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Newspaper
Cranbrook Herald
Location
Cranbrook, British Columbia, Canada
Date
Dec 12, 1901
Page
1
A lengthy list highlights numerous brands and products including Curtice Bros Blue Label Faust's Oyster Cocktail and F. 5S M Co Anchovie Paste. The catalog also features Aylmer S W French produce, canned vegetables, pumpkin pie mix, and varied fish such as herrings mackerel salmon and cod.
A local firm lists a wide range of products including California Sour Sweet Relish and mixed chutneys in various sizes, evaporated and canned fruits, Kraut onions and nuts, sauces and spices, teas, butter and pantry staples. They promise best market goods, competitive prices, and big-volume orders with daily shipments.
Letters urge Dominion government to raise duties on raw white lead from 5 to 25 percent to spur local refining and a home market of 13 000 tons. Advocates argue current low raw lead rates benefit paint makers more than consumers and press for refinery-backed growth.
A Saturday night gathering at the McInnes home featured games and music led by Mrs Costigan with piano. About 1 o clock refreshments were served, then Miss Rhoda Leitch and Master Hugh McInnes surprised Mrs Costigan with a writing desk presented by friends and pupils.
Maurice Gintzburger, manager of Monitor mines at Sondon, forms a Glasgow based company to build a lead smelter in Kaslo. An English expert will assess the site and a favorable report will start construction at once. The Kaslo Smelter Limited stock and concessions will transfer, with city bonus, free site, free water, and ten year tax exemption.
Cranbrook mourns the passing of Mrs Costigan at a social event, with friends expressing regret for her loss from local musical and social circles. Mr Fortune conveyed thanks on her behalf as an evening featuring Auld Lang Syne and God Save the King concluded the gathering.
Miss Bessie Blair daughter of A G Blair minister of railways and canals and H A Harper assistant editor of the Labor Gazette drowned in the Ottawa river this afternoon while on a private skating outing.
The Athletic and Literary Association elected officers at its first meeting with Hon. President G. J. Bary and President Dr. J. H. King. Other posts went to J. P. Fink, Mr. Hungerford, A. E. Watt, and an executive committee including W. Flowers and A. S. McKim. A further meeting was planned to finalize the organization. Art Makinson left Winnipeg after learning his father had become blind.
A party became separated from the others and broke through the ice at a rapid section of the river. No further details on injuries or rescuers are provided.
One week from next Friday evening December 20 Miss Sera Ijusd contralto singer touring Cranbrook will give a musical recital at Wentworth Hall Miss Lund will be listed by several well known local artists and the event is billed as a notable engagement in Cranbrook musical circles
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