Wheat Market Falls After U.S. Crop Report Shock
The wheat market experiences a sharp decline in American and Canadian prices after the June crop report signals a likely smaller yield. Traders react as speculative buying reverses and export demand rises, with sentiment shifting toward a potential bumper new crop but signaling weather risks ahead.
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Europe
America
U.S
Chicago
Winnipeg
U. S
Fort William
Red River Valley
Port Arthur
Bryce on Education at Chicago University Graduation
Chicago Ambassador James Bryce delivered the convocation oration at the University of Chicago graduation on how university instruction shapes intellectual pleasures for later life. He urged balancing science with language and literature and urged cultivation of inner life and tastes for lasting happiness.
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Chicago
James Bryce
University of Chicago
America
Retiring Colonel Mathias Led Gordon Highlanders to Dargai Heights
The famed Colonel Mathias who commanded the Gordon Highlanders at Dargai in 1897 is retiring from the Army under the age rule. He led a daring assault with praise from Sir William Lockhart and a later sword of honor in 1899. He is revealed as Welsh by birth and had served in the Nile Expedition and Mainland Pass actions.
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Dargai
Mathias
Gordon Highlanders
Haa
Devon Regiment
Wagon Hill
William Lockhart
Piper Findlater
Cromlech
Mackie
Gaun
Senaaltte
Nile
England
Substitutes Offer Deviled Eggs When Mock Turtle Is Gone
A waiter informs a customer there is no deviled crain but offers deviled eggs as a substitute. The patron notes the lack of mock turtle soup, prompting a wry remark about the missing dish.
Sunday School Lesson Themes from Genesis to Exodus
A 1907 commentary outlines the first lessons of Genesis to Exodus with Gold en Texts and reflections. It covers Jacob’s vision and promises, Jacobs new name, Joseph’s trials and triumphs, and Moses’ call, education, and deliverance of Israel from Egypt, emphasizing divine guidance and faithfulness.
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American Press Association
Jacob
Luke
Israel
Joseph
Christ
Jesus
Potiphar
Egypt
Amos Jii
Abraham
Moses
Isaac
God
Desert
Steele Arrives in Ottawa as Saskatchewan D O C
Ottawa reports arrival of B. Steele the new D O C for Saskatchewan. He is in good health after a South African tour where he led the Northern Transvaal division and helped inspect the South African constabulary. He stayed in London to study tactics with Major General Baden-Powell.
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Ottawa
8. B. Steele
D.O.C
Saskatchewan
South Africa
Northern Transvaal
South African Constabulary
Lord Selborne
London
Eng
Baden-Powell
Church Union Vote Passes in Montreal General Assembly
In Montreal the general assembly approved the church union motion by 1387 to I I. The panel proposed sending the report to lower courts for suggestions. Rev. John MacKay withdrew his amendment in favor of Dr Barclay's plan to send the union report to sessions presbyteries and congregations for full consideration and judgment.
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Church Union
Montreal
Committee On Church Union
General Assembly
John MacKay
Dr. Barclay
Union Committee
Red Cross Congress Opens in London
London hosts the eighth international Red Cross congress in Examination hall with Lord Roberts representing Queen Alexandra and the British Red Cross. Marquis de Vogue speaks for the French delegates as the Empress of Russia and Florence Nightingale send congratulatory messages.
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London
Lord Roberts
Queen Alexandra
British Red Cross Society
Marquis de Vogue
French Red Cross Society
Russia
Florence Nightingale
Almanac Prophesy Prompts No Summer in 1907
A Cincinnati woman, while sorting dusty drawers, found a 1837 almanac with a bold prediction by the goosebone philosopher stating there will be no summer in the year 1907. The note highlights curiosity about weather lore from a long past period.
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Cincinnati
Edward Durban
Vaccine Caused Lockjaw in Toronto Child
George H. Meads seven years old, son of G. Meads, died Sunday of lockjaw. The family recently arrived from Nottingham England. He was vaccinated aboard ship ten days earlier and doctors attribute the tetanus to the vaccine.
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Toronto
George H. Meads
G. Meads
Nottingham
England
Fushimi Leaves Charity Funds for Canadian Towns
Fushimi Its Charitable Ottawa-Prince left £300 with the government to be distributed to charities in towns he will visit in Canada. The sum will be divided equally and given to the mayors of eligible cities.
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Ottawa
Prince Fushimi
Canada
Japanese envoy to Italy to negotiate new pact with Europe
M. Kogoro Tikahira former Japanese minister to the United States is named ambassador to Italy and tasked with negotiating a treaty linking Japan with Italy as part of a broader European diplomacy.
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Rome
M. Kogoro Tikahira
United States
Italy
Japan
Sir Wilfrid Laurier to Return to Canada on Allan Liner Victorian
The Canadian Press reports Sir Wilfrid Lau rier will sail from Liverpool on July 5 aboard the Allan liner Victorian bound for Canada, via London, a month earlier than his planned return.
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London
Canadian Press Association
Wilfrid Laurier
Canada
Liverpool
Wilfrid
Prince Bestows Rising Sun Honors in Ottawa Visit
Prince conferred the order of the Rising Sun on Joseph Hope and Captain Newton A D C before departing Ottawa. The coachman and footman received a lower degree of the same order.
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Prince
Ottawa
Prince Fushimi
Joseph Hope
Captain Newton
A.D.C
Order of the Rising Sun
Victoria County Declares Close Season For Frogs
The Ontario Gazette announces a close season for frogs in Victoria County during May and June each year. The action protects frog populations by restricting hunting or collection during the designated months.
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The
Ontario Gazette
Victoria
Collingwood Furniture Co Suspends Operations
The Collingwood Furniture company has suspended operations after employing workers for a period but did not provide full details of the shutdown or future plans.
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Collingwood Furniture Company
Stand Pat Poem of Resilience Through Adversity
A poem vivid with hardship and endurance describing trials from discolored eye to a blackmailer and a sinking world. It frames steadfastness as the response when fortune vanishes and life bleakly shifts, urging perseverance despite loss, danger, and hunger.
Wolves Attack Turner Lumber Inspectors During Canoe Trek
Donald McDonald and August Nitz were attacked by wolves while carrying camping gear and a canoe near a lake one mile from camp. Nitz climbed a tree to escape, killed a wolf with an axe, and attracted help by waving his coat. The pair survived after hours in hiding and returned with two wolves slain.
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Donald McDonald
August Nitz
Turner Lumber Co
McDonald
Nitz
Monarch by Merit: Scots Engineer Rules Remote Philippine Realm
An English traveler recounts Dalupaon, a small Philippine domain led by a Scottish marine engineer. He rules as ruler, judge, and captain, overseeing 500 families with a church, school, brass band, and police. Timber, shipbuilding, and stability define the realm.
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Philippine Islands
Dalupaon
Little Kidom
By-Products Turn Waste into Wealth in Meat and Wool
An authority explains how wool washing by-products like grease and dirt yield potash in France and Belgium. Slaughter houses are gold mines for by-products including blood bones grease and horns transformed into useful goods. Potassium from slaughter by-products is used in gold mining.
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France
Belgium
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