Items of Interest from the Dominion Scene
The Toronto World notes no remedial bill will pass this session and hints Sir D. A. Smith may replace Sir Chas. Tupper as high commissioner. It reports a possible Lisgar contest by Sir Charles Tupper and regional reactions to Laurier, coercion debates, and political organizing in Winnipeg. An Ottawa dispatch mentions Wilson as lieutenant of Winnipes Held battery. Local petitions seek a St Claude to Rathwell road.
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Toronto World
D. A. Smith
Chas. Tupper
Charles Tupper
Bart
Lisgar
Blen
Laurier
Ewart
Winnipeg
Ottawa
R.land
B. C
Ottawa Dispatch
Wilson
Winnipes Held
Norman
Chicago Mystery: Bodies Found in Hyde Park Barrel
In Hyde Park Chicago a barrel hidden with rags contained the bodies of an elderly man and a newborn. Police suspect double murder with a mysterious woman providing a detailed description by phone. The man bore five small tattoo spots on the forearm and the infant showed head marks.
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Hyde Park
Chicago
Ralston
Hyde Pari Morgue
Indiana Avenue
J. A
Prairie Avenue
Brockville Tragedy and Shootout End in Capture
In Brockville a man named Lapointe shot multiple people after appearing with a gun, killing Peter Moore and injuring others before being shot and captured after a confrontation with police and bystanders. The incident ended with Lapointe detained at the police station while others exchanged fire and fled.
Dr Williams Pink Pills Restore Vitality After Grippe
A prominent farmer from Yorkton named Dan Garry recounts his recovery after a grippe left him weak and listless. He credits Dr Williams Pink Pills with restoring appetite and energy after three months of use, praising the medicine and warning against imitations.
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Yorkton
Dan Garry
la Grippe
Dr. Williams
Garry
Arsiniboi
Dynamite Bomb Aimed at Chicago Pork Packer Armour
An attempt to kill P D Armour in Chicago was thwarted when a pasted box addressed to Armour at No 2115 Pable Avenue was found near the Hye Park post station. The device contained three inch gag pipe with a fuse. workers disassembled the box and avoided an explosion. This marked the fourth known assassination attempt on Armour.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Chicago
P. D. Armour
Hye Park
No. 2
Pable Avenue
Ill
Foramen
Hendrickson
Ashantee Spoils At London Colonial Office Show Poor Value
A report from London states the Ashantee spoils arrived at the colonial office are disappointing and valued at no more than 2000 pounds. The collection includes hollow gold items and a crown of King Prempeh with lions skulls, goat horns, and an executioner’s sword motif. The piece ends with a wry remark on married life’s changes.
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Colonial Office
London
Eng
Ashantee
Prempeh
Venezuelan blue book debate draws mixed British views
The Westminster Gazette notes the blue book shows Britain’s case and welcomes engagement. the St James’s Gazette questions whether the American commission will weigh evidence impartially. The Globe warns against expecting formal submission to Washington and stresses resisting outside interference in disputes with European powers in America.
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St. James Gazette
American Commission
Commission
America
St. James Gasette
Great Britain
Globe
United States
Washington
Caracas
Fogland
Breakthrough in Silver Sulphide Processing Spreads Hope
The report of a new economical method to treat refractory silver sulphide ore, developed at Broken Hill New South Wales, promises profitable work for low grade mines in West Kootenay. Officials hint at a possible BC mineral tax of about one percent on output values to fund public works and smelter expansion. Vancouver eyes a large smelter and refinery, with Trail poised for industrial growth as BC increases construction powers in the Trail district.
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Broken Hill
New South Wales
West Kootenay
Grose
B. C
B.C
Oliver Mowat
Ontario
B. C.precione
Trail Creek
Canada
Board of Tre ‘A
Vancouver
B.C. Iron Worka
Kootenay
Trail District
A Daring Hold-Up on Chicago West Side Street
A bold robbery at 7 oclock on a fashionable West Side boulevard targeted James W Sheridan a wealthy booster. Three men conducted the theft with revolvers pressed to his body fleeing into the night after taking a gold watch about 900 dollars and a pin valued at 32 percent. Sheridan was greeted by friends who mistook the gunmen for a social encounter and left him to the crime. Little chance of catching the trio is reported.
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Chicago
James W. Sheridan
Sheridan
Ceveral
Gat Howard Thrashed After Traveler Confrontation
At North Street station Col. Peek, a Halifax customs officer, used his cane on the back of “Gat” Howard after a warning about a passenger with diamonds in his trunk. Howard had just arrived from Europe on the Allan liner and clashed with Peck who told him to mind his own business.
