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Newspaper
Queen Charlotte Islander
Location
Queen Charlotte, British Columbia, Canada
Date
Dec 23, 1911
Page
2
A devotional piece extols Christmas as the season of peace and charity. It urges all ranks to embody goodwill to others, aid the poor and sick, and let deeds reflect the spirit of the season beyond mere words. It envisions families gathering, wanderers returning, and a world improved by forgotten self.
The Skidegate Concert Band will visit Queen Charlotte for a New Year musical entertainment led by Mr A Solo mon. The boys have practised in recent weeks and the band is hailed as the best in British Columbia. A dance will follow with the Skidegate orchestra providing music.
Christmas services planned at the Presbyterian Church tomorrow. Beattie offers odd pieces of china at set prices. The steamer Prince John arrived from Prince Rupert with passengers and freight. Lumber from the local mill shipped. left early morning for Moresby Island points. Snow and frost add to seasonal mood in Charlotte. Mr James Trodden of New Westminster inspected wharf construction. Mr Ed Morgan of Lockeport noted on John after Winnipeg visit. Nelson Group development planned next spring employing 20 to 25 men. St Andrew's Literary Association held a Newspaper Night with humorous pieces from members.
A massett townsite meeting on December 7 discussed building a northern Graham Island hospital. Inclement weather and a damaged tent highlighted the need as telegraph service was absent and Massett was cut off. Authorities urged timely action to serve workers at Naden Harbor, coal mines, and other sites. The note also records Beattie Xmas bargains and a list of guests at the Hotel Premier.
The annual Christmas show by the school and others is at 8 p.m. The programme includes Mr. Barge’s address, musical selections by Messrs Reinhart and Greenstreet, recitations by Robert Archibald and Dorothy Barge, songs by the students, dialogues, monologues, duets, and a violin solo. An appeal to “Go to Beattie for a bottle of Digestive Tonic after Xmas.”
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