Kettle River Valley Railway Plans Reappear in Dominion Gazette
The Official Gazette announces a new charter application for the Kettle River Valley railway. Proponents argue the line would benefit the Boundary country, Spokane interests push expansion, while the P R opposes competing routes. If approved, a line from Spokane Falls & Northern toward Grand Forks, Republic, and toward Wilber coastal points may be built.
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Kettle River Valley
Kootenay
P. R
Spokane
Hill
Falls City
Kettle River Valley Railway
Spokane Falls & Northern
Kettle River
Grand Forks
Republic
Wilber
Boundary Country
First Couple Weds in Phoenix Corrected Spelling Twist
The First Couple Wedded in Phoenix with Rev. B. H. Balderson performing. Bride Florence Schuber from Oregon City and groom a Phoenix businessman. They will be noted in future local histories for their union.
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Phoenix
W. Twist
B. H. Balderson
Greenwood
Florence Schuber
Oregon City
Twiet
California Quartz Mining Exhibit Heads to Paris Exposition
California plans a bold display in Paris with $100 000 worth of gold specimens. The exhibit will feature a quartz mill model a quartz mining underground model and a gravel mining model. Almaden quicksilver mine may serve as a miniature mine type. A three foot bowl with geese and a sledge hammer will be a novel attraction.
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California
Paris
Exposition Grounds
Almaden
Santa Clara County
Will Prohibit Card-playing in Vancouver Reform Move
Vancouver moves to ban all card-playing in public or private circles as part of a broader moral reform movement. The measure targets any organized or casual gaming in the city, signaling strict enforcement and community standards.
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Vancouver
Porter’s Port Elizabeth Pub Turned Donkey Jest
Clifford Halle recounts a South Africa tour anecdote in Port Elizabeth where a donkey at the hall door interrupted a ballad. The audience laughed as the animal brayed during the climax of Thou Art Passing Hence My Brother, scuttling the program and prompting a quip from the violinist about keeping relatives away from the front door.
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Clifford Halle
Sir Charles Halle
England
Port Elizabeth
South Africa
Halle
Local visitor from Kalgary seeks printing paystreak
Mr A K Francis of Kalgary Alberta visited the town Wednesday and Thursday. He is Walter Francis’s father who once ran a business here and lost it in the major fire. After traveling three months he seeks a new location. The Record invites readers to try its improving paystreak of Fine Job Printing.
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A. K. Francis
Kalgary
Alberta
Walter Francis
Francis
Dissolution Notice of Nelson Olson Bergman Hotel Firm
The partnership operating as Nelson Olson Bergman hotel keepers in Cascade British Columbia is dissolved by mutual consent. Signed by John E Nelson Mo Olson and Andrew Bergman dated Cascade November 8 1899.
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Nelson, Olson & Bergman
Cascade
B. C
John E. Nelson
Mo Olson
Andrew Bergman
Cascade, B. C
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Official Gazette
Dominion Parliament
Llentana Hotel
C. H. May
First Avenue
V. Monnier & CO
Pabst
Milwaukee Beer
Main Street
B.C. Livery Stable
J. A. Bertois
Prop
Second Avenue
Black
Black Bros
Centre of Town
B.C
Boundary District
Connection
Gladstone
Burnt Basin
Christina Lake
Brooklyn
Albert W. J. Belgrove
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