C N R Plans to Bring Farmers to Western Canada
The Canadian Northern Railway outlines a large immigration plan run from Toronto led by Lieutenant Howell of the Salvation Army. It aims to settle British farmers and laborers on western farms along CN R routes in Manitoba Saskatchewan Alberta and British Columbia with loans for stock and implements and first year training.
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Toronto
T. Howell
Salvation Army
Immorento
Usnadin
W. F. Southall
Lifiwl Howell
Lacut
Howell
Southall
Brit
Manitoba
Saskatchewan
Alberta
Hanna
Jrborers
British Columbia
Mackenzie and Mann
Britain
Canadas
Canada
Hunt Club Hounds Arrive in Winnipeg
About sixty members of the Winnipeg Hunt Club celebrate the arrival of five pairs of pedigree fox hounds from Ireland. James Hart, second whip to the Meath hounds, travels with them. The hounds are housed in the Winnipeg Horse Show building and will be kennelled. The club plans to hold several meets, aiming for an evening hunt on October 8 as grounds permit.
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James Hart
Winnipeg
W. Abbott
Winnipeg Hunt Club
Ireland
James Harte
John Watson
Meath
County Dublin
Winnipeg Horse Show
Hoent Club
Eother
Grand Trunk Pacific to Start Winnipeg to Superior Line
Grand Trunk Pacific will begin operating the National Transcontinental railway from Winnipeg to Superior Junction immediately under a temporary agreement with contractor J. D. MeArthur and the National Transcontinental commission. The company plans freight and passenger service at once, linking Edmonton to Fort William via the Canadian Northern line agreement.
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Ottawa
Grand Trunk Pacific
Winni
Superior Junction
Betwen J. D. MeArthur
National Transcontinental Commission
Arrang
Grand Trank Pacific
Arnt
Canadian Northern Line
Winnipeg
Edmonton
Fort Willian
Winnipeg Auto Club meet shatters Canadian speed records
Winnipeg authorities report a record sprint at Kirkfield track where W C Power drove a McLaren car a mile in 59 15 seconds with a five second start, beating the Canadian record by over eight seconds. Power also won the Dunlon Trophy event over 2 1 2 miles in 25 minutes 19 seconds with several entrants in the race.
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Winnipeg
Winnipeg Automobile Club
Kirkfield Track
W. C. Power
Power
Winnipeg approves immigration plan via local bureau
A Winnipeg based plan promoted by the Winnipeg Development and Industrial Bureau seeks to fund immigration assistance for artisans and their families. A cable from Norton Kimitha of England expresses support. A meeting of fifty prominent Winnipeg citizens will form an advisory board after contributing 12 500 to a guarantee fund.
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Norton Griffiths
Winnipeg Industrial Bureau
Winnipeg
Winnipeg Development and Industrial Bureau
Ing
Norton
Kimitha
M. R
Neon
England
Charles Roland
Canada
Bureau
Canoe Capsize Takes Two Men in Gull Lake Ontario
W M Coleman of Renfrew Ontario and Albert Dixon of Saskatoon Sask perished when their canoe capsized on Gull Lake 150 miles north of Sioux Lookout. Nicholas Ellwood survived eight hours clinging to the upturned craft and walked sixty miles to report the tragedy. Local police and relatives are being notified.
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W. M. Coleman
Albert Dixon
Gull Lake
Ont
Port Arthur
Renfrew
Saskatoon
Sask
Sioux Lakou
Grand Trunk
Nicholas Ellwood
Sioux Lookout
Coleman
Dixon
Ellwood
Cat Lake
Dominion
Hubert
White
M. E. Martin
Dominion Police
W. A. Quibei
Melba to Return for Winnipeg Concert
Frederick Shipman announces a second Melba concert in Winnipeg at Walker Theatre after a rush sale left about 2000 fans turned away. The diva will sing again on Tuesday October 11, as Melba returns to Winnipeg en route to Farzo and the American tour.
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Winnipeg
Walker Theatre
Frederick Shipman
Mme. Melba
Farzo
French Canadians protest Vatican choice for Ottawa archbishop
French-Canadians from across Ontario plan to cable Rome protesting the selection of a successor to Archbishop Duhamel. They support Archbishop Gauthier but seek a French-Canadian appointee argued to be influenced by a Dominion-wide movement and missing documents.
