Alum Powder Ban Sought by Inland Revenue
The Inland Revenue Department's Bulletin No. 68 analyzes 156 baking powder samples from Dominion dealers and manufacturers. 85 percent contain alum. Chief Analyst Macfarlane proposes legal action against sellers of alum powders as unhealthful foods and urges clear contents labeling. McGill adds that alum powders harm digestion and should be prohibited.
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Inland Revenue Department
Dominion
Macfarne
A. McGill
Mr. McGill
Ruttan
McGill College
Montreal
McDougall House Plastering Underway by Lawrence Contract
Hay crop yields exceed expectations as shipments of cattle begin from the ranches. Lee Bros Fletcher McDonald Peddie Mitchell Johnson McNicol Brooks and Adams have already shipped. steers in unusually good condition this year.
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McDougall
A. S. Lawrence
Russell
Lee Bros
Messrs
Fletcher
McDonald
Peddie
Mitchell, Johnson
McNicol
Brooks and
Adams
Relief army awaited as Pekin siege grows
A Pekin dispatch dated July 22 reports rising anxiety as relief forces near the city. Sixty Europeans killed since June 20 and continuous attacks on the legations suggest Chinese forces have entrenched at Wang Tsun. The Foo Chow Showu mission was destroyed and Christians plundered amid renewed bombardment of Amur.
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U. S
Pekin
Wang Tsun
Foo Chow
Amur
Surrender and casualties as Canadians guard lines in South Africa
The report notes surrender totals near 4000 under Generals Hunter and Bruce Hamilton, with 1000 Burghers surrendering and others in hills. Pte Ball of the Mounted Rifles dies of fever. Boers evacuate Machadodorn as a supply derailment injures Shropshires. Otter reports 700 in first contingent, many invalided, while Canadians play a key role near Johannesburg.
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Prinsloo
Villiers
Hunter
Pte. Ball
Edmoton
Mounted Rifles
Springs
Lord Roberts
Tully
Bruce Hamilton
Frederikstadt
Machadodorn
Ottawa
Otter
Free Press
Kronstad
Johannesburg
Gold City
Deadly gas disaster at Calf Mountain well claims two lives
Andrew Rollo of Forfarshire and James Dew of Snowflake Manitoba perished after entering a 28 foot disused well to pump water. Dew survived initially but died days later in hospital. Rollo was found dead. Rescue attempts involved John Bell and others but were hampered by toxic gas. The incident cast gloom on the community.
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Calf Mountain
Andrew Rollo
Forfarshire
Scotland
James Dew
Snowflake
Man
Martin Nichol
Sliasces Rollo
Rollo
John Bell
Bolton
Symptons
Dew
Dr. Burnham
Morden
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von Ketteler
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Tien Tien
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Col
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Pretoria
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Schreiner
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Tien Tsin
Li Hung Chang
Pei Tsang
Khabarovsk
Charbin
West End Smith
Dyson Gi Aon CO
Winniper
Codlville & Co
Winpnipges
Blue Ribbon Mfg. Co
W. Tufts & Son
Vancouver
E. W. Gillett
Toronto
Sontains
Pure Gold Mfg. Co
Rari Wave Y Baking Powder Co
Hamilton Coffee & Spice Co
Hamilton
Tumbell
Morrison
China
Prinkloo
Ontario
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British Columbia
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Carroll
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Chas. Shaw
Manitoba College
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Grant
Queen’s University
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McMillan Fur ‘& Wool CO
First Ave
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