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Newspaper
Nelson Daily Miner
Location
Nelson, British Columbia, Canada
Date
Oct 27, 1899
Page
2
The Nelson Daily Miner discusses Canadian and British wartime sentiment with focus on imperial unity, volunteers, and proposed funds for widows and disabled soldiers. It notes Boer War analysis, public subscriptions, and editorials on court and governance, ending with a reader letter urging restraint on local sensationalism.
A late winter ad lists numerous cough and cold remedies including Syrup of White Pine, Ayer’s Cherry Pectoral, Fellow’s Syrup, Balsam, Hal’s Pulmonary Balsam, Gray’s Syrup, Pinary Pectovil, Cod Liver Oil, and Scott’s Emulsion. Prescriptions are prepared day or night at telephone 145 P.O. Box 226.
Fragmentary OCR shows a list of Atlantic and Allan Line ships with routes to Montréal and Boston, mentioning timelines in November, agents in Nelson and Montreal, and ticket information for passages to European ports. The text is garbled but indicates steamship company notices and travel details.
Advertisements run at one cent a word per insertion with a 26 cent minimum. WANTED practical miners for shaft or tunnel work, SMITH, Minor Office. WANTED parnished shack. SMITH, Miner Office. COMPETENT DRESSMAKER three doors from Stanley Street on Mill Street. POUND A bunch of keys twelve in Humber found on Cottonwood Creek by Milton McClundish. call at the Miner office to claim.
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