Dissolution of Parliament Sets Sept 21 Canada Election
Ottawa announces threefold proclamation dissolving the eleventh Canadian parliament fixing Sept 21 as election day and Sept 11 for nominations to decide whether Laurier’s government will ratify the reciprocity trade pact with the United States. The bitter campaign will hinge on reciprocity with Conservatives pressing naval issues in Quebec and across the country.
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United States
Canada
Grey
Laurier
Domiinion
Jlliberal
Senate
Quebec
Conservati
Wilfred Lather
Movie Theater Starts Showings With Low Price Box Seats
The notice advertises 15 cent box seats and cinema screenings beginning at 7 30 p m except Saturdays with cooling by electric fans.
Sir Wilfrid Laurier Canadian Premier and Chief Reciprocity Boomer
Sir Wilfrid Laurier, noted as Canadian Premier and advocate of reciprocity, figures in early 20th century political commentary. The piece outlines Laurier's role in promoting trade links and domestic policy during his tenure, highlighting leadership and policy debates of the era.
Niobe Cries For Help After Hitting Cape Sable Ledge
The Canadian cruiser Niobe struck near Cape Sable on a Saturday night while en route from Yarmouth to Halifax. Sixteen sailors were swept by a strong current as boats and launches were dispatched in thick fog to search the waters. Wireless stations at Cape Sable and ships from Halifax and St John rushed to aid, with Caronia, Lady Laurier, and Stephen joining the effort.
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Hermanesy
Niobe
Cape Sable
MacDonald
Yarmouth
N.S
Halifax
Nova Scatia
Cape Sabre
Staten Cove
N. S
St. John
N. G
Transatlantic
Uners
Lady Laurier
Stephen
N. B
Taft Visits Maryland Farmer Farm Surprise Porcha on Porch
President Taft slipped from official life to visit a Maryland farm near Washington. He sat on the porch with farmer William Price and neighbors, wearing casual attire, drinking milk, admiring cows and crops, and chatting for over an hour before returning to the White House.
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Taft
Ife
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White House
Maryland
Wiliam J. Price
Wiliam H
Mr. Price
Farmer Price
United States
Major Butt
Price
Farmer Bill
Turbulent telegrams from Shamokin and Kane headlines
The brief items report a Shamokin incident where Thomas Bramley was fined at Giemough colliery after a fight over a $200 sum with Mike Ink Koukle and AL A. Car Lote, possibly Bincek Hanes, were arrested at Kane. Stanley Borden injured his hand while constructing an improvised explosive at his Shamokin home using a needleed shell. Wisconsin saloon policy shifts toward higher standards and eliminations of beer kegs and whisky barrels. In Congress, Sherwood of Ohio defends a dollars day pension bill as a fair measure based on service and sacrifice, not age, amid tariff debates.
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Shamokin
Mike Ink
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Bincek Hanes
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Stanley Borden
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Wisconsin State
Liquor Healers’ Protection Association
Ashland
Sherwood
Ohio
Philadelphia to Welcome Postal Bank on Sept 1
Philadelphia reports that a postal savings bank will open September 1. Postmaster General Hitchcock signed the order. Postmaster Smith has not yet received official notice but expressed pleasure upon learning of the action.
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Postal Savings Bank
Hitchcock
Hunt
Smith
Czar Rebukes Or Conwell Over Baptist Seminary Plan
In St. Petersburg on July 31 the Holy Synod rejected appeals by Rev. Dr. Russell H. Conwell and Rev. F. B. Meyer to the czar for a Baptist international seminary site in Russia. The czar will not receive them nor grant ground for the seminary, and Moscow police are ordered to curb sectarian activity.
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Russia
St. Petersburg
Russell H. Conwell
Philadelphia
F. B. Meyer
London
Moscow
Holy Synod
Ministry of the Interior
Dynamite threat shocks Washington amid letter drama
A threatening letter from an anonymous writer claiming to be a discharged employee in Washington warns of hidden dynamite in the capital and threatens a blast if Congress delays a yard investigation by Thursday. The note references Speaker Champ Clark and vows a deadly shock if their demands are not met.
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Champ Chark
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Warten Hayard
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Reyes candidacy formally launched in Mexico and Monterey
General Bernardo Reyes formally launches his bid for president with Jorge Vera Astanos for vice president as posters proclaim the candidacy across cities. Public mass meetings and rallies are held by Reyes supporters nationwide. Reyes plans to visit his old home in a few days after returning from Europe.
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Monterey
Mex
Bernardo Reyes
Jorge Vera Astanos
Reyes
General Reyes
Europe
Assassins Fire Double Barrels At Cardinal Case
A two-shotgun volley with sixteen slugs killed Barthoaldi Cardinal aged thirty two as he watched from a second floor window in New York. A vacant Fast Side house opposite held the killers tracks and a brother’s prior murder hints at motive while a nearby footprint and dust on the carpet form key clues. In Wilkes-Barre a twelve year old boy drowned after cramps while swimming in the Susquehanna River.
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New York
Barthoaldi Cardinal
Halian
Cardinal
Twee
Rhateng Cath Te Tac
Wilkes-Barre
John Tornbach
Harabr
Droggiat
Potato Worth Two Beers and Nickel
A Milliken Colorado man A Murphy entered a Milliken saloon and after drinking two beers he laid a potato on the bar as payment and demanded change. The incident followed by the shopkeeper placing the potato in a cash drawer.
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Denver
Colo
Milliken
A. Murphy
Murphy
Reper
Bucklen’s Ami Ra Salve Praised By Carpenter
A craftsman named Lopez from Maritia, N. J., carries Bucklen’s Amira Salve and claims it heals any cut, wound, bruise, or sore quickly. The ad touts it as a great healer for burns, boils, scalds, chapped hands and lips, fever-sores, skin eruptions, eczema, corns and piles. Available at Pearre’s Pharmacy.
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Amira
Els
Lopez
Maritia
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