Saskatoon Teacher Wins Delayed Land Entry By Scrip
Miss Williams a Saskatoon Alexander School teacher waited eleven days and nights to file for a choice half section of land two and a half miles from Kindersley. Using a South African Veteran's scrip she secured entry with support from friends amid some opposition. The half section described as north half 36 30 23 is valued high and she plans to farm it for three years aiming for patent worth about 10000 pounds.
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Saskatoon
Miss Williams
Alexanira
Dominion Lands Office
Lawu
Kindersly
Saskatchewan
Landee
Western Crop Outlook Report From Free Press
A three province crop outlook by the Free Press notes general satisfaction with conditions. Little drifting damage, small reseed percentages, and frost has not killed crops. Moisture arrived late but not enough to cause permanent harm. crops remain well rooted.
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Winnnipeg
The
Free Press
Laurier Plans Western Canada Tour in July
Sir Wilfrid Laurier prepares a western Canada tour from Port Arthur to Prince Rupert with stops in major centers. Accompanying ministers include George P. Graham E M Mcdonald and F F Pardee while W S Fielding misses the trip for England duties. the journey lasts about six days starting in July.
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Winnipeg
Williu Laurier
Canada
Port Arthur
Prince Rupert
George P. Graham
Rero
E. M. Ihedonald
Pictou
N.S
F. Ff. Pardee
M. P
Lambton
Ont
Ottawa
Hon. W. 8
Fielding
England
Rains Revive Wet West Canada Crops Boost Farmers
Heavy rainfalls across Manitoba and eastern Saskatchewan ease drought fears. Alberta also soaked as snow and rain fall, uplifting crop prospects and farmer confidence. General precipitation supports crops though not enough for all needs. May rains lessen potential drought damage and restore public faith in agriculture.
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Winnipeg
Manitoba
Saskatchewan
Alberta
Bush fires scorch timber along railway near Mistatim
Wildfires along both sides of the railway near Mistatim Saskatchewan have caused extensive damage to the landscape and burned a large quantity of valuable timber, prompting firefighting efforts across the region.
Real estate brokers pledge stock for Selkirk Centennial Exposition
Winnipeg brokers agree to take stock totaling 170 900 dollars toward the Selkirk Centennial Exposition with subscriptions expected to reach 200 000 dollars in total.
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Winnipeg
Porter electrocuted in Alberta basement accident
Wetaskiwin Alberta Julius Snnder aged 20 a porter in the Alberta hot 1 was electrocuted by stepping on iron charged with electricity by a short circuit. Telephones and electric lights were affected by a break in the current.
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Wetaskiwin, Alta
Julius Snnder
Alberta
Elkhorn approves school building debentures
Elkhorn Manitoba votes 59 to 19 in favor of a bylaw authorizing 20 000 for a new six room school. Voter turnout was about 0 percent of eligible electors surveyed for the measure.
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Elkhorn
Man
Portege la Prairie bylaw fails to fix brick-maker tax
A by law in Portege la Prairie to lower the assessment on a brick-making concern was defeated by a narrow margin. The vote stood 201 for and 156 against, missing the required three fifths by twenty votes.
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Portege la Prairie
Doukhobor Leader Starts Canora-Yorkton Rail Work
Canora Sask Peter Veregin leader of the Doukhobors begins a two month project to grade 30 miles for the Grand Trunk Pacific Railway. About four hundred Doukhobors and many terms are at the site.
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Canora
Sask
Peter Veregin
Yorkton
Grand Trunk Pacific Railway
Northern Railway Fast Tracks Camrose to Calgary Line
The Canadian Northern Railway accelerates work on the Camrose to Calgary route with 500 teams on the grade south of the Red Deer river. Rails extend to a point 15 miles south of Camrose as construction aims to finish later this year.
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Red Deer
Canadan Northern Railway
Camrose
Calgary
Northern Construction Company
Leii
Cemrose
Prince Albert E C Senkler Appointed Stipendiary Magistrate
Prince Albert E C Senkler formerly the Yukon government legal adviser is named stipendiary magistrate for the northwest territories. He will be stationed at The Pesani and will oversee law and order as the territory opens with the Hudsons Bay Railway project.
