The Price of Dishonor in Lombardy’s Lean Summer
In 1260 Lombardy, Milan dominates wealth yet peasants suffer under Visconti rule. A Florentine youth Tomaso and his companion Vittore witness a royal procession led by a green Viper banner, as fear and oppression stifle the crowd. A wounded companion lies in the road while the escort moves on toward Brescia, leaving Verona and danger looming for the travelers.
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Italy
Lombardy
Apennines
Milan
Brescia
Tomaso
Gian Galeazzo Maria Visconti
Visconti
Vittore
Fiast
Florence
Verona
Della Scala
New Thunder Bay Elevator Company Plans Port Arthur Plant
A Winnipeg organized firm named the Thunder Bay Elevator Company has signed to build at Port Arthur an elevator with 1 500 000 bushels capacity at a cost of 3500 000. Site is secured and construction will start soon. Promoters include W McWilliams N Rawlf and C B Piper, principal stockholders of Empire Elevator Company which operates in Fort William.
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Port Arthur
Thunder Bay Elevator Company
Winnipeg
W. McWilliams
N.rawlf
C. B. Piper
Empire Elevator Company
Fort William
Three Ekelled at Crossing Near Auburn Fatality
Despatch from Guelph reports Mrs. Robert Scott and her two sons Leonard 11 and Murray 13 of Hullet were instantly killed when a light engine struck their carriage at a crossing on the Guelph and Goderich line east of Auburn, eleven miles from Goderich, as they drove to school.
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Guelph
Robert Scott
Leonard
Murray
Hullet
Guelph and
Goderich
Auburn
World Markets Boxed In By Canadian Grain Prices
Toronto reports mixed grain prices with Ontario and Manitoba wheat figures and No 2 white and red winter values. No. 1 Northern Manitoba wheat quoted at about 1.052 and 1.021 per bushel for Nos 1 and 2. Oats and barley also listed with outside and on track figures.
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Toronto
Ontario
Manitoba
Northern
Georgian Bay
Western Canada
Goderich
Shorts
Prices hold firm as demand remains strong for poultry and dairy
Poultry and dairy markets show steady demand with dressed chickens at 10 to 11 cents per pound and live birds 8 to 9 cents. Butter ranges 26 to 27 cents per pound locally, cheese at 13 to 13 and a half cents, eggs new-laid 26 to 30 cents, and beans from 1.80 to 2.00 dollars per pound for primes. Ontario potatoes around 60 cents and Delawares 75 to 80 cents per bag. carrots tracked on the line.
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Ontario
Pork and lard price list and meat cuts details
The notice lists prices for pork products and lard including bars at 23.50 per barrel, and lard and tub prices. It details smoked and dry salted meats with various cuts such as tongue clear bacon, hams, backs, shoulders, rolls, and breakfast bacon with percentage prices. It provides ranges for each item and notes green meats out of pickle.
Montreal Markets Report Dairy Prices and Grain Rates
Montreal November market notes show Manitoba spring wheat export prices too high to trade, while American corn remains in quiet demand at No 2 mixed 78 cents and No 2 yellow 79 cents per bushel. Oats, buckwheat, bran, milled grades, and cheese and butter prices are listed with regional variations.
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Montreal
Manitoba
Ontario
Shorts
Chicago and Minneapolis Wheat Prices Reported
Minneapolis wheat trading shows December at 1.01 and May near 1.05 with cash No 1 shard at 1.05 to 1.03, No 1 Northern at 1.04, No 2 Northern at 1.02 and No 3 Northern around 0.98. Braa futures range 17.70 to 18. Poor at 5.25 to 5.30 with unclear notes on earnings or later sales.
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Minneapolis
Northern
Grain Price Snapshot From Milwaukee Market Report
Steady demand with No 1 carloads at store and Milwaukee bids dated November 10 show corn and oats moving little. No 2 white oats 51 to 52 cents. barley feed to malting 61 to 70 cents. corn December around 62 to 63 cents. wheat No 2 Northern 1.06 dollars to 1.065 dollars. rye No 1 about 75 cents. December corn around 62 3/4 cents.
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Milwaukee
Northern
Taft Leads In Electoral Vote Tilt After District Returns
New York dispatch reports 61st Congress House will be 218 Republicans to 173 Democrats, a 45 vote GOP majority. Current 224 to 167 shifts show GOP gains in Pennsylvania offset by Democratic wins in Indiana and Nebraska. Taft appears set for about 327 electoral votes with Bryan around 151 to 171 for Taft.
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New York
House of Representatives
House
Pennsylvania
Indiana
Nebraska
Taft
Missouri
Maryland
Colorado
Bryan
Mr. Taft
Cholera and the Ganges Water Myth Reconsidered
The Indian Review notes shocking pilgrim practices at the Ganges and cites E H Hankin's preface claiming the Ganges water and the Jumna water hinder cholera microbes due to an antiseptic element. The piece questions traditional beliefs about the river’s blessedness and calls modern science to explain the anomaly.
