The Knife Chapter from The Barrier
Burrell exposes a mining district schemed by Stark and Runnion to push Necia from her claims and relocate them for their gain. He races to relocate Necia’s ground, foiling the attempted manipulation as Gale and Necia confront the underhanded examiners.
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Lee
Jerry
Stark
Amnion
Red
Ruonion
Gale
Neela
Burrell
Poleon
Runnion
Bagar
Necia
Ankey
Watt
Burrell and Runnion Clash Over Gall’s Notice
In a tense scene Burrell accuses Runnion of delay and insists the priority belongs to Neela Gale. Runnion counters and refuses to record, citing a dispute over land under Miss Gale’s claim. The confrontation ends with a pledge to continue.
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Crid Runnion
Burrell
Runnion
Neela Gale
Canadian engineers urge homegrown advice over foreign aid
The Standard of Empire argues that Canada should rely on its own engineers for major projects like the GTP Railway the Quebec Bridge and hydroelectric schemes noting reliance on U S expertise lax foreign staff and a Chicago run Board of Engineers. It contends Canadian engineers are capable and calls for self reliance in engineering as a national policy.
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Canada
Enmmpire
United States
G.T.P
Quebec
Ontario
U.S
Dominion
Board of Engineers
Chicago
G.T.P. Railway
Memorial planned for Sir Samuel L. Tilley statue
The city of St. John New Brunswick will erect a bronze statue of Sir Samuel Leonard Tilley former Lieutenant Governor and Father of Confederation. Sculptor Louis Philippe Hebert, famed for Howe Laval and Maisonneuve works, will craft the statue to stand in King Square near the Champlain statue. Lady Tilley resides in St John and supports the memorial.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
S. L. Tilley
St. John
N.B
Samuel Leonard Tilley
Canada
John Macdonald
Louis Philippe Hebert
King Square
Hebert
Legion of Honor
C.M.G
Joseph Howe
Laval
Maisonneuve
Tilley
Champlain
Lady Tilley
Canadian Artist Bates Shows Paris Salon Painting
Canadian artist and Acadia University professor Roy Elliott Bates has learned his painting September in Picardy was accepted by the Paris Salon committee. The work derives from last summer at Longpre and the Somme valley after Bates studied at Halifax Academy and Victoria School of Art and Design.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Roy Elliott Bates
Acadia University
Picardy
Longpre
Valley of the
Somme
Bates
Halifax Academy
Rosenberg
Victoria School of Art and Design
Acadia
Oxford
Paris
Wolfville
Mystery of Tribes on West Coast of Africa
A reflective piece sings of vast mysteries and romance among West Coast tribes. It notes countless interior groups with rich histories, claims ancient migrations from Egypt and Phoenicia, and portrays Africa as a land of unresolved questions and still unknown central regions.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Africa
Egypt
Phoenicia
Arabia
Heaven
Central Africa
Absentminded man recalls old friend and doctor moment
An English paper notes an absentminded man living at Sham who calls his family physician cee his old friend. After a lengthy chat the doctor sees him to the door and jokes about the family all well, while the man’s wit wanders to a confusing memory.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sham
Cee
Right to Strike and Union Rights upheld in BC case
Supreme Court of British Columbia in Vancouver rules on a labor dispute involving a British stone cutter seeking union admission. The decision endorses workers’ and unions’ rights to set admission conditions and to quit an employer, while cautioning courts to balance interests in labor disputes.
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Supreme Court of
British Columbia
Vancouver
England
Runs In The Family Loyal Rector From Mt Clemens Canadian Roots
Rev W E A Lewis of Mt Clemens Michigan born in Ontario remains loyal to Canada. He recalls a summer camp debate where he explained he came as a missionary to the United States. His mother and wife in Detroit tie to Canadian and Revolutionary era lineage.
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W. E. A. Lewis
Mt. Clemens
Mich
Wellington County
Ontario
Canada
Memorial Tower finances advancing for Halifax project
The Memorial Tower at the Northwest Arm Halifax to honor overseas Britain governance is progressing. The Dominion Government contributes 5000 dollars with expected generous support from Nova Scotia and other provinces including Quebec and British Columbia. Sir Sandford Fleming’s park land is in trust to the Lieutenant Governor and will go to the city when the tower is completed.
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Northwest Arm
Halifax
Britain
Dominion
Nova
Sir Sandford
Fraser
Elderly High Wire Artist Dazzles Caledon East Crowd
Caledon East correspondent reports an elderly man over seventy visited last Saturday and performed on a slack wire. His long beard and multicolored appearance drew attention, and the crowd rewarded him with many nickels and dimes for a credited act.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Caledon East
Bokton Enterprise
Joseph
Digging the Kauri Gum of New Zealand
North Island diggers harvest gum from kauri trees across coastal belts from the Bay of Plenty to the North Cape. Prices range from 22.50 to 27.50 per cwt for washed gum with white, and black varieties found in depressions. an exceptional patch yielded about 23 cwt at low water with $240 per ton unscraped and over $250 for three weeks’ work.
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North Island
New Zealand
White Island
Bay of Plenty
Tauranga Harbor
Whaingstoa Harbor
Kaurigum
North Cape
Kauri
Kaipira
Bomb Hidden in Calcutta Magistrate’s Law Book
Kingsford chief presidency magistrate of Calcutta received a parcel believed to be a law book. In Muzaf Farspur he opened it and found a bomb concealed in scooped pages. The device with springs and picric acid would have exploded when inspected, but the parcel had remained unopened for a year.
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Kingsford
Calcutta
Muzaffarpur
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Mal
Harper
Mystery of
Brit
Ish
Columbia
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