Weather Digest From Dowling Forecast
Furnished by F. W. Dowling for the 24 hours ending 5 p.m. barometer at sea level. Highest temperature 78 degrees. Lowest temperature 46 degrees.
This is just the beginning! Our collection holds over 300 years of history, including rare newspapers, obituaries, marriage records, birth records, and so much more—most of which you won’t find anywhere else!
This newspaper page contains 9 articles. Subscribers can read the full text of each article.
Newspaper
Prince Rupert Journal
Location
Prince Rupert, British Columbia, Canada
Date
May 15, 1915
Page
4
Furnished by F. W. Dowling for the 24 hours ending 5 p.m. barometer at sea level. Highest temperature 78 degrees. Lowest temperature 46 degrees.
Excerpt describes nerves and cheers as regiments march away from Queen Charlotte Islands. Soldiers sing cheerful farewells to "Miss B. C." and promise not to write much, noting late hours and fatigue before bed. The tone captures wartime routine and lingering camaraderie among troops.
The article outlines a resignation and call for a new government led by T. Norris amid constitutional duties. It discusses improving coastal steamship and rail links, branch lines, and fostering coastwise development while listing several mineral prospect notices in British Columbia with dates in 1915 and names such as Thomas P. O Farrell Albert Scott Leck Harry Mc Mann and John Wesley Connell.
Excerpts describe Max Wade returning by the G T P, J J Boynton visiting as a selling agent for Canadian Collier Limited, and volunteers in France serving wounded. Letters recount early rises, tea, a Canadian flag for a car, a quay shed, and crowds of men seeking food. The writer notes pride in work and challenges feeding thousands.
City district records indicate a request to modify the secretary of the local organization regarding the bread winner on active service with the Empire or Allies forces. The appeal underscores wartime duty and community support obligations.
The summary outlines 21 year coal mining rights across Manitoba Saskatchewan Alberta the Yukon Territory Northwest Territories and part of British Columbia at $1 per acre per year with a 2560 acre cap per applicant. Applications must be in person with $5 fee and royalty of five cents per ton on merchantable coal. annual returns are required. Surface rights may be purchased at $1 per acre.
Major J H McMullin issues orders for the 68th Regiment. Whitley transfers from B to A Company and is provisionally promoted to sergeant. Capt H Lee earns an equitation certificate. Parades set for Exhibition Building on 10, 12, and 15 inst with drill communications by Subalterns and NCOs.
Seena Land District District 6 on Queen Charlotte Islands O Murrell f Venncouver B C miner coal and petroleum on lands described starting at a post two and a half miles east and two miles north of the southwest corner of lot 2451. Following 80 chains in each direction to form a rectangle. Thomas P. O’Farrell dated March 5 1915.
The partnership between J B Johnson J A Swanson and C C Ketchum in Prince Rupert B C is dissolved by mutual consent. Debts to the firm are paid to J S Johnson at Prince Rupert and all claims against the partnership are to be presented to him for settlement. Dated March 17 1915.
We want people to find what they are looking for at NewspaperArchive. We are confident that we have the newspapers that will increase the value of your family history or other historical research. With our 7-day free trial, you can view the documents you find for free.
People find the most success using advanced search. Try plugging in keywords, names, dates, and locations, and get matched with results from the entire collection of newspapers at NewspaperArchive!
You can also successfully find newspapers by these browse options. Explore our archives on your own!
Browse by location and discover newspapers from all across the world.
Browse by date and find publications for a specific day or era.
Browse old newspaper publications to find specific newspapers.