New Styles Footwear Promotes Boots and Shoes
An advertisement invites customers to view the new lines of boots and shoes. It touts up-to-date style and finish with a guarantee of quality.
06 Aug 1908
Page 1
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Newspaper
Miniota Herald
Location
Miniota, Manitoba, Canada
Date
Aug 06, 1908
Page
1
An advertisement invites customers to view the new lines of boots and shoes. It touts up-to-date style and finish with a guarantee of quality.
The Merchant's Tailoring Co in Toronto promotes WwW L HODNETT's Hanford's Balsam of Myrrh for bruises sprains cuts and similar injuries with a money back guarantee if not satisfactory.
Telegram reports a massive bush fire in the Elk River Valley destroying Fernie and nearby towns. Initial death toll estimates vary with Fernie’s at up to 170, 6000 homeless, and five million dollars in damage. later figures suggest far fewer deaths. Subscriptions and cash donations rise as rail links reopen for fuller details.
Locals report visits from Dr Randall and W Martin to nearby towns, new signage for Northern Crown Bank, church fence work, and a series on Come firmation by Rev Thomas. Ads seek readers for magazines, photo post cards for Our Regiment, and fat hogs and cattle for shipment. Os, readers urged to sign up for Salada Tea and Baking Powder caps among youth.
The interview with Charles C. Amey describes a train wreck blamed on a rear brakeman failing to signal. Amey narrowly escaped with a fractured shoulder, while McCormick was killed and others suffered injuries from falling timber. Amey, recently from England, lost his luggage and awaits news of recovery.
At 7 15 Monday morning engine 509 hauling ballast and ledgerwood wrecked three miles west of Ingelow and west of Rivers. Six ballast cars turned over. Alexander Gould ledgerwood engineer killed. Engineer Files missing from Miniota pit injured. Fireman watchman and pee wr ae burned and boarded. Five rail lengths of track torn up. Conductor Carnaghan in charge.
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