Medicine Hat Trading Co New Year thanks customers
The Medicine Hat Trading Co Ltd thanks its numerous customers for patronage and wishes them a prosperous New Year.
28 Dec 1899
Page 1
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Newspaper
Medicine Hat News
Location
Medicine Hat, Alberta, Canada
Date
Dec 28, 1899
Page
1
The Medicine Hat Trading Co Ltd thanks its numerous customers for patronage and wishes them a prosperous New Year.
London dispatch reports no change in the overall situation. General Methune notes the enemy has increased forces and is entrenching three miles from his outlying pickets. His reconnaissance came under fire from four guns and two Vickers machine guns, with four horses hit. The Queen’s Christmas message drew enthusiasm. Gatacre seeks to reestablish contact with Indwen Collieries. In Gibraltar, the Dunottar Castle carrying General Roberts arrived, with Lord Kitchener aboard bound for Cape Town. At Pietermaritzburg, Gen White remains confident as relief is delayed, troops well provisioned and in good spirits. Boer attack on the British left was repelled, and defenders held to their lines.
London reports Dutch dissatisfaction signals massive imperial task ahead. Ladysmith fighting continues with British files noting Buller’s reverse and Boer artillery superiority. Cape Colony sedition spreads Parliament members implicated and recruitment rises as Kitchener arrives at Gibraltar.
An advertisement touts Shiloh as a universal remedy for coughs colds and consumption with a half century of global use. It claims it cures incipient consumption relieves advanced stages and offers a money back guarantee if not satisfied. Available in 2 cent 50 cent and 1 dollar formats.
The 1899 western cattle shipping season closed after severe early drought and wet weather, yielding 81,038 head shipped from Manitoba and the Territories to Montreal and overseas markets, with total cattle trade at 67,000 when including stockers and eastbound shipments. The year notes stronger stocker movement and rising US demand, but warns that selling young cattle reduced domestic beef reserves.
Eighteen societies sent grain exhibits to the Agriculture Department. Wheat winners include F. Gunningham Broadview and Alex Donaldson Fort Qu Appelle. Oats and barley honors went to P Grimski Churchbridge and L W Griffiths Monsomin among others. Judges were D Horn Winnipeg and A McKay Indian Head. Also noted are band nights at the rink and D H Andrews sailing to the Old Country to buy Galloway cattle, Halifax departure on the 4th prox.
We thank friends for their patronage since opening The Imperial Clothing and Gent's Furnishing Store and ask continued support in the future. Wishing you a very Happy and Prosperous New Year.
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