Baby burns cured by Zam-Buk remedy at home
Mrs. T. S. Dougall of 524 Flora Avenue Winnipeg reports her child Ritl burned on a hot stove while playing with a doll washing rack. Zam-Buk was applied and praised for rapid pain relief and healing, with the hand bound and treated daily. The testimonial extols Zam-Buk as herbal and antiseptic for delicate children's skin and cites savings in time and money.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
T. S. Dougall
Flora Avenue
Winnipeg
Zane Buk
Meandering Dreams Versus Farm Life Realities
A city girl reflects on farm life revealing the gap between romantic farming ideals and practical daily chores. The piece critiques slang and vanity, urges calm homes, discourages nagging, and notes how beauty concepts hinge on expression and kindness.
The Way of Ugliness and a Village Social Plan
A satirical piece imagines a village forming a stock company to fund a broad social experiment. It critiques vanity and self-importance, noting sensitive people misread ordinary bumps as personal slights and predicting a community’s misguided focus on appearance and status.
Beautification plan for Victoria including ornamental lakes and parks
A letter urges the town council to drain swampy central lands and convert them into ornamental lakes and gardens near schools. The writer cites Beacon Hill in Victoria as an example and notes possible land donation, cheaper construction, and sanitary benefits from creating safe bird habitats and skating ponds.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Victoria
Beacon Hill
Fly
W. Marchant
The Mail Order Axe Bargain Tale
A man shopper tests price of an axe at a hardware store. He pays $1.15 after extra charges and returns home believing the axe cheaper from a catalogue while the merchant adds express and mailing costs. The punchline reveals the true total paid.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Vail
Jman
Axe Returned to Shelf After Catalogue Request
The worker placed the axe back on the shelf and told the customer to call in ten days to arrange pickup, claiming that would be the earliest available time if ordered through the catalogue house.
Brain Leaks Selected. Phick Ironed Facial Wrinkles
A fragmented note mentions Phick and brain leaks with uneven humor. The line hints at irritation with lack of tick and warm iron softening facial wrinkles. The quirky phrasing signals a satirical or cryptic item in a selected column.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Phick
Property Purchase Application Notice in Cranbrook District
Cranbrook area notice by Irving Howard Cameron Willson James Martin and Robert Stanley Chapman agents to purchase land described as four acres starting 20 chains east of Lot 6422 south west corner then east 80 chains south 65 chains west 40 chains north 20 chains west 11 chains north 15 chains to starting point dated April 15 1909 in Cranbrook B C.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Irving Howard Cameron Willson
James Martin
Robert Stanley
Cranbrook
B. A
Robert Stanley Chapman
Cranbrook Land Purchase Notice in South East Kootenay
James Horace King of Cranbrook BC a physician applies to purchase land in Cranbrook District South East Kootenay. The parcel measures about 130 acres with a described boundary starting twenty chains north of Lot 6227 and returning to the point of commencement. Staked March 81 1909 by King as locator with George Hungerford as agent.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
James Horace King
Cranbrook
B. C
South East Kootenay
George Hungerford
Beverley Carter Seeks District South East Kootenay Plot
Beverley Arthur Carter of Cranbrook British Columbia a lumberman intends to apply for a district claim in South East Kootenay. Description begins at a post on the southeast corner of Lot 4283 then runs eighty chains west twenty chains south eighty chains and north twenty chains totaling sixty acres more or less. Carter locator staked this district day of March 1909.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Beverley Arthur Carter
Cranbrook
B. C
South East Kootenay
George Hungerford
Land purchase notice for Malcolm McInnes 480 acres
Malcolm McInnes of Elkmouth BC, lumberman, applies to purchase land described from the Crows Nest Southern Railway right of way to Lot 4142 in Kootenay District. The parcel measures about 480 acres more or less. Locator: Malcolm McIlanes. Dated April 6, 1909. Fee $91.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Malcolm McInnes
Elkmouth
B. C
Uhe
Crows Nest Southern Railway
Kootenay District
Malcolm Mcllanes
Dominion Lands Open for Settlement in Railway Belt BC
Dominion Lands in the Railway Belt of British Columbia are open to settlement by sole head of a family or any male 18 or older for up to 160 acres. Entry must be made at the local land office with specific residency plans over three years. Six months notice to Ottawa is required. Coal mining rights may be leased for 21 years at 1 per acre with five cent per ton royalty.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Dominion
Railway Belt
British Columbia
Commissioner of Dominion Lands
Ottawa
Interior
Notice of Water Right Application for Fisher Ditch Mining
An application will be made to record the right to store take divert convey and use water in Cranbrook Water District for mining. Applicant Chu San Quan miner. stream Wild Horse Creek tributary to Kootenay River. diversion about three quarters mile below Boulder Creek mouth. quantity 300 inches. works Fisher Ditch hydraulic mining. premises Fisher Placer Claim. returns to natural channel about 80 feet elevation difference. Free Miner's Certificate No 6305. Posting date April 1 1909. license application May 3 1909. Riparian lands affected Chu Ban Quan.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cranbrook
Chu San Quan
Wild Horse Creek
W.H. K
Kootenay River
Boulder Creek
Fisher Ditch
Fisher Placer
Fisher Placer Claim
F.M.C
Water Commissioner
Chu Ban Quan
Mill Supplies Available From WE STOCK-Hoe & Simond's
WE STOCK Hoes Simonds Saws Belting Valves and all kinds of Mill Supplies Prices furnished on request All prices F O B to your nearest station.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Hoe & Simond
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Burns Bros
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Pabst Beer
Boeat
A. L. McDermut Wholesale Wine
Liverpool
Cape Horn
B. H. Short, Painter
Queen's Hotel
Calgary, Alberta
Calgary
H. L. Stephens
Corby’s Whisky
Dawson's Whisky
Schlitz Beer
Bowness
Smith
France
Earth
Euch
Ueir
Coleman Miner
H. E. Hall
Mr. Short
East Kootenay
Cranbrook Land District
Kootenay
Henrys
Emi
San Jose
W. J. Henry Vancouver Oy Nurseries
Harry Hamilton McVittie
B.C
Louise May Aikens
Oxford Foundry
Oxford, N. S
A. H. Nesbitt
Este Dee
Halcyon Lithia Water
Provincial Land ‘Surveyors
Fort Steele
P.O
Reid Block
Lee
Iee
R. Leask & Co
Herald
Armstrong Avenue
Sland Hotel
Paul ST. John
Kootenay’s Great Summer Resort
Windermere Nursery
E. W. Hustley
Wilmer
J. Hutchison
WAY and Crain
WM. Kerr
Cranbroge
BO Handley's
Provenzano & Sacco
General Merchants Employment Agents
Cranbrook &8
John W. Wolf
Armstrong Ave
Lethb . Alta
Roting
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