Ambitious Climb Rises Over Newsroom Ties in Oak Door Talk
Nolan hesitates as Judge Barteimy and Dupuy press him to join the Oak Door club. Brand warns the move could doom The Advance while Nolan weighs family gains against his editor’s caution. Tense negotiations unfold amid political maneuvering and personal loyalties.
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Liibrary
Wheeler
Barteimy
Richard Mansfield
Wheeler Brand
Dupuy
Brand
Nolan
Nolao
Bartelmy
Judge Culver
Hart
Hartelmy
Lupuy
Peat
Fle
Oak Door Club
Sylvester
Vupuy
Hkrand
the Juris
Natapn
Mother
New York
Harvard
Brandy
Gambling tale recounted by New York reporter in Detroit Free Press
The Detroit Free Press recounts a Pat Sheedy anecdote about gambling myths told by a New York reporter. A corner grocer questions a shopkeeper Mr Sands about jackpots while a bride jokes about her husband’s show talking of jackpots. The grocer answers that they stock pots not jackpots and explains kitchen items.
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Pat Sheedy
Nw York
Detroit Free Press
Sands
Wise Steed Guides Trooper Through War Tales
In the anecdote from Tit-Bits Trooper Brown and his horse Trooner Brown ride into camp. The horse, a former dray animal, has learned to keep quiet under fire and proves steadier than expected amid a first morning parade.
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Tromer
Brown
Bitish Territorials
Gren
Trooner Brown
Sergant-Meier
Three's Rule in Family Power Struggles
A judge notes the rule of three as a humorous saying about a man his wife and her mother attempting control. The exchange also captures a defender's response when pressed on a point, describing a shift to another tack.
Ontario Secretary Urges Port Arthur Fort William Union
Port Arthur and Fort William are urged to unite by Ontario provincial secretary W J Hanna in an interview. He said the legislature would pass legislation to effect the union. Ottawa reports the department of railways will spend a quarter of a million dollars to replace divisional point facilities destroyed by the Campbellton fire.
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Port Arthur
W. J. Hanna
Ontario
Fort William
Ottawa
Department of Failwas
Campbellton
N. B
Lumber crown lands see large cuts in New Brunswick
In St John figures show over 275 million feet of lumber cut on New Brunswick crown lands last year with stumpage dues exceeding 300 thousand dollars, more than half of which has been paid. Ottawa notes railway inquiry talks between Canada and the U S on an international railway commission to regulate cross border rates. Roy Silemer, son of Tonald Sillmer, injures a torpedo device in an accidental blast in Quebec city.
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Ottawa
Mahee
The
Railway Commission
Toronto
Martin A. Knapp
United States Inter-State Commerce Commission
Canada
United States
St. John
New Brunswick
Baden-Powell Visits West in Plain Clothes
Famous British General Sir Robert Baden-Powell, famed for Mafeking, travels west in informal attire. On arrival at the station Colonel Steele and other officers greet the visitor. Crowds are unaware of the distinguished guest as he mingles in citizen clothes.
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R. S. Baden-Powell
Mafeking
Steele
Rexmlins
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Harriet Ford
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Tonald Sillmer
B.P
the Doctor
Luke Fildes
Tate Gallery
London
Pictorial Press
Winnipeg
Ames
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