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Newspaper
Cranbrook Herald
Location
Cranbrook, British Columbia, Canada
Date
Jan 06, 1910
Page
7
At a well attended city hall meeting in Rossland last Wednesday evening the council set the thirteenth annual winter carnival for February 8 to February 12. A ball will be held at Miners' union hall on Wednesday evening and the snow shoe race will be replaced with a more interesting feature.
At the Prince Rupert launch, F B Girdlestone spoke of hoped cooperation with the Great Western and Grand Trunk Pacific railways to run high speed passenger steamers between Avonmouth docks and Montreal, forming the shortest Montreal to London route. Lebanon House at Twickenham burned, causing over £30,000 damage to stored furniture. The 1908 cancer death rate in England and Wales rose to 0.92 per 1,000, with Ireland faring better, while phthisis deaths fell slightly from 1907. Dividends of nine percent were paid to West Hartlepool shipyard workers under a co partnership scheme. Dr Ludwig Mond, eminent chemist and businessman, died in London aged 70. he co founded Brunner Mond Co and pioneered ammonia soda production, nickel refining, and Mond gas.
Mr and Mrs Robert Sharpe returned from Masinasin Alberta after six months on the ranch. James McLaren visited Cranbrook friends. Minnie Service of Cranbrook spent Sunday with the Greens. Harold Darling of Calgary called on local friends. H C C Abney spent New Year’s at Bull River and attended a dance. Bert Brown spent Sunday in Cranbrook with Mrs Brown who is improving. Otto Wisner Pat Kelly and Harry Penson of Galloway spent Sunday with Wardner friends. Mr and Mrs Fred Penson attended a Fort Steele dance. Mrs S C Smith visited Spokane friends. Verle Martin returned to Nelson after Christmas at home. Hazel Lund visited Wardner. Lillian Boak contracted a cold and could not start as Wardner school teacher. another teacher will be secured. Policeman Adney was in Cranbrook on official business.
In the Klondike region steep hills feed countless streams that flood with snowmelt and rain. Gold-bearing quartz leads and heavy glacial erosion deliver rich material to streams where dredges can reach it. I witnessed cleanups at Stewart River yielding 517.50 and 1283.86, underscoring plans to deploy twenty massive dredges on our property this summer.
Mrs. Martin visited Cranbrook on business while R Smith and Iney Venson returned home after a Fort Steele visit. Gatke the new saw mill superintendent called on friends. D Breckenridge and W Barclay were in Fort Steele on business. CPR inspector Rankin was in town. P Lund and Misses Hazel Edith Lund attended a Cranbrook ball. G Wilson arrived from Portland. Hazel Edith Lund and Roger Lund left for Calgary to attend school. Canadian Bridge Company aims to finish Wardner bridge by January 8 with foreman Pret tie summoned to Walkerville. Wardner notes praise for the visiting gentlemen and a card party hosted by Mrs. Lund in honor of Edith Hazel and Roger Lund.
Madelon Violet Jean Pinkham, third daughter of the Bishop of Calgary, married Thomas Fitzgerald Hume Crowe of Moyriesk Ebnis County Clare on December 29 at nine in the pro-Cathedral Calgary. The ceremony featured a fully choral service and notable gifts, with the bride given away by her brother A. M. Pinkham. The newlyweds departed for London after the ceremony.
The ceremony featured sable coat stole and muff as bride gift. The festivities honored the forty first anniversary of the bride’s parents, J. F M. Pinkham, manager of the Imperial Bank local branch, whose brother arrived home in time to join the celebrations.
A short reflective verse by Walt Mason on self improvement and steady effort. The speaker vows to always do his best, walk a middle path, and face life with a stout heart, regardless of worldly praise or hardship.
The eleventh annual convention of the Associated Boards of Trade of Eastern British Columbia will be held in Nelson on January 20, with the first session at 10 AM. It will likely last two days, with delegates from Trail, Rossland, Grand Forks, Greenwood, Cranbrook, Moyie, Creston, Fernie, Kaslo, and Nelson attending.
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