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Newspaper
Nelson Daily Miner
Location
Nelson, British Columbia, Canada
Date
Aug 24, 1901
Page
4
An advertisement touts an auto load fountain pen offering easy filling without ink on fingers and a steady, even ink flow. Pens available in fine, medium, broad points with an 85 to 5 price range. The shop invites strangers to browse with no purchase required.
The city saw Crockery shipments to York and a boiler shipped for a diamond drill at Witchener iron fields. Public school half days due to heat, church services announced at Emmanuel and St Saviour's, with Rev Mlewelling leaving for Kamloops and Vancouver. A Nelson man, OB McDonald, was fined for disorderly conduct after a debt dispute. Local merchants report ripening fruit and plentiful produce including plums pears peaches and tomatoes with berries from Yakima arriving.
Mrs Linnie Whit taker of Kidder Mon reports a dyspepsia case improved after swapping coffee for Postum cereal. A public school teacher also quit coffee and began Postum, claiming wellness. The letter promotes brewing tips and pricing for Vostum cereal.
A whimsical note says large numbers of dogs attended last night’s show Lady Andrey's Secret, then shifts to church services tomorrow at First Baptist with Sunday School at 2.20 and Bible class at 5.45, inviting strangers to attend.
Personal A Unzeaume of Nanney France is at the Lame. Alexander a London mining man sits as chair. Gray a commission merchant travels through the Boundary on business. Mr Manley of Spokane and Sykes of Ronsland registered at the Queens last night. W R McLean and family return from a lake camping trip. Mrs Clarke and the Misses Clarke of the Queens hotel return after two weeks camping up the lake.
J W Cockle reports Kaslo Smelter Ltd expects to start a large smelting plant with a $40000 civic bonus by Oct 1 next year. English capitalists may build a refinery alongside, with ore and fluxes locally available and a tram to bring lime from a nearby quarry. If plans proceed Kaslo could regain its former industrial prominence.
Projected Crow's Nest Southern line will begin soon with most contracts ready. A portion near Elko requires heavy cemented gravel work. A first class wagon road follows the route, aiding delivery of oil supplies. Steamers can traverse the Kootenay between Jennings and Elk mouth from May to August, but post mid August water levels hinder travel.
The North Star mine at Kimberley relied on river steamers to ship ore for years. The Crow's Nest railway reduced river traffic by carrying most shipments, while Crow's Nest Southern line has revived river service with summer railway supplies. The railway runs along part of the Kootenay.
Theater review notes the Sturtz company shows strength in early performances but fails last night except for Miss Anderson. Olmi and Mr. Sturtz lackluster in acting. Gauthier’s onstage, though brief, draws laughs. Beatrice Gordon sings between acts. matinee East Lynne scheduled. tonight Under the Gas Light billed as the strong drama.
At the record office Jackson Radcliff Mammoth A C R Brown Ugh McEachren Livingstone C N Loeuson J Curran and others are listed for locations certificates of work transfers and claims near Kokanee Creek Hall Siding and Hall Creek. A prospector doubts Hall Siding discovery citing heavy boulder cover and costly mining. Nearby Nelson parties report Rainy Day Rainbow and Promise Claims with a 40 foot ore ledge and ongoing shaft work.
A vintage advertisement touts Electric Bitters as a quick cure for backache headaches nervousness sleeplessness melancholy fainting and dizzy spells claiming a 73 year old petitioner was cured and can perform housework. It mentions kidney trouble and a back issue and promotes Canada Drug Book Co for fifty cent bottles.
Theosophist Knudsen spoke last night on reincarnation at the Miners Union with clergymen present. He argued that rebirth unites religion and science, outlines moral and mental growth through many lives, and urged open inquiry without dogma. He will stay in town until Monday and can be met at F W Pettit residence on South Kootenay Street.
Union sources claim direct from London that opposition to Whitaker Wrights control of the Rossland Great Western and allied companies holds a clear majority of 212000 shares J Shea prominent union man and hotel proprietor bets Kadish will leave before October 15 a taker to be paid at the bank Kadish denies resigning or being ousted
A head end collision on the Ai Line of the Rapid Transit company near Atlanta Georgia late this afternoon killed one man and injured seventeen others with three seriously hurt.
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