Hedley News Recap From May 1903
Ten year old items from Hedley Gazette report Dr McEwen buying Kingston Avenue lot for building, Fraser visiting Northport, OPRB engineers near Penticton, Harry Rodgers in Hedley after tennis study, W Bate road work from Bear Creek, daily activity along the boundary line, Dr Mathison at Princeton, Hedley bottling plant purchasing 4000 dollars of machinery, Commercial hotel owners changing, Mr Hislop’s Edmonton railway work, Tack Martin’s Hedley visit, Great Northern surveyors moving to Keremeos, and a planned model railway line in the Similkameen valley with a tight grade plan.
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Boundary
Mathison
Princeton
Ciub
Hedley
Gillan and
Bray
Wil
Tack Martin
Vernonites
Martin Bees
Jack
Rossland
Are Your Interests in This Local Community Paper
The piece urges readers to subscribe to the paper to learn about local goings on and the interests of the town. It emphasizes community news and asks readers to check if they are on the subscription list, implying personal benefit in keeping informed.
Woman's Way of Finding Out in Montreal Court Tale
A Montreal citizen recalls his fiancée and wife showing inscrutable feminine tactics during engagement to test his temper. He notes she remained sweet after marriage and finally admitted she aimed to learn how to manage him when angry.
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Montreal
Sye
Tennyson and Spiritually Belief and Family Ties
Frederick Tennyson was drawn to spiritualism and folk-tale rapping, urging his brother Alfred to abandon his duties for the cause. He recounted tales of an unmusical girl guided by invisible influence and a stout man whisked through walls, though he doubted the fat old gentleman’s travels. The poet believed in spiritualism yet preferred poetry to its claims.
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Tennyson
Frederick Tennyson
Frederick
Lis
Queen Victoria
Mastication and speed compared in a heated anecdote
An excerpt recounts Miss K. praising rapidity and criticizing another’s “mastieation” as inefficient. It proposes a vivid teaching example with iron nail and iron filings in sulfuric acid to illustrate dissolving rates, attributing the idea to Herbert Spencer in a biographical note.
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Miss K
Herbert Spencer
Anton
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B.C. Morrison
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Penticleon
Harry Rodgers
University of Titnnis
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Bear Creek
Tems
Wien
Oroville
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Frases
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Studdaw
W. A. McLean
Jas. Hislop
P.L. S
Edmonton
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Hislop
Hedley Trading 60. Ltd
Hedley B.C
Office of
Dominion Express Company
D. de Ihnis
Praprici
HOTEL
F. J. Dollemore Proprietor
Holland
Victor Records
Tales of Hoffman
Barcerelle
Alma Gluck
Louise Homer
Lucis
Caruso
Tetrazzini
Amato
Journét
Jacoby Eads
Trovatore
Alda
Tosi
Schubert
Evan Williams
John McCormack
Melba
McCormack-Kreisler
Mischa Ziman
Thair—Meditation
Handel’e Sixth Souats
Fritz Kreiser
Jan Kubelik
Maud Powell
Chopin
Areu
M DePachirann
Vitor Herben
Victor Concert Orch
Pryor
Victrola
Victor
Canada
Berliner Gram-O-Phone Coo. Limited
Lenoir Street
McClary
Hedley Trading Company
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