Freight rate ruse and Cartage Co menace in CPR policy
Letter voices dismay at railway commission freight cuts benefiting shipments under 500 pounds. It claims hidden charges from Cartage Co tied to CPR handling negate the savings, raising effective rates under 100 and 900 pound shipments. The piece argues the commission failed to constrain rail giants and mocks the express rate reductions as distorted.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Railway Commission
Hamiota
Winnipeg
Cartage Co
C.P.R
Traul
DOW
CPR
Express rate changes on small parcels explained
The text notes a rate of 5.50 dollars per hundred and 6.00 per hundred with over ten pounds, claiming the reduction is slight. It argues most parcels via express are under ten pounds, so the proposed 6 cents reduction largely has little effect in practice.
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Railway Commission
Piaronte
Ham
Wae
The Cat Used in English Prisons Ends Tonight
The cat is described as an eighteen inch lash used only as a final resource for utterly brutalized criminals. It is never employed except in extreme cases, highlighting its status as a last resort punishment tool.
London Smoke Reaches 64 Miles From City
A Times correspondent reports the country air thick with soot sixty four miles from London. A shepherd explains the source as London dirt and notes winter snow is stained black by the pollution.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
London
The
Times
Metropolis
Juanita River Paned by Tribal Settlement in Pennsylvania
The Juanita in Pennsylvania was paned from a tribe living along its banks. The fragment notes a river and an Indigenous group inhabiting the area, with emphasis on territorial division.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Juanita River
Juanita
Pennsylvania
Earliest Use of John Chinaman Nickname Identified
The record notes that the earliest known usage of the term John Chinaman to refer to Celestials appears in a 1819 London publication titled A Letter to the Committee of Management of Drury Lane Theater.
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John Chinaman
Committee of Management
Drury Lane Theater
London
A Fighting Couple at Marlborough House
The Duke of Marlborough and Sarah Jennings brawled repeatedly with threats of horsewhipping and vows to separate, revealing a volatile marriage marked by frequent public quarrels.
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Duke of Marlborough
Sarah Jennings
Kilkenny
Anise Brandy Popular with Athenians and Street Vendors
Anise flavored brandy is a favorite Mediterranean beverage in Athens. Vendors sell it not only in cafes but also from belts as they roam streets with portable flasks.
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Athens
New Apple Culture Method Promises Faster Profits
A promotional prospectus invites readers to join a Procter office tour highlighting Marris new method of apple culture. It claims trees reach commercial bearing in two years, doubling profits, with trips to view best fruiting scenes and selections for interested readers. BC promotion offers Kootenay Magazine free for twenty names and addresses, 250 per year or 25c per copy.
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Fruit Lands
Marris
Procter
A B.C
Kootenay
B.C
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Rilney
London’s
Anise
Tung
Hamioda
Harding Fair
Tees
Aug
St. Catharines
B. R. McNaught Druggis
OTROS
Serge Ouits
Selé
Canada
Monreal
Staiready
Peruna
Julia
Marlowe
Julia Marlowe
Tam
Thomas Lemon
Vancouver
Victoria
Westminster
Portland
Tacoma
San Francisco
Los Angeles
Toronto
Montreal
St. John
Halifax
Stoo
Manitoba
Sasktchewan
Canadian Pacific
J. E. Procter
Brandon
Imperial Oil Co
R. Bailey
British Columbia
Kootenay Lake District
Stewart & Eby
Hotel Cecil
A. L. Beaubien
Best Hotels
O.H. Tench
Crandal
At the Narrows
Sandy Beach
C. A. Steele, Hamiota
F. L. Harris
Somerset Bik
Winnhipeg
Man
Rootney Lake
Proctor and
Gold Hill
Cor. Center
Ninth
Calgary
Lethbridge
Edmonton
Saskatoon
Hamiota Flour Mills
Somerset, Bik
Tamin
B. R. McNaught
Harne
Pratt
Animal
Pratt’s Poultry Regulator
L. S. Taylor
Hamiota Bakery
Ogilvie’s
J. Stinson
Pverco
Cele Owell
Arlm Howells CO
Minneapolis
Minn
Mor Eimarie
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