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Newspaper
Cranbrook Herald
Location
Cranbrook, British Columbia, Canada
Date
Feb 26, 1914
Page
5
Flower and garden seeds advertised at Ward & Harris. Local notes include births at Cottage hospital Cranbrook and Rock Creek, visitors from Moyie and Cranbrook, and church Ladies' Aid meetings. Multiple personal updates and shop items provide a snapshot of town life in early 1914.
Church services planned at Mrs J D McBride home on Garden Ave Wednesday at 3 pm. Ward Harris lists fresh sausages and produce. Cranbrook Meat Market promotes quality meats. Judge Leask and local officials pursue Rex Theatre rent recovery. Obituary notes: Mrs Nellie Cline dies aged 42 with funeral at Roman Catholic church. Deborah Lodge visit by Mrs Parker includes reception and degree conferrals. Minor Park Earl suffers leg amputation after accident on logging road.
A man injured after a train accident near Cranbrook is rushed to Cranbrook hospital with severe injuries to his legs, doctors hopeful for recovery. At the Railway Y M C A Mr B L Williams received a carved steel engraving as thanks for his years of service before leaving town. Knox Church Society held its first social in the Presbyterian schoolroom with about fifty attendees enjoying a lively program and refreshments. Peter J Murphy, armless and legless, visited the Herald with a $1 donation to Mr Riley’s hospital fund and spoke of the challenges he faces. The Riley fund continues to grow, with appeals for further contributions to supply artificial limbs before Riley’s discharge.
Sumdays Low mass at 8 30 a m high mass 10 30 a m Sunday school from 2 to 3 p m Rosary and Bene diction at 7 30 p m Mondays and holy days of obligation Mass at 9 a m Week days Mass at 6 a m at the hospital P Plamondon O M I
Rev W Elson Dunham will preach at 11:00 am and 7:30 pm with topics Some Good Reasons for Evading Christian Responsibility and Ideals for Our City. Morning music includes Anthem Come Holy Spirit and Adante con moto Offertory. postlude Allegro Pomposo. Evening organ recital by Mr Nidd precedes services. Choir leader Mrs Geo Stevenson and organist Mr Chas F Nidd. All are invited.
Knox Presbyterian Church schedules morning service at 11 am with guest speaker G Dingle of Calgary addressing The Work of the Christ. Evening service at 7 30 pm titled Is There Any Hereafter. Choir anthem at both services directed by Mrs E Paterson with organist H Stephens. Board of Managers meet Monday 8 pm. Midweek service Tuesday 8 pm. Knox Literary and Debating Club Wednesday at p.m.
Rev Kendall, pastor, announces morning service at 11 with evening service at 7 30. Sunday school and Bible class at 9 30, weekly Wednesday prayer at 8. Morning topic Heaven, evening topic Satisfaction for Soul Thirst. Cordial invitation to all.
Have pretty hair with Parisian Sage sold by Beattie Murphy Co Ltd and at drug counters. A large bottle costs 50 cents and is said to soften harsh hair, curb dandruff, and improve scalp dryness for shinier, thicker looking hair.
Last Friday the RYMLCA classroom held a lively debate on Should Canada Have a Navy with Lesile and Oliver Bristow for the affirmative and Lesile Williams Cecil I. Reede for the negative. The affirmative side won the popular vote as the best grasp of the topic was shown.
The note promotes a welcoming invitation to drop into the building to see activities. It calls the place the liveliest in town, highlights a fine selection of gramophone records, and notes growing membership despite hard times with many unsolicited members. Cecil Shepherd is quoted saying not to worry.
Preliminary grade reports list Marion Thomas .76 Gracie Higgins .67 Beatrix Parris 66 Carl Gill .68 Doris Kershaw 68 John Pye .61 Vincent Fink 60 Edith Macdonald .57 Frances Noble 665 Hazel Taylor 49 Wanda Fink .49 Dorothy Mackey 48 Marion Leitch 48 Frances Drummond 45 Advanced Junior Grade Hia Griffin 81 Jack Wilson .78 Ashton Powers .52 Dorothy Webb 50 Intermediate Grade Sarah Palmer .82 Ruth Stephens 41 Wilfrid Dallas .79
A Vancouver Daily Province summary notes East Kootenay hosts major mineral districts including Crows Nest Pass coal Kimberley and Moyle silver lead fields Field mercury at Field Golden and Sinclair radioactive waters Vermount antimony Ice River sodalite Kicking Horse Pass copper Windermere iron Bull River and more. The Kootenay Central branch of CPR will open transport along the Selkirks from Golden to Bull River aiding future development. The Windermere area is noted for gold silver lead and zinc prospects.
Annie Yarwood states she did not take part in the C C S piano contest after it closed, alleging Mr. McFarlane destroyed many of her votes. She thanks friends for their faithful support.
Multiple small notices show rental offers for a four roomed cottage with modern conveniences and water included at $20 per month, a furnished or unfurnished option, and a stable with electric light at $1.50 monthly. Jobs advertised include at home catalog work earning $15 weekly and a genuine housemaid or nursery governess position. Household items for sale and requests for bear traps are listed along with a ranch to rent description and a general Herald office reference for applications.
Classified notice items show multiple rental and employment requests from Cranbrook to Nelson. Items include a chicken ranch on shares or cash sought by Fred Hillman, a four roomed cottage for rent with modern conveniences, a pine shop sawyer position, a lady stenographer for a financial office, and miscellaneous ads for carpet heating, furnace cleaning, a young mare for sale, a Democrat political ad, and wood for sale. Addresses reference Nicola Valley Pine Lumber Co. and Box 289 City in the Cranbrook area.
A Detroit firm advertises a free copy of a so called efficacy boosting prescription for nervous debility and weak manhood. It promises a rapid home cure without medicine and urges readers to send for the sealed envelope mailing to Interstate Remedy Co. in Detroit Michigan.
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