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Newspaper
Nicola Herald
Location
Nicola, British Columbia, Canada
Date
Sep 17, 1908
Page
2
In Ottawa a Methodist minister’s pointed remark to the congregation prompts Clifford Sifton, described as deaf, to ask what was said. Upon hearing "The vilest sinner may return" he exits, protesting that he will not be treated as a chump. The tale appears in the Greenwood Ledge and is quoted in the Nicola Herald.
A humorous collection of observations about marriage and women. The speaker notes that nightly trips downtown hint at an unhappy marriage and jokes about expressions of affection and household cleaning habits, highlighting social stereotypes in a witty voice.
The Similkameen Star objects to the Nicola Herald for criticizing misinformation about Canada spread by British newspapers. The page comments with a call for orderly discourse and decorum.
Hon. Clifford Sifton plans another bid in Brandon likely facing opposition from Hon. T. Mayne Daly.
Early Sunday Bro. Phillip Surel long associated with St. Louis Presbytery near the Sacred Heart church in Kamloops dies at age 90. He spent 60 years of his life in this province and was known for his clerical service.
A wall inscription in a Nebraska cabin claims a group plans a fresh start in British Columbia. It notes distances to landmarks and declares “God bless our home” before stating they are gone to begin anew.
Two boys reared in a strict Free Church town boast of sins. One mentions a circus, the other counters with visits to a theatre pit and twice to the Established Kirk, sparking a moralistic exchange.
The Administrator of British Columbia proclaims a close season on Vancouver Island and adjacent islands for ducks and geese from August 31, 1898 to September 30, 1908. The notice, issued under the Game Protection Act, cites the Lieutenant-Governor and Executive Council. Witnessed by Gordon Hunter, Victoria, with Henry Elson Young signing as Provincial Secretary.
Notice that a court of revision will be held on Monday November 2 1908 at 10 oclock in the forenoon at Ashcroft courthouse to hear objections to retaining any name on the Yale Electoral District register dated Ashcroft August 31 1908 H P Christie Register of Voters Yale Electoral District
A notice states it is illegal to shoot hunt or possess Willow Grouse in Yale Cariboo and Kootenay counties from August 81 1908 to September 80 1908 and Grouse in Vancouver Westminster counties until September 30 1908. A close season for Prairie Chicken is set province wide until August 81 1909. A Bryan Williams J P Provincial Game and Forest Warden signs the notice.
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