Wycliffe Notes Summer School Attendance and Departures
Special correspondence from Wycliffe reports Rev. Jos Herdman returning from Aldridge near Moyle after attending the Methodist Summer school with enjoyment and benefit. Grace Gilbert left for Stillwater Minnesota to visit relatives before continuing to Detroit. Sterling Staples returned from the Staples Lumber camp where he supervised a bridge project. Sybil White arrived from Cranbrook to open the fall term with sixteen pupils as town attendance declines due to homesteading. Mrs Hersch returned to Elko.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jos. Herdman
Aldridge
Moyle
Methodist
Grace Gilbert
Horace Davis
Stillwater
Minn
Detroit
Mich
Sterling Staples
Staples Lumber Company
Local notices from Elko and Cranbrook community page
The column lists residents traveling to Bellingham for a lumber convention and others preparing to depart for Montreal and Liverpool. It notes baptisms at St Andrews, social gatherings, and a mass war relief fundraiser in Waldo. The Staples Lumber plant faces an indefinite shutdown, with workers seeking work elsewhere as the logging camp closes, while locals discuss crops and wartime sentiment.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
St. Andrews Church
Cranbrook
Mabee
Los Angeles
California
St. Andrew's
Chester Otis Staples
Rey. Fid P.flewelling
Chester Staples
Bennett
Edith
Nellie Watkins
Kenex
Alberta
Gertrude
Doris Conover
Kimberley
Moore
Conover
Miss Dunphy
Spokane
Staples Lumber Company
Elko notes amid war talk and local tales
Fred Roo reports from Elko as residents joke about a new dance disease and war censorship. Social visits include Blanche Goodyear at Roosville and Mrs Ray Hirtz returning from Cranbrook. War halts Roosville valley development, mills near the border close, and outlooks are bleak. Emperor William denies conquest while local chatter mocks the war mood.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Rolly
Blanche Goodyear
Cranbrook
Roosville
E. May Roe
Elko
Jim Thistlebeak
Spokane
Fis William
Kaiser Bill
Ray G. Hirtz
Wycliffe
Roosville Valley
International Boundary Line
Judge Forin
Fort Steele Social Notes and War Office Call Up
Fort Steele residents report rising food prices and robust merchant stocks while hotels purchase heavily ahead of expected price jumps. Rev J Walker in receipt of notice from Glasgow that war office may requisition his services. Local people travel to Victoria and Port Townsend on business and family visits continue. The school opened with many new faces and Finlay Robson boosted the town.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
A. Innocent
R. Hardie
Steele
Kelowna
J. Walker
Glasgow
Scotland
War Office
R. L. T. Galbraith
Victoria
B.C
Algo
W. Taylor
Indian Reserve
W.F. Duncan
Port Townsend
Wash
Baynes Lake send off and Daughters of the Empire chapter
Fernie reporter covers a Baynes Lake gathering to honor Kootenay contingent members. The event in Baker’s Hall, Waldo, launches a Daughters of the Empire chapter with Mrs Saunders as regent and Miss Marshall as standard bearer. Proceeds from a Baynes dance go to the charity. Concerns are raised about the missing Canadian flag at the Baynes school and lax trustees. Mr Gould, Victoria Week Lounger, visits Joule in Baynes.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Baker Lumber Company
Waldo
Adolph Company of
Baynes
Wast Kootenay
The
Daughters of the Empire
N. B. Suddaby
Fernie
Saunders
McPherson
J. Ross
Marshall
Burgess
Baynes Lake
Kootenay
John Deed
R.M.S.C
Wilfred Wilkinson
Charles Chattaway
Stephen Allie
John Trafford Joule
Baker's Hall
Dr. Saunders
Smith
Daughters of the ‘Empire
Canada
J. McLeod Gould
Joule
Mr. Gould
Farmers Institute debates crop disposal amid war concerns
The Farmers Institute met on Friday to discuss selling crops under war pressures. Members split between holding for futures and selling now with favorable prices, with forecasts up to 76 dollars per ton for potatoes and other crops when spring arrives, though no consensus emerged.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Farmers’ Institute
Institute
Alreddy
Russians Are Victorious in Early World War I Moves
London report details Russia's two great armies advancing along a 70 mile front toward a major pitched battle. Emperor Nicholas reportedly visits army HQ as Russia’s east and west Prussia operations press. Montenegro reports repulsed Austrian attack at Rappy with 160 prisoners and 300 killed. Germany tries to sway Italy to oppose Britain and France, offering Tunisia and Algeria, but fails. Japan declares war on Germany after ultimatum expires, launching land and sea operations with festive public displays and lantern processions.
