Canada field crops rise in value with record wheat output
Canada’s field crops valued at 592,992,100 dollars, up over 100 million from last year. Wheat dominates with 167,744,000 bushels produced, spring and fall yields improve earnings. oats, barley, rye and other crops show gains across provinces. Regional totals outline Prince Edward Island, Nova Scotia, New Brunswick, Quebec, Ontario, Manitoba, Saskatchewan and Alberta values, with detailed provincial data to follow.
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Otttawa
Canada
Fee
Northwest Provinces
Dominion
Prince Edward Island
Nova Scotia
New Brunswick
Quebec
Ontario
Manitoba
Saskatchewan
Alberta
Dient of Agriculture
Prairie Provinces
Colony in Dire Straits at Ocean Beach
Canadian colonists in Ocean Beach struggle after storms ruin fruit lands. Kirkpatrick, Canadian trade commissioner at Havana, reports a hopeless situation worsened by two municipalities disputing land tax costs, with a possible American syndicate purchase seen as the only hope.
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Ottawa
Ocean Beach
Department of Trade and Commerce
Kirkpatrick
Havana
Cuba
Drydocks in St John Referenced by Pugsley
In an interview Hon W Pugsley says two large English firms consulted him on building a drydock and shipyard at St John but seeks 4 percent subsidy. He urges local citizens to push for the plant while noting a British admiralty agreement aims for a Canada Empire aligned scheme.
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Admiralty
Canada
Empire
Winnipeg Bonspiel Week Brings Walker Theatre Attractions
The Walker Theatre in Winnipeg hosts a three week festival of big musical comedies and plays for Bonspiel week February 10 to 19. Shows include A Stubborn Cinderella, Broken Idol, The Top o the World, and Jack-in-the-Box with a large cast, clever choreography, and impressive scenery.
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Winnipeg
Canada
Walker
United States
Daniel Meillan
Manitoba
J. H. Ashdown
Roblin
Western Canada
Welker
Walker Theatre
Wiscom i
Peminton
Walky
Great la Salle Theatre
Chicago
Bailey
Austin
Chinaman Rescued From Snow Drift Near Nelson
Nelson China man Nelson-Gee Wong lost his way in a city walk and became embedded in a snow drift. Thomas Binie found him with head above snow, dug him out, and revived the apparently frozen man at his home.
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Nelson
Gee Wong
Thomas Binie
Mran
Government seeks 48000 for army planes
Paris reports the Government requests an immediate supplementary credit of 48000 dollars to purchase seven airplanes for the army. The aircraft will be employed for scouting missions.
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Paris
Canada to Build Navy and Negotiate Treaties Independently
At a joint conference, Prof J M Wrong of University of Toronto argued Canada is an independent nation in all but title, with own navy, trade treaties, and Ottawa-led diplomacy. He noted Canada’s population near eight million, nationhood advancing alongside Britain’s crown.
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New York
American Historical and Economic Association
J. M. Wrong
University of Toronto
Canada
United States
London
Ottawa
Washington
Horace Plunkett
Dublin
Ireland
William Ewert Gladstone
Gladstone
James Bryce
Horse of Commons
Mr. Gladstone
Alberta launches big 1910 telephone expansion plan
Alberta government announces extensive 1910 telephone extensions across the province. Key links will connect Lloyaminster and Wainingat to Vancouver and British Columbia points, with main growth along Grand Trunk Pacific east of Edmonton. Medicine Hat remains outside the system as projects await legislature appropriations.
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Alberta
Edmonton
Lloyaminster
Wainingat
Vancouver
British Columbia
Grand Trunk Pacific
International Boundary
Medicine Hat
Taber
Calgary
Lethbridge
Canada Pacific plans fifty mile Kootenay Central line
At a western officials conference in Winnipeg an appropriation, pending board approval, funds a fifty mile extension of the Kootenay Central railway to start near Wardner on the Crow's Nest Pass line, opening up Windermere Valley and Columbia Valley to Golden. Tendering is expected in February.
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Vancouver
Western
Canadian Pacific Railway
Winnipeg
Kootenay
Windermere Valley
Kootenay Valley
Columbia Valley
Golden
C.P.R
Theft of Britain's Wireless Plans Trial in Portsmouth
The wholesale theft of wireless plans and confidential sketches is charged against Richard Knowlden, a draftsman at the torpedo school ship Vernon. Police found eight plans for wireless improvements and other officer only volumes in his room. Naval officers warn that if the documents reach foreign powers, years of work on Britain's wireless system could be nullified.
