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Newspaper
Cranbrook Herald
Location
Cranbrook, British Columbia, Canada
Date
Jul 18, 1918
Page
2
The Cranbrook Herald publishes weekly on Thursdays with M. A. Beale as editor and secretary and W. A. Myers as business manager.
The Herald asks Cranbrook and district subscribers to pay arrears and join the honor roll by sending one year in advance. Despite higher print costs the annual rate remains two dollars in advance to sustain the paper and its community role.
The piece urges timely publication practice, contrasts procrastination with duties, and praises Mrs. Ralph Smith as a political figure. It invites Cranbrook Auto Club members to visit, promotes reader support for the Herald, and stresses the need to grow circulation and honor rolls while praising civic duty and free governance.
Fruit picking season opens with school holidays as girls in overalls help gather crops. They travel in small groups from town to farms within a couple miles, showing initial timidity that will fade with use of workwear. Mark Twain anecdote included. Highest prices paid for hides and junk by Western Hide and Junk Co. Calgary reference.
The passage notes workers switch to piecework as a holiday mood takes hold. Experienced hands earn fair wages, and the change is largely enjoyed, seen as a pleasant and profitable respite from usual routine.
The Cranbrook Herald features a local editorial stance on community resilience and traffic safety near the post office corner. It notes Cranbrook’s sturdy town identity, mentions wartime sentiments about General von Hindenburg, and reports Creston's fruit industry progress with a recent strawberry season and cherry shipments.
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