Market report signals strength in wheat amid speculative trading
The wheat market shows firm prices with limited active demand while traders capitalize on anticipated tighter supplies. European stocks retreat and Argentine shipments waver as Russia eases exports. forecasts hint at higher prices once real demand rises. Manitoba and Canadian rail movement lag, with Western Canada enduring severe winter as futures edge up. Fort William and Port Arthur prices listed.
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Rica
Russia
Ocean Passage
Europe
Manitoba
Winnipeg
U. S
Canada
Fort William
Port Arthur
Big Diamond Robbery Strikes Niagara Falls
The largest diamond heist in Niagara Falls history occurred Sunday with victim Katie Krakoski McKenna. At least six thousand dollars worth of jewelry were stolen, the event only becoming public later.
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Niagara Falls
N. Y
Katie Krakoski McKenna
Whiteley Will Bequests Benefit Alms and Sports Trusts
London will grants 85 000 000 for almshouses named Whiteley Homes for the Aged Poor. He leaves 230 000 to each son, annuities of 5 900 to sister and daughters, and life provisions for his separated wife. Hospitals receive small gifts, with 25 000 in trust for Whiteley Christmas gifts and sports funds for cricket, football, rowing and swimming. Residue to be divided among Mr Whiteley's sor.
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London
Whiteley
California Delegation Agrees on Pacific Coast Japanese Issue
After a two hour White House conference on the Pacific coast question the California delegation says discussions with the president secretary of state and secretary of the navy were very full and harmonious and a satisfactory solution is expected. They telegraph the San Francisco board of education and the superintendent of schools to come to Washington at once.
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U. &Jan
Washington
White House
Pacific Coast
California
Congress
San Francisco
McGill Principal for Scotland Named at Glasgow University
The Scotsman notes that Peterson McGill is considered for the Glasgow University principal post. It cites his invaluable work in development and extension problems and suggests these may be encountered in Scotland. He has assembled a staff of notable brilliance.
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London
Peterson McGill
Glasgow University
Scotsman
Scotland
Carrie Nation Barred at White House Speech
Carrie Nation attempted to address a crowd at the White House was denied admittance and subjected to a harangue before voluntarily retiring after about a minute of speaking.
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Washington, D. C
Carne Nation
White House
Sixty Officers Perished At Stewart Mines Disaster
Late advices from the Stewart Mines disaster site in Stewart Fayette county report about sixty victims, revised downward from an initial estimate of 75 or 80. The figures reflect ongoing search efforts and confirm a major tragedy for the community.
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Carleston
W. Va
Stewart Mines Company
Stewart
Fayette County
Young People’s Missionary Movement Bill Introduced
A bill to incorporate The Young People’s Missionary Movement of the United States and Canada was introduced in the legislature. The organization would have a board of 39 managers.
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Canada
UU. S. Albany
N. Y
Young People’s Missionary Movement
United States
Abram the Friend of God and the Call to Faith
The lesson centers on Abraham as the uniquely named friend of God. It traces the faithful call from Ur to Canaan, the promise of land, offspring, and worldwide blessing, and Abram’s responses including altar building and travel, alongside human frailty during the famine in Canaan and the Egypt episode.
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Prem
Adam
Genesis
Abel
Enoch
Noah
Abraham
Isaac
Jacob
Joseph
God
Shem
Abram
Josh
Moses
Earth
Haran
Caleb
Joshua
Terah
Sarai
Lot
Egypt
Canaan
Po Eltar
Israel
Elijah
The Poet and the Beauty at Penhurst Place
The tale recalls Penhurst Place in southern England, Sir Philip Sidney, and Edmund Waller courting Lady Dorothea. Dorothea, famed for beauty, rejected Waller for the Earl of Sunderland, later meeting the poet who quips she is as young and handsome as before.
