Time Table and notices from Hosmer Times 1910
Subscriptions rates 1 year one dollar, five cents per copy. Time tables list arrival and departure for Hosmer and Rexford. railway notices include West and East lines. The piece also contains editorials urging home spending, mentions cabinet reshuffle rumors in Victoria with ministers Ross and Ellison, and reports on tourism fundraising for British Columbia apple show. The Prince Rupert Weekly Empire notes expansion of The Evening Empire to eight pages to meet advertising demand.
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Vancouver
British Columbia
Tourist Association
Wed
Prince Rupert Weekly Empire
Evening Empire
Local towns push against mail order houses to protect shops
Country papers rally for local trade, arguing spending at Winnipeg or Toronto mail order houses harms town life. They warn of ruined stores, vacant houses, devalued farms, and a weakened community, urging citizens to spend locally for roads, schools, churches, and social benefits.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Rorthern
Winnipeg
Poronto
Hari
Toronto
Gold Shipment From New York Reflects Canadian Immigration
A notable effect of rising immigration into Canada is gold being engaged in New York for shipment to the Dominion. Drawing gold from New York during this season is exceptional and signals financial activity tied to cross border movement.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Canada
United States
New York
Dominion
Spokane Interstate Fair Contest For Essays On Chief Joseph
The Spokane Interstate Fair announces a contest offering $20 in gold for the best historical essay on Chief Joseph and his life. Open to all Inland Empire school children with additional season tickets to the fair for meritorious essays. Details available from R H Cosgrove, Secretary, 217 Hutton Block, Spokane. The fair also notes a successful townsite auction in Victoria where 240 lots sold for $800 to $10,000 each, averaging about $2,000, with expectations initially set at $200,000.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Spokane
Northwest
Bair
the Clearwater
Nez Perce
Joseph
Howard
U.S. Army
Interstate Fair Management
Inland Empire
R. H. Cosgrove
Hutton Block
Wash
Stewart Williams
A. O. U. W. Hall
Victoria
Auction at Stewart Townsite Sale Noted for Heat and Pace
The Stewart townsite auction drew a large crowd and spirited bidding that kept prices lively despite limited sale area bounded by the evergreens and the river. The event showcased the auctioneer’s skill in maintaining excitement as Dawson moves forward in the Klondike era. Mrs. George A. Murray, first white woman on Gimp, has been embalmed and sent to her Utah home. she died June 2. She, formerly Mrs. J. T. Yeager, married Yeager in 1801 on Douglas Island and reached Dawson around June 1, 1897 after a perilous Klondike journey.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Prince Rupert
Stewart
George A. Murray
Dawson
Skagway
Provo
Utah
Murray
J. T. Yeager
Yeager
Douglas Island
Circle City
Rink Rapids
Klondike
What
Canada public debt and revenue for year ending 1910
A statement shows Canada's net debt at 336 million 266 thousand 348 dollars, up 12 million 336 thousand 048 from the prior year. Revenue totals 101 million 801 thousand 034 dollars and expenditure including capital accounts reaches 1? The largest outlay is public works rails and canals at 27 million 071 thousand 225 dollars, with over twenty million spent on the National Transcontinental railway construction.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Canada
Caanals
To Swim Channel Challenge: Summer Effort Underway
The piece notes a planned summer push to swim the English Channel, tracing Captain Webb’s historic crossing 85 years prior and noting Jappy Wolffe nearly reached shore. It also cites Ottawa census data showing Canadian wheat at 9,295,000 acres with a year over year gain, plus wheat condition indexes for spring and fall wheat. A proverb about saving money closes the note.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
English Channel
Captain Webb
Jappy Wolffe
Ottawa
Canada
Revelstoke CPR Shops to Be Enlarged for 5000 Employees
Revelstoke shops of the Canadian Pacific Railway will be enlarged and improved to house 5000 workers. Rumors of shop closure proved unfounded, with plans focusing on expansion and modernization.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Revelstoke
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the Hosmer Times
Hosmer
West Flyer
East Fly
Shadby
Michel
Rexford
W. R. Ross
Fernie
Lands
Price Ellison
Finance
Agriculture
Mr. Ross
Rosslind Miners’ Union
Stewart Townsite Sale
Mike Jota
Front Street
Hosmer, B. C
C.-H. Dunbar
B.C
C.F. Laws
Alex L Fisher, B.A
Lawe & Fisher
B. C
People's
Pu. Adelberg I
Ziselman
Mar
Hosmer, B.C
the Hosmer Dairy
G. M
Hedley, Prop
Iosmer, B. C
D. Brutto
Main Street
Hosmer B. C
Pete
Front St
Hosmer Hospital
M. L. McKinnon
Kootenay Restaurant
M. D. Hong
ST. Hosmer, B. C
Morris
Bennett Bros
Mrs. McMeekin
Main
P. Carosella
Opera House
Garbutt Business College
Calgary
Lethbridge
F. G. Garbutt
Elk Valley Development Co
Cree & Moffatt
International Correspondence Schools
Geo. C. Egg
Hobberlin
Aiello
Bossio
Gabaka Bros
Queen's Hotel
Fernie, B. C
the Hosmer Mines, Ltd
Hosmer Steam Coal
General Office, Mines and Coke Ovens
Lewis Stockett
D. G. Wilson
Robson
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