Exodus from Illinois to Alberta Zionists plan large farming colony
The Zionist group from Illinois intends to migrate to Alberta forming a mixed farming community near Bassano on the Calgary to Medicine Hat line. They aim to acquire up to 100,000 acres for a dairy rich settlement with cheese factories, modern machinery, and extensive cultivation.
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Dowie
Alberta
Eimenton
Alta
Zicyrete
Alita
Blacksonat
C.plr
Bassano
Calgary
Meuwine
Hay
Vancouver
Illinois
Canadian Northwest
Zion City
Sear Thage Chineis
Liquor Licenses Hit Hard by Lloyd George Budget
London reports a sharp blow to liquor interests as Lloyd George’s budget introduces high license taxes. The Piccadilly hotel faces 37 500 pounds due for a bar license, with other losses seen at the Carlton Ritz Savoy and Waldorf hotels under the new 25 percent levy on hotel licenses.
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London
Lloyd-George
House of Commons
Piccadilly
Carlton
Ritz
Savoy
Waldorf
Will Talk to Martians Venture Aims for Mars Contact
Aeronaut Leo Stevens announced plans for a balloon voyage to the edge of the atmosphere in a mammoth craft with Prof David Todd to communicate with Mars by wireless. He said the mission would occur when Mars is near, in early September, and described the apparatus including hermetically sealed aluminum oxygen cases speaking tubes a long wireless system and thick protective clothing.
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New York
Mars
Leo Stevens
Amherst College
David B. Todd
Prof. Todd
Mr. Stevens
Archbishop denounces secret societies in Montreal
During a pastoral visit to Longueil Archbishop Bruchesi of Montreal criticized secret societies including Free Masons Knights of Pythias and Odd Fellows as hostile to Roman Catholic teachings. He cited a court case showing a Masonic lodge with growing French Canadian membership and warned members may die without last rites. The archbishop has publicly clashed with these groups.
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Montreal
Longueil
Bruchesi
Free Masons
Knights of Pythias
Odd Fellows
M Mbane
Canadian Colony in Mexico Planned by Vancouver Syndicate
W. C. Bend of Vancouver leads a Canadian syndicate aiming to settle 10,000 Canadians on 1.5 million acres bought from Guerrero state. Mexico grants a $3,000,000 irrigation subvention to be paid when reclaimed. A special steamship service to Zihuatanejo is planned to link Canada with the port.
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Mexico City
W. C. Bend
Vancouver
B.C
Guerrero
Canada
Zihuatanejo
Canadian Steel Plant Expansion Near Great Lakes
Algoma Steel Company in Canada orders 500000 dollars of heavy steel machinery to be shipped to Sault St Marie for two new mills aimed to produce bars and other steel goods by November 1. Philadelphia and London financiers back the project to capture Canadian and Northwestern U.S. markets, focusing on farm machinery steel. The plan shifts coal to ore logistics, challenging Pittsburgh mills as the largest Canadian plants.
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Pitsburg
Penn
Iron
United States
Great Lakes
Algoma Steel Company
Sault St. Marke
Canada
Pittsburg
London Shelters Abdul s Wives in Liberal Refuge
Eight women formerly in Abdul Hamid s harem have arrived in London and are staying at a Portland Place boarding house. British officials say they see no grounds to interfere. In Paris, several veiled Turkish refugees from the same harem were sent back to Istanbul after failing to gain asylum.
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London
England
Turkey
Portland Place
Onent Express
Paris
Abdul Hamid
Stamboul
Musical Festival Winners of Rescina Sask Province
On the festival's closing day Rhys Thomas of Winnipeg announced awards to Knox Church Regina for class A church choirs and to Saskatoon Philharmonic Society for the shield. Condie ladies’ choir won, Prince Albert secured ladies’ trio and quartet, Mr. Goldie St Paul’s Regina took male solo, Mrs. Binning Lumsden claimed lady’s solo, Knox Church Saskatoon won class B choirs, Knox Church Regina took men’s quartet, Milestone won mixed quartet, with prizes presented by Mrs. Walter Scott.
Cobbling landlord sells Jasper McDougal lot for $49,000
In Edmonton, P. Byrnes, a shoe maker still cobbling on Jasper Avenue, sold a 34 by 150 foot lot at Jasper and McDougal for $49,000 cash to the Dominion Bank. The block price reflects a high per foot value on the avenue side. Byrnes bought the parcel fifteen years ago for $375, later selling 50 feet for $800, and now parts with the remainder, becoming owner of several valuable properties.
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Edmonton
Alta
Jasper and
McDougal Streets
Dominion Bank
Theooses Avenue
P. Byrnes
Jasper Avenue
Australian destroyers placed under Commonwealth control
Hon G F Pearce states the Commonwealth government has cabled the Admiralty to place Australian destroyers under federal control as soon as war is declared or danger is threatened.
