The f At tie Mouse and Land Policy Talks
A 1883 diary anecdote uses a mouse scene to compare the strong trampling the weak. The article then reports Ottawa dispatches on Crown land retirement from homestead sales in the Northwest Territories and Manitoba. It notes vast lands to become unavailable for settlers and hints at official reasons to retain control. It ends with reflection on war costs and a peace term.
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Ottawa
Winnipeg
Northwest Territories
Manitoba
Northwest
Goventmiént
What It Will Cost The Boer War And Canada
The Montreal Witness weighs Boer War costs comparing overseas expenditures to the China war. It cites about 1.1 billion dollars spent up to March on the Boer War, 30 million taxed for the effort, plus 80 million in ordinary costs and 730 thousand in additional charges awaiting funding.
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Montreal
China
Nor'-West Farmer Midsummer Edition and Far Western Scene
The Nor'-West Farmer in Winnipeg releases its Midsummer Edition marking 20 years since its founding. The issue features a seven color front cover lithograph of a western harvest scene and the Walter Lynch herd of Western Shorthorns, with 104 pages and about 70 illustrations. The piece notes agricultural progress, local weather, and updates on farming and community topics including a successful Northern Wanderers Baseball Club game at Boulton, plus early cement testing in Manitoba with cement and gravel experiments.
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Canada
Nor'-West Farmer
Winnipeg
Walter Lynch
G. P. Baker
Fridley
Northern Nine
Baker
Miller
Northern Wanderers
Boulton
Wanderers
Weather and mystery questions puzzle local farmer crowd
Farmers face hay shortages due to heavy rainfat as townsfolk ask who owns the new house and what the shining path refers to. Pickets wonder about rain delays and a wagon mishap, while everyone awaits answers.
Minniska Residents See Strawberry Picking Visitors
Miss McLennan visits sister Mrs. A David son in Minniska while H. McLaughlin renews old acquaintances before returning home on Tuesday.
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Iss McLennan
A. Davidson
Air
H. McLaughlin
Minniska
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