Half Million A Year The CP Rails Publicity Drive Worldwide
A La Patrie tribute praising the Canadian Pacific Publicity Bureau in Windsor Street for spreading knowledge of Canada worldwide. It details the bureau's budget of half a million dollars, key officers, global offices from London to Yokohama, and the impact of CP on promoting Quebec Montreal and the Canadian West as part of national progress. The piece likens the CP hierarchy to church structures and stresses the railroad’s crucial role in Canada’s prosperity through expansive advertising.
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Canadian Pacific
Canada
America
Windsor Street
W. T. Robson
Geo. H. Ham
Thos. Bell
The
C.P.R
Thomas Shaugnessy
Catholic Heirarchy
Pope Pius Tenth
Cardinals of the Holy College
Quebec
Hong Kong
China
C.plr
Montreal
Robson
London
Chicago
New York
Boston
Vancouver
Winnipeg
Toronto
Yokohama
Japan
Europe
Globe
Montres
la Patrie
German officers to inspect meat packing for army contracts
Four German officers from the army supply department left London for Chicago to inspect meat packing operations. They aim to assess the king of meats for British American and Japanese armies and seek large contracts.
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London
Naval
Anl
Chicago
The Merry Widow heads to Winnipeg Walker Theatre
Winnipeg readers will see The Merry Widow at the Walker Theatre starting May 1 for a full week with matinees. Henry W. Sauvage sends a gifted company with the Madam Butterfly orchestra. Also featured are Lillian Russell in Wildfire and Madame Nazimova in her repertoire of lost plays. Kennedy’s The Servant in the House and Nazimova advance Western Canada premieres.
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Winnipeg
America
Canoda
Walker Theatre
Henry W. Sauvage
Hamburg
Berlin
Cologne
Munich
Dresden
Brealawi
Nurenfourg
Strassburg
Hoguizsbure
Bremen
Augsburg
Braunchweig
Frankforten-Main
Halle
Magdeburg
Pores
Prague
Stettin
London
New York
Concego
Lillian Russell
Charles Raho Kennedy
Canada
Madame Nazimova
Enthusiastic Winnipeg Welcomes Centennial Delegates
Winnipeg greets delegates promoting a Canadian Exposition and Selkirk Centennial with strong local support. Farmers and citizens alike back the project, seeing benefits for agriculture and business. Western Canada’s vast resources are touted as the expo’s national aim.
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Winnipeg
Selkirk
United Action
Far West
Wiich
Alberta
Sasketchewan
Canada
Severe Earthquake Strikes Portugal City Districts
The Lisbon region along the Tagus from Santarem to Lis bon suffers severe quake damage. Churches collapse at Salvador. Alhambra reports a dozen killed and many wounded. Six dead elsewhere, later twelve thousand homeless, hundreds starving near Benavento. King Manuel funds relief as food rushes to affected villages. Damage far exceeds initial estimates with losses in the millions.
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Portugal
Lisbon
Tagus
Santarem
Salvador
Alhambra
Benavento
Manuel
Canadian Northern Starts Surveys From Kamloops North
Vancouver and Kamloops outfitted with forty surveyors in four groups to begin preliminary surveys north from Kamloops toward Edmonton. Two teams from Edmonton will head south as work progresses, with expected location work completed by September and year end spent south of Kamloops. The line may take the south Fraser branch from Lytton to New Westminster and connect via Northern Pacific and Great Northern tracks to the Fraser River main terminus between New Westminster and its mouth.
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Vancouver
B.C
Canadian Northern
Kamloops
Edmonton
Luton
New Westminster
Northern Pacific
Great Northern
Fraser River
Largest Fine Ever Paid in Texas Waters-Pierce Case
In Austin Texas the State of Texas received what was described as the largest corporate fine, nearly two million dollars, in a dramatic transfer. Two touring cars carried banking officials and company and state representatives as the money moved from several banks to the State treasury. The payment included a base fine of 180 785 8 Ts and the rest in small currency.
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Austin
Texas
Waters-Pierce Oil Company
Paul and Barnabas in Antioch Sermon and Separation
The lesson discusses Paul and Barnabas in Antioch, their preaching on the Sabbath, the Jewish opposition, and the shift to the Gentiles. It notes John Mark’s departure, the later return to Timothy, and Paul and Barnabas facing revival, rejection, and prophetic fulfillment through Jesus as Israel’s savior. It emphasizes grace, justification by faith, and God’s universal call to repentance despite persecution.
