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Newspaper
Nelson Daily Miner
Location
Nelson, British Columbia, Canada
Date
Jun 12, 1901
Page
2
Published Every Morning Except Monday details subscription rates by carrier and mail including daily monthly and yearly options. It lists payments and authorized agents Alexander & Co along with an address at 521 First Avenue Spokane Wash for advertisements and subscriptions.
The plan calls for 120000 to furnish Captain Bernier's polar expedition with government covering 60000 in cash or equivalent if Canadians raise the other half. Nelson is urged to contribute 100 to the National Fund, and The Miner appeals for subscriptions, hoping Canada’s flag leads the voyage into the North.
A Victoria printed pamphlet argues the Coast-Kootenay railway struggle shows the Canadian Pacific influence over British Columbia politics. It accuses the Dunsmuir government of breaking pledges, advancing CPR interests, and endangering provincial welfare while warning readers of CPR interference in legislative affairs. The piece praises the pamphlet’s forceful argument and questions provincial dependence on the CPR.
A discussion on Hudson's Bay Company era profits in British Columbia notes a projection of one hundred million dollars in minerals annually, with most funds consumed by wages mining smelting and transport within the province. It lampoons the tax policy taxing every dollar of output and cites a locomotive fireman’s Electric Bitters testimonial and a grocery slice on Morse Pumpkin Flour and Spokane beer at Athabasca Saloon.
Notice announces the first sittings of the Annual Court of Revision for Nelson MunicipalCity at the Council Chamber in Nelson. The session is scheduled for Wednesday July 10 at 10:00 a.m. to hear complaints against the assessor’s valuation and revise the assessment roll. City Clerk J. K. Strachan signs the notice dated May 28, 1901.
Diamond Contracts or the sale of Diamonds on the installment plan under the tontine principle have received and disbursed in satisfaction over $572,772. On signing an application you pay the agent $5 when a contract is delivered. The contract calls for $1.25 weekly for 60 consecutive weeks totaling 75. Then the association will deliver a two carat diamond worth $200 or pay $160. For information apply to John T. Pierre sub agent Nelson Pierre Bros Tailor Shod Josephine St Fred Carne Jr general agent BC Victoria BC.
An all rail line connects eastern western and southern points via Spokane linking Great Northern Northern Pacific and O R N Co. From Nelson travelers reach Kaslo by steamer and Meyers Falls for Republic by stage daily with Bossburg stage for Grand Forks and Greenwood. A buffet sleeper runs between Spokane and North ren day train. Arrive at a Quatila.
Silver King Mike offers top cash for all kinds of second hand goods. He will buy or sell anything from an anchor to a needle including furniture stoves car cooking utensils and household articles. Also accepts cast off clothing. Write or visit Box 200 Hall Street Nelson B.
A fragmentary note lists vessels and lines including Allan Line Corinthian Beaver Line Lake Superior and Lake Ontario routes with Vancouver and Dominion references. The text asserts connections among shipping lines, ships, and ports in a terse, OCR fragment.
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