Nor'westers Secret Plan Aboard Lake Huron Schooner
A May 1847 lake voyage aboard the Nor'wester off Mackinac spotlights a covert plot by two sailors and a mysterious passenger to capture Ben Stobie or abduct Mrs. Ward, wife of Cleveland’s governor, for a ransom. The conspirators discuss a reward and a staged escape into the Mackinac wilderness as the plan unfolds.
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Great Chain of Lakes
Lake Huron
Mackinac
Yatter
Goffin
Mr. Geer
Cap'n’s Watch
Tam
Woodsey
Chicago
Cleveland
Tom
Ben Stobie
Ben Stebie
Waller
Lel
Ated Agi Seling
Georgian Bay
North Channel
Yader
Ben Slohie
Ward
Ohio
Hope and Miles unveil a hidden marriage in tragedy
In a conservatory romance tale set against a wedding ring revelation, Miles admits he is bound to a wife, Hope reveals she is married, and the two vow a future together as their past misunderstandings are resolved in a hopeful end. The scene ends with a declaration of love and unity.
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Hope
Miles
Nelson Smith
James Goldie
Goldiesen
Miles confronts Hope in the conservatory
Miles, agitated and resolved, asks Hope for a few minutes to tell her the truth. She replies with calm curiosity as they move to the cool conservatory, where he plans to speak, preparing for a revealing moment.
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Miles
Hope
Miles Drev
Toronto May 12 Wheat Prices and Staples Report
Manitoba Wheat prices list No. 1 Northern at 1.1934 dollars and No. 2 at 1.1534, No. 3 at 1.1034, with feed wheat 66 and No. 2 feed 60 cents. Ontario AW Wheat values shown for No. 2 white and red, flour grades, Barley No. 2 at 55 cents, Rye No. 2 scarce at 88 cents, Oats No. 2 white 47.25 cents, Bran and Shorts quoted, and wholesale quotations for goods including creamery, dairy, potatoes, beans, honey, and maple products. Montreal market notes follow with wheat patents and Manitoba prices.
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Toronto
Manitoba
Georgian Bay
Ontario
the Mills
Ontavid
Belaware
Milwaukee
Northern
New York
Duluth
Death toll rising in Mrs. Gunness murder mill case
Laporte dispatch reports additional bodies found at the Gunness farm as diggers uncover six more remains. Sheriff plans deeper digging while investigators doubtly confirm multiple deaths, suspecting the missing head may belong to Belle Gunness and noting a fire earlier that year.
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Laporte
Indiana
Belle Gunness
Wainesday
Theo
Sie
Giein
Grain and market prices across Ontario and U S reports
Ontario grain quotes for shorts middlings and oats appear with prices from 22 to 27 per ton. Butter eggs cheese and provisions priced with wholesale ranges. North American markets show wheat and corn fluctuations, with May reports from Minneapolis Milwaukee New York noting varied No 1 Northern and No 2 offerings and soft hog demand.
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Shorts
Ontario
Jong
Windsor
Cattle Market Report From Feronto May 12
Export cattle trading light with two loads sold up to six dollars per unit and a few bulls reaching similar levels. A small number of high quality butcher cattle appeared, with prices around six dollars, while most animals were only medium quality.
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Feronto
Japan Faces Prolonged Economic Struggles and Policy Shifts
A Tokio dispatch reports growing financial gloom with rumors of elder statesmen delaying approved spending by offering State railways as security for foreign loans. Elections show country districts oppose the Opposition’s tax increases, while war veterans back strong military prestige.
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Tokio
Japan
Fell Down the Shaft Killed in Nancy Helen Mine
Robert Levigne a 22 year old Frenchman working underground at the 100 foot level fell 55 feet to the shaft bottom in the Nancy Helen mine. He died after being taken to the Red Cross Hospital. Coroner Codd held an inquest and the jury censured the company for lacking guard rails.
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Cobslt
Robert Levigne
Nancy Helen
Red Cross Hospital
Codd
Immigrant Arrivals in Canada by Age Group
Ottawa dispatch reports total 206,157 immigrants arriving by ocean ports in the last fiscal year. Of these 122,293 were males over twelve, 43,541 were females, and 38,323 were children under twelve.
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Ottawa
Canada
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Eptone
Huntsville
Hunts
Lipe
Elsah Smith
Allan
Martha Goldie
Smith
Alt, Hespeler & Berlin Railway
Eel
Arri Eyms Cis Micanisoulk
UIC
Gare Lordstierges
T. Clear Macon
lowdGe
House of the Indiana
United States
Cattle Market
Juvenile Immigration
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