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Newspaper
Nelson Daily Miner
Location
Nelson, British Columbia, Canada
Date
Mar 31, 1901
Page
4
Auction sale by John K Campbell at his residence four doors east of Hall Street on Hil ioa Street. Public sale offers the whole household furniture and effects including silver tea service cut glassware oak tables chairs carpets lamps and bedding. Goods on view the morning of the sale. Terms cash.
Nelson Electric Tramway Co offers twenty minute car service with departures on the hour at 20 past and 20 to. First car from Hurson's Bay stores at 6 45 a m and last at 10 40 p m uptown to the Park. Sunday service same pattern with outward at 8 a m. Inbound trains meet at 11 35 p m and 10 10 p m. Passengers for outbound trains must notify conductors. Whales Estate advertises many residential sites near tram lines in southern city with easy terms. Apply Tramway Office Vernon Street. A V Mason managing secretary.
A local shop offers watch repairs with a satisfaction guarantee. If your watch needs adjustment, bring it in and they promise to fix it. They also advertise selling new watches at competitive prices in British Columbia.
J. Dewar offers several properties for sale including a 5-room cottage on Victoria Street for 1500, a 5-roomed house with lot 75x75 at Observatory Street for 1550, a 7-roomed house on Victoria last for 1500, and a nice house and lot on Silica Street for 2500. Also see list of houses to let.
A garbled OCR fragment lists numerous Atlantic lines and ships including Dominion Line, Allan Line, Beaver Line, Cunard Line, White Star Line, American Line, French Line, Anchor Line, and Saxonia. Mentions ports like Vancouver and Lake Ontario with scattered names and agents, yielding a fragmented ships and routes reference.
A legal issue may affect the sale of debentures by a Toronto firm after a by-law typo omits the word hundred in the annual amount. R W Hannington notes the error is possibly fatal, while Ames & Co. must decide the matter under Canadian law with no direct precedent.
Nelson British Columbia government order requires arriving passengers from east of the Kootenay River to present a health certificate proving no infection, recent vaccination, and avoidance of infected areas. Detention and disinfection follow incubation if suspected. Baggage, crews, and transport firms must comply, with fumigation and reporting. The proclamation bans landing by Indians and takes effect immediately.
A dense advertisement page lists for rental and sale properties in Nelson B C. Includes 5 room homes, 7 room residences, multiple lots near car barns, villas on Stanley and Enfield streets, and four block areas with water, gas, and electric line access. Also notes sales of a secondhand piano and a soda fountain business with prices and contact points.
A flood of help wanted and sale ads fills The Miner column with positions from waitresses to foremen and sales reps. Readers see rental, room and board offers, mineral claims requests, typewriter supplies, and cautions about genuine fuse products from local merchants in Nelson BC.
John Callaghan of Trail B C claims from James Mahoney the sum of 102 50 for work done 1898 1899 and 1900 on the Humming Bird mineral claim three miles from Erie Whiskey creek Nelson mining division British Columbia. If Mahoney does not pay within 60 days after publication in the Nelson Miner Callaghan will claim vested interest in the claim to cover the debt and advertising costs. Dated Trail B C February 25 1901.
Premier seed house Steele Briggs Seed Co. Ltd of Toronto promotes Good Seeds Steele Briggs seeds as fresh top quality. Lending merchants sell them but direct orders are available with safe mail delivery and a seed book upon request citing the paper.
An OCR fragment catalogues Nelson area manufacturers and wholesalers of aerated waters syrups mineral waters and soft drinks. It lists Phorpe Co Halcyon Hot Springs distributors Hoover Street P O Box 88 and figures for Berton Co Pabst Calgary unions and Griffin Co among others with street corners Vernon Josephine Baker and similar.
An advertisement proposes a central property mortgage with 60 percent advance on principal and interest and options to repay in 60, 76, or 120 monthly payments. A definite contract limits payments and provides a discharge table after year two. No commissions or membership fees. R. W. Day Madden Block.
Home Crown HTuit and Ornamental Trees offers peach apricot plum cherry and prune trees with first class rhododendrons roses clematis bay trees hollies and more. 80 000 to choose from with no commission and next train delivery. No fumigation or inspection charges. For catalogue or orders call M J Henry Vancouver B C white labor only.
Kirkpatrick and Wilson offer five furnished houses at 25 to 40 dollars. J J Campbell advertises a cottage across the lake for three months at 50 dollars. A four room house on Mill Street with modern improvements asks 20 dollars. Roome in the Hall Block rents from 8 to 10 dollars.
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