Chain of Waterways Opens Across Canada Vision of Inland Commerce
Report on the Trent Canal opening ceremony detailing a 160 mile navigation stretch and 4,000 mile shoreline, linking Lake Ontario to Lake Simcoe and the Kawartha lakes. Notes on new locks, notably Mistlock, a dual chamber hydraulic lift 48 feet high, with each chamber 140 by 33 feet, weighty water, and a total structure cost of 298000 dollars.
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Dansda
Golden West
Dominion
Rodolphe Lemieux
Victoria County
Lake Ontario
Lake Simcoe
Kawartha Group of Lakes
Great Kent Valley Canal
Myne Bay
Lake 5Kiron
Bay of Quinte
Canada
Trent A Canal
Montreal
Trenton
Peterboro
Worthwest
Liverpool
Sault Sto. Marie
Welland
A Paper of Pins And The Price Of Pins In The Sixteenth Century
A historical note describes pins becoming common and costly in the sixteenth century. It mentions a 1543 act allowing higher charges for pins and contrasts rich buyers using boxwood or silver pins with poorer folk using wooden skewers, noting husbands spent much on pins.
Language skill and baseball news comprehension noted
A farmer notes a person may not know French or German well but can understand baseball news. The text then shifts to health advice praising Dr Kel Dysentery Cordial for cholera and summer illnesses, and ends with statistics about London’s ships sailors police lodging and crime rates.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Peison
Farmer Corntessel
Washington Star
D. Kelan
Minard Liniment Cures Garget in Cows and Far Flung Train Tales
An odd clipping mixes veterinary lore with at least two humorous travel vignettes. The first notes Minard's Liniment curing garget in cows, while the second pair recalls a motor trip and a duel on an early Fontainebleau-bound train with quips about return tickets and pockets from the dead.
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Minard
Fontainebleau
London
Minutes of the First Representative Assembly in Virginia
The 1619 James City assembly convened in the Virginian church quire with governor and council. Burgesses swore an oath to the king and began adopting English laws for Virginia, including trade rules to regulate tobacco and promote flax silk and wine.
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America
Frst
John Twine
General Assembly
James Citty
Virginia
Bucke
Holland
New World
Manners Outside the Navy On a Man of War
A humorous tale contrasts naval ceremony for presidents with a service member’s blunt view of rank. It recalls formal salutes, guards, bands, and twenty one gun salutes at the gangway, then a casual visit lacking ceremony. A landbound remark prompts a wary exchange about manners aboard ships.
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United States
Marine Guard
How to Follow Forest Trails
A historical note on trail signs and blaze markers as guiding records for pioneers. It highlights signs like a twig broken as a gate cue and a sapling bent to block a path, with respect for indigenous and settler practices and the duty of leaders to inform followers.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hamlin Garland
Dentist Gas Banter Ends With Odd Patient Exit
A wild man rushes into a dentist asking about anesthesia to knock someone out. The dentist explains gas lasts about a minute. The man, eager for treatment, begins undressing and asks to pull a back plaster instead of a tooth, creating a bizarre scene.
Piedmont Vast Industrial Region of Italy Compared to Massachusetts
Piedmont stands out in area and population as larger than Massachusetts and rivals Lombardy in manufacturing diversity, marking it as one of Italy’s greatest industrial regions alongside Lombardy.
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Piedmont
Massachusetts
Lombardy
Italy
Idea as Completed Performance Through History
The note links the term idea to a finished act in both mental and physical senses, suggesting a historical shift where an idea implied a complete piece of work rather than mere thought.
Put the Blood in Condition by Dr Chase's Nerve Food
Advert claims Dr Chase's Nerve Food restores weakness in heart stomach liver kidneys and bowels and improves mood energy. Testimonials from Fe Conn Lily Oak Ont Geo Beattie Carrs Brook Colechester and Mrs. Beattie praise recovery and work capacity after using the product. Also mentions Kidney Liver Pills and Edmanson Bates Co Toronto as distributors.
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Fe Conn
Lily Oak
la Grippe
Dr. Chase
Geo. Beattie
Carr's Brook
Cole Chester Ee N
Chase
Edmanson, Bates & Co
Toronto
Tomcat Tug of War Ends in Wet Humiliation
A boastful Jessop steel mill machinist boasted he could pull a horse through Chartiers creek. Superintendent Wilson offered $10 to bet a black tomcat’s strength. The cat pulled the man into the water in front of 200 mill workers as the rope snapped the contest. Also notes magnets used as cures in 500 A.D. by Actus.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jessop Steel
Washington
Chartiers Creek
Wilson
Ank
Philadelphia
Youngest Army Officer Joins Ranks at West Point
The record holder is First Lieut Joseph Halley Pelot of the artillery corps born June 1 1885 in Missouri. He entered West Point at sixteen and graduated June 16 1902 as the youngest in a class of seventy six. He served in the Philippines and will not retire from service until June 1 next year.
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United States Army
Joseph Halley Pelot
Artillery Corps
Military
Pelot
West Point
Missouri
Blackburn High School
Blackburn
Military Academy
Philippine ‘Ss
Ieee
Army
Navy Life
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Trent Canal
Kirkfield
Aneda's Chain of Waterways
Rh Sen
Darling
Dodds
Iorni
W. ON. U
Actus
Record Foundry
Machine CO
Moncton
N.E
P.Q
Ronto
Ont
Winnipeg, Man
Calgary
Alta
Vancouver
8.C
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