Word: manitoba
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Dates: during 1880-1889
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...following is a sample of how they do things in Manitoba: "A ten mile race was run here yesterday by George Irvine and Little Plum, son of the Chief of the Blackfeet. A number of fouls occurred, and finally Irvine knocked the Indian down, and severely injured him by stamping on his wrist with spiked shoes. Nevertheless, the Indian regained his feet and pluckily renewed the race, winning by five yards in fifty-five minutes...
...terrible collision occurred yesterday between an immigrant train, returning from Montreal to Manitoba, and a freight train. The damage to the company was about...
Four thousand immigrants arrived in Montreal last week, en route for Manitoba...
...steamer Manitoba, from Boston for Glasgow, is ashore near Greenock. Efforts to get her off have thus far proved ineffectual, but it is expected that she will float soon...
...Winnipeg, Manitoba, the thermometer has fallen to 40 deg. below zero...