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Newspaper
Moyie Leader
Location
Moyie, British Columbia, Canada
Date
Aug 04, 1900
Page
1
Local notes report residents visiting Fort Steele and Portage Port Bigela and Moyie. Ottion items include hospital stays, a theatre visit, a mining assessment drive, fires near Moyie, a dance by Moyie Orchestra, and upcoming work on claims. Many names. Town events and travel details with multiple departures and arrivals.
Shipments of concentrates from Moyie in July reached 2400 tons or 120 carloads. At $70 per ton, the ore's value is estimated at $168,000, indicating strong backing for Moyie and handsome profits for the St Hugene Consolidated Mining Co, per the month’s figures.
Henderson Kentucky July 29 first lieutenant John Wilbur Ward of the Thirty third Infantry now in the Philippines writes from Cabuigao June about Aguinaldo and his bandit followers. The Thirty third pursued and fought at close range, Aguinaldo wounded, papers not captured, and U.S. troops exhausted after long marches. Washington reports Chinese efforts to move Pekin negotiations, seeking to limit American leverage. Williams and Electric Bitters ads appear, with other notices on properties and employment.
The Nelson Tribune reports multiple items from Moyie, Robinson, and area. James N. McCracken, of Moyie, is under arrest in Republic Washington on a theft charge presented by Sten Hanson before magistrate Grease Jew’d Dayango. Hanson says McCracken left a produce business in Mogis, shipped proceeds claimed between 1000 and 1500, and fled to Nelson. Warrant sent to Alan Forrester, and later McCracken waived extradition to Nelson. Nelson Miner JO. Drewry and Toronto investors tied to Canadian Gold Fields Syndicate plan visits to Moyie and Whitewater to inspect property and the St Eugena Consolidated mine. A separate incident notes a brush fire brigade effort on Queen's Aydnuo, and the drowning of 23-year-old Heary Gillespie near Creston, to be interred in Oak Lake Ontario. Menddsson, previously Moyie resident, noted. Also mentioned is a man named Kenneth Macdonald of Mojio, who raised $10 and an outstanding $10 check. he faces months of provincial prison. Moyis Brewery operates with Price as owner, while Lime and other local details appear in scattered items.
Cranbrook Herald notes an excursion to Maybe Friday August 10 by Cranbrook Odd Fellows with a special train. It reports a garden death of infant son of Mr and Mrs John Hutchison, plus a worker losing a hand in an OPR shop accident. Also mentions H W Kent visiting to revive an old telephony line, aiming for long distance links to Nelson and beyond. Included is a long, humorous Georgia anecdote about a blind horse and a man named Jack Baldwin, ending with a rambling section of dialogue and misdirected humor.
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