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17 Apr 1902
Page 1
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Newspaper
Medicine Hat News
Location
Medicine Hat, Alberta, Canada
Date
Apr 17, 1902
Page
1
A damaged OCR passage provides scattered text fragments with no clear events or identifiable names. The readable portions offer little coherent information to summarize into a complete news item.
Steele and Co offer stamp photos for ten days at 25 cents per dozen. After April 1 they will hold sessions every Saturday while the studio is open.
Plan shows gas well drifting to 100 feet below Beale and reaching a major vein. Tuesday morning gas streams erupted, with pressures rising from two pounds to 235 pounds in 45 minutes as gas poured from the casing, likened to a gusher.
Maple Creek reports H Benallack of Winnipeg shipped eighteen Thoroughbred Shorthorn Hereford and Galloway bulls with stockers, part of a 115 head herd that grew to about 300. A major prairie fire near Dunmore devastates ranges north of town, hitting Glennie Bros winter camp. The Western Sheep Growers' Association holds its annual meeting and elects officers, urging stronger grazing limits and improvements to CP rail stock yards.
Architect J. Trimble outlines plans for Marshall & Hunter opera house block including a three story stone and red brick building 50 ft 9 in by 86 ft with glass front and sandstone trim. Ground floor houses stores and workshop. opera house on upper floors with 60 by 50 feet seating area and stage space. Additional plans cover R Mitchell block on Toronto street and a brick residence for Dr J Margrave.
Conductor William Hughes of Medicine Hat died in a railroad accident at Blairmore on Saturday. He signalled a brakeman before a pin was drawn, then vanished and was found mutilated on the tracks. An inquest verdict declared accidental death with no blame on the railway or employees. Hughes, 38, from Albany, NY, leaves a wife and three children. Funeral in Blairmore, body sent to Albany with his brother Geo. Hughes. Mrs Hughes and family plan to travel east. He belonged to Rat Portage Masonic Lodge and reportedly had no life insurance.
An adjourned Town Council meeting with Mayor Finlay and Councillors Hutchison Forster Milne Cook and McKay discussed appointing Win White as Building Inspector within fire limits at 50 salary, formed a committee to review the assessment roll with the Assessor, and authorized bids for park water connections and forestry tree requests.
It claims Bucklen’s Amnic Salve can cure severe piles and other skin issues. The ad states it has cured thousands, guarantees a cure, and sells for 25 cents a box by C. S. Pingle.
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