The Princeton Star
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is part of: BC Historical Newspapers
contributor: Smyth, F.J., 1872-
issued: 2022-06-28
issued: 1919-09-26
aggregated CHO: https://open.library.ubc.ca/collections/similkameen/items/1.0415824/source.json
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note: . ... ■ ■ ■ 1 oL 20th Year No. 39 PRINCETON, B G, FRIDAY SEPTEMBER 26, 1919. L GENERAL NEWS Great Britain has removed all restrictions on beer. T All—the. foreigners have left oenix. The English language s now spoken. Jpp§ I Trade with Germany is now permitted. But who wants the Zaiser goods ? Across the pond they refuse to let American "ary agents" speak on prohibition. This year over in Washington most of the grain went into the hopper—grasshopper. ||||| Shipments of fruit from Grand Forks this season will total about 100 carloads. .Two men in Vancouver last week curtailed the high cost of living. They dropped dead, * The indications at present are that the next provincial elections party lines will be badly bent. I The B.C. newspaper gang was in (ronvenjtiou at Kamloops last week. They left the town intact. An exchangejpays sleep is a great beautifier. We often wondered What made policemen good looking. Wholesale blind piggers have not visited Coalmont for over two months.ilf Citizens, have learnt to drink water without getting sick, fig The old time church will soon be a thing of the past. If you own a phonograph you can hear a "canned" sermon # right in your own home. Providing you have the price to buy the record. Three carloads of copper wire cable has been unloaded at Bridesville for use in the building of the high power line between Greenwood and Princeton. SJThere is about $40,000 worth ef copper in the shipment. Jeff Irby, the veteran locomotive engineer, who has- been running out of Oroville for several years on the\ Great Northern, is to be retired with a pension. He has stood at the throttle of an engine for thirty- two years. The best paying industry in British Columbia is the Merrjtt police court. On an investment of a table, chair and spitoon, it declared a $500 dividend last week. As the local paper states, "The court is kept busy grinding out' justice.'" The Kamloops Standard- Sentinel has increased its advertising rates. Old Man Simpson, the owne…
note: Title changes in chronological order: Similkameen Star (1900-03-31 to 1900-07-28), The Similkameen Star (1900-08-04 to 1900-10-20), Similkameen Star (1900-10-27 to 1918-05-10), Princeton Star (1918-05-17 to 1929-12-26).
has type: Newspapers
spatial: Princeton, B.C.
spatial: Princeton
is shown at: 10.14288/1.0415824
language: English
lat: 49.460278
long: -120.507778
provider: Vancouver : University of British Columbia Library
publisher: Princeton : The Princeton Publishing Company
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source: Original Format: Princeton and District Museum and Archives
type: Text