Washington Clock Ticks Across the Continent
A Washington master clock at the Naval Observatory sent second-by-second time signals over telegraph lines to Cranbrook and beyond on New Year’s Eve, with Cranbrook reporting the cadence as the pendulum swung to mark the year. President Mitchell, facing imminent death, received baptismal rites at the Claypool hotel as he prepared to meet his end, while miners at St Magene Mine rejected an arbitration award and anticipated an independent wage schedule with Mr Aldridge.
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Naval Observatory
Washington
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Washington, D. C
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Lian Salle
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St. John’s Parish
W. D. Ryan
Tlinois
Mogie
St. Magene
Arbitration Board
Board of Arbitration
Aldridge
Alberta horseman injured in California plunge
T W Jenkinson and J Robinson, wealthy Iberia Can horsemen, survived a 30 foot embankment plunge after a late afternoon auto race from Santa Anita. Jenkinson leg crushed likely crippling. Bailey and others injured but to recover. They were taken to a Pasadena hospital. Jenkinson breeds draught horses at Pincher Creek and Medicine Hat ranches.
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T. W. Jenkinson
J. Robinson
Iberia
Can Aline
Santa Anita
Arcadia
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Jeakinson
Chas. Bailey
Jenkinson
Bailey
Pasadena
Robinson
West
Pincher Creek
Medicine Hat
Calgary
Royal Command for Il Mahrraz Temple Members
Royal Vizier orders all Arabs of Il Mahrraz Temple No. 12 to seal and remove tyres from the plain of the Kootenay and report at the Oasis of Crantrook on January 22 at 8 p m ready for a desert journey to Zim Zem. Spokane caravan will escort with camels and tyres to ensure none miss anything as music fills the night.
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Kootenay
Seaiute
Lasco
Crantrook
Arabian
Zim-Zem
Ain
Mill reopens as workers prepare for winter logging
The Robinson-McKenzie Lumber company plans to run its saw mill near Cranbrook two miles south of town into winter. Twenty teams of horses arrived to haul logs, with many workers employed. three men were killed in an accidental dynamite explosion at a nearby grading contract site, ruled accidental after an inquest.
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Cranbrook
B. Cy
Maretti
Paulo
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Gzowski
Cranbrook Herald Praised by Local Business Men
The Cranbrook Herald receives strong support from area businesses as F. J. Simpson publishes 16 pages for two weeks and is credited with one of the best weekly issues in the interior. Local merchants thank the editor for his efforts and pledge continued patronage.
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F. J. Simpson
Cranbrook
Herald
Phoenix Pioneer
Late Cranbrook minister chosen for Alberta temperance post
Red Deer Alberta reported that Dr W G W Fortune was offered the field secretary role for the Alberta Temperance and Moral Reform leagues with a salary of $2000 plus expenses. Fortune, previously pastor at Cranbrook, is a well known local figure.
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Alta
Dee
W. G. W. Fortune
Albertan Temperance and Moral Reform Leagues
League
Fortune
Iranbrook
Dying Canadian Warsman Ned Thinkin Mentioned in Toronto
Noted figure Ned Thinkin dies at his Toronto home after a career as a prominent Canadian warsman. He once held the world championship for single skulls, a title later taken by Trickett in Australian waters. John Robson Cameron, long time editor of the Hamilton Spectator, dies. he was known in the west for his tenure at the Winnipeg Free Press.
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Toronto
Thinlan
Trickett
John Robson Cameron
Hamilton Spectator
Cameron
Winnipeg Free Press
Lumbermen to Meet in Nelson January Event
A coast and mountain lumbermen meet in Nelson on January 10 to discuss important matters. An evening ball will follow with Cranbrook attendees expected.
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Nelson
Cranbrook
Man Weds J N Terrill of Medicine Jat News Remarries
Terrill of the Medicine Jat News weds Miss Mary Mitchell last Monday. The Morald wishes the couple happiness and a bright future together.
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J. N. Terrill
The
Medicine Jat News
Mary Mitchell
Mrs. Terrill
Orange Men Elect Officers at Cranbrook Lodge No 1871
The Cranbrook L O L No 1871 elected officers including W Md Ei Larrigan as chief, M-M Melachern as chaplain, W Walsh as secretary treasurer, J Lind as deputy secretary, and J E Wallace as deputy secretary. Committee members are R A Fraser G Farrarson J Routledge Zeral Gibson and T Dempsey.
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Cranbrook
Larrigan
Christ Church Sunday School Treat on Epiphany Day
The children of Christ Church Sunday School will be treated at the rectory on January 6 at 4 p.m. Congregants are asked to send table supplies and money for gifts to the children. The congregation should show strong interest in this event.
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Christ Church
Correction issued on Pincher operator in Brocket wreck report
The Lethbridge Herald corrected an error stating the Brocket wreck operator was asleep. It was actually the operator at Pincher who was at fault. The Herald notes the correction and apologizes for the mistake.
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Brocket
Lethbridge
Pincher
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