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Newspaper
Cranbrook Herald
Location
Cranbrook, British Columbia, Canada
Date
Feb 02, 1905
Page
3
Local notes list visits by Heal Morrow and McFarlanes, social events, a firemen’s dance, bakery specials, weddings, deaths, and business changes. Notable items include Mary Podbalanick’s death, Mrs. Connolly offering lessons, Dr. King’s Cranbrook influence, and Rossland winter carnival plans.
Miss Mabel Wellman visits family in Cranbrook from Vancouver. Fernie hotel plans and Calgary stock theatre success. A petition for stricter game-killing laws circulates province wide. A baby dies, funeral in Cranbrook. Local office moves and a fire-destroyed Calgary Cattle slaughterhouse. Public fire brigade badge apology. Literary society and mayoral election program with woman suffrage on the ballot. Pandora stoves and Cranbrook fire brigade fundraiser on February 16 at Wentworth hall. Tickets sold locally.
A Cranbrook resident extols the local climate describing it as ideal with light snow for sleighing and bright sunshine. The writer notes the pleasant conditions compare favorably to harsher western Canadian winters and adds a postscript about recent temperature drops.
Miss Nannie B. Crosby third daughter of D. P. Crosby of Sunny Side Burlington married Seth Watson Ryckman of Cranbrook British Columbia at 4 p m on Wednesday January 18 at her father’s residence Rev Dr Williamson performed the ceremony Mrs Wricht Orr of Oakville played the wedding march The couple left on the 640 p m train for Cranbrook amid rice showers and good wishes
Dan Alton resigns after a year as head of the bridge and building department at Cranbrook for a post with Canada Pipe Company of Vancouver. He leaves with gifts to his wife and himself from B and B department staff and senior colleagues, and will reside in Cranbrook until his move.
A local store promotes stock taking with new arrivals of four complete assortments of International Stock poultry food. The ad highlights poultry care to keep hens laying during high egg prices and invites customers to visit, promising complete stock across all lines.
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