Demonstration Expo Highlights Dry Farming in Billings
Farmers and international exhibitors prepare for the International Farming position at Billings Montana October 26 to 29 as the Fourth Dry Farming Congress showcases scientific methods in practical agriculture. Alberta Saskatchewan and western states pledge large displays with machinery demonstrations and a town wide lighting scheme.
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Billings
Montana
Alberta
Saskatchewan
Montana Board of Control
Exposition Hall
Montana Avenue
Twenty- Sixth Street
Orpheum
The
Congress
Exposition
Wyoming
Colorando
Texas
Utah
Idaho
Washington
Oregon
Canadian Northwest
Trophy Cup Exhibition Preparations in Billings
Soon, four exhibit cups will be made in Billings for the exposition preceding the opening to Congress. The event showcases trophy cups to be displayed during the Congress period.
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Billings
Bleriot Optimistic On Future of Aeroplaning
London reports aviator Bleriot praised aeroplaning at a banquet of the Aeroplane Club of London. He predicted a practical use soon and that the English channel could become a pleasant sea road for travelers to alight and resume flight. Captain Cody, lightly hurt at Aldershot, will have his aircraft repaired this week and is pursuing naturalization as a British citizen.
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Bleriot
London
Cody
Aldershot
Indians in West Get Franchise Ottawa Proclamation
The federal government extends the Indian act to bands south of the north boundary of township 70 in Alberta and Saskatchewan granting franchise rights on par with older provinces. Indians in these western regions may qualify for voting by meeting land cultivation requirements, signaling a growing political role for plains Indigenous communities.
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West
Ottawa
Township
Alberta
Saskatchewan
Canada
Plains
Dumott's Remarkable Machine in Paris Flight
Santos Dumont reappears in aviation with a small aeroplane that weighs 118 kilograms with pilot. The craft carries nine yards of surface, has a two cylinder motor delivering thirty horsepower, and flies at about 55 miles per hour with a short broad wing and no tail, resembling a quail.
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Dumott
Paris
Santos Dumont
Curtiss
Merger Forms Canadian Cast Iron and Porcelain Firms
A Montreal merger unites Canada cast iron and porcelain enamel makers. The Standard Ideale of Port Hope and Amherst Foundry of Amherst, N S form a $2,000,000 consolidation to specialize plants and improve competitiveness against U S suppliers.
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Montreal
Canada
Standard Ideal Eee
Port Hope
Amherst Foundry Company
Amherst
United States
Endorse World's Fair Project Winnipeg 1912
T R Deacon of the Manufacturers association received a Winnipeg delegation wire from a Hamilton meeting stating a resolution endorsing the 1912 International World's Fair project. The centennial exhibition executive welcomed the endorsement from a body representing nearly all Dominion manufacturers.
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Winnipeg
T. R. Deacon
Manufacturers’ Association
Canadian Manufacturers’ Association
Hamilton
Dominion
New Wheat Moving Into Fort William Market
Wheat is beginning to arrive in large quantities in Fort William as elevators run overtime for the first time this season. Shipping remains slow with the Wahcondah Fairmount and Barge Ungava in the river waiting for orders. The Sullivan recently arrived with a cargo of soft coal.
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Fort William
Qnt
Wahcondah
Fairmount
Ungava
Sullivan
Halley's Comet Reappears Observers Report from Harvard
Cambridge reports Halley's comet seen after seventy years. Dispatch from Professor Wolff of Heidelberg via Harvard Observatory notes sighting on September 11 in right ascension six hours eighteen minutes twelve seconds and declination 17 minutes north. Observable only with a large telescope.
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Halley
Cambridge
Mass
Harvard Observatory
Wolff
Heidelberg
Kitchener Named Field Marshal of British Army
Lord Kitchener, who recently succeeded the Duke of Connaught as inspector general of the Mediterranean, has been promoted to field marshal of the British army.
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London
Lord Kitchener
Duke of Connaught
Mediterranean
Remarkable Saskatchewan harvest drives record grain totals
Saskatchewan farmers report a 190,290,976 bushel aggregate for wheat oats barley and flax, with acreage up 6% to 6,588,963 acres and avg yields estimated at 22 bushels per acre for wheat 47 for oats and 15 for flax, signaling strong prosperity despite a late season.
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Regina
Sask
Saskatchewan
Department of Agriculture
Hia
Bulletin
No Tips at Strand Palace Hotel in London Plan
The Strand Palace hotel in London will ban tipping across its 470 rooms. Proprietors say tipping is wrong in principle and staff will be paid adequate wages, with tipping forbidden from head porter to lift boy.
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London
Strand Palace
Axeter Hall
Young Men’s Christian Association
Strand Hotel, Limited
Strathcona Denies Retirement From High Commission
Montreal reports Lord Strathcona, who recently returned from the west, was asked about retirement rumors. He said he would not discuss such matters, noting his retention in London was urged by Sir Wilfrid Laurier for the public interest.
