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Newspaper
Hedley Gazette
Location
Hadley, British Columbia, Canada
Date
Jul 01, 1909
Page
2
The A Y P E gathering hosts an Anti tuberculosis society exhibit in the forestry building. Large placards explain disease facts and safe living with TB patients. The public is urged to avoid exaggerated contagion fears, citing Premier Whitney’s approach to placarding and public shaming of panic.
A public appeal urges humane treatment of consumptives and argues against inflamed fears of contagion. It notes that TB patients are not criminals and calls for continued medical research while avoiding social ostracism and leper-like treatment.
The Greenwood Ledge argues the Lemieux Act is a farce and fails to conciliate. It notes the Greenwood arbitration left issues unchanged, with no progress toward settlement.
The writer argues that those blamed for Bill Miner’s escape are largely responsible for the Ducks train robbery. It suggests such failures embolden criminals to escalate to killing rather than capture. It calls for accountability and manslaughter indictments for fatalities tied to capturing the robbers.
Davenport Washington reports labor figure William D. Haywood attended a Nicholls hall address with about 12 attendees. He later boarded a freight train to Spokane, was arrested by Deputy Sheriff Goftinet for having "the makin's," and pleaded guilty before Judge J B Fraser, paying a $10 fine.
Editor Walker mocks a real CP rail hold-up described as a burlesque skit. A six-man group confronts the engineer and mail clerk, fires shots in the air, and forces the clerk to open the car door before fleeing. The piece lampoons the report as drunken or exaggerated, noting the original comedy lasted about twenty minutes.
General news notes widespread prosecutions for cigarettes and tax pressures in Washington state. Germans face higher costs while Kaiser pushes large naval funding. Heat waves cause many prostrations in New York and Pittsburgh with several fatalities. Washington targets official boodlers, San Francisco courts break Sutro's will leaving wealth contested among rivals.
Meteorological data show week ending June 26 temperatures with highest maximum 66 and average maximum 59.28. Lowest minimum 28 and average minimum 33.42. Mean 40.35 observed, comparing to corresponding week last year.
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