Dominion's Trade Reaches Record Levels in Half-Year
Canada reports 304.3 million dollars in total trade for the first half of the fiscal year, up 17 percent from 1907. Exports of domestic products rise to 120.5 million. imports reach 172.4 million. September trade hits 65.6 million. Dry dock proposals eyed by Harland and Wolff and others. no firm government plan yet. Franklin Lane predicts immediate and powerful suffrage gains for English women, ahead of a broader international impact.
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Canada
Ottawa
Dominion
Harland and Wolff
Levis and St. John
Ecomor Py
Fairfield Oe Company
John Brown & Co
Glasgow
Vickers, Son & Maxim
Sheffield
Barrow
German-Calgary Deal Secures Kanaskis Coal Fields
A German capitalist group has acquired the Kanaskis and Brazeau coal fields near Banff and Yellowhead Pass for about 10 million dollars. The fields are viewed as nearly inexhaustible steam coal sources likely to supply the Grand Trunk Pacific and Canadian Northern, with plans to build a 15 mile railroad to connect to the CPR main line to deliver coal.
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Calgary
Alta
Kanaskis
Banff
Brazeau
Yellowhead Pass
Grand Trunk Pacific
Canadien Northern
Canadian Northern
Mackenzie and Mann
Kenaskis
C.P.R
Crows Nest
Roosevelt Party Arrives in Nairobi After Elephant Hunt
The Roosevelt expedition reaches Nairobi from the Guaso Nyoro region with Col Roosevelt having killed three more elephants for the Smithsonian. He also killed a bull for the American Museum of Natural History. The bag includes a rhino, buffalo, giraffe, eland, zebra, ostrich, and oryzab with additional skins saved for Washington.
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Nairobi
British East Africa
Roosevelt
Guaso Nyoro
Col. Roosevelt
Smithsonian Institute
Washington
American Museum of Natural History
New York
Washington Museum
Laurier's Retirement Discussion in British Letter
A London letter cites Canadian government circles weighing Laurier's retirement from the premiership. It notes declining health and the possibility of a three to six month European holiday rather than resignation, with Hon. Mr. Fielding projected as his likely successor.
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Laurier
London
Fielding
Wrights Seek Injunction Over French Firing Machine
New York court action filed by Wilbur and Orville Wright seeks an injunction and damages claiming the French firing machine imported by Ralph Saulnier infringes Wright patents. The device is said to be a duplicate of Bierich’s channel crossing machine and allegedly violates Wrights’ rights.
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New York
Wilbur
Orville Wright
United States
Ralph Ssulner
Wrights
Saulnier
Bierich
Winning Fight Against Tuberculosis
Washington DC reports progress in tuberculosis control. Chief Statistician Cressy L Wilbur notes declines in mortality and a drop in the death rate for 1908 though total TB deaths reached 73 232 in the registration area. Deaths among men aged 25 to 34 were about 31 per 100 deaths.
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Washington, D.C
Cressy L. Wilbur
Division of Vital Statistics
United States Census Bureau
United States
Washington
Colorado
Rhode Island
Vermont
Prisoner to Have His Pipe in Toronto Jails
Governor Chambers proposes smoking rooms in Toronto jails at the Canadian conference. He notes 90 percent of prisoners suffer from tobacco deprivation and see punishment as retaliation. Dr. Charteris worries on rising insanity and calls for enlarged or new asylums.
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Toronto
Governor Chambers
Conference of Charities and Correction
Chambers
C. R. Charteris
Chatham
Revolutionary Algerian Heart Surgery Reported
London to The Sun details an extraordinary operation in Constantine Algeria. A workman stabbed in the heart was treated by hospital surgeon Dr Martin who used chloroform cut ribs opened the heart removed blood and then sutured the heart returning it to the chest. The patient survived with hope of recovery.
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New York
London
Constantine
Algeria
Martin
Free Land for Spinster Workers in Canada
Mrs Binnie Clark urged extending the Canadian free land grant to spinsters at the National Union of Women Workers meeting in Portsmouth. She noted a 380 acre farm's four year profit of twenty percent and cited other English women with Canadian land success. She proposed domestic service as good employment for English women amid a humorous anecdote about a Canadian dinner party with an English staff and a clergyman’s son.
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London
Binnie Clark
National Union of Women Workers
Portsmouth
New Aviation Record Set At Blackpool Meet
Henry Farman established a new aviation record at Blackpool England by flying 30 miles and 1,577 yards in one hour. He stayed aloft for 1 hour 32 minutes and 16 45 seconds, covering 47 miles and 1,184 miles. A large crowd witnessed the event.
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Blackpool
Eng
Henry Farman
BC Legislature Dissolved as Elections Set for Nov 25
Premier McBride announces government policy to back the Canadian Northern railway with a 600 mile line from Yellowhead Pass to Vancouver and a Victoria Barclay Sound terminus. Government guarantees 4 percent interest on bonds, first mortgage security, and funds a six hundred mile network to connect Kamloops New Westminster and Vancouver with a ferry link to Vancouver Island.
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Victoria
B. C
British Columbia
Canadian Northern Railway
Yellowhead Pass
Vancouver
Vancouver Island
Barclay Sound
D. D. Mann
Yellowhead
New Westminster
Kamloops
Fraser
C. N.R
C.N.R
McBride
Navy
North Thompson
English Bluff
Kettle River Valley Railway Company
Midway
Nicola
CPR
Princeton
Aspen Grove
C.P.R
Boundary Country
Kootenays
Spokane
Silent Lambert Flies 31 Miles Over Paris In 49 Minutes
Count De Lambert known as The Silent flew his Wright biplane from Juvisy to Paris and back, circling the Eiffel Tower before landing near Juvisy. The 31 mile course took 49 minutes 39 seconds with heights from 200 to 1000 feet. An aviation meet left one woman mortally wounded and about a dozen others injured.
