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Newspaper
Cranbrook Herald
Location
Cranbrook, British Columbia, Canada
Date
Jul 09, 1908
Page
2
The Canadian Bank of Commerce announces telegraph or letter money transfers and foreign exchange services. Cheques and drafts on the United States Great Britain and other foreign countries are bought and sold with R T Brymner as Cranbrook branch manager.
Biographical sketch of William Howard Taft outlining his birth in Cincinnati Ohio on September 15 1857 his education at Woodward Yale and Cincinnati Law School his early legal work and public service roles including solicitor general circuit judge and university dean his 1904 to 1906 positions Secretary of War and Cuba mission his 1902 Philippine commission term and his nomination for U S president by the Republican party in Chicago last month
Joseph Chamberlain born in London 1836 rose from Birmingham screw maker to mayor and MP. He led for reform, served as president of the board of trade and colonial secretary, and guided Liberal Unionists and imperial policy through the Jameson raid crisis. He remained a towering Victorian figure at age 72.
A profile tracing the career of William Jennings Bryan from Salem Illinois to Lincoln Nebraska. It notes his education at Illinois College Jacksonville Union College of Law Chicago and a long practice in Jacksonville before moving to Lincoln. It highlights his popularity in Lincoln and his appeal beyond party lines. It ends with a note about voters reacting to his radical views.
The piece lauds Bryan’s early failures and later transformation, praising his nationwide campaign reach of over 18 000 miles, enduring admiration abroad, and a devoted home life with wife Mrs Ruth Bryan Leavitt and children. It notes their Lincoln cottage and Fairview farm, with Bryan’s frequent public engagements and personal pride in their homestead.
Calgary Daily News argues against English and American critics who visit Canada then claim the country is being Americanized. It defends Canadian identity, currency, slang, and immigration, stating Canada will assimilate newcomers and remain distinctly Canadian despite foreign visitors and press.
Reading from Kootenay reports, farmers are urged to thin apples to improve quality and prune poorest limbs. Plums remain strong, with long fruit tree lifespans noted. An Ohio bulletin on Spraying Apples recommends lime sulfur washes, Bordeaux mixtures, and arsenate timing to balance russet risk and fruit quality. Martin Burrell cites BC fruit prospects in Britain and English demand for Cox Orange Newton Pippin Blenheim.
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