14 May 1902
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Newspaper
Revelstoke Herald
Location
Ravelstoke, British Columbia, Canada
Date
May 14, 1902
Page
1
The Revelstoke buyer declares itself the largest in Kootenay and promises the best goods from around the world at very low prices. Despite a hard year, business has been the largest ever, with new arrangements to offer customers better prices than ever before.
The Currie tie line titled The Spring Patterns has just arrived. Shopkeepers promote these new goods as stylish neckwear for the season, highlighting quality fabric and favorable prices for a limited window.
A fragment notes items including Scotch and English fine woolen Balbriggan and Fleece with textile goods likely described in a trade brief. The line suggests fabric varieties and sourcing regions without full context or prices.
The Friday night meeting of the city council saw motions to obtain detailed school building cost estimates from the school board and to pursue legal steps for a water works project. Debentures for streets and tenders for lumber and sidewalks were authorized, with further plans to extend utilities and rail linkage across northern British Columbia.
The Steel Corporation asserts it controls about 80 percent of the county's ice and steel output, with iron trade profits vastly exceeding other sectors. Estimated annual iron trade income rivals a quarter of federal receipts, while cotton manufacturers pay far smaller dividends. The Steel Corporation disbursed 66,000,000 to stockholders compared with 1,144,600 to Fall River cotton mills.
The widow of the late President McKinley is reported in good health and strong enough to sign checks write autograph letters and conduct substantial business. Officials note the recovery followed the illness in California and the assassination and death of her husband and that the ordeal appears to have restored her nervous system to normal.
A cryptic dated note from Baskerville discusses Rich Strike on the lower end of a Spruce clam area near Lighting Creel, mentioning a well known bond-winning man and yielding claims. The fragmentary text references Bonauzit Creek and related terms in a garbled report.
A Nelson News item reports a proposed government loan of 3 million dollars to cover the Vy Union overdraft and related estimated deficits. The plan aims to stabilize finances and meet obligations as the union faces a cash shortfall.
The Toronto Globe argues that Yukon prospects could become a lasting wealth source if quartz mining expands and the railway system supports increasing ore shipments. The piece weighs the implications for development, transportation needs, and regional growth.
Rev Dr Grant principal of Quem's university in Janestros Ontario died suddenly after a brief illness in the early morning. He was conscious near death, with his son W R Grant MA, his sister in law Mrs Field, and Miss Field near at hand.
The Synod of British Columbia of the Presbyterian church met in Nannia at St Andrew's church at 7 30 p m with broad attendance. Reverend Jos McCoy of Vernean was elected moderator after the retiring moderator Reverend Wir Chiy of Victoria preached a sermon. The docket covered appeals from St Andrew's New Westminster concerning limits on West End church construction and other church business. Reports on missions Sabbath schools and Christian Endeavor were presented and discussed. A fraternal greeting from a district Methodist meeting was welcomed and acknowledged by the Synod.
A committee to wait on the Methodology Conference will meet at the GVoast and convey greetings. It was decided to meet next year on the first Wednesday of May in St Andrew's church, Kamloops, at 7:30 p.m. The Synod closed on Friday at 10:30 p.m. The Moderator, after a brief but eloquent address, closed with the Benediction.
J D Graham, the gold commissioner at Atlin, tendered his resignation to the Department of Mines on May 9, giving no reason. The move is fully aspected by government circles though not yet officially gazetted.
The letter from an Undergraduate at Trinity College Oxford to the London Mail warns that Rhodes scholarships will swamp regular students with colonials and backwoodsmen. It urges that winners must be proper members of a refined gentlemen’s society to avoid aristocratic imbecility and political expediency.
Mr Mathews, manager of the CPRy hotel at BantY, left this afternoon with 60 men and women he has hired for business to be done over the sunnier months. The group prepares for the upcoming Business Mostra scheduled for May 7.
The funeral of Archbishop Corrigan of New York was held Friday May 9 in St Patrick's Cathedral crypt with full solemnity. Eight archbishops and a gathering of clergy led the rites as crowds assembled to pay their respects to the late prelate.
Report states Pacific Cold Storage Co of Seattle will receive 1,500 head of Calgary cattle from P Burns & Co. The shipment is planned to move toward Vancouver and onward to the Yukon via Skyway, signaling a contracted supply chain.
The News of the World reports American jockeys swept the Paris races yesterday. Other items note mass hunger in Moscow and a Martinique relief bill. A Miss Rossland scarlet fever outbreak concerns school children. Kamloops plans hangings and volcanic activity in Colima and Leufriere. Local fire losses in New York and structural returns to work are mentioned along with a Toronto death from a tandem crash and a theater promotion in New York City.
Heavy rain did not deter St. Peter's parishioners from greeting the Bishop of New Westminster and Kootenay at a social at the rectory. He preached eloquent sermons in St. Peter's, administered confirmation Monday, and departed on last night's No. 1 for New Westminster.
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