News of the Town items from Nelson area
Local items report Archie Mainwaring Johnson traveling to California for a visit. winter conditions disrupt Lake Kootenay barge service. Revelstoke visitors return home. court adjourned due to no-shows. George Stephens to join CPR in Winnipeg, replacing Macdonell. Winter catering contract secured for skaters at the rink. Canada Drug and Book moving to new K.W.C. block. opening planned Saturday. A Kokanee parcel incident ends with Charles LeBlanc rescued from Lake Kootenay. J R Mooney reassigned to Everett. Mr. Farmer of Rossland succeeds him. Masonic Ball to be held at Opera House. Ward Street stage door entrance. Northern Light group bonds property to Hugh McCain. Nelson owners. Royal Bank of Canada first depositor honored. $500+ deposits noted. Insanity case: George Scott to New Westminster asylum. J C T Crofts returns. BC Electric installs 500 HP plant. more planned. December hospital donations listed. various contributors named. Coast Kootenay road debate continues. Bodwell active in meetings. locals wary but hopeful a road is built.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Archie Mainwaring-Johnson
Victoria
California
Horace D. Hume
Revelstoke
Forin
George Stephens
Winnipeg
Nelson
Harry E. Macdonell
John Spear
Canada Drug and Book Company
K.W.C Block
Charles LeBlanc
LeBlanc
Lake Kootenay
J. R. Mooney
Great Northern Express Company
Everett
Wash
Farmer
Rossland
Mooney
Opera Hovse
Ward Street
Northern Light Group
Hugh McCain
Kaslo
London
A. Macdonald & Co
Geo. Nunn
Royal Bank of Canada
A. H. Gracey
George Scott
Slovan City
New Westminster
CW. Young
J. C. T. Crofts
Vancouver
B.C. Electric Street Railway Company
General Hospital
Campbell-Johnston
J. Laing Stocks
Miss Williams
Nelson Miners’ Union
P. Burns & Co
J. Y. Griffin & Co
Hunter & Co
Clark
Mr. Vean
Hazelwood Dairy
Mr. Fraser
Hodder
G. Patterson
Dr. Armstrong
R, Frew
Transcontinental rail deal sparks Vancouver controversy
A major Canadian railroad financing dispute unfolds as Great Northern Coast Kootenay and Grand Trunk plan a trans continental ring. Toronto magnates McKenzie and Mann back the deal arranging Coast Kootenay to Great Northern control. Victoria and Vancouver interests clash over charter options, threat to sell to Canadian Pacific if local backing wavers.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
British Columbia
Vancouver
S. C
Great Northern Coast
Kootenay
Grand Trunk Railways
McKenzie
Mann
Toronto
Sidney & Victoria Airway
Great Northern
EB. VY. Bodwell
Victoria
Coast Kootenay
Conant Kootenay
Canadian Pacific Railway
Canadian Pacific
Field Marshal Roberts Receives Enthusiastic London Welcome
Delegations including the Secretary of War and the Secretary for Foreign Affairs accompanied the Field Marshal as crowds cheered from Hyde Park to Buckingham Palace. The royal party met him in the palace quadrangle before a private luncheon after his ceremonial guards inspection.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sombre Palace Quadrangle
Lord Roberts
Quadrangle
Prince of Wales
Tupper plans swift departure as New Zealand penny postage begins
Ottawa notes report Sir Charles Tupper arrived and will sail to England once his household goods are ready. Also, news arrives of Mrs. Belcourt, wife of M P N A Belcourt, dying in New York, daughter of Senator Shehyn. New Zealand adopts penny postage effective January 1. Canadian to New Zealand letters cost two cents per half ounce.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New Zealand
Charles Tupper
Ottawa
New York
Belcourt
N. A. Belcourt
M. P
Shehyn
Quebec
England
Canada
Steel rail price rise rumored for February
New York reports a meeting of major steel rail makers is planned for midweek with unofficial word of an 82 a ton increase to 28 dollars, effective February 1. Local inquiries could not confirm the move. Also notes a Hong Kong report of a robbery at Kume Huk customs with about 4000 dollars taken and a London gale shifting stones at Stonehenge.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
New York
Dowie sails to United States on Saxonia liner
The Reverend John Alexander Dowie, noted religious leader in London, has departed for the United States aboard the Cunard liner Saxonia. He is expected to undertake missionary or organizational work overseas, with travel details confirming the voyage.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dowie
London
John Alexander Dowie
United States
Cunard
Saxonia
