Half Million A Year The CPR Publicity Network Worldwide
Montreal La Patric. highlights the Canadian Pacific Railway publicity bureau led by Sir Thomas Shaughnessy as a global driver of Canada’s image. It details offices from London to Tokyo, distributing pamphlets about Quebec Montreal the West and Canadian progress, claiming CPR funds fuel national growth.
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Publicity Service
The
Canadian Pacific
Canada
America
Windsor Street
Messrs. W. J. Robson
Geo. H Ham
Thos. Bell
Yokohama
London
C.P.R
Thomas Shaugnessy
LPR
Catholic Heirarchy
Pope Pius
Quebec
China
C. P.R
Montreal
Robson
Chicago
New York
Boston
Vancouver
Winnipeg
Toronto
Japan
Hong Kong
Europe
C_P
Globe
Montreal la Patric
German officers to inspect American meat packing for contracts
Four German officers representing the German army supply department departed London for Chicago. They will inspect meat packing for British, American and Japanese armies with the aim of securing large contracts.
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London
Chicago
The Merry Widow to Open Walker Theatre Run in Winnipeg
Winnipeg readers will welcome The Merry Widow at the Walker Theatre on Monday May 11 for a week with matinees. Henry W. Savage brings a large company and the Malam Butterfly orchestra. The hit has set long run records in cities from Vienna to Chicago. Next arrives Lillian Russell in Wildfire with a strong company, followed by The Servant in the House and Madame Nazimova in a repertoire of plays.
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Winnipeg
America
Canada
Walker Theatre
Henry W. Savage
Winninpes
Malam Butterfly
Vienna
Hamburg
A & Marien
Breslan
Nuremburg
The
Walker
Lillian Russell
Charles Rahn Kennedy
New York
Madame Nazimova
Centennial Exposition Drives Western Canada Promotion
Delegates traveling to Winnipeg report warm welcomes and strong support for a national Canadian Exposition and Selkirk Centennial. Citizens and farmers across Manitoba Alberta and Saskatchewan foresee benefits to agriculture and business as western resources are spotlighted to the world.
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Enthusiastiica
Winnipeg
Selkirk
United Action
Far West
Alberta
Saskatchewan
Canada
Severe Lisbon earthquake devastates Portuguese towns
The quake along the Tagus between Santarem and Lisbon caused many buildings to collapse and the Salvador church to be nearly ruined. Alhambra reports a dozen killed, six more dead elsewhere, and twelve thousand homeless in the earthquake zone. King Manuel funds relief as hunger and destruction spread.
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Lisbon
Portugal
Tagus
Santarem
Salvador
Alhambra
Benavento
Manuel
Canadian Northern Survey Crews Begin Rapid Northward Move
Forty Canadian Northern surveyors based in Vancouver and Kamloops start immediately in four ten man parties from Kamloops to Edmonton, with two teams from Edmonton moving south. They aim to finish location work by September and then operate south of Kamloops for the year. The company plans to take the south branch of the Fraser from Lytton to New Westminster and likely route via Northern Pacific and Great Northern tracks to a Fraser River terminus between New Westminster and the river mouth.
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Vancouver
B.C
Canadian Northern
Kamloops
Edmonton
Luton
New Westminster
Northern Pacific
Great Northern
Fraser River
Largest Fine Ever Paid in Texas Oil Case
The State of Texas collected a record payment from Waters-Pierce Oil Co ending a long litigation. About two million dollars were transferred to the state treasury with a parade of touring cars bankers and officials present. The total fine stood at 1 808 753 95 dollars in all with 718 one thousand dollar bills and remaining in smaller currency.
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Austin
Texas
Waters-Pierce Oil Company
Paul and Barnabas in Antioch on the first mission
The Acts chapter thirteen discourse at Antioch describes Paul’s sermon to Jews and Gentiles, his quotations on Jesus as savior and the forgiveness of sins, and the subsequent turn to the Gentiles amid Jewish opposition. It reflects on God’s love, universal offer of repentance, and the value of obedience to God’s will.
