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Newspaper
Cranbrook Herald
Location
Cranbrook, British Columbia, Canada
Date
Jan 26, 1922
Page
6
The town features sale ads for baby bonnets, sweaters, and woolen goods with discounts up to 95 percent plus tungsten lamp offers. Community notices include Valentine teas, a toy and cookery sale, a Parish Hall card party, and a plan for a spring convention by the Conservative provincial executive in Vancouver.
Local items report residents visiting and returning home, births at St Eugene and St Magene Hospitals, and upcoming church and school events. Notables include Mr. Lee Rader in Cranbrook, Mr. and Mrs. Lund welcoming a daughter, and W. M. Harris tipped as city postmaster. A Valentine Tea for Central School and Cranbrook band efforts are also mentioned.
Invermere displays show a coin collection theme with a circular from Standard Coin Co offering beginner coin packets at one dollar each. Highlights include anniversary books from Bank of Montreal and Canadian Bank of Commerce reproducing bank issued coins and stamps, plus pre federation gold pieces from British Columbia.
In Alberta reports, the Liberal caucus at the provincial capital discussed cabinet makeup with sessions sometimes held without ministers. A March provincial Liberal convention is planned on the coast. In Red Deer three carloads of dinosaur bones were moved to universities and the Geological Survey. In Victoria the Trail Smelter’s zinc output for last year rose nearly 60 percent, with sales expanding to the Orient.
A plan is under way to erect a major hydro electric center to serve Calgary and surrounding district and the Drumheller Valley, about 85 miles away. The project aims to provide substantial power supply for regional growth and development.
Short classified notices advertise Star Second Hand Store buying all furniture and duck eggs, Ducks for sale, and requests from D. F. Bush of Minneapolis for good harm for sale. Also British Rubber Company seeks men and women to sell waterproof aprons earning $14 daily with a sample apron offer from Montreal.
Prospectus promises ownership with a small down payment and stops rent payments. The ad urges immediate action to buy now as details are explained.
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