Zam-Buk touted for skin eruptions and ulcers
An advertisement extols Zam-Buk as a universal skin remedy for pimples blotches sores and ulcers claiming it opens pores and cleanses impurities. It cites a Hamilton user who improved after applying Zam-Buk and notes the product also purportedly treats cuts burns eczema ringworm and piles with nationwide sales and postal order options.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Arthur B. Gaiffin
Preston Street
Hamilton
Zam-Buk Co
Toronto
Rambling Reveries on Faults and True Home Power
A reflective piece urges restraint in judging others and praising private virtue over public praise. It warns that teasing wounds, jokes that bite back, and gossip corrode character. The author extols humility, gentleness, and building a true home as life’s highest honor and responsibility.
What a Woman Must Do And More In A Satirical Season
A long satirical list argues the burdens of wives detailing duties from dress on a tight budget to managing a husband’s needs. It mocks gender roles with exaggerated duties such as sewing for church fairs, diligent housekeeping, and constant readiness to locate his lost belongings, ending as a fragment of a broader critique.
The Burden of Busy Life and the Home
A reflective piece urging husbands and fathers to value and praise their wives work at home. It contrasts tedious daily grind with the importance of kind words, a peaceful home, and time for friends and family. It ends by asking if this hurried life is all there is to life and whether we are making the best of it.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Ion
Seven Years Ago in Cranbrook News Snapshot
George Leitch has been traveling the past month handling Cranbrook Lumber contracts. Superintendent Jamieson’s family visited Winnipeg and Chicago on their way from Farnham, Ontario. Mrs J. 2 Kink left for Sweden with her two children for about a year. Tommy Turley was a Marysville visitor. Rev. Fortune will address Moyie Odd Fellows this Sunday. Harry White of Kimberley visited a town Tuesday. Mr. and Mrs. Henry Walker vacationing at Pincher Creek. George R. Leask doing home improvements. D Murphy, veteran Crow engineer, visited Winnipeg briefly. Pash nets.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
George Leitch
Cranbrook Lumber Company
Jamieson
J. 2. Kink
Sweden
Farquharson Seeks Land Claim in Elk River Area
Archibald J. Farquharson of Fernie British Columbia intends to apply for permission to enter 260 acres in the Kootenay Land District. The description begins at a post at the northeast corner of Lot 1030 Laidlaw purchase on the Elk River west of Morrissey and outlines multiple metes and bounds ending at the Elk River. Dated this 11th day of April 1909.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Archibald J. Farquharson
Fernie
British Columbia
Laidlaw
Elk River
Morrissey
J. Farquharson
A.D
Cranbrook land notice seeks purchase rights in vast Cranbrook area
Irving Cameron Willson James Martin Robert Chapman and others of Cranbrook announce intent to purchase 400 acres described by a post 20 chains east of Lot 422 with specified bounds. Dated April 15 1900. James Horace King locator and George Hlungerford agent stake location in Cranbrook District seeking permission to purchase 130 acres more or less near Lot 6227. Dates and scouts show filing in South East Kootenay district.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Irving
Cameron Willson
James Martin
Robert Stanley Chapman
Cranbrook
B. C
Lot 422
Irving Howard Cameron Willson
James Horace King
South East Kootenay
George Hlungerford
Harry Hamilton McVittie
B.C
Louise May Aikens
St. Mary's River
N. H. MecVittie
Louise May Atkins
Beverley Carter Seeks District South East Kootenay Lot Claim
Beverley Arthur Carter of Cranbrook BC a lumberman gives notice of intent to apply for a district claim in the southeast corner of Lot 2838. The parcel measures about sixty acres with bounds described as eighty chains by twenty chains. Locator is Beverley Carter with agent George Hungerford. Staked March 31 1909.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Beverley Arthur Carter
Cranbrook
B. C
South East Kootenay
George Hungerford
Land Purchase Proposal in East Kootenay District
Malcolm McInnes of Elkmouth B C requests permission to buy 480 acres described by an irregular parcel bounded by the Crows Nest Southern Railway right of way and adjoining Lots 123 and 4142 Group One Kootenay District. Locator notice dated April 6 1909. $91.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Malcolm MacInnes
Elkmouth
B. C
Crows Nest
Crows Nest Southern Railway
Malcolm McInnes
Water right notice for Fisher Ditch mining claim
Application to record water rights for mining on Wild Horse Creek tributary to Kootenay River. Applicant Chu Ban Quan, miner, with Fisher Placer Claim details, including three quarters mile diversion point, 300 inches of water, ditch and flume works, hydraulic mining use, return to watercourse about 80 feet higher, Free Miner's Certificate No 6305. Notice posted April 1 1909. license application May 3 1909.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Uranbrook Water District
Chu Ban Quan
Wild Horse Creek
W.H. K
Kootenay River
Boulder Creek
Fisher Ditch
Fisher Placer
F.M.C
Ott
Land for sale near railroad town in Lakeside Washington
W M Steele of Lakeside Washington advertises property for sale describing chicken and fruit ranch potential near a railroad town. The listing notes improved or unimproved land with water frontage or running streams and some timber, desirable for development or farming.
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Railroad Town
W. M. Steele
Lakeside
Wash
Dominion Lands in the Railway Belt BC Open for Homesteading
The Dominion Lands within the Railway Belt of British Columbia may be homesteaded by a sole head of a family or any male over 18. Entry is at the local land office and may be made by proxy under specified kinship conditions. Plans include three years of six months residence yearly or variations if near family farms, with six months notice to Ottawa. Coal rights may be leased for 21 years at $1 per acre, with a 5 cent per ton royalty and a cap of 2,570 acres per holder. W. W. Cory, Deputy Minister of the Interior.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Railway Belt
British Columbia
Commissioner of Dominion Lands
Ottawa
W. W. Cory
Interior
Mills and Mill Supplies Sold At Cranbrook
Portable and stationary mills highlighted with capacities from 15 000 to 100 000 in ten hours. Mills near Cranbrook provide satisfaction. Sells Hoe and Simond saws belting valves and all mill supplies. Prices furnished on inquiry. All prices F. O. B. at your station.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cranbrook
Hoe & Simond
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A. C. Bowness
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East Kootenay
Zamn-Buk
Oliver
Tommy Turley
Marysville
Fortune
Moyie
Odd Fellows Lodge
Harry White
Kimberley
Mrs. Henry Walker
Pincher Creek
Alta
George R. Leask
D. Murphy
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Pash
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Canadian Bank OF Commerce
Cranbrook Land District
District OF
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Ost
W. J. Henry
Vancouver
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Oxford
A. H. Nesbitt
Joe Marapodi
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Armstrong Avenue
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WM. Kerr
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