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Newspaper
Nelson Daily Miner
Location
Nelson, British Columbia, Canada
Date
Jan 30, 1902
Page
3
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The funeral for J Roderick Robertson will be held in New York at 3 30 this afternoon. Messages of sympathy have poured in to Mrs Robertson from many places where the deceased was well known and esteemed. The B C Gold fields will close for the afternoon as a respect to the late manager. Fowler arrived in Nelson Tuesday night and acts as manager of the company’s properties. A Rossland meeting expressed deep sympathy and adopted a resolution praising Robertson’s service to British Columbia’s mining industry.
Memphis reader Miss B Dye recalls a family ruse where a mother served Postum Food Coffee as if it were coffee to her sons. The older son improved in health and studies after days of drinking Postum, then learned the truth, while the younger brother shed illness and grew lively, crediting Postum for better grades and vitality.
Ping Pong and Duplicate Whist sets priced at 3.25 and 4.25 dollars with a 6.50 option. Paines 8 Tray Set and Bridge Whist with cards complete offered at listed prices. Local catalog teaser notes item availability.
Canada Drug and Book Co reports placer work on Bull river by Felix Roche with a small outfit and Thompson outfit drifting in Perry creek gravel, weekly cleanups around $15 per man. Fort Steele area miners brace for early spring, with 100 feet tunnelling contract on the Iowa mine at Gracy creek East Kootenay and galena copper gold ore in the Town ledge. Tom Roberts operates deep placer on Weaver creek as others plan shifts. Frank Robbins moves to Nelson as consulting engineer for Mackenzie Mann properties. N MeL Curran remains financial agent. Brown stays at North Star as superintendent. Morrison wine shareholders to vote on sale to Chicago syndicate and scaled development with a smelter planned. Boundary Creek Mining to reorganize Last Chance mine on an assessable basis after funds permit. Lake claim results spur the move.
Col. L Edwin Dudley American consul in Vancouver says no vice consul will be appointed for Greenwood. Rossland's vice consulate is vacating. successor not yet chosen. A Friedman residence explosion damaged the kitchen but caused no fatalities as Mrs. Friedman avoided injury.
Notices provide arrival at 6 41 p m and request readers to apply for berths times and rates with full information from J B Cover and Pass Auto ALG P A Nelson Vancouver Advance.
To serve growing passenger numbers a direct daily Buffet Car service has begun offering comfort rivaling major Canadian and U.S. railways. Connections at Spokane link to the south east and west with 10 hours to Seattle and 18 to Vancouver and Victoria. Direct through bookings to European points. Departure DAY TRAIN arrives 9:20 a.m. Spokane, 10:30 a.m. at 26 p.m. H A Jackson G TA Spokane Wass Tackabury Agent Nelson.
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