Blue Fawn and Silver Trail tragedy tale from the plains
E C Stewart presents Totose Apewe’s dramatic tale of Cree lovers Blue Fawn and Silver Trail. A marriage, annuity politics, a desertion by Red Weasel and a fatal double tragedy unfold across a Saskatchewan river valley in spring 1887. He narrates village life, treaty payoffs, police orders, and the couple’s doomed romance in vivid frontier detail.
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E. C. Stewart
Regina
Wide
North West
Stewart
Indian Department
West
Saskatchewan
Totose Apewe
Silver Trail
Blue Fawn
Big Sky
Little Black Bear
Stem Child
Star Blanket
Pee-ay-sis
Ready Bow
Indiian
Red Weasel
Qu’ Appelle
Seay
Aporsel
Blue
Earn Money At Home Work Card Writing
A Toronto help wanted note offers weekly pay from 15 to 35 dollars for spare time writing show cards. It instructs applicants and lists the address 269 College Street, Currie Blog, Brennan Ow Card Sys.cept. Toronto.
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Brennan
Currie
College St
Toronto
Road to Londonderry Blockade Leads to Train Standstill
Several hundred Sinn Feiners blocked roads into Londonderry causing transport disruption. No fighting occurred, but the hostile crowd halted trains and lorries with two hundred police kept aboard for safety.
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Londonderry
Riots Over High Cost of Living Strike Injure Ten in France
Serious riots in a French town during a demonstration against the high cost of living left fifteen wounded and several stores pillaged. Thirty people were arrested after the unrest, as authorities restored order.
Prohibition on Canadian Gold Exports Extended to 1921
Canada imposes a license requirement for exporting gold coin bullion and refined bars, effective immediately and continuing until July 1, 1921, with authorization issued by the Minister of Finance.
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Canada
Minister of Finance
Rebels Surround Pekin as City Likelier Captured
Rebels surround Pekin and expect to capture the city at any time. The fall would mark a significant advance in the rebel campaign and shift control in the region.
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Pekin
Coal Export Ban From Atlantic Canada Implemented
A Dominion Board of Railway Commissioners order restricts coal exports from Atlantic and St Lawrence Gulf points to the United States or Newfoundland unless permitted. Chief Commissioner F B Carvell signs the order which takes effect in August. The board, with U S authorities, seeks to boost Canadian coal movement, noting the shortage stems largely from transportation rather than supply.
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Board of Railway Commissioners
Atlantic
St. Lawrence River
Gulf
Canada
United States
Newfoundland
F. B. Carvell
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Western Plains
Cameron
Provincial Command
M. P. Tullis
Denzil
Primate
Assiniboia
Alberta
Sir Charles Hobhouse
Western
Medicine Hat
Sir Charles
Dare Derren Elt
Gillett’s
Ack
H. C
C. D. Batchelor
Dominion
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