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Newspaper
Cranbrook Herald
Location
Cranbrook, British Columbia, Canada
Date
Aug 24, 1923
Page
3
A collage of cartoons and quips recalls playful observations on time, fashion, and everyday quirks. Jokes about fashion, driving licenses, domestic life, and sports banter appear with characterful lines and playful banter, reflecting lighthearted humor of the era.
E. Price of Calgary registered at the Wasa Hotel. Harry Munroe traveled with Mr. and Mrs. Paulson of Drinbrook and Mr. Frank Carlson of Kimberley to the Fairmont Hot Springs. Peter Matheson expects a bumper hay crop. Lowering Lumber Co. adds two trucks. Charlie West seen in Windermere. Jack Taylor family on vacation at Fairmont. Haying and harvesting active along the Kootenay valley with good yields. Tom Cameron and Ward Bertram visited en route to Cranbrook. Harry Moulton becomes foreman at Kootenay River Lbr. Co.
A discovery of uniform ochre near Ellershouse Station on the Dominion Atlantic Railway is described with low grit and color variations burnable to reddish brown to black, while exploration continues. The item list also covers diverse topics from Canadian Pacific passenger records to grain harvest plans and Canadian trade totals.
The I jvin Willat Baramount production Fog Bound with Dorothy Dalton shot largely near Palm Beach will play at Star Theatre next Monday and Tuesday. Set on a Florida orange ranch the melodrama follows Gale Brenon torn between loyalty to her father the murdered revenue officer and love for the accused, delivering strong emotional moments on swamp and foggy lake scenes.
Vancouver reports a sweeping exposure of fraudulent employment with investment schemes in classified ads by The Hook edited by J S Cowper former M P P. Revelations of swindling follow and prompt exodus of easy money operators amid investigations. Washington reports gunboat Go pher sunk in the gulf of St Laurence during a gale with no loss of life. Ontario chief justice dies in Royal Victoria hospital aged 83 to 84.
EH W Beatty K C president of the Canadian Pacific Railway replies to a Montreal Star article. He states CPR has sold 18,194,737 acres of land by June 1923 at an average $7.87 per acre, helped 100,000 farmers settle in western Canada, and invested $64.646 million in irrigation and support programs. He argues CPR lands are for sale at reasonable prices to settlers and cautions against confiscation.
The British Columbia portion of the Pacific Highway is paved and will be inaugurated on Labor Day September 3 at Cloverdale. The paving is hailed by road supporters as boosting tourism across the province. Edmonton report notes Alberta cutting across the week with warm weather aiding crop ripening. wheat yield expected at about thirty bushels per acre.
Pola Negri stars in Bella Donna with Conway Tearle as Baroudi, shot against authentic Egyptian backgrounds. The temple of Abu Simbel in upper Egypt was rebuilt for the film to capture dawn light and Egyptian ambience. Winnipeg crops show good moisture and strong yields across wheat oats barley and hay per the weekly report.
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