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Newspaper

Nanaimo Courier

Location

Nanaimo, British Columbia, Canada

Date

Apr 07, 1889

Page

3

Steamer Schedules Between Nanaimo Comox and Victoria

A dated steamship itinerary lists weekly service among Nanaimo Comox and Victoria with vessels Amelia Rainbow and Robert Dunsmuir. It notes arrival and departure times on Tuesdays Wednesdays Thursdays and Saturdays, including a Victoria to Nanaimo return and an extra Saturday Victoria to Nanaimo leg, plus a Wellington connection and a Victoria to Nanaimo port sequence. The passage also includes a courtroom exchange and an advertisement warning about throat and lung illness urging use of Boschee's German Syrup.

Postal Service Daily Mall Closures and Wellington Schedule

The postal service closes malls daily for Victoria and way stations with 8 A.M. arrivals. Wellington closes at 11:45 A.M. For Comox Alberni and way stations the schedule shows every Wednesday at 7 P.M.

Victoria

What the Publishers Paid Dickens

Dickens died leaving about £80000 with substantial earnings from his books. The Pickwick Papers paid £14 monthly then £15, plus several interim cheques totalling £3000. Nicholas Nickleby and Barnaby Rudge each earned £3000 from Chapman & Hall. The Christmas Carol profits fell short of expectations at £726 against £1000 hoped. Dombey and Son yielded £2820 in six months, Edwin Drood £7506 for 2500 copies with shared profits beyond that, and 50000 copies sold while alive. Early America sheets earned £1000. Martin Chuzzlewit paid £200 per month for 20 parts totaling £4000 plus shares in stock and future interest. A short NY Ledger story earned £1000. Sketches by Boz yielded nothing at Old Monthly Magazine. Evening Chronicle pay rose to £7 weekly and later sold to Macrone for £400.

Dickens Pickwick Papers Pubisher Nicholas Nickleby Messrs. Chapman & Hall Barnaby Rudge Dombey and Son Edwin Drood America Martin Chuzzlewit New York Ledger Boz Evening Chronicle Macrone

First of the season Riverside produce at Cavulsky’s

The first Riverside navel oranges and new cabbages of the season are timed for sale at George Cavulsky's. The notice highlights fresh fruits and vegetables available to shoppers seeking early autumn produce.

Riverside George Cavulsky’s

His Incomparable Medicine Secures Global Fame

A bold claim extols a medicine as imperishable and world renowned for alleviating and curing a wide range of human diseases, suggesting universal efficacy and historic significance.

Chlorodyne by Dr J Collis Browne claim aid for invalids

An advertisement extols Chlorodyne as the original genuine remedy from Dr J Collis Browne of the Army Medical Staff. It promises relief from sleep problems headaches and protracted disease, claims efficacy for coughs consumption bronchitis asthma diarrhoea cholera dysentery epilepsy hysteria and various pains and conditions with strong assertions of being the most wonderful remedy.

J. Collie Browne Mate Army Medical Staff Symes & Co Pharmaceutical Chemists Medical Hall Simla J. T. Davenport F Esq Russell Street Bloomsbury London Derk Je Collis Browne Wa J Collis Browne Pharm, Society of Great Britain Viceroy's Chemists

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