Fire Destroys Manitoba Hotel and Adjacent Buildings
A midnight blaze levelled the Manitoba Hotel and a nearby structure on Fischer avenue and Fourth street, owned by Horace Halcrow and Gilbert Lacroix. A volunteer bucket brigade saved the Herald block across the street. Fire origin blamed on room 6. cause under investigation. Insurance valued about $1500. bowling alleys stored behind the lot not covered.
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Horace Halcrow
Fischer Avenue
Fourth Street
Manitoba
Herald
Manitoba Hotel
Fred Fischer
Gilbert Lacroix
Halcrow
Al Tennis Tournament Schedule Notice
The schedule is in the hands of Miss M Hazelwood Mr H Ostrom and H Masterson. Full details will be published soon. Members should see the committee for dates and further information. First round must be completed before August 8.
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Angus Sr
M. Hazelwood
H. Ostrom
H. Masterson
Melfort political heelers and Tehran oath tale
A Winnipeg Telegram item mentions a rumored Melfort Saskatchewan train led by Senator Tom Davis aimed at Le Pas politics, stirring amusement among locals. The piece also notes Ahmed Mirza’s constitutional majority oath in Teheran and hints at an Ottawa discussion of visits by Sir Robert Borden and Sir Wilfrid Laurier to western provinces in autumn.
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Winnipeg
le Pas
Melfort
Ahmed Mirza
Shah of
Persia
National Council
Teheran
Ottawa
Robert Borden
A Wilfrid Lanrier
The Big Beaver Mining Company incorporates near Beaver Lake
The Big Beaver Mining Company Limited promoted by F J OLeary forms with officers A J Manville vice president Dr Stewart Reid second vice president J Thomson secretary treasurer and F J OLeary director. It holds fifteen claims five adjoining Beaver Lake Gold Mines and ten nearby. A large prospectus is in print. Gordon Macdonald located the claims.
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Big Beaver Mining Company, Limited
F. J. O'Leary
Beaver Lake
A. J.manville
Stewart Reid
J. ‘Thomson
Beaver Lake Gold Mi Company
Gordon Macdonald
Prince Albert Herald
International and Canadian News Briefs in July Dispatches
A Boston court case seeks a receiver to pursue $98 million against New York New Haven and Hartford directors. In London, a Buckingham Palace meeting among Liberal Unionist Nationalist and Ulsterite leaders discussed the Irish Home Rule Bill with King George expressing concern and hoping for a peaceful solution. Ontario farmers report wolf losses, Hearst town in Ontario faces forest fires displacing hundreds, and government engineer Schreiber states that eastern Grand Trunk Pacific sections will soon be operational, bridging from Halifax to Prince Rupert via the Quebec bridge.
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Uit
Supreme Court
Boston
New York, New Haven and Hartford Railroad
Buckingham Palace
Schreiber
Ottawa
Grand Trunk Pacific
Winni
Prince Rupert
Halifax
Quebec
The Rape of the Pas Curtain Draws on Manitoba Shame
The Pas voices betrayals in a Manitoba election, condemning infamy and disfranchisement. Citizens view the results as a ballotless victory and a nationwide disgrace, with politicians and voters alike grimly aware of the alleged betrayal and mockery of liberty.
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Manitoba
Judas Iscariot
Prince Albert values increase with depth at prospect
Dan Mosher, a Prince Albert discovery, reports a 62 foot shaft with widening vein and assays over 87 per ton. He says the mine is rich and near a boom comparable to cobalt and Porcupine, while Vancouver Hindus contend with the Komagata Maru incident and police clashes over provisioning before the ship sails on July 22.
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Dan Mosher
Prince Albert
Beaver Lake District
Opasqi
Herald
Mosher
Vancouver
Dominion
Government experts study Saskatchewan river navigation plan
The Dominion government sends three waterpower branch experts to northern Saskatchewan and beyond to assess diverting streams southward into the Saskatchewan. They will survey Green Lake Lac la Ronge and Isle a la Crosse Lake and travel via Big River to Montreal Lake as part of a broader plan to improve Western Canada navigation from Edmonton to Winnipeg. Prince Albert Herald reports President Huerta resigns in Mexico and Francisco Carbajal becomes head of state as the government and deputies confirm the change. Hert id and family head to Jamaica aboard the Dreadnought.
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Saskatchewan
Dominion Government
Waterpowert
C. A. Atwood
B. Hogarth
Bissett
Pas
Big River
Green Lake
Montreal Lake
Lac la Ronge
Isle A la Crosse Lake
Beaver River
Tele de la Crosse
Lac de la Ronge
Canada
Saskatchewan River
Lake Winnipeg
Red River
Edmonton
Winnipeg
Prince Albert Herald
General Huerta
Mexico
Senate
Chamber of Deputiies
Fransisco Carbajal
Hert
Jamaica
Tenders Called for Melfort to The Pas Railway Line
Canadian Northern Railway officials reaffirm the promise to complete the first twenty five miles of the Melfort The Pas road this year. Tender submissions close August first with construction slated to begin within two weeks. Contractors Higgins Wilmott and Munson assess the route, as locals brace for a rail expansion that will unlock the Carrot River valley.
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Canadian Northern Railway
Melfort
Carrot River
James Higgins
Naisberry
Winnipeg
Messrs
Wilmott & Munson
Elections Provoke Crowded Winnipeg Streets And Banner News
Winnipeg crowds pack the streets as election returns roll in with extras and lemonade promises. Reporters recount the city’s excitement, noting English visitors’ guides to Canadian politics and the looming parliamentary tension. The piece reflects on political realignments and the strain on leaders amid illness and shifting majorities.
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Winnipeg
Canada
They
Ace
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Political Heelers
Winnipeg Telegram
Tom Davis
Harry Brown
W. M. Ingram
Renfrew County
Ontario
Hearst
Algoma Central
Grand Trunk Pacific Railways
Cochrane
Nippia
The
Hudson Bay
C.N.R
Norris
Whitney
Ross
Montague
Aime Benard
Ike Cp
Rodmond
Erzinger’s
Northern Supply Co
3Rd St
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