Local Cranbrook Herald Promotion and Community Notes
The Cranbrook Herald urges regional readers to subscribe and advertise, touts its fair rates, and promotes community improvement. It reports revival meetings at the Presbyterian church, the appointment of Cranbrook Council 680 of the Canadian Order of Chosen Friends, and local civic progress in East Kootenay.
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Herald
South East Kootenay
South Wast Kootenay
John House
Cranbrook
Board of Trade
Old Country
The
East Kootenay
Order of Chosen Friends
Carman’s Hall
Madill and MacAulay
H. E. Connolly
Dr. EK
W. Connolly
W. B. McWarlane
W. Cumming
Hamilton
Ont
British Columbia
Cranbrook Council
Circulation Figures for the Cranbrook Herald 1908
I F Simpson manager of the Cranbrook Herald state the pressman’s books show the newspaper’s 1908 circulation at 71 079 copies. Total by year and averages are given with monthly breakdowns and sworn before Notary John Hutchison on February 10 1909 in Cranbrook British Columbia.
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F. E. Simpson
Cranbrook Herald
Herald
Cranbrook
B.C
John Hutchison
County of
Kootenay
British Columbia
Canada Mines Pay 18 Million in Dividends Last Year
The mines of Canada paid eighteen million dollars in dividends last year, nearly three times the total paid by all Canadian banks. The article notes political critique of Minister Pugsley and comments on Ireland's role, forest-fire protection near the city, the death of Marian Crawford in Italy, and a reference to Stephen Girard's tree-planting sentiment.
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Mines of
Canada
Fernie
Fie
Marian Crawford
Sorrento
Italy
Mr. Crawford
Revival Campaign Draws Huge Audiences At Auditorium
Publicity notes report large crowds at revival meetings led by Dr Toy and song director J W Reynolds. Four to five hundred men listened to the sermon Whatsoever a Man Soweth That Shall He Also Reap with several coming forward to seek Christian commitment. Rhode Island evangelist J Thompson aided, praising Toy and Thompson's testimony against sin.
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Dr. Toy
J. W. Reynolds
Reynolds
Evangelist
J. Thompson
Rhode Island
Chapman
Thompson
Masonic Temple Contract Let for Two Story Building
The Masonic Temple contract has been awarded to D. J. Johnson. The two story brick structure includes a banqueting hall on the first floor and a lodge room on the second floor with a smoking blue and chapel rooms. Ledger Pownall of Victoria designed the colonial front with massive pillars. Construction is to cost about ten thousand dollars.
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Masonic Temple
D. J. Johnson
Ledger « Pownall
Victoria
Local Building Contracts Highlight Cranbrook Developments
A. H. Nesbitt holds the contract for Wm. Laidlaw’s Burwell avenue residence, a two room second floor cottage near Baker Hill. G. R. Leask & Co. supply the main contractor work on a new Cranbrook business block. A through train service will link Medicine Hat and Cranbrook after June 6, with possible Calgary connections though no early westward Macleod connection is planned.
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W. A. Rollis
R. Leask & Co
A. H. Nesbitt
Wm. Laidlaw
Burwell Avenue
Mr. Laidlaw
Baker Hill
Joseph Jackson
G. R. Leask & Co
Leask
Cranbrook
Medicine Hat
Calgary
Macleod I
Improved Train Service Promised for Lethbridge
At a Board for Trade Council meeting a letter from C P R General Superintendent Price announced that Lethbridge would be provided with improved train service. The note signals enhanced schedules and better connections for local residents and businesses.
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Lethbridge Herald
Board For Trade Council
Price
C.P.R
Scranbrook Law Students to the Front
Ky. J. Avison, long in W. 1K. Gurd's law office, returned from Victoria where he was called to the bar of British Columbia. He was a qualified English lawyer before coming here and ranked second on the local examination list. Clarence Raron, a former student under Mr. Gurd, went to Vancouver and...
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Ky. J. Avison
New Road Proposal Aims to Link Cranbrook to Wardner
A Vancouver bound plan seeks government action to connect the Cranbrook area with Wardner by joining two existing sections. The eight to ten mile shortening would cut driving distance from twenty eight to about eighteen miles, open rich lands, and reduce telephone line costs. The Cranbrook Board of Trade discussion urges community support and government involvement.
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Wardner
Cranbrook
Baker Mountain
Morris’ Ranch
Joseph's Creek
Cranbrook Board of Trade
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Albee
Edmonton
Prince Rupert
Vancouver
United States Congress
A. S. Goodeve
Martin Burrell
Baker Street
Leader
F. J. Smyth
Fred Smyth
Castro
Roosevelt
the Herald
Presbyterian Church
Kootenays
Bris _spom
South
Beale & Elwell
V. Hyde Baker
Arnold & Roberts Kootenay Investment Co., Ltd
F. A. Russell
D. B. Dulmage
Cranbrook, B.C
Ana
Pugsley
Ireland
Washington Post
England
Stephen Girard
Mr. Wade
R. S. Atkins
Baker Ill
J. F. Muechcroft
Hill & Company
W. D. Hill
Hill & Co
Mr. Hill
Ladies Goods
Coast
Hill
Cranbrook’s Greatest Store
Scranbrook Law Students
Macneil & Bird
Europe
Darling
Lipton’s Products
Lipton
Ridgway
A. D
G. T. Rogers the Grocer
B. C
Ladies’ Boots
Vale
Oxford
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