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England
Penhurst Place
Sir Philip Sidney
Edmund Waller
Dorothea
Dorothea Sidney
Waller
Earl of Sunderland
Wailer
Penhurst
Properties of Chlorine
Chlorine is a greenish yellow gas with a disagreeable odor. It dissolves in cold water and is only slightly soluble in hot water. It destroys color in wet fabrics and is a strong disinfectant. Its properties arise from decomposing hydrogen compounds and liberating oxygen which oxidizes coloring matter. It oxidizes germs of disease and is widely used for disinfection.
Strange Mistake Spoils Pretty Tableau in Drawing Room
Mrs Jones enters drawing room and interrupts a scene as Char lie tries to explain a whispered secret to Cousin Jennie. The old lady apologizes for mistaking Jennie's ear for her mouth due to poor eyesight.
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Jennie
London
Abram and Naomis Paths in Faith and Bethlehem
The text reflects on Abram and Naomi, contrasting growth in faith with their journeys. It questions whether modern light and knowledge surpass their faith, asks if we ever leave our Bethlehem, and cites future fulfillment of the promise to Abram with referenced verses Micah 7 and Jeremiah 22.
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Avre
Abram
Naomi
Bethlehem
Sichem
Bethels
Her Line Misheard Cook Debacle Witty Exchange
A terse comic exchange has a speaker lamenting the cook’s absence and another clarifying his wife’s culinary role. The remark pivots on a pun about broils roasts and etone, reflecting lighthearted newspaper humor.
Steady Rise in New York State Insanity Reported
The eighteenth annual report of the state commission on lunacy shows a net yearly increase of 5 in all institutions and 39 in state hospitals. New cases totaled 576, with 28,302 insane in institutions by year end. Among them 060 were criminals, 1,468 recovered, 1,142 improved in the community, and 74 temporarily insane were discharged. Alien insane deported to Europe numbered 169.
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Albany
New York State
State Commission On
Europe
Punitive Demands Weigh On Felhmi Hase Over Ship Cargo Seizure
The palace police officer Must Be Puni he and a favored aide clashed with the embassy after seizing a ship’s cargo bound for Hamburg. He ordered its rescue to calm officials, prompting Germany to press for punishment. The step is alleged to breach the general code, risking life imprisonment.
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Costantinople
Fehmi Hasha
Secret Service
Aultan
Hamburg
Imm
Germany
Porte
Felhmi Ha
Lfe
Fear Canada's Exports London at Farmers Club
At a Farmers' club meeting Rouse Orlebar discussed Chamberlain tariff commission findings. He argued colonial goods should be a major bargaining item for better terms with colonies. Witnesses largely opposed Canadian store stock imports citing disease fears. few supported bacon duty exemptions.
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London
Farmers’ Club
Rouse Orlebar
Chamberlain
Tariff Commission
Lord Strathcona's Montreal Visit Ends in High Spirit
The intense cold did not deter Lord Strathcona who stayed at a house one day but attended meetings, transacted business, rushed to Ottawa, and hosted dinners on Dorchester Street. He departed Montreal in good spirits, 56 and seen as poised to rise.
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Montreal
Lord Strathcona
Ottawa
Dorchester Street
Banks Open Branches Boost Confidence in Mining Territory
In Cobalt banks Commerce Imperial Standard Ottawa Montreal compete keenly. Commerce opens a Prince Rupert branch at the Pacific coast terminus of the Grand Trunk Pacific. Senator Cox connected to the move signals political support.
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Prince Rupert
Montreal
Cobalt
Commerce
Imperial
Standard
Ottawa
Grand Trunk Pacific
Cox
Lord Beresford Sails to America for Brother's Affairs
Admiral Lord Charles Beyesford departed Southampton for New York aboard the Kaiser Wilhelm. His brother Lord De Laval Beyesford was killed in a railroad wreck at Enderlin Maryland on October 23. The admiral will handle his brother's affairs in the United States.
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Lord Beresford
London
Lord Charles Beyesford
Southampton
New York
Lord de Laval Beresford
Lord Charles
Enderlin
M. D
United States
Government to Increase Postal Workers Salaries
In Ottawa Ontario the House heard from Minister Lemieux that the government is considering raising post office employees pay and an announcement is expected soon. A. C. Macdonnell of South Toronto reported the discussion in the chamber.
