03 Dec 1896
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Newspaper
Medicine Hat News
Location
Medicine Hat, Alberta, Canada
Date
Dec 03, 1896
Page
1
Multiple 1900s Canadian papers react to Laurier and Greenway school settlement in Manitoba. Opinions range from praise of the settlement to warnings against federal coercion and renewed religious strife, with critiques of Conservative and Liberal stances.
Ad urging readers to insure their house or furniture through W. T. Finlay, an agent for reliable fire insurance companies, to avoid total loss in a fire.
Hon. Mr. Tarte, Minister of Public Works, returned from a West Coast tour to Ottawa and promised continued Fraser River improvements in British Columbia. He noted Edmonton may get a joint North Saskatchewan bridge and urged further railroad expansion into the Kootenays, promising government support even at higher national debt.
On November 23 in London cattle prices fell with dull demand and excessive supply. Montreal markets saw steady cattle, steady sheep, and firm lamb values while hogs at Point St. Charles sold 3.75 to 4 per 100 pounds live weight. Toronto listings on November 24 showed dull run for cattle, export sheep at 2.70 to 2.80, lambs 3 to 4 per pound, and hogs steady for bacon at 88 to 89 cents.
The C P BR company guaranteed timely Chinese mail to London with $500 daily penalty. Snow delays on mountains prairies and Winnipeg halted the train, making Winnipeg departure 20 hours late. A special engine and mail car sped Fort William to Montreal at 60 mph, setting a Canadian record. The mail will reach the old country on schedule.
The Calgary Herald reports Miss Pennock a Langdon railway telegraph operator was struck by wheels and severely injured while alighting a freight train. She had left Langdon to visit Medicine Hat and is now at Calgary General Hospital with one leg amputated below the knee and a fractured other leg. Her condition improved slightly and she is described as cheerful.
Our Own Correspondent reports Josephburg as snow thickens haystacks shrink and cattle fed. A Cooper’s dance and a Zatset’s wedding mark unusual social events in the region. J Vogel trades cattle for sheep and considers a hard winter. A new settler aims to sell half his stock to stay safe. The local policeman keeps Pinto as his horse after a frisky spell. Joe Dunn is storm stayed at Calkins’ place and returns home on Sunday.
Our Own Correspondent reports an Indian summer failure followed by persistent snow and cold. The J Nesmith transfer stock moves to Moose Jaw. Low Down Hall roof collapse damages contents and injures a shepherd. OPR officials may move Walsh station. petition circulates. Trail to Maple Creek nearly impassable. the Toronto mail to Rossland rises to 800 letters daily.
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