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Newspaper
Nelson Daily Miner
Location
Nelson, British Columbia, Canada
Date
May 07, 1901
Page
4
A consignment offers decorative Indian articles including table mats canoes collar boxes napkin rings and photo frames made from Sweet Grass and Birch Bark colored porcupine quills. The pieces are valued as curios for their fragrance and freshness and offered at low prices in a single lot.
Public meeting to organize the annual First of July sports will be held in the board of trade rooms at 8 pm this evening. A large attendance is requested as preparations begin.
One success hastens another as a generous response to last week's Children’s Ready-to-Wear Garments spurs larger efforts. This week the ad offers extraordinary values in Dress Muslins and Trimmings with a wide variety and quality beyond full description.
A period advertisement lists 300 yards of Muslin in French Lappet Organdie Challie and Dimity with colors Sky Pink Car dival Mauve Green and fast dyes. It mentions Swiss Spot Muslin in plain colors and 1400 yards of Senteh Ginghams Zephyrs in various stripes and colors at one price per yard.
Trade copy lists Velenciennes lace and insertion up to 1 inch wide with special per yard pricing. Embroidery and insertion from muslin lawn and Lisle offered with extra valves per yard. All over embroidery and Valenciennes advertised in splendid assortment at prices 25 to 75 percent lower than competitors.
The Millinery Parlor announces this week new ladies trimmed hats with the latest turbans and patterned trims. Prices are attractive with styles worth 15 to 20 dollars now offered at 10 dollars.
The article lists numerous visitors and delegates staying at the Queen’s and Phair hotels, including Rev. R Whittington of Vancouver aboard the train, and S. J. Emmanuels, Mogie Natl Darling, Otto Dillier and others from various towns. Other registers show D D McPhail Kaslo J S Lawrence Trail J Dickson Winnipeg J Ryan Kaslo and more guests at the Home and Phair.
An early advertisement touts Buckley’s Arnica Salve as a remedy for child skin ailments including eczema and burns. It promises healing of raw sores and inflammation with no scarring, claiming guaranteed cure and offering the product at Canada Drug & Book Co.
An old drug advertisement warns that putrefying foods in the intestines cause illness and claims "King's New Life" pills expel poisons from clogged bowels. It promises gentle but sure relief from constipation biliousness headaches fevers and liver kidney and bowel troubles for 25 cents at Canada Drug & Book Co.
Property listings include a seven room house on Silica street at 82 000 pounds, a seven room house on Mill street with three plots, a warehouse site on Water street, and a street torin with modern improvements. Rentals note three furnished houses and rooms in the Mall block.
The Morrcace Corporation of Toronto heads its head office with money to loan on straight mortgages. The notice mentions Lennox and Beker Street Elson as possible contact points for funding discussions in Ontario.
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