Exodus from Illinois reshapes Alberta farming district
Zionist settlers planning a large land purchase near Bassano on the Calgary Medicine Hat line aim to migrate from Illinois. They secure about 40 000 acres with plans for dairying and cheese factories, modern farming, and a model community in the Canadian Northwest as thousands follow.
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Cowie
Alberta
Edmonton
Alta
CPR
Bassano
Calgary
Medicine Hat
May
Vancouver
Dinois
Canadian Northwest
Zion City
Chicago
Mlinoia
Liquor Duties Hit London Hotels Hard by Budget
London reports a drastic rise in liquor licenses under Lloyd George's budget. The Piccadilly hotel faces 37500 in fees for beer and bar commerce, with other major houses like Carlton Ritz Savoy and Waldorf also facing large levies on their hotel licenses under the new assessable valuations.
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London
Lloyd-George
House of Commons
Piccadilly
Carlton
Ritz
Savoy
Waldorf
Will Talk to Martians From Deep Space Mission
Aeronaut Leo Stevens arrives from Amherst with Prof David Todd to attempt communication with Mars by wireless from a balloon. Plans include a mammoth balloon vessel, hermetically sealed oxygen cases, speaking tubes, a ten mile wireless line, and heavy protective gear for the edge of the atmosphere.
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New York
Mars
Leo Stevens
Amherst College
David B. Todd
Prof. Todd
Stevens
Archbishop denounces secret societies in Quebec visit
Montreal Archbishop Bruchesi during a Longueuil pastoral tour denounced secret societies including the Freemasons Knights of Columbus and Odd Fellows as hostile to Catholic teaching. He cited a court case showing a Masonic lodge with rising French Canadian membership and warned their members risks dying without last rites.
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Montreal
Longueil
Bruchesi
Free Masons
Knights of Thias
Odd Fellows
Canadian Colony in Mexico Plans 10000 Canadians on 1.5 Million Acres
Mexico City reports W. C. Bond of Vancouver heads a Canadian syndicate buying 1,500,000 acres from the Sierra of Guerrero to establish a 10,000 strong colony. The government grants a 3,000,000 subvention for land reclamation with a special steamship service planned to link Canada with Zihuatanejo.
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Mexico
Mexico City
W. C. Bond
Vancouver
B.C
Guerrero
Canada
Zihuatanejo
Fortify Panama Canal Preparations Under Pressed Fortifications
War college experts say Japan may strike six months before Isthmian canal completion. Secretary Dickinson and General Bell note rapid fortification of the canal as Taft envisioned. Austria’s actions prompt a shift from treaty reliance to immediate emplacements with 16 inch guns and searchlights planned for years ahead.
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Panama Canal
Washington
War College
Japan
United States
Isthmian Canal
Dickinson
Franklin Bell
Taft
Austria
Berlin
War Department
Algoma Steel Contracts Huge Canada Plant Machinery
Algoma Steel Company in Canada orders 500000 dollars worth heavy steel machinery to be shipped to Sault Ste Marie as plans advance to build two massive mills near the Great Lakes. Philadelphia and London backers aim to start two steel works by November 1 to produce bars and farm machinery components for Canadian and northwestern U.S. markets, challenging Pittsburg mills.
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Pittsburg
Penn
United States
Great Lakes
Algoma Steel Company
Sault St. Marie
Canada
London Shelters Abdul's Wives
London grants refuge to eight ex-Turkish harem members from Abdul Hamid. They reside in Portland Place boarding house, with authorities noting no grounds to interfere. In Paris, six veiled women fleeing Abdul Hamid's harem are returned to Istanbul after being rejected as refugees.
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London
England
Turkey
Portland Place
Onent Express
Paris
Abdul Hamid
Stamboul
Musical Festival Winners Regina Sask Closing Day Awards
On closing day of the provincial musical festival in Regina the awards were announced by Rhys Thomas of Winnipeg. Knox Church Regina won the class A church choirs prize shield. Saskatoon earned the Philharmonic society shield. Condie won the ladies' choir shield. Prince Albert took the ladies' trio and quartet prize. Mr. Goldie of St Pauls Regina earned the male solo gold medal. Mrs. Binning Regina won the ladies' solo medal. Lumsden won class B choirs shield with Knox Church Saskatoon taking the men's quartet silver medal. Knox Church Regina won the mixed quartet silver medal and Milestone won the mixed quartet prize. Prizes were awarded by Mrs. Walter Scott.
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Regina
Sask
Rhys Thomas
Winnipeg
Knox Church
Philharmonic Society
Saskatoon
Condie
Prince Albert
Goldie St
Cobbler Sells Corner Lot For 49000 In Edmonton
P Byrnes, a Jasper Avenue cobbler, sold a 34 by 150 foot corner lot at Jasper and McDougal in Edmonton for 49000 cash to the Dominion Bank. The bank will build a large building, with the Jasper Avenue side measuring ten feet. Byrnes bought the lot fifteen years ago for 375 and later sold 50 feet for 800. He now disposes of the remainder for 49000, and owns other valuable properties.
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Edmonton
Alta
Jasper and
McDougal Streets
Dominion Bank
Jasper Avenue
P. Byrnes
Australian destroyers placed under Commonwealth control
Hon. G. F. Pearce, Minister of Defence, states the Commonwealth government has cabled the Admiralty that Australian destroyers will come under its control immediately when war is declared or even when threat is felt.
