Grand Alaska voyage described by Burton Holmes
Renowned lecturer Burton Holmes extols a two thousand mile Pacific Northwest journey from Victoria to Alaska. The account details straits, totems, Seymour Narrows, Gulf of Georgia, Dixon Entrance, and a land of glaciers with coastal towns, early rail dreams, and remarkable scenery from Juan de Fuca to Port Essington. The return trip mirrors the vivid voyage.
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Burton Holmes
Yosemite Valley
Yellowstone
Grand Canyon
Colorado
Alaska
Switzerland
Norway
Hiaison
Othe St. Lawrence
Rockies
Ainbul
Alleigg
Steeddt
Jess
Victoria
Straits of
Juan de Fuca
San Juan
Sie
Union
Seymour Narrows
Wakles Island
C. P R
Yellowhead Pass
Butte Inlet
Johnston Straits
Salmon River
Vancouver Island
Alert Bay
Haddington Island
Queen Charlotte Sound
Juan de Fuca Straits
Gribble Island
Skeena River
Fraser
Port Essington
Omineca
Hazelton
Port Simpson
Hudson's Bay Company
Grand Trunk Pacific
Prince Rupert
Alaskan
Dixon Entrance
Ketehiean Oie
Fractured Finance and Ice Trust Tease
A man uses a $2 bill to raise $1 and buys a railroad ticket for three dollars by pawn and resale, claiming a $1 profit. The ice trust figure laments price gouging, while a manager jokes about a hot wave machine and furnace.
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T Belove
Ice Trust
Odd Items From Old Country News Briefs
Chimney sweep in Clerkenwell faces court over profession decline. Various short items note a burial ground ruling at Garstang, a rise in Yarmouth school attendance, electric street lighting bids in Southwark, a Lambeth shoplifting case, and other scattered concerns including a Dutch church exhibit and a sensational personal ad.
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Clerkenwell County Court
Corbin Road Plans Continental Passenger Service
Reports from Spokane detail Corbin Road officials outlining a continental passenger service to Spokane and Canada. They expect a local operation this spring with full service soon after, plus new offices and track work on the riverfront layout. Labor shortages hinder progress as workers quit for celebrations. Montreal discussions with Canadian Pacific executives echo similar issues in Cuba.
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Spokane
D.C. Corbin
Spowine Tuleprabonal Railway
Heview
Colbin
Canada
Huta
Sauling
Uetonwr
Wastington Street
Samepoint
Idaho
Oveith River
Montreal
Shaughnessy
Canadian Pacific
Shiampughnessy
Sir William van Horne
Cuba
William
Tye
Sir William
Mr. Shaughnessy
Willian
Global population notes and colonial trade snippets
The text cites ratios for U S Britain Germany and France along with British Columbia population estimates and west Canada flour mills and river navigation. It moves to a Welsh parish quip about bachelors and a Dublin hall statue removal debate. It notes Yarmouth police chief retirement gifts and church communion cups returned with Puritan plate deeds from 1654 and 1743.
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Yarmouth
Employer Liable in Lumber Company Fatal Accident
An appeal court in Nelson upheld a $2,000 award to W. Rich against North Star Lumber Co. The incident occurred when a gin pole stack weighing 3,000 pounds fell after chain failure, severing Rich's foot. Foreman Richards faced scrutiny over chain testing. judgment for the plaintiff was affirmed on appeal. Spokane Fair builds grandstand for 7,000 seating, doubling prior capacity. Derby Day promos say crowds will enjoy enhanced seating, stairs, and chairs, with optimism for premier racing.
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Nelson Canadian
John Llaniury
North Star Lumber Company
William Rich
Elko
Rich
Richards
Hough
Fernie
S. S. Taylor
Justice Martin
Lumbermen’s Association
Hunter
Rving
Spokane
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Jean Scott Brock
Agaist Mwe Fivthe Burial Board
Garstang
Hanes
Hilad States
England
Faves’ Ltd Bebo
Southwark Council
Lambeth
Old Kentroad
Lopsins
Winlow
Rollesby (Nor(Ol
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Johannesburg
Wis
Nicholas Louw
Calvan
Cape Colony
The
London Express
Marylebone
Clap- Nain Junction
Ain
Vauxhall
Scotland Yards
Alice Westbury
Middlesex
Spitalfields
Spitafields
Stepney
City of London
Rentoul
K.C
Clifle
Steaioship
Bow Creek
Trenton
Jersey
Michael Conta
Plowden
Melba
Hamel Carter
Guildford
U.S
Cranbrook
the Herald
East
Fernie, Moyie
Fort Steele
Marysville
Elko, Thorrissey
Frank
Windermere Country
Corbin Road
U. S
Britain
Germany
France
British Columbia
London
Canada’s West
Border Churchway
Wales
Tschureh
Dublin Corporation
George III
Alderman Kelly
Harlesty
Chase
Spokane Fair
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