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Ottawa
Hich
Vatican
Rome
Duhamel
Gauthier
Regina to Get Industry After Tour With Manufacturers
Regina will host a three story breach house after a visit by Canadian manufacturers headed by Geo. RB. Meadows from Toronto Wire and Tron Workern. They plan to establish a site in Regina for the new facility.
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Regina
Sask
Geo. RB
Meadows
Toronto Wire and
Tron Workern Tt
Iren
Rioters Clash in Berlin as Police Crackdown Escalates
Berlin expert reports describe three nights of severe rioting in Moabit with 400 injured and 25 000 dollars in property damage. Police under Von Jagow deploy crowd control with brutal methods while foreign correspondents are assaulted. Hospitals overflow with wounded as Emperor William requests a full incident report.
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Berlin
von Jagow
Aay
Monahit
Reuters Telegraph Co
New York Times
World
Sun
Ter
William
Prolific Potato Plant Breaks Production Records
Medicine Hat report from W Benson, a market gardener, who unearthed a single potato plant from one seed yielding 139 potatoes. Fifty were fit for use, with many more maturing if left longer. Benson has won many prizes for his garden products.
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Medicine Hat
Died For Duty in Canadian Rail Accident
From Swift Current comes news that James Cairns of Medicine Hat was killed while brake man on a freight train. He sacrificed his life to avert a collision with a passenger train, turning the air brakes and being crushed beneath a car at the rear.
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Medicine Hat
James Cairns
Indians Block G. T. P. Victoria Canada
Fort George Indians in full council refuse to sanction the surrender of the reservation at the Fraser and Nechaco river junction to Grand Trunk Pacific. The company must seek other plans for a town site and divisional locations.
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Victoria
B. C
Fort George
Grand Trunk Pacfic
Autoers Reach Edmonton Via Crow’s Nest Pass First
A Cranbrook party led by Dr. Green M W Supple FE Staples and R E Beattie traveled from Cranbrook through the Crow.s Nest Pass to Edmonton becoming the first auto party to cross this route since the new road improvements.
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Lethbridge
Cranbrook
Edmonton
Crows Nest Pass
Dr. Green
M. W. Supple
Fe, Staples
R. E. Beattie
Trial set for Ort. 13 at Moershell Hall
Patchy OCR text notes a crime trial for Ort. 13 at Moershell Hall and Want. Von Tanbine WN Aptond The Pinner ending with mentions of Reithena M KF Berrine ton Wert Fthe TeNewe. Proceedings expected to last about tor deya.
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Londem
Moershell Hall
von Tanbine
Pinner
Cholera Terror in Naples Forces Flight of Elite Residents
Reports from Rome describe a severe Naples cholera outbreak with 100000 upper class residents fleeing the city amid public order strain. Official tallies show five cases and three deaths in the Naples province, with one death in Fangia and none in Rome, while Sicily dispatches note violent clashes with sanitary workers.
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Naples
Rome
Apulia
Fangia
Sicily
Armory for Edmonton to be built at cost of 100000
Edmonton Alberta Col E R Ed wards of the 101st Edmonton Fusiliers reports an imperial ministerial note that a suitable site will trigger immediate construction of an armory not under 100000 dollars. The brick building with stone trimmings will be 200 by 300 feet and modeled after Peterboro Ontario armory. It will house a cavalry regiment artillery battery army service corps and a corps of guides.
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Edmonton
Altla
E. RB. Edwards
101St Edmonton Fusiliers
Peterboro
Ont
Army Service Corps
Corps of
Guides
Burglars Loot Birchie Man Hardware Store
Burglars entered Juha Parnie’s hardware shop in Buie Manitoba and opened the cash register stealing between 1800 and 2000 dollars. No clues left. locals saw no suspicious persons. Provincial police notified and on the trail as a new bola gang suspected beyond the Hamiota cases.