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Col. Peek
Halifax
N.S
Howard
North Street
Europe
Peck
Gat
Joyful Nova Scotia Testimony on South American Servine
A Nova Scotia woman recounts a year of extreme debility and nervous distress. She credits South American Servine with restoring vigor, appetite, and energy, calling it the best medicine for general debility and a powerful health builder.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
James A. Publicever
Sully
Remedial Bill Backers Catholic Minorities Rights
The Northwest Review editorial critiques the remedial bill now before the Canadian House of Commons. It argues the measure restores school rights unjustly taken and urges Conservatives and Liberal Catholics to support it as justice for the Catholic minority and unity for confederation.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
The
Northwest Review
House of Common
Liberal Party
Donald Smith
Mgr. Tangeyin
Ottawa
The Showman's Widow and Her European Wife Tale
A Bridgeport dispatch notes Mrs. Callias formerly of Bridgeport is rumored to be remarrying after a second marriage to a Greek magnate. Barnum's widowhood left her an annuity and property, while reports claim her marriage and planned residence in the Grecian islands may have failed to materialize.
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Bridgeport
Callias
P. T. Tar
Hier
Seaside Park
Mra
Faurope
Calling Islands
Marriage at home and family chatter in a domestic scene
The dialogue centers on a home wedding and guests reacting to the ceremony and gifts. A child asks about a document, a mother mentions a milliner, and a nod to a tonic for lung ailments is noted, with a brief remark about a pawnbroker in the scene.
Rescued From Insanity Thanks to Burdock Blood Bitters
A Toronto reader testifies that Burdock Blood Bitters cured severe constipation after years of illness and multiple doctors. He claims two bottles repaired his health and eight years later no recurrence, praising the remedy as a full cure. The piece also advertises Dr. Wood Norway Pine Syrup and Dr. Agnew's Catarrhal Powder for cold and nasal issues with broad claims of instant relief.
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B.B.E
Toronto
Quick Relief Claims For Kidney and Heart Ailments InAds
An advertising fragment touts Sout AMERICA Kuplex as a rapid cure for kidney and bladder pains with instant relief and universal applicability. Another notice promotes Dr Agnew's Heart Cure claiming relief from organic or sympathetic heart disease in 80 minutes. The clippings include a frontier-era dialog about a newspaper advertisement and an umpire’s remark.
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Agnew
Reward Offered for Missing John Mulligan and Sister
A $50 reward is offered for information leading to the location of John Mulligan, a tailor once with Peter Liar in Menomonie Wisconsin, and his sister Mrs Margaret McPherson of Winnipeg. Notify Walter Suckling Company Winnipeg or James G Harvey barrister Winnipeg.
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John N. Mulligan
Peter Laiar
Menomonie
Wis
Margaret McPherson
Winnipeg
Walter Suckling
James G. Harvey
Dr Wood's Norway Pine Syrup Cure Ad
Doughs and Colde promote Dr Wood's Norway Pine Syrup as a quick pleasant remedy for throat and lung troubles. The copy claims it is nature's remedy and suitable for consumption.
South American Rheumatic Cure Claims Quick Relief
An advertisement touts a bay based rheumatic cure for rheumatism and neuralgia promising radical results in one to three days. It claims the remedy removes the cause and that the first dose offers great benefit priced at seventy five canta. Sold by all druggists.
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Dr. Agnew
All Druggiata
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Clarke Wallace
Orangemen
Sir Oliver Mowat
Willians
U. P. Li
Rapid City Spectator
Harrison
Macdonald
N. Clarke Wallace
Township
Range
District
James Riddell
St. Claude
Rathwell
Brockville
Lapointe
Peter Moore
Policeliage
Dickson
Tyneley
Tynsley
Jason
Jarley
Williams
Williams’ Medicine Company
Ont
Schenectady, N. Y
Venezuela
England
Westminster Gazette
S.C. Mining
Nova Scotia
Compient of
Sterling
Tom
Bob
Mercaant
Thomas
All Druggista
Ld Maid
Ice
Ld Maid Blushtaal
Ragson
Pardner
Everbody
Frien
Nottin
Harold
FE. B. Eddy
Hull
Montreal
Wallace
ASSEY
Massey Press
Kings St.w
ROYAL
Tremann
Steele
Briggs
Patca
Sun Insurance Office
Figs Eastern Assurance Co
Quebec Fire Assurance Company
Lancashire Life Ing. Co
Go. Lloyd
Plate Glass
W. R. Allan
J Nex Catalogue
Leslie Bros
Norway
Drewry
Edward L
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