Daring Great Northern Train Robbery Near Spokane
Three masked bandits halted Great Northern passenger No. 4 east of Hillyard just before midnight. The fireman cut off two cars but spared the express, saving a large shipment worth about twenty thousand dollars. Bandits fled toward Mead, with a fourth man waiting, while sheriff and a posse pursued. Conductor Burton suffered serious injuries in a tunnel accident nearby.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Great Northern
Hillyard
Spokane
Mead
Wes
Wm. Burton
Mogie
Burton
Shackleton
Cline
Barton
Cranbrook
Dr. King
Thankful note from Dan MacDonald of Cranbrook
Dan A MacDonald writes gratitude for a beautiful New Year gift from friends in Cranbrook, apologizing for delayed acknowledgment due to physical disability and sending best wishes for the years ahead. Address given as 258 Buchagan Street.
City sees wide range of visitors and store deals
E H Hall of Hosmer and J K Maguire of St Marys River visit Cranbrook. numerous residents from Moyie Fernie Wardner and Mayook in town. Goods on sale include trunks at 7.00 and 3.75, plain white china cups at 2.50 per dozen, oranges and Christmas groceries at Fink s Pure Food Grocery and Rogers stores. local notices mention hotels, post office paint, and a belt of Cranbrook shoppers and service providers.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
E. H. Hall
Hosmer
Albert Mutz
Fernie
Cranbrook
J. K. Maguire
St. Marys River
G. T. Rogers
Harry Webb
Fink
Pure Food
P. G. Routh
Moyie
H. Chapman
Jan
R. E E. Coleman
T. D. Caven
Victoria
Jack Gibbons
Yahk
R. H. Bohart
C. C. S. F. Deroster
Jaffray
W. B. King
van Wornher
James Joyce
Mayook
C. Willson
Creston
S. Bonnell
Pink
R. &. Wrigglesworth
Bill Smith
Peter Jensen
Wasa
Kimberley
J. Mitchell
Campbell & Manhing's
Imperial Bank
C. C
G. P. Tisdale
St. Marys Prairie
Rocky Mountain Post
Cranbrook Drug & Book
Campbell & Manning's
B. Herald
Bull River Mining Company
C. D. McNab
Baker Lumber Company
Ib Cranbrook
C. C. S. P. Lund
Crows Nest Pass Lumber Company
Lowney’s and Webb
Michel
Chas. P. Lund
Spokane
C. C. S. the Prospector
P. Nevin
Moose Jaw
Sask
A. EB. Watts
Retenas
Local notes mention hunting trips and theatre ads
V Hyde Baker and others head to Skookumebuck for a hunting trip while Frank and Jack Angers report lynx and martins near Yahk. Advertisements promote candy, remedies, and trunks while Cranbrook Drugs touts pure dispensary stock. A five room house is for rent and Mrs Hilton seeks a suitable tenant. A New England play Along Kennetec opens at the Auditorium with a strong company and band.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
V. Hyde Baker
J. P. Fink
Dr. Green
J. T. Laidlaw
G. H. Thompson
Skookumebuck
Frank
Jack Angers
Yahk
Cranbrook Drugs, Book Co
Hert Ashworth
George] Ashworth
Robinson-McKenzie Lumber Company
England
R. Kimpton
Windermere
Patmore
Kennetec
New England
Along the Kennebec Play Comes to Auditorium
A New England comedy Along the Kennebec will be staged at the Auditorium on Saturday December 19. The company supplies its own scenery and promises pretty stage settings and a pure clean comedy with a funny duel scene in act three plus a splendid orchestra for music lovers.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Kennebec
Sudden Death of Cranbrook Traveler in Vernon
News of a sudden death in Vernon British Columbia last week shocks Cranbrook and surrounding merchants. C. B. Mellish, longtime traveler for William Braid and Co of Vancouver, had many friends here who mourn his passing.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cranbrook
Vernon
B. C
C. B. Mellish
Mellish
William Braid
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Solto
Malaga
Sultana
Grecian Archipelago
Sumatra
Ganong’s and McConkey’s
G. B. Barley
PABST
Pabst Brewing Company
Just
Croft & CO
Oporto
Spain
A.L. McDermot
A. R. Valdespino & CO
Jerez de la Frontera
Rye
Dan MacDonald
Buchagan
A. J. Farquharson
M. B. King
Charles
John Bremner
Dan
G. T. Bowers
A. C. Bowness
Schlitz
A. C. Nelson
D. R. Yates
Otis Staples Lumber Company
Wycliffe
Joseph Tannhauser
Fort Steele
G. I. Rogers
J. Bilackbund
Magic
Crasbroie
Mighton
Cranbrook Drug & Book Co
R. E. Beattie
Calgary
Electric Light Company
Concen Rey
McLean
William Young
Warder
G Ge Geaty
D. Caven
King
Chipman
N. B
Edmonton
Patmore Bros
David Griffith
Wild Horse
van Wormer’s
Imperial Hotel
Armstrong Avenue
van Wormer
Armstrong Ave
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