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Newspaper
Cranbrook Herald
Location
Cranbrook, British Columbia, Canada
Date
Apr 05, 1900
Page
2
A notice in the Cranbrook Herald advertises a subscription deal offering one year and six months for two hundred dollars. The offer highlights extended access to local news and community reporting.
The new paper manager announces April 1 takeover of The Herald and vows to maintain the newspaper’s high standard. He appeals to readers and patrons to judge the success of this promise, signing as H. M. Wentworth and M. Rockendorie.
The Herald laments the push for party strength in selecting British Columbia officers, fearing discord, corruption, and division. It recalls Cranbrook’s nickname Beautiful Cranbrook now Happy Cranbrook, and ends with a local medical ad for Bucklen's Arnica Salve curing skin ailments for 25c.
W Leggett a miner at the Aurora is in hospital at the St Eugene mission. David J Bettchen visits Moyie to arrange opening a jewelry store. J P Smyth of Walla Walla arrives in Moyie visiting his brothers. Ice on Moyie lake melts early this year. Odd Fellows meet at Leader office April 7 to discuss forming a lodge. Tom Rader and Chas Farrell sail from Moyie to Cape Nome on the Jennie John Day joins them in Spokane and will follow north. Cranbrook events noted with praise for effort and farewell to editor F K Simpson bound for Alaska.
Seventeen pupils attend Cascade school as Greenwood proposes ending the small pox quarantine. Nelson celebrates miners’ labor settlement progress. The Silverton Water-Works Co seeks incorporation. A Kamloops Chinaman tries boarding a moving train, undecided about crutch or log. Reported mica ledge in Peace River district could yield merchantable cubes.
Seasickness affects most sailors though deaths are rare. Physicians treat it as a nervous condition, with no universal cure. Advice suggests aboard work on deck amidships, avoid strong odors, keep lively company, and eat plainly before sailing.
A distant unnamed mountain stream drops about 1800 feet on the south side of Yellowstone Canyon in a near vertical descent. Viewed from the canyon rim the water appears a silver thread as it carves a straight, rugged path to the Yellowstone River below.
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