Gleichen Concert Draws Big Crowd Despite Cold Night
Beaupre brothers ship two carloads of young cattle east and sell twenty six Indian ponies to Mr Vandry of Manitoba. A large Gleichen audience attends Court Blackout ALO F concert at Arting Hall praising nonresident talent Misses Black from Medicine Hat and Misses Clark. A luncheon and lively dance follow with a full program including Scots pieces and bag pipes.
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Gleichen
ALO. F
Arting Hall
Arvind
Black
Medicine Hat
Clark
Jessie
Lucknow
Scotia
Medames Begg
Disbury
Lucy Beaupre
Coal mining tax and sheep trade updates in Canada
Ottawa officials announce annual permits for settlers to mine limited coal kept domestic use only with royalties per ton: anthracite 20 cents, bituminous 15 cents, lignite 10 cents, effective January 1. Also reported, 4308 sheep from Montreal aboard the Scotsman were stopped at Liverpool due to seed disease, with Canada seeking quarantine balance while noting US shipments and recent export totals.
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Ottawa
Minister of the Interior
Northwest
Otttawa
Montreal
Liverpool
Canada
United States
Custon's Department
Great Britain
Railway system in United States shows slow growth in 1804 64
The Interstate Commerce Commission reports 178,708 miles of railways in the United States at year end. Rail growth from 1804 to 2247 miles, 1.27 percent, was the smallest since prior years due to the panic. Twelve month gross income reached 1.073 billion while expenses fell 51 million, yet net effects worsen. Fewer injuries and fatalities among workers and passengers accompany the downturn.
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Tnnter-State Comittee Comission
United States
Calgary Nominations Result From City Elections
Calgary December 2 nominations list names for mayor A Bride and W F Orr. Ward 1 candidates W Parelow W Pitman R Riddell J A McKenzie. Ward 2 contenders J Creighton J J Mackie Henry Brown H D Johnson. Ward 3 nominees Adam McTavish James Fisk W Jarrett W H Cushing. School trustee N G Lindsay J A McKenzie. Trustees elected by acclamation.
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Calgary
A. Bride
W. F. Orr
W. M. Parelow
W. Pitman
R. Riddell
J. A. McKenzie
J. Creighton
J. J. Mackie
Henry Brown
H. D. Johnson
Adam McTavish
James Fisk
W. Jarrett
W. H. Cushing
N. G. Lindsay
J. A. McKenze
Charles King Awarded Contract for Narrow Gauge Rail Line
Charles King has been awarded a contract to build a narrow gauge railroad from Traillanding to Rossland B C at about $100 000. Construction has begun and the line will haul ore from the Teail Creek mines to Rossland along a northerly route.
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Charles King
Traillanding
Rossland B.cc
Teail Creek
Rossland
Ayams Acquitted After Jury Deliberation
In Toronto on Saturday Osler’s address to the jury preceded a verdict of not guilty for the Ayams on the conspiracy to defraud instructor companies case. The jury retired thirty five minutes before returning a unanimous acquittal on the first ballot.
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Toronto
Osler
Ayams
Dyams Brothers
Debate on Canadian cattle quarantine and British import policy
The piece argues Britain's preference to keep live cattle imports from Canada subject to slaughter at entry ports and questions the value of retaining the Canadian American quarantine. It contrasts with the aim of keeping cattle disease free and notes potential permanent embargo implications for trade. It also includes a Winnipeg Commercial remark praising local newspapers as vital to towns and merchants.
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Canada
Great Britain
Britain
Hospital Concert Impresses Medicine Hat Audiences
The Medicine Hat hospital concert tour draws a crowded Reading Room with a Winnipeg contingent led by Mrs Verner and Mr Stanley Adams. A largely musical program features solo, duet and ensemble numbers by local and visiting artists and ends with proceeds toward hospital funds.
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Verner
Stanley Adkins
Winnipeg
Geo, Noble
Horner
Sisson
Kent and
Maughnan
Medicine Hat
Medicine Hat Hospital
Stanley Adams
Mr. Adams
Letter from South Africa Describes Mining Boom
A correspondent in Johannesburg writes of a booming mining country with 30 mile quartz reefs near the city and new mines rising across the belt. He notes high wages for skilled tradesmen, carpenters earning seven dollars a day, and limited unskilled labor for white workers due to a large black labor force.
