Medicine Hat council debates early store closing and mill deal
The Medicine Hat city council held a tense session debating a six o clock store closing by law with merchants, clerks, and hardware interests seeking exemptions. The meeting also ratified a planing mill agreement with James H Preston, detailing tax exemptions, power and mill conditions, and the plant’s timeline for completion by January 1912.
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Preston
Spencer
Lethbridge
Winnipeg
Calgary
Marshall Hardware Co
J. J. Hewitt and
Burleigh Bros
Mr. Wales
Osborn
Ireland
Pingle
Stewart
Ready
Star Theatre
Trades and Labor Council
Board of Railway Commissioners
C.P.R
J. J. Mahaffy
Finance Committee
Brown
James H. Preston
Aril
City of
Medicine Hat
F. F. Fatt
Magistrate Kealy under fire from city council
City council targets municipal magistrate Kealy amid disputes over petty offender handling and high costs in a police court case. Mayor Mine and aldermen consider Attorney General notice while awaiting a legal opinion from the City Solicitor. Kealy, ex Mountie,可能 resigning prompts succession concerns as qualified barristers unlikely to take the post.
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Kealy
Benson
Canadians Entering United States Sparks Immigration Debate
Ottawa May 2 Hon Frank Oliver will address reports in public print as Parliament resumes. R L Borden cites American immigration statistics showing Canada gains little after subtracting Canadians going to the U S and urges keeping a record of departures. Oliver notes cost and questioned policy value while Emerson contrasts U S and Canadian systems.
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R.L. Borden
Frank Oliver
Ottawa
Jim
Commons
R. L. Borden
United States
Canada
Oliver
H. R. Emerson
Medicine Hat Society Reports Weed Suppression Efforts
The Medicine Hat Agricultural Society and secretary Hugh Hassard report action against a weed nuisance. Inspector Lewis will remove contaminated grain seeds left on the prairie three miles from Medicine Hat as required by law.
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Medecine Hat Agricultural Society
Hugh Hassard
Hassard
Dimonton
Medicine Hat
Lewis
Match factory planned for Port Arthur opens later this year
Port Arthur signs agreement with W. B. McArthur of Dedoranto to establish a match factory that will start in three weeks and operate December 1 with 60 hands. April customs total 29 724.75, previous year 22 986.88. First four months revenue 132 439.46 vs 74 720.07 last year, up 67 719.39. Assessable property listed at 4 005 160, up 160 000 from last year.
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Port Arthur
W. B. McArthur
Dedioranto
Hall Dwellers Push Concession On Sprinkling Hours
A council meeting last night focused on expanding lawn watering hours for the hill. Alderman Brown urged extending sprinkling from 4 p.m. to 9 a.m. within a defined district east and south of Ottawa street and 4th avenue, with an amendment later changing hours to 6 p.m. to 10 a.m. The debate reflected residents’ concerns over inadequate water supply for lawn purposes.
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Brown
Ottawa Street
4Th Avenue
6Th Avenue
Sixth Avenue
7Th Avenue
Toronto Street
Alberta Hussars Camp Scheduled in Calgary
Lt. Col. Sissons announces district camp for the Alberta Hussars to be held in Calgary beginning the 13th for twelve days under the District Officer's directions.
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Calgary
Sissons
Alberta Hussars
Calgary Real Estate Interest Hints at Medicine Hat Growth
Calgary boosters report lively interest in Medicine Hat property with local buyers and outsiders purchasing heavily. J McCargar notes Calgary residents believe Medicine Hat will become a thriving manufacturing and prosperous city.
Municipal crest chosen for Medicine Hat
City Council adopted Henry Birks’s four quadrant shield as Medicine Hat’s new crest with changes. The design features gas, manufacturing, farming, and transportation symbols, a torch and a beaver, and the panel bears the word enterprise. H. D. Cooper received a standard steel-ice wagon.
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Henry Birks
Birks
H. D. Cooper
Proposed Road Across Continent From Edmonton To Fort Simpson
Winnipeg May 2 The Tribune reports a survey will start from Edmonton linking with Hudson Bay Peace River and Pacific routes. A second party will reach Fort Churchill to begin a main line across the continent south of Lake Athabasca to Peace River Landing and on to Fort Simpson. The project is funded by Scottish capital with Toronto and Winnipeg involvement. The plan claims a 1600 mile main line Fort Churchill to Port Simpson with several branches, aiming to cut transcontinental mileage to about 15000 miles. Amendments to the charter are sought in Ottawa to permit branches including Winnipeg east of Lake Winnipeg and Edmonton Winnipeg spur.
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Winnipeg
the Tribune
Edmonton
Hudson Bay, Peace River and Pacific Railway
Fort Churchill
Lake Athabasca
Peace River Landing
Rockies
Fort Simpson
Pacific Coast
Toronto
Hudson Bay
Pacific
Ottawa
Port Simpson
York Factory
Lake Winnipeg
Reindeer Lake
Prince Albert
Desigts
Carpenters Do Not Go On Strike In Local Dispute
Union Carpenters in the city meet and decide to press for higher wages but do not strike. Contractors refuse to sign a schedule, citing Builders' Exchange rules. A delegation will interview builders as talks continue through the week with May 1 as the expiry date of the old agreement.
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Builders’ Exchange Headquarters
Builders’ Exchange of Alberta
Toronto
Prominent Calgary man Bert Lowes dies at 26
Bert Lowes of F. C. Lowes & Co. died in General hospital this morning after three days of pneumonia. A successful and popular young business man, he had been in Calgary for four years.
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Calgary
Bert Lowes
F. C. Lowes & Co
General Hospital
Will Speak Against Reciprocity in the West
Magistrate Wan reports the anti reciprocity league plans a westward speaking tour against the treaty. Arthur Hawkes and the Editor of the British News in Canada are named as potential leaders. A woman is found dead on the floor after a fall from bed. neighbors suggest a mark on her forehead and a rumor of strangulation.
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Regina
SG Ask
Wan, Trant
Janet
Bella
Canada Flax Fibre Co Goes Into Voluntary Liquidation
Montreal May 2. With assets of ten thousand dollars and liabilities of two hundred thousand dollars the Canada Flax Fibre Co whose factory is in Lachine has entered voluntary liquidation. Mr Alex Demanteau was appointed provisional liquidator.
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Montreal
Canada Flax Fibre Co
Lachine
Anl
Alex Demanteau
Fire damages Union Bag and Paper plant at Hudson Falls
Glens Falls N Y May 2 Fire caused about 200000 dollars in damage to the Union Bag and Paper Company's plant at Hudson Falls. Hundreds of tons of pulp and a storehouse with large quantities of finished paper resin and baled waste paper were consumed and three other storehouses were slightly damaged.
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Glens Falls
N.Y
Finre
Union Bag and Paper Company
Hudson Falls
Tragedy Reported on Cambridge Road Near Murray Harbor
A fragmentary report from Cambridge road near Murray Harbor notes a death discovered at noon. Janet ran to neighbors shouting that Bella is dead, with witnesses and full details unclear in the garbled text.
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Murray Harbor
P.B.I
Cambridge Road
Janet
Bella
Coronation Day Fragment
Fragmentary OCR reads Coronation Day and stray phrases about a royal event. No clear names, places, dates, or outcomes are discernible from the readable text.
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Alta
Queen Street
Railway Street
Alberta
Mayor Mine
Battleford
North-West Mounted Police Service
Nicholas Flood Davin
Medicine Hat Agricultural Society
Custom
Fboand
Pettet
Hiltiand
Atlantic
Carpenters
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