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Ottawa
A. C. Macdonnell
South
Toronto
Lemieux
Earnings of Novelists Across Nations
The article compares authors' incomes in England and France. It cites Sir Walter Besant estimating about fifty English novelists earning over a thousand a year a decade earlier, now about 150, while France has perhaps fifty who earn a living. English writers receive around two shillings per copy, and Emile Zola tops French pay at roughly four francs, a bit under ten pence. common pay falls to fourpence or fivepence.
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France
England
Sir Walter Besant
Emile Zola
Horrors of Chinese Famine Alarm Pressure for Aid
Washington reports severe Chinese famine conditions with daily outbreaks and a feared epidemic. Relief workers warn of vast refugee camps in southern China and estimate feeding 4,000,000 starving people costs 20,000 dollars daily. A family tragedy is recounted amid shortages as grain and salt are sold by the government and food prices soar.
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Washington
State Department
China
Heu-Gou-Fu
Rush of Settlers to Northwest Canada
Immigration agent W B Chandler says a record flow of Americans will cross into Canada this spring. Hundreds in North Dakota have already arranged land purchases and will move after snow melts. Large parties with household goods and farm machinery will travel to Canada as the railways prepare rolling stock for the early spring rush.
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Montreal
W. B. Chandler
Soo Line
Canada
North Dakota
Canadian
Northern Pacific
Sea Line
Great Northern
Twin Cities
Cattle Embargo Debate Stirs Irish Traders
William Field M P addressed the Irish Cattle Traders Association committee saying renewed policy would wipe out native traders who cannot compete with foreign imports. Field denies Morrison's claim that 40 percent of imported Irish cattle are tuberculous. Freeman's Journal editorials warn of grave consequences if Canadian cattle import restrictions are removed.
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London
Irish Cattle Traders’ Association
William Field
M. P
Ireland
Field
Freeman’s Journal
Morrison
Liverpool
Pope Reconsiders Church State Separation in France
Paris reports indicate the pope, influenced by French prelates advice, will issue new instructions enabling public worship under Briand’s supplemental separation law. Cardinal Richards, archbishop of Paris, telegrammed French bishops to attend another meeting after a preliminary assembly of about thirty bishops recently convened.
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Paris
France
M. Briand
Richards
Japan Plans New Warships for 1907 Launches
Japan announces 1907 shipyard launches including the battleship Oki at Kuri of 15 000 tons and armored cruiser Ibuko 14 660 tons. Also second class cruiser Megammi 3 400 tons at Kuri, armored cruiser Kurama 14 000 tons at Yakushi, cruisers Tonea and Obedo 100 tons each at Sasebo and Kobe, and torpedo destroyer Kirusuki 380 tons at Arego.
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Japan
Tokio
Kuri
Oki
Ibuko
Megammi
Yakushi
Kurama
Sasebo
Kobe
Tonea
Obedo
Arego
Kirusuki
Pope faces decision on church leases amid France conflict
Report says the pope may abandon certain churches as the Vatican demands bishops and prefects countersign leases. Paris rumors suggest parish priests and mayors must sign, while bishops weigh the proposal and the bishops countersignature demand looms in the ongoing dispute with France.
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Rome
France
Vatican
Encounter With Troops Suppresses Java Rebels
Amsterdam dispatch reports a brief clash with troops sent to the Java uprising in the Dutch East Indies. The ring leader and fifteen followers were killed, with many wounded, as rebels were subdued.
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Amsterdam
Holland
Java
Dutch East Indies
General Booth Sails for New York on Feb 23
Gen Booth sails for New York on February 23 and plans four weeks in Toronto and New York, four weeks in Montreal, two days in Ottawa, five days in Winnipeg, and two days in Vancouver.
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Gen. Booth
London
New York
Toronto
Montreal
Ottawa
Winnipeg
Vancouver
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