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Newspaper
Cranbrook Herald
Location
Cranbrook, British Columbia, Canada
Date
Jan 15, 1920
Page
6
Local notices report Cranbrook area updates including store ads for Cranbrook Trading Co and Beale & Elwell services. Events include Methodist Ladies Aid tea, a home-hosted wedding in Cranbrook, a veterans hall dance, and water supply disruption on Baker Street. Also mentions life insurance warning, a fire loss tally, and holiday travel agents in Montreal and Edmonton connections.
Salvation Army notes list officer R. H. Gray and contact at Hill's ranch. Sunday activities include 3 p.m. service and 7:30 p.m. Sunday school with "Heaven, It's Inhabitants." Monday at 7 p.m. Young People's meeting features "Object Lesson." All are invited.
Patrons of the Rex theatre enjoyed a two night program featuring nearly all new members. Mrs Willinger offered violin pieces with Miss Ivy Bidder providing accompaniment. Intermission featured a well received selection from Norma with applause at its end.
The Baptist church Women’s Missionary Circle held its annual meeting at Mrs. J. Palmer’s home. Mrs. J. N. Sinclair chaired with twenty members present. New officers include President Mrs. J. P. Sinclair, Vice-President Mrs. F. Constan tih, Secretary Mrs. J. F. Bridges, Treasurer Mrs. 4. Brice, Link Secretary Miss L. M Smith.
Mothers are urged to use California Syrup of Wigs to ease feverish and constipated children. The ad claims it clears clogged bowels within hours, helps stomach and liver, and is safe for all ages and adults. It promotes counter sales with low prices and a complete stock list from The Cranbrook Herald.
An advertisement touts Papa's Diapepsin as a quick remedy for stomach pain gas and dyspepsia. It claims relief within five minutes by neutralizing acidity and encourages readers to visit the drug store for a fifty cent dose. It mentions indigestion fermentation and dizziness and urges subscribing to the Herald for more news.
Classified notice seeking maternity nursing applicants. Apply at 148 Dalton Avenue or Box 931 Fernie British Columbia. Dated December 18, 1941.
A long list of visitors from Jaffray, Creaton, Wardner, Kimberley, Yahk, Nelson, Fernie, and other towns come to the city last week and weekend for business and social calls. Several locals are mentioned by name along with illnesses, travels, and a recent wedding in Wardner. A Frenchman causing disturbance on Baker street was fined forty dollars.
Two youths, unnamed for their age, arrested by Chief P. Adams and held for trial before County Court Judge Thompson on charges of stealing three large bales of hay from the barn of B. Worden. They are set to be tried on December 19 amid allegations of prior offenses.
An early 20th century ad touts Danderine as a remedy for dandruff and hair loss. It claims thin brittle hair improves after using a “little Danderine” nightly and urges readers to buy Knowlton's brand from any drug store for “beautiful hair and lots of it.”
A liner exporting house has opened in the rooms once used as Victory Loan headquarters. It will ship liquors and carry on an export trade with other provinces.
The Toronto Globe notes the New Year Day wedding of Ruby McGillivray to Rev Hugh Mackay Lyon of Cranbrook B C. The ceremony at Orangeville was by Rev Jenkins Burkholder and Miss Gladys Taylor assisted. Bride wore brown silvertone with Ophelia roses. The couple planned a trip and then a move to Cranbrook.
The Christ Church congregation presented a handsome set of cutlery to Mr Fr Morris a valued manual training instructor in the Central schools. Mr Morris is a choir member Sunday school teacher and the energetic secretary of the Parish supervision committee.
C W Hallamore longtime manager of the Canadian Bank of Commerce Cranbrook has been transferred to the Bank of Commerce in New Westminster. He says Cranbrook holds a bright future and 1920 looks promising. His departure date is not yet announced.
Police Chief Adams arrested a woman for suspected shady character this week. She pleaded guilty in police court, was fined, and ordered to leave the city. Four other women deemed improper were ordered to close and depart, though not arrested.
John W. Lucas, born in Eastern Canada, moved to Cayley Alberta sixteen years ago and built a large farm. He earned top prizes for oats, barley, wheat, and seed crops, while adopting Iowa methods to improve crop yield and quality. He now grows heavy crops, uses selective breeding for potatoes, and emphasizes livestock as part of a successful farming career.
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