Entombed on Great Duck Island a captive awaiting rescue
Mrs. Ward, confined in a grave-like grotto on Great Duck Island by Woodsey, surveys scant provisions and searches for tools. She discovers a traveling trunk with a scrap-book about outlaw Ben Stobie, pondering whether Stobie once used the cave or shares an alias with Woodsey.
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Mrs. Ward
Woodsey
Great Duck Island
Lonely Island
Tillie
Ben Stobie
Chicago
Mackinac
Detroit
Cleveland
Buffalo
Great Lakes
Mrs Ward Rescued After Cavern Ordeal on Island
Mrs Ward endures a nightmarish cavern confinement aided by her improvised knife and scarce food, as she discovers a volcanic rock block and soft limestone walls blocking escape. Rescue arrives with Captain Tripp and Ollin Bain, ending her Crusoe like isolation and promising their forthcoming tale of recent adventures.
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Eco
Mrs
Ernor Ward
Ollin
Ollin Bain
Tripp
Woodsey
Mrs. Ward
Toronto Markets Report Flour and Wheat Prices Sept 15
The Toronto market shows Ontario wheat at 88 to 89 cents outside for No 2 white and red, Manitoba flour for first patents at 6 dollars, No 2 at 5 40, and bakers at 5 30, Old No 1 Northern wheat at 1.1644, new No 1 Northern at 1.12, oats at 39 4 to 44 cents, corn No 2 American yellow 87 4 cents, No 3 American 8 cents, barley No 2 53 to 59 cents, No 3 at 57 cents, and brand cars 18 to 19 dollars, shorts 21 to 22 dollars outside.
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Toronto
Ontario
Manitoba
Georgian Bay
Lake Parts
Shorts
Chinese Arrival Fuels Canadian Tax Revenue Growth
A Ottawa despatch notes Chinese immigration contributing to Canada’s revenue. In 1907, 1,481 Chinese entered for the first time, paying $500 head tax each, totaling $744,835. In the first five months of the current year, 1,095 arrivals paid $552,696, averaging over $100,000 monthly. Also lists prices for beans, honey combs, hay, straw, and potatoes on markets notes.
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Ottawa
Canada
Canadas
May Build to Peace River Line
Winnipeg dispatch reports railway surveyor William Pearce of Calgary was sent by the C P R to inspect Lesser Slave Lake and Peace River districts. He will prepare a report for the company, seen as the first step toward a northern line.
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Winnipeg
William Pearce
Calgary
Lesser Slave Lake
Peace’ River
C. P. Ht
North Country
Makes the Old Young in London Report
A London despatch reports Sir James Grant of Ottawa presenting a full account of his neu rostone before the British Association. He describes an electrical treatment that cleans inactive nerve centers poisoned by age related gases, enabling possible removal of spectacles and increased general activity. It is claimed to be the first successful use of electricity for humor digestion.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
London
British Association
James Grant
Ottawa
James
Balloonist Wm Coby Killed at Staten Island Fair
Despatch from New York reports 7009 spectators at the Richmond County Fair in Dongan Hills Staten Island. Balloonist William Coby of Milwaukee fell when his balloon exploded and died. A bay lion, carried aloft by Coby, fell onto him but escaped unharmed.
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New York
Dongan Hills
Staten Island
Coby
Milwaukee
Wis
Appointment of Gibson as Lieutenant Governor of Ontario
A despatch from Ottawa reports that by the Governor in Council on Wednesday afternoon Colonel the Hon. J. M. Gibson of Hamilton was appointed Lieutenant-Governor of Ontario, succeeding Sir Mortimer Clark whose five-year term expired last spring.
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Ottawa
J. M. Gibson
Hamilton
Ontario
Mortimer Clark
The Dairy Markets Report
Butter prints 22 to 28 cents per pound and tubs 20 to 22 cents. Creamery rolls 25 to 26 cents with solids at 24 to 24.4 cents. Eggs range 20 to 21 cents per dozen in case lots. Cheese large 13 to 13.5 cents per pound and twins 13.5 to 13.4 cents.
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Luce
Revenue-listed meat prices from early trade notes
The fragment lists bacon prices for case lots and various pork cuts with percentages and per pound figures. It references hams, shoulders, backs, breakfast bacon, lard, and related packaging forms with numeric price ranges and weights.
Montreal Market Prices for Grains and Provisions Sept 15
Montreal market report lists Manitoba No 2 white oats at 48c per bushel in ex store terms and No 3 at 46 to 47c, with rejects at 46 to 46.5c. Flour prices show Spring patent at 6 dollars, seconds 3.50, Winter patent 5, straight rollers 4.40 to 4.50, bagged 2 to 2.10, extras 1.65 to 1.75. Feed includes Manitoba bran 22 to 23, shorts 25, Ontario bran 21 to 22, middlings 26 to 27, per ton. Provisions cover barrels short cut mess 22.50, half-barrel 11.50, clear back 23, dry salt long clear backs 17.50, plate beef 9.0 to 9.0, lard 8.5 to 9c per lb, pure lard 12 to 13c, bacon 12.5 to 13c, Windsor bacon 15 to 16c, dressed hogs 9.75, alive 7.0 to 7.0. Eggs No 1 19 to 20c, selects 23 to 24c per dozen. Cheese Western 12.5 to 12.75c, Eastern 12.5 to 12.75c. Butter 25c per lb in round lots.
