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Newspaper
Cranbrook Herald
Location
Cranbrook, British Columbia, Canada
Date
Feb 01, 1906
Page
4
The Herald describes its pricing and policy including a yearly $10 subscription, $2 cost, and advertising rates. It claims independence from cliques and parties, promotes local progress, and urges readers outside the district to subscribe. It emphasizes quality printing and urges businesses to advertise locally in Cranbrook.
The Herald warns against boycotts by advertisers or subscribers over political views. It argues a weekly paper must base value on circulation and price quality, not enforce agreement with editorial opinions, preserving its role in a free, independent press.
Editorial notes discuss Cranbrook climate banana belt remarks and regional prosperity. They reference local travel, politics, census figures, and social issues including a Winnipeg Galician wife sale tale and calls to remove Chinese laundries from town centers.
The Cranbrook Herald defends its business basis and community role. It notes wage spending locally and aims to work with the council for Cranbrook's advancement while resisting outside pressure and defending its subscriber and advertiser base.
The writer travels from Winnipeg in severe cold to Moose Jaw and Calgary, noting city life, Libel Case in Calgary, and profiles of local figures. He mentions George Miner in brokerage, J W Robinson, Jimmie Hunter, Laur ie and Sildous Phese, and Calgary figures H L Stephens and Matt Rockendorf. He praises Calgary journalism by J J Young and Col Porter faces.
A Calgary feature extols the city’s boosters and rapid growth, recalling Stony City days and a valuable land deal. It lauds a rival spirit that drives Calgary toward greater publicity, fame, and business, wishing it heights comparable to Winnipeg.
Seven years ago in Cranbrook W E R Serene assures home building after Portage la Prairie visit. W O S Keay receives a regulation bag for display. The Cosmopolitan hotel opens on the 10th with Small and Musgrave shortening to devote time. Rev Ball creates a church reading room. M H Macleod heads Cranbrook headquarters for the Crow’s Nest Pass line with engineers and staff moving in.
Fragments describe a striking sunrise in the Kootenays, the effect likened to painting, and a Port Steele Mercantile Company application for a wholesale liquor warehouse. References to Simpson and regional faiths hint at local commerce and cultural notes in Western Canada.
A household quarrel escalates as a cat kept around the house ends up near the canary. Mr Cooley reports the feline is already around the canary, and his wife pleads to drive it away.
The article describes tighter provincial rules restricting timber shipments from interior mills to the prairie provinces. It notes soft winter conditions delaying log drying, a firming timber price from $1 to $4 per thousand, and increased costs seen in the United States as demand grows.
A clergyman questions a husband about his wife attending church every Sunday. The husband replies he cannot persuade her to stay at home, implying she chooses church attendance herself. The dialogue highlights marital tensions and social norms of the time.
The report notes Heligoland's Sumlay in Heligoland starts Saturday at 4 p.m. and ends Sunday at the same hour, with church firsl tolling at the start. It mentions historic port restrictions during those hours. It also cites Chinese correspondents in Sianglai and a record tooth from Abyssinia by Baron Maurice de Rothechild. It lists rainfall records from Cherrapunji, Bom bay environs, Debundusha Kamerun, with annual figures.
The CPR will not accept freight after 3 pm for same day shipment. Goods must be at the freight shed before 3 o'clock or loaded next day. Patrons urged to place orders the day before shipment to allow proper packing and shipping. Herald annuals for sale at the Herald office or by mail per copy seven cents postage.
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