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Newspaper
Revelstoke Herald
Location
Ravelstoke, British Columbia, Canada
Date
May 10, 1902
Page
2
The Revelstoke Herald Publishing Co prints the Hyvelstone Reralian Railway MEN'S Journal with advertising rates for display ads at 1.60 per inch single column and 0.50 per inch for onward inserts. Local notices cost 0.10 per line. Notices for births marriages and deaths priced, with manuscript rules and submission guidelines. The editor is G E Grogan and managing director A Johnson. Published Saturdays and Wednesdays in 1902.
Iroquois chief from Lake of Two Mountains Reserve in Quebec recounts failed attempts to meet King Edward VII regarding land rights and seminary claims. He and eight leaders petition the king, noting police actions over wood cutting and alleged abuse by the Seminary of St Sulpice.
The text extols a northern Manitoba land corridor near the Laurentian uplift, noting barren yet varied scenery, rich sandy deposits with garnets and black sand, abundant game and fish, and transport as the main hurdle. It cites 1886 explorer Prof J W Turnell and Cedar Lake amber deposits as notable prospects yet undeveloped.
In House comments, British ministers press for strong imperial action to secure Canada’s cooperation on a jointly subsidized mail service. A high authority says Canada must move quickly to avoid losing the chance to gain New York’s edge and British capital support for a cross Atlantic route.
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