Edison Visits Europe Aboard the Mauretania
Thomas Edison charms fellow passengers with stories of metal transmutation, air travel, and future farming through electric power. He travels with a large entourage, keeps wakeful hours, smokes cigars, and rests only in bursts, while continuing inventing in his Orange New Jersey workshop and at Glenmont estate.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Mauretania
Thomas Alva Edison
Wizard of the
West
Edison
London
Marconi
Wdison
Mr. Edison
England
Fishguard
Orange
New Jersey
Glenmont
Edison Manion
Europe
Benjamin
New Knox Hotel Promises First Class Service and Modern Improvements
Public notice describes the New Knox Hotel on First Avenue Prince Rupert offering European plan rooms and a bar with premium liquors and cigars. It lists 6:30 am to 8 pm cafe hours and 1 a day beds, highlighting excellent cuisine and board.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Knox
First Avenue
Prince Rupert
Prince Rupert City Work Employment Register Open
City Clerk announces a public register in Prince Rupert for citizens seeking city work. All who desire employment should register at once. Ernest A. Woods is the City Clerk.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Prince Rupert
Ernest A. Woods
Brown and Edenshaw Seek Coal and Land Claims on Graham Island
In 1911 notices, Austin M. Brown of Graham Island and Henry Edenshaw of Masset announce intent to prospect for coal and petroleum on Graham Island and apply for land under C.L. and U.S. land blocks. Descriptions detail starting posts and 80 chain boundaries across multiple parcels totaling 640 acres.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Skeena Land District
Queen Charlotte Tak
Austin M. Brown
Prince Rupert
B. C
Sadler
Chief Commissioner of Lands
Graham Island
C.L
Skeena
Queen Charlotte
I. Austin M. Brown
Prince Ruport
B. G
Traham Island
K. G
C.S
Austin M, Brown
G.L
U.S
Austin M
Austin
M. Brown
Traiam Island
Henry Helenshaw
Masset
West River
Henry Edenshaw
West Hiver
Notices to Prospect Lands Across Coast Range Districts
A string of notices from 1911 lists individuals including Henry Edenshaw Edward Port Barclay Martin Jr W G Morris Charles Lamb Hattie Sutherland Abram Sutherland Miriam Haller James Mullin Belle Lamb Charles Percy Hickman and Victor Reynolds applying for land and mineral prospecting licenses across Skeena Queen Charlotte Coast ranges Masset Inlet Naas Harbour and Pitt Island with locations and boundaries described for each parcel and date stamps from mid year 1911. These include postings from Masset Prince Rupert Blair and Vancouver with agents named George Mayer and J H Pillsbury.
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Queen Charlotte Land District
Skeena
S. Barclay' Martin, Jr
New Westminster
T.L
Massett Inlet
Barclay Martin, Jr
Queen Charlotte Islands
Miriam Haller
Blair
Nebraska
Belle Land
Lot
Belle Lamb
George
Mayer
Coast—Range Y
Charles Percy Hickman
Naas Harbour
Naas Bay
S. W. Corner
Charles Precy Hickman
Land Notices for Crombie and Pastl in Coast Dist and Lakelse Lake
Joint notices reveal James G. Crombie of Prince Rupert intends to apply for 50 acres of land in Coast District near Orange 6 with described boundaries and agent Fred Bohlen. Joseph Pastl of Watson Sask seeks 120 acres at Lakelse Lake with defined compass lines, agent George Hir. Dated 1911.
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Skeena Land District
Coast—Range V
Edward H. Port
Prince Rupert
B. C
Lake Lakelse
Skeena
of Coast
James G. Crombie
Horry
Coast Dist
Orange
Angus McLeod
Fred Bohlen
Coast—Range
Joseph Pastl
Watson, Sask
N. B
Lakelse Lake
George Hir
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Queen Victoria
New Knox Hotel
Artaud & Bhsndr Proprietors
C. N. Pring
W. G. McMorris
Vancouver
British Columbia
Broser
Skidegate Inlet
Slate Chuck Creek
Charles Lamb
George 8. Mayer
Hattie Sutherland
Hastie Sutherland
George S. Mayer
Abram Sutherland
George 5. Mayer
George, Mayer
James Mullin
Murdo
South Dakota
Point of Commencement
James Illin
Coast
Victor H. Reynolds
Hull
Massachusetts
Pitt Island
Kitkatla Summer Village
J. H. Pillsbury
N. McDonald
P. D
Lindsay's Cartage & Storage
G. T. P. Cartage Agents
H. B. Rochester
Centre St
Ladysmith
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