Local Notes From Cranbrook On Christmas Time
Fresh dairy butter at Rogers and Garant's restaurant. J R Gates from Kimberley in town last Friday. Christmas events include a Cosmopolitan dining room display and Chartrand Brothers new wagon. Indians from Tobacco Plains and West Kootenay attend Mission Christmas services. several locals travel for holidays.
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J. R Gates
Kimberley
West Kootenay
St. Eugene Mission
Chartrand Brothers
Bakers
Frank Clapp
Tobacco Plains
Windermere
Mission Chrlatinas
Christuay
Local Cranbrook and Moyie shops greet holiday shoppers
William Henderson and wife visit from Reclama tion farm near Creston to spend Christmas with sister Mrs. RE Heattie Hill Joll. New Cranbrook and Moyie meat markets opened by Beattie and partners. Mrs J W H Smythe and sister Miss Margaret Kelly arrive from Greenwood, and other Cranbrook appointments include store openings and civic notices. Pincher Creek Echo notes H R E Parker’s Cranbrook dairy move and Cranbrook Electric Light stockholders meeting. Hospital ladies aid, bank relocations, and billiard room upgrades feature among community notices.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
William Henderson
Miss Henderson
Creston
RE. Heattie
Turkey Dussarda and the Charleston Buzzards
A Philadelphia Record traveler describes Turkey Dussarda as noting that turkey buzzards act as Charleston’s garbage collectors. He explains the birds are usually shy but now roam markets. they feed on tainted meat and decayed vegetables. A five dollar fine is in place for harming them, and Charleston is said to be unique in this system.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Charleston
3. C
Philadelphia
French Heroine Virginia Ghesquiere the Pretty Sergeant
The tale recounts Virginia Ghesquiere who disguised as her ill brother to serve six years in the French army, earning the Legion of Honor after saving a colonel at Lisbon. She led a rifle squad, defeated two English attackers, and returned to civilian life in Delemont where her deeds are remembered by locals.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Virginia Ghesquiere
Spain
Emile Cere
Ghesquiere
Department of the Haut-Rhin
Virginia
France
Wagram
Danube
Lisbon
Legion of Honor
Delemont
Cultivate Cheer and The Pudding Recipe Featured in NY Ledger
The piece cites Bancroft on temper and long life, arguing mood affects health and urging cheerful bearing as a hygienic virtue. It contrasts illness with irritable moods and cites Detroit Free Press. A peach pudding recipe from NY Ledger follows, detailing ingredients and baking method for a rich peach dessert with milk eggs flour sugar butter and cream.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bancroft
Detroit Free Press
Ledger
Language variations in wall papering and sign language
A discussion of wallpapering without removing old coverings notes paste issues fostering microbes abroad. It then compares sign language across nations, highlighting differences between English-speaking countries and methods in England, including two-handed versus single-handed alphabets and varying cues.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
France
England
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Cranbrook
South East
Kootenay
R. E. Beattie
Rogers
G. T. Rogers
Sumluars
Jud Langly
Richard Stewart
McClary
Canada
Gilpin
Gilpin's
VanDeear & Son
King
Garant's
Fred Ewhart
Nelson
George Joyce
Fernie
P. D. Hope and Wife
Moyle
Garant's Restaurant
G. H. Gilpin
J. P. Fink
Garant’s
Cranbrook Block
Greer
W. S. Keay
Baker Hill
Calgary
Hutch
George Morrow
John Breckenridge
Mrs. Breckenridge
M. McInnes & Co
Maine
Herald
A.W. Sutherland
J. W. Livers
Moyie
A. P. Bremner
Kootenays
Toronto
W. Hyde Baker
Mrs. Baker
Miss. Marshall
Hill & Joll
J. W. H. Smythe
Margaret Kelly
Greenwood
Mr Smythe
Mr. Ross
Cardston
McClure
McCluure
Lethbridge
Cosmopolitan
William Mills
Cransbrook
Mills
Beattie
G. H Gilpin
Leroy Sage
Pincher Creek
H. R. E Parker
Cowley
Middle Fork
B. H. Cook
Cranbrook Electric Light Company
Cranbrook Hotel
J. J. LePau
Fort Steele
Canadian Bank of Commerce
B. E. Moberly
Mr. Moberly
New Westminstar
J. M. Hedley
Harry McVittie
James Ryan
South East Kootenay
Fort Steele Mercantile Co., Ltd
Mogie
Cranbrook Electric Light Co. Ltd
Hote
Ewart
Miner's Hardware Store
W. F. Gurd
Cosmopolitan Hotel & Ex
E. H. Small
A. M. Grimes
Grimes
Albert College
Belview
Zanerian Art College
Columbus
Ohio
Business College
Beale & Elwell
C.C.F
Key Cly Lodge N
Baker Street
W.F. Gurd
Cranbrook Lodge
ALF, & Avm
W.F. Gurn
Crown
W. F. Tate, Jeweler
B.C
A. W. M'Vittie
Provincial Land Surveyor Mining and General Agent
Cranbrook, B. C
Tate Firm
Leask & Rankin
Cranbrook, C
R. Palmer
B, C
Fort Steele Beer
VanDecar & Son
B. C
Royal
East Kootenay
the Lion Brewery
Rossland, BC
British Columbia
West
Hust Kootenay
James Kerrigan & Co
H.C
A. Rookes & Son
Cranbrook Music Emporium
Chas
Kimberley, B. C
Charles P. Campbell
Champion College of
Alken Block
Hear
Hank of Commerce
Cranbrook, IC
East Kootenay Bottling Co
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