11 Sep 1902
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Newspaper
Medicine Hat News
Location
Medicine Hat, Alberta, Canada
Date
Sep 11, 1902
Page
1
A fragment urges readers to compare prices and quality of groceries prior to placing orders. The note emphasizes value and satisfaction, appealing to shoppers seeking assurance on what they buy.
The district warns against premature cutting as wet weather raises the risk of damage. Authorities favor waiting for ripeness, noting early cutting can reduce yield. Reports from failed districts confirm most of the crop will be cut, with final results evident after threshing.
The Northwest Sheep Breeders Association announces Medicine Hat will host the first Annual Auction Sale of Rams and Ewes at the end of October with about 300 head from Ontario England and Alberta breeders. John A Turner to supervise. Paisley Lacombe to auction. Prizes will honor best Shropshire and Oxford Down rams and ewes with additional Medicine Hat Agricultural Society awards.
General Superintendent Leonard outlines district realignments for the Western division with districts 19 through 26 detailing routes, mileage, and new superintendents. Arnund$1, Peard, Taylor assigned to districts 20 21 and 22 respectively. Brown and Bell appointments await circular.
A large import order offers dinner and tea sets and a quantity of flower pots in different sizes likely to appeal to shoppers seeking homeware.
A wedding at Maple Creek saw Miss Elizabeth Blenner Hassett unite with S L Eversfield a Maple Creek druggist on September 3 at 8 p m Rev J P Grant officiated in front of about twenty five relatives and friends. Miss Maggie Blenner Hassett was bridesmaid and Frank Eversfield was groomsman. The bride wore cream crepon with white lace and carried flowers. A wedding supper followed and many presents marked the couple’s popularity in the district. The couple will reside in Maple Creek.
Conservative MPs and spouses travel through the Northwest en route to the coast. The party, including R L Borden and others, schedules a homeward programme with stops in Kootenay Landing Macleod Lethbridge Medicine Hat Calgary Banff Edmonton and district and dates in September in Calgary and the opera house meeting.
W B Marshall and J B Cook of Medicine Hat arrived in Winnipeg and stayed at the Seymour. They travel with a stock train to Montreal and praise the export market for fine stock with record prices. Marshall notes a strong season, high British demand, and plans to buy mill machinery for next season.
On Friday R I H Forsyth faced a preliminary hearing before Magistrate Statues at the police barracks for the August 6 Dixon Bros store robbery. Witnesses testified for the prosecution and the magistrate deemed the evidence strong enough for conviction. Barrister Begly of Medicine Hat Siquel defended.
A two foot long tusklike fossil, broken at both ends, was found near the river north of town. It resembles a mammoth tusk and is believed to be a relic from prehistoric inhabitants. The specimen measures about four inches thick at the larger end and three inches at the smaller end.
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