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Ganges
Indian Review
India
E. H. Hankin
Jumna
Charities and Correction Conference in Toronto
Despatch from Toronto reports the Canadian Conference of Charities and Correction will meet November 25 and 26 in Toronto. The program covers prison reform, care of the consumptive, gaol systems, feeble-minded care, juvenile delinquents, hospital financing, and poverty causes with delegates from every Ontario county invited. J A Leonard of the Ohio State Reformatory will address prison reform.
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Toronto
Ohio State Reformatory
Ontario
Seven Men Killed in Canadian Railway Rock Blast
Winnipeg dispatch reports seven men killed at Mc Lean's Camp on the Transcontinental Railway, 48 miles north of Dryden Ontario, by a dynamite explosion in a rock cut. Four bodies remain buried in debris. total fatalities reach nine in five days.
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Winnipeg
McLean’s Camp
Dryden
Ont
Pembroke Fire Destroys Major Block and Mills
A devastating fire in Pembroke started at 4 am and wiped out more than half the business district. The National Manufacturing Co. factory and two hotels were destroyed along with multiple mills, shops, and residences. the town's bank, bridge, and town hall were spared, with no lives lost and emergency efforts led by the mayor's orders.
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Pembroke
National Manufacturing Company
Wright Tannery
Leland Hotel
Zens
Sullivan
Town Hall
Indiana
National Manufacturing Co
Leland
Wright’s
Brash’s
Fraser’s
Briscoe’s
Kemp's
Wallace Co
Winter’s
Harding’s
Mitchell’s
Muller’s
Shepherd’s
Pembroke Milling Co
Pembroke Woollen Mills
Pembroke Clothing Co
Standard Office
Mackie
Bolt
Notable Canada News Items From Various Cities
John Carter dies in Guelph from injuries after a gateway crush. Michael Egan’s Chatham house wrecked by natural gas explosion. D Arcy Scott resigns as Ottawa mayor to join Railway Commission. Liquor license fines in Temiskaming total 6663 for May through October. schooner Lorna Doone arrives Halifax. Captain Roberts reported lost at sea. Gulph township sues Guelph over river Speed pollution. Railway Commission allows grain transport on Sundays at lake ports with proof of necessity to avoid delays.
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John Carter
Guelph
Michael Egan
Chatham
D'Arcy Scott
Ottawa
Railway Commission
Temiskaming
Lorna Doone
Halifax
Captain Roberts
Gulph
Manchester Cotton Workers Conference Fails to Settle
The Manchester gathering of cotton workers ended without a settlement to the great strike. William Redmond the Nationalist proposed in the House of Commons that the Kaiser be offered a seat in the British Cabinet.
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Manchester
William Redmond
House of Commons
Kaiser
Harvard President Eliot Resigns Amid Shakeup
President Eliot of Harvard University resigns as A L Miller, chief of police, takes over interim duties in a broad leadership shakeup affecting campus governance and security coordination.
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Eliot
Harvard University
A. L. Miller
Portable fragment reports two separate fatal incidents
Fairbanks, Alaska, was shot and killed by a demented woman. B. C. Whitney of Detroit, the proprietor of several theatrical houses in Canada and the United States, had his skull fractured in an automobile accident near Brownstown, Ind.
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Fairbanks
Alaska
B. C. Whitney
Detroit
Canada
United States
Brownstown
Ind
China Grants Dalai Lama Salary and Orders Return Home
The Dalai Lama receives a salary from China and is ordered to return to his homeland. Hong Kong endures escalating anti Japanese riots with business streets patrolled by soldiers.
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China
Dalia Lama
Hong Kong
Bank Robbery Foiled at Marieville Quebec Clerks Fire
Montreal dispatch reports the Eastern Townships Bank branch in Marieville Quebec was entered by robbers on Tuesday night. Two sleeping clerks dressed quickly and fired upon the intruders. a bullet grazed one clerk's head but he is not seriously hurt. The bandits fled and are being pursued by Chief McCaskill and provincial police.
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Marieville
Que
Montreal
Eastern Townships
McCaskill
Paris Bourse Disturbed Amid Near East Tensions
Paris dispatch reports the Paris Bourse was low in spirits despite a favorable view of the American election. Traders cited grave conditions in Eastern Europe and the Franco German friction over the Casablanca arrest of German deserters from the French Foreign Legion.
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Near East
Paris
Bourse
Europe
France
Germany
Casablanca
French Foreign Legion
Vienna dispatch hints at vague Russia backed conference
A Vienna despatch reports Russia proposing an international conference with a noncommittal agenda. It would discuss Bosnia and Herzegovina annexation and related claims, with AustriaOpposition to annexation likely to persist. Militancy remains but further hostilities this winter appear unlikely.
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Vienna
Russia
London
Bosnia
Herzegovia
Montenero
Servia
Bosnia and Herzegovina
Austria
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Sds
Robert Scott and Sons
U. S
Charities and Correction
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Copeland
Citi
Thos. Delahaye
Harry Irwin
John P Miller
Hardwood
Edwards & Harrison
Muskrat River
Great Britain
Balkans
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