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Prem Asocratios
Cyprus
Perga
John Mark
Jerusalem
Paul
Barnabas
Timothy
Mark
Pati
Antioch
Pisidia
Joshua
Judges
Samuel
David
Israel
Jesus
John the Baptist
Christ Jesus
Lord Jesus Christ
Christ
John Si
Rat Plague Threatens City as Longstanding Infestation Grows
Reports from the city describe catching two large rats killed in a Morrison stable with sightings of others, signaling a potential rat invasion marching from Morris. The article cites high national losses from rodent damage, estimates breeding rates and generations, and urges strong measures to combat the threat of disease and grain destruction.
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Winnipes
Meinbers
Mr. Morrison
Morris
United States
Britann Feeven
J. J Golden
Bel Ras
Primate of All Canada Elected by Canadian Bishops
The Church of England in Canada elects Most Rev Samuel Pritchard Matheson Archbishop of Rupert's Land as primate of all Canada and representative on Lambeth conference. Rev Canon Phair of St Johns Winnipeg named secretary of the house of bishops. Thirteen bishops attended including Hamilton Ottawa Matheson Rupert's Land Pinkham Calgary Reeve Dunne Quebec Dumoulin Niagara Thornmore Algoma Mills Ontario Williams Huron Stringer Yukon Hobbes Athabasca Farthing Montreal Sweeny Toronto. No action on a Canadian bishop for China.
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Toronto
Canada
General Synod
Samuel Pritchard Matheson
Rupert's Land
All Canada
Lambeth Conference
Canon’ Phair
St. Johns’ College
Winnipeg
House of Bishops
Sweeny
China
Ten Million Loan Considered for Grand Trunk Pacific
Ottawa notes a ten million dollar loan for the Grand Trunk Pacific. R L Borden criticizes the bill and warns that the Moncton section will cost ten million in interest and depreciation while plans and a west link via the Quebec bridge lag. He questions the company’s obligation to operate during idle periods as the 1915 1916 start date approaches.
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Ottawa
Quebec
Graham
Grand Trank Pacific
Borden
Moncton
Canada’s Trade Statistics Shows Declines in Imports and Exports
The Canada customs service released final figures for the last fiscal year detailing total imports of 208,123,792 dollars, down 60,249,793 from the prior year, and total exports of domestic products at 259,922,366 dollars, down 3,446,536. March trade suggests improved outlook with imports at 33,363,362 and exports at 18,397,974, rising 3,211,130 and 454,487 respectively. Coin and bullion imports reached 998,442, while exports were 1,589,793, and the overall Canadian trade value stood at 559,635,51 dollars, a drop from 635,380,291 the year before.
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Ottawa
Canada
Customs Department
Missionaries Killed in Hadjin Assassination
Toronto message reports six American female missionaries killed in Hadjin. Among the dead is Rose Lambert, sister of a Bible Training School student on College Street.
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Toronto
Hadjin
Rose Lambert
College St
New Era for Turkey Deposes Abdul Hamid and Proclaims Mohammed V
Sultan Abdul Hamid is deposed and Prince Mohammed Reşad proclaimed ruler as crowds hail a new era in Constantinople. Abdul Hamid pleads for life while officials secure the palace and possessions. The Young Turks debate Abdul Hamid’s fate as the sultan seeks exile in Teheran with his family.
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Constantinople
Sultan Abdul Hamid
Moheammed Resched
Mohommet Vemila
Reschad
Turkey
Resebad
Imguns
Abdul Hamid
Abdul
Sefer
Mor Twet
Young Turk
Greece
Mourad
Teheragan
Orn
Navy plans remodellng sixteen battleships to a Monitor-like form
The U S Navy announces that sixteen battleships retrofits will return to a leaner design inspired by the Monitor. The aim is to remove heavy superstructures and masts, keeping fore and aft turrets, boiler funnels, and a wire mast for lookouts. Critics note only four of twenty five first class ships are serviceable.
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Washington, D. C
Navy Department
Navy
Asiatic
Turkey
Mediterranean
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D. M. Stearns
Primate of All Canada
U. S. Navy
Saskatoon
Fred Lee
Northern Crown Bank
McLory
Lee
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