17 Jul 1902
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Newspaper
Medicine Hat News
Location
Medicine Hat, Alberta, Canada
Date
Jul 17, 1902
Page
1
10 dozen men's colored regatta shirts in sizes 14 to 17 cut to 50 cents from regular 1 to 1.25. Consignment just opened includes French and English china sets tea berry cups saucers tea plates and a crate of Toilet Sets direct from the pottery.
Council approves a by law at 18 mills with 7 mills for schools 5 mills for debentures and 6 for general. Debentures for town property fire hall items and bells are proposed with twenty year terms at five percent. Town bell arrival reported and belfry work ordered. Nearby notes cover smallpox rumors and staff transfers in railway and medical circles.
Parisian financier James de Rothschild and Hon Vere Ponsonby visited Medicine Hat last week as part of a world tour. They toured town sights, rode steamers on the river, and watched Dunmore horse ranch demonstrations including roping, bucking, and cutting out.
Auction notice states one hundred heavy horses available for sale. Applicants must apply to the address provided in the incomplete notice. The item description emphasizes quality and suitability for draft work.
Civic committee in Winnipeg reports securing 2500 additional beds for fair week and promises ample accommodation for all visitors. Exhibition at Portage la Prairie is open this week as other regional notices update travel and local events.
Baseball game set for next Monday July 21 at the Exhibition grounds as Medicine Hat meets Pincher Creek for the first time this season. A Mullins shipped beef North with cattle from S Hooper W Huckvale and Jas Pierce.
Major General Dundonald, famed for leading cavalry at Ladysmith, sails from Liverpool to assume command of Canada Militia in Montreal. Local briefs note births, marriages, deaths, weathered harvest notes, cattle movements, business openings, a Toronto Street fire, and an upcoming theatre week at Winnipeg Theatre with Beall Bear Stock Co and a slate of plays.
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