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Newspaper
Nelson Daily Miner
Location
Nelson, British Columbia, Canada
Date
Aug 09, 1901
Page
4
Nelson B. G. Thomson Stationery Co advertises pianos for rent at seven dollars per month and a full line of picnic and lunch baskets including Japanese style baskets and pressed fibre options in three sizes, with prices from 25 to 35 cents. The stock is described as complete and ready for the picnic season.
Weather and traffic notes describe smoke clearing on the west arm while the main lake remains thick. Local teams plan a tennis visit to Rossland for a weekend return match, and Latimer street grading starts with funds approved by the City Council.
The report describes rifle practice under windy, rainy conditions with low scores. Nelson public school reopens Monday with no staff changes. Miss Wickem resigns and Miss Thom will fill the vacancy. Eagles host a Kokanee park picnic with late returners after festive games and music. A Board of Trade meeting failed to form a quorum. Emmanuel Church plans an August excursion to Bonsing ton Falls and Slocan Junction with 50 cent and 25 cent fares for adults and children. Kerr & Co advertises millinery and Ironbrew.
Personal notes show E. W. Matthews returning from Rossland and H. J. Raymer among Rossland visitors at the Queen's. Percy Wilkinson and Joseph Squires are highlighted, with others from Rossland and Revelstoke visiting Nelson. Several travelers depart for eastern trips, tours, or future residence plans, and a surprise party honors J. A. McCrae for his marriage.
James Wilks received his blue paper at Northport yesterday. The Western Federation of Miners vice president went to the smelter town to confer with Attorney Murphy who was due to arrive yesterday to advise on the situation.
The Rossland Miner reports United States Deputy Marshal Ide served an injunction on James Wilks as he walked the street. Wilks recalls joking with the officer and says he will return to Northport to see Mr Murphy. He believes the injunction may calm hotheads and aid the union cause.
The late Donald J. Beaton editor of The Nelson Miner died after a streetcar accident. Beaton a Manitoba journalist and Ontario native, led The Manitoba Free Press for years and contributed to the Liberal press before leaving the party. He was sixty and active in the Hudson Bay Railway scheme.
The six Eddy siblings, three women and three men, renowned for acrobatics, headline Sells & Gray's United Shows which opened in Savannah on April 6 and tour the south. They are set to perform in Nelson on August 19 with two acts and a street parade. Other stars include Miss Edna, Tybwells, and the Barl Sisters. A separate note from Montreal reports J H Walker, claiming to represent Portland Cement Co, passing forged checks in Chicago and Montreal. banks traced the fraud and the company is non existent.
Newton Crane for the United States announced thirteen claims to be forwarded at the South African compensation commission session in London. All would be paper claims since witnesses could not travel. The president said the panel would act generously where claims were substantiated.
A heavy rain and wind storm swept through a section of Courtland county last night causing extensive crop damage. Corn fields were leveled in many areas and total losses run to thousands of dollars.
London Aug. Surrender announced by Lord Kitchener of Commandant Revilliers, second in command to Beyers, at Warmbaths.
West bound trains offer direct connections to Victoria Vancouver Portland San Francisco and all Sound points. East bound trains join at Duluth for North-West and North Land steamships of the Northern Steamship Company line in cooperation with the Great Northern Railway. For more information maps and folders contact agents of Spokane Falls and Northern Ry Slocan Ry Kooteai Ry Navigation Co or H A Jackson Com Agent Spokane Wash 3 K Tackabury Local Agent Nelson BC.
A wise mother keeps a reliable emery for burns and scalds as accidents happen. Griffiths Menthol Liniment stops burning instantly and provides a soothing cooling sensation. For sale by J H Vanstone in Nelson British Columbia, 25 cents.
I F C Green as agent for Venus Gold Mining Company Limited, Free Miner’s Certificate No Ba0 468, intends sixty days from the date hereof to apply to the Mining Recorder for Certificates of Improvements to obtain Crown Grants for the Venus and Saturn Fraction Mineral Claims in the Nelson Mining Division West Kootenay District on Morning Mountain. Action under Section 87 must be commenced before the Certificates of Improvements are issued. Dated July 20, 1901.
Notice that I, 0. Green as agent for A H Kelly and A A Buchanan, allege a sixty day period to apply to the Mining Recorder for a Certificate of Improvements for the Gold Tip mineral claim located on Toad Mountain north of Silver King mine, in West Kootenay Nelson Milling Division. Action to be taken before issuing the certificate. Dated July 20, Wor. F.O Green.
Emu Mineral Claim in Nelson Mining Division West Kootenay District located on North Fork of Wild Horse Ore six miles from N B S Rail. Clement acting as agent for William Douglas Free Miners Certificate No B Su077 gives sixty days from July 27 to apply to Mining Recorder for a Certificate of Improve under section 37, improvements must be commenced.
Fragmentary OCR mentions charger ho volume with fragmented references to wireless wiring and power, lacking clear names or dates to establish full event or participants. Proceeding to summarize only readable core: a note on charger volume and wire connections without concrete details.
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