RUMORED WRECK AND Ontario Clergyman Dies
Northbound limited of the Chicago Great Western is reported wrecked near Sargent Minnesota with no details available. In Toronto Rev Joshua Donovan a leading I hnapti clergyman died after a long illness on January 3.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
St. Paul, Minn
Sargent
Minn
Toronto
Ont
Joshua Donovan
Ontario
Tobogganing revival eyed by Montreal club
TOBAGGANING Montreal January 4 The executive of the Montreal Amateur Athletic Association are considering the question of the revival of tobogganing this season.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Montreal
Montreal Amatuer Athletic Association
To Cure a Cold in One Day Ad Touting Laxative Bromo Quinine
An old advertisement claims a single day cure for a cold using Laxative Bromo Quinine Tablets. It mentions a money back guarantee if the cure fails and bears a signature on the box by Bo W. Grove.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
W. Grove
PERSECUTION OF NEGROES BY WHITE CAPS IN NEELYVILLE
A gang of white men disguised as white caps attacked negro farmers near Neelyville Missouri on Tuesday night. They fired on homes, wrecked furniture, and ordered five colored men to leave within twenty days or face burning and hanging. Victim Nelson Simson was mortally wounded. Other residents were warned by the attackers.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Neelyville
Poplar Bluff
Nelson Simson
Electric Bitters touted as cure for women’s ailments
A faded ad text promotes Electric Bitters for backache headaches nervousness sleeplessness melancholy and dizzy spells citing Mrs Phebe Cherley of Petersburg Indiana who claims relief at age 73 after kidney trouble and a lame back Also touts German Syrup by Dr A Boschee for coughs and lung troubles with mass sales since 1864 and price 75 cents sold by W F Teetze.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Phebe Cherley
Petersson
Canada Drug & Book Co
A. Boshee
Bosche
United States
W. F. Teetze
Talk of the Town: New Family Herald Building Opens in Montreal
The Family Herald and Weekly Star debuts a magnificent new newspaper building on Principal Street, hailed as possibly the finest in the world. Critics praise its design and call the paper’s progress remarkable for Canada.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Monreal
Family Herald
Weekly Star
Canada
Kootenay River & Apportier Co. Excur sions Offer Holiday Rates
Kootenay River & Apportier Company Ltd announces Christmas and New Year holiday single-fare round trips. Tickets on sale December 22, 23, 24, 26, return by January 8. Additional sales December 20, 21, January 1, return by January 3. Manager Robt Irving.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Kooténay River & Aptgatier Company, Ltd
Lost furmit finder rewarded at Royal Hotel
Lost item noted as furmit with request for return. finder will be rewarded and can notify J. N. Dior or leave notice at the Royal Hotel. The brief seeks the return of the item through designated contact.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Royal Hotel
J. ,N. Dior
Great Slaughter Sale Clears Large Stock Fast
A private sale narrative outlines steep discounts to clear a surplus over two weeks. Dress goods, tailored suits, silk waists, jackets, and blankets are offered at reduced prices with wide margins to attract quick purchases, including patterns and fabrics in various colors and weights.
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Steveston
Bodwell
Coast Kootenay Road
Spokane Mining Stock Exchange
Spokane
Ie Miner
Blacktail
Butte & Boston
Deer Trail
Evening Star
Lone Pine Surprise
Ox Mountain Lion
Morning Glory
Morrison
Princess
Quilp Ramble Republic
Reservation
Tom Thum
Waterloo
Miller Creek
Flag Hill
Jenne
Bitter Root
Ottawa Notes
Hong Kong
Kume Huk
Weat River
Stonehenge
Collins
Talk
Oxford
Martin O’reilly & CO
Anheuser- Busch
St. Louis
R. P. Rithet & Co., Ltd
A.B. Gray
Baker St
Nelson! Kootenay
Mike
Joe Miva
R. W. Day
China Hall
Land, Insurance, and General Commission
Observatory
Cedar Streets
Victoria Street
Nelson Wine CO
Galgary
Frank A. Tamblyn
Manacen
Ah Nelson
B. C
Rossland Vernon ST
JV. Claughtin
Prep
Mgparland & Brockar Baker Street
CPE
Canada Permanent and Western Canada
Mortcace Corporation
Amie
Fe Lemos
Yale's
Parker & CO
Turner-Brook
Baker Street
D. J. Dewar, J. P
Mines Road
Stanley St
Vernon Street
Stanley Street
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