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Strathcona
Montreal
Lord Strathcona
London
Wilfrid Laurier
Harriman Will Leaves All To Wife In Probate
The late Edward H. Harriman's will, filed in Goshen New York, transfers his entire fortune to Mrs. Mary Harriman. The single sentence 46 words long names no other heirs and makes her one of the wealthiest women in the world. Estimates of Harriman's wealth range from 100 million to 250 million dollars.
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Harriman
New York
Edward H. Harriman
Goshen
N.Y
Mary Harriman
Teacher Shot Pupil in Arkansas Missouri Border Row
Gravette Ark August schoolmaster A T Kelly shot pupil John Butram after a knife threat in a Bear Hollow school dispute near McDonald County The pupil had allegedly tormented teachers and warned no school would be held Kelly surrendered to authorities in the incident.
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Gravette
Ark
John Butram
A. T. Kelly
McDonald County
Second Baron Tweedmouth Dead in London
Edward Marijorbanks second Baron Tweedmouth former first lord of the admiralty under Campbell Bannerman and later lord president of the council died September 15 born 1849. His tenure as first lord of the admiralty followed Liberal victory in 1905 and earlier he faced a 1998 controversy over correspondence with the German emperor regarding Britain’s naval program. He became lord president of the council before resigning months later.
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Tweedmouth
London
Edward Marijorbanks
Campbell-Bannerman
Council
Admiralty
England
Noval
House of Lords
Henry Campbell-Bannerman
Must Protect Passengers Ottawa Railways Issue Order
The board of railway commissioners orders railways with international traffic to ensure no interference by United States immigration officers with passengers on trains to the United States. Chairman Mabee noted fifty complaints of obtrusive conduct by American officers in Canadian territory. Conductors must report all incivilities. Railways argued U S officers ride trains by reciprocity to prevent boundary delays.
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Manufacturers’ Association
Strathcona Mountal
Dominion
Canada
Hobson
Lord Strathcona
Geo. P. Graham
United States
Hudson Bay Railway
Graham
Welland Canal
St. Lawrence
Georgian Bay Canal
Ottawa
Board of Railway Commissioners
Mabee
Formation of Highlanders in Ottawa Awaits Funds
The militia department received an application from the district officer commanding at Winnipeg to form a Highlanders unit in Ottawa. The proposal awaits militia council review and likely will be held until Sir Frederick Borden returns from England. Many regimental applications exist, but funds must be voted by Parliament before approval.
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Highland Regiment
Ottawa
Militia Department
Winnipeg
Militia Council
Sir Frederick Borden
England
War Office Profits by Recalling Canned Meats to Britain
London report claims the War Office sold back to British firms large stocks of canned meats ordered before price hikes. The contracts allow replenishment at old prices, boosting the office profits as supplies sit unused. Officials declined to confirm or deny the story.
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London
British War Office
Lartain
Chicago
War Office
Bruce's Greenland Arctic Expedition Arrives in Edinburgh
Arctic explorer William 8 Bruce reports a successful expedition. He claims near completion of Prince Charles foreland survey and crossing from Ice Field to Spitzbergen via inland ice and glaciers. Geological work suggests potential profitable coal mines.
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Greenland
Edinburgh
William
Bruce
Prince Charles Foreland
Spitzbergen
Chinamen Will Study in United States
Forty seven students have been accepted to study in the United States under the Boxer indemnity fund returned to China by America, for educational purposes, and they have passed the medical examination.
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United States
China
America
Pole Controversy Surges Over Cook and Peary Claims
New York Herald reports conflicting evidence on whether Dr Frederick Cook reached the North Pole before Commander Peary. Cook asserts records exist to prove his claim and offers to compare with Peary, while Peary calls Cook’s proof a brick. Denmark backs Cook. scientists urge formal inquiry to settle the dispute.
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Peary
Cook
Pole
Denmark
New York
Frederick A.cook
North Pole
Robert BE. Peary
New York Herald
Harry Whitney
New Haven
Roosevelt
Copenhagen
Whitney
Etah
the Herald
Dr. Cook
Utah
Herald
Battle Harbor
Cape Ray
Nild
Admiral de Richelieu
United States
Greenland
Anthony Fiala
Brooklyn
Joseph White
Peary Ex Tion
Rudolph Francke
Francke
Arctic
Dr.Cook
Pretender Proclaims Himself Shah in Persia
A Teheran dispatch reports Abdul Hussein, claimant to the Persian throne, has appeared at Luristan proclaiming himself shah and gaining local popular support. Government forces have sent troops to quell the uprising.
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St. Petersburg
Teheran
Persia
Abdul Hussein
Luristian
Shah
Ito
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