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Melbourne
Australia
G. F. Pearce
Defence
Admiralty
Tongue Temptations and the Spirit in Daily Life
The lesson stresses the tongue’s power and its control by the Spirit. It argues two fountains within believers one carnal and one divine, and urges yielding to God to avoid sinful speech. It cites Galatians Romans Isaiah and Psalms to urge obedience, prayer for restraint, and living for God rather than worldly praise.
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Christ
Asa
Jehoshaphat
David
God
Jesus Christ
Heaven
Jesus
Asquith Limits Two-Power Naval Standard Reach
In Parliament Premier Asquith rejected counting the United States as a second two-power equal by distance and base factors. He argued naval strength must consider geography, noting distant bases reduce effective influence compared to nearer powers like France, Germany, or Austria.
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London
House of Commons
Asquith
United States
Europe
Mr. Requith
Finland
France
Germany
Austria
Setback for Standard Oil in Galicia
The Austrian government blocks Standard Oil from gaining control over Galicia oil fields. The move blocks proposed agreements with Galician oil men and creates a potential empire wide monopoly risk. Prices fell below production costs as wells overproduced while storage lagged. The government fears loss of Galician independence and considers a state oil monopoly with Hungarian approval and large requisitions.
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Vienna
Standard Oil Company
Galicia
Will Not Visit Italy Amid Vatican Pressure in 1911 Exposition
Rome reports Kaiser's attempts to bring Austria's Emperor to visit King Victor Emmanuel faltered amid Spain's opposition. Vatican assurances that Spain Portugal and Belgium would not come to Rome without visiting the pope shift focus to Francis Tasenh. Austria's refusal to join the 1911 exposition is seen as showing the empire's loyalty to the Holy See and aims to ease tensions over the planned visit.
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Rome
Italy
Kaiser Wilhelm
Austria
Victor Emmanuel
Spain
Vatican
Portugal
Belgium
Francis Tasenh
Kingdom of Italy
Vallesn
Holy See
Ottawa Kisses Waterways Treaty Riders
The cabinet debated approving the waterways treaty with the United States as amended by the U S Senate. Ottawa aims to preserve Canadian rights while resisting concessions to American interests. No decision was reached and the matter may be left in abeyance for a few days.
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Ottawa
United States
Senate
St. Mary's River
Confession Links Sailor to Belle Gunness Murders
An American sailor in Frederikstad near Christiania confesses to killing four persons on Belle Gunness farm near La Porte Indiana and says he also killed Gunness. The captain doubts insanity and the sailor is held under observation as to his mental state. The case is reported to American minister H H D Pierce.
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Christainia
Norway
Frederikstad
Christiania
Belle Gunness
la Porte
Iaa
Carnegie Plans One Million Hero Fund in France
Andrew Carnegie arranged to donate one million dollars to establish a hero fund in France under conditions similar to funds in the United States England and Scotland.
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Paris
Andrew Carnegie
France
United States
England
Scotland
Flour Shortage Hits Nation As Mills Warn of Famine Risk
At the National Millers Convention in Chicago, millers disclosed vanishing flour stocks across major cities and warned that shutting mills for a week could spark a flour famine. They blamed Secretary Wilson for overestimating farm wheat reserves, saying reserves are exhausted six weeks early and government figures misled the industry.
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Chicago
United States
National Millers’ Convention
Auditorium Hotel
Wilson
James A. Patten
Patten
A. L. Goetzmann
Association
Jtime
Ilson
New Dry Dock for Canada at Longue Pointe
A major British shipbuilder provides capital to build a floating dry dock at Longue Pointe as part of a $2.5 million project. Canada will contribute under the Dry Dock act with 3 percent interest on $1.5 million for several years. Six engineers reviewed the St Lawrence site after consulting Major G W Stephens, Harbor Commission president, choosing immediate construction.
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Montreal
Great Britain
Longue Pointe
Canada
St. Lawrence
G. W. Stephens
Harbor Commission
Admiralty
Roosevelt Called A Game Butcher By Critics
Dr. William J. Long harshly criticizes Roosevelt over Africa killings. Long says Roosevelt’s alleged actions reflect a brutal, bloodthirsty approach to animals, labeling him a game butcher and nature faker.
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New York
Roosevelt
Africa
William J. Long
Building Shows Big Increase in Canadian Permits
The monthly Building Operations reports April 1909 permits rose in most cities versus April 1908. Fort William leads with nearly twelvefold gains, Vancouver alone drops 42.77 percent, Edmonton up 6.75 percent. Toronto up 71.28, Montreal 16.9, Winnipeg 65.41.
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Toronto
Fort William
Vancouver
Edmonton
Alta
Montreal
Winnipeg
Balloon Race in Berlin Ends In Dead Heat
Berlin hosted a first speed contest of dirigible balloons over roughly twelve miles. The semi rigid Gross II under Major Sperling tied with the flexible Parsequal TI commanded by Captain George, both finishing in exactly thirty minutes.
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Berlin
Sperling
George
Romance of Negro’s Life in Essex County
The death of John Wells of Maidstone reveals a romance in his life. Born into slavery in North Carolina he loved his master’s wife, a white woman, who after their master’s 1854 death returned his affections and they married and moved to Canada.
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Essex
Ont
John Wells
Maidstone
North Carolina
Canada
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