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Newspaper
Fort Macleod Gazette
Location
Fort Macleod, Alberta, Canada
Date
Jun 20, 1907
Page
4
R. B. Barnes Chemist Medigal Hall offers a full line of sponges hair and tooth brushes nail brushes pilot articles and patent medicines along with other health products for daily care.
A historic ad promotes Stationery Fancy offering pipes tobaccos and cigars. It features a lending library with recent novels and emphasizes a dispensing department with purest drugs and 24 hour prescription service.
The Gazette reports a busy period in Macleod with the Sunday school picnic set for June 29 and the Macleod Gun Club aiming for a Dominion Day meet. J Robertson of Pincher Creek wed Sarah Steele of Lethbridge while John McAlpine visits Banff. Also noted are a railway wreck delay, town growth, charity prizes, a streetfight, and river flood risks near town prompting safety warnings.
Excavations finished for the Reach & Co. and Chow Sam brick blocks east of the Bank of Commerce in Macleod. Contractors Maclachlan and Lambert start work with 33 by 75 feet and 23 by 76 feet units, a full basement under structure and sidewalk, solid concrete foundations, two storeys high, planned for a handsome streetfront.
At the Monday council meeting full attendance discussed water rates for lawn and house use and decided to fund concrete sidewalks along the Hudsons Bay block Reach Co. and Chow Sam’s properties with adjacent owners paying 8 ton of the cost. The secretary was tasked to inquire with Calgary on funding methods and to request 8500 dollars to the current account.
Reported notes describe a limited crowd for a community celebration with plans for a Dominion themed event. Organizers outline a modest programme featuring performances and local participation to mark the occasion.
Old timers remark a tremendous rise in the Old Man river with unusually heavy water flow eastward. The flood widened river banks during the great flood years ago and the current period follows a long history of high water levels each morning from 9.30 to 11.30.
Ranchers and others losing stock should advertise in the Gazette. Wanted a number of girls to learn dressmaking. Miss R. A. Whittington, opposite the Gazette office. The water works system nearly completed under city engineer. W H Crenlock of John Rogers & Co Winnipeg livestock buyers visited the Gazette and will return in fall to purchase stock, planning to advertise limits for his business.
Anaconda editor notes Ray Woodworth of Idaho recalling his farming efforts near Bannack and Dillon, Montana, selling vegetables to miners. He recalls wheat at 28 cents a pound and losses on ruta bagas and turnips as prices surged to 50 60 cents. He describes shipping costs and price disputes with traders during the Alder Gulch rush.
A fourteen year old girl at Smolny convent school in St. Petersburg killed herself after punishment for reading a pamphlet. She was joined by another girl of the same age who shared the fate. both tied sheets about their heads and leaped from a dormitory window. One died twelve hours later. the other survives.
Frank Nugent of Sanford was remanded in Winnipeg after being charged with attempting to obtain several thousand dollars through forged bids from leading local grain merchants. The remand was requested by the crown and set until Tuesday.
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