by Bruce Cherney (part 3)
The only evidence alleged to link Ivan Pistenczak to the murders of Wasyl Bojeczko and his four children in Stuartburn was a red spot on a coat that was taken from him on November 19, 1898, by interpre...
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by Bruce Cherney (part 2)
The “sensation” sprung by Simeon Czuby, during the December 28, 1898, Winnipeg Police Court (corner of King and James) preliminary hearing into the brutal murders of W...
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by Bruce Cherney (part 1)
Tymko was told by his father, Simeon Czuby, to go with Michael Samborsky and help neighbour, Wasyl Bojeczko, put up the hay that the two men had cut the day before. Before they began th...
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by Bruce Cherney (part 3)
In March 1913, it was announced that the Million for Manitoba League would be opening a public farmers’ market in Winnipeg in April.
“There is no reason why the...
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by Bruce Cherney (part 2)
Under the headline, Million for Manitoba League Not Regarded with Favor in the United States, the April 3, 1912, Manitoba Free Press reported the league was creating “considerable...
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by Bruce Cherney (part 1)
According to historian W.L. Morton, “1912 was the climax of the great boom in Manitoba.” The economic, real estate and immigration boom that had lasted for over 40 years had actually begun ...
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by Bruce Cherney (part 5 of 5)
With the Industrial Revolution in full swing, scientists and farmers put great faith in machines to overcome destructive hordes of locusts. The mechanical devices were clever, but ...
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by Bruce Cherney (part 4)
Future Winnipeg businessman, James Henry Ashdown, emigrated to Manitoba just in time to witness the ravages of a Rocky Mountain locust infestation. Writing to his brother and sister in ...
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by Bruce Cherney (part 3)
The syndicate of proposed buyers of the bankrupt St. Paul and Pacific Railway, which would form the basis of the St. Paul, Minneapolis and Manitoba Railway line, travelled to Minnesota ...
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Surprisingly, I recently found a letter from Yorkton, Saskatchewan, in my mail. Kyle Sobienko wrote, “When I visited Germany I took a boat trip down the Rhine, saw the Lorelei stone and statue, and heard the legend. I&...
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