Death of Westinghouse Inventor of Modern Transport
George Westinghouse, famed inventor of the air brake and pioneer of modern rail transport, died in New York aged 68. Born in Central Bridge New York he built a career from a 15 year old inventor to leading engineer and industrialist.
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George Westinghouse
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Wan
Central Bridge
Schoharie County
Oni
George and
Emeline Vedder Westinghouse
Germany
Massachusetts
Vermont
Ectady
N.Y
Schenectady
Hoe
New York National Guard
Sixteenth
New York Cavalry
Muscata
Upton College
Young Westinghouse
Mont Cenis
Westinghouse
Westinghouse Air Brake Company
Weert
Inshouse
Commodore Vanderiill
Leap
Steubenvile
Panhandle
America
Paris police begin system of reform in public resorts
The Paris police under Celestin Hennion summon owners of music halls dance halls and concert cafes to the prefecture to inform them that exhibitions of decorum and moral reform will be enforced in public resorts.
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Paris
Paria
Celestin Hennion
May Repidiate Marriages Warns British Women
A public notice via the Canada Gazette warns that marriages between British women professing Christianity and Muslims Hindus or other polygamous groups may be repudiated if the husband returns to his birth country. The circular notes the marriage remains valid in Canada but not abroad, and Hindu personal law allows polygamy without the Christian wife’s input.
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State Department
Canada Gazette
Colonial Office
Canada
India
Spitsbergen to be Neutral Under International Control
Delegates from England Scotland Germany Denmark Sweden Russia and Norway to decide Spitsbergen status at Christiania. Norway Sweden and Russia draft a memorandum for a neutral, jointly administered Arctic island under international rule with taxes shared and a renewal every eight years.
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England
Sotland
Germany
Defnmark
Sweden
Russia
Norway
Spitebergen
Arctic
Christiania
Jate
Photy WiNlingnit
Hrntieh
Norwich
Widow of Joseph Fels Directs Fortune to Charity Work
Walter Coates acts as executor as the widow Mrs Maurice Fels inherits the vast estate to advance her husband Joseph Fels’s charitable and sociological programs. Plans include supporting colonies and model villages in England and abroad, funding movements for bettering humanity and sustaining related enterprises. Fels donated large sums yearly to various causes and presided over tax related propaganda efforts.
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Tate
Phil
England
Fels
Persore
Inorcestershire
lMoglend
Pele
America
Great Britain
Denver
Canada
White Wolf Rampages Through Central China Towns
Outrage by bands tied to the outlaw White Wolf spreads across central China provinces Ix Peo and Honan. Massacre destroys 200 townsfolk and burns fourteen sevenths of a market town near Siang Yang Fu. Government orders evacuation and new leadership to curb the rampage.
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China
White Wolf
Siang Yang Fu
Ix Peo
Tze
Honan
Speech Origins Claim Earliest Human Speech
Prof Arthur Keith reports to Dublin Royal Society that the Eoanthropos skull suggests mankind had speech power a million years ago. Supporting view by Prof Elliott Smith places brain features in a Pliocene era indicating early speech ability.
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Dublin Royal Society
Arthur Keith
Piltdown
Keith
Elliott Smith
Private Sir John A Macdonald papers gifted to Canadian archives
A major donation of Sir John A Macdonald correspondence and papers, preserving his life from boyhood to death. Now bound and transferred to the Canadian Archives, with access planned for the public. Restrictions on living persons’ papers removed, other items still under review.
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Canada
Joseph Pope
Sir John A. Macdonald
Ufe
John
Jopeth Pope
Hecht
Caocda
Tory
German War Prophet Predicts No Western Europe Conflict
A German political figure in St Louis claims there will be no future war in Western Europe. He argues Germany France and Britain oppose war, with socialist ideals pushing free education and press to empower workers, and that abolishing militarism would greatly benefit humanity.
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Philp Scheltermann
Reichetng
Seela Democratic Party
Cermany
St. Louis
Europe
Germany
France
Great Itralc
Iyope
Canada a Nation of Young People Census Bulletin XVIII
The bulletin shows provinces with high youth proportions and explains immigration shapes age structure. Regional per 1000 figures place Alberta Saskatchewan Manitoba highest for ages 20 to 14, with Prince Edward Island lower. The text also notes lobsters caught with a snag of hooks.
