Local Items and Appointments Against the North Pacific Fair
Henry White returned from a three week Spokane visit. The Driving Park and Athletic Association joins the North Pacific Fair, adopting copper and green as colors. R A Brown won a contract for ten thousand mining stalls. John Lucksmith drowned at Kettle River. First V V E freight to Grand Forks for a local firm arrived. Jay Graves of Granby company arrived from Spokane. E W Liljegren, a Columbia mining expert, returned from the North Fork. A Hanscom moved his family from Curlew. Fred Cooper, Grand Forks undertaker, returned home with his bride.
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Driving Park and Athletic Association
City
North Pacific Fair Association
Jay P. Graves
Granby Company
Spokane
E. W. Liljegren
Columbia
North Fork
Hanscom
Curlew
Fred Cooper
Grand Forks
Feathers and Folly in a Humorous Clip
A lighthearted collage features a milliner’s remark about hat feathers from a howl, a comic miscue on gold and income tax, a night lecture detour, and a child reading by smell, all in pithy, dated banter.
A Needless Expense from Rhodes to Pauling
A sketch of George Pauling, famed railway builder across Africa from the Cape to Congo, and his rival or associate Rhodes. The text recalls Rhodes’ grand dreams and a tale of their close association, noting journeys to England and a humorous breakfast habit aboard ships.
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George Pauling
Cape
Congo
Beirs
Angola
South Africa
Rhodes
Pauling
England
Pure ice cream for children promises no bad effects
Vendors claim their ice cream is pure and safe for children with no harmful after effects. They offer a range of flavors and some for dinner today.
The League of Hallucinations and Rhodes Eggs
In a playful exchange Pauling jokes about buying Rhodes eggs with a sovereign for the boat crew. Some skeptics dub the venture The League of Hallucinations, reflecting doubt about its grand claims.
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Pauling
Rhodes
The
Sealed tenders for timber and cedar poles in Similkameou District
Sealed tenders will be opened by the Minister of Lavity on a date in 1020 for the sale of Cedar and Tamarac timber and Cedar Poles from Lynck Creek and Kettle River areas in the Similkameou District. Details and conditions available from the Chief Forester Victoria or Nelson.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lavity
Gleonwe
Tamarac
Iui
Wit
Lynck Creek
Kettle River
Similkameou
Victoria
H. G
Ulisteid Forester
Nelson
B. G
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Sun
Henry ‘White
R. A. Brown
John Lucksmith
Bird Protection Society
Midas
Weary Walker
de Nex
Erastus
Amell
T. Eaton C
Winnipeg
Canada
Leons See
Sale
Curlew Creamery GO
Grand Forks, B.C
Victoria B.C
Weber
P.O. Box
R. G. McCutcheon
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