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Newspaper
Nicola Herald
Location
Nicola, British Columbia, Canada
Date
Jun 11, 1909
Page
2
Local Merritt weekly newspaper page notes community affairs, society notices and business updates for June 11 1909. Headlines highlight regional happenings and civic announcements in Nicola region.
The Week reports a Nanaimo wedding between a white woman and a Chinese man. Public opinion and press backlash target the minister willing to perform the ceremony. The piece calls for church action to condemn such unions and curb their spread.
The Calgary fair announces July 9 sheep shearing by machinery at the grounds and butter making and dairy competitions on July 6 7 and 8. An art loan of 300 paintings by O'Brien of Montreal will be displayed. A larger monster pageant, building on last year, is planned at a more elaborate scale.
The passage notes the rapid progress of aerial navigation and argues its growing role in national defense. It contrasts speculative writers with practical aeronautics and asserts that international politics will increasingly hinge on air conquest, prompting government deliberations worldwide.
The Zionist party eyeing Alberta has reportedly purchased two townships in the Blackfoot reserve near Bassano from the C P R. About 40 000 acres are now secured with plans to acquire 100 000 more. The aim is general settlement in the province.
A lyrical musing on a sunny southern realm with oranges and blossoms, playful people, and burdens of payment. The poem shifts to a speculative note about airships and uncertain fate, asking where they will be when air travel rises and falls. SIM
A farmer notes that Zionists once built a model city near Chicago with various businesses but now business is lagging. He warns that a broad exodus from Zion City to the west could bring several thousand people seeking new opportunities.
Coal lands in the Nicola and Similkameen Valleys for sale or lease with bonds on easy terms. A nearly new Gerhard Heintzman Upright Grand Piano is offered for $250. Development work and mining contracts are available. Examination and reports provided by Frank Bailey & Co mining engineers, Merritt, B.C.
A wheat cargo stored since November 1904 in Port Arthur faced a quarrel over quantity and 300 bushels' ownership between the consignor and elevator company. Courts ruled in favor of the elevator, and the grain sold last week in Winnipeg for $1.15, vs $0.78 at shipment.
240 acre hay ranch for sale comprising 15 head of stock, farming implements, household goods. 80 acres timothy, 40 acres hay meadow, balance clears easily. Located in Otter Valley. For further particulars apply to M Adams Merritt BC.
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