Government Guarantees Bonds for Canadian Northern Railway
Dominion resolve to guarantee bonds for the Canadian Northern Railway aims to speed the Port Arthur to Montreal transcontinental line. The plan covers 235000 per mile across the route via Sudbury and Ottawa Valley, with 14 for interest and a 50 year term. Security includes first mortgage on the road and on linked segments, ensuring earnings cover debt.
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Dominion
Canadian Northern Railway
George P. Graham
Port Arthur
Montreal
Sudbury
Ottawa Valley
Seaboard
Intercolonial Railway
Rockies
Pacific Coast
Port Mann
Hawkesbury
Ottawa
Toronto
Niagara River
Great Lakes
Grand Trunk Pacific
Ontario
National Transcontinental Railway
Georgian Bay
Quebec
Divorces and Bigamy Probe Doukhobor Community
At Yorkton assizes three Doukhobor farmers were found guilty of bigamy and sentenced to short terms. Evidence showed community members marry within the sect after separations, with divorces recognized by the community not being legal in Canada. Judge Brown warned wives who remarry without following husbands of potential penalties.
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Manitoba Free Press
Yorkton
Canada
Brown
Notable arrivals and travels of Naas officials and Vancouver visit
Dr. McDonald medical officer at the Naas arrives by the Prince Rupert en route to the river. C. Hickman provincial officer from the Naas arrives from the south by the Prince Rupert on Wednesday. J. H. Rogers the steam ship agent departs for a several weeks visit with family in Vancouver.
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Dr. McDonald
Naas
Prince Rupert
C. Hickman
J. H. Rogers
Vancouver
Wreck of the stern-wheel Christian on Yukon voyage
The Christian a stern-wheel gasoline boat carrying lumber but top heavy struck a rock in United States bend and capsized near Lake Lebarge leaving crew of three ashore. Cargo lost and freighting disrupted as ice rot and navigation delays slow Dawson to Lebarge service.
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Christian
Lake Lebarge
Iditarod
Yukon
United States Bend
Dawson
Whitehorse
White Pass
Lebarge
Shipping charter clause favors owners over striking workers
The article notes an insurance clause that benefits ship owners and grants them a month to cancel the charter if a strike or lockout affects the colliery, highlighting concessions to owners.
No settlement and auction records of Hoe library sale
The adjournment will last weeks as the court notes good order through sessions. Lt. Clive Phillips Woolley takes command of HMS Thorn, while Hoe's library sale totals 3,500 books and manuscripts auctioned for 997,363 dollars. The Guttenberg Bible led at 50,000 dollars and a 1645 John Winthrop volume set a US record at 10,000 dollars. The entire collection may fetch around 8 million dollars.
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Hoe
New York
John Winthrop
Boston
Pie Stealing Boy Makes Tramps Vanish
A boy jokes that eating all the pie will deter tramps, prompting the Mrs to demand a plan. He casually asserts that consuming leftovers will keep wanderers away. The exchange captures a rustic cheek and the era’s rural humor.
Bakers' Notice Sets City Bread Prices in Prince Rupert
After a May 1911 meeting the Prince Rupert bakers agreed to 16 loaves per dollar, seven for 50 cents, and three for 25 cents effective Friday May 19 1911. Signatures include Fulton Bakery Mackenzie and MacDonald Clifton's Bakery Hamblin's Bakery.
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Prince Rupert
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Dominion Wireless
Australia
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R. N
Navy League
H. M. S. Thorn
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M.M. Stephens & Co. Ld
Prince Rupert, B.C. Offich
Third Ave
TEL
2Nd Avenue & McBride
Stalker & Wells
Sherwin & Williams
Japan
The
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