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Newspaper
Cranbrook Herald
Location
Cranbrook, British Columbia, Canada
Date
Jun 21, 1917
Page
4
The column lists residents and visitors across the district visiting relatives from Mayto to Lethbridge and Cranbrook. It notes Ed Nordman and families, Nina Attwood, H. Weir, and many others, plus returning servicemen and illnesses. The piece mentions transport, rail and ship movement, and wartime troop or nurse highlights affecting the community.
Local brief lists residents and visitors passing through Wasa, Port Steele, Cranbrook, and surrounding areas. Highlights include Mrs Lb Clote in transit to Athalmer, Mrs A Moore hosting in Port Steele, families visiting Cranbrook and Fort Steele, Cross dance plans at May School House, and various trips to Spokane Vancouver and Marysville.
Archie Chisholm of Port Steele now Niobe at Halifax reports being in the P O mess and enjoying it. He sailed with John Walsh on a torpedo boat and observed rainy foggy Halifax weather. He talks of Vancouver and Victoria youths overseas and notes learning sema flore and sending signals about different shifts. Mr and Mrs J W Innocent, recently home from China, visit Fort Steele as they consider England where their son Lieut Arthur Innocent serves with the Warwickshire Yeomanry.
Local Elko notes recount a chaotic auto meet with Kilburn Lin and a bee laden rear seat ride toward Baynes and Waldo. A wreck near Adolph's Mill, bees unleashed, a Maharajah, and a miracle bee expert restore order as crowds watch.
Citizens of Cranbrook district rally in favor of selective conscription to sustain front lines and honor volunteers. Speakers urge unified effort, memorial plans, and government action, citing wartime sacrifice and Canada’s duty against German autocracy.
An essay discusses worry as a drain on mind and body and argues that systematic exercise helps. It introduces auto suggestion as a method to calm conscious thought, using the subconscious mind to replace anxious patterns and improve sleep and well being.
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