Impressions of Western Canada and Canadian lands boom
L A Stockwell of Indianapolis reports on western Canada exploration and prosperity, citing Beaumunk, Smith brothers, and others who moved from the States to Saskatchewan and Manitoba. He notes bountiful yields, thriving towns, and rapid homestead takeup, with trains full of steers en route to England. He contrasts harsh winter with dry air, praising land offices and settlement fever observed from Winnipeg to Moose Jaw and beyond.
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N. E. Beaumunk
Brazil
Indiana
Hanley
Sask
Moose Jaw
Lethridge
Calgary
Edmonton
Regina
Brandon
Chicago
Minneapolis
Winnipeg
Canada
A Perfect Hand in Postum and Grape-Nuts Adverts
A story tracks how a seemingly perfect feminine hand became famous after a photographer captured it while a candy was held. The Postum and Grape-Nuts ad campaign printed the image titled A Helping Hand without naming the owner, fueling public curiosity and illustrating how manufacturers’ private lives enter households through advertising.
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America
War-time court martial over cowardice aboard Kinshin sank
Japanese news recounts Mi yaguchi and Kinshin officers being court-martialed for alleged cowardice after their ship Kanagawa was sunk by the Vladivostok Squadron. Survivors returned, some prisoners died by their own hand. exchanges note remorse in Japanese press. An American named Thompson was among captured crew from Hokusei and Koie sailing schoolers.
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Victoria
B. C
Kanagawa
Japan
Miyoguchi
Kinshin
Mizoguchi
Hari-Kari
Russia
Mizo- Suchi
Hokusei
Koie
Thompson
Plot Nipped in the Bad Atlanta Plot to dynamite prison foiled
Atlanta police arrest nine men at a cheap hotel near the federal prison amid a plan to dynamite the penitentiary and free long sentences. The suspects used fictitious names, with one tied to a train robbery convict. Most come from Oklahoma and Indian Territory. a woman linked to the group appeared but remains at large. The nine are jailed with dynamite nitroglycerin fuse and heavy arms.
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Atlanta
Federal Prison
Penitentiary
Moyer
Oklahoma
Indian Territory
French cabinet crisis as Rouvier ministry resigns
A sudden defeat in the chamber of deputies toppled the Rouvier cabinet amid a pivotal Franco German stage. The vote stemmed from a minor debate on church disorders, leaving the ministry 32 votes in the minority as clericals socialists and nationalists united against it.
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Paris
Francce
Rouvier
Chamber of Deputies
Algeciras
Voluntary Reductions by Western Rail Roads
The Herald reports western rail roads will cut transportation charges by about 15 percent across all six freight classes. The reductions apply territory from the Atlantic seaboard to the Missouri River and total in the millions annually.
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Chicago
The
Herald
Atlantic Seaboard
Missouri River
Tower to top the Eiffel with 10000 lights at Jamestown Exposition
Norfolk announces plans for a tower taller than the Eiffel tower at Paris to be built on the Jamestown Exposition grounds. The structure would feature over 10000 incandescent lights and be visible for miles at sea at night, with plans and specifications sought from London.
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Norfolk
Eifel
Paris
London
Aged Bloomington Man Slain by Highwaymen Near Des Moines
William Morris, 95, of Bloomington Ill, reported robbed of a gold watch and nearly $500 after a hold up in Des Moines. He fled by rail and walked from Oxford to Iowa City seeking help, showing facial injuries and bruises. His wife is said to be a high officer in the Illinois Rebekahs. Police seek leads on the incident.
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David Gill
The
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England
Cape Observatory
Sir David Gill
Victoria
M. Martel
Henri Moissan
Cassius
Bloomington
Iowa City
William Morris
Ill
Grand Lodge
Mlinois
Rebekahs
Des Moines
Oxford
Morris
Duquoin Prosecution Delayed In Leiter Case
In Benton, Zeigler coal magnate Joseph Leiter faces mining law charges. A motion by W P Seeber to continue was granted. at Attorney General Stead's urging, the case is postponed to the February term of 1907.
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Springfield
Waterloo man Metzger dies after self-inflicted gunshot wound
Waterloo resident Charles Metzger, who arrived in Illinois from Germany in 1844 at age three, died several hours after shooting himself through the brain. A prominent local figure, he served as deputy sheriff during Republican administrations in Monroe County.
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Waterloo
Charles Metzger
Illinois
Germany
Monroe County
Bank Vault Breach Ends With $700 Silver Loot
Kenny Thr ee d men protected the scene as two accomplices breached the People's bank vault. The first charge demolished the vault and shattered the plate glass front. The second ripped the door from the safe, but the thieves left with only $700 in silver.
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Kenny
People’s Bank
Bloomingon Spiritualist Mediums Vanish After Illumination
Bloomington reports 400 attendees at an alleged spiritualistic session led by Mr and Mrs William Wolfe. Lights went out and the couple fled, pursued by the audience. Springfield reports a blaze destroying the Klondike coal mine machinery, $15000 loss, 200 miners displaced. Bloomington records death of Dr William Hill aged 77, who served as consul at Port Sarnia Canada during Cleveland's first term.
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Bloomington
William Wolfe
Oyera House
Springfield
Klondike
Here
Wm. Hill
Will
Wm. J. Bryan
Port Sarnia
Canada
Cleveland
Galesburg G A R encampment invites Roosevelt and Deneen
The arrangements committee for the state encampment of the Grand Army of the Republic in Galesburg has extended invitations to President Roosevelt and Governor Deneen to attend the May gathering.
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Galesburg
Grand Army of the Republic
Roosevelt
Deneen
New Bureau County Board Permit For State Bank Of Cherry
Springfield The auditor of public accounts issued a permit to organize the State Bank of Cherry at Cherry Bureau county The capital stock is 25000 dollars
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New Bureau
Springfield
Auditor of Public Accounts
State Bank of
Cherry
Bureau County
Caught on the Rebound Noted in Dispatch Quip Exchange
A playful exchange from the Columbus Dispatch features Mrs Hasher and Slimm debating dinner. Mrs Hasher says damb stew while Mr Slimm complains of lamb fatigue. The banter ends with a witty line about being hungry and a wolf.
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Slimm
Mrs. Hasher
Mr. Slimm
Columbus Dispatch
Honest talk and magic tricks noted in editorials
Uncle Eben warns about bragging honesty while a magician type humbles with a show. A writer counters that nothing is best achieved by indirection, noting corkscrew logic as a plausible theory, reflecting column tone in two papers.
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Chicago Daily
Ews
Dr Williams Pink Pills Save Des Moines Woman From Starvation
Mrs. J A Wyatt of 1189 Seventh street Des Moines Iowa faced near starvation from nervous dyspepsia and gastritis. After failing two doctors she found relief taking Dr Williams Pink Pills for Pale People, regaining strength and appetite within two weeks and praising the remedy to friends. Sold by all druggists and the Dr Williams Medicine Co Schenectady NY.
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J. A. Wyatt
Seventh Street
Des Moines
Iowa
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