14 May 1908
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Newspaper
Medicine Hat News
Location
Medicine Hat, Alberta, Canada
Date
May 14, 1908
Page
1
Hon A C Rutherford premier speaks on wartime leadership amid agricultural concerns. The record notes a bridge event at a central place, with proceedings set for one o clock.
Fragments list positions like third base shortstop center field and left field with names such as Sinclair Hanna Snowden Lemieux and Dean. no complete game context or scores are provided in the readable text.
Monday session reviewed department costs including Gas Commission, Water, Clerk and Treasurer salaries, pump house engineers, police and health expenditures, athletic grounds work, fire and light department payrolls, and miscellaneous repairs. Several chairmen presented line items totaling over six thousand dollars across committees.
The Fort Worth area school board discussed adding manual training next term for about 450 pupils across three squads, with 15 benches and new tools costing about $390.60, plus equipment for future expansion estimated at $840. The board also noted overcrowding in primary rooms and the need for three extra teachers after summer vacation, as well as a new language teacher for the high school.
The notice details a new traffic bridge 900 feet long and 26 feet wide with five concrete piers and steel arches. It lists events including a 9 p.m. city banquet, a 3 p.m. baseball game at Athletic Grounds, a steamboat trip at 2:30 p.m., and early morning auto and guest activities. Bowling scores and local names appear in passing.
Three masked men raided the Grand Trunk station office at St Zambert near Montreal. One held a revolver while another searched the safe, netting only 20 dollars and change after most money had been moved earlier. The operator was forced to lead them toward Victoria Bridge before they vanished into the night. Police, led by Chief Gravel, launched a search with detectives but progress stopped.
The Prince Opera Company presents a musical week featuring The Bohemian Girl and other works. The cast is praised as strong with notable soloists, and the performances receive exceptional remarks for the city hall setting and choral singing.
Alex Middleton, son of Alexander Middleton, shot an immense six foot eight inch eagle last Friday while riding between Coleridge and the Gros Ventre Creek near the Alberta South Eastern Telephone line. He rode home for a gun and felled the bird with the first shot. The find astonished locals who rarely see such a large hawk in the area.
Victoria May 12 news describes a massive Yangtze tidal bore near Hankow causing huge loss of life. The steamer Titan reports tens of thousands affected as 26 foot floodwaters overwhelmed junks sampans and steamers. Maple syrup advertisement follows.
A May 8, 1890 notice notes a public meeting at the Ma schoolhouse led by MLA Thomas Tweed and presbyterian committee. Entries mention residents Hargrave, Lawrence Haah, Edith Waldo, Minnie Gobbedt, and J Fevrean with family arriving from Rak Portage. Reports describe a six inch measuring reed and a recent late Friday night incident with light glare and envy among neighbors.
Minnesota Governor Johnson endorses a continental Sag spanning from the Arctic Ocean to a southern terminus identified in Tenenton Ter opto Star as the proposed route. The stance marks a bold energy and infrastructure vision amid regional debates.
The Dominion and United States discuss a joint agreement to protect timber resources, arguing that neither export nor import duties will help. The proposal aims for shared policy on forest preservation across both nations.
Nurse Clarke visits Mrs Fred Grant at Walsh while Mr Wal H Malcolm traveled to Winnipeg last Thursday. Henry Wockeroth Jr. came from Irvine, Secgt Redmond of Ma ple Creek was in the city yesterday. T H Navin was summoned to the Coast for his father’s illness. John F Day attends the Stock Growers’ Association meeting from the ranch. Mrs Jos McQueen visits H C for a few months. H Hobson of Tabor stayed here recently and notes fines are closed and business quiet. Mrs C C Cochran travels to Sydney with her children to rejoin her husband in Sydney B C. Mr Black of Sault Ste Marie visits Hat to see his uncle Will Kenway and continues on his way.
Fragmentary OCR shows credit section manager Crawford praised for securing substantial funds for the city. Text is garbled and partially illegible, obscuring specifics of the financial item or event.
Describes a property with upper rooms for the eight clerks and attached quarters. Noted features include oak furnishings, roomy parlors, a third floor, and tubes for electric lighting. Mentions store rooms and an RPO stand with hose on each level, warning of danger.
A South of the Hills rancher faced an insanity charge at the R N W M P barracks after a neighbor swore the warrant. The accused was found sane at the hearing, while the neighbor may face a civil suit for malicious prosecution and divorce proceedings loom.
F W Brown buys Union Restaurant and will operate it. Maple syrup arrives priced at 1 75 per gallon. H Morrow advertises goods on Third Avenue. Fireworks planned for bridge opening at Boston Bar. Bazaar offers broad goods. Officers to Medicine Hat June 9 to purchase remounts for the R N W M P. A large influx of horses expected for inspection and building safety measures.
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