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Newspaper
Cranbrook Herald
Location
Cranbrook, British Columbia, Canada
Date
Jan 11, 1917
Page
3
A promotion prompts readers to evaluate if glasses would aid sight and reduce eye strain. It suggests assessing headaches from defective vision and sensitivity to light, and invites examination with possible fitting. The emphasis is on personal benefit and reader reassurance.
The item notes NISBET serving as Judge of the Court of Revision and Appeal, detailing a civic role within local judiciary. No further context is provided in the fragment.
The Minister of Lands invites sealed tenders by noon December 20 for Licence No. 184 to cut 1 500 000 feet of merchantable timber on land adjoining Lot 8 16 of Lot 4501 near Peavine Creek in the Kootenay District. Timber removal over two years. Details from Chief Forester Victoria BC or District Forester Cranbrook RC.
The Neal Treatment gains backing from business men bankers clergy and physicians. Seek your doctor for details and write for the booklet from the Neal Institute Cranbrook B C.
Local notices announce The Midsummer Night's Dream upcoming performances and list Cranbrook Exchange offerings from boots and shoes to straw for hens. City auditor appointment, school board updates, salary request actions, and community fund contributions are reported along with weather and local business ads.
The Cranbrook Women’s Institute profits from its cook book sales directed to Red Cross Work. Mrs J T Sarvis led the department for six months with strong results. Members benefited from five cookery lectures by Miss Hays on foods, meals, breads, desserts, meats, sauces, and soups. The lectures highlighted balanced meals and practical domestic science.
The speaker defends a decisive merit in a municipal election and urges Christians to witness against social sins. He argues fear and complacency hinder public ethics, calling for church action to apply Christian principles to law enforcement, social reform, and corruption. He cites alcohol and prostitution as social ills needing state law and moral leadership.
The article argues that gospel teachings must be applied in municipal and national life. It says backing current candidates does not prove superiority, but loyalty to fundamental Christian principles matters. It concludes that church public stance may face opposition yet helps society’s perception.
An American Special Hygiene Association letter to Rev. Wo HL Bridge credits leaders like Dr Charles Elliott and Jane Addams and argues abolition of red light districts. It likens vice districts to dens of thieves, noting profits flow to keepers and liquor interests while reform must come from intelligent community leadership.
Fayetteville mothers praise Vincl a constitutional remedy that restores appetite aids digestion and builds healthy blood. A weak child improved after using Vincl and is now healthier in town. The testimonial invites mothers to try Vincl on a guarantee.
An advertisement extols a vegetarian remedy for common ailments. It promises to act on the stomach liver and bowels to regulate and strengthen these organs. The product is described as purely vegetable and without harmful drugs and offers relief when feeling despondent.
A speaker argues for brighter policy on prostitution, contending repression harms virtue and noting that evils arise from lax law enforcement. He travels the country, asserts closures do not cause more vice, and credits honest police work with preventing dispersion of prostitutes.
Public notice calls Cranbrook electors to the Municipal Building on January 8 1917 at noon to elect a Mayor Aldermen and School Trustees. Nominations require two proposer and seconder voters and delivery to the Returning Officer by the nomination date. If a poll is required it will be held January 11 1917. Qualifications defined for Mayor and Aldermen.
The notice outlines eligibility to vote and to be elected as school trustees in the district. British subjects aged twenty one or older residing in the district for six months prior to nomination, owning land or real property valued as assessed, and listed on the municipal assessment roll may qualify. Returning Officer M Roberts notes details and calls for applications to the Secretary of the Interior or Dowinson Lands agents.
Synopsis of coal mining regulations for Dominion rights across Manitoba Saskatchewan Alberta Yukon North West Territories and part of British Columbia. Leases valid twenty one years with annual rental one dollar per acre up to 2560 acres per applicant. Applications must be made in person to district agents with land described by sections or subdivisions and staking in unsurveyed areas. A 35 fee is required and refundable if rights are unavailable. Royalty five cents per ton on mineable coal with sworn returns and annual reporting. Lease covers coal mining rights only with potential to purchase accessible coal.
James White of Port Steele area seeks to divert 100 inches of Bowlder Creek water for placer mining at Nip and Tick 12 B, from a point near the mouth. The Water Recorder in Fernie will file the notice under the Water Act 1914, objections due within thirty days of first publication in the local newspaper.
James White of Fort Steele British Columbia applies to divert 200 inches of water from Fisher Creek in a northeasterly flow for placer mining on Nip and Tuck lease. Notices posted January. objections due within thirty days to Water Recorder Fernie or Comptroller in Victoria.
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