DESIRES OUR TRADE PROPAGANDA TO GAIN CANADA MARKETS
A Paris letter to Journal des Debats reports German tariffs on Canadian goods fueling propaganda campaigns in Canada. It notes plans to improve access between Canadian and German markets and suggests gratitude from Canada may follow. Manitoba crop totals and livestock figures are reported, showing mixed yields and stock numbers.
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London
Journal Des Debats
Paris
Robert Ducasble
Canada
Germany
Fan
Ducasble Sa
Berins
Represent
Manitoba
Winnipes
Saclaen
Hornes
Cntre
Widow Wins Insurance Case Over Insurer Rights
Judgment in Ottawa grants the widow of Mr. MacCuaig $1000 and disability benefits for a late husband who became insane. The court rules that benefits were due when insanity occurred, regardless of later payment status, and retirement of a member does not negate the policy.
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Tost
Aids MacCuaie
Ottawa
Tnsesdacs
Ing
Rigo
Chute
MacCuaig
Grain routes to Britain shift with Pacific and Arctic options
Canada’s chief rain inspector discusses a Pacific grain route potentially supplanting Montreal as Britain’s grain supplier. If cheaper, it could draw Liverpool and other exporters, though long Pacific transit risks heating grain. Hudson Bay route offers appeal for its natural refrigeration though requires opening.
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London
Angiana
Vavia Rior
Canada
Montreal
Great Britain
Liverpool
Saga
Pacific
Vancouver
Hudson Bay
Protest Against Higher Glasgow Steamship Rates
Montreal merchants lodged a strong protest with the department of commerce and fisheries at Ottawa over steamship charges from Glasgow on wheat shipped from Montreal. They complain shippers pay 30 cents per 430 pounds, while contracts to carry grain from New York and Boston run at 16.80 cents per 660 pounds. Hon. L. Brodeur reportedly asked the Allan line and R. Refored steamship lines to report on the matter.
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Allan Line
R. Reford Steamship Lines
Untitled fragment reports threats after rebuke in Mississippi
A garbled OCR fragment describes a man in Greenville Mississippi facing threats of lynching for rebuking a telegraph or tele examiner. The text mentions his family and a supposed place of refuge with a warning not to return.
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Hage Genes
Greenville
Miss
Emperors to Mest. Stolypin to Meet in Pitkipasay
Reported talks detail Stolypin and German envoy in Pitkipasay on an imperial yacht event tied to 1906 meetings between Russian and German rulers. Also notes renewed European peace hopes as conferences aboard Standard and Hohenzollern proceed amid royal visits. Winnipeg plans push for Imperial Press Conference in London with Ottawa exposition talks.
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Mest
St. Petersburg
Stolypin
Tswolaky
Count von Pourtales
Polar Star
Emperor Nicholas
Pitkipasay
Emcholes
William
Standard
Hohenzollern
Laoperor
London
Winnipeg
Board of Trade
Grain Exchange
Ottawa
Hadeen
Imperial
England
Win Free Trip to England for Five Students
The Standard of Empire offers a five student trip to England Ireland Scotland and Wales aboard the Empress of Britain sailing July 16. The travelers include Moore Jun celle Manitoba Leslie Wright Russell school and Edmonton high school students led by an Indian physician and the manager of The Standard of Empire. They will lunch with Lord Roberts and return aboard the Empress of Ireland on July 19.
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England
Ington
Moose Jun Celle
Manitoba
Leslie &Wright
Russell School
Alberta
Howard Taylor
Edmonton
Lord Roberts
Engl
Town Stampedes Discover Gold and Silver Near Here
Gold and silver found seven miles south last week by Mrs. Ford trigger a stampede as residents rush to stake claims. Quartz yielded $200.14 per ton in gold and $8 in aileen while gravel returned $36.10 per ton. Assayed by A Forbes of Duluth, first lake is in icon township range 22, amid a rugged country.
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Here
Icon
Third Set of Teeth for Kingston Woman
Kingston Ontario reports Mrs. Warner aged seventy eight undergoes dental work as she receives her third set of teeth. She now has six new teeth and maintains her own hair, noting she has never used glue in her dentures.
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Kingston
Warner
Sunday School Lesson on Romans Faith in Action
A religious page discusses living a godly life to prove faith, citing Romans and Ephesians. It emphasizes repentance, separation from worldly desires, and readiness for the coming day of Christ. The piece also advertises a Provincial Sunday School Convention in Brandon on June 1 with strong delegate prospects and plans for program features.
