10 Jul 1902
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Newspaper
Medicine Hat News
Location
Medicine Hat, Alberta, Canada
Date
Jul 10, 1902
Page
1
Ten dozen men's colored regatta shirts in sizes 14 to 17 offered at 50 cents, down from 1 to 1.25. Five dozen linen and canvas hats marked 25 cents, down from 60 to 85 cents. Also a consignment of French and English china including tea sets berry sets cups and saucers tea plates and a crate of toilet sets direct from the pottery.
The river rose to record levels, submerging flats and flooding Lait's Island and John Earl's market garden. The ferry broke from its moorings, wrecking near Police Point, while CPR tracks and bridges were washed away west of Lethbridge. Crowds watched the flood as trains halted and relief was organized by Captain H H Ross's steamboat providing rescues and meals for stranded travelers.
The item includes a homestead notice warning settlers against selling or abandoning property before patent, ads from local firms like Medicine Hat Trading Co and The Harry Lindley Co, and reports on shipments and business activity. Mention of Gentry Bros. circus flood delay and Fry traveling east for a CPR water system contract at Milestone.
The report records June mean temperature 56.53 and rainfall 3.17 inches, with May at 56.00 and 3.30 inches. Rain fell on fifteen days in June and six days from July 1 to 6, compared with last year’s June of 23 rain days and 3.10 inches.
The item catalogs donors and amounts for the Davin Memorial collected at Medicine Hat with names and small contributions. It also reports incidents of a possible gang of horse thieves near White Mud river, police activity to pursue them, and notes on railway operations and local arrivals in Calgary and Edmonton area.
For sale is a lot of one hundred heavy well turned horses. Apply to the advertiser for details and terms.
Regular Town Council meeting notes discuss contract signings for gas mains, with Mayor and committees appointed to draft the contract. Communications include Waterous Engine Co letters, gas meters, school board funds, fence removal, water supply, hydrant use, and stable removal. Audits approve $211.82 in payments and authorize culverts, truck storage, and bellfry at the Fire Hall. Council adjourned.
The Canadian Pacific Railway outlines vast orders to expand freight cars by 2 650 and passenger stock including 70 foot dining and sleeping cars finished in mahogany with green Brussels carpets and stained glass deck lights. Locomotives rise by 86 with 68 freight passenger and three switch engines. In Lethbridge Alberta on July 4 rain stops but floods rise threatening river banks and a traffic bridge. The coronation is slated for August 11 to August 5.
Agents advertise a large on hand stock of images and cameras including No 1 Brownie No 2 Brownie Flexo Kodak 34 x 0 No 1 Panoram 2 x 7 No 4 Panoram 34 x 12 4x5 Camera Bull's Eye 4x5 Camera 20 007 formal note unclear pricing and quantities.
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