Directory for Gazette Readers Guides to local merchants
A compiled directory listing professional and business men for out of town readers. It highlights insurance loans hardware lumber and building supply, real estate, furniture, job printing, general store and bakery, and a physician surgeon on page 5. The piece endorses the directory as a useful reference for safe for all readers.
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Gazette
J.C. Cousins, ‘Hardware and Tinamith
J. Moxley Lumber and Building Material
North ‘American Lumber & Supply Co
J. H
Canadians in France Map Offered Free With The Family Herald
A detailed four color map of the European War area showing points of interest from despatches since Canadian forces landed in France is offered free with The Family Herald and Weekly Star. Endorsed by military experts, it folds neatly and features regimental badges and battalion coats of arms. The map, produced in large quantities, accompanies a subscription offer amid small rate increases for the papers.
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France
Family Herald
Weekly Star
Montreal
Rapa
Halifax
Vancouver
Europe
Engineering Curves and Traffic Cop Warnings
The piece notes a natural curved form formed by gravity and mentions ancient carving styles. It also reports on New York traffic patrols, stressing that drivers often fail to yield to officers stationed in the roadway and that cops face extreme danger from passing vehicles.
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China
London Globe
Saya
New York Times
New York
Ron Down
Bulwer and Dickens on the medium Home and vanity
Excerpts discuss Bulwer Lytton and Byron in satire of vanity and belief. Dickens teases Home the medium, noting Bulwer’s deafness and how he heard the raps. The piece then shifts to a British Mounted Police view with Arthurian knights defending the weak.
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Bulwer
Byron
Edward Bulwer-Lytton
Home
United States
England
Europe
Rome
Orcerer
Charles Dickens
Mr. Bigelow
Dickens
Bookman
Britain
Tennyson
Arthur
Announcer tells of birthday cake request from rough man
A ragged man calls at a Providence woman's door asking for cake for his birthday after two days without food. The woman offers bread, but he insists cake is needed to mark his birthday. The scene reflects a moment of sentiment amid hardship.
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Providence
Indy
Harpers Magazine
Tar and Feathers Punishment Echoes Through History
The text recalls Richard the Lion Hearted’s proclamation during the Third Crusade outlining a punishment where a convicted thief would have his head cropped, boiling pitch poured on, and cushion feathers removed to branding him publicly. The account frames this as a peculiarly American notion, though historically linked to medieval law.
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Richard the Lion Hearted
Gomathing to Remember and a Plea for Action
The text features Norman Hap ok urging immediate effort with phrases like now and in the present to the future. Mr. Flapgood adds a line about achieving what was hoped for, framing a call to contribute now.
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Norman Hapok
Mr. Flapgood
Also a Musical Sharp
A fragmentary note mentions a musical sharp and a caller asking about a daughter. The readable text provides no further context about people, place, or event.
Rivers Masonic Lodge Installs New Master for Year
At the last regular meeting of the Rivers Masonic Lodge D C Jonason was installed Worshipful Master for the ensuing year. A Rivers Rink meeting elected Rev S D Thomas as President. Wheatland saw a village wedding as Miss Honah Howard wed Mr Clarence D Card. Bonspiel set to begin January 6.
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S D Thomas
Wheatland
Honah Howard
Clarence D. Card
Calves and Cattle for Sale in Rivers Area
A well bred Holstein heifer aged 214 years is due to calve January 10. Also a cow in full milk aged 3 to 6 years. Apply to J. W. Seater, Rivers A Lady's Muskrat Coat, in good condition, price $40. Apply to the Gazette office.
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J. W. Seater
R. R. No
Rivers
Gazette Office
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Columbia
Jos. E. Thom Peer Box
the Family Herald and Weekly Star
the Gazette
Sirness
Hardware and Furniture
Jos
T. R. Grieve
Jos. A. McKenzie
the Gazette Office
General Store
F.G. Bchwalm
F. G. Schwalm
Charles Howard
Manitoba
J. A. Halliday
5Th Avenue and
Columbia Rivers, Man
Pacific Coast
Prince Rupert
Victoria
Goth
Mt. Robson-Skeena
California
W. E. Duperow
Winnipeg
Brandon
T.R. Grieve He Mens Store
Weekly
Star of Montreal
Canada
the Gazette and
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