Wood pulp cloth could rival cotton in New England mills
Boston cotton experts report a new process by French inventor James Hope to turn spruce wood pulp into a cloth resembling mercerized cotton. The method yields long staple fibers, strong dyeing, and lower production costs, with secrecy to protect the invention.
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New England
Massachusetts
Boston
South
England
National Association of Cotton Manufacturers
James Hope
Rouen
France
National Association
Mr. Woodbury
America
Egypt
India
Hope
Sea Island
Death of Pioneer Captain Odin Vies for Florida Interment
The remains of Captain George Odin of New Westminster age 73 are being taken to Florida for interment. A member of the Sappers and Miners who helped found New Westminster he was American by birth who came to the province at 20. Odin captained Fraser river steamers and led the first Skeena river steamer voyage and later commanded the steel freight steamer on the Fraser to Yale during CPR construction. He relinquished command of the Beaver eight years ago. His sisters Mrs Walmsley Burnaby and Mrs Smith Victoria and Misses Odin Florida and brother Frank live in Florida.
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George Odin
New Westminster
Florida
Odin
Fraser River
Skeena River
Victoria
Fraser
Yale
Beaver
Shipping review shows Canada registers 93 BC vessels and totals
The Dominion of Canada maritime department lists 93 British Columbia ships in the year with 4 068 net tons, Victoria dominance, and 7 768 vessels on the register at year end 1909 totaling 718 583 tons. Canada’s steamers reach 3 229 on the register, value of net tonnage approx 21 556 590 dollars, and 3 827 new vessels built at 45 dollars per ton valued about 1 138 770 dollars. The city became a port of registry, 86 430 seafarers were employed, and Canada remains tenth in world tonnage.
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Marine and Fisheries Department
Dominion of Canada
British Columbia
Victoria
Dominion
Canada
Improv ing Telegraph Across Canada Step Toward Cable
The Pacific Cable Company advances telegraphic reach by laying a wire from Montreal to the Pacific to link with Canada Australia and New Zealand lines. The Canadian Pacific Telegraph Company will erect and lease the link to the Pacific Cable Company, a government institution with partners Britain Canada Australia and New Zealand.
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Pacific Cable Company
Canada
Montreal
Pacific
Australia
New Zealand
Canadian Pacific Telegraph Company
Great Britain
Atlantic
Government Accepts Strathcona Plan for Provincial Cadets
British Columbia accepts Strathcona Trust terms and forms a committee with militia officials to implement cadet training. The trust totals 300000 dollars invested at 4 percent, yielding about 12000 dollars yearly for sharing schools. The plan funds instructors, arms, and rifle practice in public schools to improve fitness, discipline, patriotism, and readiness.
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British Columbia
Strathcona Trust
W. P. Argue
M.A
Vancouver
HB. P. Paul
Victoria
David Wilson
Department of Education
Militia Department
Strathcona
Finance Department of Canada
Department of Militia
Cadet Corps
Lord Strathcona
Education Department
Great Britain
Fram set for North Pole bid with Amundsen aboard
The Norwegian polar ship Fram, led by Captain Neilson and carrying Roald Amundsen, sails toward San Francisco. Plans call for a Bering Sea route into the Arctic to drift north with the ice.
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Fram
Nansen Fame
Roald Amundsen
Northwest Passage
North Pole
San Francisco
Amundsen
Bering Sea
Arctic
Columbia Coast Mission Ships Ready for Expansion
Rev John Antle leads funds for Columbia II a larger mission boat to serve coast communities. The 100 by 17 foot craft will cost 22000 with 18000 raised mostly in England and Eastern Canada. Columbia I now private. hospital facilities and 1837 total 1909 cases 240 surgeries.
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Lumbia
John Antle
Columbia Coast Mission
Columbia
Columbia II
B. C .Marine Railway Company
Westminster
Montreal
England
Canada
Antle
Leper Colony Doctor Brinkerhoff to Return Home
Dr Walter R Brinkerhoff who lived five years among lepers in Hawaii and married Miss Nettie White of Winchendon is returning to civil life He will be an assistant professor of pathology at Harvard The marriage was famed for its romance and she died April 8 1909 after a 6000 mile journey to wed him then died and was buried in Massachusetts.
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Walter R. Brinkerhoff
Hawaiian Islands
Nettie White
Winchendon
Harvard
Brinckerhoff
Miss White
Newport
Washington
Dr. Brinckerhoff
Massachusetts
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Shipping Review
Mackay
Nova Scotia
New Brunswick
Ontario
Prince Edward Island
Quebec
Ottawa
Polar Expedition
Columbia Mission
Queen's Hospital
Alert Bay
Marble Bay
Columbia Hospital
Tacoma Steel Co
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