Orchard and field trial notices for 1908 experiments
A fragmented 1908 agricultural notice invites Ontario residents to join experiments across multiple crop varieties. It lists numerous trials including hulless barley, spring wheat, buckwheat, emmer, soy, huskin beans, oats, turnips, carrots, peas, millet, sorghum, grasses, beans, corn, clover, lucerne and burnet, with plots of varied sizes and three grain mixtures. Applicants pick one experiment and material is supplied in order of receipt until supply runs out.
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Ontario
Lady Dimsdale Pursues A Governess In The Hall Visit
Lady Dimsdale suspects the Radfords mistreat governess Miss Smith and plans to intervene. Hope, the weary governess, endures a hopeful plan to visit the Hall with the Radford children, while Lady Dimsdale resolves to arrange Miss Smith as a future companion and pursue her case.
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Radfords
Purgatory
Arthur
Wernessing
Radford
Sir John
Amhur
Myss
Lady Dimsdale
Dimsdale Sarriage
Stella
Miss Smith
Milo
Stela
Summer
Hope
Deasons
Fape
Dumsdste
Dimspatie
Mrs. Radford
Miles
Lady Dimedadle
Radford's
Ottawa despatch notes eagerness for N T Railway contracts
Ottawa reports contractors show greater eagerness to build 365 miles of the National Transcontinental Railway from Moncton to Lake Nepigon. Nineteen tenders were received as labor and wages shift compared to last year. Grand Trunk Pacific bid on each contract to minimize costs and rental exposure, with results pending engineers’ figures.
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Ottawa
Reeders
Moncton
Lake Nepigon
Conli
National Railway
Commission
Grand Trunk’ Pacific
Otter Appoints New Chief of Staff Amid Militia Order
The article reports that Militia orders were issued today and that appointment cuts are disputed. Ivan Ottas claims a mix up remains unresolved. The piece notes a plan to appoint a General in April with reference to Rennesday and Majee Lake.
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Cnts
Ivan Ottas
Majee Lake
Toronto Markets Beat Manitoba Wheat Prices Rally
In Toronto on March 17 Manitoba wheat firmed with No. 1 northern at 1.2134 and No. 2 northern around 1.18g, while Ontario futures showed strength across grades. Grain and feed notes include oats, corn, and barley with mixed domestic bids. poultry and dairy markets remained quiet with steady cheese and butter demand.
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Manitoba
Northern
Ontario
Toronto
North Bay
Grand Trunk West
Ces Ieee Cece
Buker— Creamery
Inferior
Beans Sr
Timothy
Montreal
Canada
Shorts
Montreal Med
Windsor Breen
Buffalo Markets Wheat Prices and Corn Rates
Buffalo markets report spring river wheat values with No 1 Northern at 1.0734 and No 2 red at 1.02. Corn remains firm with No 2 yellow at 69 cents. Oats and rye prices appear garbled but indicate mixed quotations and small figures.
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Buffalo
Spring River
New York Wheat Market Report and Livestock Prices
New York Wheat Market notes spot prices steady with No 2 red at 98 cents, and fob afloat for higher grades. Tyrants reports few bids but several choice steers reached 5.25 dollars, with export cattle at 4.12 dollars and lighter beef bulls sold around 3 dollars.
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New York
Nowthern
Duluth
Experiments With Vegetal Seeds Offered By Ontario College
The Ontario Agricultural College Experimental Union promotes cooperative farming trials across Ontario. Free seeds and instructions are provided with the condition that participants report outcomes at season end. Supplies are limited. vegetable seeds remain available for volunteers to test in gardens.
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Ontario Agricultural College
Experimental Union
Ontario
Stabbing at Dundas Rocks Italian Quarry Dispute
A quarrel among Italian laborers at Doolittle's stone quarry in Dundas left one man wounded in the bowels and in critical condition at City Hospital. An Italian assailant fled after the stabbing. Chief Twiss directed urgent removal and investigation with two Italian companions aiding the injured man.
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Hamilton
Doolittle
Dundas
Chief Twiss
Twiss
First successful public night flight of heavier-than-air craft in America
Hammondsport New York reports Alexander Graham Bell’s aerodrome the Redwing flew 318 feet 11 inches at ten to twenty feet height. Weighing 560 pounds with its eight cylinder motor it reached 25 to 30 miles per hour before a tail failure caused a landing for repairs.
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Hammondsport
N. Y
Alexander Graham Bell
Aerial Experiment Association
America
Disguised for Life in Canary Islands Carnival Paint
News from Las Palmas reports eighty residents sued chemist Alonso after carnival face paint left lasting green designs of flies birds and other images. Authorities were urged as locals found the paint permanent like tattooing and a man narrowly escaped lynching.
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New York Herald
Madrid
Las Palmas
Canary Islands
Alonso
Akinse
Unclear Despatch Report on Somaliland Attack Outcomes
Fragmentary report describes attacks tied to Somaliland, mentioning casualties among Italians and a keeper named Norris Stevens who was fined after hours. Caretakers are instructed not to leave during school hours.
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Norris Stevens
Inland Revenue finds most honey genuine in Canada
A Ottawa bulletin reports 141 honey samples from across the Dominion, 135 genuine, 3 doubtful, 1 sold as a compound, and 2 adulterated. The strain of honey sold in Canada is shown to be largely authentic. Saskatchewan Legislature to meet on April 2.
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Ottawa
Inland Revenue Department
Dominion
Canada
Saskatchewan
Fragmented legislative notice on electoral district schedules
A damaged OCR fragment outlines electoral district composition and schedules. It mentions names and roles in a legislative body, with unclear details but refers to district boundaries and member appointments. The readable bits indicate governance process and timing concerns for district reorganization.
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Pie
Lee
Emarter XII
Otter
Thading Markets
Montreal Markets
Ess Mand
Shesp
Buffalo Markets
Ngzel
Vegetad
Ontar Agricultural College
Professor Bell
Brut
Somaliland
Honeymakers
Sme
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