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London
St. Petersburg
Russia
Grand Duke
Nicholas
Germany
East
West
Prussia
Rappy
Bali
Rome
Italy
Great Wiitain
France
Tunisia
Algeria
Austrophie
Tokio Aig
Japan
Hmit
Kiao Chow
Far East
Department of Foreign Affairs
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Lodge and Society
Cranbrook Lodge
AF & A.M
Hickenbotham
W.M. J
Royal Black Knights
Baker Street
Win
Matthews
Wrath Curlean
Loyal Orange Range
No. Wi
Lhursdays
Royal Black Knights of Ireland
S. Garrett
WM W
Dunstan
Rec
Loo Key Cily Lodge
Fraternity
WH. McPhee
L. Coop
N.G
Fin
Lee
W. M. Harris
Durham
1.C.C.F
KW. Husell
HH. White
Companions OF the Forest
Pride of
Cranbrook Circle
Carmen's Hall
A. Laurie
C.C
A. Guthrie
Knights OF
Pythias Cranbrook
Span
Praternity Hall
Alex
Halsall, K
Maple Leap Rebekai
Sis
Ida Daxter
Siv
Ada Hickenbotham
Ree
See
Order OF Foresters Court Cranbrook
Maple Hall
John Shin
Pearron
Overseas Club
Brake
J. Lower
BU Seaman
J. Shin
Treas
Cranbrook Poultry and Pet Stock Association
A. B. Smith
W. W McGregor
Cranbrook Farmers’ Institute
A J Smith
Crambrook
Old Gym
Ats Wm
W. F.gurd
Richards St
Vancouver
Thomas T. Mecredy
W. F. Gurd
P. O. Box
B. C
DRS
Green
Ico
Armstrong
F. B. Miles
Hanson
Cranbrook Cottage Hospital
Garden Age
A. Salmon
Metron
J. G. Cummings
Dominion and Provincial Land Surveyor
Uranbrook
W. R. Beatty
F. M. MacPherson Undertaker
Norbury Ave
City Hall
Frank Provenany
General Merchant
Geo. H. Ashworth
Strauss
L. van Stayern
Planis
J. Rumsey
John G. Mitchell
P.O. Box
Calgary, Alberta
Peerless
J. Taylor
Parker
Lethbridge
Imperial Onco
Lallie Albertson
Elmore Staples
Bellingham
Ann Wilson
Wm. Crosby
Montreal
Liverpool
R. J. Baxter
Olive
Hila
Robert
Seattle
Bill
Mike
Sir Edward Carson
Edward
Jim Joyce
Mingstone
Prairies
C.V.R
Moose Jaw
Saturn
Belle Thompson
Columbia Hotel
Miss Allen
Nelson
M. Gorman
Kaiser
Gorman
Henshaw
Geo. M. Judd
Waldo and
Ottawa
Canadian Patriotic Fund
C. D. McNabb
Mra Burgess
Baker Lumber To. Ltd
Fred Roo
Montana Laundry
Star Cleaning Works
Armstrong Ave
Rolt
Frame
C. F. Nidd
Methodist Church
Studio—Methodist Church
P. D
R, Dixon Carpenter
Joe Marapow
King Edward's School
Cranbrook, B.C
Heoadmistress
Misa V. M. Cherrington
McPhee
Mailon Rocale Et Rice
Sconkil Diva CO
St Catharines
H Tenithe- Murphy Co., Ltd
Fort Steele
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