Funeral attendance and ventures in Moyie Meader notes
J P Barrell attends Edward Lawlor funeral in Cranbrook. Manhattan level inn changes hands with Joe Goupill selling stock to Philip Summers and Jack Thompson who assume control. Goupill in Fernie, possible departure to Touapak. Summers and Thompson are longtime locals poised to secure the venture. Paul Jensen at Cranbrook hospital suffers a grip attack. W B Laing rents Moyle barber shop to Pete Smith of Toronto. Miss Pearson returns to Spokane. Warrell sustains eye injuries at Pineher Station hotel gas lighting site. I Brenton trims 120 tons for Burns & Co and ships 60 to Creston. mill caveat weather halts work. William Barclay visits Wardner. locals glad to see him. Breckenridge, Carlin, Doyle visit Wardner. Masquerade ball planned. election results remarkers may dress as telephone girls.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Moyie Meader
J.P. Barrell
Cranbrook
Edward Lawlor
Manhattan Level Hus
Joe Goupill
Philip Summers
Jack Thompson
Mr. Goupill
Fernie
Touapak
Moyle
Summers
Thompson
Paul Jensen
Cranbrook Hospital
W. B. Laing
Pete Smith
Toronto
Pearson
Spokane
Chas, Warrell
Pineher Station
I. Brenton
1, Burns &Co
Creston
FernieMaurice Quain Proposes Fernie Electric Extension
Maurice Quain superintendent of Cranbrook Electric Light and Power visits Fernie to discuss extending the system toward Fernie. He says talks are early but favorable and notes the line currently runs to Elkhorn and Baynes Lake with seven miles to Mika. The firm aims to reach Spokane soon and plans another Fernie visit.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Maurice Quain
Cranbrook
Quain
Spokane
Fernie
R. W. Wood
Thos. Crane
Michel
Coal Creek
Foreman Montalberti crushed finger and other town notes
Frank George Montalberti, tipple foreman, suffered a severely crushed finger last Thursday while spragging a car, risking amputation. New office staff for Canadian American company include C. B. Albright from Helena and W. B. Heald from Cardiff. Paddy Doran now leads the yard crew. A logging road accident near Beard’s camp killed one horse and nearly injured a worker as a team collision followed a broken yoke. Miss Bessie Mosley and Aumistus Pearson wed at the bride’s home. Wardner political foes fretting over vote counts, 71 votes recorded, marking strong canvassing. Dr. King honored by re-election amid district bereavement. Crows Nest Lumber Co. shareholders report a prosperous year. planing mill shut to relocate.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
George Montalberti
C. B. Albright
Helena
G. J. Wiltse
W. B. Heald
Cardiff
South Wales
P. McClellin
Paddy” Doran
Beard
Blairmore
Frank
Bessie Mosley
Aaron Mosley
Bellevue
Aumistus Pearson
Two Coal Mine Disasters Hit West Virginia and Saarbruecken
A Stewart mine blast near Fayetteville West Virginia kills 80 plus miners trapped 500 feet below with rescue delayed 48 hours and air ventilation damaged. In Saarbruecken Prussia, 148 dead from Birdstock shaft disaster with 62 rescued as 180 men begin mine clearance and recovery into the night.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Charleston
W. Va
Stewart
Fayetteville
Saarbruecken
Phinish
Prussia
Manaher von Velsen
Swettenham Apologizes International Feature Of Jamaica Incident
London Jan 29 The Associated Press reports Governor Swettenham formally withdrew his letter to Rear Admiral Davis and expressed regret over it closing the Kingston incident. The move followed extensive telegraphic messages from the colonial office and a forthcoming British inquiry into the Admiral Davis incident. A Liberal forecast maps Alberta’s new Dominion constituencies with Calgary and Edmonton areas split into three and four seats respectively, reshaping the province’s electoral map.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
London
Associated Press
Kingston
Swettenham
Davis
Colonial Office
United States State Department
Foreign Office
Howard
Jamaica
Admiral Davis
Sydney Oliver
Alberta
Dominion
Red Deer
Innisfail
Ponoka
Lethbridge
Raymond
Coutts
Medicine Hat
Gleichen
Curzon
Rosebud Creek
Calgary
Cardston
Frank
Claresholm
Nanton
High River
Banti
Carstairs
Olds
Bowden
Panoka
Mdmonton
Country
Monton
Trithcona
New Western Canadian Railway Appointments Announced
Montreal January changes place General Superintendent Bury as western general manager from Lake Superior to the western coast. A. Price becomes general superintendent of transportation. Supt. Marpole shifts to coast duties and F. F. Busteed is named assistant chief engineer. Implemented immediately.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Montreal
