Lead bonus propels Canadian pig lead manufacture drive
British Columbia silver lead miners win a government bonus plan to boost pig lead production. The program offers 5 dollars per ton for 1902 refined lead, then progressively lower rates through 1906. The piece argues U S market shifts and tariffs pushed BC toward domestic smelting and refining, risking reliance on American firms.
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Ottawa
Dominion
Canadian
British Columbia
Canada
United States
United
New York
London
Jani Refining Company
American Smelting and Refining Company
North America
Ameri¢an Smelting & Refining Company
American Smelting & Refining Co
Gluttony and the Golden Medical Discovery Claims
An 19th century advertisement discusses gluttony as eating beyond need and links stomach weakness to broader health decline. It promotes Dr. Pierce's Golden Medical Discovery as a cure for indigestion and digestive disorders, including testimonials. A note from Lord Strathcona mentions the War Office approving an imperial war gratuity payment to soldiers returning from South Africa.
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Pierce
C. 1. Brooks
Dr. Pierce
Gollen
Lord Strathcona
War Office
Militia Department
South Africa
Determined Bride-To-Be Follows Reginald St Clair Ruse
A Detroit Free Press segment recounts a drab clad woman who traveled 200 miles to meet a man named Reginald St Clair she met via a matrimonial ad. She confronted lookalikes with red flowers, vowed to recover $100 sent for furniture, and to pursue Reginald to the end of the earth if needed.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Darby
Union Depot
Reginald St. Clair
Shaeh
Pieter
Reginala
Reginald
Detroit Free Press
Buster's Soup Ends With Escaped Meat Adventure
A child known as Buster, about eight, tries to host a soup for guests. He adds water, onions, potatoes, flour, salt, pepper, and sugar, but the cat is dropped into the pot. The pot overturns, prompting a mortified mother and a story ending with the line that the old soup wouldn’t stay souped. Then a note on Claude Chappe and the semaphore telegraph from Cornhill Magazine.
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Buster
Mary
Dore
Mamma
New York World
Claude Chappe
Angers
France
England
Chappe
Paria
Lille
Conde
Carnot
Paris
Porson
First Republic
Ignatius
Rene
Louis XVIII
Charles X
Louis Philippe
The Thankful Editor Threat Lingered Over Window
A rural editor recounts an attack as buckshot shattered a window Wednesday evening. A stranger in the office took the full blast and survived, while the would be assassin remains at large. The editor trusts Providence to protect the publication.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Providence
Chua
Atlanta Constitution
Irregular Dialogue Cited From The Indianapolis Journal
A fragmentary exchange reflects indignation as a speaker claims a boy threw at him and narrowly missed. The piece also notes historical crownings in Ireland and England, including references to Henry II, George III, and Henry V, with mentions of coronations at Westminster and Worcester and Paris.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
United Kingdom
Ireland
Henry
Westminster
Worcester
Georg
Glouverter
Paris
A Blessing to Mankind Dr Clarke’s Little Red Pills
A reader endorses Dr Clarke’s Little Red Pills detailing years of rheumatism and stomach troubles cured after six boxes. Additional testimonials claim cures for laptiope, asthma, paralysis, catarrh, eczema and indigestion. The ad promises cures for various ailments at 50 cents per box and offers rewards for unyielding cases.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dr. Clarke
Te Era
Andrew Scott
State Street
Rochester
Clark
Clarke
Church Services and Notices From Local Churches
A page listing church services at St Pauls Church of England Presbyterian and Methodist Churches with service times and Sunday School details. Also includes an ad for kidney health and notes on Mrs Louis Botha arriving at Southampton from South Africa with remarks on potential peace mission and parole release of Mr Fischer.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
ST. Paul's Church OF England
Presbyterian Church
P.m. Sharp
V. M. Punpy
Methodist Church
R. B. Larpsey
Golden Train and Mail Schedules at Golden Post
Golden serves as a transit point for mining districts with daily arrivals and departures to West Windermere and Windermere. Mails arrive from the south and west daily, with departures to West and East at specified times. Registered mail must be in 100 minutes before mails close, Pacific standard time.
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C.D
Miainhich
Wilermor
Duchess
Windermere
GC. Y. R. iv
Zeai
Winborarre
Hichess
Tueadays
Vridays
Golder Post
West
Sadutsleyn
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the Bdaus
B.C
Thos
F. Gallivan
Mailbank
Ont
Dr. King
Ontario
Cocumera River Lumber Co
Golden, Beaver and
Kualt
Mountains
Golden
Church Services
Yarus
the Prospectors’ Exchange
G. Block
Nelson
Exchange
Andrew IP. Rosenberger
P.O. Box
Nelson, B.C
Ine
R. W Patmore
Pelham Nursery CO
Toronto, Ont
Golden and Windermere
Poult
Nott
Ea Moniag
R. W. Patmore
W. M. C.H. Parson
Rocky Mountain
Ini Odisellows Hall
Sojorningy Brethren
Pearce NG
Bill
Dodgers
Rider
Chicago
Frey
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