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Birrvie
Juha Parnie
Buie
Man
Manitoba
Oak Lake
New Job for Sir Fred as Nova Scotia Lieutenant Governor
Ottawa reports a strong possibility that Sir Frederick Borden will become lieutenant-governor of Nova Scotia succeeding the late Lieutenant-Governor Fraser. Borden, long prominent in politics as minister of militia, may seek retirement from office. only two men have longer tenure in the house than him. The notice notes his potential appointment amid calls for change in provincial leadership.
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Militia
Liutenant
Nova Scotia
Ottawa
Evening Journal
Aaya
Frederick Borden
D. C. Freser
Fraser
Hovse
John Haggart
Wm. Peterson
Customs
Doyle Sentenced to Jail After Assault Plea
Martin Doyle, charged by his wife with attempted murder at Asquith, Sask, had the charge amended to assault, pleaded guilty, and was committed to jail for two months. Doyle, previously acquitted in the Snowflake murder case at Morden, Man, and convicted under the vagrancy act last April at Scott, Sask, was let out on suspended sentence. The new sentence will likely be enforced.
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Asquith
Sask
Martin Doyle
Doyle
Yle
Morden
Man
Scott, Sask
Arizona Quake Devastates Flagstaff Region
Refugees report shattered homes and volcanic debris as earthquakes and rumblings strike a fifty mile square area from Flagstaff to the Grand Canyon, leaving the district depopulated and inhabitants refusing to return. J B Chavez leads the early evacuees and describes cracked houses and falling stones.
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Arizona
Flagstaff
Ariz
Grand Canyon
Colorado River
J. B. Chavez
Crippen Found Guilty of Wilful Murder in London
Coroner's jury returns a verdict of wilful murder against Dr. H H Crippen in connection with the July discovery of a mutilated body at the Crippen residence. The body is identified as Cora Crippen, murdered by Crippen by poisoning.
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Crippen
London
H. H. Crippen
Crinnen
Cora Crippen
Tr Crippen
Brookins Breaks Distance Record From Chicago to Springfield
Aviator Brookins set an American long distance record flying 187 miles in about 5 hours 44 minutes with two stops from Chicago to Springfield Illinois. He landed near Mount Pulaski then reached the fairgrounds eight minutes before a fast train, earning a $10 000 Chicago Record Herald prize amid crowd scenes and a minor wheel damage incident.
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Chicago
Springfield
Ill
Iran
Springtrea
Aligat
Wiluttes
Gitwan
Auunt Pulaski
Brooking
Mount Pulaski
Wis
Brookins
Illinois Central
Fair Ground
Chicago Record-Herald
Farmers Appeal for Rail Freight Reductions in Manitoba
A Manitoba delegation led by Robert Rogers urged railways to provide low freight for seed wheat and feed due to crop failures. Reeves and legislators met Rogers after which CPR’s Tenigan and CNR’s Shaw promised to study the matter and consider a reduced rate.
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Winnipeg
Robert Rogers
Manitoba
Manitube
Mr. Rogers
W. B. Tenigan
C.P.R
George Shaw
C.N.R
Pleads For New Zealand In Vancouver Mail Service
Cable from Sir Wilfrid Laurier urges including New Zealand in the Vancouver mail service call. The postmaster general resists conceding to Auckland due to Commonwealth post officials’ antagonism. Awaited next move as New Zealand seeks steamship service matching its growing importance.
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Canada
Islands
Vancouver
Melourne
Australia
Wilfrid Laurier
New Zealand
Thomas
Auckland
Commonwealth
Girl Killed While Riding to School at Pincher Creek
Fourteen year old Bessie May Thomas daughter of C B Thomas a Fishburn farmer near Pincher Creek was killed when her horse stumbled threw her dragging her half a mile before help arrived. She died at the scene with her foot caught in a stirrup.
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Pinche Creek
Alta
Bessie May Thomas
C. B. Thomas
Fishburn
Pincher Creek
May Fight Monroe Doctrine Contested by Bell Doctrine
Doctor Bell asserts in Wellington that the United States holds the Monroe Doctrine firm against German aims to weaken it. Germany has no designs on British dominions, he states, while aiming at other strategic ends in Central Europe.
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Wellington
Bell
United States
Germany
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