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American Press Association
Cyprus
Omin
Erga
John Mark
Jerusalem
Paul
Barnabas
Timothy
Mark
Antioch
Tisidia
Joshua
Judges
Samuel
David
Israel
Jesus
John the Baptist
Christ
Rom
Christ Jesus
Jesus Christ
John vi
Rat Plague Threatens Winnipeg as Rats March by Night
Winnipeg reports aggressive rat activity with two killed in a city stable. Officials warn the pest species could devastate crops and spread disease, noting large annual losses in the US and Britain. Estimates show rapid breeding, with a single pair potentially yielding over twenty million descendants in three years. Strong measures to combat the threat are planned.
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Winnipeg
Mr. Morrison
Morris
United States
Great Britain
J. J. Golde
Technical World Magazine
Primate of All Canada Elected in Church of England
At the general synod house of bishops meeting Samuel Pritchard Mathe son Archbishop of Rupert's Land was elected primate of all Canada and representative on the Lambeth conference consul tative body. Canon Phair named secretary replacing Archdeacon Sweeney. Thirteen bishops attended the election including Hamilton Matheson Pinkham Reeve Dunne Dumoulin Thornloe Mills Williams Stringer Holmes Farthing and Sweeny. No decision on a Canadian bishop for China.
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Toronto
Canada
House of Bishops
General Synod
Samuel Pritchard Matheson
Rupert's Land
All Canada
Lambeth Conference
Canon Phair
St. Johns’ College
Winnipeg
Sweeney
Hamilton
Ottawa
Matheson
Pinkham
Calgary
Reeve
Dunne
Quebec
Dumoulin
Niagara
Thornloe
Algoma
Mills
Ontario
Williams
Huron
Stringer
Yukon
Holmes
Athabasca
Farthing
Montreal
Sween
Ten Million Loan Considered for Grand Trunk Pacific
Ottawa discussion centers on a ten million dollar loan for the Grand Trunk Pacific. Mr. Borden criticizes the bill and notes opposition cannot amend government money measures. The Moncton line aims for 1910 completion with the west link via the Quebec bridge delayed for years. Plans were not ready, and the contract allows idle operation implications and ten million in interest and depreciation.
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Ottawa
Quebec
Graham
Grand Trank Pacific
Borden
Moncton
Canada Posts Fall in Trade Totals for Last Fiscal Year
The customs department reports Canada’s imports at 295,123,792 dollars and exports at 259,922,366 dollars for the last year, both down from the prior year. March shows improved trade with imports at 33,363,362 and exports 18,397,974 dollars. Coin and bullion imports reached 9,998,442 dollars while exports were 1,589,793, leaving a grand total trade value of 559,635,951 dollars compared with 638,380,291 the year before.
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Ottawa
Cannda
Customs Department
Missionaries Killed in Hadjin Alarms Toronto
A Toronto message reports the assassination of six American missionary women in Hadjin, including Rose Lambert sister of a Bible Training School student on College Street.
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Toronto
Hadjin
Rose Lambert
College St
End of Abdul Hamid Reign Sparks Turbulent Turkish Change
Sultan Abdul Hamid is deposed as Prince Mehmed Reshad is proclaimed Mahommed V. Crowds cheer in Constantinople while fears of more bloodshed loom. Six Young Turk officials seize Abdul Hamid from the harem as he pleads for life and requests to die in his homeland.
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Constantinople
Sultan Abdul Hamid
Mehemmed Reschad
Mahommet V
Reschad
Turkey
Reachad
Tdeguns
Abdul Hamid
Yenez
Abdul
Greece
Mourad
Teheragan
Navy to Remodel Sixteen Battleships to a Monitorlike Type
The Navy Department plans a radical revamp of the fleet after the globe circling voyage. The sixteen battleships would shed heavy superstructure and adopt a turret fore and aft with minimal masts and wire basket lookouts. Critics note only four of twenty five first class ships are ready and American interests seek protection abroad.
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Washington, D. C
Navy Department
Navy
Asiatic
Turkey
Bank Clerk Sentenced to Four Years in Edmonton Penitentiary
Saskatoon Fred Lee, an absconding Northern Crown bank clerk, pleaded guilty to theft. Judge McLorg imposed two years on counts one two and five, four years on counts three four six seven and eight, to run concurrently, to be served at Edmonton penitentiary.
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Saskatoon
Fred Lee
Northern Crown Bank
McLorg
Lee
Edmonton
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D. M. Stearns
God
Primate of All Canada
U. S. Navy
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