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South Africa
Johannesburgh
Transvaal
Medicine Hat
Pringle Presentation Company Performs In Reading Room
The Pringle Presentation company stays in the Reading Room on Thursday and Saturday December 12 and 14. The Portage in Prairie Review praises the varied, amusing, refined and instructive entertainment. Each member of the company is good and many costly prizes are given to the audience. Prizes include ladies’ gold watches valued over ninety dollars. Wm Ryan and Ernest Burton receive leading prizes on each night.
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Pringle Presentation Company
Portage In Prairie Review
Elsat
Wm, Ryan
Ryan
Harnest Burton
Medicine Hat School Board Meeting Minutes
A regular meeting of the trustees of Medicine Hat school district was held in the secretary's office on Friday, November tenth. Present all trustees and the secretary. Minutes read and adopted. Accounts listed including R. Watson coal, J. Cooper coal, J. Cook author, Tweed & Ewart, W. B. Bennett grate. Inspector Calder's report read. Several applications for teaching positions discussed. W. J. Brougham's income tax removed for non-residence. Correspondence from Council of Public Instruction about September quarter grant totaling 164.90 versus 486.00 for June, due to school reopening on September 1. Motion to mail copies of correspondence and explanation to Mr. Hol Fearon, M. L. A., seeking plant adjustment. Secretary to prepare delinquent taxpayer list for collection by a lawyer. Meeting adjourned.
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Trustees of
Medicine Hat
R. Watson
J. Cooper
J. Cook
Spencer
Fisher
Canal closure and notable regional updates this week
The Sault canal will be closed this week. The British budget is expected to show a surplus of £4,400,000. Henry Menier the chocolate manufacturer has purchased Anticosti Island. In Hamilton weekly losses include ninety to one hundred horses sent to Philadelphia. A seasonal tonic claim cites Hood's Sarsaparilla as a blood purifier and popular remedy.
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Henry Menier
Anticosti
Hamilton
Philadelphia
Hood
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Medicine Hat Lodge
A.M &A.M
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W. W. Adart
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Vv, Couins, N.G
Jas, Cook
Foresters
TEAME
BORAT
R. F. Collings,r
A. O.F
Saskatchewan
A.O.F
Orange Hall
O’cloc’s
G. Forster
Secy
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Frontier L.C.L
Meeta
A. Meliwatne, B.S
L.O.L
Masonic
Maple Creek
W. McFarren
W.M. A. Perciva
B.S
R.tofitt
Amethyst Council
A. Baker
F. J. Reynolda
Cadet Templars OF Temperance
Crystal Cadet Corps
Inpt
KJ. Reynolds
U.C
Byeret Douglas
Chas, Alter
At, Stewart
Mlw
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Nedicine Hat Lodge
Adair
J. H. Spencer
C.H. R. D. Smith
P.A.F
Geo
Maughan’s Orchestra
Mavanan
40Th South Railway Street
Charles F. Smith
M. D
University OF Manitoba
College of Physicians and Surgeons of Manitoba
College of Physicians and Surgeons
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Medicine Hat General Hospital
Cnadian Pacific Railway
Hospital
Chas. E. Smyth
M. B
Toronto University
Ontario
N.W T
James P. Mitchell
The
New York Life, and Commercial Union
National, Quebec, Sun, and
Imperial Fire Insurance Companies
A. M. Parker
Queen, Phoenix
England
Western
America
Phenix of
Brooklyn
Colter's Black
Win, Reid
G&g
A. Lund
Watchmaker and Jeweller
Thos. Fleager
St. Lawrence
Coast
Oliver
W. Cousins
Gleichen Orchestra
Bethan
M. Black
Mr. Boyle
Lee Kolb
Clark Duelt
Black Boo
Grivsboch
Miss Black Salo
Baeques Bag Pipes
Sims
Gleichen Orchestra Seah
Norman
R. T. MacDonnell
Asset
Black Bowe
Walker
Mr. Sims
Part I
American Railways
Winnipeg Commercial
Piano
Miss Sisson
Marks Stanley Adai
Mangan
Noble
Mrs. Scarlett
Robin Adair
Mr. Kent
Maying
Eee Ee Smith
Vernier
Stanley Adaia
Part
Ach Malloy Souley Adams
Stanley Acdaars
J. H
Mr. Maughan
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