Confidential Ontario political circulator urges manhood suffrage enrollment
A private Toronto Reform club circular warns county associations across Ontario to prepare for the provincial election. It urges Liberal supporters to enroll on the voter rolls for 1893 under the Manhood Suffrage Act of 1888, stressing nine months province residence, local residency, and 21 years old with British subject status.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Toronto Reform Club
Ontario
Toronto
M. F
Annexation fever grips Canada and uproar in press
The piece reports a widespread panic over annexation to the United States as New York papers claim Canada may join soon. It mentions a Toronto resident named Smith aiming to meet President Cleveland to arrange absorption and notes British officials’ concern over the dispatches from Toronto.
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New York
Canada
United States
Smith
Toronto
Cleveland
Lawrence Irwin
Leeds
Cobden Club
Goldwin Smith
Ome
Trwill
Smth
Foreign Affairs Committee
United States Congress
Washington
British mission to Cleveland stirs Canadian annexation talk
A Leeds man is sent to New York to meet President elect Cleveland amid speculation that British officials seek to curb Canadian annexation pressure. The piece notes Hawaii and Canada plans, urging nickel supplies and calm, with political updates from Toronto, Montreal, and Ottawa.
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Hawaii
Canada
Congress
Leeds
New York
Ottawa House of Commons Notes on Hawaii Crisis
In Ottawa the House of Commons sees little excitement as discussions drift around Hawaii troubles. Mr. McLean asks if the dominion informed Britain to press Gladstone for action and urges a prompt move. Sir John Thompson hints Gladstone may already be aware and corrects a colleague’s claim about McCarthy.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ottawa
McMullen
Mulock
McLean
East York
Dominion
Hawaii
Sir John
Gladstone
Parliamentary gibe over binder twine duty debate
A Ottawa style debate centers on abolishing the binder twine duty with motions and party lines. Speaker Foster hints at possible budget actions while others recall past rivals. The scene includes John Haggart, Sir Richard, Cartwright, and McCarthy with a lighter press gallery moment and a jest about women.
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William Maloc
Finance
Grits
McMillen
Huron
Mulock
North York
Campbell
Kent
Charlton
Norfolk
Seriver
Huntingdon
Davies
Prince Edward Island
Mr. Speaker White
Foster
Louis Kribbs
Hansard
Sir Richard
John Haggart
Cartwright
Mr. McCarthy
Harry Skitch
Sir John
Somerville
Brant
Local Notices and Farm Rent Details
Franklin Mr. Thomas Thompson reports a fine cow lost after getting tied by a rope while licking herself. Our school shows progress under Mr. Arthur Jamieson. Mr. Janes Stewart Jr has rented James Pritchard’s 200 acre farm for two years, bringing his total to 350 acres under his management.
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Thomas Thompson
Arthur Jamieson
Janes Stewart, Jr
James Pritchard
Stewart
Perry Davis Pain Killer Promoted as Oldest Balm
An advertisement extols Perry Davis Pain Killer as a universal remedy drawn from nature’s storehouse. It claims rapid relief of pain, usable internally and externally, and notes a new large bottle size of 2c.
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Perry Davis
The Sunday Sun Declares Its World-Beating Status
The Sunday Sun proclaims itself the greatest Sunday newspaper in the world, asserting unmatched reach and quality in a bold promotional stance.
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The
Sunday Sun
Local notes from Millbrook and surrounding area
Community snippets list visitors, engagements, and events in Millbrook Ontario detailing visits by Miss Mamie Mason and Miss Mary Sing, lodge meetings, a blizzard, Candlemas weather signs, and local business ads. The piece notes 1892 registrations, marriages, deaths, and a Millbrook Met church pastor invitation, with social happenings like a wedding and bridal party.
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James Byers
Vank
Mary Sing
T. B. Collins
Rodes, Thorndyke
Port Hope
Millbrook
County Lodge of the Industry
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Kells, Fowler & Co
Cali
Kells, Fowler & Go
Millbrook Reporter
R. R. Elliot
Toronto Street Railway
Meredith
Jimmy McLuHase
Montreal
Senator Desjardins
Mercierite
House of Commons
Billy Redmond
Tra N. Terrill
Oklahoma
George Embrie
Harrison
Cummings
Dominion of Canada
Great Britain
Col. O'Brien
McCarthy
John Thompson
Muskoka
Mrs Snipps
Mr. Snipps
Mail
the Sun
Bailieboro Market
M. Parker
Bill Heads
Dodgers
Elliott
Elliott’s
Syr
A.T. Elliot
Peterbor
Mamie Mason
Elmying
S. Bateson
Mr. Gee
Mulbrook
J. J. Preston
Bethany
Port
Orange Lodge
Court Centreville
Indepen Foresters
R. J. Doak
Mercury
W. Thextex
Myself
W. Trext
Fenelon Falls
T. B. Jenkins
W. Mitchell
Minnie Mitchell
Bandon
von Arch
Thos Wallace
Toront Anderson
Ted
Herolas
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