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Newspaper

Nanaimo Courier

Location

Nanaimo, British Columbia, Canada

Date

Aug 03, 1889

Page

3

Fashionable extravagance in city life and distant misfortunes

A light miscellany notes beaded garments, sunshades, and bamboo furniture among Beau Brummels trends in New York and London. It covers stray items from a six inch wire gun prototype at Woolwich, to a Vienna wife saga, to a Crimean isthmus canal plan, and a Manila style clash of brides in a comic family feud.

Beau Brumimel Atyle Flora McPumsey Berlin Strand Woolwich Arsenal House of Lords Vatican London Bermuda Black Sea Russia Volga Lapland Japan Manchester Vienna Vepusita U.S U. S San Francisco New York Acada Mirope Moyland Ireland Scotland United States Quauda Europe

Sunrise Dawn Over Yosemite Valley Seen in Dawn Lights

Private Letter from H. T. White describes a sunrise over Yosemite Valley with a pale horizon light hardening into a silver glow behind serrated peaks and a pink and gold flush over the landscape. The passage includes naturalist notes on secretary birds and Bokhara torture, plus brief items on William Strong and social notices.

Lght Mirror Lake Old Sol H. T. White

Brevities from the Nation and the Nation’s Oddities

A montage of short notes cites a Sonora tax on births, a Baltimore dime museum attraction, a Cairo Michigan azure hair mix up, a Burgettstown man disturbed by a nightmare about his horse, and a Baltimore breach of promise case with 5000 dollars in damages.

Sonora Mexico Winnie Johnson Baltimore Cairo Mich Matthew Welch Burgettstown Baltimore Colored Society L. L. Sherman Great Falls M. T Morgan Sherman George Gray Plymouth

Tickets to All Points on the Canadian Pacific Rail

Travelling public offered tickets to all CP routes and connections, available from A Shaw, an authorized agent.

Contagious Diseases By Law Repeal in Nanaimo 1889

Nanaimo Municipal Council repeals Contagious Diseases By Law 1888 and defines diseases as scarlet fever diphtheria smallpox typhus and cholera. The by law imposes duties on physicians owners and the public including reporting notices flags isolation fines and penalties with enforcement by the Medical Officer of Health and city officials. The ordinance sets removal vaccination and fumigation powers and restricts movement of infected persons and goods until danger passes.

Nanaimo Aay Medical Officer of Health Heath M. Bare Gough M. Bate C. M.C

iEsouimah and Nanaimo Railway Card Move

Return tickets issued between points for a single fare good for return. Tickets for one and a half ordinary fare may be bought daily to all points, valid three days including issue day. Through rates apply Victoria to Comox, Dunsmuir, and Hunter. officers listed.

Victoria Comox RK Dunsmuir Aids Hunter K. Prior Agena United States Canada Europe ROAT Irving Govt. St. Victoria Planta Nanaimo E. Brown J. F Vancouver

Canadian Pacific Promotes Luxurious Passenger Service

The pamphlet extols Canadian Pacific as the finest passenger line with luxurious sleeping cars Dining cars and hotels offering ample food at reasonable rates Free sleeping berths for second class holders modern day coaches and unmatched scenery. It lists routes from Portland and Seattle to eastern cities and to Winnipeg Chicago and Europe with through tickets at low rates and mentions regional agents.

Portland Tacoma Seattle Victoria Pacific Coast Winnipeg Minneapolis St. Paul Chicago St. Louis Ottawa Toronto Montreal Boston New York

Furnished room wanted near Courter office in Alice

Wanted by a respectable gentleman a furnished room in Alice not far from the Courter office. Include terms with and without board two meals and luncheon address to J. J. 8 Counter office City references furnished.

Alice J. J

Chlorodyne touted as a universal remedy in 1880s advertisement

An advertisement extolls Dr J Collis Browne's Chlorodyne as the supreme cure for coughs consumption bronchitis asthma and more claims it halts diarrhoea cholera and neuralgia. It features testimonials from Symes & Co praising its efficacy, with cautions about piracy and notes on manufacturing and London sales.

J. Collis Browne Army Medical Staff Theery Symes & Co Pharmaceutical Chemists Medical Hall Simla J. T. Davenport Great Russell Street Bloomsbury London Hindostan Collis Browne Pharm, Society of Great Britain Viceroy’s W. Page Wood Freeman the Times

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