Nelson's Dominion Day Celebrations Loom Large in Nelson
Nelson prepares for July 1 and 2 events with water carnival trades procession and races. The city invites thousands of visitors, with prizes from Canada and the United States, and organizers promise a grand display and record crowds for Canada Day festivities in the Queen City of the Kootenays.
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Kootenays
Nelson
Queen City
the Kootenays
Canada
British Columbia
United States
Pulpit Debate on Race in British Columbia Editorial
A Vancouver Sunday sermon by Rev. Munroe discusses Chinese workers, comparing them to white groups and urging tolerance. The talk labels Chinese as unfair competitors, defends their finances and asserts no gospel in race prejudice, while noting a rumored Athabasca mine restart with no official confirmation.
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Munroe
Congregational Church
British Columbia
B. C
Prohibition Enforcement Struggles Across Ontario Towns
June 18 dispatches report liquor sales surge since prohibition act began. Charlottetown officials threaten seizures. Amherst, Lanark search for arson losses. Ottawa notes postmaster general illness. Winnipeg taxes set record high. Niagara troop review draws 4,000. Lake Superior stowaways hint at Canadian work.
Trackmen Report 4000 Strikers Across Regions
Montreal and Toronto dispatches describe the CP R strike expanding with an estimated 4000 workers out. Some yards fill with substitutes while others report limited returns and firm resolve from the Trackmen's Union led by President Wilson as talks continue.
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Montreal
Toronto
Ontario
New Brunswick
C. BP. R
North Bay Division
Wilson
Trackmen’s Union
Fight on the Mainline Keeps Eastern Men at Work
The passage notes that when the dispute remains on the mainline the eastern men will not assist in enforcing demands and will continue at their tasks, drawing their wagons with which they are content.
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Toronto
Owen Sound
Timmerman
Woodstock
St. Thomas
Chatham
Winnipeg
Leonard
Dawson
County Court Hears Long Session Disputes
The county court convened for a long session with cases including Adams vs Hickey on a promissory note for 1300 dollars. Other actions covered hotel debt, plastering contracts, and wage claims on mining work with mixed verdicts and pending trials scheduled to continue.
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Supreme Court Chamber
Adams Vs. Hickey
Whealler
R. I. Hannington
Collins
de Nuys
Erie
A. M. Johnson
John McLeod
Andrew Zedler
P. E. Wilson
Jas
O’shea
Zattoni
Western Canada Accident Association
R. M. Macdonald
Hannington
Radcliff
Provost
Urquhart
New North Fork Mining Co
Mr. Hannington
Excursion to Procter by CPR Tomorrow
The CPR plans a Thursday half holiday excursion to Procter leaving City wharf at 2 PM and returning at 6 PM. Marconi wireless will allow Tribune messages to merchants aboard. Fare is 50 cents. A week later the Retail Clerks Association will run a lake excursion with a band onboard.
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Procter
Marconi
Tribune
Retail Clerks’ Association
Fishermen strike risks trouble on Fraser and coast
Reports from Vancouver and Victoria June 18 describe rising tensions over Fraser River fisheries with a likely strike. British Columbia and Dominion governments discuss settlement, license-fee arrangements, and provincial rights while Crow's Nest surveys proceed for new railway and coal ventures. The Amur steamer was tied up after arriving.
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Vancouver
B. C
Fraser
Steveston
Ottawa
Dominion
British Columbia
Eberts
Suena
Naas
Victoria
Lindsey
K. C
Crow's Nest Southern Railway
Wilsley
Crow's Nest Coal Co
Elias Rogers
Eponel
Jennings
U. S
Macenzie & Mann
Amur
Hawkins Beats Armstrong In Fifteenth Round
In Rossland on June 1, Cal Hawkins impressed spectators by defeating Billy Armstrong in a twenty round lightweights bout ending in the 15th round. The lively contest drew heavy betting in Hawkins favor as Armstrong failed to reach ten rounds. Separately the Nelson football club decided not to enter a Slocan City tournament next week. They also agreed to invite Kaslo Football Club to Nelson for Dominion Day games.
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Kootenay
Itg
Kootenays
Bootenay
Hugh Cameron
Rossland
Cal Hawkins
Billy Armstrong
Hawkins
Armstrong
Nelson
Hume Hotel
Slocan City
Kaslo
City
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French River
Georgian Bay
Queen Alexandria
Women of
Countess of Aberdeen
Niagara
O'Grady-Haley
Lake Superior
Liverpool
Neil Cochrane
Ymir
British Lion Mining Co
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McNicoll
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