nicholas in Finnish Gulf
Despatch from St Petersburg reports a planned summit between Emperor William II and Emperor Nicholas in the Finnish Gulf likely on June 17. William sails on the Hohenzollern while Nicholas travels aboard the Standart with M Iswolsky and Admiral Oevodsky. The talks follow Balkan crisis settlement and speculation grows over Germany mediation and European peace prospects.
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St. Petersburg
William
Nicholas
Finnish Gulf
Hohenzollern
Standart
Russia
Great Britain
Germany
Fallieres
Berlin
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Lyle
Presbyterian General Assembly
Polson’s Iron Works Company
I. B. Lucas
Centre Grey
Regina
Dutch Henry
Elgin Loan Company
Ald. Proulx
Grand Trunk Pacific Fiai
HOG Products
Count Bernstorff
Zar
Kaiser
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