The Movie Leader Moyie notices 1907 rate card
The publication announces rates of publication for Moyie and East Kootenay readers. Dated Saturday December 28, 1907, the notice credits YJ Smyth Purnienen and outlines pricing details for the newspaper.
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Newspaper
Moyie Leader
Location
Moyie, British Columbia, Canada
Date
Dec 28, 1907
Page
4
The publication announces rates of publication for Moyie and East Kootenay readers. Dated Saturday December 28, 1907, the notice credits YJ Smyth Purnienen and outlines pricing details for the newspaper.
The Moyie Leader reflects on a year ending with economic stringency yet overall prosperity. Magie claims strong payroll growth and rising home ownership, with mining developments foreseen to elevate Moyie to a permanent camp comparable to Batte and Coeur d Alenes. The piece also notes a festive Christmas, a solvent town population, and a historical remark about Harry Orchard’s death in Boise Idaho a century ago.
The Trail smelter has finished a shipment of 250000 ounces of silver to the new Canadian mint for subsidiary coinage. The mint requires bars near 998 fineness, about 1000000 ounces per year, with Trail’s refinery already producing twice that amount in gold and silver bars. The plant has long sold refined metals to the Orient and United States and could supply precious metals once Canada can produce gold coins.
The Cranbrook Herald released two 16 page holiday issues packed with advertising and reading material for the district. Readers familiar with Old Man Simpson Horace Greeley Hutchison will recognize the strong combined influence behind the editions.
A colloquial exchange recalls a situation where a car porter reports attempting to call at seven thirty as instructed, but the line is out of order. The dialogue hints at a routine with a hint of personal familiarity and confusion over the timing.
Fragmented reminiscence notes wage talk and social mores with detached reflections. The piece mentions money, strikes, and the cost of luxuries, contrasts labor in China, and an editor in North Vancouver remarking on roses grown outside in December.
A medical advertisement touts Lester Pierce's Golden Medical Discovery for liver indigestion and weak digestion with symptoms like headaches and nausea. It stresses a non alcoholic fluid extract from native plants and lists endorsing authorities, inviting readers to send a postal card for a free booklet.
Jack Chisholm Hart of Bluffton Indiana was struck by dynamite while mucking a quarry. The blast badly mangled his face and he may lose sight in his left eye. He is hospitalized as doctors assess injuries. The item also notes a local ad promoting Chamberlain’s Cough Remedy available from Moyie Deng & Statiquery Co.
A description notes 820 acres more or less in Crangrook Land District with a point of commencement and a till December 1907 date referenced in the conveyance.
Primitive OCR fragment notes land for sale sixteen miles from Pitcher Creek. Describes fenced land with a good house and water, close to a school. Sale details appear at the office.
Educational notices describe Mr S Moore and Mrs Moore offering in home lessons in languages science and music theory Mrs Moore provides organ and piano instruction and invites inquiries at their residence to apply for lessons
Fragmentary OCR notes describe St Josephs Convent Nelson and Sisters of St Bosan (?) refining education programs. Mentions commercial and domestic courses, specialty classes, and progressive methods to improve character and efficiency. No full context or dates available.
A local notice explains the danger of misattributing severe colds to diphtheria in children. It promotes Chamberlain's Cough Remedy as a quick cure for the cold and a way to lessen the risk of diphtheria, stating it is sold by Moyie Drug and Stationery Co.
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