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Newspaper
Hosmer Times
Location
Hosmer, British Columbia, Canada
Date
Jun 23, 1910
Page
6
We have placed in stock this week an extra large shipment of working shirts gloves overalls and accessories that are higher in quality lower in price than we ever carried before We have always been noted for giving the best values in town Compare the values in this week and shop early for the best selection and prices.
An advertisement touts Peabody's Overalls Faultless Shirts Osborn's Gloves and Amherst or Leckie Shoes as top quality options at Hosmer. It urges shoppers to compare offerings with any other stores before saying Yes Sir.
Local notes list residents visiting and traveling between Hillcrest Hosmer and nearby towns, with social events, church notices, and vendors. Mentions include Mr and Mrs Cameron Hillcrest. Rev C K Nicoll preaching. fishing trip misadventure. hospital and barber ads. road delays and railway rates for Dominion Day.
K C R Construction partner Pat Welch of Spokane and Foley Welch Stewart will begin work within two weeks on 25 miles of the Kootenay Central railway from Galloway. Burns and Jordan of Spokane will supervise about six to seven hundred men. Welch praises the Fort Steele area and the project potential.
At Stewart on Portland canal about 1000 people inhabit the camp while only 51 are employed. Miners earn 4 dollars per day, with man and team at 12 dollars daily. A ton fetches 28 dollars, carload meals cost 80 cents per ton. Carpenters make 5 to 6 dollars daily and board is eight and a half dollars weekly. A neat shave at Sam Snell’s shop is advertised.
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