Blood stained dress and tragedy in Fond-du-Lac tale
In 1903 near Fond-du-Lac a starving Indian girl told of her brother Paul Ize Azie who fled with family after a failed warning signal. Wolves killed the little girl and perhaps the boy while a long pursuit led to his capture in Edmonton and a two year sentence. The Royal North West Mounted Police are praised for mercy and justice in distant settlements.
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Inspector Field
Works OF Mercy
Fond-du- Lec
Paul Ize Azie
Black Lake
Fortan
Fond-du-Lac
Paul Izo Azie
Pedley
Eant Field
Fond-du- Lac
Edmonton
Trsal
McGibbon
Battleford
Genereux
Tasker
James Tait
Constable Burke
Breakfast Troubles Spark Morning Romance
Mr Newlywed asks about his missing wife and breakfast as the quarrel over burnt bacon unfolds. His wife blames the cook but urges kindness, offering a kiss to smooth the morning. The exchange reveals domestic tensions and affection.
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Mr. Newlywed
Arrest of Man Wanted in North Battleford
Police report that Mike Syroishka alias Jimmy Johnson, sought for conspiracy to murder and fleeing bond in a 1916 North Battleford murder trial, was arrested by Detective M McIntyre. Previously held on theft charges under the name Jimmy John-.
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N. Battleford
Mike Sryoishka
Jimmy Johnson
North Battleford
M. McIntyre
Syroishka
Jimmy John
Manitoba prospector claims vast gold vein near Rice Lake
Tom Fay, a 50 year old prospector, revealed a 2000 foot long white quartz vein at Rice Lake near Winnipeg. He panned a handful of pure gold from the ground, estimating a potential fortune from the claim bought for $100. Fay refused to sell, predicting decades of rich yields with local development ongoing.
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Manitoba
Tom Fay
St. Charles
Winnipeg
Rice Lake
Woma Wae
Minion
Fay
Alaska
Yukon
Sonora
Mexico
Aasin
Gfeda
Rice Lake District
United States
Western Old Timer McKelvie Faces Yale Bye Election
The veteran Western Canadian figure James E. McKelvie, running as the government candidate in Yale British Columbia for the federal bye election, began a store in Calgary in 1883 where one of the country’s first murders after the North West Mounted Police arrival occurred. The case involved a negro cook, a blood stained razor, and a court conviction without a jury. McKelvie later served in the 1885 rebellion, homesteaded in Southern Alberta, and moved to British Columbia where he remained.
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James E. McKelvie
Yale
B.C
Canada
Calgary
N.W.M.P
Sam Steele
James Lougheed
McKelvie
Alberta
British Columbia
Man to Return North for Gold Claim Reed of Clearwater Lake
The man recounts decades chasing gold and plans to return to his Clearwater Lake claim near Rice Lake, 40 miles east of Lake Winnipeg. He describes a 2000 foot vein, 60 foot wide surface, and free gold washable by hammer. He expects two years to amass a fortune and will resume digging when ice breaks, with Fay returning to Winnipeg for supplies.
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Winnipeg
Selkirk
Manitgotagan River
Lake Winnipeg
Clearwater Lake
Rice Lake
Michigan Central Shops lay off ten percent at St Thomas
Ten percent of the Michigan Central Shops workforce at St Thomas Ontario has been laid off recently. Workers say overall work remains unfinished as staff reductions continue and older men foresee a shift to a permanent piecework system in the shops.
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Michigan Central
St. Thomas
Ontario
Principal chides pupil for neglecting work after class
The principal of a girls school sharply reproved a pupil named Mabel for neglecting her work. He ordered her to stay an hour after school as punishment. Mabel shrugged, showing little concern.
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Mabel
How Cleopatra Died According To Historic Accounts
The article recounts Cleopatra dying after exchanging farewells with Antony’s tomb. It notes uncertainty about her method with a story of venom from an asp and cites Shakespeare’s tale. It states she died in 30 B.C. at age thirty nine and was the last queen of Egypt.
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Maria
Darlin
Muvder
Martha
Darling
Glory
Cleopatra
Octavious
Anthony
Caesar
B.C
Egypt
Do worms breathe underground in soil
The reader asks if a worm breathes underground and the answer explains that all living things need air. It notes that worms have access to air near the surface of the earth and do not struggle for breath there.
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Earth
Why clouds make thunder not due to cloud collision
The explanation states thunder does not come from clouds hitting each other but from air disturbance as electricity moves between clouds or from a cloud to the earth. This movement heats nearby air, creating a shock wave heard as thunder.
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Party
Chronicles of the Royal North West Mounted Police
Royal North West Mounted Police
North West Mounted Police
Aps
Inspector Knight
Maria Darlin
Aes
Marfa
BY E. L
Dominion Express
Fortune
New Chicago Museum
Dominion OF Canada
Province OF Saskatchewan
Harris Read & CO. Investment Securities
Alameda
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