21 Nov 1907
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Newspaper
Millbrook And Omemee Mirror
Location
Millbrook, Ontario, Canada
Date
Nov 21, 1907
Page
1
An old advertisement hawks tasteless cod livers with cod liver oil and phosphorus syrup as a cure for chronic bronchitis fevers and debility. It promises a full refund if not cured, urging customers to try a bottle for one dollar and return the bottle if unsatisfied.
Violet returns to a dying mother at Abbey House in Lyndhurst. Roderick proposes again as Lady Mabel’s elopement shocked Jersey. Captain Carmichael confronts illness with Dr. Lorrimer, hoping for life despite poor odds.
Despatch from New York reports Charles T Barney a longtime New York financier shot himself at his residence near 38th Street and Park Avenue. He died four and a half hours later. Barney had been president of the Knickerbocker Trust Company until its closure amid huge liabilities and a securities slump. His resignation preceded the bank's run after the National Bank of Commerce stopped clearing its accounts.
A Montreal despatch reports Albert Korff and Samuel Davis, former stewards on the Empress of Britain, arrested on charges of defrauding the steamship company. Smuggling of passengers aboard at Liverpool was allegedly practiced on CPR liners and other ships. They deserted months ago and will be taken back to Liverpool for trial.
A Montreal dispatch reports Chief Detective Carpenter warned of an Italian social figure planning a rescue of Antonio Carbonni and Fortunato Platino from Notre Dame and General Hospitals after a Black Hand fight. Guards were placed at the hospitals. Mackenzie King says Japanese riot claims in Vancouver total 16 775 dollars.
Ontario Wheat prices for No 2 white or red at 1, No 2 mixed at 9 92, goose wheat 89 to 90c. Manitoba values: No 1 hard 1.13, No 1 northern 1.11, No 2 1.09. Barley 1st 1, 2nd 29c, oats 2 white 53c, rye 88 to 89c. Peas 57 to 59c, corn 68-69c. Flour Ontario winter wheat 3.05 asked, 3.89 bid, Manitoba patents 5.86 special brand 5.20 second patents 5.10. Butter dairy values ease after cheese factory shutdowns. Cheese 13 4c large 13 3c twins. Eggs 30-35c. Poultry fair with fat chickens 6c to 10c, ducks 9-10c, turkeys up to 15c. Potatoes 10-80c. Beans 1.80-2.00, honey 11-12c, combs 1.75-2.50 per dozen. Hay Timothy 18.50 per ton, straw 10-10.50. Meats: bacon 13 3/4-16 1/2c, hams mid-light, shoulders 10-13c, lard 12-13c. Dressed hogs 1 and 1S for heavies, pork cuts 22.75-23, lard 12 1/3c, tubs 12 1/2c.
Montreal reports mixed bids in spring and winter wheat futures with Manitoba No. 19 flour at 6.10 to 6.30, and second patents 5.50 to 5.70. Oat markets quiet. Manitoba No. 2 white at 60c, Ontario Quebec No. 2 at 59 to 53 4c, No. 3 58 to 58 1 4c, No. 4 56 to 57c per bushel. Provisions list ranges for barrels and halves. lard, butter, and beef prices noted. Egg market active with steady price bands.
Buffalo market notes on November 19 show wheat stronger for spring and weaker for winter, with No 2 red at 1 dollar. Corn prices vary with unsettled quotes for No 2 white and No 2 yellow around 64 to 34 cents. Oats held steady with No 2 white at 52 cents and No 2 mixed at 46 cents. Barley quoted from 1 to 1.10 dollars and rye at 7 to 9 cents.
New York and Toronto market summaries show No. 2 red wheat at 1.04 fob, higher spot firmness, and western inland bids. Cattle demand strengthens with steers 8% to 3.40, Milch cows rising to 2.40, calves quiet, export hogs down about 25 cents, lambs easing, and select hogs around 5.75 to 5.80.
R H Gurney is under arrest at Hamilton charged with stealing 15 from his landlady and then paying 4 of it toward arrears. O S Finnie, chief clerk in the Gold Commissioner’s Dawson office, has been found in the midst of the charges preferred against him.
A horrific CP railway collision near Moore Lake 55 miles west of Pembroke killed seven and burned others. Fireman John Nadeau and engineer Hendrie died, along with several crewmembers from both trains. Wrecking crews and doctors rushed to Chalk River North Bay and Pembroke as survivors were treated and transported.
Vancouver financier Yip Sang told Immigration Commissioner King that removing the head tax would attract a vast flow of Chinese workers. He noted wages in China and higher costs abroad, contrasted with current Canadian rates, and warned the tax shapes immigration.
A Pembroke despatch reports Harry Beuder aged 22 from Alice Township died after accidentally shooting himself through the heart while hunting six miles from Pembroke on Wednesday. Beuder, employed by Stearns Electrical Equipment Co of Buffalo, was home on holidays.
Frederick Dook, claiming marital separation after the San Francisco earthquake, shot his wife aboard a Los Angeles street car on August 19 after ensuring she would reveal her children's location. He fired as she agreed to show the hiding place, killing her and fleeing with a gun pointed at the train crew. The victim was Miss Jennie Harvey, daughter of Henry Harvey of Linkletter, Prince Edward Island, formerly of Summerside.
New York dispatch reports Gov. Keenan aged 83 died after a fit of laughter while watching boys recover a 25 cent coin he tossed into the fountain in Madison Square Park. He laughed, blood rushed to his head, and he fell striking his head. an ambulance surgeon found him dead.
Despatch from Oktlana notes speculation on how the Government will cooperate with banks to market the Western wheat crop. Proposals include using gold reserves to back about ten million dollars in loans to banks active in grain lending, with four banks named. Railways pledge support to move the crop before navigation closes. navigation on Lake Superior will remain open until Dec. 10 and lighthouse service at Passage Island may be extended.
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