04 Sep 1902
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Newspaper
Medicine Hat News
Location
Medicine Hat, Alberta, Canada
Date
Sep 04, 1902
Page
1
A 1900s style ad notes increased business and larger purchases to offer lower prices. It urges customers to compare prices and quality of groceries before ordering, citing favorable terms and new goods. The text emphasizes value and motivates shopper comparison.
A large import order of dinner and tea sets is now available alongside a quantity of flower pots in different sizes. The display promises items will meet shopper approval.
Miss Hill, highly recommended, now heads the dressmaking department and invites ladies seeking an artist’s touch to visit the parlors over the store for consultations and fittings.
Fragmentary OCR cites faxes about ten thousand dollars and claims of payment. Other words reference ground or eighty per and over but lack clear context or subjects. No full names or dates are readable to anchor the event.
The South African Land Grant Act details for returned soldiers outline: apply before July 1, 1903, to government agent. stake as for pre-emption. duplicate application with description and sketch. 160 acres measured 46 by 46 chains or 80 by 20 chains. surveys paid by applicant and due within nine months. volunteers may appoint a substitute to locate and receive grant. five year tax exemption and exemption from execution.
London and Liverpool livestock markets reported slow activity on August 25 with steady prices for States and Canadians at 14 and 13 cents respectively. Canadian cattle and sheep prices ranged around 13 and 12 cents, while August 29 notes cattle steady at 12 to 14 and 3/4 cents per pound dressed weight.
In Josephburg at Mr Blackburns Jas Hazzard suffered a bad calf wound when a shotgun discharged while being handled by him and Owen Gow. Hazzard is in hospital for several weeks. Gow rode home in the dark and crashed into a barb wire fence at Cooper's ranch, tearing his leg. The rest discusses rail land grabs, land prices, and a Toronto Globe note on Mr Borden's West visit.
John Dobson of Dobson Jackson Fry arrived from Medicine Hat with John Jackson Jr to oversee a municipal natural gas project. The town plans four inch wells, three mile mains, and a five and a half mile network delivering heat and light at cost, with 250 psi pressure from one well and extensive private wells fueling stores and kilns.
The Montreal Board of Trade endorses a subsidized fast passenger and mail service between Great Britain and Canada. It urges the Dominion government to place the summer terminal on the St Lawrence near the heart of the country, while allowing Montreal to become a terminal later.
Brandon Manitoba publisher Western Publishing Co. Ltd offers The Field Garden and Forest a 20 page illustrated magazine on horticulture and forestry. It features harvest scenes fruits and vegetables and writings by local authorities. Subscriptions priced at 50 cents per year.
Regular Town Council session on Tuesday saw minutes from prior meetings adopted. Finance Committee recommended payments to Medicine Hat Trading Co and others. gas and trenching updates discussed. A by law re fines for drunks and disorderly conduct was referred to the solicitor. Council adjourned after directing gas application forms be prepared.
Receipts dated Aug 21 to Sept 3 from Medicine Hat listing numerous stock shipments. Entries credit Messrs Gordon Ironsides Farres Walsh and Burns & Co with counts of steers cows heifers geldings mares and unbranded stockers by various body parts and monograms from locations Medicine Hat Medicine Hat West and related exporters. Stock inspector J H G Bray is noted.
Having acquired the business of Thos. Last the operation will continue at the old Walton Block stand. A wide stock of fruits confectionery cigars tobaccos pipes and related items will be kept. The former owner’s customers are assured of satisfaction and a call is solicited.
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