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Newspaper
Nanaimo Semi Weekly Mail
Location
Nanaimo, British Columbia, Canada
Date
Oct 30, 1896
Page
2
Poem excerpt by Priscilla Leonard praising October. The speaker notes high blue skies and white clouds, golden sun, and a calm, ripened season richer than summer. October is described as yielding a sweet, thankful psalm in this serene period.
The Syracuse school meeting stirs western Kansas as Mrs. Gray resists voting amid a community push for women to participate in school district elections. Neighbors mobilize, praising teacher selection and the chance for women to influence local education while Mr. Steele urges participation.
A $50,000 fire at Notre Dame de Grace Quebec destroyed numerous houses. A Levis Quebec blaze wiped out property valued between $25,000 and $50,000, impacting Oullette’s lumber yard and Beaulieu’s foundry. A severe St Johns storm caused heavy rain and strong winds raising shipping damage fears. Also noted: one million sockeye fry ordered for Skeena headwaters, steelhead fishing season rules, Ottawa mills lumber sales to English dealers, and officials dismissed for political partisanship.
Suffering From Cancer Boston October 27 John L Sullivan ex champion is the victim of cancer. The malady has developed in the right hand and Dr Calvin of the Emergency hospital who treated him warns it is dangerous. The doctor says Sullivan may lose his arm if he does not take care and Sullivan laments having no true friend while noting attempts to borrow money.
The Christian Guardian reports Rev C M Tate a British Columbia missionary spoke at Albert College on October 14. The local note praised his illuminative views describing native schooling progress and the Indian before and after reforms, with remarks on mining fishing shipping and climate and a rare comment that only two Chinamen faced magistrates in ten years. The article then shifts to shipping news and a late October robbery tale in Oklahoma with bandits looting stores and robbing government Indian school etc.
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