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Newspaper
Cranbrook Herald
Location
Cranbrook, British Columbia, Canada
Date
Apr 01, 1926
Page
4
A vintage ad touts Pape's Diapepsin as the fastest cure for indigestion acidity and gas. It claims rapid stomach relief with a few tablets and urges correcting digestion for a few cents, noting druggists sell millions of packages.
An old advertisement promotes Danderine as a 36 cent hair tonic that revives dry lifeless hair. It claims to nourish stimulate and strengthen each hair, stop falling hair and remove dandruff, offering a pleasant easy solution for curls and waves.
Bob Wilson freight engineer faces ruin after a wreck in the Limited Mail drama. Jim Fowler is killed, and Bob and Bobby go missing amid flames and wreckage. Caroline and Jane confront personal secrets as the search unfolds.
The article analyzes two tricky bridge hands where the correct opening lead changes the outcome. It discusses trump openings, forced bids, and the rationale for leading diamonds or spades to neutralize opponents’ strength.
Kimberley Lacrosse Club held a meeting in the 1.0.C. F. Hall with T Summers as chair and H M Hellieson present. Officers reviewed last year’s accounts showing a deficit and discussed a fundraising smoker, while boxing and wrestling support is unlikely. T Whittingham was tasked to solicit donations to clear debt and plan for 1926.
A meeting was set to begin work and another session will be called soon to continue the discussion of the club's affairs.
Victoria reports the provincial government declares war on crows with a 10 cent bounty on every crow killed from April 1 to end of May as part of a two month campaign.
John Minton, 62, a Fernie resident since 1901 and former Sergeant Major in the 107th East Kootenay, died Thursday after four months of illness. Born in Hereford England in 1864, he served in the British Army, earned a long service medal, and competed as a rifle shot in Bisley events. Funeral at the Anglican Church on Sunday.
Alberta produced 5,883,894 tons of coal in the previous year, up 679,000 tons from 1924, per the provincial mines branch annual report. The Waterways district shipped 1,148 tons of tar sands, and total coal mine employment reached 11,175 workers.
Canada exported more goods to the United States in 1925 than any other country, with exports valued at 454 762 660 dollars. Imports from the United States to Canada reached 650 672 508 dollars, ranking Canada second in U S purchases behind Great Britain.
A new coal mine is developing on the west bank of the Lake of the Rivers near Ardill station on the Gravelbourg extension of the Canadian National Railways in southwestern Saskatchewan. The lignite seam runs about four feet thick and settlers purchase the coal at the pit head for three dollars per ton.
Thomas Appleton of Trail died after a long illness on March 22 at Chapman Camp. A native of Manchester aged 64, he left Trail to return home from St Eugene Hospital. He leaves a widow and one son. Funeral at All Saints Church Kimberley was led by Rev. Wilfrid Crick then burial at Kimberley cemetery. Pallbearers from Sullivan Concentrator included Derbyshire Buckman Cameron Cameron Redford Ellison. Appleton helped unload the first bricks for Trail’s original smelter.
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