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Americas
James
Adan
Jesus Christ
Israel
Jonah
Samson
Christ
Christ Jesus
God
Brandon
San Aay Bebo
Kay
Airship Experiments to Start at Petawawa Camp
Petawawa camp to host Canada's first airship trials for im posed flights. Percy Baldwin, Toronto graduate linked to Bell, will arrange two new airships modeled after the Silver Dart for testing at the Ottawa area site. The experiments signal government interest in aviation progress by Canadian pioneers.
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Ottawa
Petawawa
Percy Baldwin
University Toronto
D. Graham Bell
Badideck
Une
Petewawa
Defence Proposals for Australia and Imperial Navy Base
Colonel Foxton voices defence conference proposals including a proposed front naval base for the imperial navy at an Australian port. He pledges Australian war machinery ready for imperial emergencies but resists committing Australians to field broader forces beyond home defences.
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Australia
Melbourne
Colonel Foxton
Saise
Foxton
Ake
Fires on British Ship Off Wirolahti Bay
The British steamer Northbure under Captain Robertson was fired on by Russian torpedo boats off Wirolahti Island near Bjerke for approaching the Finnish coast. A crewman was wounded as torpedo fire pierced the vessel. The event underscores high tensions around the emperor’s sea rendezvous. Telephony talks cover 1900 miles by Berlin relay in a Paris to Sundsval test.
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Viborg
Pinland
Northbure
Robertson
Wirolahti
Bjerke
Kaiser
Nicholas
Pitkipas Bay
Stefan
London
Sweiner
Holmsroom
Paris
Sundsval
Stockholm
Berlin
Trade disputes rise in May with injuries across Canada
Ottawa reports May saw fifteen trade disputes affecting thirty two firms and 96 357 lost workdays. Industrial accidents totaled 10 278 workers with 95 fatalities and 188 serious injuries. Railway services led the list with twenty seven incidents.
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Ottawa
Labor Department
Canada
Beiing
Great Naval Review at Spithead Reveals Unmatched Sea Power
Britain's Sea Power Illustrated shows seven lines of ships at Spithead near Portsmouth, with 24 cruisers 14 auxiliaries 48 torpedo boats 30 submarines. Lords of the Admiralty and guests witness a sham attack by submarines and destroyers aboard the Dreadnought as crowds throng the sea front and the Victory signals arrival.
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Britain
Spitheast
Portsmouth
Admiralty
Cowes
Spithead
Nelcom
Victory
Lords of the Admiralty
Flondstead
Kinglem
British Navy Mobilises Vast Fleet For Annual Manoeuvres
The British fleet's mobilisation nears completion with about 300 warships proceeding to the exercises. The plan mirrors prior schemes with red white and blue fleets, the red representing Germany and assigned to the east coast of Scotland to block North Sea entry. The white fleet aims to counter the blue fleet patrolling Scotland's west coast under supreme command from Pentland Firth.
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Scotland
Bea
Blue Fleet
Pentla Scotland
Henry May i
Largest Locomotive in Canada Unveiled at Angus Shops
The Canadian Pacific builds Canada’s biggest locomotive designed by H. H. Veuighn at Angus shops. This monster runs 70 feet long with a loaded tender weighing nearly 200 tons and a traction force of 36 000 pounds. Its boiler equals two normal boilers and holds 4 000 feet of heating surface producing 2 200 horsepower.
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Canada
Montreal
Canadian Pacific
H. H. Veuighn
Angus
Pastor Defends Earl Grey at Toronto Conference
The Toronto Methodist Conference debated track gambling with Earl Grey defending a bookmaker’s role. The report condemned quasi legal gambling and rued that the governor general and other dignitaries had given countenance to evil. One dissenting vote. Rev. T. H. Nurgan protested the conference’s censure of the governor general.
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Toronto
Earl Grey
T. H. Nurgan
Scientist On Trial In Virden For Child Death
Jas W Williams faced a criminal negligence charge in Virden for the death of his child under Christian Science treatment. Magistrate Adam Ross presided with Robert Matheson for the crown and Joseph Linger for the defense. Three witnesses were examined including Harriet Palmer Morley and Dr. George Clingan.
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Virden
Counterfeit 25 Cent Pieces Circulate in Calgary
Calgary faces a flood of counterfeit quarter dollars of high quality. Police have minimal clues on who is responsible for distributing them. The timing coincides with a circus appearance, though a direct link remains unproven.
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Calgary
Alta
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