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Newspaper
Grand Forks Sun
Location
Grand Forks, British Columbia, Canada
Date
Jun 01, 1917
Page
3
R R Gilpin, customs officer, files May 1917 receipts for the head office and sub-offices. Totals include cascade sums and a grand total of 11 069.52 with detailed line items 38 919.03 1 642.58 460.74 47.17.
The Virginia Mining Company has taken a bond and lease on three years for the Faithful Surprise group of mining claims near Danville from Bert Campbell who located them in 1896. New operators will begin work next Monday. Equipment includes a compressor boiler drills and track.
A fire destroyed the Canadian Pacific Gilpin section house at Cascade with the resident family escaping in their night clothes. A similar blaze at Cascade station and dwelling occurred two weeks earlier, suggesting a local arsonist. Gilpin lies six miles west of Cascade. Nearby social notes mention a Red Cross dance planned at Christina Lake and various residents visiting in Grand Forks and Nelson.
A prominent San Francisco lawyer known for his sharp questioning of Chinese witnesses encountered trouble while inspecting cold frames, narrowly avoiding distraction as noon sun revealed plant issues.
A historical account recounts a famous lawyer’s response to the persistent question You savvy God during his career and up to his death. The exchange blends humor and theological provocation as the attorney dismisses the line of questioning and redirects to a planned discourse on the Divinity of Christ.
An amusing reminiscence features Bishop Dudley of Kentucky recounting a breakfast incident at a Virginia home where waffles ran out and a servant quipped about future servings. The chat shifts to home economics with Mrs. Youngbride planning to make butter, plus a note on planting frost tender vegetables by May 20.
Government thermometer records show daily low and high temperatures for May 25 to May 31. Readings include 48/26 on Friday 43/27 on Saturday 42/28 on Sunday 52/29 on Tuesday 46/80 on Wednesday 38/31 on Thursday and 76/41 inches rainfall.
Spokane men form the Enterprise Consolidated Mines Co with 2.5 million shares to develop two groups of seven claims on Norway and Greville mountains in the Trail district west of Rossland. Assays report 61.02 dollars per 12 foot front and 11.36 dollars in a 34 inch vein, gold and silver. કહ
A girl's tale from Grand Forks markets Adlerika as a miraculous laxative. The ad claims buckthorn bark glycerine and other ingredients flush the entire alimentary tract and swiftly relieve dyspepsia sour stomach constipation and gas, preventing appendicitis. Woodland and Quinn, druggists, promote its quick action.
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