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Prince Albert
E. C. Senkler
Yukon
Northwest Territories
Pesani
Manitoba moves to absorb Melita Arthur telephone system
Melita The Manitoba Government Telephone Commission will take over the Melita and Arthur network from an independent operator. The system includes 75 miles of trunk lines and 65 miles of branch lines serving 265 subscribers, with the majority located in Melita.
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Melita
Manitoba Government Telephone Commission
Arthur
Hudson Bay Pacific road work to continue despite Ottawa delays
Despite legal difficulties at Ottawa there is no cessation of work at the Hudson Bay Pacific company office. Chief Engineer Attwood calls the trouble trivial and says it may cause slight delays but will not stop the road's construction as the British charter purchaser pushes for completion.
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Prince Albert
Ottawa
Hudson Bay & Pacific Company
Attwood
Justice Orders New Trial In Libel Case
Mr. Justice Murphy in Vancouver ordered a new trial in a criminal libel action affecting many Japanese participants. Lawyer J A Harvey commented on the defendant’s self-advocacy and the judge discharged the jury and ordered another panel to be empaneled.
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Vancouver
Murphy
J. A. Harvey
K. C
Railway workers from East bound for Nelson through town
Four carloads of railway workmen from Eastern Canada passed through on their way to Nelson British Columbia. They are sent out by the Canadian Pacific Railway Company which will distribute them at various points in the Routney country. A party of 42 young girls on route to the Pacific Coast also passed through seeking domestic service in Vancouver and other cities.
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Winnipeg
Escape on the Queen City as passenger with axe dives overboard
On the Vancouver steamer Queen City an insane passenger chased travelers with an axe on deck. Crew subdued him from behind and secured the weapon before he leapt into the water and disappeared. His body was not recovered.
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Vancouver
Queen City
Grand Trunk Pacific Plans Rail Extensions This Season
Winnipee General Manager Chem bertin says rails will stay on the main line for tMe miles east of Prince Aunert by July end and likely reach Hazelton by October. Work continues toward A Jermere 235 miles from Prince Rupert and grease on the ball astine job west of Edmonton aims to push track to the Yellowhead Pass this season.
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Winnipee
Chembertin
Grand Trunk Pacific Railway
Prince Aunert
Hazelton
Yellowhead
Lawyer Run Out In Toronto Court Over Habeas Corpus Plea
In Toronto a gowned lawyer, J. B. Mackenzie, was removed by a sheriff during a Divisional Court session led by Chief Justice Sir William Meredith. Mackenzie pressed for a habeas corpus in the King vs Ackers case, arguing the matter belonged in the common pleas division, while the judge and other justices restrained him. He vowed to sue for damages.
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Toronto
Ackers
Mereith
James Ackers
Stirling
Exchequer
High Court
Mackenzie
Common Pleas
Meredith
Sir William
THROUGH THE COMET TAIL SEEN IN WINNIPEG
Winnipeg observers watched earth pass through the comet tail with little drama though aurora borealis briefly brightened the northern sky. Scientists had warned no notable events would occur and they were correct, despite widespread curiosity.
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Winnipeg
Colonials to Be Recognized by London Officials
The Chronicle notes the current lack of official status for High Commissioners and overseas representatives. The government plans to grant colonies’ representatives similar courtesies as foreign powers, with ministers in London treated as Ministers of the Crown and future special arrangements for High Commissioners.
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London
NeePawa approves sale of town telephone system
In NeePawa Manitoba the ratepayers vote 87 to 1 to authorize selling the municipal telephone system to the provincial government for 17009 dollars. One exchange will serve two lines, reducing debt as proceeds lower the town's debenture liability. NeePawa had the first municipal plant in Canada and the Empire after Jersey, Channel Islands.
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Neepawa
Man
Neepewa
Neepawe
Dominion of Canada
British Empire
Isand
Jersey
Channel Islands
Immigration for April at Manitoba ports shows increases
Immigrants at Manitoba ports from the United States total 2,183 for April, up 1,212 from last year. Horses number 2,265 up 1,065, cattle 703 up 264, total value of effects $595,575 up $392,245. Emerson led with 1,298 entrants, Gretna second with 541.
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Gretna
Man
Manitoba
United States
Emerson
Belgian aviator Kinet sets new air flight record with passenger
Daniel Kinet, a Belgian aviator, reportedly flew an aeroplane with a passenger for two hours and fifty one seconds at Mourmelon Fr in France. He had earlier achieved two hours and twenty minutes at Chalons sur Marne on April 8. The prior record was Orville Wright with one hour thirty five minutes in Berlin last September.
