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Newspaper
Revelstoke Herald
Location
Ravelstoke, British Columbia, Canada
Date
Aug 28, 1902
Page
4
Printer and publisher advertises rates for display ads, local notices and subscriptions. Editor and Manager Johnson oversees printing and correspondence policies.
August 28 1002 Trunspar reports overwhelming confidence in a record wheat crop across the Northwest. Manitoba hard wheat is described as top grade, promising high prices and strong market activity through winter. The piece credits farming and prairie output with national prosperity and notes British Columbia’s growing hope for future industrial standing.
Coroner's jury at Slocan ruled Engineer James Connacher died when his engine crashed through a burning trestle on the Nukusp and Slocan branch of the CPR. No railway employee was blamed, though the verdict noted the accident might have been prevented with track patrols.
Following morning the jury returned a verdict at 11 30 and the long delay was tied to debate over the rider attached to the case.
The piece surveys claims of precursors to wireless tech in literature and history. Calderon is cited for a resonance idea, but Strada’s tale of a two‑needle alphabet telegraph shows two friends communicating across continents without wires using a dial and moving needles. The article notes hopes for future simpler systems.
The Sunday Magazine recounts how Sir John Steele modeled a Nightingale bust for Miss Nightingale. A Highland regiment, whose men had been treated at Seusert hospital, were brought to the studio and, upon seeing the bust unveiled, cheered Miss Nightingale with hats off.
Hensman counters a popular line about Cecil Rhodes by citing a remark from a long-ago telegraph project that allegedly shows Rhodes saying he could always reach an agreement with any man. The author argues the quote has been distorted in circulation.
A for sale notice offers bedsteads mattresses and springs in nearly new condition. Goods viewable at Mrs. McQuilum’s home three doors from Molson's Bank on Wasten. A young man in office or store seeks work with advance on salary.
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