11 Feb 1892
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Newspaper
Medicine Hat Times
Location
Medicine Hat, Alberta, Canada
Date
Feb 11, 1892
Page
1
Publication details for the Giledicine Bat Times show weekly issues from Medicine Hat with rates for various ad sizes including subscriptions at 2.50 a year in advance or 3.00 otherwise. Rates cover columns, cards, and transient ads, with marriages births and deaths 0.50 per insertion, free to subscribers.
We are a well equipped job office ready to handle all kinds of printing on short notice. Orders by mail receive prompt attention.
The notice explains that readers who remove periodicals from the post office and do not notify the publisher remain responsible for payment. It states that continuing to receive papers makes one a subscriber in law, liable for the price until all arrears are paid, even if the recipient asks the post office to return them.
S. Barnabas led by Rev W Nicouss MA holds services Sunday 11am and 730pm, Wednesday 8pm with choir after. Sunday School at 3pm. Holy Communion Sundays mornings. Saints Days at 8am. last Sunday monthly altered.
Rev Stephen M A minister leads services in Medicine Hat at 11am and 7.30pm Dunmore holds a 3pm service Sunday School at 3.30pm Prayer Meeting midweek at 8pm Girls Sewing Mission meets Saturday at Mrs Blatchford's 3.30pm Baptism sacrament observed on the first Sabbath of each month during morning service
Rev Mr Hanna announces Sunday morning service at 11 o clock and evening service at 7 30. Sunday School at 3 o clock. Class and Prayer meeting in the vestry Tuesday and Thursday nights at 7 30. Seats free.
The Roman Catholic Church issues a schedule for services including Solemn High Mass and instruction on the 2nd and 4th Sundays at 10:30 AM. Evening prayers with sermon and benediction occur on the 1st and 4th Sundays at 7:30 PM led by Rev. Uneries, Priest.
A historical notice proclaims a clearing sale to make room for Spring stock. It advertises reductions from 2 to 239 percent on silk plushes silks laces and ribbons and invites buyers to secure balance of stock before items run out.
The article details major shifts in education governance, including appointment terms, inspector control, a single board of examiners, and textbook selection by section. It also outlines quarterly district proclamations, grants from the general revenue fund based on teacher salaries and student attendance, and new annual promotion examinations from Standard III upward with specified promotion subjects and stages. Notices cover appointment processes and effective dates, with local updates from Lethbridge on health, ranching moves, cattle sales, and spring race meeting posters.
A Canmore gentleman awaiting his English wife at the C P R depot in Winnipeg mistook a passerby for his spouse and kissed her, then relieved her of her band boxes. The husband of the other woman intervened with a thrashing before the genuine wife arrived, and the four eventually retired to their hotel as friends.
Mr. C. H. Beddoe assistant accountant of the Interior Department visits Reptua regarding handing over control of parliamentary votes and appropriations to the Territorial Government. He will oversee the transfer and advise on auditable accounting methods for the Auditor-General.
A satire contrasts petty thrift with the rudeness of refusing to pay for a newspaper. It notes odd habits like using a wart as a collar button and riding a train for savings, then laments the petty breach of paying readers who mark mail as refused.
A Calgary father locked his son in a room with a bible an apple and a bank note hoping to reveal his future by what he did upon return He found the boy reading the bible eating the apple and with the bank note in his pocket leading him to decide the boy should become a tavern keeper.
Yesterday at Banff conductor T. White of Field wed Miss Sinclair of Edinburgh Scotland and engineer W Anderson wed Miss Pratt of Winnipeg. A ball to celebrate the happy event was held at Field last night.
Local proprietors of the Cosmopolitan and American hotels have had their license recommendations circulated this week and collected the required signatures. Walton seeks a wholesale license. Porter, Meween, and Fearon apply for retail licenses. Hayward named as license commissioner with others likely from Maple Creek and Swift Current. Temperance petitions urged appointing a J P and a commissioner from local candidates. Liquor license fees were mislisted at 210 and corrected to 244.09 due to a fourteen month term.
The past week focused on Canteen and Major Cotton charges. D Mowatgrocer Taamont stationer and Smith swore business fell after petition against the Canteen. Dewdney supported Herchmer while Supt Cotton spoke strongly against him. The inquiry adjourned until Monday due to the illness of Mr Justice Wetmore's son.
Realma February 5. The bonspiel opened with seven rinks from Indian Head Calgary Qu Appelle and Regina. In the grand challenge Ferguson rink won 15 14 over Gillespie while Ross beat Boyd 23 7 Geent 23 8 over Harvey Brown 14 7 Johnston 13 11 over Johnstone 11 and Ward 12 11 over Chisholm 11 Regina leads with three wins Calgary one Qu Appelle two Indian Head eliminated Calgary rink skipped by Grant reaches final draw for the Challenge Cup with a 12 13 loss
The will of Cardinal Manning is made public. He leaves his aged sister one hundred pounds in Consols as his sole personal funds. His purse contained a sovereign a half sovereign a shilling and sixpence. He saved nothing for himself and distributed large sums to charities during his life.
Fine beef is on display at Adsit & Co new butcher shop. Two year old cattle taken from Mr Adsit's herd recently dressed nearly eight hundred pounds each.
Ex mayor Daniel F of Beatty returns home from an extended world tour. He promotes organ and piano cataloue in an advertisement in this paper inviting readers to read and respond.
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