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Newspaper
Revelstoke Herald
Location
Ravelstoke, British Columbia, Canada
Date
Mar 12, 1902
Page
2
The Hevelstoke Terait ant Paiyay Bren's Fournal announces a semi weekly West business notice, with display ads at 6.50 per inch single column and local notices at 10 cents per line. Subscription rates listed, mail orders encouraged, editor G E Grogan oversees correspondence and submissions.
The Minister of Prijies proposes a bill to regulate state medical aid. Each municipality may have one hospital eligible for aid based on days of patient treatment. Aid scales vary by total yearly days of treatment and cap at 10 000. A schedule will show counts, with inspections and royal assent required. The act aims to systematize funding despite possible clause changes.
The Chinese commission condemns immigration to British Columbia, calls $100 head tax inadequate, proposes $50 as the effective measure, and urges government action before the session ends guided by local public opinion. The report stresses no tolerance for further delays or loopholes and anticipates decisive government steps.
The Hogal Commission reports stress a harmful alien population and urge restriction of Chinese labor immigration. It recommends raising capitation tax, delaying new arrivals, and extending prohibitive measures until a treaty period is secured.
General Pinty directs a covert operation to rescue 40 to 30 captive Indians near the Chilean frontier. A telegraph wire ruse and electric battery torture are used to deter escape while prisoners are freed and sworn to keep the secret, with the tale kept in strict confidence.
An 1861 railroad stop near Gettysburg or Parke Warne area features Abraham Lincoln and a friend confronting a crowd. Lincoln jokes about height comparing with taller onlookers while a conspiratorial hush passes through the platform.
A historic bill titled At art for the preservation of the heathen and other game was introduced in the New York Assembly. The speaker, not keen on such topics, reluctantly allowed it to be read. A northern state mentee urged more precise language to exclude Indians, prompting debate on the wording.
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