Canadian North West aims to lure 125000 American farmers
Land Commissioner Colonel A. D. Davidson announced a bold publicity drive to attract 125000 American immigrants to farm Canadian lands in the year ending December 1 1910. He noted strong U S crop prospects and a large corps of 1500 plus agents ready to steer settlers, with newspapers as the main channel and further undisclosed methods planned.
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United States
A. D. Davidson
CNR
Pacific Coast
Givens
Carrie T Ont
Canada
Minois
Nebraska
Arkansas
Central States
Northwest
America
4 Trailway
Strategic
Nada
Davidson
Wan
Pittsburg Set to Become Steel Labor Battleground
Pittsburg is described as the chief battleground in a looming strike against United States Steel. The article notes 40,000 employees own stock in the company, earning dividends as 176,000 nearby workers have not yet purchased stock. Steel magnates believe steadfast stockholders may avert a strike.
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Pittsburg
Canada
United States Steel Corporation
Swek
Montreal Board of Trade seeks lower telegraph rates
The Montreal Board of Trade urged lower telegraph tolls from Unreal to Winnipes. Council members favored immediate rate cuts, expecting benefits for business and telegraph firms. Representatives from Canadian Pacific Great Northwestern and Canadian Northern Telegraph Companies will meet the board to pursue joint action or a railway commission appeal.
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Montreal
Montreal Board of Trade
Canadian Pacific
Great Northwestern
Canadian Northern
Railway Commission
Zelaya Deposed in Nicaragua by Congress Report
The Nicaraguan congress reportedly deposed President Zelaya in May. Dr Madris, named as Zelaya's preferred successor, is due to arrive Saturday. Uncertainty remains over Congress naming a new president, and Estrada supporters in Managua are expected to strongly oppose any move.
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Zelaya
San Juan del Sur
Nicaragua
Congress
Madris
General Estrada
Managua
Local Option Vote Results in Saskatchewan Councils
Local option by laws were voted on in six Saskatchewan locations. Hanley Wolseley and Sintaluta rejected the measures while Milestone Moosomin and Indian Head approved them. The report notes the outcome as counted in those communities.
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Winnipeg
Saskatchewan
Hanley
Wolseley
Sintaluta
Milestone
Moosomin
Indian Head
Canadian Attache at Washington Not Needed Says Premier
In the last private members day before Christmas, Prime Minister states no need for a Canadian attache at the Washington embassy as Ambassador Bryer attends to Canadian concerns. He notes Anglo American relations are cordial and suggests withdrawing the resolution proposed by E N Lewin of East Huron. Lewin complies with the premier's suggestion.
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Otteawa
House of Commons
Washington
Bryer
E. N. Lewin
East Huron
United States
Canada
Everyixty
Great Boisin
Britain
Wilfrid
Bradley Land Is Claimed To Be Faked By Dr Cook
Washington reports Dr J M Spencer of the Canadian government survey declares that Bradley Land named for John R Bradley is a myth. He cites observations by Captain Mikklesen Peary and Dr Nansen and says Dr Cook faked pictures of the arctic region.
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Spencer
Arctic Basin
Dr. Cook
Arctic
Mikklesen
Copenhagen
Peary
Nansen
Dr. Spencer
Cook
Bradley Land
Inspector Church Dies During Northern Tour
Inspector Church of the Royal Northwest Mounted Police died December 16 at Hudson Bay Junction Sask after arriving with pleurisy and pneumonia. He accompanied Commissioner Perry on an annual detachment tour as court clerk. The party abandoned plans to travel north to The Pas for hunting. Dr. Grant and two Winnipeg nurses attended him at the Hudson Bay hotel.
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Hudson Bay Junction
Sask
Church
Royal Northwest Mounted Police
Perry
Pas
Husson Bay
Grant
Winnipeg
Separate Sexes in Police Court in Toronto
A gender separation policy for Toronto police court was extended. In early sessions Magistrate Ellis directed women to be heard first, with men kept below until women were disposed of. The change follows a Salvation Army commissioner's suggestion.
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Toonto
Ellis
Coombs
Salvation Army
Toronto
Italian-Canadian Trade Talks Near Ottawa Appointment
Rome reports the appointment of Marquis Molinari as a special foreign office delegate to negotiate a treaty of commerce and reciprocity between Italy and Canada. It is also likely a commissioner of immigration will settle in Montreal to oversee Italian immigrants.
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Rome
Marais Molinari
Foreign Office
Ottawa
Italy
Canada
Montreal
Six Killed and Sixty Injured in Limit Train Crash
In Cleveland Ohio the Twentieth limited on the New York Central lines at Northeast Penna crashed into the rear of passenger train No 10 on the Lake Shore road going over 60 miles an hour. Sixty passengers are injured and six are dead.
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Cleveland
Ohio
Limited
New York
Nelson Route Favored For Port Nelson Rail Line
Ottawa reports that Port Nelson appears far superior to Churchill for a new line. George P. Graham notes Armstrong's survey work from Fort Churchill to Port Nelson, citing shorter distance by 67 miles better country and stronger local business prospects along the Nelson route. A hydrographic survey of Hudson Strait is urged for lighthouse costs and navigation safety.