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Mourmelon
France
Daniel Kinet
Secon’s
Chalonc-eur-Marne
Kinet
Orville Wright
Berlin
Hotelkeepers fined for incal option law violations
Owen Sound hotelkeepers were fined for breaking the incal option law with five cases totaling 575 dollars in penalties.
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Owen Sound
Explorer Peary Addresses Geographical Society
Commander Peary lectured before the Geographical Society on his Arctic voyage to the North Pole. King Victor Emmanuel and his brother the Duke of Abruzzi attended, the latter noted as a famed explorer.
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Rome
Commonder Peary
The
Geographical Society
North Pole
Victor Emmanuel
Duke of
Abruzzi
Deputation Calls for Wool Duty Increase in Dominion
A group of sheep raisers and wool manufacturers from Ottawa urged the Dominion Government to impose a five cent per pound duty on raw wool, currently duty free, and to raise duties on wool manufactures. The usual considerations have been promised.
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Ottawa
Thirteen La Salle Staff Narrowly Escape Fire
Thirteen Christian Brothers on the La Salle academy staff in Ottawa escaped a dawn blaze with risk of suffocation. Some jumped from bedroom windows to safety as the institution suffered about $4000 in damage.
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Ottawa
la Salle Academy
Lencon-Dr John D Wilson Dies After Illness
Dr John D Wilson a prominent Western Ontario physician and former mayor died at home after six weeks of illness from blood poisoning. The cause traced to a pin prick during tonsil removal on a chili's throat, prompting public service contributions and medical work in the city.
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Lencon
John D. Wilson
Western
Ontario
Robertson pledges 20000 pictures to public library
Toronto philanthropist John Ross Robertson promises to donate about 20 000 photographs spanning Canadian history from 1758 to today. Librarian Dr. Locke says the gift is the greatest ever received by a public library in Cenaca.
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Toronto
John Ross Robertson
Canada
Locke
Three arrested in $3000 jewellery theft at Horse Show
Police in Toronto say three suspects linked to the theft of Mrs. McCoy's jewellery from St. Catharines during a Horse Show visit. The chauffeur and a recent ex policeman were among those arrested, with all missing stones recovered from the two men.
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Toronto
Ottawa buys Bell aerial machine for militia use
The Dominion Government purchased a biplane from a Baddeck N S company. Professor Alexander Graham Bell supports the project. The machine has completed tests, flying fifty miles in one flight, for a price of 5000 dollars.
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Ottawa
Dominion
Bad ‘Eck, N. 8
Alexander Graham Bell
Militia Department
Federal and Provincial Charters Referenced to Supreme Court
The Department of Justice prepared questions on companies charters to be sent to the Supreme Court to resolve federal versus provincial jurisdiction. Negotiations among governments failed, and a Dominion reference follows. A Privy Council ruling is anticipated before final settlement.
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Ottawa
Department of Justice
Supreme Court
Privy Council
U S Invites Britain and Canada to Tariff Conference
Despatches from Washington say the United States has sent an invitation to British Ambassador James Bryce for a tariff conference with Canada. Officials expect acceptance, but negotiation lines are undecided and no progress is foreseen before September when Sir Wilfrid Laurier and W S Fielding finish their current overseas visits.
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Ottawa
Washington
United States
James Bruce
Dominion
American State Department
Canada
Wilfrid Leurer
West
WS. Fielding
England
Whitby man found guilty of wife murder and sentenced to hang
Archie McLaughlin of Whitby Ontario was convicted of murdering his wife with strychnine and setting the home ablaze. He fled with a six year old girl but the fire hid his other children. The court did not pursue a separate charge for the children. McLaughlin claimed he wished to marry another woman.
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Whitby
Archie Mclaughlin
Mclaughlin
Miracles of Jesus the Five and Seven Loaves
A lesson on Jesus feeding 5,000 and 4,000 with five loaves and two fish. The text highlights compassion for the hungry, the disciples' hesitation, and Jesus’ blessing and distribution resulting in abundant leftovers. The unnamed lad’s gift stands as a model of faith and surrender to God’s power.
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D. M. Stearns
Matthew
Mark
Jesus
Elijah
John
Andrew
Philip
John i
John vi
Zach
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