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Newspaper
Phoenix Pioneer
Location
Phoenix, British Columbia, Canada
Date
Aug 30, 1902
Page
3
In Hardy Kentien talk of a Saturday evening entertainment by Old Jackdaw draws twelve boys and four adults to a sparsely attended show. The piece laments poor audience turnout, notes advertising struggles, and reflects on press influence and local newspaper nostalgia. It also mentions Eugene Shen's back east trip and a Montreal incident with a vehicle.
Grand Forks dispatch reports Great Northern railway will soon send parties to reconnoiter the Coast to Kootenay route between Vancouver and the Hope Mountains district. President J J Hill indicated surveys soon and Kennedy to direct the initial coast terminus survey ahead of a location survey as part of the Coast-Kootenay project. Kennedy recently reshaped engineering work on the eastern link between Cascade BC and Carson BC. The Midway to Similkameen section was surveyed last year by Kennedy’s team.
The notice orders interpretation of the Mineral Act Amendment and requires free miners who petition for assessment work over one hundred dollars in a year to record a certificate for each hundred dollars of excess work. This applies to the current year and extends coverage for an additional year, effective June 1, 1902.
The text extols persistence as a key factor in success, noting a racehorse's ability to endure when others tire or falter. It describes holding on as the mark of a successful person and compares enduring effort to remaining in the race while rivals drop back.
The Exrtne Tonsceo Co offers high grade chewing tobacco with a guaranteed product quality. Purchases available until January with monthly promotions and dealer support for retailers.
Public notice announces an application for transfer of liquor license to the Corporation of Phoenix. The proposed transfer concerns property at Dobuiton Lair, Obi Fron Les Avenue, with listed applicants and local officials.
A collection of whimsical tales about professors and students, popes and saints, and public figures like W J Bryan and Roosevelt. It includes a chemistry professor’s quip about oxalic acid, a papal pun on silver and gold, and lighthearted stories about Henry Haworth, bishops, and John Kerr with humorous asides on dogs and porridge.
The Real Help Woman's Aid Society faces ingratitude and improvidence as the Commenial Advertiser cites a case where a poor woman misused a gift. Deputies visited the family, clothes fit, pictures taken, yet no real improvement emerged. A child named Algy-Pooh suffers a serious head injury from a ping‑pong accident last night.
Fragmented OCR describes a Mineral Act certificate of improvements in a district with names like Kroner and Foe gates, indicating an agent and filing actions. The readable parts reference a crown grant and a process to apply for a certificate of improvements with dates and submission by an agent.
An aged magnate in a heat soaked city sits in a roomy chair and recalls a daydream of love and a silver ring. His last dream returns to a country memory of Annie as he dies, ring clutched and life ebbing, connected to a distant past. The scene closes with his collapse and a newspaper credit to Margaret Klein in the New York Herald.
The Grapevine Telegraph editor leaves for a month long hunting trip, returning to find his paper overwhelmed with potatoes. His wife, Lucy, explains readers sent large prizes for potatoes. readers plan to keep sending them, creating a comical mess as the office overflows with produce. The editor contemplates staying away longer and appointing Lucy as interim editor.
A fragment shows a wife planning to go downtown to eat a piece of sick and a husband arranging dinner and children. The exchange includes a playful misrendering "Tits BiLa" and reflects domestic dialogue.
Fragmented OCR text cites improvements and a notable sale in Wellington and surrounding areas. Mentions of dates, names, and places are unclear, but hints at a pricing or bid process and a public sale in a regional market. The passage reads like a damaged local notices column with several garbled names.
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