26 Jun 1911
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Newspaper
Medicine Hat News
Location
Medicine Hat, Alberta, Canada
Date
Jun 26, 1911
Page
1
The article praises a newspaper's voting contest as highly successful, noting the addition of hundreds of names to the subscription list in five weeks. It emphasizes circulation as vital, with ads being the paper’s main product and the campaign achieving broader advertiser reach despite heavy costs.
The Medicine Hat News thanks all who supported the candidates and subscriptions campaign. It acknowledges those who entered the race, voters, organizations, and friends who provided moral and material backing to sustain the effort to the finish.
Official Weather Observer Hassard reports 1.22 inches of rainfall from Saturday night to Sunday noon over a 40 mile radius. Winds reached over 18 miles per hour but no serious damage was noted, bringing relief to local crops in the district.
The News reports a large influx of new subscribers on the contest’s final day. Subscriptions will be dated from the paper’s start and distributed by carrier boys, with patience requested as names are added to the mailing list.
A bolt of lightning hit the wires feeding the Switchboard at the CPR Telegraph Company on Saturday morning causing the board to smoke and crackle for over half an hour. The lightning flash was the year’s most startling in the city, followed by a sharp thunderpeal.
The Star reports on June 26 urging Empire statesmen to uphold pledges and prevent drift before the next Imperial Conference. It notes Overseas Dominions should focus on concrete measures rather than principles. Also advertises High-School Annex block property at 350 dollars each through Pettet and Hilliard.
Ottawa June 26 — The list of candidates passing entrance exams for the Royal Military College at Kingston includes Charles B R Macdonald Edmonton John A Ross Magrath James A Dennison Winnipeg Edward O C Martin Victoria NB Nicholson Vancouver and Fred W Fordman Winnipeg.
Winnipeg on June 26 reports Pinkerton representatives deny arrests in Regina over the Cass Lake Minnesota arson and safe blowing cases. They admit several special men are in Western Canada pursuing clues that could trigger a big sensation. The agency is also probing several incendiary fires in Winnipeg.
The civic half holiday for the Firemen’s sports will be observed on the afternoon of July 11.
Cool weather covered the west last night with readings between forty and fifty. The cool spell should strengthen wheat roots and restrain excessive growth. The only harvest risk noted is overly heavy straw, but overall prospects remain favorable for a strong yield.
The Stanley Hotel in Estes Park Colorado, built for 500000 dollars, suffered partial wrecking from a gas explosion at night. Eight people were injured, one seriously.
Sir George Reid writes in the Daily Mail that current confidence between Imperial and Colonial representatives remains, and there is no need to fear the vast and unwieldy empire.
Listing notes a fine building site on Braemar Street with a price of 2100 dollars. Pettet and Hilliard are referenced as the agents handling the sale.
The notice states that subscribers who joined during the contest period should not expect the first copy before mid July. Orders sent to New York today will miss the July mailing and subscriptions will begin with the August issue, dated around July 15.
In Gaoled Tokio on June 26, John R. B. Atkins a U S Navy seaman aboard the Saratoga received five years imprisonment for killing John L Saunders a bluejacket of New Orleans The killing happened during a drunken row Atkins testified he could not recall stabbing Atkins was defended by Hatoyama son of the Diet president and tried before three Japanese judges on June 23
Faik Bey Konitza, Albanian Revolutionary party representative in America, says Turkish Empire worsened under the new regime. He warns that Albanian resistance must continue until Albania is free, noting Turks have lost prestige and harmed civilians in reprisals.
Calgary report says Sergeant Tucker of the Royal North West Mounted Police shot himself after his sweetheart refused to see him at twelve thirty. The bullet only wounded his arm, while he was guarding John Fiske, who was under death sentence.
The contract for the $25,000 roundhouse of the G T P at Regina has been let to the Carter Halls Aldinger Company of Winnipeg.
Splendid business site on Main St offers best value inside property at 500 per foot. Pettet and Hilliard list good year automobile tires and tubes for sale by S. T. Fawcett on Toronto streets. Three lots in Altawana block 11 offered at 1450 with terms.
Washington D C June 26 a wedding of interest united Miss Anne Francis Bayard granddaughter of Thomas F Bayard and daughter of Mrs James A Bayard with Norman Underwood of the city The ceremony linked two prominent families in a quiet observance in the nation s capital.
Heavy rainfall drenched Winnipeg Brandon Saskatoon Lethbridge and other towns Saturday night into Sunday morning causing flooded cellars and water damage. Lightning struck two Manitoba buildings at Shell Lake and Stoney Mountain. Crops in many areas benefited though some suffered from excess moisture with Saskatoon reporting grain growth up to 36 inches in places.
The A and B Squadrons of Medicine Hat and the C Squadron of Irvine led by Colonel Sis sons Major Jenkins Captain Reid Capt Armstrong and Major Benwell return Saturday after 12 days of heavy practical training in Calgary. Training involved artillery army service and medical staff with all units under Colonel Cruikshanks. On Coronation Day the entire camp with an infantry battalion paraded in Calgary’s coronation festivities.
Neil Goglain an electrician aged 30 died after an electric shock at the Saraguay Electric and Water Co. pow er house at Cote des Neines He had been en route to change employers from the Saraguay company His body was moved to the morgue and an inquest was scheduled for that morning in Montreal Ontario
Prime riverfront parcels with water gas and electricity available. Pettet and Hilliard present these ideal building sites ready for development.
Medicine Hat hosts a grand bucking contest on Dominion Day at the Exhibition grounds. A. P. Day leads a group of riders bound for the Winnipeg Fair. Among the contestants is an Indian rider from the Blood Reserve said to be the best in America.
Washington dispatch reports a flood of predictions on Canada reciprocity and related tariff bills as Congress reopens. President Taft favors passing reciprocity unamended while Democrats and some Republicans push free list and wool measures, signaling the possible end of the Payne tariff law. The timing and veto questions remain unsettled.
The Medicine Hat Agricultural Society votes to pursue the $1000 trophy for best potatoes at the Madison Square Garden exposition in New York from November 3 to 12. It backs headquarters in the Board of Trade building and urges farmers to send potato samples by mid October for ground surveying and entry forms.
London reports a broad shipping strike as Liverpool union workers refuse work for 46 federation firms. Hull Goole Grangemouth Clyde docks join in, with negotiations halted. A manifesto from Liverpool leaders urged blanket stoppage. Amsterdam notes 2000 deck hands striking in sympathy, stopping work on eight large firms’ ships.
On the Charlemagne to Bout DelLille bridge a frightened horse attached to a double buggy threw occupants when reins broke. Miss Emilionne Ouimet, 72, of Charlemagne, died. Nar cisse Briere, master carter, was fatally injured and unconscious at Notre Dame Hospital. The crash caused extensive property damage totaling about $100,000.
Fire swept the Fort Worth stock yards for three hours this afternoon as fire departments from Swift and Armour packing plants and a half dozen city districts battled the blaze. Severe damage reported with crews extinguishing flames amid heavy smoke and structural loss.
Vancouver BC June 96 Two men Win Potter 34 and George Byrd 45 were instantly killed in an explosion of dynamite. They lived in a cabin on Shaughnessy Heights and stored 25 pounds of dynamite there. The blast blew the attic and men to pieces and the cause remains a mystery.
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