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Newspaper
Grand Forks Sun
Location
Grand Forks, British Columbia, Canada
Date
Dec 19, 1919
Page
4
News from Grand Forks includes Robert Campbell recovering in hospital after foot surgery with new joints forming. townsfolk discuss land settlement inquiries and local officials. A high school farewell for Mrs McNaughton to Saskatchewan and various moves and visits by residents are noted along with social events and a business update.
A Tuund of Hillyard and A Williams of Nelson visited friends here. TE McBeath of Nelson was in the city on Wednesday. R Lawson Jr. left Tuesday for a short visit to Spokane. Public schools closed today for Christmas holidays.
An old time ad claims Pape's Diapepsin cures indigestion and dyspepsia in five minutes by neutralizing stomach acidity. The passage mentions sufferers with sour undigested food and heartburn seeking quick relief and includes a scene at a railroad office about emigration to Canada.
An ad claims Preezone quickly lifts hard corns and calluses without pain. A few drops supposedly numb the corn, then it lifts away, with a tiny bottle selling cheaply at drug stores. Marketed as a sensational Cincinnati discovery.
The annual meeting of the Grand Forks Farmers' Institute and the Live Stock Association will be held in the Partners' room at the Court Frange ub 2 jin on Saturday December 20. The gathering aims to elect officers for the evening year elect a delegate to the Central Convention receive the President and the Secretary Treasurers reports for the past year and consider other business as may arise.
Land Registry notice dated November 1919 at Knutsford Land Registry Office records transfers of Lot H Worlk Hy Map 23 City of Grad Perks. Deeds dated 1892 to 1901 show Manly and Averill families, Stephen Yardley Worton, Charles Slopson, George Rutherford, and others conveying interests. District Registrar H. Omaig signs.
An old advertisement urges mothers to use California Syrup of Figs when children are cross, feverish or constipated. It promises gentle cleansing of the bowels within hours and promotes the product as a safe, painless laxative pleasing to both parents and kids.
Synopsis of land act changes reduces minimum land prices, tightens pre emption to arable land only, and limits records to non timber agricultural land. It abolishes partnership pre emptions but allows adjacent claims with shared improvements and residence. Pre emptors must reside five years and invest $10 per acre in improvements, with specifics on acreage and cultivation. Also outlines unsurveyed home sites, industrial land leases, and stumpage conditions. Free grants act extends to soldiers and heirs, with remittance of taxes, five year tax relief, and retroactive provisions. Crown grants to sub purchasers and late applications by May 1 1920. Grazing act features range admin and permit systems for livestock and settlers.
The text notes that The Sun maintained nearly the same prices as before the big war began, amid changes described as an adapted system. No clear dates or named entities beyond The Sun are provided, but the piece implies price stability despite wartime disruptions.
A fragmented OCR note hints at a local boot repair shop in a turbulent town. The garbled text references arson, hope, and a nurse or thief, with scattered phrases about boots, red glow, and help. The readable bits point to a community incident and ordinary repair work intertwined with confusion.
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