Tie Legislature Session Report
The House met with little business as Mr Speaker Pooley presided. A select committee was appointed to investigate west half of section 11, range 2, Cowichan district sold by the Crown in 1876 and disputed by Indians as part of Cowichan reserve. The committee includes T. Davie, Martin, Bole, Croft, and the mover.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Speaker Pooley
Fry
Martin
Cowichan
T. Davie
Bole
Croft
Robson
Turner
Police Court Proceedings on Comox Road Assaults
In the Comox road case Namakaw, Chinquisa and Koh Oh-ma-sile are charged with assault and robbery of Indian Loo. cases remanded. Kitty, Indian woman, punished for drunkenness but discharged with caution. Joe charged with liquor supply to Indians. others remanded. Lear alias Palmer is deserter from HMS Icarus. Tear to be delivered to Nsquimalt authorities. Joe Rodello charged with supplying liquor. Sev eral witnesses examined.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bill Namakaw
Tim Chinquisa
Koh Oh-ma-sile
Loo
Comox Road
J. C. Goulding
Kitty
O'Connell
Joe
Charles Lear
Palmer
Tascott
Stewart
Esquimalt
Nsquimalt
Joe Rodello
Kitty Johnson
The World Abroad and Foo Chow China Bridge
A Albany reader extols daily papers as a cheap family investment and freedom from tobacco, while Foo Chow China is described as a major tea center with a thousand ages bridge and a six mile wall, famed for a top wholesale fish market.
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Albany
N. Y
Foo Chow
China
Chicago
Shanghai
Switzerland
Billingsgate
London
Licensing Board Denies Two Liquor License Requests
The Nanaimo Licensing Board, after hearing, refused both applications from D J Nicholson and J Scott for retail liquor in Front Street and J Morrello for a new Skinner Street hotel. The Delmonico restaurant request for beer with meals was not considered. A petition from 98 citizens opposed further licenses, and the court adjourned after the rulings.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bate
Messrs
JJ. P. Planta
M. Robina
J. Pawson
D. Smith
James Abrams
H. Cooper
A. Shaw
J. P's
D. J. Nicholson
J. Scott
Front Street
Alex. Henderson
Gough
Nanaimo
George Norris
McElmnond
Nicholson & Scott
Ten Good Cleaning Hints From Home Remedies
A list of household tips covers stain removal with rain water soda ink tomatoes and kerosene for fabrics boots and furnishings. Advice includes turpentine whitening with salt or rum arabic boiled starch improvements and methods for removing tea and fruit stains and polishing irons and kettles.
Quips and Quirks From an Old Laughing Page
A cabinet of quick humor and misread meanings. A minister cites Peter's sacrifice and misreads a family relation. An opera manager mocks fortune with yellow fever risk. A Lent for Blanche lampoons social noise. A Boston wife ponders dinner while a butcher jokes about wholesome wording.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Peter
Rio Janeiro
Paris
Blanche
Boston
Subscribers Urged to Report Undelivered Papers
Readable portion urges subscribers to inform the office of missed deliveries and city readers to report changes in their subscriptions or papers. The item stresses prompt notification to ensure accurate service.
Cameron to Wrestle Michaud in Victoria Saturday
Cameron accepts Michaud challenge for a match planned for Saturday week at Victoria. Mainland players expected to meet Islanders in Victoria today week afternoon. Sportsmen salute the Game Protection Act for deer and night hunting limits. Kilrain sailed to England last week and doubts Sullivan will fight.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cameron
Michaud
Victoria
Jake Kilrain
New York
England
Askea
Sullivan
Humbugged and comic tales fill a midwestern night
A page of quirky vignettes features a mock romance scene with Miss Lovelorn and De Garry, a streetwise saloon owner debating dining hours, a dog confrontation, a river steamboat mishap, and a poster prank about a mysterious showman. A humorous anecdote from Boston ends with a nobleman posing evasive questions about his marriage.
Letters From the People on Hotel Licenses and Monopolies
A letter from A Farner or Pastry questions hotel licenses in Marion, alleging licensee favoritism, whisky houses, and gambling. The writer urges more licenses for respectable hotels to serve travelers and criticizes monopolies and city inaction harming growth.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Marion Courtke
Mr. Molitor
Tami
Nevermore in Phe Town: A Kicker Confronts Change
A distressed narrator confronts a mysterious kicker at his door. The visit centers on town prospects, growth, and the kicker’s defiant refrain Nevermore as the speaker demands action and a future without vice. The piece blends Poe style with urban decay imagery and a local flavor.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Eprrok
Ricker
Nevermore
Ualore
Rome
Erie
J. M
Gold craze near Ensenada sparks rush to New Violorado
The note describes a California gold rush to a new area beyond Ensenada. It directs readers to consult the Standard at Las and a map of Lower California’s mineral region, sold by J. Lees at the Central Hotel. It also warns that Vancouver Coal Mining and Land Co. will prosecute anyone cutting timber on their land without permission.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
California
Violorado
Ensenada
Lower California
J. Lees
Central Hotel
Vancouver Coal Mining and Land Co., Limited
M. Robins
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Delmonico Restaurant
Church Street
Nanaimo, B. C
Dempsey & Parrott, PropRietors
Maniyre
Dominion of Canada
Simon Leiser
B. C
STE
Coughlan & Mason
Txoprirvors
B. Co
San Juan
Vancouver
Coal Mining
IND Land CO. (Limited
Southfield
Esplanade
South Field
TIE
Twentymile Belt
J. P. Planta
Fsq
S.M
M. Bate
THE
the Licensing Board
Miss Lovelorn
de Garry
Charley
Tere
Jack
Treckon
Sandus
J. T. Tarnin
Bryan Hall
Boston Advertiser
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