The Princeton Star
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is part of: BC Historical Newspapers
contributor: Taylor, Dave
issued: 2022-12-08
issued: 1930-08-28
aggregated CHO: https://oc-uat.library.ubc.ca/collections/similkameen/items/1.0422610/source.json
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note: mmi THE PRINC A COMMUNITY PAPER Published every Thursday in the interests of the Similkameen; the valley of sunshine; scenery unequalled; center of famous Princeton and Coalmont cfal, Granite Creek and Tulameen placer fields 5 Copper Mountain and Hedley Gold Mines; Keremeps-Cawston fruit area. An inland empire. if It Will Help the Similkameen The Star Is for It Thirty-first Year -No. 42 PRINCETON. B. C, THURSE&.Y, AUGUST 28. 1930 PER VBAR: $2.00 Cash Single Copy 5c Blakeburn Relief Drive I Makes Splendid Progress FUND ALREADY NEAR MARK, AND HAS ONLY STARTED $5000 BEEN Nearly $5000 has already been subscribed to the Blakeburn Relief Fund and indications are ithat the mark of at least $25,000 will be attained. Every Board of Trade, municipal council, and newspapeT in B.C., as ■s'well as hundreds of other organizations and individuals, have been personally appealed to, and the drive has burst the original confines, which were province wide. Only the advance returns have come in to date, shut these are very favorable. Vancouver Province. "Vancouver Sun, Vancouver Star, Victoria Times, Victoria Colonist, .jstana'mo Herald, ;.'-' Nanaimo Free Press, and Nelson News are all'running lists. . Theatre benefits in several B.C, cities are being .arranged. Splendid individual -donations have been received • It is impossible at this time to give anything like a complete re- _trj™n. but the one herewith is as Jccurale as it Is possible to make it. LOCAL DRIVE A strong committee comprising A. D. Broomfleld, A. C. MacKenzle, G. G. Lyall, G. M. Harmon, C. A. Bernard, Perley' Russell and Rev,. J. C, Goodfellow was named at a publ'e meeting under Prince'on Board of Trade auspices to make a thorough canvass of Princeton and have started work. gigi Hedley miners gave a day's pay S each, and AHenby, Copper Mt. and' Pleasant Valley are to follow suit. Lists will be placed in both local banks .and small-change boxes will catch small donations. - BENEFIT SHOW, DANCE -, ; A special moving pic…
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), The Princeton Star (1918-05-17 to 1935-08-29), The Similkameen Star (1935-09-05 to 1939-12-28).
has type: Newspapers
spatial: Princeton, B.C.
spatial: Princeton
is shown at: 10.14288/1.0422610
language: English
lat: 49.460278
long: -120.507778
provider: Vancouver : University of British Columbia Library
publisher: [Princeton] : The Star Printing & Publishing Co
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source: Original Format: Princeton and District Museum and Archives
type: Text