Winnipeg Walker Theatre offers diverse metropolitan attractions
Manager Walker announces the fourth regular season with Chauncey Olcott in Ragged Robin and many stars from the United States. The lineup includes Max Figman The Substitute Po with John E Young The Talk of New York and Blanche Walch in new plays. Other offerings feature Mary Jane's Pa The Merry Widow Polly of the Circus Kassa and The Round Up among many comedies dramas and musical pieces.
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Winnipeg
Seoueorn
Walker Theatre
Walker
Chauncey Olcott
Ragged Robin
United States
Dodo
Pixley
Luders
Raymond Hitchcock
Cheridah Simpson
Max Figman
Manager Cort
John E. Young
Talk of
New York
Victor Moore
Blanche Walch
Henry Dixon
Mary Jane
Askin Singer
Nat Goodwin
America
Polly
Mabel Taliaferro
Leslie Carter
John Luther Long
Kassa
du Barry
Zaza
Merry Widow
Prince Danilo
Edward J. Locke
Marie Cahill
Eugene Cowles
Broadway
Boston
David Warfield
Blanche Bates
Belasco
Miss Bates
Louis James
Robert Mantell
Kias
Mlle. Genee
Jeffersons
Joseph Jefferson
W. H. Crane
Dustin Farnum
Kirby
Marie Dore
Ellery
Royal Italian Band
Olea Nethersole
Primrose Minstrels
Ezra Kendall
Peary Reaches the North Pole in 1909 Victory
The message from Indian Harbor Newfoundland announced Robert E Peary had reached the North Pole on April 6 1909, making him the second explorer after Frederick A Cook to claim the prize. Backers and critics debated the claim but subsequent confirmations solidified Peary as the successful navigator with witnesses and records.
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Peary
Pole
New York
Labrador
Robert E Peary
North Pole
Frederick A. Cook
Indian Harbor
Cape Bar
Newfoundland
Europe
Frederick A Cook
Robert E. Peary
Peary Declares North Pole First Reach
Commander Robert E Peary cables London claiming first reach of the North Pole, triggering a global dispute among Arctic explorers. Dr Frederick A Cook replies cautiously, while the National Geographical Society postpones honors until detailed observations are reviewed.
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New York
Robert E Peary
London
North Pole
Frederick A. Cook
Denmark
Peary
National Geographical Society
Washington
Less Whiskey Drunk in Canada Ottawa
The inland revenue report shows a significant drop in spirits production and tobacco use due to financial stringency. Spirits produced 5,176,048 gallons, down 1,673,715 from last year, while exports fell by 101,545 gallons to 311,314. Excise revenue declined to 15,045,589 dollars, a 920,073-dollar drop. Cigars consumed totaled 192,105,371, down from 200,133,255. Cigarettes manufactured reached 356,159,380, a decrease of 28,304,674.
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Ottawa
Inland Revenue Department
Forty Miles to Finish
There remains about forty miles of the N T A to lay steel for linking Winnipeg with the head of the lakes and enabling through traffic to the lake front. Contractors expect five weeks to finish hindered by labor shortages as men move to harvest fields in western Canada. The Wabigoon bridge near Dryden, previously delaying work, is now completed and track laying can proceed rapidly.
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Winnipeg
N.T.A
Canada
Wabigoon
Dryden
Stolen Furs Worth Up To 15000 From Edmonton Warehouse
A bold theft in Athabasca Landing northern Canada drained the Himpson and Nagle warehouse of fur valued between ten thousand and fifteen thousand dollars. The haul includes three packs of assorted fur and thirty five silver fox skins priced at three to four hundred dollars each. The incident marks the first major crime in the region’s recent history.
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Edmonton
Alta
Hislop
Nagle
Athabasca Landing
The Sunday School Lesson on Paul's Second Missionary Journey
Comprehensive notes by Rev. D. M. Stearns cover Acts chapters 16 to 21 and Paul’s journeys in Antioch, Philippi, Thessalonica, Athens, Ephesus, Thessalonians, and final travels. Emphasizes Spirit-led seed sowing, faith, and scripture as God’s tool for salvation and growth.
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American Prem Association
J'aul
Antioch
Philippi
Macedonia
Paul
Jesus Christ
Thessalonica
Jesus
God
Samuel
Athens
Abram
Isaiah
John
Christ Jesus
Thessalonians
Spuesus
Ephesus
Asia
Diana
Ephesians
Christ
Europe
Jerusalem
Edmonton Inventor Flies Homebuilt Airship Over Town
Edmonton residents watched Reginald Hunt, a carpenter and amateur inventor, pilot a self-made airship above their homes for about thirty five minutes. The craft stayed 35 to 50 feet high before landing, with plans to wait for a more reliable motor before further flights.
