The Princeton Star
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is part of: BC Historical Newspapers
contributor: Smyth, F.J., 1872-
issued: 2022-07-05
issued: 1919-12-12
aggregated CHO: https://open.library.ubc.ca/collections/similkameen/items/1.0416133/source.json
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note: THE PRINC 20th Year No. 50 PRINCETON, B C, FR DECEMBER 12, 1919. PER YEAR : $* Cash Single Copy 5c. ( GENERAL NEWS ^ In the east the slogaS is "Save Coah%^ ||| There are^70&~"EeTephones in "jamloops. Coyotes are stealing sheep (ear Clinton. I The sloppy slope is crowded ilfith idle men. Interior spuds are selling on he coast at $60 a ton. H |The export of coal from Candida has been stopped, rtln Italy good board can be se- Mired for $73 per week. ||Jbi epidemic of holdups h token out on the coast. Victoria's biggest payroll is ie parliament buildings. Travelers say Penticton is the best town in the interior." Near "Thomas and Jeremiah']J/^bout twenty years ago Cas- is being sold on the coast Vacant houses are scarce at Granite Creek this winter. In Vancouver copper is found on the plates—in churches. New Westminster is being ruined by a bunch of grouchers. China has more suicides than any other country in the world. Turkeys are selling in Victoria at 70 cents a pound, live .weight. Oroville creamery is paying 71 cents a pound for butter fat. An evaporating plant will be built at Penticton next season. The C. P. R. has about 1000 employees upon its pension roll. I Fruit shipments from Grand Forks this season totalled 141 :-ars. It is stftf"d a big tpurist hotel will be'bt. ii. ip^cUJw^on the K. V. R\ -g?|^ |H Over 500 gallons of Christmas joy were found in the woods near Nanaimo, last week. No one in British Columbia is using the expression, "It's a shame to take the money." Chilliwack boasts of more dogs than any town of its size on this or any other earth. Some people say there will be a provincial election in the early spring. Well, let'er spring. Shortage of sawdust has advanced the price of cigs in New York to two bits a package. A man in Merritt cured in- somina by standing up in a blackjack game for 43 hours. Seattle, Tacoma and Portland are crowded with idle men. This winter many a man will /cade City had'ten saloons, two newspapers, and a population of about…
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: 10.14288/1.0416133
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