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Melbourne
Australia
G. F. Pearce
Defence
Admiralty
The Tongue and Spirit in the Christian Life
The lesson stresses the tongue as revelatory of the heart and urges yielding to the Holy Spirit for inner and outward life transformation. It contrasts the old sinful self with the new life born of God and warns that blessing and cursing can come from the same mouth.
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American Press Association
Christ
Asa
Jehoshaphat
David
God
Jesus Christ
Heaven
Jesus
Asquith Refines Two Power Standard View in Commons
Premier Asquith in the house of commons rejects treating the United States as a two power factor in Britain’s naval balance. He argues geographical reach and distant bases lessen U S strategic value compared with France, Germany or Austria for aggressive capability toward England.
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London
House of Commons
Asquith
United States
Europe
Mr. Asquith
England
France
Germany
Austria
Setback for Standard Oil in Galicia Demand
Standard Oil efforts to control Galicia oil fields are blocked by Austria, which bans proposed pacts that would grant the company a near monopoly. Galician producers face oversupply, driving prices below production costs. Vienna weighs state oil monopoly measures with Hungarian approval and plans to acquire wells.
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Vienna
Standard Oil Company
Galicia
Standard O31
Will Not Visit Italy Despite Kaiser Proposals
Rome reports Kaiser's bid to lure Emperor Francis Joseph to visit King Victor Emmanuel failed amid Spanish opposition. Vatican officials note Spain Portugal and Belgium would not visit Rome without the pope. Austria also refuses 1911 exposition, seen as showing loyalty to the Holy See and avoiding a bad impression from a potential visit.
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Rome
Italy
Kaiser Wilhelm
Austria
Victor Emmanuel
Spain
Vatican
Portugal
Belgium
Francis Joseph
Holy See
Canada Debates Waterways Treaty With United States
Ottawa cabinet discusses the amended waterways treaty but reaches no decision. Officials resist surrender of Canadian rights to appease U S Senate rider on St Marys River division, yet want to avoid sacrificing Canadian interests. Action likely awaits further consideration and information.
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Ottawa
United States
Senate
St. Mary's River
Strange Confession of Murder In Norway Sailor Confesses
A young American sailor in Frederikstad near Christiania confesses to helping Mrs. Belle Gunness kill four people on her La Porte Indiana farm and says he killed Gunness. He appears sane to his captain and is held for mental evaluation while the case is reported to American minister H H D Pierce.
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Christnia
Norway
Frederikstad
Christiania
Belle Gunness
la Parte
Ind
Carnegie to Establish Hero Fund in France
Andrew Carnegie arranged to give 1,000,000 dollars for a hero fund in France under conditions similar to those governing lands in the United States England and Scotland, aligning with his philanthropy programs abroad.
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Paris
Andrew Carnegie
France
United States
England
Scot
Flour shortage alarms mills as reserves run dry
At the National Millers Convention in Chicago officials warn of a flour famine risk if big mills shut down. They blame Washington for optimistic wheat reserve estimates and say farm stocks are nearly exhausted six weeks early, contradicting Secretary Wilson’s figures.
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United States
Washington
Chicago
Analermm
Hullers
Wilson
Jamva A. Patten
New Dry Dock for Canada in Montreal
A leading British shipbuilder will finance the dry dock project at Longue Pointe, Montreal, costing about 2.5 million dollars. Canada will contribute under the Dry Dock act with three percent interest on one and a half million dollars for several years. Six engineers reviewed the St Lawrence and, with Major G W Stephens, decided to proceed. The floating dock type will replace the usual graving dock.
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Montreal
Great Britain
Longue Pointe
Canada
St. Lawrence
G. W. Stephens
Harbor Commission
Admiralty
Roosevelt Called a Game Butcher by Nature Writer
New York reports quote Dr. William J. Long accusing Theodore Roosevelt of killings in Africa as proof of his supposed brutality. Long says Roosevelt's actions and writings show a bloodthirsty interest in animals and condemns him as a nature fakir.
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New York
Roosevelt
Africa
William J. Long
Long
Mr. Roosevelt
Building Shows Big Increase in Canadian Permits
The monthly Building Operations notes April 1909 permits rose across major cities from April 1908. Fort William leads with nearly twelvefold gains, Vancouver falls 42.77 percent, Edmonton 6.75 percent. Toronto up 71.28 percent, Montreal 16.9 percent, Winnipeg 65.41 percent.
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Toronto
Fort William
Vancouver
Edmonton
Alta
Montreal
Winnipeg
Balloon Race in Berlin Ends in Dead Heat
Berlin hosted the first speed contest of dirigible balloons over a twelve mile course. The semi rigid Grosa I led by Major Sperling tied with the Parsequal II commanded by Captain George after a recorded thirty minute flight.
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Berlin
Sperling
Romance of Negro Life in Essex County
John Wells, 96, of Maidstone, Ontario, a notable Black former slave born in North Carolina, lived a remarkable life. He loved his white mistress who, after his master died in 1444, married him and the couple moved to Canada, revealing a moving romance across borders.
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Essex
Ont
John Wells
Maidstone
North Carolina
Canada
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Isthmian Canal
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Hero Fund For
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