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Foritieh Columbia
Alberta
Ty Vekatcbewan
Manitoba
Caet Ward Cptil
Prince Edward Island
Canada
Growth of the Peace River Area Northward Pushes On
Haskins reports rapid development of the Peace River Country with 400 settler teams moving in and more to come via Lesser Slave Lake and Mine Pass. Dawson Creek hosts a new store and settlers push into 200000 acres along Peace and Pouce Coupee rivers as climate and resources attract farmers, traders, and expansion of rail lines.
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Peace River
H. Maskins
Victoria
B.C
Peace Cooper
Peace River Country
Edson
Fort George
Hasking
Dawson Creek
Peace Coupee
Peace
Hoc
Alberta
de Fe
Dominion
le Beime
Ponce Coupee River
Prairie
Edmonton
Berlin
Pouce Couper
Mead River
Grand Pro Fle
Pouce Cotpon
Swan Lake
Ron
Masking
Dawson Cieek
Bettlera
Wien
Wendy
Theodore Roosevelt Expedition Loss Reported in Amazon Rapids
Cable message from Anthony Fiala reports the Roosevelt party lost all equipment and supplies in rapids near Santarem Brazil. Fiala asks to inform his wife of his safety as the expedition proceeds toward the Tapajos and Amazon river system in Pará.
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Theodore Roosevelt
British Pictures Face Canadian Patriotism Gap In Film Tours
Canadian readers report diminished British film energy and an influx of American subjects. Army film on Tommy Atkins to tour Canada and Australia under Brit Tech War Office supervision, with private finance. rights to US films hindered by Dominion market growth. London producers plan Canada released titles including Plains of Abraham and Quebec siege, aiming to spark imperial ties and martial spirit.
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Canada
Daily Mall
Sim
Dominion
Critheh
Tommy Athing
Australia
Auepim
Brit Tech War Office
American Filme
Uriel Filme
London
New York
Diritieh
Epental Filme
Plaine
Abraham
Guebec
Mortaine
Ao Iterative
Asvack
Ettieh
Lea
Famous Winters in Paris In Durie Record
The article recounts famous cold winters in Paris during the 15th and 16th centuries. It details extreme frost, food shortages, and harsh conditions that affected towns, courts, and daily life, including references to Henry IV and widespread suffering and resilience.
Resources of Saskatchewan Three The Titles in Sabatehe
A damaged OCR style notice reviews a French Canadian monograph on Saskatchewan resources and agriculture. The description notes a published handbook from La Canadienne aimed at informing French readers about Saskatchewan life, farming, and settlers with views of Saskatoon and other towns.
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Sabatehe
Cee
Saskateen
M. Gilbert
T. Cramie
Crowle
Doctors Protest Workmen’s Compensation Injustice
A deputation of prominent doctors waited on the Provincial Treasurer at parliament buildings to protest against the Workmen’s Compensation Act. They argue the act leaves medical men out in the cold in first aid cases, allowing no recourse for doctors or victims, and view this as an injustice to the profession.
Eskimo Lecture Highlights Hequimaux Peoples in Northland
Father Morice a renowned anthropology professor at the University of Saskatchewan delivered the second lecture in a series on native races. He described the Hequimaux or Je rimee as a distinct people with a vast Greenland to Labrador territory, noting linguistic quirks, social customs, dress, and alleged thievery tendencies while contrasting them with other primitive groups.
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Father Morice
University of Saskatchewan
Father Moree
University of Saskatchwan
America
New York
Greenland
Labrador
Asia
charactexsdMion
Snadiy Crifitete
Jepe
Linkelf
Calla
Fieet
Ite
Telan
Hoelda
Tie Velio
Fonel
Ayim Oriver
Lier
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Scheidermann
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Tom
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Monk of Commerce
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Traveportation
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Lambertien
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British Pictures
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Mie
Weittig
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Marke
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Biery
Thantwe
Henry TY
Otreeta
Melly
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Uurtal
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