Curtiss Flies Albany to New York in Record Flight
Glenn H. Curtiss vaulted 137 miles from Albany to New York in 2 hours 32 minutes, setting a new speed mark of 54.76 mph. He won a $10,000 prize from the New York World and praised the machine as more capable, hinting at faster potential with improvements. He landed on Governor's Island after a thrilling voyage observed by his wife.
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Albany
New York
Glenn H. Curtiss
Hudson
Curtiss
Poughkeepsie
Cammot
Camelot
Metropolitan Tower
Wrights
Paulhan
Possibilities of War In Britain and Germany
English novelist Frank E. Bullen warned that Germany seeks to supplant Britain and predicts imminent major war. He argued Britain and its colonies would not be beaten in a crisis and noted naval strength as a key factor. He praised young Britons for exemplary conduct as colonies would assist.
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Winnipeg
Germany
Great Britain
Tee Stern
Frank £. Bullen
Mr. Bullen
England
Emerg Ncy
Europe
Pritein
Not Guilty Verdict In Western Canada Hold-Up Case
In the Coal Creek hold up case ex ileman Frid Varrow and Nat Babcock were acquitted. The crowd reaction was muted as rains quenched bush fires in the north. In Regina the Sabreme Court, before Chief Justices Weimar and Frank Muzar, sentenced a man for attempted murder to five years after he tried to shoot and stab a victim in the east end.
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Coal Creek
Frid Varrow
Nat
Regina
Weimar
Frank Muzar
Suidela
Vancouver man’s six month work sentence for forgery
A Minneapolis native, H. H. Quayle, pleaded guilty to forgery. Marshal Bull sentenced him to six months with hard labor. The court noted prior good conduct but found he drifted to bad company in Vancouver and turned to crime to fund new costly tastes.
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Vancouver
H.H. Quayle
Minnopolis
Mrey Wen
Quality of immigrants at Canadian emigration conference
London Colonel Lamb of the Salvation Army said new Canadian immigration rules require physically fit morally sound settlers with agricultural knowledge and capital. J A M Aikens of Winnipeg defended Canadian restrictions, noting Canada seeks the right sort of settlers to help it become a great imperial power.
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London
Col
C. A. Lamb
M.ay, O
Salvation Army
J. A. M. Aikens
K. C
Winnipeg
Ian Reculations
England
Dominion
Canada
Britain
Dr Cook Confirms North Pole Claim From Scotland
The article reports Dr Frederick A Cook is in Scotland en route to Utah to retrieve records and instruments tied to his North Pole discovery. He plans to bring two Eskimos and an interpreter to Copenhagen to present proofs before a scientific body, then return to New York to challenge his detractors.
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New York
Frederick A. Cook
North Pols
Scotland
Utah
North Pole
Pole
Mene
Cook
Copenhagen
Far North
Regulation removal urged by petitions to veterinary officer
Hundreds of petitions from Western Ontario reach Dr J G Rutherford requesting repeal of a doranuzizing regulation in force since February. He rejects the move saying rules must be rededicated and that dog owners still evade compliance. No action will be taken until conditions change.
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Ottawa
J. G. Rutheford
Dominion
Ontario
Canada
Rutherford
Winnipeg Centennial Expo to cost ten million dollars
The Centennial Exposition planned for 1914 in Winnipeg will require about ten million dollars. Funding sources include a Dominion government grant of 2.5 million, civic 500 thousand, Manitoba 250 thousand, transport firms 1.25 million, and contributions from other provinces, colonies, the United States, and other foreign parties totaling the rest.
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Winnipeg
Dominion
Manitoba
United States
Escape on Moving Train Sparks Prairie Chase
Regina Duncan Spencer escaped from Constable Gates while being brought for examination. The scene unfolded miles from Regina as he leapt from a fast moving car platform. A stop was ordered, the train backed up, and riders pursued across the prairie, ending with Spencer recaptured after about a mile.
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Regina
Duncan Spencer
Gates
Spencer
Cot Table
Passenges
Barrie W R Tiffin Dies After Illness at 50 Years Service
Barrie W R Tiffin, superintendent of the G T R northern division, died after two weeks of paralysis illness. He served fifty years with the company, starting as a messenger at age fifteen. Six Memnon sailors who deserted were jailed for one month and to be reported.
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Barrie
W. R. Tiffin
Meseneer
Appointment of Ottawa-Hon Benjamin Rogers as Lieutenant Governor
Ottawa-Honorable Benjamin Rogers of Atberton Prince Edward Island is appointed lieutenant governor in succession to D A McKinnon. The new appointee served in both the Petra and Farquharson provincial governments.
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Ottawa
Benjamin Rogers
Atberton
Prince Edward Iland
D. A. McKinnon
Petra
Farquharson
Birds in Chelsea clash ends with arrests on the Gatineau
Ottawa police dispersed a large Sunday crowd near Chelsea Quebec as fighting birds attacked each other by the river. Hundreds of men watched while the melee occurred and the surviving birds were captured and sent to Hull.
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Ottawa
Dominion Polies
Chelsea
Quebec
Gatineau River
Hull
Major fur seizure by Constable Symonds at Montiambert
Provincial Constable Symonds seized a large consignment of otter beaver and muskrat furs near Montiambert station on the Canadian Pacific Railway. Eighteen bales valued at $9,000 were found in the possession of Indians, marking one of Canada's largest fur seizures.
