11 Aug 1900
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Newspaper
Moyie City Leader
Location
Moyie, British Columbia, Canada
Date
Aug 11, 1900
Page
1
Local residents and visitors attended hospital updates, dances, and community gatherings in Moyie. Notables included Fr. McMithon, D. J. Elmer, and Robt. Gangjibot with hospital and logging town life highlighted. Mosquito lines of Cranbrook visitors and Moyie affairs filled the week.
Moyie’s payroll grows each month with July payroll at $28,000 projected. The St Eugene Consolidated Mining Co paid out $17,000 in May, $21,000 in June, and $25,400 yesterday. The mine town expects July to surpass prior highs as the largest monthly payout yet.
A rambling Granbrook column recounts weddings near the Presbyterian Church, local social figures like Miss Bailey Day and Arthur Wright, and a narrator’s nostalgic visit from Cranbrook to Charlottetown. It blends personal recollections with references to Dawson City, Moyle, and Moyers, noting grain fields, orchards, and pine landscapes as a backdrop to small town life.
The Winnipeg UB R shops in Fort William and west divisional points faced a strike over wet weather shifts as about 500 workers, including machinists, blacksmiths, and boilermakers, were affected. Manager Marvey travels for business and reports progress on a Moyne water system while promising full operation soon.
A Cranbrook crowd of 175 rode a special train to Moyie Lake for a day of leisure. They toured the town’s sights, enjoyed music at the pavilion, and viewed the St Eugene exhibits, with many praising Moyie’s hospitality and the excursion organized by Key City Lodge No. 12 I.O.O.F. The event concluded with return travel planned for 8 pm.
J C Drawry directing Canadian Goldfields Hyndin arnh arrived Moyie Tuesday from Rorslandl. First visit in three months after Montréal detention for smallpox. He endured a trying experience in Montreat capital and condemns the system for patient care. He contracted smallpox on a Pullman car between Medicine Hat and Winnipeg, fell seriously ill at Winnipeg, died there later? and survived delirium with rash. Drawry expected to stay Moyie a week or ten days.
The Wentworth Hotel in Cranbrook is becoming one of the town’s most popular places, recently furnished throughout with plastered walls, acetylene lighting, and electric bells. Proprietor Geo Wentworth earns a reputation as one of the country’s best hotel men.
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