Kimberley News Notes Highlights Local News
Morning and afternoon Brown's Stage runs Kimberley to Cranbrook with inquiries at Dinner's Cafe. Oddfellows group travelled to Cranbrook last week including Watson McKenzie Ellison Cameron Foote Green Angorye McDonald and Carl Gill. High School books likely short. order at Cranbrook Drug and Book Co. Mrs BE. B. Jackson hosted friends. builders Jones Doris Cranbrook to estimate on new building. Property listings and builder Geo. R. Leask promoted. Miss Mamie Mackey of Cranbrook visiting Kimberley. Club Cafe Cranbrook advertises services. Brown and Morley stage office offers Kimberley trips and parcel delivery. Rumor of a concentrator for North Star Stemwinder ore at Kimberley. Martin Bros Cranbrook agents for life insurance. Harvest labor shortages expected. Manitoba farmers discuss voluntary wheat pool plans. Meeting at Club Cafe Cranbrook noted.
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Oddfellows
Cranbrook
Messrs, Watson McKenzie
T, Ellison
A, Cameron
C. A. Foote
Wm, Green
Wm. Angorye
A. McDonald
Carl Gill
Fernie Ball Team Draws Crow's Nest All-Stars for Exhibition
Fernie faces an All-Star squad from the Crow's Nest Pass League after Lumberton defaulted their Sunday game. The Fernie club, issued Alberta Seca Baseball cards, hopes to gauge their strength ahead of a Calgary Brewery Cup challenge.
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Lumberton
Fernie
Crow’s Nest Pass
Bellevue
Coleman
Blairmore
Alberta
Mineral Claims at Fort Sterle near Kimberley BC
The Consolidated Mining and Smelting Co. of Canada Limited, Free Miner's Certificate No. 75800 C, intends sixty days from August 28 1923 to apply for a Certificate of Improvements to obtain a Crown Grant for a claim in the Sullivan Hill area of the Fort Sterle Mining Division. Action under section 85 must be started before the certificate issues.
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Fort Sterle
Kootenay
Sullivan Hill
Kimberley
B.C
Consolidated Mining & Smelting Company, of Canada, Limited
Consolidated Mining and Smelting Co., OF Canada, Limited
G, Montgomery
The Hook Denounces Mail Order Marriages
Vancouver paper details a warning against Yankee matrimonial agencies. It cites Frazer valley farmer losses from a bogus bride, a CPR boat meeting with a rouged hag, and a police raid that led to her arrest. The Hook reports distant schemes duping loggers and others.
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Vancouver
Frazer Valley
C.P.R
Dearie
Michigan
Mormon Temple at Cardston to hold dedicatory services
Cardston temple, recently closed to non Mormons, will host dedicatory services starting Sunday. Apostle George F Richardson oversees preparations. President Grant and Elder Anthony W Ivens will arrive Friday with most of the Twelve Apostles. Additional stake days and train schedules are planned for August 27 and following, with invites extended to President Grant for a banquet.
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Cardston
George F. Richardson
Cardson
Grant
Anthony W. Ivens
Lethbridge
Tabor
Taylor
Alberta
Mrs Coolidge Courts Social Life While in Washington
The article notes Mrs. Calvin Coolidge initially shuns society but is urged to join by social leaders and quickly becomes a favorite. It predicts sons John and Calvin Coolidge Jr will be standout figures at the White House, likened to Robert Taft.
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Calvin Coolidge
Washington
John
Calvin Coolidge, Jr
Robert Taft
Humorous Exchange Sparks Gossip Over Burglary Thefts
In a quirky overheard dialogue Mrs Smythe notes a lip and complexion loss while Mrs Blythe mentions a handbag theft by a sneak thief. The exchange pivots to possible hiding places like a coal chute or the kindling wood, suggesting domestic worries about burglars and safety.
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Mrs. Smythe
Mrs. Blythe
Canadian Woman Pioneers Fruit Dehydration Plant
Mrs. M. B. Smith of Naramata Okanagan Valley leads a Canadian initiative to commercially dehydrate fruit and vegetables. The new plant near Naramata Penticton will use a Kettle Valley Railway siding to process surplus perishable fruit, notably dried peaches, promoting women’s roles in agriculture and export opportunities.
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M. B. Smith
Naramata
Okanagan Valley
Prairies
Okanagas
Naan
Smith
Fernie Principal Resigns to Take Inspector Post
Mr. P. H. Sheffield, Fernie public schools supervising principal for three years, resigned by telegraph from Kingston Ontario. He will head the inspector of schools office with headquarters at Nelson. His departure leaves Fernie with the challenge of finding a capable successor to continue his high calibre school supervision.
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Fernie
Sheffield
Purdy on Columbus as explorer and prophet
Ed Purdy asserts Christopher Columbus was not only an explorer but also a prophet. He claims the minute Columbus sighted America he proclaimed Dry Land.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
ED. Purdy
Christopher Columbus
America
Betty Coompson Experts Surf Board Rider in Hawaii
Betty Coompson demonstrates surf board riding and outrigger canoeing on Waikiki beaches while filming The White Flower in Hawaii. Edmund Lowe also learns the sport as Julia Crawford Ivers leads the shooting party for the dramatic action tale at Star Theatre.
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Betty Coompson
Hawaii
Star Theatre
Waikiki
Mise Compson
Star
Edmund Lowe
Julia Crawford Ivers
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Brown
The
Cranbrook Drug and Book Co
BE. B. Jackson
Martin Bros
Geo. R. Leask
Kimberley and
Mamie Mackey
Mrs. Win, Lindsay
Herald
Eye
Brown and Morley
Brown & Morley
North Star
Stemwinder
O. G. Thompson
Nelson News
Canada
Calgary
Winnipeg
Manitobba
Saskatchewan
Club Cafe
Cran Broole
Fernie Ball
Beale & Elwell
Cranbrook Sale
Charlie Wing
M.F. Luellen
Morrison & Burke
Bruce Robinson
Baker St
F.G. Novak
Cranbrook B.C
Consolidated Mining & Smelting Co. of Canada
Smelting and Refining Department
British Columbia
Tadanac
Mineral Act
Lance Jack
Douge
Cayuse Fr
Tanlac
Fermian
Beecham
First Lady
U.S
Ubenagen Valley
Otis Staples Lumber Co
Betty Compson
Dorothy Dalton
Adolph Zukor
Baye
Gemine
Bayer
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