Strange Fate Tales From Toronto Woods and High Seas
A series of short anecdotes question whether luck or fate steers outcomes. A rattlesnake bites a hunter after a broken limb blocks his path. four youths drown when a sailing trip is marred by a squall. a man saved from a street accident only by a window pause. Notes on weather, an airship wager, Fourth of July injury stats, and postal rules close the item.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Toronto
Great Lakes
Young Street
McGill receives $500000 gift from Lord Strathcona
Lord Strathcona donates another 500000 to McGill University while reports note closing of a three month strike by Western Canada coal miners. The piece also mentions miners in the Pittsburgh district ordered back to work and various other national and international wartime era items.
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Lord Strathcona
McGill University
Western Canada
Pittsburg
Fort Pelly
Sask
Jeffries
Johnson
Edmonton
Yorkton
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Ind
Victoria
B.C
Seattle
San Francisco
United States
Rapid City
Roblin
Ceeny
Cone Plains
Iver
Russell
Shoal Lake
Strathclair
Arctic Circle
Canada
Chicago
Gutta
Iran
Foster
Shoop
Dr. Shoop
W. Ledingham
Asessippi Mill
Lake Superior Express
Winnipeg
Port Arthur
Duluth Express
Duluth
Canadian Northern Railway
W. Cooper
Man
Angus Lumber Yard
E. M. Willams
Shellmouth
Will McCormick and Deering Machinery
Manitoba
Dora Thorne
the Deer Slayer
The
Tom Brown
Heart of Lynn
Beulah
Seven Houses
Pilkington
Man and Master
John Halifax
Prince Charlie
Jarwick the Prodigal
Astbury
Gent's
Dongola
Oxford Shoes
Blucher
A. Asbury
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