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London
Richard Knowlden
Portsmouth
Knowlden
Vernon
Perks Plans Georgian Bay Canal to Link Great Lakes to Atlantic
Sir Robert W. Perks announces a Canada bound project to dig a concrete walled canal twenty four feet deep and wide for freighters. The £20,000,000 to £30,000,000 scheme would employ 20,000 workers for ten years and aims to accelerate wheat exports from western Canada to St Lawrence and Atlantic ports.
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London
Robert W. Perks
England
Canada
Georgian Bay Canal
Upper
Great Lakes
Atlantic
Robert
Sir Robert
Northwest
St. Lawrence
Glasgow
Manchester Ship Canal
Cincinnati Mother Sets Fire Sacrifices Children
In Cincinnati Mrs Mary Lipp of Mc Micken avenue attacked by religious frenzy threw her eleven month old baby into a fire to make a living sacrifice to Deity. Neighbors rescued the child and later the three year old daughter was also cast into the blaze but saved. The mother killed her dog and cat then tried to ignite the heap. four men overpowered her and restrained her.
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Cincinnati
Mary Lipp
McMicken Avenue
Thirty Years Without Sleep in Detroit Mystery Watchman
Henry Stephens a Kalamazoo resident and night watchman has reportedly slept for 33 years after a head blow leaving him immune to normal pain and fatigue. A recent fall exposed his condition reversing the sleepless state and making wakefulness nearly impossible with ongoing sensitivity to minor injuries.
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Detroit
Henry Stephens
Kalamazoo
Stephens
Lemieux Undergoes Neck Tumor Operation
Ottawa broadcaster reports Hon. Rodolphe Lemieux minister with neck tumors consulted a New York specialist and recently had surgery. He expects to be out by the year’s start.
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Ottawa
Rodolphe Lemieux
Hee Haen
Premier Foretells Progress in Eloquent and Forceful Speech
Senator Belcourt asks for Earl Grey to win a second term and visit Canada and the United States to foster closer ties among Great Britain, the United States, and France for world peace. Sir Wilfrid Laurier calls Canada the twentieth century's focus while praising American progress and railway surveys revealing northward arable land. George E. Drummond of Montreal supports a national policy turning raw materials into Canadian manufactured goods and a Canadian-built navy, opposing reciprocity with the United States.
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Ottawa
Bemator Bercourt
Earl Grey
Canne
Kuwara
Canada
Unite States
Britain
Belcourt
Great Britain
United States
France
Wilfrid Laurier
Republic
Sir Wilfrid
Wilfrid
Transcontinental Railway
Laurentian Mountains
Geo. E. Drummond
Montreal
Dominion
Drummond
Reduction in Parcel Post Rates Across Canada and Caribbean
Hon. Rudolphe Lemieux studied parcel exchanges with the United Kingdom during his Europe visit. Canada Jamaica Trinidad St Lucia Barbadoes Leeward Islands and British Guiana parcels now priced 12 cents per pound with weight caps of 11 or 14 pounds. The changes take effect January 1.
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Ottawa
Rudolphe Lemieux
Europe
United Kingdom
Canada
Jamaica
Trinidad
St. Lucia
Barbadoes
Leeward Islands
British Guiana
Dominica
Montzerrt
St. Kitts
Nevis
Virgin Islands
Salt solution offered to dustproof Winnipeg streets
Winnipeg observers report H B Lake of the CPR proposes an inexpensive alternative to oiling streets. A 30 percent magnesium chloride solution in water would dustproof roads, leave a dark film, not stain clothing, remain fluid in extreme cold, and cost only a small amount for initial trials.
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Winnipeg
Toronto
H. B. Lake
C.P.R. Comany
Europe
Cost of Refitting Rainbow for Canadian Navy
London reports the cruiser Rainbow bought from the admiralty by Canada for 240000 dollars will require substantial refitting costs. The item notes the expenditure that accompanies acquisition and outfitting for service.
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Rainbow
London
Admiralty
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Japan
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Korea
Port Arthur
Dalny
B.C
Babes
Lemieux
Edward
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