Storm Bird's Nest on Great Manitoulin Island
Tillie and companions establish a hidden refuge on a rocky plateau of Manitoulin Island. Rock Beevil builds two wigwams with aid from allies and secures shelter, supplies, and pets for Tillie while she Yearns for safety from pursuers. Rock vows protection and hints at a future surprise for the Storm Bird.
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Rock Beevil
Tillie
Grand Manitoulin
Beevils
Georgian Bay
Addie
Floss
Rock
Mackinac
Tille
Nowah
Alquin
Peweetah
Rec
Sacred Isle
Great Manitoulin
Tilie
Tillié
Car Inspectors Convicted In Grain and Tobacco Theft
In Belleville Ontario Police Court Police Magistrate Masser sentenced Patrick McHugh and Allen Stapler, Grand Trunk car inspectors, to years in the penitentiary on charges of entering and stealing grain and tobacco from sealed cars days earlier. Detective Brown led the investigation after posing as an ordinary worker and was assaulted twice since the trial. The case highlights ongoing thefts from railway cars and the company plans to curb the activity.
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Belleville
Ont
Masser
Patrick McHugh
Allen Stapler
Grand Trunk
Brown
Montreal
Grains to Fill Elevators at St John Fort William
A Fort William despatch reports fourteen million bushels of grain are prospected for the St John elevators this winter. The grain will be handled at Fort William and unloaded here from the west for weighing and reloading into cars for shipment east. Last year was busy for rail wheat traffic, and records are expected to fall this winter.
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Fort William
St. John
Seven Years For Theft In Ontario Case
George F. Raybould was sentenced in St. Catharines to seven years in the penitentiary for stealing a horse and buggy from Byron Bea mer. The barns were burned when the rig was taken. Raybould pleaded guilty to theft but not guilty to arson. The judge found the fire caused intentionally or by negligence but dismissed arson and imposed the seven year term.
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St. Catharines
George F. Raybould
Byron Beamer
Raybould
Quakes in Mexico Cause Waves and Casualties at Acapulco
A Mexico City dispatch reports two heavy earthquake shocks felt Wednesday at Acapulco. Great waves swayed the Cosmos Line steamer Redmer from San Francisco to Hamburg, tossing it against the dock. Four people were killed and several injured by debris.
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Mexico City
Thursda
Acapulco
Cosmos Line
Redmer
San Francisco
Hamburg
Market summary from Toronto on grain and oats prices
Leading markets report Ontario and Manitoba wheat and flour prices for prompt and October delivery. No. 1 Northern Manitoba wheat quoted at 1.05 for prompt. Ontario No 2 white 92-93 cents outside. No 2 red Winter 92-94 1/4 cents. oats Manitoba No 2 44 cents. corn No 2 American 87-87 1/2 cents on track.
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Toronto
Ontario
Manitoba
Northern
Georgian Bay
Bay Ports
Goderich
Market Prices for Beans Hay Straw Potatoes and Poultry
Prices listed for beans at 2 to 2.95 dollars, Oney-Combs categories 1 and 2, timothy hay 10.50 to 11 dollars per ton, straw 6.50 to 7, Ontario potatoes 65 to 70 cents per bag, Delawares 6 to 73 cents per bag. Poultry prices show spring chickens 11 to 12 cents per pound, fowl 9 to 10, ducks 11 to 12, turkeys 13 to 15.
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Timothy
Ontario
Market Quotations on Dairy and Eggs Prices
Butter prices range from 22 to 28 cents for tubs 20 to 22 cents for inferior grades Creamery rolls 25 to 26 cents and solids at 24 cents Eggs case lots priced 20 to 21 cents per dozen Large cheese 13 4 to 13 3 4 cents per pound twins 13 4 to 13 1 2 cents per pound
Bacon and pork cut prices listed in case lot notes
The notice lists bacon at 12 to 12 1/2 cents per pound in case lots and various pork cuts with prices including ham 14 to 15 cents, shoulders 10 to 10 1/2 cents, backs 17 18 cents, breakfast bacon tierces 13 cents per unit.
Grain and produce prices in Montreal market report
The Montreal market lists oats from Ontario and Manitoba with No 2 White at 45% to 46c and 47c respectively, and various No 3 and No 4 grades. Flour, feed, provisions, lards, bacon, beef, cheese, butter, and eggs are quoted with multiple regional and product categories and price ranges.
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Montreal
Ontario
Manitoba
Shorts
Windsor
Wheat and grain prices move in Minneapolis and Buffalo markets
United States markets report wheat prices across grades from Minneapolis on September 29 with No 1 hard at 1.034 to 2.05 per bushel and other Northern grades, flour patent values, bran, and in Buffalo firm prices for No 1 Northern carloads, No 2 red and No 3 extra red wheats, corn, oats, barley and rye quoted with standard market terms and ranges.
