Hammocks for comfort and space at low price
A sales pitch touts warm Hemmocks weather and Hammocks offering extra luxury at little money. Emphasizes large roomy design, strong build, and good colorings as value highlights for buyers seeking comfort.
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Newspaper
Nelson Daily Miner
Location
Nelson, British Columbia, Canada
Date
Aug 17, 1901
Page
4
A sales pitch touts warm Hemmocks weather and Hammocks offering extra luxury at little money. Emphasizes large roomy design, strong build, and good colorings as value highlights for buyers seeking comfort.
Thomson Stationery Co in Nelson offers pianos for rent at 87 per month. The listing highlights affordable monthly rates and provides contact details for prospective customers seeking rental instruments.
Local notes describe heavy smoke at the head of the main lake causing navigation difficulties between Kaslo and Lardo. The Kokanee and International have hauled large loads of carts and grading material to Lardo for a new line. The lake level drops two feet, shifting the International tie to the end of the city wharf.
Mrs A B Mundle of Malden Massachusetts reports her family’s coffee distress ending after switching to Postum Food Coffee. She says her son in law and her 11 year old son suffered nausea and dyspepsia from coffee but are cured now, praising directions for a delicious drink.
Public and high schools will re-spend Monday unless new instructions arrive from Victoria. Charles Hillyer contracted to erect a cottage at Kitchener for W. H. Blakemore who will develop the big iron group for a Montreal syndicate that bought the property this week. Engine No. 693 was dispatched for the Sandon branch, placed on a barge at Arrowhead for Nakusp shipment. A city finance committee meeting discussed water and light arrears and collection. A Spokane beggar was arrested on Baker Street and sent to the railway station for a ticket elsewhere. The K M R band concert, with J B Pollard’s cornet solo Ripling Bills, occurs tonight at 8 at Stanley and Baker. Park crowds enjoy the hot weather, and lake visits continue. Cemetery improvements include city water, fencing, grading and walks, making it a nicer site in years to come. A local ad promotes Ladies Tailor Made Suits from Kerks Co at steep discounts for five days.
John McKane left yesterday for the Lavina group. D W Moore ore buyer for the Trail smelter is at the Hume, Niven of the Whitewater mine stops at the Hume. O P Hill, principal vendor of the Kitchener iron properties to the Montreal syndicate, left for Kitchen er last night. H Cambie chief engineer of the P R Pacific division accompanied Mr. Marpole to the city. Miss G Cambie also here. J Frank Collum of the Arlington mine Slocan arrived last evening with family. James D Sword left for Montana on business. R Kerr Houghton for the Yorkshire Guarantee and Insurance Company leaves for Vancouver. Numerous guests and arrivals noted at the Silver King, Queens, Home, and Phair hotels including D J Hill Bria, J Atherton Urie, W N Blakemore, Mrs Blakemore, O W Dey, Miss Bell, J M Turner, F C Niven, J F Collum, R Wood, J Mayhood, and H J Cambie among others.
The Abe Lincoln mine on Deer Park mountain will resume with a promising showing after two years of treasury issues. Whitewater and Echo group work has grown to about fifty men. schooling concerns arise as families return. Transfers and certificates of work are listed for several mines, with reorganization plans for the Brandon and Golden Crown company into Golden Crown Mines Limited. A rich gold ore discovery at Mountain Bay near Poule creek excites owners, while a Go at River district bond dispute is clarified.
I F C Green as agent for Venus Gold Mining Company Limited gives notice that Free Miner's Certificate No B50 408 intends within sixty days to apply to the Mining Recorder for Certificates of Improvements to obtain Crown Grants for the Venous and Saturn Fraction Mineral Clasma situated on Morning Mountain in Nelson Mining Division West Kootenay District. Action under section 37 must be commenced before issue of the Certificates. Dated July 29 1901.
I F C Green acting for A H Kelly Free Miner’s Certificate 860454 will apply to the Mining Recorder within sixty days from today to obtain a Certificate of Improvements for the Gold Standard Mineral Claim located on Toad Mountain northeast of Silver King Mine in the Nelson Mining Division West Kootenay District under section 87. Dated July 29, 101. F O Green.
Notice that J D Anderson agent for George Davis holder of Free Miners Cert B38440 and John H Nolan intend within sixty days to apply to the Mining Recorder for a Certificate of Improvements for the Tron Silver and Silver Queen mineral claim in the Nelson Mining Division West Kootenay District on Craig Mountain Craigtown. Dated July 18 1801.
Tenders must be received by the 0th day of August 1901 for the purchase of the Istockim trade of general merchandise, book debts and goodwill of the late William Thomas Beadles of Erie and Sulmo. The property includes a two storey frame building at Erie with merchandise stock and a stock at Sulmo. Bids may cover whole or separate stocks. Stock lists available on application to James Bannerman at Erie, B C. Dated July 18, 1901. MACDONALD and JOHNSON, solicitors for James Lawrence Administrator of the estate.
Reader suggests placing an ad in The Miner want column to promote a secondhand article for sale. The note implies using the column to reach local buyers and boost visibility.
J D Anderson, agent for W J Ledingham, Free Miner's Cert No B 63578, intends within sixty days to apply to the Mining Recorder for a Certificate of Improvements to obtain a Crown Grant for the Keffir mineral claim lying in Goat River Mining Division Weat Kootenay District on the Crow's Nest Pass Railway about eight miles north of Creston. Notice under section 27 must be commenced before the issuance of the Certificate. Dated July 23, 1901.
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