Strathcona and Booth: Builders of Canada’s North Empire
A sweeping profile recalls Lord Strathcona born Donald Alexander Smith and lumber magnate Booth. It traces Strathcona’s Arctic journeys with Hudson’s Bay Company men to Labrador, his leadership of the company, and joint railroad ventures with James J. Hill including the Canadian Pacific line. It then highlights Booth’s rise from farm boy to lumber king, land acquisitions in Ontario Quebec and northern U.S., and a tale of a mortared worker in his Ottawa yards. The piece emphasizes grit, leadership, and the creation of Canadian industry.
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Lord Strathcona
Donald Alexander Smith
America
Bof
Seli- Canada
Hudson's Bay Company
Arctic Circle
Great Fur Company
Esquimaux
Wme
Labrador
Donald Smith
Hudson’s Bay Company
Church of England
Lady Strathcona
Montreal
Company
James J Hill
Northwest
St. Paul
Canadian Pacific Railroad
Isthmus
Panama
Booth
Waterloo
Quebec Province
United States
Canada
Ontario
Quebec
Ottawa
Lumber King of
Georgian Bay
Sir Wilfrid, Laurier
J. R. Booth
John R Booth and the Great Canadian Rail Saga
The article recounts John R Booth, famed Canadian lumber magnate and rail founder, detailing his impact from Ottawa to British Columbia, including selling a key railroad for 14 million dollars to Grand Trunk, and his wealth and philanthropy. It notes his early retirement, then later ventures, and mentions other tech notes on illumination, fertilizer from leather scrap, and innovative tire technology.
Machines speed up cloth clipping for army hospital pillows
Cloth clipping for filling fracture pillows used in army hospitals is now done by machines in only one eighth of the time previously required by women across the country who undertook the work.
Oil Locomotives Power Rail Network Across States
Oil-burning locomotives operate on 53 railroads in 21 states covering 32 000 miles of track and consuming 42 000 000 barrels of oil annually.
Life Belt that hides as garment yet inflates to support a man
A new life saving belt is described as an ordinary looking garment that draws no attention. In an instant it can be inflated to lift a heavy person and sustain them for an indefinite period.
Pioneer Stimulus of Gold and the Northwest
The article argues the Oregon and Pacific Northwest benefited from the California gold rush, naming pioneers John W. Marshall and Charles W. Bennett, noting earlier Malheur gold near the Meek cut-off, and detailing how regional industry and transport boomed. It highlights how Willamette Valley, Puget Sound, woolen mills, iron smelting, and Columbia River trade surged from 1848 onward, with river steamboats carrying vast passenger and freight volumes in 1861–64.
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Oregon
Argonauts
Oregon Historical Quarterly
Leslie M. Scott
California
West
John W. Marshall
Charles W. Bennett
Malheur
Meek
Portland
Northwest
British Columbia
Montana
Idaho
Scott
Pacific Coast
Willamette Valley
Puget Sound
Salem
Oregon City
Brownsville
Oswego
Columbia River
Thig Dalles
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Mount Royal
Port Arthur
Duluth
Chicago
Lakes
Grand Trunk
Craigellachie
B. C
John R. Booth
Zuyder Zee
Cimber
Netherlands
North Holland
Wieringen
Pinam
Friesland
John RB. Booth
Western Gold Development
Alaska
North
Chance
Nevada
Bret Harte
Mark Twain
Dan de Quille
Robert Service
Jack London
Rex Beach
Washington
Fraser River
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