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Minneapolis
Northern
Buffalo
Livestock Prices Report From Toronto Market
Drovers claim choicest cattle for butchering would bring five dollars per hundredweight. With few offerings the top price ran about four dollars sixty cents. Good cows steadier at five seventy five to four dollars per cwt. Stockers in improved demand. Prices about steady. Sheep and lambs arrived as hanged run barges.
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Toronto
Disaster Devastates Star of Bengal Near Coronation Island
Wrangel Alaska reports the Star of Bengal, a cannery ship, had 137 aboard. 110 drowned when towed toward sea broke free near Helm Point at Coronation Island. Survivors numbered 27 carried by the tug Hattie Gage with Captain Farrer. Captain Wagner accuses Kayak and Hattie Gage of cowardice after the ship was cut loose.
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Wrangel
Alaska
Star of Bengal
Helm Point
Coronation Island
Hattie Gage
Farrer
Wrangel Cannery
Coro
Shipley Bay
Wagner
Kyak
Livestock Prices Sparse Cattle Hogs Mixed in Toronto Market
Prices for milk cows were scarce while select hogs remained valued at 7 dollars per cwt. Thin hogs available in abundance drew bids up to 6.50 dollars per ewt. Buyers in Toronto indicated conditions affecting the hog market.
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Toronto
Typhoon Sweeps Central Philippines Causing Heavy Damage
A Manila despatch reports a typhoon of terrific velocity striking Samar, northern Leyte, southeastern Luzon, northern Palawan, Masbate and Remblon. The storm moved west by northwest and vanished in the China Sea. Wires are prostrated. damage details are scarce but severe destruction is evident. Masbate reports almost every building razed except the postal building. Remblon notes great property loss and many deaths likely.
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Manilla
Philippine
Samar
Leyte
Luzon
Penay
Masbate
Remblon
China Sea
Health of Ontario Describes August Mortality and Diseases
A Toronto despatch reports 2449 deaths in Ontario during August, a rate of 13.4 per 1000. Typhoid fever spiked with 329 cases and 50 deaths. Smallpox was scarce with three cases and no fatalities, measles and whooping cough showed high fatality rates. Tuberculosis had 141 of 145 deaths. Diphtheria and scarlet fever caused multiple fatalities.
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Toronto
Ontario
Provncial Board of Health
Ex-Municipal Worker Charest Sentenced to Three Years
Montreal dispatch reports Augste Charest former assistant foreman in the Municipal Road Department received a three year penitentiary term from Judge Piche in the Court of Special Sessions. He pled guilty to defrauding the city of 1400 to 1509 dollars by padding payrolls. Charest fled the city after discovery but was arrested at New Bedford Massachusetts and extradited without resistance.
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Montreal
Piche
Court of Special Sessions
Auguste Charest
Municipal Road Department
Charest
New Bedford
Mass
Destructive hurricane devastates Bahamas islands
A London cable reports from Sir William Grey-Wilson, governor of the Bahamas, describing the hurricane of September 11 to 13 that swept Great and Little Inagua, Acklin, Crooked, Fortune, Long Island, Rumeau, and Watlings Islands. Vessels were wrecked and most dwellings on Clarence Long Island were destroyed. Distress is believed severe.
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London
Colonial Office
Wm. Grey-Wilson
Bahamas Islands
Sir William
Great
Inaugua
Acklin Island
Crooked Island
Fortune Island
Long Island
Rumeau
Watlins Islands
Clarence
Residency
Inhabitants Frozen in Siberian Village Mystery
A Siberian village was found with every resident frozen to death after a mid June visit by Indian explorers. Evidence points to slow starvation and cannibalism of skin clothing as the cold finished the tragedy.
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Seattle
Siberia
Falls woman vanishes after handbag found amid Niagara shore
Niagara Falls despatch reports an unknown woman at Greenaid island who said she waited for friends. Her handbag and hat were found on the shore and she disappeared. A spectacle case linked to Buffalo indicates the missing woman may be from that city. In Montreal, William Sangster was acquitted of the murder charge in the Delorme case.
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Niagara Falls
N. Y
Burch
Greenaid
Buffalo Optical Company
Buffalo
William Sangster
Pierre Delorme
New York
Montreal
Train collision in snowstorm at Young's Point
A Chicago Burlington and Quincy passenger train collided head on with a freight train at Young's Point while eastbound through a snowstorm. Dozens killed or injured as the express car telescoped the smoking car and debris filled the platform area. Fireman Ora Babcock and brakeman Milos Halloway died in the wreck.
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Livingston
Mont
Chicago, Burlington & Quincy
Northern Pacific Railroad
Young’s Point
Ora Babcock
Milos Halloway
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Ollin
Father
Siscer
Thief
Mexico
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United States
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Philippines
Health OF Ontario
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Civic
Bahamas
Montana
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