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White River
Canada
Symonds
Montiambert
Canadian Pacific Railway
Victoria era medal collection found in Ottawa archives
Dr A G Doughty describes a gift from the British government as the best medal collection in the world now placed in the Ottawa archives building. The 214 medals cover every medal struck during Queen Victoria’s reign and include many gold pieces, with high sentimental and intrinsic value.
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Ottawa
A. G. Doughty
Dominion
Queen Victoria
Montreal CPR April earnings and ten month profits
The Montreal CPR reports April gross earnings of 7 985 20 with expenses 5 004 119 yielding net 2 981 111. For April 1909 profits were 2 143 508 and for the ten months ended April 30 1910 gross 77 803 558 expenses 49 237 782 net 24 565 776 with April 1909 ten month net 19 140 288. The increase in net profits over the
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Montreal
King George V Praised by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle
Sir Arthur Conan Doyle lauds King George V as the strongest and most capable monarch yet, praising his political grasp and human interest. He notes the prince’s sportsmanship and shooting skill, and recalls Lord Rosebery’s dinner with George V before Edward VII’s death where the prince spoke knowledgeably on each guest.
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Arthur Conan Doyle
London
George V
England
Edward
Lord Rosebery
Prince of Wales
Defrauded Merchant Sentenced to Eighteen Months
Saskatoon ex merchant Willi Cooper found guilty of defrauding Marshall Wells Co of goods valued at 550. He produced bogus letters of credit from English banks and fled after bail. Captured in Calgary and brought back, he is sentenced to eighteen months hard labor in Prince Albert jail. He claimed 28,000 held in an English bank and a $200 monthly writing job offer abroad.
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Saskatoon
Willi
A. W. Cooper
Lamont
Marshall Wells Company
Cooper
England
RB. A. Archibald and
Goo’s
Calgary
Prince Albert
Forty English Girls Arrive for Manitoba Salvation Army
Forty girls brought from England by the Salvation Army arrive in Manitoba under an arrangement with the provincial government to fill female labor needs. Staff Captain McNamara accompanies them, meeting Col Howell at Quebec, with plans to place all in city homes or provincial positions and to bring more later.
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Vinniper
England
Salvation Army
Manitoba
Atlantic
McNamara
Quebec
Col
Howell
Charce
Army of Canada
Government cancels veterans land claims in northern Ontario
Ontario officials move to cancel scores of veterans land grants in Rainy River and other northern areas for noncompliance. Speculators who hold or fail to improve lands will lose claims, as the government aims to promote colonization and settlement.
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Toronto
Rainy River
Ontario
O. K
London Debates King Edward’s Fapenell Costs
London discussion centers on a public outlay of 1.5 million dollars for King Edward’s fapenell and related expenses with funds to be drawn from the public purse.
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London
British and Foreign News Summary of Transatlantic Arrivals and Accidents
New York reports nearly 100 women betrothed to men who had been in America arrive on the Anchor liner Caledonia from Glasgow and Calais. London notes the capsizing of the submarine Pluviose after a collision with the Pas de Calais, with 97 crew drowned. Complete 1909 British port statistics show 331,818 persons went to Canada, up 17,409. In Indianapolis Barney Oldfield sets a thousand mile automobil record.
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New York
America
Eig i
Caledonia
Glasgow
Calais
France
Divy
Pluvoise
Pas de Calais
London
Canada
Pra
Persian shah studies medicine in exile near London
The deposed Persian shah living in a Russian supplied villa near London begins medical study and plans lectures at Odensa University. He aims to set up private reperatory work and tours in surgery. A separate note from the National Meat Meet Federation warns butchers and retailers of England to raise meat prices due to dwindling domestic supply and no immediate price relief.
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Persia
Od Seca
London
England
Federation
Free Church Assembly Considers Scottish Worship Practices
At the General Assembly of the Free Church of Scotland Roddrick MacKay of Fort William urged investigation into unscriptural worship practices including hymns and organ use and asked for a missionary to preach in English and Gaelic.
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Edinburgh
Genera Assembly of the
Free Church of Scotland
Roddrick MacKay
Fort William
Chamberlain Arrives in London With Frail Race Yet Gracious
Joseph Chamberlain and wife return from Cannes showing signs of frailty but improved by the trip. He required assistance moving from train to carriage yet raised his hat to cheering onlookers as he left.
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London
Joseph Chamberlain
Cannes
Mr. Chamberlain
Washington Canada trade growth and chess exports rise
Exports from the United States to Canada led by a large increase in manufactured goods. In the first ten months of the year domestic merchandise shipments to Canada exceeded the prior year by 4.5 million dollars. Overall world exports rose by 56 million dollars, with chess exports to Canada valued at 174 million dollars.
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Washington
Canada
United States
Dominion
Inauguration of United South Africa Proclaimed
Cape Town observes a general holiday as the union of four colonies Transvaal Cape of Good Hope Natal and Orange River State is proclaimed. Viscount one takes oath as governor general before a vast crowd at the legislative palace with state dignitaries and colonial representatives present.
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Cape Town
Transvaal
Cape of Good Hope
Natal
Orange River
United South Africa
Viscount One
Legislative
A Martyr to Science Death of Robert Koch
Robert Koch, renowned German physician and scientist, died after thirty years of bacteriologic work. His discoveries included the tubercle bacillus and diphtheria antitoxin. He studied bubonic plague and slept sickness while researching in malarial districts of German East Africa.
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Robert Koch
Baden-Baden
Koch
East Africa
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