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Newspaper
Cranbrook Herald
Location
Cranbrook, British Columbia, Canada
Date
Jan 28, 1909
Page
5
An Ottawa style note tells of a locomotive accident in which a worker sustained facial burns. The article credits Zam-Buk with rapid healing and urges keeping a box on hand, praising its herbal formula and wide range of skin remedies. Zam-Buk is sold at 50 cents per box, with mail order available from the Zam-Buk Co. Toronto.
Chas Klingensmith of Elko and Dr Smith of Fernie visit Cranbrook. Films at the Miditorium Friday and Saturday. Sid Small returns to activity after illness. The Kidnapped Child at the opera house tomorrow and Saturday. Doyle of Fort Steele in Cranbrook yesterday. The Passion at the Fallson February 11 12 and 18. Parker of Cherry Creek in the city yesterday. Teller roadmaster of Ern ie in Cranbrook yesterday. Mr and Mrs Brymner visited Land at Wardner. Fort Steele merchant William Carlin in town yesterday. Police court updates and a variety of local notices follow. Several notices of entertainment at the Auditorium and Edison theater and local business ads intermingle with community notes. The Epworth League drives to Kootenay No 2 mill occurred last Tuesday. Various local officials and businessmen travel through Cranbrook with updates on municipal matters. This item also notes a large display of Read’s boilers and stock pots, and a small house for sale in Cranbrook. The China New Year celebrations concluded with crackers and sky rockets. The Farmers Institute meeting planned for January 30 1909 at the Government Office. Estevan’s ex mayor Mr Yardley considers Cranbrook a favorable location. Western capital seeking investments in British Columbia. Local tradesmen prepare for spring business. The Breger and Brewer family updates and the Charters of local clubs and lodges are mentioned. A Cranbrook resident who lost both arms shows remarkable adaptation. A large social group travels to Fort Steele for supper and a dance with songs and entertainment. Dominion immigration inspector T. McCallum appointed for the Boundary district.
A caller urges supporters to back a neighbor’s effort rather than criticize it for not matching their own plans. The note frames encouragement as community help to lift a local project rather than a personal clash.
A lively column extols the empowered woman of today as independent and capable. It contrasts past heroines with present figures, notes women’s saving prowess in shopping and craft, and critiques wage values while praising self-reliance and clever homemaking.
The piece defines home influence as a powerful, nonneutral force shaping life from birth to death. It highlights enduring bonds among husband and wife, parent and child, and teacher and pupil, comparing it to a silent stream and a lily facing tempests.
The passage argues home molds habits and character from childhood through life. It cites the grayhaired father and great statesmen to show how nurturing homes forge virtues, citing Napoleon that France needs good mothers to produce worthy citizens.
A Cranbrook correspondent urges action to secure reliable passenger train service for Mayook and Fort Steele area. The letter criticizes C R officials for delaying trains and cites a 11 000 mile bonus from the Dominion government as inadequate. The writer plans to petition the railway commission with the Cranbrook Board of Trade to press the case.
Creditors of the W. W. Waldo estate deceased at Bannister Gratiot Michigan are required to send their claims with details and securities to W. F. Gurd solicitor for Josiah Dunlap administrator at Fink Block Baker Street Cranbrook B A before February 7 1909 or be excluded from proving claims.
William West an engineer announces his intention to apply for permission to buy 160 acres in the Cranbrook land district. The description begins at a post 20 chains east and 40 chains south of Lot 8435 and runs 40 chains each direction to form a 40 by 40 chain square. Located December 7 1908 AN Ht.
Frank B Van Decur gives notice to apply at the next Board of License Commissioners meeting for transfer of the Royal Hotel retail liquor license from himself to Levi Bates at Cranbrook British Columbia dated January 7 1909 Lots 53 and 54 Block 93 center city location described.
One hundred sixty acres of fruit land located one and a half miles southwest of Cranbrook with running water and two springs. Will sell at a reasonable figure and provide good terms. Address Box 945.
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