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Newspaper
Cranbrook Herald
Location
Cranbrook, British Columbia, Canada
Date
Jan 04, 1924
Page
5
Kimberley notes include holiday festivities at Cranbrook clubs and a Masonic Lodge installation. Mentions New Year celebrations with Robinson’s orchestra, local movers to Quatsino Sound, and life insurance agents promoting services. Also recalls Kimberley hockey's season opener in Cranbrook ending in an 8 8 draw.
The Trail Smelter reports ore deliveries from December 1 to 21 in several mines and localities including American Boy Sandon B C and Silversmith Sondon B C with totals. Fernie voters see Mayor Henderson seeking re election amid recent waterworks sewer work and Home Bank collapse affecting funds.
John Griffith Wray of Thomas H. Ince studios says simple scenes demand the most hazard. He cites a flood sequence in Her Reputation filmed near Yuma Arizona where an entire village was swept away after flooding a river below a dam. Two lives were risked to film a fleeting river sequence at the Star theatre showing Chaplin during Friday and Saturday engagement.
A man forlorn after a breakup laments in mangled phrasing. He clings to the hope of reconciliation while admitting the loss of companionship and future together. The piece reads as a quivering monologue on love and abandonment.
Wycliffe reports arrivals and departures including Mr. Leith and Mr. Gontard, rink conditions improving for skating, a ski trip party led by Chester Staples, and residents attending the New Year’s Ball despite extreme cold. The saw mill faced shutdowns as temperatures plunged to record lows, and a Cranbrook man’s poker misadventure is noted.
An ad-like note touts Freezone as painless for corns and calluses. A druggist sells a tiny bottle for a few cents, claiming instant relief and easy removal without soreness.
The residents extend sympathy to Mrs. R. J. Cooke and family on the sudden death of her husband in Cranbrook on Monday from heart trouble. He had lived in Fernie ten years after moving from Lancaster England and worked for the Coal Co in several roles before moving to Cranbrook. He joined the 225th Battalion but was discharged medically unfit for overseas service. An active member of the LOOM and K of P lodges, the funeral is set for Sunday at 2.30 at Fernie Free Press.
Mrs John Brown of Brandon Manitoba writes that Vicks relieves head cold chest ache and chilblains for her small children and herself. She uses it as a salve and inhalant and praises its quick relief and lack of nausea. The ad notes 60c a jar and offers a free test size from Vick Chemical Co Montreal.
The notice outlines conditions for pre emptions by British subjects over 18 to reserve vacant Crown lands for agriculture including minimum acreage rules west and east of the Coast Range. It details application steps, required five year occupancy, improvements of at least ten dollars per acre, and references to Bulletin No. 10. It also covers homsite leases for small dwellings, timberland sales, and grazing regulations with district divisions and permits procedures.
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