Foster nursing a broken leg and wartime letters home
A Cranbrook soldier writes from Natal about long marches under harsh conditions, sickness, and hospital care during the Boer War. He notes frost and rain, scarce blankets, and harsh treatment in a Regular Army field hospital, while recalling fellow Cranbrook men and battles near Newcastle and Majuba Hill.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Standerton
Matt
Cranbrook
Kuel
Amatorge Land
Koomati Poort
Durban
Lower Ingela
Enrowe
Zululand
Lower Tugela
Stanger
Natal
South Africa
Newcastle
Cotterill
Nelson
Laurie
3D Mounted
Buller
Lord Dundonald
Ingogo
Majttba Hill
Charleston
Ot Gallant CO
Zand Spruit
Wolfhurst
Jd Brigade
Light Horse
Thorneycroft’s Mounted Infantry
Mounted Corps
King's Royal Rifles
Parde Kop
Sandeeton
18Th Field Hospital
British Columbia
South East Kootenay
Pietermartzburg
Ladysmith
Colenso
Klandsgate
Nicholson's Nek
Gleneve Junction
Dundee
Laing
Nek
Majuba Bill
Thigog
Heights
Ike Foster
O. K
Paton
R A.M. C
Silverware heist and vandal art spree disrupt Cranbrook line
Reports from the Crow's Nest station allege a carload of silverware bound for G. H. Gilpin's Cranbrook wholesale department was involved in a theft after a bridge incident. A separate incident depicts a sign painter mobbed by angered residents as his mural work is damaged across a townsite, ending with dramatic scenes and a vanished curtain of red.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Crow's Nest
Mcleod Gazette
The
Herald
Gazette
G. H. Gilpin
Cranbrook
Violet
Chew Empire
Wang
Director of Arts
Ean
Baldhill
Sign
Perry Creek Prospect Promises Rich Gold Mines Report
Mr Eller, East Kootenay prospector, with D R Monroe, reports a new discovery on the divide between Hell Roaring and Perry creeks. 24 feet of quartz averages $60 per ton with free gold nearby. four claims, including Gold Leaf and Follow Me, are staked. Development shows a 10 foot shaft, with the ledge largely solid.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Perry Creek
Eller
All Truths
East Kootenay
D. R. Monroe
Hell Roaring
Perry Creeks
Messis
Monroe
St Eugene Mine Praised as Continent’s Greatest Silver Lead
Smelterman Braden of Helena Montana and Expert Gunn of the American Smelting and Refining Company hail the St Eugene mine as rivaling Utah’s Silver King. They note the exceptionally pure concentrates attract Guggenheim interest for processing base South American ores. Prospectors see nearby mines and transports as ripe for investment with capital needed to develop the district.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Utah
St. Eugene
BE B Braden
United States Assay
Helena
Montana
American Smelting and Refining Company
Gunn
Guggenheimers
South America
Odd Fellows Picnic at Moyie Delights Visitors
Two coaches carried ladies and gentlemen to Moyie for a day of boat racing fishing and dancing. Visitors toured the St Eugene mine concentrating plant under Supt King and praised Moyie’s town growth. A Moyie hotel ball closed the day as Conductor Cavin and crew steered the return trip.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Moyie
Odd Fellows of
Mogie
East Kootenay Hotel
Tom Cavin
Fisher and partners visit Cranbrook on fishing trip
Passenger engineers James Fisher William Lowe and Richard Smith from Medicine Hat arrived in Cranbrook Tuesday evening for a fishing trip to southeast Kootenay. They stayed with Billy Venables and Hugh Brock and Fisher may bring one or two of his horses down for the full meeting.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
James Fisher
William Lowe
Richard Smith
Medicine Hat
Cranbrook
Mountain South East Kootenay
Billy Venables
Hugh Brock
Fisher
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Canadian Bank
Hon
Gro
A. Cox
of Commerce
B. K. WateRs
Gen
Man
London
Bank of Scotland
Fort Steele
W. H. Smythe
Central
I. & G. Bell
Reid
James Ryan
G, Bremner & Son
Calgary Brewing Co. & We
Fernie Senstook Kimberley
Moyte
Giant
Powder Company
Lipton’s Tea
Bennett’s
Goldsworth Tea
Schlite Brewing Company
Fort Steele Mercantile Co. Ltd
J. P. Fink, Mgr
Eaat Kootenay
G. H. Miner
Pioneer Hardware Store
Cranbrook and
Logie
the Herald Jos Printing
OUR
Will Clarke
Foster
Will
Dundonald
Old Man
W.N. Clarke
Canada
Victoria
Astounding
Slocan Lake
Nelson Economist
Cranbrook and Moyie
North Star and Sullivan
Kimberley
Coeur d’Alene
Wether-Wurst
Tate the Jeweler
Switzerland
John
Pioneer Lumbermen
Leitch Brothers
Theie Lumber Co
Leitch
East
Yukon
Ottawa
Braden
Ing
ODD Fellows
Maniy
Cronin
King
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