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Paris
Count de Lambert
the Silent
Lambert
Juvisy
Eiffel Tower
Three Miles of Flour Shipped From Minneapolis Mills
Minneapolis mills shattered shipping records when railroads moved 556 cars carrying 110 540 barrels of flour in one day. Cars linked end to end would form a train over three miles long. Mills have operated ten days straight to meet unprecedented demand, running day and night including Sundays to push huge production.
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Minneapolis
Minn
Open Letter Blames Taft Over Print Paper Policy
A letter endorsed by the Inland Daily Press association and the Illinois Daily Press association accuses President Taft of being misled by designers into a misstep on print paper rates. It warns of a Canada related trade war and potential losses of up to 235 million dollars annually, urging a remedy.
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Are Pérard
Canada
Chicago
Taft
Inland Daily Press Association
Mississippi
Ilinois Daily Press Association
Frank D. Throop
Henry M. Pindell
Peoria
Illinois Daily Press Association
Quebec
Mann Committee
Million Dollar Fire Destroys Quebec Grain Elevator
A major blaze in Quebec destroyed the Canadian Northern grain elevator holding about 150000 bushels of grain, two freight sheds, the Quebec Cold Storage plant, the Customs House, and other structures. One fireman died and another was seriously injured. The Empress of Ireland steamship narrowly escaped by being moved earlier. Estimated losses range from one million to 1.25 million with about 400000 in insurance.
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Quebec
Canadian Northern Railway
Louise Embankment
C.P.R
Empress of Ireland
Reford
Uneasy Restes Alfonso Head Amid Ferrer Fallout
London dispatch reports King Alfonso of Spain dejected and sleepless after Ferrer death news. Threatening letters reach the palace and residences. the king bars outings and stays almost prisoner in the palace as archists vow vengeance. Madrid and Barcelona show tense restraint and arrests rise over Ferrer imagery.
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Alfonso
London
Madrid
The
Chronicle
Ferrer
Spain
Barcelona
Are You in Line Teach er Training in Manitoba Sunday Schools
Prospects for trained teachers rise as Manitoba forms many Teacher Training classes. Certificates improve satisfaction and work performance. Pastors and superintendents should organize a class at their church or Sunday School. No extra education is required. inquire at J G Rattray Pipestone Manitoba supervisor.
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Manitoba
J. G. Rattray Pipestone
Western Expansion in the West Sparks Major Growth
Winnipeg's economy shows a hundred million dollar rise in bank clearings and a five million dollar jump in city building, driving growth in nearby towns and a twenty million bushel wheat yield increase. Banks expand with branches in new centers, even opening in a farm house as rail sales drive townsite development. Lethbridge, population seven thousand, now hosts ten chartered banks.
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Winnipeg
Lethbridge
Ten Men Injured When Wrecking Train Delivers Falls
A wrecking train from Broadview derailed after a broken rail one mile east of Indian Head Saskatchewan. Ten Broadview men were injured as they were thrown down a fifteen foot embankment. W Coe suffered the most serious injuries with a broken shoulder blade and a head wound. I Graham, W White, and E Miligam also sustained head injuries or leg injuries.
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Indian Head
Sask
Broadview
W. Coe
I. Graham
W. White
E. Miligam
Exodus to Canada draws thousands of American farmers
The Portland Oregonian reports a mass migrant wave of American farmers heading to Canada this fall. It estimates about 70 000 people will take with them 70 million dollars in cash and effects, citing safer life under a monarchy and lower tariffs as key motives alongside fertile Western Canadian lands.
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Canada
Portland Oregonian
Portland
Oregon
Middle West
United States
Europe
Canada Exports Cream Under New US Tariff Change
Dominion dairy commissioner J A Ruddick notes a tariff clerical error in the United States that raises the duty on cream from five cents per pound to five cents per gallon. The misclassification benefits Canadian dairymen as about a dozen creameries begin shipping cream across the border, earning about 27 cents per pound for patrons.
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Canada
Toronto
Ont
J. A. Ruddick
Dominion
United States
Royal Edward Institute Opens as King Presses Key
The Royal Edward Institute was opened by King’s hand at Chichester Park. An Atlantic spark triggered the doors, lights, and a flag ceremony. A guard of honor from the First Prince of Wales Fusiliers, honorary colonel by the King, presented arms while the national anthem played.
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Montreal
Royal Edward Institute
Chichester Park
Atlantic
Institute
Britain
Prince of Wales Fusiliers
Wireless on Lakes to be government controlled
Port Arthur news reports Hon. P. Brodeur stating the government will not grant a license to the United Wireless Telegraph Company to build a station at Port Arthur. The move aims to keep wireless control centralized with three regional stations planned for the Great Lakes within two years to protect shipping.
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Port Arthur
P. Brodeur
Uorited Wireless Telegraph Company
Admiralty Seeks Tenders for Four Contingent Dreadnoughts
The Admiralty invites bids for four contingent dreadnoughts and cruisers to be completed by March 1 1912. Firms must quote prices for both battleships and cruisers with penalties for delays. The plan was decided in July last and London is the tendering center.
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London
Admiralty
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San Francisco
Cal
Frankin Lane
Great Britain
England
America
B.C. Railroad Policy
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