Creston Scots Celebrate with Burns Night at Mercantile Hall
A large Creston crowd attended a Burns Night program at Mercantile Hall. Rev W G Dake chaired and praised Burns as a universal voice of brotherhood. Bagpipes and Italian orchestra entertained before dancing with Scotch themes followed by haggis, cakes, and coffee. Decorations featured plaid, flags, and mottoes. Observers included local volunteers from Cranbrook and Vancouver surrounding communities.
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Creston
Mercantile Hall
W. G. Dake
Burns
Fernie
Celebrate Wedding Anniversary at Vancouver Apartment
The Vancouver social item notes Mr and Mrs James Ryan hosted a January 20 gathering in their apartment to mark their wedding anniversary. The event featured floral decorations, refreshments, and tea with guests including Mr and Mrs W E Worden and Miss Helen Worden of Cranbrook and others from Santa Monica Hollywood Andover and Vancouver.
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Adolph
Baynes Lake
B.C
C. D. McNab
Waldo
Gi. L. Rogers
Vancouver
J. B. Vandecar
Victoria
Vetura Noble
R. M. Roberts
Renfrew Apartments
Ryan
Cranbrook
The
Herald
James Ryan
W. E. Worden
Helen Worden
Short
Maud Short
Santa Monica
Calif
G. T. Baird
Baird
Andover
N.B
J. A. Harvey
Marguerite Harvey
Hollywood
Chown
Myles
Seu mas MacManus to Speak Here on Oil Finding Tale
Irish writer and lecturer Seu mas MacManus recounts his first trip to America and how he struck oil in his imagination after shipping manuscripts from a Donegal hillside school. He recalls meeting Harper's editor Alden in New York and presenting his Irish tales.
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Seumas MacManus
America
Donegal
Harpers
Alden
VIGORAL Tonic Promises Health for All Ages in Canada
Cranbrook Book and Drug Co advertises Great French Tonic VIGORAL as a cure for weakness in men women and children. A bottle costs $1.00 and the tonic is claimed to tone the kidneys liver and blood. The rest of the text recounts an anecdote about Seumas MacManus and Mr Alden at Harpers Magazine with a tale of payment for stories and unforeseen editor enthusiasm.
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Cranbrook Drug & Book Co
Cranbrook Book & Drug Co
Canada
Cranbrook Drug & Book Store
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Norbury Avenue
East Kootenay Mercantile Co
C.C.S
Norbury Ave
Cranbrook Co-Operative Stores, Limited
Cheston
Scotland
St. Lamont
Miss Lamont
Forrester
Henderson
Bradley
McCreath
H. Hamilton
Carfra
McBride
Dhu
Reid
Ask Cranbrook Drug and Book Co
Cranbrook, B.C
Vigoral
Mr. Alden
Mr. Aden
Harpers’ Y
Aliie Cannon
MacManus
Harper Brothers
New York
Boston
Cranbrook and District
Coats
TION
Ferris
Betty
Dominion Iron & Metal CO
Sit Suvi
Rossland
Old
Interior B. C
B. C
Crow
Imperial Bank of Canada
Toronto
D. R. Wilkie
Robert Jaffray
W. Supple
Mgr
Kelley
USEUM
Spokane
Western Sportsman
the Western Sportsma
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