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Port Nelson
Nelson
Ottawa
George P. Graham
Hudson Y Carvers
Butler
Pma Wone
Armstrong
Fort Churchill
Pas
Churchill
Split Lake
Hudson Strait
Bay
Marine Department
Heir to Aberdeen Dies in London Engagement Ends
Hon. Archibald Gordon son of Earl of Aberdeen died December 16 in London after a motor accident left him in critical condition. He was engaged to Violet Asquith daughter of the Prime Minister and she left London to be with him in his final moments.
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Earl of Aberdeen
London
Archibald Gordon
Violet Asquith
Archibald Tan Gordon
John Campbell Gordon
Marjorie Gordon
Pentland
Canada
King Leopold II of Belgium Dies at 34
King Leopold II of Belgium died early Friday after a sudden decline in breathing. Prince Albert, son of the late Count Philip of Flanders, succeeds to the throne at age 34, with three children: Leopold 8, Charles 6, and Marie Jose 3.
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Brussels
Leopolf
Belgium
Albert
Philip
Flanders
Elizabeth
Bavaria
Prince Leopold
Prince Charles
Marie Jose
Two American Bishops Appointed by Pope Pius
Pope Pius has named two American bishops. Rev. F. M. Fallon of the Provincial Oblates in Buffalo is appointed bishop at London Canada, and Rev. James O'Reilly of Minneapolis, former rector at St. Anthony of Padua, becomes bishop at Fargo North Dakota.
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R. C
Rome
Pope Pius
F. M. Fallon
Oblates
Buffalo
London
Canada
James O'Reilly
Minneapolis
St. Anthony of Padua
Fargo
N. D
Gladstone to be first governor general of United South Africa
Rt Hon Herbert Gladstone, secretary of home affairs, will be the first governor general of United South Africa. The decision was made at a cabinet meeting. His successor remains unsettled.
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Gladstone VI
South Africa
London
Herbert Gladstone
Home Affairs
United South Africa
Jon
Government Crop Report from Winnipeg Shows Mixed Yields
The Manitoba Department of Agriculture issued the final crop bulletin for the year. Wheat and barley averages fell due to summer fallowing. oats flax and potatoes rose in acreage and output. stock raising advanced except sheep. Total grain 113,504,482.2 bushels on 4,646,614 acres. total crops 4,777,210 acres. Farmers marketed 61.1 percent of wheat. area prepared for 1910 and 1909 shown. Fire damaged dairy buildings affecting creameries and cheese factories. results to appear in year end report.
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Winnipeg
Department of Agriculture
Agricultural College
Farmers win public ownership pledge for elevators in Manitoba
At Brandon Manitoba the Manitoba Grain Growers' convention welcomed Hon G R Coldwell’s pledge that the province will pursue public ownership of elevators. The plan favors mutual purchases or competing systems and calls for a detailed scheme to be developed with the government before February's legislative session. The meeting also debated a Farmers Joint Stock company, backed the Hudson Bay railway continued by the Dominion, and urged removing protection from the Canadian tariff.
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Brandon
Man
G. R. Coldwell
Saskatchewan
Manitoba Grain Growers’ Association
Gram Growers’ Association
Coldwell
Grain Growers’ Association
Manitoba
Hudson Bay
King’s Medals for Bravery Expanded by King
The Edward medal, started in 1907 for gallantry in saving lives in mines or quarries, is extended to include acts in industrial pursuits. Four King’s medals for merit or courage are also established for police and fire brigade members to recognize bravery in dangerous callings where the Albert medal is rarely awarded.
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London
Pew
Am Fire Brigade
Peary Receives Gold Medal at National Geographic Dinner
In Washington DC at the National Geographic Society dinner Commander Peary was awarded a gold medal for the North Pole discovery. No inscription will be placed on it following the society committee's review of Dr. Cook's claims. James Bryce presented Captain Bartlett of the Roosevelt with a medal, and the Duke of Abruzzi sent congratulations via the Italian ambassador.
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Washington, D.C
National Geographic Society
Peary
Society
Cook
James Bryce
Captain Bartlett
Roosevelt
Famine Threatens Fort Chippewyan Report
The fort in AMa era faces a record misfortune with a failed potato crop and scarce fish. Geese and wild game are limited as lake freezes approach, threatening siege rations for settlers. Some Indians endure weeks without fish flour or tea and subsist on muskrat and similar fare.
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Fort Chippewyan
Ama
Surplus and Revenue Reach Record Canadian Budgets
Ottawa reports Hon. W. S. Fielding's fourteenth budget speech praising a record revenue near 97.5 million with an expected surplus of 16.5 million. He predicts over 100 million revenue next year to cover outlays including 57 million for the National Transcontinental railway, noting 1896-1910 capital spending and improving per capita debt.
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Ottawa
Fielding
Commons
Fickling
Canada
Mr. Fielding
United States
Monsae. E. Foster
H. H. Miller
Sproule
Giant Pacific Coast Lumber Combine Emerges
In San Francisco officials acknowledge a giant lumber trust forming on the Pacific coast. It would control about 60 percent of output valued at around 50 million dollars from sixty mills and a large fleet, with a plan to curtail production to push prices higher while avoiding written agreements. Some mills will close for a period to effect the reduction.
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San Francisco
Cal
Pacific Coast
Confine
Combine
Torpedo with brain to guide by sound tracking
London reports a British Admiralty owned torpedo fitted with a microphone to guide its rudders toward sound. When it hears noise it deflects toward the source and can be aimed to strike near the propellers, with adjustments for offset.
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London
Admiralty
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