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Newspaper
Cranbrook Herald
Location
Cranbrook, British Columbia, Canada
Date
Feb 13, 1902
Page
2
The Herald debates party unity and individual editorship while noting mixed praise for Commissioner Clark and the Moyle letter. It critiques socialist rhetoric, laments campaign loyalties, and remarks on press influence from the Crow's Nest Coal company. The piece also mentions social activity in Cranbrook, an atlas courtesy from Hon. Sifton, and local news from Moyle, Nakusp, and nearby communities.
A. M. argues that true manhood rests on obedience to conscience and the distinction between right and wrong. The piece warns that refusing the light leads to moral death, urging a strong voice at home, in schools, churches, and streets to uphold truth and the pursuit of the light.
Imperial authorities plan extensive fortifications at Halifax with a formidable new fortress at the harbor mouth near Sambro. The structure will rival Gibraltar and York Rise in size, armed with 12 inch disappearing guns and modern fittings. Sergt Major Westwood will supervise, with new barracks and civic works including a top class gymnasium on the citadel slope.
Dominion statistician George Johnson reports 681 miles of electric lines by end of 1900, up 49 miles. Electric railways carried 118,129,862 passengers, up 14,097,208, with 1,642 cars in service and 4,000 plus employees. Steam railways carried 17,122,193 passengers. Total rail passengers reached 185, population hit 25 times by rail usage.
The Canadian Pavilion exhibit of apples impresses visitors with fresh from storage appearance, proving the value of production and distribution. Attendants struggle to obtain distinguishing marks or price details from many exhibitors, while government staff strive to fix issues and advertise effectively. A London letter notes emigration work sending 101 young women to Canada aboard the Athen Timer, the second such voyage this year, and mentions Fran wis J. Lascelles in relation to a ranch incident and a Vancouver asylum.
The Bruce dlevald reports Mr. Low Chamoun, a grocery traveler and comedian, has returned amid a run of practical jokes. A fishing trip to Topworth ended with a costly mask mishap, leaving him with a strange head attachment after a bottle mix up and a series of shaves and washes.
The Dominion’s vast area from the Atlantic to the Pacific offers settlers free land in Manitoba and the Northwest, Crown grants in several provinces, and affordable farms. It urges more people and capital, advising contact with the High Commissioner for Canada at 17 Victoria Street, London.
The census shows Upper Canada 808,508 inhabitants with 64,869 in cities and towns. Toronto 26,165 Hamilton 10,521 Brockville 2,79 Bytown 6,000 Cornwall 7 London 4,126 Niagara Kingston 10,760 Kingston city and immediate area total 18,007 Military 1,200 soldiers wives children 400 Tarriefield 200 Portsea 500 Thenientary 7. Globe June 24 1861.
The Dawson City Daily News lists 25 cents per copy or 4 dollars a month with a yearly rate of 48. An eight page paper runs five months a year and four pages the rest with a daily circulation near 900. The long distance rate ranges 50 cents to 1 dollar per copy. The office operates a Morganthaler press bought for 4700 dollars, landed at 4 something in Dawson after a 400 mile ice crossing. A horse team called Glinn cost 60 dollars and took 27 days to traverse the route.
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