Wheat Market Drops After U S Crop Report Shock
The weekly wheat market shows a sharp decline after the June U S crop report. Prices in American markets fell 4 to 7 cents, aided by pale rains and late-season heat. Winnipeg endured a smaller drop while futures firmed into mid summer. Fort William stock stands at about 16 million bushels old crop.
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Europe
America
U.S
Chicago
Re Rt
Winnipeg
U. S
Bilee
Aeaen
Fort William
Port Arthur
Bryce on Education at University of Chicago Convocation
Chicago Ambassador Janes Bryce delivered the convocation address at the University of Chicago graduation on what university instruction offers for intellectual pleasures in later life. He cited the shift toward science and warned against relegating language and literature, urging a balance between knowledge and the formation of character and taste for inner life.
Retiring Colonel Mathias Led Gordon Highlanders to Heights
The article recalls Colonel Mathias, famed for leading Gordon Highlanders at Dargas in autumn 1897 and earning a Victoria Cross recommendation. It notes his Nile Expedition service, a sword of honor in 1899, and his Welsh birth. It highlights his long 30-year tenure and impending retirement under age rules.
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Mathias
Gordon Highlanders
Dargas
Devon Regiment
William Lockhart
Piper Andlator
Cromloch
Gordons
Mackie
England
Substitutes and a Diner’s Dire Diction
A waiter offers deviled eggs when deviled crabs run out. The diner replies with a snappy quip about missing meck turtle soup and then suggests meck oranges, prompting the waiter to respond with a calm price.
The Sunday School Lesson Commentary Series
A compact review of Genesis and Exodus lessons focusing on Jacob's vision and God's promises, Jacobs new name, Joseph's trials, and Moses and the Passover. The commentary frames biblical events as divine guidance, with golden texts and lessons about faithfulness, forgiveness, wisdom, deliverance, and God’s ongoing care for Israel.
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Jacob
Luke
Israel
Joseph
Christ
Jesus
Potiphar
Egypt
Abraham
Moses
Isaac
God
Desert
Steele Arrives in Ottawa as New Saskatchewan C O
Ottawa reports Brigadier General Steele arrives in the city to assume command for Saskatchewan. The returning officer shows good health after leading the Northern Transvaal division in South Africa. He aided farmers against Chinese complaints and recently studied cavalry tactics with Major General Baden-Powell in London.
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Ottawa
8. B. Steele
C.O
Saskatchewan
South Africa
Northern Transvaal
South African Constabulary
Lord Selborne
London
Eng
Baden-Powell
Church Union Carried By 137 to 11 Vote
General assembly passes motion to send the church union report to lower courts for their suggestions. Reverend John MacKay withdraws his amendment in favor of Dr Barclay's proposal to send the 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 Convenes Eighth International Congress in London
Field Marshal Lord Roberts acting for Queen Alexandra welcomed delegates to the eighth international Red Cross congress in Examination Hall London. Marquis Vogue of France replied for the delegates. Messages of congratulations came from the Empress of Russia and Florence Nightingale.
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London
Lord Roberts
Queen Alexandra
British Red Cross Society
Marquis Vogue
Red Cross Society
Empress
Russia
Florence Nightingale
Almanac Prophesies No Summer in 1907
A Cincinnati woman discovers an 1837 almanac noting a bold forecast by the goosebone philosopher that there will be no summer in the year 1907. The article frames the odd prediction as a curiosity found in dusty drawers.
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Cincinnati
Edward Durban
Vaccine Linked To Child's Death In Toronto Case
George H. Meads seven died from lockjaw after vaccination administered on a ship ten days earlier doctors conclude tetanus or lockjaw arose from the vaccine. The boy and family recently arrived from Nottingham England seeking medical care.
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Toronto
George H. Meads
G. Meads
Nottingham
England
Fushimi Leaves £300 for Canadian Charities
Ottawa reports Prince Fushimi of Japan left 300 pounds with the government to be divided among charities in towns he will visit in Canada. The sum will be equally distributed and given to the mayors of eligible cities.
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Fushimi
Ottawa
Prince Fushimi
Canada
Japanese ex-minister to US to be ambassador to Italy
M Kogoro Tikahira former Japanese minister to the United States is to be appointed ambassador to Italy. He is charged to negotiate a Japan Italy agreement linking this country with the chain of treaties Japan is pursuing with European nations.
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Rome
M. Kogoro Tikahira
United States
Apanese
Italy
Japan
Sir Wilfrid Laurier To Return From Britain July
The Canadian Press reports Sir Wilfrid Laurier will sail home on the Allan liner Victorian, leaving Liverpool on July 5. The return comes a month earlier than he had planned.
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Sir Wilfrid
London
Canadian Press Association
Sir Wilfrid Laurier
Canada
Liverpool
Prince Conferred Rising Sun Honors in Ottawa
Prince Fushimi awarded the Order of the Rising Sun to Hope and to Newton, A D C, before departing Ottawa. An ecoachman and a footman received a lower degree of the same order.
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Prince
Ottawa
Prince Fushimi
Hope
Newton
A.D.C
Order of the Rising Sun
Ecoachman
Ontario Gazette Declares Victoria County Close Season
The Ontario Gazette announces a county wide close season in Victoria during May and June each year. The Collingwood Furniture company has suspended operations after employing sixty workers for its two years of operation.
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The
Ontario Gazette
Victoria
Collingwood Furniture Company
Stand Pat Poem Verse of Endurance and Defiance
A lyrical meditation on perseverance through misfortune. The speaker urges steadfastness when fate, threats, or despair overwhelm, promising to hold firm as fortune falters and death intrudes. It frames resilience as a firm stance against overwhelming odds.
Wolf Attack Leaves Lumber Crew Fending Off Pack
Donald McDonald and August Nitz of Turner Lumber Co. were attacked by wolves while carrying camping gear near a lake. McDonald faced the pack alone until Nitz climbed a tree and later drew the wolves away, allowing McDonald to escape. The pair survived after hours in hiding and returned to camp with two wolves slain.
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Donald McDonald
August Nitz
Turner Lumber Co
McDonald
Nitz
Monarch by Merit in Dalupaon Kingdom Under Scots ruler
An Englishman recounts a small Philippine realm Dalupaon ruled by a Scottish marine engineer. The uncrowned king governs 500 families with church, school, brass band and police. He kept his people safe during cattle plague and famine while guiding timber and shipbuilding.
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Philippine Islands
Dalupaon
Scot
Little Kingdom
By-Products as Hidden Wealth in Wool and Slaughterhouses
An authority explains how wool washing water yields potash and salts, a lucrative by-product in French and Belgian factories. He notes slaughterhouses are wealth sources from by-products like blood and bones, turning waste into profit.
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France
Belgium
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