Railway for North New British Columbia Attracts Corporations
The article discusses railway expansion toward British Columbia's north with the British Columbia & Alaska Railway Company planning surveys from Lytton to Fort George. It notes potential routes from Ashcroft to Fort George, financing by New York capital, and the aim to reach Alaska and the Yukon via Telegraph Creek and Teslin Lake.
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British Columbia & Alaska Railway Company
Lytton
Fort George
Port George
Hazelton
Skeena
L. M. Rice
L. M. Rice & Co
Seattle
Ashcroft
Fraser River
Lillooet
Stuart River
Stuart Lake
Tacla
Middle Rivers
Tacla Lake
Mort Connolly
Telegraph Creek
Skeenea
Stikine
Yukon
Mackenzie & Mann
Senate of Canada
Teslin Lake
Yukon River
Hootalingua
British Columbia
Alaska
Washington
Oregon
California
British Columbia & Alaska Railway
British Columbia & Alaska Rtailway Company
New York
Dominion Scouts appoint Hirdwhistle as Canada general secretary
Capt. Hirdwhistle, secretary of the Dominion Rifle Association, is named general secretary for the Dominion of Canada branch of General Laden-Powell's boy scouts. Lord Lanesborough has served as military secretary, and now Dominion and provincial councils are being created to oversee the expansion.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hirdwhistle
Dominion Rifle Association
Dominion of Canada
Laden-Powell
Boy Scouts
Lord Lanesborough
Dominion
Provinial
Chinese Warships Ordered for $1,050,000 A German Built Battleship
The Chinese government ordered a German built battleship costing $1,050,000 after opposition to the proposal. Prince Tsai Hsum supported the plan, and Duke Tsau Tse finally acquiesced as about 6 000 000 taels were appropriated for the purchase.
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Duke Tsau Tse
Prince Tsai Hsum
National Transcontinental Railway Progress Report
The annual report for the fiscal year ending March 1 shows 912 miles of track laid by December and 199 miles more in the following period. Sixty three percent of work and 45 percent of bridging are complete, with total expenditure 71,687,993 dollars including 58,250,000grading 7,201,000 rails and 8,237,038 engineering. Winnipeg workshops outlay is 485,000 dollars.
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National Transcontinental Railway
Winnipeg
Naval Academy Plans School With 30 Cadets At Halifax
Admiral Kingsmill of the Canadian Navy will leave for England on July 1 to oversee Halifax naval academy work. A first class of thirty cadets will be chosen by civil service exam for 15 year olds. The program spans four years of study and sea service with staged pay and costs.
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Admiral Kingsmill
Canadian Naval Service
Eagland
Naval Academy
Halifax
Civil Service Commission
Welcome for Prince Albert steamer at Masset on Queen Charlotte Islands
A Masset address greets the Grand Trunk Pacific steamship Prince Albert on its first voyage to the Queen Charlotte Islands. The message lauds the line for regional progress, notes abundant resources from coal to iron, and envisions daily service and future settlement aided by the company. Signatories include Hull, Harrison, Anderson, and others from the local committee and community leaders.
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Queen Charlotte Islands
Prince Rupert
New
British Columbia
Prince Albert
Masset
Grand Trunk Pacific
B. C
Grand Trunk Pacific Line
Grand Trunk Pacific Company
Queen Charlotte
Province of
Pure Food Exhibition Highlights Hidden Adulterants in Daily Foods
London coverage notes the Pure Food Exhibition opened with sections showing how bread sweets and drinks are adulterated. Glues in gums chalk in licorice colorings coal tar dyes unsafe flavors and heavy acid in vinegar reveal widespread frauds. The display contrasts fake items with brands asserting purity. Sir Robert Evan Kyffin Thomas of the Register Observer and Evening Journal died in Adelaide after attending the imperial press conference and touring Canada. he was knighted in January.
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London
Robert Evan Kyffen Thomas
the Register
the Observer
The
Evening Journal
Register
Adelaide
South Australia
Canada
England
Oliver Typewriter's New Model At 17 Cents A Day
The Oliver Typewriter Company promotes its new American Oliver Typewriter No 6 with a payment plan of 17 cents daily. It argues the shift from longhand to typewriting is a major advance, urging schools and businesses to adopt universal typwriting as part of a broad trend led by Oliver.
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Oliver
Oliver Typewriter Company
The American Oliver Typewriter Promises Superior Service
The advertisement touts the American Oliver Typewriter as highly perfected with features like Balance Shift Ruling, Double Release, and Automatic Tabulator. It claims higher efficiency and quality for tasks from correspondence to tabulated reports and mimeograph work, inviting readers to spend 17 cents a day through an easy-payment proposition.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Scientific
Oliver Typewriter
Princess Beatrice Schedules Monday Afternoon Meetings
Princess Beatrice holds weekly Monday meetings at 1 p.m. with accompanying notes. Princess May or Princess Royal conduct Saturday morning sessions each week.
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Princess Beatrice
Princess May
Princess Royal
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Railway For
NORTH
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G. TO P
Pacific
Vancouver
San Francisco
United States
BOY Scout Movement
A. Ross Fraser
C. Harrison
L. Cochran
Alfred Adams
C.C
W. A. Hall
C. Balhiser
H. i
A. van Stanley
the Washington Cafe
D. Edenshaw
R. H. Purdy
H. FW
Pure Food Education
Atlantic Steamship Agency
France
Germany
Northern Pacific Railway
Alaska Pacific Express
J. H. Rogers
General Steamship and Railway Agent
Prince Rupert, B.C
R. C. Bean
Oliver Typewriter Building
Chicago, Ill
Northern Steamship Co. OF
Victoria
Union Steamship Ci’y of B.C. Ltd
Stewart City
F. W. Hart
2Nd Avenue
6Th Street
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