Valcartier Camp Letters From The Pas Herald
A correspondent describes Valcartier Camp near Quebec with about 18 000 troops and 300 acres. He notes the 106th Winnipeg Light Infantry stretcher duty and pay department duties, pending khaki issue and possible doctor's inspection failures. He mentions a plan to Alder Shot England for drill and asks friends in The Pas to remember him.
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Pas Herald
Winnipeg
Winnipeg Light Infantry
Canada
Valcartier
Aldershot
England
Pas
L. C. Harkness
Beaver Lake Skits and Mining Talk at The Pas
A provincial column praises Beaver Lake as a summer resort with mining prospects around The Pas. It recalls signs offering mining claims and urges citizen support to boost local ventures while noting the Prince Albert mine shaft depth and richer ore as context. The piece cites The Pas Herald’s role in promotion and muses on regional growth and cooperation.
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Pas
Beaver Lake
Prince Albert
Beaver Lake mining game offers safe climb to riches
The piece urges starting low in life and warns against rushing to the top, suggesting readers invest in the Beaver Lake mining game for measured progress and financial gain. It uses western cities as a metaphor for steady ascent and cautions about haste.
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Beaver Lake
Beaver Lake Notes and Copper Lake Mining Work
Mr. Chas. Holman builds a lime kiln at Beaver city while Mr. St. Clair Snell and his launch Beaver join Mr. Fred. Hunter on Copper lake, developing six claims including Sunset Sunrise Otter and Denver. Franks, Wm. Thompson, and William McLennan travel to The Pas from Beaver lake. eight men now work on the Copper lake properties as horses are fed prairie oats with the prospector eating sow belly and beans.
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Chas. Holman
Beaver City
St. Clair Snell
Copper Lake
Fred. Hunter
Messrs
Frank and
Wm. Thompson
William McLennan
Land of the
Pas
Beaver Lake
Mosher Boys
Sunset
Sunrise
Otter
Denver
Mining man L. E. Hinkley departs for Beaver Lake
L. E. Hinkley, a prominent Cobalt mining figure, spent several days in The Pas this week and left by the George W. on Tuesday bound for Beaver Lake. He is believed to be acting for a Saskatoon mining syndicate.
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L. E. Hinkley
Pas
George
Pastor Dies Canoeing on Saskatchewan River Near Big Stone Rapids
The Rev. A. R. Morgan of First Baptist Saskatoon and three companions were capsized on a canoe trip in the Saskatchewan river near Big Stone rapids. Morgan drowned while attempting to swim ashore as his companions were rescued after a perilous ordeal. He had just celebrated one year of marriage and leaves a wife and a month old child.
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A. R. Morgan
First Baptist Church
Saskatoon
Saskatchewan River
Big Stone Rapids
Morgan
Britain Loses English Channel in Fogging Scare
The Chicago Examiner ran a dramatic scare headline claiming Britain loses the English Channel this week. The piece notes such losses recur, typically proven false once fog clears and the Channel is found again.
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Britain
English Channel
Chicago Examiner
Nameless Citizen Encounters Wood Theft Suspect
A well known town resident discovers a man at a wood-shed with a load ready for removal. When asked where he is taking the wood, the thief replies it is the governor’s wood, sparking a brief exchange.
The Pas Pride Over Financial Position Cited
A West city arrest followed a man displaying a five dollar bill publicly, believed to risk provoking a riot, while residents in The Pas feel secure about their own finances.
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The
Pas
Rubens Painting Destroyed in Bombardment
In Amsterdam on September 1 during bombardment of Marines the Rubens painting The Miraculous Draught of Fishes was destroyed.
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Amsterdam
Rubens
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Herald
Beaver Lake Mines
Jane
David E. Brown
Northern Supply Co
Fischer Avenue
3Rd St
C. H. Anderson
P.O. Box
the Pas
Man
Hudson Bay
A. Marcotte
Citai
Peabodys
Gent’s
Bunting
Hudson Bay Junction
Burke’s Confectionery
Edwards Avenue
the Club Cafe
Sganitoba
Tur Pas
Hudson Bay Railway
Torrens
N. T. MacMillan Co., Ltd
McArthur Block
D. Camppett
Thornton Ave
Richmond Street
Louden
Ont
Geo. N. Taylor
Edwards Ave
Island
Srs
Ernest W. Robinson
C.E
Dominion Land Surveyor
Tue Pas, Man
Beaver Lake, Sask
Sam L. Lovell
P.O
Tre Pas
Manitoba
Arnold T. Engebretson
Manitors
G. Lafontaine
Dingwall & Co
N.E
Third Street
Pas Drug Store
Geo, A. McLelland
Tne Pas, Max
L. E. Wright, B.sc
Graduate School of Mines
Kingston
Ross Block
Nelson
C.B
DR. Robinson
Birk Building
Orrice Evecrmicatty
Equiprin
Cornwall St., Regina
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