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ST.
CROIX AVIS
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May
26th
1917 at
the Post
Office at
Christian-
ateq,
St. Croix,
V., L of the
UU. S. A..
un-
der the Act of March
3.
1879.
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to this paper
will be glad-
ly received
when the same
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ters of general
interest,
and
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author’s
.mame,
as
a quar-
antee of good faith.
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dents nor does
he necessarily
endorse
them.
TELEGRAMS.
;
ST.
CROIX STATION.
Ottawa,
Sept.
17th.— Canadian* doc-
tor
are
being
sought
for
service
in
s ast
and
"West
Africa
A
letter
ad-
dressed
to
the
Governor
General,
asks
as
to
the
number
.of
young
Canadians
who
wouid
be
likely
tH
accept
service
under
the
Colonial
Office
and
for par-
ticulars
concerning
tnem.
If sufficient
candidates
were
available,
the
letter
. states,
a
senior
medical
offiecer
of
the
Colonial
Offiee. would
be
sent
@
Cana-
da
to
interview
the candidates
and
re-
port as
to their suitability.
:
Winnipeg,
Sept.
“18th.
-More
‘han,
10,000,000
barrels
of flour will
be
sent
to foreig ¢ountries
oy Canada
this year
The
capaeity
of
Canada’s
T2O
flour
mille
is#l42 642
barrels
a
day.
Back
in+lB76 when
the
Hudson
Bay Co.
which
is
closing
out
its
remaining
lands
to
colonists
erected
a mill with a
capacity
of 1,35 Q pound
a day
it
was ‘the
mar-
vel of
the
western
agricultural
world.
Today
even
the
smallest
of
the
mills
have
a
100 barrels
a day capacity.
_
London,
Sept.
18th. -A:
time
bonb
was
exploded
at
the
Stock
Exchange
in
Genoa
vesterday,
says
a
despatch
from
Genoa.
Some
damage
was
done
but
there
were
no
casualties.
The
authors
of
the
*outrage
were
not
ap-
prehended.
.
Montreal,
Sept.
17th.—A
Paris
cable
to
the ‘‘Montreal Star’’ says
the ‘‘Echo
de
‘Paris’’,
said
the
Government
had
instructed
the
representative
to
the
i,eague
of Nations
Council,
M.
Bour-
geois,
that. France
will withdraw from
the
League
if Germany-1s
admitted
at
the forthcoming
conference
at
Geneva.
London.
Set.
18th. A srrike.';f print-.
CHEISTIANSTED.
V.I.U. 8 A.,
FRII’AY
2418
SEPTEMEKER
1440
ers
in
Manchester
and
Liverpocli
was
prvisionally
settled
today.
The
pews-
L;apers
are expected
to reappear
on: VMion-
day.
Philadeiphia,
Sept
17th.
The Ineogni-
to
Cricket
Team
of cricketers
lad
the
All Philadelphia
elpver 219
runs
to 86
at
the close
of the
first day
of their
three
days
®atch
at
the
Germantown
cricket
eclub.
The first inairgs of each
side
had
been
completed
when
stumps
were
drawn.
Chicage,
Sept.
s7th.
A
cordon
of
police
was
thrown around
Chicago
Stock
Exechange,
Board iof
Trade
and
other
buildings in the financial district by (hes
of Police
Garr ty yesterday
afternoon
in
an effort to prevent
a possible
repetition
of the New York explosion.
Nome,
Alaska,
Sept.
17th.-
Captain
Amundsen’s
expedition ship the
'‘Maud”’
which
left
this port
nearly
two
months
ago
bound
for the
North Pole is_ caught
in the ice about
20 miles off Cape
Serz
on
the Siberian
coast,
according
to informa
tion brougnt
here vesterday
by
a
fishing
boat
which
was algo
lee-bound
near
the
“"Maud’’.
