Lord Wolseley’s Life and Western Canada Ties
A obituary of Lady Wolseley notes her death in England and recalls the late Viscount Wolseley a famed British soldier. The article details his Indian Mutiny relief at Lucknow his role in the Trent Affair and his later campaigns in Canada Egypt and Sudan. It highlights Western Canada links including Winnipeg’s memories of him and a Saskatchewan town bearing his name. Lady Wolseley died fifty three years after their marriage.
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Trent
United States
Great Britain
Confederate States
Mason
Sliddell
Europe
Gordon
Khartoum
Lord Wolseley
Nile
Kitchener
Omdurman
Duke of Cambridge
Lord Roberts
Canada
Winnipeg
Saskatchewan
Garnet Wolseley
Lady Wolseley
England
Rancher George Lane Discusses Western Livestock, Feed Struggles
George Lane of High River Alberta describes harsher winter conditions with more snow on foothill ranges than in 35 years. He recalls a feed shortage last year forcing him to choose feeding cattle over moving them. Lane bought $30,000 of cotton seed cake in Galveston Texas and paid about $700 per car for freight to reach his ranch.
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George Lane
High River
Alberta
Rio Grande
Bow River
Royal Alexandra
Winnipeg
Galerston
Texas
Export of sugar under control urges Households to stockpile
Housewives of Canada are urged to begin laying in a supply of sugar for canning and buy a few pounds extra each week until reserves meet canning needs. The Canadian Trade Commission holds import export licenses and will grant none while Canadian demand exists. Despite higher US export values, sugar exports are restricted to meet domestic demand amid rising population wages and prohibition, with sugar consumption up 20 percent.
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Canada
Canadian Trade Commission
United States
Ada
Noted Alberta rancher George Lane among Western Canada’s best citizens
Alberta rancher George Lane, longtime Bar U foreman, built one of Canada’s finest Percheron ranches and led stock handling in the old prairie era. A celebrity to royalty, he met Prince Arthur and helped locate the Bedingford ranch for the Prince and now oversees it. Lane is famed as a skilled rider and plainsman with a storied past.
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Alberta
Texas
Kansas
Mr. Lane
Alberta Ranges
Bar U
Pekisko
Fred Stimson
Canada
America
Prince Arthur of
Connaught
West
Prince of Wales
Lane
Bedingford Ranch
Prince
George Lane
Father Hugonard and His Valor in the Qu Appelle Valley
The life of Father Hugonard, long guardian of the Indian Industrial School at Lebret, details his bold actions during the 1885 Star Blanket rebellion. He confronted the fire chief in his lodge, saving others from slaughter, and later aided condemned murderers in confession before execution. He spent a long, mourned life in the Qu Appelle Valley, beloved by natives and settlers alike.
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Father Hugonard
Lebret
Qu’Appelle
Star Blanket
Fire Hill
Saskatchewan
Qu'Appelle
Father Hugoward
Hugonard
Fill Hill
Battleford
C.P.R
Qu’ Appelle
Hugoward
Larche
Regina
La Belle Qu Appelle and Cape Hell Names of a Valley
An elder from the Qu Appelle region recalls two names for the same valley. French Metis lovingly call the Qu Appelle Valley around Mission Lakes La Belle Qu Appelle, while English-speaking half breeds refer to it as Cape Hell, reflecting contrasting views of the landscape.
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Qu'Appelle
Qu’ Appelle
Mission Lakes
la Belle Qu’ Appelle
Cape Hell
Pageant marks 250th Hudson's Bay Company anniversary
Sir Robert Kindersley GBE governor of the Hudson's Bay Company travels from England to Western Canada for a May celebration spanning Winnipeg Edmonton Calgary Vancouver and Victoria. Events include a Red River pageant from old Fort Garry to Lower Fort Garry a North Canoe procession pipe of peace with Indians and medals. He attends banquets and staff dinners and meets western business leaders.
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Robert Kindersley
G.B.E
Hudson's Bay Company
England
Western Canada
New York
Winnipeg
Montreal
Edmonton
Calgary
Vancouver
Victoria
Sir Robert
Red River
Old Fort Garry
Lower Fort Garry
Governor Kindersley
Old Timers’ Association
Canada
Bank of England
Great Britain
Deadly Tornado Ravages Alabama and South000
A fierce tornado swept Alabama and nearby southern states last week causing extensive damage. Property losses reach millions of dollars and the death toll is reported near four hundred.
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Alabama
Bank of Montreal plans new stock issue and overseas stake
Bank of Montreal announces a two million dollar capital stock issue offered to shareholders on May 20 at 150 dollars a share in the ratio of one share for every ten held. The bank also reports a large stake acquisition in the Colonial Bank, a long established firm active in the West Indies, British Guiana and West Africa.
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New Bank of Montreal
Bank of Montreal
The
Colonial Bank
West Indies
British Guinea
West Africa
Alberta Civil Servants in Overalls
The Civil Servants Association of Alberta will join the overall brigade and soon go to work in practical but inelegant garments.
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Alberta
The
Civil Servants Association of Alberta
Seattle restaurants shun potatoes amid famine price boycott
The American city faces a potato famine with prices at 200 dollars per ton. Over a hundred restaurants join the Caterers Association boycott and refuse to include potatoes on menus.
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Ireland
Seattle
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Britain
Washington
Colonel Wolseley
Riel
Wolseley
Louis Riel
Fort Garry
Col. McDonald
William Butler
North West Mounted Police
Col. Codd
Ramsay
Hugh John McDonald
British War Office
Natal
Transvaal
Bar
Hudson’s Bay Co
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