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Newspaper
Prince Rupert Journal
Location
Prince Rupert, British Columbia, Canada
Date
Apr 13, 1913
Page
2
The Prince Ruper Journal lists contact and office details with an editor H Nelson and a mailbox. It announces a daily edition excluding Mondays and rates for yearly weekly and quarterly subscriptions, plus public edition distribution and international mailing options with advertising rates upon application.
The House of Commons debate centers on Canadian ships added to Britain’s margin of safety. Churchill predicts ships ready in 1914 and urges swift Ottawa action. Montreal Star echoes urgency, urging Britain to abandon “baby class” status and act like an adult power in world affairs.
The News Advertiser notes a factual clash between Sir Wilfrid Laurier and Agriculture Minister Fisher over closure. Laurier claims he opposed closure when in office, while Fisher asserted the government would introduce closure after the election, three times in different places. The paper believes Fisher’s statements were accurate.
Dr Howard W Nowell of the Boston College of Medicine announced at the Massachusetts Homeopathic Medical Society annual meeting a chemical process that induces cancer in healthy rabbits and guinea pigs and a serum that renders rabbits immune. He cautioned no cure yet and outlined plans to inoculate six hundred human cancer cases with the serum over two years to test its effect post operation.
Coastal weather reports list Estevaan Cape Lazo Triangle Skidegate and Mariposa as key points with rain fog overcast and southeast winds. Vessels Capilano Henrie tte Grand Trunk Pacific steamers Prince Rupert unloaded cargo, buoy adrift near Sparrow Hawk Rock. Prince Rupert arrives with a long passenger list and a mixed financial update showing profits, dividends, and fleet expansion plans. Northern Laundry notice at end.
A maritime schedule lists sailings from April 13 to 19 with departures and arrivals among Prince Rupert Vancouver Seattle and other ports. The article then extols Honus Wagner’s enduring prowess praising his 1912 form and predicting continued dominance despite age. It ends with an advertisement for Northern Laundry offering family washing services.
A statistician analyzes Joe Wood of the Boston Red Sox and compares his share of pay to his workload. Wood pitched 848 innings in 48 games last season, earning about 172 dollars per game and roughly 21 80 per inning. He throws about 10 more balls per game than Walter Johnson and around 12 balls per inning, implying about 1.82 dollars per hurl. Wood is set to earn roughly 7500 this year plus perks, with plenty of easy money for a man who knows how to get it.
A youthful addition to the Pirates is noted as the composite of 1918 shows a younger man than any Pittsburg on the baseball diamond in ten years. The aging veterans are gradually dropping from the lineup.
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