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Edmonton
Alta
Reginald Hunt
Hunt
Once Traitor Now M P London Arthur Lynch Returns
Arthur Lynch, once a traitor in the Boer War era, is returned to Parliament as a Nationalist member for West Clare after previously serving Galway. He faced arrest in England for high treason, was sentenced to death, later commuted to life penal servitude, spent four years imprisoned, and regained full civil rights before working as a newspaper correspondent in France.
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M.P
London
Arthur Lynch
West Clare
Galway
England
Col. Lynch
Edward
Dieppe
France
Britain U S Arbitration on Atlantic Fisheries Questions
London reports the UK and the United States have issued an agreement for arbitration of seven North Atlantic fisheries questions arising from the London convention of October 29, 1818. The tribunal will be chosen from The Hague Court’s permanent list within three months.
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London
United Kingdom
United States
North Atlantic
Permanent Court
the Hague
Suffragettes Annoy Asquith in Hythe Retreat
Militant suffragettes pursued Premier Asquith into his Hythe vacation privacy. They climbed to Lympne Castle windows, threw stones, and shouted messages during dinner, then escaped in darkness. Later Asquith and Gladstone were pestered while golfing, reportedly ending in a scuffle with Asquith fleeing by car.
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Hythe
Eng
Premier Asquith
Lympne Castle
Herbert Gladstone
Asquith
Kaiser Will Review 116000 in Stuttgart Maneuvers
Emperor William and the empress preside over the autumn drills of the German army in Stuttgart. About 116000 Bavarian Württemberg and Baden troops will participate across arms in Germany’s largest exercise since 1899. The emperor says world peace rests on German unity.
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Stuttgart
Germany
William
Wurtemberg
Bavaria
Baden
Masson Woman in Court Over Fortune-Telling Suit
Mrs Masson a heavyset Montreal woman weighing 482 pounds faced a police court charge of fortune telling with cards. Six policemen carried her to a cab but it proved too small, so an express wagon was needed to transport her to the station.
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Montreal
White merchant killed and eaten by Congo natives
Reports from the Congo state a white merchant was killed and eaten by locals at Longo. An expedition has been dispatched to punish those responsible.
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Brussels
Congo
Longo
Increase in Settlers as American Immigration Surges West
Winnipeg reports three month total immigration reaching 74 242 with 11 628 entering from ocean ports and 12 609 from the United States in April. Europe declines while American arrivals rise. June shows continued strong inflows with 11 667 from ocean ports and 9 208 from the United States. Commissioner Bruce Walker notes heavy western migration and expects later months to ease the 1907 08 margin.
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Winnipeg
J Bruce Walker
Imigration
United States
Ocean
Greatrepublic
Europe
Ocean Ports
Canada
Bruce Walker
No Hole at the Pole Sparks Hollow Earth Feud
Dr. Cook angered the Reed Hollow Earth Exploring Club by failing to prove a polar hole. Albany organizers William Reed and William Osborn promoted a hollow earth theory with interior continents and oceans. The Symmes idea had gained wide publicity.
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New York
Dr. Cook
Reed Hollow Earth Exploring Club
Cook
Pole
Hollow Earth Exploring Company
Albany
William Reed
William Osborn
North Pole
Osborn
Reed
Symmes
Hole
Earth
Earl Grey Backs Roosevelt At Vancouver Address
Vancouver messages show Earl Grey supporting ex President Roosevelt and his anti war death by action stance. He urges fair play among boys in games and praises women for rendering the greatest service to the state by rearing the healthiest righteous children.
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Vancouver
B.C
Earl Grey
Roosevelt
Woman's Canadian Club of
Fiair
Spanish Expedition Advances at Melilla and Monu Brahim
General Aguilera led a large operation against Guibdlana Kabyles near Melilla. The Spanish breakthrough cut enemy communications and seized Monu Brahim. Moors suffered heavy losses. Spanish forces included one officer and ten men wounded and one private killed.
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Gibraltar
Melilla
Aguilera
Guibdlana Kabyles
Monu Brahim
Lethbridge Voters OK Two Bylaws for Local Improvements
Lethbridge rate payers by a large majority approved two bylaws authorizing expenditure of 20000 dollars. The measures cover purchase of agricultural grounds a public cemetery Fire Hall No 2 and other local improvements in Lethbridge Alberta.
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Lethbridge
Alta
French aviator dies after plane crash in Juviey Sur Orge
French aviator E Lefebvre was killed during a practice flight over the aviation field at Juviey Sur Orge. He sustained mortal injuries when the aeroplane crashed to the ground. Aid was given but he died shortly after.
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Juviey-Sur-Orge
France
E. Lefebvre
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