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Montreal
Manitoba
Shorts
Ontario
United States Markets Wheat and grain prices reported
Buffalo and Minneapolis market notes show steady wheat values for spring and various posts for winter trade, with no dramatic shifts. Corn and oats show firmness and easy categories, while flour and bran quotations cover multiple patent and clear grades across the two cities.
Prices for export steers and cattle in Toronto market
Toronto markets report prices for choice export steers from 5.10 to 5.40 per cwt and medium cattle from 4.50 to 5.00 per cwt. Light cattle quoted 3.75 to 4.25 per cwt. Select butchers cattle sold 4.50 to 4.80 per cwt. Good cattle straight loads 4.00 to 4.50 per cwt.
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Toronto
Market cattle and hog prices fluctuate despite heavy deliveries
Live stock prices show common cows at 3.25 to 3.80, 2 to 3 per ewt for other cattle. Light stockers quoted 3 to 4 per ewt. Calves offered 3 to 6 per pound. Sheep and lambs deliveries heavy, calves steady. Select hogs firm at 6.70 per cwt off cars in Toronto.
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Toronto
Deaths by Own Hand Among Yorkton Residents
Telegraphic briefs report Welsh immigrant John Lloyd hanged himself in Yorkton Saskatchewan. Other items note western thrashing results, a London hospital death, a man dying from lockjaw after a hunting injury, a boys fight sentence, a fugitive Italian banker’s liberty in Mexico, and various transport and shipping rate concerns affecting Montreal and the St Lawrence route.
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John Lloyd
Yorkton
Sask
Grand Trunk
Muskoka
O. D. Skelton
Prof. Shortt
Queen’s
Charles Judge
Victoria Hospital
London
Hugh K. Leavitt
Strathrey
Percy Nettleton
Fenelon Falls
Lindsay
Zarossi
Montreal
Mexico
St. Lawrence
C. Dynes
Sapperton
B. C
New Westminster
Novemer
Piper
University of British Columbia
Regina
England
Niagara River
Helen MacMurchy
Railway and Municipal Board
Toronto
Ontario
Great Northern Railway
Vancouver
Burrard Inlet
United States
Brighton
St. Paul
Minn
John Tuck
Brooklyn
Angelo Mazzo
Cleveland
Sicily
Welge Express Company
Por Ore
Washington
Gfville Wright
Aerops
Supreme Court
Rochester
N. Y
F.T. Ruslin
Mighty warship Minas Geraes launched at Newcastle
The Minas Geraes, described as the most powerful warship built, was launched at Newcastle on Thursday for Brazil. The report also notes a Glasgow Socialist leader threatening to reveal Masonic secrets to aid the unemployed, plus various local and international incidents.
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Minas Geraes
Newcastle-on-Tyne
Brazil
Glasgow
John E. Redmond
Joseph Devlin
Queenstown
America
United Irish League
Natural gas blast destroys Colborne Street buildings
Brantford reports a Friday afternoon natural gas explosion that wrecked three South Colborne Street structures near Lorne Bridge. Two people died two-year-old Horning, and Blayborough and Holstock sustained severe injuries. Fire fanned debris trapping Mrs Horning and her child. Holstock, a local baseball player, and Blayborough, Massey Harris worker, were among the injured.
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Brantford
Colborne Street
Lorne Bridge
Joseph Blayborough
Yone Street
King Street
Waling
Blayborough
Massey-Harris Co
Theatorium
Railway Bridge Fire near White River Shuts Toronto Route
A bridge six miles west of White River on the P. R. Atlantic express burned from dawn until late afternoon. Six Chinaman passengers escaped unharmed, engineer Nice of Schrieber fatally injured, remnant with a broken leg, mail and baggage cars burned. Bridge 600 feet long. cause under investigation with suspected incendiarism. Toronto lines will use Soo Minneapolis route until repaired.
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North Bay
White River
P. R. Atlantic Express
Nice
Schrieber
Toronto
St Vincent Battleship Launch Marks Dreadnought Progress
The St Vincent, eighth Dreadnought class launch in Britain, slid from the blocks amid fine weather and a large crowd. The ship, about 19 250 tons, is valued at about 9 500 000 dollars and features heavier armament and improved torpedo protection. Foreign naval attaches attended the ceremony.
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St. Largest
Countess ‘Béaucham
St. Vincent
Admiralty
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Hebert
Timothy
New Ontario
Pearce
Aersnaut and
Lion Fell
Minneapolis
Northern
Great Britain
Oppost
Ther Court
Albert Holstock
Ms. Horning
Charles Horning
Henry Smith
We Theatorium
Colborne St
Billiard Parar
Jas Doyle
Colbornee Street
Courtland Sun Bowling Alley
John Bouey
Borne Stree
Mary E.lake
J. F. O’netle
Boston Chinese Cafe
Colebornie Street
W. PB. Henderson
Colborne, Streeby
J.L
Williams
Coliborne Street
Canadian Pacific Atlantic Express
Ravine
Britain
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