Winnipeg
Whyte
Shaughnessy
Jarani
Canada
Bury
Western
Lake Superior
James Leonard
A. Price
Marpole
Pacific
F. F. Busteed
Twelve year olds study stories to learn from life
In a Cincinnati area public school a class called Mixers, twelve year olds, read about great figures and write about the character they found most interesting. One student recounts a fabled Boogerty Washington who guides enslaved people, but the account merges misrepresentations and troubling scenes, reflecting confusion and bad memory.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cincinnati
Boogerty Washington
Nan
Tuskeegee
Monthly School Report 3 Division 1 to Division V
School report lists pupils and teachers across divisions 1 2 3 4 5. Attendance figures show total attending and average attendance with several names noted for perfect attendance. Data includes Clifford Caldwell Ward Pupils and teachers Purdy Frazer and others with incomplete numbers.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Anderson
Clarles McCowan
Edith Hall
Maud Short
Harvey Dickson
Kathleen Bridges
Joe Bourgoine
Robert Finley
Jessie Kennedy
Bella Taylor
Jessie McCowan
George Kerr
Claire Caldwell
Georg Cartwright
Tonise Haeg
Melva Cartwright
Charlie Laurie
Grace Finley
Arthur Fowler
Sadie Gillis
Lilian McCowan
Olive White
R. O. Purdy
Laurenta Armstrong
Bong. Bearlie
Marcus Derr
Gordon Fowler
Carl Gill
Andy Patterson
Robert Reid
Sfall
Wilfrid Brault
Rollo Johnstone
Lee Look
Lottie Seask
Rainsford Parks
Frazer
Library Voting Contest Brings 100-Volume Prize to Cranbrook
P H Poole of Winnipeg launches a voting contest in Cranbrook with a 100-volume library and oak bookcase as the prize. Votes earned by purchases at participating firms and at Beattie and Atchison drug store determine the winner among local lodges schools and societies. New and old subscribers to the Herald gain 200 votes with a $2 subscription, and coupons are issued with purchases and job work.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
P. H. Poole
Winnipeg
Walter Scott
Elliot
Dumas
Dickens
Hall Caine
Bulwer
Lytton
Arnold
Full & Co
Library Voting Contest in Cranbrook area
A local library voting contest runs from February 5 to June 21 offering votes for every ten cent purchase. Merchants deposit votes at Beattie and Artisan's drug store, with ballots cast for the Lodge Society Church or School earning the library prize. The winner is the organization with the most votes given by patrons who pay current accounts to participate.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Lodge
Chireh
Cranbrook
Beattie & Atelisan
Cooperative Stores Draw Bargain Seekers With Slashed Prices
A Co operative Stores promotion used a window display of a $24 dish set and a $44 dresser stand with daily $1 price cuts. Interest grew as prices dropped, with Mrs Thomas Lee buying the dishes for $13 and Mrs Noble Oliver securing the dresser for $21. Clerks work hard as shoppers respond to the bargain plan.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Co-operative
Thomas Lee
Noble Oliver
Hindus On Rail Crew Replaced After Mass Layoff
Vancouver report states bosses Ronnie Tironsides and Campbell discharged a group of 200 Hindu workers from railroad construction on the V V and. They claim every effort failed and the white man is deemed equal to three. The incident reflects tensions in labor hiring practices and racial attitudes on the project.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Vancouver
Tironsides
Ronnie
Campbell
Also Mentioned on This Page
Moyie
Reasae
William Barclay
Wardner
Chiresholm Lumber & Grain Company
Messrs
John and
David Breckenridge
Wm. Carlin
Alf. Doyle
Fernie Kree Press
The
Frank Paper
A Wardner News
Dr. King
Crows Nest Pass
Virginia
MR. Bury
Titik Young Idea
Hill & CO. Trading Company
Beattie & Atchison
P. Burns & Co McCallum & CO
A. L. McDermot
Detail Bros
B. C
B. H. Short & Co. Cartage and Transfer Co
Mason & Risch
SONS
Western Cottage
Bidyer Bros
Dominion Organ
Mison & Risch
Mason & Risch Piano Co., Ltd
Hudson’s Bay Block
Nelson, B.C. P.O
Beattie & Atchison Druggists
B.C
Distillers Company, Limited
King George IV
D. V. L. Scotch
R. R. Rithet & Co., Limited
Victoria, British Columbia
Miss Mansfield
G. J. Mansfield
Taylor
Hall
P. H. Johnson
Hall Safe CO
Cranbrook Foundry and Machine Shop
Coal and
Bankhead
W. E. Worden City Transfer CO
W. H. Bolton
Bolton
Jas. McArthur
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