The
ecaptain
said
his
vessel
being
of lignt draft,
worked
its way
out
aiter being ice-bound
near the 'Maud’
for
ten
days,
but
that
Captain
Amundsen
hoped
to
free thetMaud
soon
and
con-
tinue his journey.
.
e
B
te
Advertisement.
BU)S
are
requesged
for
the
following
articles,
wnich are
needed
in
the
ad-
ministration
¢
the" Christiansted
Muni-
cipal Hospital,
for
the
month
of
Octo-
ber
1920.
bids shouid be addressed
to the
Inspector,
Municipal Hospital,
Christian-
sted.
=3
'
After Septembe®27tn,
no bids
will
be
considered.
&
Corn
Meal,
200 lbs.;
Rice
200
ibs.,
Lard,
50
lbs.;
Ceoking
hutter,
50 lbs.;
Table
Butter
75 libs.;
Sugar
400
lbs.,
Irish
potatoes
500
lbs.;
Meat,
(Beef,
Mutton
& Pork,)
800 ibs.;
Juaker
Oats;
50
llbs.;
Cream
of
Wheat,
30
|lbs.;
Peas,
B. E. 50
Ibs.;Onions,
20 ibs.;
Salt
Fish
(Pollock)
50*lbs,;
Mess-Pork,
50
lbs.: Blue
Laundry
Soap, 200 lbs,;
Char-
coal
15 Bags.
All supplies
0
be. of best
quality.
Christiansted,
St. Croix, V.l. of U.S.A_,
Sept.
20th
1920.
:
N. P.
CHRISTENSEN,
Inspector
Christiangted
Municipal Hosnital
L
oeq
s
si‘?l.
~
Adverti
'
vertisement.
'
“PIDS
are
requested
frr
the
following
‘
supplies
which
are
needea
1
the
*
administration
of
Richmond
{isane
and
teper
Asylum
for
the
month
of
Oetgber
1920.
Delivery
is
to
be
made
by
the
merchant.
;
?
ds should
he addressed
to
[uspector,
|
Richmond
Insane
Asylum.
|
All supplies
to be of best
(3i:g,sfitj?
"
BJour
98 Ibs.,
Cornmeal
500
lbs.;
Rice
l
300 9bs.,
Oats
360
lbs.,
Sago
300
lbs’
Beef
400 ibs.,
Pork
150 Ibs.,
Fish
(salt)
.
224 Ibs.
Peas
200 lbs.,
Potatoes
50U lbs.,
+
Lard
75
lbs.,
Cooking butter 751b5.,
Ta
ble
butter
80
ibs.,
Onions
50
lbs.,
Fea
15
Ibs.,
Matches
2
gross,
Soap
6
cases.
:
All bids should be received
by Sepiem
ber
26th,
1920.
Christiansied,
St.
Croix, V.
I.
ot
U.
S
A., September
21st
1920.
|
;
H. T.
HANSEN,
:
Inspector
3
Richmond
nsane
& Leper Asylum
| iT
is -hereby
made known
that,
the
.
& St.
Croix
Power
Plant will only
.
countenance
wirings
Kte.
Bte.
done
|
by
its electrician
and,
reserves
the
.
rights
to refuse
or
discontinue
the
.
supply
of current
to
the
consumer
who
acts contrary
to the abova,
;
.
AN,
FABIO,
,
Prop.
St . Croix Power
Plant
4
:
.
JArßstiansted,
St .
10Ix,
2ept
22,
192
i
-,
W
g
0
|
NOTICE.
|
'i"HE Bridge
on Spring
Gut
road.
|
‘East
End Quarter’
is now
un
|
der repairs,
and
therefore
the
road
l
1s elosed
until further
notice,
g
§
.
|
For the Road Commission.
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!
mmawd“m
AB S
U 5 BRI
BVS
NP
’
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-
Forgood appetiteand
-
good
digestion
use
'
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Pi
Dr. Ross’
Life
Pills.
" Bosders.
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