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Newspaper
Cranbrook Herald
Location
Cranbrook, British Columbia, Canada
Date
Jan 18, 1906
Page
3
A reflective essay contrasts omitting flowers at graves with valuing simple home virtues. It laments ostentatious praise, extols serene domestic life, and urges men to honor mothers, wives, and family, celebrating a son’s loyal love as the true knightly path.
A reflective piece weaving personal resolve with national notes on progress. It catalogs transport milestones, Harriman’s rail records, and specific Canada agricultural and forest assets, including figures for exports, farm ownership, and reserves. It links personal virtue to national growth, urging steady effort and hopeful renewal.
The Chatham Daily Planet profiles Mr Peter Lund of Western Canada a prominent businessman in fuel dining landing and railway construction. Born in Sweden he immigrated aged nine and built a network of firms Breckenridge Lund and Lundbreck Alberta. He and his bride plan to settle after a multi city honeymoon visiting Niagara Montreal Chicago St Paul Washington and Montana.
The Lund Couzens wedding at Colborne Street united Miss Alice Couzens to Peter Lind a Wardner coal and lumber merchant in a Presbyterian ceremony conducted by Rev Dr Battis. Relatives attended a six o'clock service with decor of palms ferns and Christmas themes. A wedding dinner and reception followed with costly gifts and formal congratulations from Chatham society.
Mic and Mrs Lund left on the IL Pelock Wahost for a month long honeymoon spanning Montreal New York St Paul and other places. They will reside in Wardner H C. Attending out of town were Mr and Mrs Jus Coudens Detroit Homer Olms Detroit Albert Couzens Watteville BG and Mr and Mrs Haut Darling Montreal.
Inquest into the death of Robert Wellington Emerson, a Lariviere resident and C P R railway brakeman, found on the wrecked Snowflake line. The jury returned an accidental death verdict due to a skull fracture from the January 8 derailment, with witnesses detailing the crash and injuries.
Mrs Cassie L Chadwick faces a 100 year sentence for conspiracy to wreck Citizens National Bank of Oberlin Otto. She is escorted by police to the prison in Columbus amid a large crowd. Officials question her illness while she awaits assignment to work or sewing, after being identified as Madame Devere a former forgery convict.
The Twentyeth Century fire escape invention by Robert Watson and Charles J Stevenson of Nanaimo has secured New York capitalists to manufacture for Greater New York. Funds are deposited in Royal Bank of Canada Vancouver. Tests in Seattle and New York showed strong performance, with fire halls and several large hotels adopting the system.
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